"Why won't it connect?"
Following Zhao Longfei's suggestion, Lu Daoxing planned to bring his wife, Yang Dan, to South Glory University so everyone could ask her about what had happened and discuss possible solutions.
To put together twenty different Tier 3 god-hunting equipment that each used different techniques without involving his core research, Lu Daoxing had spent tremendous effort mixing and matching countless processes and technologies.
Even knowing how to make them all again, it would still take a great deal of time.
Naturally, Lu Daoxing wasn't willing to let others treat him like a fool.
But after calling Yang Dan several times in a row, no one answered.
"Maybe she's resting? Sigh, she was exhausted today. Let's talk about this tomorrow."
"Old Lu, it'd be best to bring Yang Dan here today," Zhang Kuang yawned, "If her memory was altered by a high-level Sequence ability user, the traces of the alteration may disappear very quickly. We'd better confirm her condition tonight."
After hearing that, Lu Daoxing nodded, "Alright."
Just as he was about to dial again, his phone rang.
Qin Siyang saw the caller ID read Nanny Xiao Xu.
Lu Daoxing frowned and quickly answered, "Hello, Xiao Xu. What's wrong?"
The next instant, Lu Daoxing shot to his feet.
"What did you say?"
His eyes widened in disbelief.
"WHAT WERE YOU DOING? WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP HER? GET HER TO THE HOSPITAL, NOW!"
The sudden roar left everyone stunned.
Lu Daoxing's voice trembled with emotion. He gripped the phone so tightly that his knuckles turned white.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on him, waiting for what he would say next.
But after shouting those words, Lu Daoxing didn't speak again.
His gaze gradually became vacant.
After that final shout, it was as though all the strength had been drained from him. He stood there motionless as the phone slipped from his hand and landed on the table with a smack.
Everyone heard a young woman's sobbing from the other end of the call.
["Professor Lu, I never thought your wife would drug me with sleeping pills just so she could kill herself."]
["I don't even know where she got the sleeping pills..."]
'What?'
'Professor Lu's wife... committed suicide?'
Everyone exchanged glances, their faces filled with shock.
"Professor Lu, let's hurry to your house and see what's going on!"
"Old Lu, stop standing there. Let's go!"
"Old Lu! Old Lu, why are you still standing there?"
Lu Daoxing felt the world spinning around him, as though his soul were being torn away.
His head felt like it was about to explode. Xiao Xu's sobbing on the phone still echoed in his ears. That sentence, "She's already stopped breathing", left him completely lost.
Thud!
Lu Daoxing collapsed stiffly to one side.
"Old Lu! Old Lu!"
"Is Old Lu alright?"
"Old Lu passed out!"
Li Tianming immediately hoisted Lu Daoxing onto his back.
"I'll take Old Lu to the hospital first and have Fenghe check on him! Does anyone know where he lives?"
"I do! I've been there twice!", Qin Siyang immediately raised his hand.
"Old Hao, Old Wu, you two take Little Qin to Old Lu's house and bring Yang Dan to Fenghe's hospital as well."
"Alright. Little Qin, let's go. Show me the way."
Zhang Kuang added, "When you go to Old Lu's place, bring that nanny Xiao Xu along too."
"Got it!"
———
Acting as a human GPS, Qin Siyang led Hao Liang and Wu Yu to Lu Daoxing's home.
When Nanny Xiao Xu opened the door, her face was deathly pale, completely drained of color. As soon as she saw them, she desperately shook her head and waved her hands.
"I really didn't kill her! I don't know anything!"
Qin Siyang pushed her aside and rushed straight into the living room. Seeing it empty, he split up with Wu Yu and Hao Liang, each of them searching the bedroom and the study separately.
The moment Qin Siyang entered the study, he saw Yang Dan lying beside the desk with her hair hanging loose.
He hurried over and felt her neck.
There was long since no breath or pulse left, and her body had already turned cold.
She had been dead for quite some time.
But Qin Siyang didn't know whether there were Sequence abilities capable of bringing the dead back to life, so he treated the dead as though they were still alive.
He quickly lifted Yang Dan onto his back, then noticed a note beneath her body. He grabbed it and stuffed it into his pocket.
"Professor Wu, Professor Hao, let's get to the hospital!"
With Qin Siyang carrying Yang Dan, Wu Yu bringing Xiao Xu along, and Hao Liang driving at top speed, they all rushed to the hospital.
Chen Fenghe was already waiting outside the entrance. As soon as Qin Siyang and the others arrived, she immediately had Yang Dan placed onto a stretcher.
Chen Fenghe said to the surrounding medical staff, "Begin treatment immediately."
"Yes, Director!"
Seeing Chen Fenghe at the entrance, Hao Liang quickly asked, "Director Chen, how's Old Lu?"
"Professor Lu fainted because he couldn't bear the shock. He's already awake after taking some medicine. He's fine."
"Good. As long as Old Lu's alright."
"You all should go see Professor Lu. I'll handle Yang Dan's case."
Qin Siyang, Hao Liang, and Wu Yu immediately headed to Lu Daoxing's hospital room.
As soon as Lu Daoxing, lying on the hospital bed, saw them arrive, he struggled to sit up.
"Where's my wife?"
Hao Liang stepped forward to support him.
"Old Lu, lie back down first. Yang Dan's been taken in for emergency treatment. Director Chen is personally in charge."
"How is she?"
Hao Liang lowered his eyes and sighed, "It doesn't look good."
Not long afterward, Chen Fenghe appeared at the doorway of the hospital room.
Seeing her was like seeing a lifeline. Lu Daoxing immediately shook off Hao Liang's support, jumped out of bed, and hurried over to her in just a few steps.
"Director Chen, how's Yang Dan? She'll be alright, won't she? You saved her once before. This time will be fine too, right?"
Chen Fenghe pressed her lips together and gently shook her head, "I'm sorry. She arrived too late..."
Those simple words stripped Lu Daoxing of his soul.
Leaning against the doorframe, he slowly slid down to the floor. His lips trembled slightly, but no sound came out. He no longer had even the strength to speak. It was as though something had lodged in his throat, leaving every word trapped inside his chest.
Li Tianming and Zhang Kuang helped Lu Daoxing back onto the bed as though they were carrying a corpse.
Seeing him like this, everyone felt miserable.
But they had all been through enough in life to know that no matter what words they used to comfort Lu Daoxing now, they would be meaningless.
They could only stand there in silence.
Chang Tianxiang sighed, pulled over a chair, and sat beside Lu Daoxing.
"You all should go back. I'll stay with Old Lu tonight."
Li Tianming said, "Brother Chang, your mental state isn't that great either. Let me do it."
Chang Tianxiang looked at Lu Daoxing, as though seeing himself, "Old Lu and I have both just lost someone dear to us. Compared to the rest of you, I'm better suited to help him."
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