"Knock, knock, knock."
At noon, a burst of knocking woke Wang Yan.
Ever since discovering that her daughter Chen Na had vanished the previous night, she had been so worried that she could not sleep. She had only just dozed off from exhaustion when the knocking suddenly came.
Thinking the Public Security Bureau had found some clue, she hurried to the door. But when she opened it, there was no one outside.
She looked around and spotted a small box on the ground.
She brought it inside and opened it. Inside were a letter and a sealed medicine box.
Wang Yan unfolded the letter and immediately recognized Chen Na's elegant handwriting.
"Sorry, Mom. I have to leave for a while. Please don't worry about me. I'll come back later."
Following Chen Na's brief message was another passage, written in someone else's handwriting.
"Ms. Wang, your daughter has passed our selection. We will temporarily take her elsewhere for training. The medicine in the box can cure your illness; it is also part of our agreement with your daughter. Do not attempt to find us. You do not have that ability. When the time is right, your daughter will return to see you."
"Nana..."
By the time Wang Yan finished reading the letter, tears were already streaming down her face.
After a long silence, she opened the medicine box. There was only one pill inside. The moment she picked it up, her Personal Terminal automatically identified it.
[Special Healing Pill]: Can cure multiple illnesses after consumption. This item can be traded.
Wang Yan knew that a medicinal artifact like this would probably sell for hundreds of thousands of Ascension Coins on the market.
Now, the mysterious organization that had taken her daughter had really sent the medicine over, yet she could not