405: Chapter 405 Reactions from All Parties

Chen Jing's steady voice came through the other end of the communicator.

"I'm taking inventory of the equipment. Officer Zhong, what's wrong? Are there other arrangements?"

Could it be that they wanted to increase the order?

Not bad, not bad at all. Today was truly the most wonderful day in the history of the Organization.

The contract they secured from the military was enough to keep them fed for five years!

"Cut off all external network live broadcast signals."

Zhong Huai spoke extremely fast, every word sounding as if it were squeezed out from between his teeth.

"Also, close all the doors of the venue. Lock them down."

"What's the situation?" Chen Jing was a bit dazed.

"The situation?" Zhong Huai let out a cold laugh.

"If you don't want to see the Organization taken over by the military tomorrow, do as I say. A serious mass death event has occurred in the venue. Lin Yao... that little girl, she killed everyone."

Zhong Huai glanced at Lin Yu's back.

Lin Yu was still standing there, looking down, without making any movement.

Zhong Huai took a deep breath and continued to give orders into the communicator.

"Mobilize all Healing-class Professionals to enter the arena."

"Take a census of the deceased list."

"Allocate the reserve fund pool and prepare compensation payments."

"Guide the direction of public opinion. Describe this incident as a 'chain reaction caused by an accident,' reinforce the division of responsibility, and explain the unpredictable illegal maneuvers of those contestants."

He paused, his voice dropping lower.

"We only have one minute."

There was two seconds of silence on the other end of the communicator.

Then, Chen Jing's voice rang out.

"In three seconds, the live broadcast signal will be cut. The venue lockdown command has been sent."

Zhong Huai cut off the communication.

He looked at Wen Yan beside him.

Wen Yan was standing in front of the control console.

It was a silver metal panel with red warning lights flashing on it.

Wen Yan's finger was placed on the button.

"Should we lock it down?"

Wen Yan asked.

His voice was calm, without any fluctuation.

But in his heart, it was like crashing waves.

"Lock it."

Zhong Huai answered.

This was the best move he could make, but no matter how things developed, that girl would certainly be left with a lifelong shadow.

Wen Yan pressed the button.

Boom—

A massive metallic collision sound came from the arena's dome.

Three transparent Energy Isolation Walls descended vertically from above the arena.

These walls were composed of high-strength crystalline material, hard enough to withstand a full-strength blow from a high-level Professional.

They fell extremely fast, like three giant guillotines, severing the connection between the arena and the stands.

The wall in the very middle happened to land right behind Lin Yao.

Lin Yao felt a gust of air behind her.

She looked up.

Before her eyes, that heavy wall hit the ground, completely isolating the noisy screams of the outside world.

She looked at the other side of the wall.

Behind that transparent glass wall were faces that were distorted, terrified, and angry.

Tens of thousands of spectators were isolated outside the isolation wall.

The surface of the wall was even stuck with the handprints of people who had been squeezed against it in the chaos just now.

Those handprints were chaotic and covered the entire surface of the wall.

Lin Yao looked at those handprints.

Her vision was blurred.

She felt a sense of suffocation.

It wasn't because the wall cut off the air, but because the wall cut off her connection with the world.

She was Lin Yao.

She just wanted to win.

Now she was trapped in this pit that held only corpses and the smell of blood.

And outside the wall, although the screams of those people were weakened, they were still clearly discernible.

Lin Yao looked around.

Beside her was a deathly silent pit.

Outside the wall was boiling chaos.

She wanted to stand up, but her legs had no sensation.

She could only sit there, watching the walls slowly close, completely sealing off this hellish area.

The moment the isolation walls hit the ground, a dull vibration rang out within the venue.

This vibration traveled along the ground to where Lin Yao was sitting.

She felt her body sway slightly with the ground.

At the joints of the walls, a faint blue light flickered. That light was the sign that the energy circuits had been activated, indicating that this wall would not be opened by any external force for the duration of the lockdown.

The spectators in the stands had originally been rushing frantically toward the arena exits.

Now, these three high glass walls standing between them and the arena also completely blocked their path.

This action, taken to prevent the situation from escalating further, was about to bring immense pressure upon Lin Yao.

The crowd piled up in front of the isolation wall.

The people at the very front were squeezed by the crowd behind them, their entire bodies pressed against the glass wall.

Their faces were deformed from the pressure, their noses and lips pressed against the cold surface, letting out distorted groans.

Lin Yao sat less than two meters away from the wall.

She looked at that face pressed against the glass.

It was the face of a young man, his eyes filled with terror.

Meaningless roars came from the man's throat.

He seemed to want to break through this wall, to escape this place filled with the smell of blood.

But he couldn't do it.

He could only press against the wall, looking at Lin Yao in the pit, looking at those severed limbs scattered on the ground.

More faces pressed up.

One, two, ten, a hundred.

The entire glass wall was covered by countless pairs of eyes.

Those weren't spectators.

Those were countless pairs of eyes that wanted to devour her.

Lin Yao's fingers dug deep into the earth.

She wanted to speak.

But her throat felt as if it were filled with grit, unable to make any sound.

On the other side of the wall, the chaos grew more and more intense.

Because they couldn't escape, panic turned into rage.

Someone began to frantically beat on the isolation wall.

Thump.

Thump.

The dull thumping sounds were continuous.

Those palms, those fists, some people even tried to attack the wall with weapons.

Sparks flew against the wall.

The wall didn't budge an inch.

Lin Yao looked at those sparks.

Every time a spark lit up, the light outside the wall would flicker.

She felt this scene was somewhat familiar.

Like a scene from a movie.

Or some nightmare.

She looked down at her hands.

These hands had just snapped that finger.

These hands had just released that power sufficient to crush everything.

She hadn't intended to kill anyone.

She was just normally releasing a skill...

She just wanted to win.

Lin Yao's body curled up even tighter.

She buried her face in her knees, not wanting to look at those frantic faces outside the wall.

But it was no use.

Those voices still passed through the wall and bored into her ears.

"Demon!"

"Murderer!"

"The Organization is a fraud! Let us out!"

All sorts of sharp screams echoed outside the wall.

These sounds did not disappear; instead, they were confined within this narrow space by the isolation walls, creating echoes.

Lin Yao felt as if her head were about to explode.

She raised her hands and covered her ears.

But the sounds still existed.

She stood up.

Her movements were a bit shaky.

She tried to leave this place, tried to walk to the other end of the wall.

But with every step she took, her feet would step on something soft and slippery.

It was flesh and blood.