Chapter 55 Returning to Normal: Bai Heng's Fear
The smell of medicine in the room had not completely dissipated, and the syringe and the gel from the machine were still on the table. Bai Heng had been sitting on the sofa recording Sang Li's vital signs data.
But now, Sang Li has disappeared.
He disappeared right under his nose.
The bedroom window was not open, and there had been no unusual noises.
How did she disappear?
Did you go to the restroom?
No, the restroom was empty and the lights were off.
Furthermore, under the influence of the medication, Sang Li should have been in a drowsy state.
Bai Heng suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, which soaked through his clothes.
He had never been so terrified.
My mind even went blank for a moment.
There was nothing on the bed.
Without any warning, not even the monitoring system alarmed.
A second after his brain stopped functioning, he rushed over, pulled back the covers, and found the person still warm, but gone.
Abnormal entity!
However, Lu Jin's apartment has the strictest security measures. How could an anomaly possibly get in? As far as he knows, no anomaly with such power could break through the layers of protection in Lu Jin's apartment.
He had checked all the alarms on the doors and windows two hours earlier, and they were all working properly.
Bai Heng's expression changed, and he took out a magnetic field interference detector he carried with him from his pocket. Circles of blue lines jumped on the screen.
Data curve discontinuity, spatial folding?
How could an anomaly be able to perform spatial folding under such a magnetic field?
Moreover, large-scale destructive abilities like spatial folding are almost impossible because they place extremely high demands on the user, the anomalous entity, and their use would cause the anomalous entity to collapse. Therefore, anomalous entities cannot evolve and develop such abilities. To his knowledge, similar anomalous entities appeared thirty years ago and were subsequently destroyed by humane means.
If it truly exists, then this is not just a danger level of S+.
Bai Heng was about to call Lu Jin, however...
A sharp red light suddenly flashed on the instrument.
His gaze drifted over the bed where Sang Li had just slept.
It seems that Sang Li appeared at the same time.
Bai Heng suddenly turned around.
Sang Li lay quietly on the bed, her hair slightly disheveled, but her complexion had improved considerably, at least she looked somewhat healthy. However, her eyes were empty, as if she was still confused and didn't know what had happened.
She disappeared for less than half a minute.
Or rather, a dozen seconds.
"Xiao Li!" Bai Heng blurted out, rushing over to touch her forehead, his voice tense and anxious, "Where did you just go?"
Sang Li blinked, slowly raised her eyes, looked at Bai Heng, and said, word by word, "Chi Du..."
Bai Heng's expression suddenly turned cold: "Who?"
Sang Li shook her head, her mind a mess. After realizing that the person in front of her was Bai Heng, she felt even more like her brain was a complete blank.
“I don’t know,” she whispered, “but I know he’s back.”
“He’s back,” she repeated, as if confirming that what she had just experienced was real. She patted her bed. “Right here.”
Bai Heng's heart skipped a beat when he saw the momentary confusion and bewilderment on her face.
"Let me check on you," Bai Heng said.
Sang Li: "I feel much better."
Bai Heng didn't say anything more, but simply asked Sang Li to get into position and connect the equipment.
The physiological indicators that were just now fluctuating and on the verge of collapse have all recovered.
Her heart rate stabilized, her serum hormone levels dropped to the normal range, and even her consistently high stress response levels seemed to have been gently smoothed out.
The magnetic field has returned to normal.
This is something even medication cannot achieve.
And in such a short time.
Bai Heng stared at the screen for a full three minutes, and Sang Li's values showed no abnormalities whatsoever.
Even the fever subsided.
Her current state is like the morning dew that condenses on a windowpane after a nightmare—so clean it's unsettling. It leaves one feeling as if a fog still lingers.
Bai Heng frowned: "What exactly happened?"
Sang Li sat on the bed with her knees drawn up to her chest, her toes slightly curled up, her expression not yet fully recovered.
She looked up, her voice soft: "Chi Du gave me a piece of candy, red, like those artificially flavored cellophane candies from when I was little. After eating it, I felt better."
Bai Heng's brows remained taut.
Who is Chi Du?
He searched his memory for all the names he knew, but no one was named Chi Du.
Sang Li thought for a moment, her eyes filled with a mixture of confusion and certainty: "I don't know. But I know him very well. When I see him, I feel at ease. Like a doll I used to hug when I was a child, or someone very important to me."
Bai Heng pondered, "An anomaly named Chi Du?"
Could a simple piece of candy really help her recover?
Bai Heng didn't even know why Sang Li had a fever!
Who exactly is Ike Watari?
Bai Heng began to feel a little irritable. He was a person who was rarely swayed by emotions, but now his throat was dry.
The name was unfamiliar; it didn't even appear in the anomaly database. He had reviewed all the anomaly data but had never seen any record with a similar name.
But this person, with just a piece of candy, could make Sang Li drop from the critical value back to the safe range within half a minute.
It wasn't a slow descent, but rather a perfect reconstruction after an instantaneous collapse.
This reversal speed is almost incomprehensible, and even violates the known laws of the ecological management bureau regarding the recovery mechanism of the nervous system in abnormal bodies.
Bai Heng felt a sudden pang of panic, his fingertips silently tapping his knees.
Just a piece of candy?
No, it can't just be sugar.
Bai Heng took a deep breath, picked up medical gloves and put them on: "Open your mouth, let me check if there's any residue."
Sang Li squeaked and obediently opened her mouth, letting out a soft "ah" like a small animal.
Bai Heng bent down to examine Sang Li and used a cotton swab to scan the inside of her mouth.
"Don't move. Take a small sample of the oral mucosa for analysis."
Sang Li nodded slightly, her eyes still soft, her eyelashes outlined in pale gold by the sunlight.
After the sampling was completed, Bai Heng looked up and stared at her for a long time: "Do you still remember the candy packaging?"
Sang Li tilted her head and thought for a moment, then shook her head: "There was no packaging. He just took it out directly."
"How does it taste?"
"It's sweet, very sweet, sweeter than regular sugar."
What were your special feelings afterward?
"there is none left."
Bai Heng: "How did you see Chi Du just now?"
Sang Li: "He just suddenly appeared and hugged me."
Bai Heng: "You didn't resist?"
Sang Li pursed her lips.
"Um?"
Sang Li spoke quickly: "No."
Bai Heng sighed. It seemed that this person was quite familiar with Sang Li, but Sang Li had forgotten who this person was for some reason.
The person named "Chi Du" had no records, no data, and no identity, but he could precisely enter her brain's memory, create visual, olfactory, and emotional resonance, and directly interfere with her physiological reactions.
This is not a normal anomaly.
Even after Sang Li's description, he still didn't know what the anomaly's abilities were.
Bai Heng placed a test tube in front of him: "Lie down for a while, I'll go check on the situation."
Sang Li crawled back into bed.
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