All the members of the expert group finished their medical checks and the results were out. Everyone was fine and in good health; the virus they had theorised about did not exist. 

What was more confusing was that there was no evidence of poison or a heart attack when autopsies were performed on the two bodies. Luo Su and Chen Kexue seemed to have reached their time and had left the world abruptly. 

Xia Lei saw no hope in joining the group of experts and no chance in coming into contact with the pieces of alloy and the bronze book. He handed the completed report to Wang Lei the next morning and talked of leaving. 

Wang Lei had Xia Lei’s report, and the medical check the higher-ups had ordered was completed so he did not want Xia Lei to stay on. He agreed without a second thought when Xia Lei said he wanted to leave. 

Ning Jing came to send him off but Long Bing did not leave them alone. She should have given them some space but she followed them closely. 

Ning Jing mustered up her courage when she saw that Xia Lei was about to step out of the passageway. “Lei, will you come back?”

“I don’t know. Probably not.” Xia Lei did not harbour...