Full-Time Public Enemy-Chapter 625 - 486: Heartclinging Worm_2

"What's bizarre is, we didn't hear any sounds of battle, and they just vanished into thin air."

In the "spiritual power chat group" established by Chen Gu using his Brain Domain Hacker abilities, everyone was discussing in hushed tones:

"It's not the moss virus."

"Could be some sort of gas that knocks people out."

"That's unlikely too; the cinema isn't sealed off. If it were a gas, there would be a leak, and the local division should have detected it."

"A certain professional's abilities? Oriented towards spiritual power?"

A thought struck Chen Gu. Past operations had revealed that the Digital Group could mass-produce individuals with psychic abilities.

"The Digital Group has been lurking for many years. The strength they've concealed under the surface might be vast beyond our imagination. Don't let preconceived notions affect our judgment during the operation," Gong Shuxu said, speaking with a voice of experience.

"Regardless, we need to send someone in to take a look."

After thinking, Chen Gu said to Marcus, "Get me the architectural plans of the cinema."

Marcus procured the blueprints, and everyone huddled around to inspect them. Chen Gu planned in his mind and instructed Marcus, "First, try hailing them and communicating. If there's no response, organize a feint at the front to draw their attention, while I'll use Quantum Teleportation to check the situation inside."

"No!" Marcus objected vehemently. "That's too risky. We don't know anything about the situation inside."

Chen Gu insisted, "We don't have time to be cautious anymore. It's been over a dozen hours since the incident began. If we don't rescue them soon, the consequences will be unthinkable!"

Marcus couldn't win the argument and reluctantly went ahead with the plan.

He stepped forward to call out to those inside the cinema, but there was no response. Then, with a wave of his hand, Charles, who was already prepared with a team, began to rapidly approach the main entrance of the cinema, ready to launch an assault.

Meanwhile, Chen Gu, an "inconspicuous" member of the operation team, used the pretext of a bathroom break to find a corner without electronic surveillance. He began constructing the entire building's three-dimensional structure in his mind, calculating the distance between himself and one of the projection rooms. Taking a deep breath, a faint blue energy ripple fluctuated around him. The next moment, the energy ripple sharply contracted inward, and Chen Gu vanished.

Under these circumstances, employing Quantum Teleportation was extremely dangerous. If Chen Gu made any error in his calculations, he could become stuck in some "uncertain" space.

Behind a massive speaker in Projection Hall No. 3, a faint blue energy ripple fluctuated, and Chen Gu materialized.

He immediately ducked down, alert, and activated his Radiation Field. Within a 150-meter radius, everything became clear to him.

He felt relieved he had taken the risk to choose this spot. The entire projection hall was pitch-black; if not for the large speaker blocking the view, the blue light from his Quantum Teleportation would have been extremely conspicuous.

Yet, what his Radiation Field revealed left him puzzled: throughout the entire projection hall, everyone was sitting in their seats, eyes wide open, breathing evenly. They were neither unconscious nor asleep, nor did they seem to have sustained any injuries!

The hall was shrouded in darkness, yet these people behaved as if they were engrossed in watching a captivating movie.

What's going on? Chen Gu wondered.

The more bizarre the situation, the more cautious Chen Gu became. His body slowly turned transparent as he used his Multistate Special Agent ability to vaporize himself. Drifting through the entire projection hall, he made a circuit without finding anything suspicious, then left to search elsewhere.

He quickly found several cinema employees whose behavior was even stranger. In the dark, they were operating equipment that was clearly switched off—as if they were going about their regular job of projecting a movie!

In the pitch darkness, their actions were chilling.

Chen Gu scoured several projection halls; the situation was the same in all of them.

Just then, he heard sounds of fighting from the cinema's main entrance, but inside the cinema itself, all remained silent.

Audience members and staff alike remained oblivious to the gunshots and explosions.

Chen Gu was bewildered. The Digital Group held many hostages. Their best course of action would have been to drag some out, threatening the Bureau of Mystic Security to cease their assault or risk the hostages being killed.

Yet, the Digital Group preferred to resist the Bureau's assault rather than "harm" these hostages!

Chen Gu drifted towards the cinema's office area. Hundreds of meters away, he suddenly stopped. A combat instinct made him realize something: he couldn't move any further forward, or he would definitely be exposed.

Chen Gu turned and headed back towards the fighting at the cinema's main entrance.

Charles was launching a fierce attack, but the Digital Group's resistance was just as strong, including at least four professionals.

Chen Gu, hidden in the shadows, used the Brain Domain Hacker abilities stored in his Secret Nest to inform Charles that they could retreat.

Charles feigned a fierce attack for a while but couldn't make any progress. Considering the hostages' safety, he had no choice but to pull back.

The Digital Group left some members guarding the main entrance, then two of the four professionals withdrew back into the cinema.