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Su Wensheng stared at the ten-year-old Su Wensheng, the boy still so small, so immature, his thin arms unable to lift heavy objects, yet his eyes held a brightness unfamiliar to him.

"Still want to kill me?" Su Ming'an said, "I'm very curious, if the ten-year-old Su Wensheng dies, what will happen to you, to me. Are you the real Su Wensheng? I can find an answer."

Su Wensheng raised his hand, and the ten-year-old Su Wensheng immediately blocked in front of Su Ming'an, raising his needle-pricked arms like a small wall.

"...Heh." Su Wensheng chuckled softly, his brows and eyes revealing rare bitterness: "I'll come for you later, Su Ming'an."

The light and shadows flickered, and Su Wensheng left. Whether it was due to fear of causal confusion or concern for the young Su Wensheng, nobody knew.

The ten-year-old Su Wensheng pulled Su Ming'an, leading him out of the ward:

"Doctor Su, come with me, I know where our companions are being held."

Su Ming'an, under the cover of the spatial concealment barrier, stepped into the corridor. The air reeked of disinfectant, and the hallway stretched infinitely like a bottomless tunnel.

Each door was locked tight, and through the narrow door glass, Su Ming'an saw children lying on hospital beds like corpses, with blood-red tubes inserted into their bodies. This place was like a giant beehive, with each cell hiding profound darkness.

It resembled a massive cage—not holding prisoners, but pigs and sheep about to be slaughtered.

Su Ming'an casually stopped in front of a room, reading the text on the door.

[Surgery Date: February 12, Year 818]

[Client: Yi Changping]

[Requirement: Heart Source]

[Note: After screening age, gender, physical condition, this specimen is the best choice. Surgery approved to proceed. As this specimen has lost its kidneys, surgery must be conducted promptly.]

…

Through the glass of this room door, Su Ming'an looked inside. Lying on the bed was a girl undergoing dialysis, her face covered in a layer of pale gray, blood flowing in and out through various tubes.

Homeless children were brought here, lacking background, lacking support, with no one caring about their disappearance, and so they truly "disappeared" here, becoming consumables for human experimentation. No camera could reach this place, and no one in the world would hear their cries before death.

If not for The First Tower bringing nine years ago back to the present, no one would know they had already died in the past.

[Does this research institute... still exist?] Since Su Ming'an also started a live broadcast, people began to ask.

[Seems like it's abandoned. But who knows if there are similar research institutes?]

[Hope the apocalypse ends so everyone can live well.]

[Even if the apocalypse ends, this situation won't disappear. In some people's eyes, life is just food.]

…

Su Ming'an consecutively used annihilation to open the room doors, uncertain of who was "The Girl", saving every one he saw.

Until he ran to the depths of the corridor, there was already a small train behind him. Twenty or thirty children followed him in a mighty procession.

"This is... the last ward." Su Wensheng pointed to the door at the deepest part of the corridor: "As for the remaining children, where they are now... I don't know anymore. I can only save the children I know."

Su Ming'an pushed open the door.

He found the third diary.

…

[You've obtained (Little Li's Diary · Three)]

[February 4, overcast.]

[Today, I was taken for a bunch of physical examinations. The adults looked at me with satisfaction. From their conversation, I learned that it seems I am the most suitable experimental subject.]

[—Because I am the true Eligible Person.]

[My blood can enhance talent. If I am used as a test subject, they can study many drugs that benefit humanity.]

[Xiao Wen saw me and said he would bandage my wounds. My body is full of inverted skin and flesh.]

[He asked me when I could escape.]

[I said, you might not see me anymore, because I will be on the operating table in a few days, this is fate—being Eligible, if Eligible doesn't benefit humanity, humanity will suffer. Many uncles and aunts who are sick would die without my blood.]

[If someone could regain life because of me, that would be the only fortunate thing.]

[Hearing this, Xiao Wen stared into my eyes and asked, is this my true thought?]

[Looking into his clear eyes, I almost want to cry.]

[I want to say that I actually don't want to die, who wants to die so young, but I can't escape. So many children, after we greet each other, I never see them again. The operating room devoured them, and it will devour me too.]

[But I hope Xiao Wen can get away. If the adults stay addicted to researching me, then Xiao Wen can gain more secure time.]

[Let's say goodbye here then, please go to a place without harm and pain. I say this.]

[If you get a chance, make sure to escape. You can carry your backpack to school and jot down notes under electric fans. Then, when you grow up, come to save me.]

[Actually, tomatoes don't taste good.]

[Xiao Wen.]

[Before my parents passed, you saved me from domestic violence. We promised to grow up together.]

[Before they devour every bit of my blood, my flesh—I want you to live.]

[You are the only one who talks to me, you are my only light here.]

…

Inside the ward, a black-haired girl sat on the bed, her face sickly and pale. Above her head displayed a sign like a marquee—[The Girl].

"Little Li, are you okay?" Su Wensheng supported the girl.

The girl nodded: "I'm okay, today is February 8th, surgery hasn't been performed yet."

Su Wensheng patted his chest with relief, glad that Little Li hadn't had her organs removed, pointed to Su Ming'an: "Little Li, this is Dr. Su, he came down from the sky to save us. Soon we'll leave together with him!"

…It seems Little Li is the "Girl" who needs to be escorted.

At this moment, Su Ming'an noticed the red circle of the Clue Insight skill. Using the red circle, he found a photograph—in the photograph, some people in suits stood at the ward door.

Before realizing anything, the scene before him changed, and he suddenly entered the photograph, watching everything happening in the photo from a third-person perspective.

The people in suits were chatting:

[Ubang Special Committee Member · Minister Liu: How is the research progressing?]

[Doctor Chang: Very smoothly. We are delving into the domain of the gods—artificially eligible persons! Using this eligible person called 'Little Li,' we are slicing her organs and injecting her blood into the children's bodies. So far, we have initially cultivated an eligible person! Although his effect is far from that of a true eligible person, it is already a major breakthrough.]

[United Special Committee Member · Secretary Dai: Oh? That's great. This way, artificially eligible persons can use their bodies to benefit humanity.]

[Major General Chen: After these children are discharged, they will receive a substantial sum of money.]

[Doctor Chang: Uh... yes, yes! We will definitely reward these children well!]

[Ancient Martial Arts · Yi Changping: You must take care of these children, provide good nutrition for them until they recover.]

[Doctor Chang: Yes... yes! We definitely will.]

Several dialogue boxes appeared above these people's heads; their lips moved like shriveled paper figures.

Su Ming'an was very familiar with this game mode. Games like "Fireworks," "Paper Wedding Dress," could all restore the past by collecting clues.

Recalling history in this cruel reality in a game-like manner, he wasn't sure if this was the First Tower's dark humor. Clearly in the form of a game, yet everything before him seemed heavier.

From the conversation, it was apparent that some people thought the children would be rehabilitated after being discharged. However, most of the children died on their hospital beds, drained of their last ounce of value.

The scene shifted, and these well-dressed individuals were already standing by Little Li's hospital bed. Little Li wore an oxygen mask, her face as pale as paper.

"Thank you for your hard work! Child!" Minister Liu held Little Li's hand: "You have made an indelible contribution to world peace. Once the medication is developed, the frontline warriors will remember you."

Little Li shook her head, seemingly wanting to say something, but too weak to speak.

The person overhead labeled "Yi Changping" seemed to sense something was wrong; he frowned and said: "Does Little Li have something to say?"

But Major General Chen shook his head: "The child is weak, let her rest more."

Just then, Little Li suddenly reached out and tore off her oxygen mask, yelling with a voice weak as a mouse:

"...Save, save us..."

Her flesh sank downward, fingers turning blue and purple, tears nearly dried up flowing from her eyes.

Looking at Yi Changping, whose face showed compassion, she strained every nerve to plead for help—hope was right there, it was difficult to get big shots to inspect today, as long as she spoke out for help, then, then it would be—

She wanted to tell them that the children were not willing participants.

Xiao Wen and the others... Xiao Wen and the others could still be alive...

A large hand reached down, as if a giant mountain pressed down, reapplying the oxygen mask to her face, blocking her plea for help. Doctor Chang held down Little Li, smiling, saying: "The child is hallucinating, she keeps calling for help because there have been anomalies lately."

"Doctor Chang, you should treat her properly." Secretary Dai said.

"Yes, yes." Doctor Chang chuckled.

"You have made great contributions to the digestion of negative emotions." Minister Liu said.

"Yes... we definitely will." Doctor Chang said with a smile.

The light in Little Li's eyes gradually faded. She clawed at her oxygen mask, her fingers losing strength.

—She was too naive.

Why would she think that this group of people didn't know her pain?

Why would she think that just by calling out loud, she could be saved?

These people were clearly in cahoots, faking blindness though it was obvious, forcing the children to be "willing." Her cries for help, no matter how loud, were only words for the deaf to hear.

However, that person named "Yi Changping" always showed compassion, seemingly wanting to save her.

The scene shifted, Yi Changping stood alone at the stairway, secretly making a phone call:

"Hello? I feel something is wrong with Experimental City, the children don't seem willing, nor can they receive post-surgery treatment. I want to investigate this with the Li family... Hmm, I want to save the children..."

In a direction Yi Changping couldn't see, but Su Ming'an from a third perspective could—on the next floor down from Yi Changping, Minister Liu and others listened with cold eyes.

White dialogue boxes appeared over their heads, layer upon layer, like heavy cumulonimbus clouds.

[Minister Liu: That old guy Yi Changping, wanting to ruin things.]

[Secretary Dai: Clearly just needed to submit a report of 'everything normal', then no one would pay attention here anymore. If these children are gone, what will we do if the supply of organs can't keep up?]

[Secretary Dai: A child without parents, his organs can save several families with terminal illnesses. Isn't this the most suitable transaction, saving so much negative emotion!]

[Minister Liu: Yi Changping's son Yi Zhongyu is thirteen this year, right? Isn't his son in need of a heart source due to innate heart disease? Find a matching child from among them, so Yi Changping will shut up.]

[Secretary Dai: You have a point. This old guy wouldn't reveal the truth even at the cost of losing his child, would he? Heh heh... Can such a person exist in this restless society? It's just a lack of money. Tomorrow I'll treat him to some drinks and discuss the heart transplant.]

...

Su Ming'an's fingers became colder and colder as he watched all this.

It turned out this matter was connected to Yi Zhongyu as well, yet Yi Zhongyu likely did not know that his heart was sourced from an innocent child.

Yi Zhongyu is now very healthy, so the outcome is already evident—his father Yi Changping was eventually persuaded by Secretary Dai to choose the heart transplant for Yi Zhongyu, abandoning the truth.

Those pleading children sank into silent darkness, eventually perishing quietly.

The healthy and strong Dream Patrol Family's Yi Zhongyu later cleared the game "The Cat and Her," continued to live with a child's heart, saving countless people trapped in the black mist.

...

—The price was a child's life.

Exchanging one life for countless lives seemed justifiable. But if Yi Zhongyu knew about this, would he choose to accept a child's heart?

Su Ming'an silently gazed at the child on the hospital bed, a bright-eyed child who had his heart taken, ultimately breathless.

The story in the photograph ended, a ripple surrounded, Su Ming'an returned to reality, storing the photograph away.

"Doctor Su, we must escape now!" Su Wensheng, holding Little Li, jumped off the hospital bed.

A blood red alert light blared around them; guards wielding electric batons rushed over.

"I'll lead at the front, you follow behind me." Su Ming'an drew his sword, his white coat fluttered in the wind.

The group of children supported each other, traversing as if through hell. Shots fired like hyenas, as if hunting amidst the jungle.

"—Don't let them get away!"

"—Shoot! Shoot!"

The building began to shake; due to its narrowness, fearing its collapse, Su Ming'an switched to Bright State, keeping the children as protected as possible behind the spatial barrier and wheelchair shield.