The five people inside the van kept their heads low, bodies tucked in, staying absolutely motionless.

The monsters lost their target and instantly scattered.

Like headless flies they roamed the parking garage searching for the intruders, maddened further by the incessant alarm sounds that wouldn’t stop — venting their frustration by smashing and battering cars, which only triggered even more alarms!

No one inside the van spoke. The bullet chat had equally fallen into silence.

After a long while, someone finally posted a quiet message:

【This cabbage… actually has decent awareness…】

【Who was it just now screaming that she was recklessly leading everyone around? Ha~ If not for the cabbage leading the way, they’d probably all be wiped out by now, right?】

【Little cabbage is great — green, healthy, and nutritious~ Why were you all constantly cursing at her? Don’t be afraid little cabbage, your uncle loves you~ Uncle will tip you a luxury car and a mansion~】

【A little girl who can perform like that is already amazing. What kind of people were those spamming hate just now? Truly heartless!】

【So you’re redeeming her now? If she hadn’t triggered the car alarm, would we even be stuck in the parking garage right now?】

【What do you mean “redeeming”? Isn’t it normal for a newcomer to make mistakes? Cursing a girl to death over it — you lot of grown men aren’t even embarrassed?】

The bullet chat descended into a flame war, growing hotter and hotter, rolling on endlessly.

Bai Youwei rolled her eyes without a sound.

She’d seen through them now. These bullet chat people were all weathervanes — shifting direction constantly, completely unreliable.

She was crouched beneath the back row of seats, with Shen Mo pressed close beside her.

Shen Mo quietly took her hand.

No one in the van said a word. All of them held their breath, silently watching the situation outside — hearts pounding rapidly with tension.

Despite the continued noise and chaos, they could sense that the monsters who’d lost their target were gradually beginning to settle…

They hadn’t left — there was no sign of departure anytime soon. Groups of three and five continued to roam through the parking garage, searching for any suspicious trace.

Ada carefully raised his head. Outside the car window was pitch black — even with the low-light night-vision goggles, it was hard to make much out. He could only estimate by sound and vibration that there were still quite a few creatures nearby.

Temporary safety brought no real relief.

Ada kept his voice low: “We’re trapped here now… The several hundred creatures that should be on the upper floors have all come down to the underground parking garage.”

Even with his voice muffled nearly beyond comprehension, everyone could still detect the anger in his tone.

Of course he was angry. He’d switched teams so many times — the reason he’d finally settled was because he’d felt this team was the most reliable!

And yet this supposedly reliable team had put him in such an enormous crisis!

If the enemy had been too powerful, he could accept that. But the reality was… an absurdly low-level mistake had triggered this crisis!

Ada was absolutely furious!

And couldn’t even say it!

Yuri replied in a low voice: “Wait for the creatures to disperse, then find a way to leave.”

“What if they never disperse?” Ada gritted his teeth. “Yuri — there are hundreds of them out there. Hundreds! Do you understand? And this isn’t a narrow corridor where we can hold a defensive position — it’s a wide-open flat parking lot. Creatures can attack from any direction!”

Yuri was silent, thinking of a solution.

Bai Youwei spoke quietly: “Most of the creatures that could come down have already come down. The ones that couldn’t should still be holding position upstairs. The exit of the parking garage should have few creatures now — we can make a break for it…”

“Make a break for it?” Ada nearly lost control of his volume in exasperation. “Break through the encirclement of hundreds of creatures? That would take grenades! And there are cars everywhere in here — we’d likely blow ourselves to pieces first!”

Bai Youwei said calmly: “We drive out.”

Ada’s head swam with rage. He blurted: “Drive? How do we even — wait, did you say drive?”

He suddenly looked at the steering wheel ahead, and swore under his breath: “Damn! Why didn’t we think of that earlier — we can drive! If we run into creatures, just ram them!”

And at high enough speed, the creatures couldn’t catch up at all!

“Exactly.” Bai Youwei’s voice was soft and gentle, very pleasant to hear. “Then we toss a grenade — there are cars everywhere here. One or two grenades could set off the whole parking garage.”