Chapter 140


    Vinson barged in looking very serious. Shocked, Arielle stood up. “You…” “There’s an explosion, hurry


    up and get out of here!” He grabbed her hand and ran away as fast as he could. The people at the


    dressing room were stunned for a second and then scrambled out of the ce at once. By the time


    Arielle got out of the dressing room with Vinson, there was chaos everywhere and mes were seen


    zing from the stairwell.


    “Gasoline! Someone spilled gasoline!” A staff screamed at the top of his lungs as he ran past the


    dressing room. While running toward to exit, Arielle asked Vinson, “What’s going on? Is this a prank?”


    Before he could answer, his phone rang. It was Carter. He answered the call. A nervous Carter spoke


    over the phone, “Vin! Where are you? That dude escaped, leaving a note behind which says stop


    wasting effort because it’s doomsday for us.” “Okay, make a police report now. There’s an explosion


    here at Southall Group.” “What? An explosion? Darn it! It must have been those who helped that dude


    escape.


    They knew you’re there, and… Are you all right? We’re on our way.” “Don’t worry, I’m okay for now. I’ll


    hang up now.” Vinson continued running as he updated Arielle, “It’s not a prank, but an attack. Hurry


    up!” She did not ask further. Holding his hand tightly, she quickened her steps. When they were about


    ten meters away from the main entrance, they realized that the crowd stopped moving. “What’s


    happening? How do we get out?”


    Vinson asked fiercely. Iris approached them, crying breathlessly, “The entrance… It’s locked. None of


    us can get out of here. The fire is spreading fast. Nobody knows if there will be more explosions. Mr.


    Nightshire, Ms. Sannie, are we going to die here?” Arielle released Vinson’s hand and held Iris’ hand to


    comfort her. “Rest assured that we won’t die here. If the entrance is locked, then break it


    open!” When there’s a will, there’s a way. I’m not going to die today, not here, not now. She asked Iris


    to stay on the spot while Vinson and her squeezed themselves through the crowd to get to the


    entrance.


    There were a few security guards trying to pry the door open. A few desperate employees even lifted


    the stool and smashed it on the ss door. To their dismay, no matter how hard each person tried, the


    seemingly fragile ss doors showed no signs of damage. One of the security guards even tossed


    away the tool in his hand andmented hopelessly, “It’s useless… After the terrorist attack in another


    country two years ago, the ss doors in ourpany have all been reced with A-grade tempered


    ss which is harder than diamond.


    Even a bomb can’t break it, let alone the chair.” Arielle walked toward the security guard and


    reprimanded him, “Don’t utter anything negative! How is this door shut tight? With a lock? If so, pick it.”


    Dejected, the guard shook his head. “It’s not so simple. This is a smart door. I’ve tried it a few times at


    the security room just now. The smart system has been destroyed and it can’t detect anything. There’s


    no way we can open it…”


    Vinson interrupted, “Where’s the security room?” The guard revered Vinson and pointed at the floor


    above them without any further ado. “It’s the first room on the first floor…” Vinson nodded and informed


    Arielle, “Someone must have modified the program. Stay here, I’ll go and take a look.” “No, I’ll go with


    you!” “Don’t take the risk. Stay here!”? 2024 N?v/el/Dram/a.Org.