Before the raid, Chongzong took off his shirt and threw it out to block the view of the Atlas brown bear. Swiftly slipping past the bear's feet, he circled around to his back and aimed the electrodes of the stun gun at his massive, solid back. As the high-voltage current discharged, Chongzong saw the Atlas brown bear convulsing violently all over his body, and in just a few seconds, he collapsed with a loud thud.
Chongzong was starting to worry about attracting other security personnel. "I never expected this stun gun to be so powerful," he murmured. Carefully approaching, Chongzong checked the condition of the Atlas brown bear, who was now completely unconscious. "Is this for real?" he muttered in disbelief. He double-checked multiple times, but the Atlas brown bear remained completely motionless.
"Could he be dead?" Chongzong even checked the bear's breathing and pulse, confirming both were still present. "It seems I really underestimated the power of this stun gun," he thought to himself while dragging the bear's huge body to a secluded corner to avoid immediate discovery.
All that was left now was to regroup with Van. Chongzong picked up his clothes from the ground and quickly left the scene. Unbeknownst to him, shortly after his departure, the Atlas brown bear woke up from a series of violent spasms.
Thinking he had dealt with the bear, Chongzong swiftly returned to the archive room, only to find Van emerging from it with a stack of documents in his hand. "Have you acquired the target?" Chongzong asked quietly. "Yes, we can retreat now," Van replied. It was another piece of good news for Chongzong, who believed he had dealt with the Atlas brown bear.
"This is Eel One, mission accomplished. Eel One and Eel Two are starting the retreat," Chongzong reported to the team. As they rapidly retreated, their footsteps were nearly silent, even to themselves. The exit was getting closer and closer. "I hope we're not getting too complacent," Chongzong thought as he briefly looked back, seeing nothing out of the ordinary.
Traveling one behind the other, Chongzong and Van were engrossed in observing their surroundings when, turning back, Chongzong noticed a flicker of light coming from the exit. "What's shining there?" Before he could process it, he faintly saw a blurry, sharp shadow shooting towards him. His first instinct was to dodge, but realizing Van was right behind him and might not react in time if he ducked, he had no choice.
Using the stun gun as a shield (though it was pathetically small), with his arm supporting it, Chongzong aimed at the incoming threat, ready to block it.
With a loud "bang," the flying object hit Chongzong's stun gun hard, causing the trajectory to shift and then crash into the wall before finally landing on the ground. Chongzong's arm was numb from the impact, and the gun itself had a large hole smashed into it, rendering it unusable.
Van, who was startled by the sudden turn of events, had yet to comprehend what was happening, while Chongzong had already located the unidentified object on the ground. It turned out to be an arrow, which meant that more arrows were likely to be shot their way...!!!
