Chapter 122 "The Company Decides" The Influence of Online Public Opinion Is Decisive!

This side of the prison area.

"Hahaha! You are dead, the Lord will suck all the blood from your body!"

The Twilight Store Manager, who had become a ghost pig, kept struggling and shouting, his demeanor close to madness.

However, two ARS (Rapid Response Team) attached their guns to their backs and walked quickly towards its location.

"What are you doing? Take your dirty hands away, take... um!!"

The Twilight Store Manager was quickly sealed with tape by two ARS and was forced to physically close his mouth.

Then, the two ARS cooperated tacitly and continued to use tape to completely tie up the Twilight Store Manager, and then stuffed him into the sealed bag provided by the Biology Department, and finally drained the air to complete the "sealing" operation.

The whole process was fast and smooth, and it didn't even take thirty seconds.

"Mr. Verst, save me, no! Don't! Um!"

The receptionist who also lost his limbs would naturally not be treated differently by the ARS.

Outside a cell not far away.

Leon stared at a "vampire" who had been curled up in the corner from beginning to end, as if he was thinking about something.

"Are you okay, Leon?"

At this time, Mike, wearing a simple mechanical skeleton and an optical camouflage cloak, walked quickly to his side.

"Except for being almost drained of blood by two lunatics, everything else is fine." Leon smiled at Mike first, then looked back at the cell and suggested:

"The actual scale of the target location far exceeds the prediction before the operation. I think we'd better apply for more permissions from above, so that we have enough time and space to complete a comprehensive investigation, and we need the assistance of technicians from the biological department."

"I expected it a long time ago." Mike raised his hand and patted Leon on the shoulder, "Do you think I have been an investigator for ten years in vain?

After seeing the underground scene of the Twilight Bar, I have submitted an application to my superiors. I guess the company should be negotiating with the city government of Syracuse. Now there is nothing to worry about.

By the way, are they having internal conflicts? What are the people locked up in here?"

At the end, Mike looked at the cell with confusion.

The glasses worn by Leon are disposable hidden shooting equipment, which have the advantages of being easy to carry and disguise, but also have the disadvantage of not being able to record sound. Various gestures need to be formulated in advance for unilateral communication, so Mike doesn't know what the receptionist and Leon talked about.

"Vampires? Humans? I don't know. Let's wait for the superiors to make a decision." Leon shook his head slightly.

Although he admired the "vampires" and "werewolfs" imprisoned in the cell, especially those who would rather torture themselves into corpses than eat human flesh and drink human blood, and had the perseverance and spirit to persist for hundreds of years, he still couldn't easily draw a conclusion.

As I said just now, it's better to wait for the company to make a decision.

At this moment, if you stay away from the two people who are talking and come to the upper area;

The raid that broke out here has already ended, and dozens of ARS are scattered everywhere, performing vigilance and simple cleaning tasks.

The marble floor tiles are covered with blood stains, meat scraps and meat pieces, and the werewolves with the largest physique have become "debris" in the literal sense, which can be seen everywhere.

The dozen or so female vampires that were originally playing in the blood pool were no exception. They were either melted by plasma or had their heads blown off by explosive bombs and armor-piercing bullets of various calibers, becoming corpses with extremely miserable deaths.

However, even without such an important part as the head, the female vampire's body was still twitching or twisting.

It seems that between vampires and werewolves, vampires are indeed much stronger than werewolves.

After all, werewolves were directly blown up by the ARS's concentrated fire attack, and vampires with super self-healing power will only die after exceeding a certain limit.

On the other hand, the human compatriots who were covered in wounds and had to provide services for vampires or werewolves were gathered by the ARS in a more comfortable recreation area.

"Please don't panic, cooperate with our actions to avoid secondary injuries."

"We are armed personnel belonging to Atlas, and we are also human beings. Please relax."

Afterwards, several ARS spoke to calm these people down while using plastic straps to tie them up, temporarily restricting their ability to move.

This approach may seem a bit "inhumane", but it is actually providing them with protection.

Because even if the situation on the scene has been controlled, if there are werewolves or vampires lurking in the dark suddenly attack the ARS, those who are not restricted from moving may be frightened and choose to flee in panic.

In this case, the stray bullets, ricochets and plasma splashes generated by the exchange of fire between the two sides will be a fatal blow to their already weak bodies.

If you leave the bathing area and continue upward, you will come to the lobby of the Twilight Bar;

Although there are traces of fighting in the lobby, all the blood stains and corpses have been cleaned up, and the closed solid wood door also prevents the people gathered outside from looking inside.

As for the outside

"Oh my god, what happened?"

"I don't know, but it's quite lively, so I came to take a look."

There were already crowds of people outside.

Even though ARS set up a holographic cordon around the Twilight Bar and stood outside the cordon with guns and live ammunition, it still couldn't stop thousands of people from gathering here to watch.

Due to the large number of people, the area was even blocked with water.

At least 90% of the crowd gathered were tourists wearing short sleeves, shorts and slippers.

Some of them took out their mobile phones to take selfies and videos, some were holding bottles of wine and snacks, watching while drinking and eating, and some were making nonsense, saying that Italy was about to undergo earth-shaking changes, and that this might be a war. Military mutiny.

No way, Syracuse is a city that focuses on tourism, and the early morning is the busiest time.

In addition, Leon and Mike decided to cancel the "quick attack and quick retreat" decision and instead entrusted the ARS who assisted the raid to stay and control the scene, which naturally attracted tourists to watch.

Driven by the "gossip nature", the street where the Twilight Bar is located has instantly become lively and lively from being deserted at first.

And the local police seemed to have received some kind of notification. Instead of confronting ARS, they tried to disperse the crowd and divert traffic.

This makes ARS a core point of attention and discussion.

Among the crowd of onlookers, the proportion of military enthusiasts was relatively small, and most of them were unable to discern the actual purpose of the equipment and weapons.

However, as a visual species, humans will analyze and judge based on their appearance and appearance, and they will feel that the ARS in front of them is much stronger than the current mainstream military.

One of them, a senior military fan wearing camouflage shorts and short-sleeved shirts, kept telling people around him:

"Good guy! Fully covered mechanical skeleton and sealed combat suit?! This is much more advanced than the engineering skeletons on the market! The firearm uses a modular design, but I don't know what types of ammunition are there."

Hearing this, others were still puzzled: "So what? Are you so excited?"

"Brother!" A military fan put his hand on the shoulders of others, "With the current military technology of mainstream countries, it would cost at least four to five million to produce such a set of individual equipment, and it may not be possible to do it. So, Do you understand?"

"Huh? Real or fake?"

"Four to five million??"

Seeing that the people around him were extremely surprised, the military fan raised his head slightly and continued: "If it is a country that is proficient in this kind of technology, um, or a company, maybe a few hundred thousand can do it. Like Atlas."

"It's certainly possible if it's Atlas."

"But how come Atlas's private army is in Italy?"

After the words fell, almost no one would question the speculation of military fans. At most, they were confused by the appearance of Atlas's military power in Syracuse, Italy.

Since Atlas announced technologies and projects such as magnetic levitation and nuclear fusion, especially the space elevator under construction, the image of a "giant enterprise more powerful than the country" has become deeply rooted in people's hearts.

There are even questions on the Internet such as "Should Atlas be a nation?"

"Just looking at the comprehensive strength shown by Atlas, it can definitely be among the top three in the world, right? I'm talking about the country rankings."

"If it really doesn't work, let Atlas become a member of the Security Council. Our country's infrastructure was built by Atlas anyway," and other remarks and views.

Not only that, more than 60% of the platforms and software on the Internet are created and trend-led by Atlas.

For example, "Taowu.com", "E-Sell", "Instant Chat", "Gishen Short Video", etc.

And most departments of Atlas also have official accounts on the online platform.

In particular, "Atlas Armed Forces" has 40 million fans across all platforms and more than 3.6 billion likes in total.

The Atlas Armed Forces often releases combat videos of AECS (Emergency Countermeasures Force/Main Force), or ARS infantry companies conducting peacekeeping operations in war-torn areas in the main universe.

Of course, ARS and AECS that can be seen in the public eye wear face-covering helmets and will not disclose personal information. On the one hand, the weapons and equipment used are relatively "backward", so there is no need to worry about leaks.

A short video titled "Let's take a look at a day in the life of an Atlas employee" released by the Public Relations Department still holds the world record for the number of likes, about 51.7 million times.

So when military fans said that the ARS in front of them might belong to Atlas, people nearby were relieved a lot, and instinctively felt that Atlas's military technology should be "number one."

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At this time, an ARS officer in charge of security turned his head slightly and seemed to focus on the military fans.

A screen inside his helmet showed nearby details and status while filtering out unimportant noise or conversation.

In fact, he could hear everything the military fan said, but he didn't pay attention deliberately.

After all, how to explain Atlas's actions in Italy was something that the Public Relations Department and the News Department needed to worry about. It had nothing to do with him. The reason why he looked there was because a suspicious character was scanned on the screen.

The "person" stood not far behind the military fan, wearing a peaked cap and a mask. This alone was enough to make him instantly alert.

And since that "person" came here, he has been staring at the closed door of the Twilight Bar without even blinking.

Normally, a person's blink interval is 15 to 20 times per minute, but that guy lasted three minutes?

This is obviously the behavior of an abnormal creature!

ARS immediately shared this discovery with comrades lurking in the dark and wearing concealed combat uniforms, preparing to look for opportunities to make arrests.

Nearly ten minutes passed.

The guy may have realized that there was no chance of sneaking into the Twilight Bar, so he finally chose to turn around and leave, disappearing among the crowd.

However, on the ARS helmet screens, the outline of the guy's figure was marked with a bright red light, which was extremely conspicuous and eliminated the possibility of being lost.

Stay away from crowds.

After arriving at a dark alley with few human traces.

Sudden!

Bang -! Bang -!

Several 40mm grenades came out of the barrel, followed by a secondary explosion in mid-air, releasing several "predator nets" woven from alloy fibers and attacking the guy from multiple angles.

? ? ?

That guy seemed to have discovered that it was being followed, so when the grenade was launched, it tried to dodge with strength and speed far beyond that of humans.

But it obviously didn't expect that ARS would be so disrespectful of "martial ethics". The unexpected direct fire was secondary. The most important thing was that the animal trap covered every direction, leaving it with nowhere to hide!

"Plop!!"

In the moment of hesitation, the guy was tightly entangled in the animal trap, and the powerful impact pinned him to the ground.

And the peaked cap also fell off, letting the long silver-white hair scatter like a waterfall.

"Ah! Wait! Wait! Can we have something to talk about?! I won't resist! By the way! And don't hit me in the face!"

Then, the guy's shouts echoed through the alleys.

? ? ?

This time, the ARS who gradually gathered around fell into confusion, and they all began to doubt themselves in a hidden state.

They originally thought that the target in front of them would be extremely difficult to capture, and they were mentally prepared to fight at all costs, but the other party was resolute.

Surrender?

Half an hour later.

Universe Zero-6 (Pacific Rim).

The branch building is located in the core area of ​​the steel city, with exclusive offices on the middle floor;

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Sui Yang frowned slightly and quickly browsed the action report uploaded by Ada.

Before Leon and Mike broke into the Twilight Bar, Sui Yang actually vaguely guessed that vampires and werewolves were not hostile, otherwise the two groups would be more likely to be exposed to the public.

Only recruiting wealthy children who are easily threatened and easy to manipulate is also a way for them to ensure income and internal stability.

However, what really surprised Sui Yang was the Roman Legion of Glory.