Dong Xuebin Has Arrived!

Late morning.

Research institute.

Zhong Lizhen sat in Isolation Room Number One with a dark expression, silent for a long while. The confusion in her eyes gradually turned to resolve, and an expression of determination surfaced on her face. She suddenly sat up from the bed. She could not wait any longer. Since no one was coming to save her, she would find a way to escape herself.

A combination lock?

And a keycard?

Even a Fingerprint Scan?

Zhong Lizhen looked at the silver door of the isolation room. Out of habit, she adjusted her glasses and brushed the gold chain hanging from the frame slightly aside before walking over lightly. She felt around the keypad and fingerprint scanner beside the door, then turned and walked back to a machine beside the conference table. It seemed to be a projector. Zhong Lizhen crouched down and felt beneath it. With barely any effort, she snapped off a panel underneath the projector. Without even looking, she reached inside and, in a few quick motions, removed a circuit board. Then she reached farther in. Crack, snap. After several sounds, Zhong Lizhen withdrew her hand, now holding an irregular pointed component. She placed it on the floor and reached inside again.

One minute...

Two minutes...

Three or four components had already been removed and placed on the floor.

Looking at the things she needed, Zhong Lizhen slipped them into her pocket and walked over to another unknown machine. She lifted its cover and bent it open. Crack. She carefully plucked an electronic component from one of its circuit boards. It was tiny, somewhat shaped like a diode.

Only then did Zhong Lizhen return to the door.

She ran her palm over the fingerprint scanner, then raised her hand and took a pointed object from