699 Permission to Arres (1/2)

The power system was interrupted and the hall plunged into darkness. The only thing visible was the flames burning on the platform just above the hall. Burning droplets dripped from the edge of the platform continuously and the burning thick smoke gathered above like heavy clouds.

*Cough cough...* Norman pushed down the stone slab on his chest and stood up with his rifle.

The polyethylene bullet-proof plate on his chest was cracked and pressed against his ribcage. He called out the hologram screen and deactivated the front armor. He heard the sound of air being filled as he ripped off the armor in front of his chest.

Dust was everywhere.

”Garrett!”

Norman who regained his breath, opened his helmet mask and shouted.

”Damn! Bill!”

”Cough, I'm not dead. I'm here.”

The sound came from the radio channel.

Upon hearing the sound, Norman immediately turned on his tactical flashlight, searched around, and soon saw a hand sticking up in the gravel pile.

Norman ran to it with his rifle. He moved the stone pressed against Bill and pulled him out of the rubble. Under the driving force of the kinetic skeleton, this weight was nothing at all.

”Sh*t, my leg would've been gone if I was there a bit longer.” As he collapsed by the side, Bill gritted his teeth and extracted his deformed right leg armor.

Then Norman rescued three other comrades one after the other, but he didn't find his captain Garret.

”Garrett! Damnit, where are you?!”

The life signal detection device was on the captain who happened to be missing. Norman anxiously scanned the captain's previous position, but the blast had already sent Garret to God-knew-where. Not to mention he could be dead or alive!

”What about the mission?”

”Bill, you go with Sean and Freddy to the captain's room. Jim and I will stay here to search for the captain!”

”Okay!” Bill nodded and gestured to his comrades.

”Wait!”

”What happened?”

”Be careful.” Norman looked at him in the eyes and said seriously, ”Our enemies aren't just zombies.”

A few figures suddenly dashed in from the entrance. Norman, Bill, and others immediately raised their rifles.

Both teams aimed at each other.

Tactical flashlights under the muzzle forced him to narrow his eyes; he couldn't see who was at the door.

Just then, a hoarse voice entered the communication channel.

”Friendly.”

Norman was taken aback. He immediately confirmed the presence of green dots on the map then lowered the rifle in his hands.

It seemed that after the explosion, they were in a coma for some time, and at this time, the reinforcements arrived.

From the digital camouflage kinetic skeleton, the other team was indeed the Marines, the primary task unit of Celestial Trade. Norman, like Captain Garrett, was transferred from the Marines to the Rapid Response Force, so they were on familiar terms.

But what he hadn't expected was an unexpected person behind the force.

Jiang Chen!

Celestial Trade's boss! Why would he show up here?

Soldiers entering the hall divided into two teams - a team to open the life detection device to join the search and rescue work, and the other team stayed by Jiang Chen's side.

Under the protection of more than a dozen Marines, Jiang Chen walked up to Norman.

Norman put down his rifle, stood up straight and saluted.

”What happened?” Jiang Chen glanced at the fragments around the place and asked in a deep and concerned tone.