70: James's Death!

“No!”

“There’s no time, it’s too late!!!”

Kaplan’s words were heard by James, who was in the Bloody Corridor, through the comms channel, but it was clearly too late.

The third wave of rays had already begun to brew, casting a faint light at the end of the corridor, and then, under James’s gaze, a laser ray finally appeared before him.

Sizzle!

The next second, the ray swept over quickly. James immediately retreated several steps nervously, and then, just before the ray reached him, he used the same trick again, directly avoiding the sweeping ray.

Because of James’s dodge, the ray, which had failed to hit its target, disappeared after passing James.

Immediately after, James landed again, his muscles constantly tensing. At this moment, even the slightest mistake could lead to his demise.

“How much longer!!!”

At this point, even the cunning James couldn’t hold on. He could dodge one or two rounds of rays, but he couldn’t keep dodging forever. He needed to get out, to escape from this damned corridor as quickly as possible.

“Soon, about thirty seconds.”

“Red Queen’s weapon system has reset. I need to shut down her weapon system again.”

“Almost there, very soon!”

James’s roar instantly rang in Kaplan’s ears. At this moment, both James and Kaplan were anxious. James was afraid of Death, while Kaplan wanted to save James’s life.

Sizzle!

However, just then, an unusually piercing sound appeared once again. Deep within the end of the corridor in front of James, the deadly light of Death bloomed once more, and a new round of attack was clearly about to arrive.

“Damn it!”

“Isn’t it ready yet?”

“He can’t hold on much longer.”

Outside the door, Alice anxiously watched Kaplan. Although Kaplan’s hands were moving so fast they were a blur, it was clearly still not keeping up with the speed of the Death laser ray’s harvest.

“Last ten seconds.”

Kaplan ignored Alice’s shouts. At this moment, he was forcing himself to calm down. Only by being completely calm could he find a solution as quickly as possible.

However, Death, taking a life, wouldn’t give you time to prepare.

Buzz!

Inside the corridor, under James’s gaze, the light that had been brewing for some time suddenly grew stronger once again, finally forming a laser ray capable of cutting through everything.

“How much longer!!!”

Seeing the laser ray fully form, James let out another urgent roar. At this moment, time felt like an torment to him. He had no idea if he would be alive or dead the next second.

“Immediately!”

“It’s too late.”

“No!!!”

Kaplan suddenly shouted. However, the moment he finished speaking, James’s voice also rang out from the comms channel.

And Alice, standing outside the door, clearly saw at this moment that the rapidly approaching ray suddenly transformed into a net of heaven and earth the instant it reached James. James didn’t even have a chance to react before he was directly hit by the ray!

At the same time, it was also at this moment, as the ray hit James, Kaplan also pressed the last keycap on the keyboard, but it was already too late.

Pfft!

The next second, under Alice’s horrified gaze, James, who was hit by the ray, instantly had bloodlines appearing all over his body. Then, under the effect of gravity, James, who was standing in place, directly turned into pieces of flesh and blood, scattered throughout the entire corridor.

Rumble!

At this moment, Kaplan once again opened the tightly shut door. Alice, standing outside the door, reacted immediately and quickly pulled the door open.

“No!”

Kaplan also immediately put down his equipment and quickly ran to the door, but what he saw were three bodies that had already been cut into pieces.

“What do we do now?”

After the initial horror, Alice, who had recovered, looked at Kaplan with a solemn expression and asked.

However, Kaplan was still looking dumbfounded at this moment. He stared blankly at the three people, including James, who had died tragically in the corridor, until Alice called him, which brought him back to his senses.

Most of the STARS Squad members were already dead, with only Kaplan, Rain, and J.D. remaining. Furthermore, Rain and J.D. were still outside guarding Li An, Matt, and Spence.

Therefore, Alice could only seek Kaplan’s opinion on what to do next.

“Our previous plan was to shut down Red Queen and restart her. Now we’ve already arrived here, and even the Captain and others have paid with their lives for it.”

“We can’t just give up like this. We’re only one step away. We still need to continue what we haven’t finished.”

Kaplan, whose mind was pulled back by Alice’s voice, looked at Alice with a conflicted expression and said.

This was their mission. Now that the Captain was dead, he naturally had to continue carrying it out. Although Kaplan was terrified at this moment, he had no choice but to do so.

On the other side.

As Alice and Kaplan were preparing to delve deeper into Red Queen’s final area, a new situation arose with Rain, who was left to guard Li An and the other two.

Just a moment ago, in the blink of an eye, Li An had actually disappeared right under Rain and J.D.’s noses. This immediately angered and surprised Rain and J.D. Neither of them had expected that someone would dare to escape right in front of them, which was something neither of them could accept.

And so, at this moment, Rain and J.D. were frantically searching for Li An’s whereabouts with Matt and Spence.

As for where the disappeared Li An went, it’s actually easy to understand. Based on the previous speculation about James, Li An was estimating the time. James and the others should have already entered the laser corridor, so in order to confirm James’s identity, Li An could only choose to leave the team. He wanted to personally confirm whether James was truly dead.

“I advise you not to shut down Red Queen.”

“Once you shut her down, she can still escape, but you will kill yourself, including everyone else remaining.”

At this moment, just as Alice and Kaplan were preparing to enter the laser corridor, Li An’s voice suddenly rang out from behind them.

This sudden voice immediately made Alice and Kaplan freeze in place. They subconsciously turned around and immediately saw Li An, who was leaning half his body against the wall.

“Why are you here?”

Seeing Li An appear here, Kaplan immediately frowned. Li An’s appearance was somewhat unexpected to him. According to James’s previous arrangements, Li An should have been with Rain and J.D. at this moment.

“Nothing much, I was just a bit bored and decided to walk around.”

Li An shook his head slightly. As he answered Kaplan, his gaze swept over Alice and Kaplan, and finally, he fixed his gaze on Alice.