He wanted to say “retreat, don’t move,” but the long period of unconsciousness had left his throat hoarse. Several seconds later, he gasped and shouted forcefully: “Stop! Put down your weapons!”
All the soldiers approaching in the hall changed color and stopped simultaneously, forming a fan-shaped encirclement, the scene tense and explosive.
“Colonel, there’s an emergency -“
Tang Hao hung up the phone and looked up: “What?”
“An Omega is resisting,” the deputy pointed towards the nearby hall, his expression shocked and angry: “He’s taken our people hostage and wants to escape!”
The young man’s uncontrollable heavy breathing mixed with the Alpha soldier’s trembling breaths. The soldier felt the cold gun barrel at his temple and involuntarily swallowed several bloody mouthfuls of saliva, rasping: “Put… put me down, you can’t escape… Ah!”
The young man’s iron-like hand dug deep into his throat: “—Shut up.”
This was the public area of the prison, circular in shape, but now filled with fully armed soldiers. The young man roughly estimated with his peripheral vision – at least a hundred. Outside the encirclement, the ground was covered with first aid equipment and stretchers covered in white cloth, with countless bodies unseen. The air was permeated with gunpowder, char, blood, and rotting flesh.
What was this? A riot? A war?
The exit further in the hall was blocked by a solid iron screen door. In the gatehouse, a man in camouflage, with slightly darker skin and extremely tall stature, pushed open the door and strode over. The young man stepped back, his vigilant gaze fixed on the man’s face, until he parted the crowd and approached, standing a few steps away, raising his hand to draw the gun from his waist, revealing the colonel’s shoulder insignia on his coat.
“Release my man,” Tang Hao looked at the young Omega who had retreated step by step to the wall. Though he was muscular from special forces training, his deliberately modulated voice would not create too much pressure: “—We saved you. The city has already fallen. You can’t escape.”
The young man closed his eyes under his stare, then opened them again: “Who are you?”
