The Alpha The Deity

"Hello, this is the 110 Emergency Service Center. May I inquire about the difficulties you are currently facing?"

"Officer, I've experienced a romantic setback. Would you please offer me some consolation?"

"I apologize, but matters of the heart, such as a romantic setback, fall outside our purview. We can connect you to a psychological counseling hotline. Would you like us to do that?"

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"Hello, this is 110..."

"Hello, I'm feeling a bit of a headache..."

"I'm sorry, but we are unable to address a headache situation. We can connect you to the 120 Emergency Medical Service hotline. Would you like us to do that?"

...

"Hello, this is 110..."

"Officer, someone, someone wants to harm me!"

"I'm sorry, but in the case of potential harm, we are unable to—what did you say?!"

"Someone wants to harm me!"

"Who wants to harm you?!"

In the Caiyun Province's Cang'er City 110 Police Service Center, several operators turned their heads in unison to look at the new operator, Huang Liting, in the corner.

The previously somewhat noisy police service center instantly quieted down.

Huang Liting, in a flurry, held the landline receiver, her voice urgent and noticeably tense: "Please be more detailed. Where are you now, and what is the specific situation?"

Listening to the hurried breathing on the other end of the line, she wanted to offer a few words of comfort but was afraid it might cause the caller to miss the timing of reporting the emergency.

"Officer, you must save me! I—I don't want to die... I don't want to die! Uh, uh, uh..."

"I'm here, I'm here..."

On the other end of the phone was the voice of a middle-aged man. He desperately suppressed the volume of his voice, seemingly afraid of causing too much commotion. At the same time, his voice carried an obvious sobbing tone, indicating intense fear.

"I'm here, I'm here..."

"I'm here..."

After repeating his previous words once again, the man's voice suddenly disappeared from the receiver after this last sentence!

"Hello, hello? Sir, are you still there?"

Huang Liting inquired urgently, yet there was no response from the other end of the phone. As time passed, she noticed an abnormal stillness within the phone receiver.

There was not only an absence of spoken words but also the familiar hum of electricity she had grown accustomed to was absent.

She hastily checked the network situation and found everything to be in order.

Just as Huang Liting was unsure of what to do, the voice from the receiver resounded again!

A blood-curdling scream nearly made Huang Liting drop the receiver from her hand!

"Ah!"

"He, he found me! Discovered me! Ah, ah, ah, ah!"

"Police, save me, save my life—"

"Save me!"

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, a jarring mechanical sound abruptly halted the man's cry for help!

At that moment, Huang Liting heard something being cut on the other side of the phone. There came the sound of liquid splattering and the steady drip-drip of droplets!

The mechanical operation sound was piercing, and Huang Liting could vaguely hear intermittent, light breathing from the other side of the phone!

This kind of breathing brought a slight sense of calm to the young new operator. "Sir, are you still there?"

The "buzz" sound on the other end continued, but the breathing had disappeared.

Huang Liting's scalp tingled.

She tried calling out several times, but there was still no response from the other end.

Just as Huang Liting was preparing to hang up the phone to report the situation to her superiors, the voice of the man who had just disappeared from the line reappeared!

"I'm in B021, Dream East Villa, Tiannan District, Cang'er City."

This time, the man's tone was not as extremely terrified as before.

It was calm, emotionally stable, giving off an unsettling sense of tranquility.

A tranquility that seemed almost like that of a dead person!

"All right! Please wait; I will arrange for an officer to come over—"