Dreams of the Celestial Machine
Chapter 4

Mysterious Man and Woman

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Hearing Director Liu's words, Mei Duo felt her mind explode with a boom. Her vision went black, and she fainted on the spot. The woman among the man and woman who had entered behind Director Liu reacted swiftly, taking a step forward and Rushed Over, catching Mei Duo before she could fall.

Looking at the unconscious Mei Duo, Director Liu sighed helplessly, then turned and Shouted toward Outside the Door, "Two people, come in. Mei Duo has fainted. Take her to the next ward so she can rest."

At Director Liu's call, two nurses entered, took the unconscious Mei Duo from the woman's arms, and left the ward.

After Mei Duo was taken out by the two nurses, Director Liu turned to the man and woman with a bitter expression. "You've both seen the situation. Mo Li is badly injured, so he definitely can't help you."

"...Director Liu, thank you for your cooperation. We have some matters to ask Captain Mo Li about, so please step outside for now," the woman said flatly, without the slightest emotional fluctuation.

Director Liu hesitated upon hearing her words, but in the end, he nodded and turned to leave. He had no idea who these two were, but they had come with documents from higher up. Their status was surely not low, and they were not people an orthopedic director from a County Hospital could afford to offend.

After Director Liu left, the woman walked to the bedside and examined the sleeping Mo Li. Then she turned to the man and asked, "What do we do? This Matter can't be delayed any longer, or it'll become an international issue."

"Do you think that Princess is sick or something? Why did she insist on coming here? She's really causing us trouble." The man curled his lips, pulled over a chair beside the bed, and Plopped Down onto it before speaking irritably.

Seeing how careless the man was acting, the woman could not help but smile bitterly and Shook Her Head. Then she spoke Once Again. "If the circumstances weren't special, they wouldn't have sent us here. After all, this isn't what we do. But neither of us is familiar with this place. We need someone who knows the area to guide us, otherwise finding two people within such a vast range would be like searching for a Needle in a haystack."

"You've seen This Guy's condition. Even if he wakes up, he's destined to be a Crippled man. Why don't we find someone else to guide us? The Princess has been missing for forty-eight hours already. If she was really taken by Yeti, she may already be in grave danger." The man glanced at Mo Li and offered his opinion.

"No. The fewer people who know about Yeti's existence, the better. Besides, he has fought Yeti before. Only he knows Yeti's general range of activity. You know the Princess has already been missing for forty-eight hours. If we don't hurry, it may truly be too late." The woman shook her head, rejecting the man's suggestion.

"...He's already like this. How is he supposed to lead the way? Do you expect me to carry him on my back?" the man demanded impatiently.

"...Do you still have SY7113 with you?" After hesitating for a long time, the woman suddenly asked this seemingly random question.

"Huh? What are you trying to do? That's a sample we went to great lengths to obtain from Professor Lu. Professor Lu said that time was short and multiple forces were watching him, so he had no time to conduct clinical trials. If he hadn't feared it would be stolen, why would he have handed it over to us to bring back to headquarters? You're not planning to inject SY7113 into This Guy, are you? That would violate organizational discipline." The man immediately grew anxious.

"Big Brother! We have no choice now! If the situation weren't urgent, do you think they would have had us bring SY7113 directly here? Judging by the urgency of the missions, searching for and rescuing the Princess is definitely more urgent than protecting SY7113. Stop dragging this out. Give me the medicine. Once this mission is complete, I'll write the report." The woman had clearly made up her mind and reached into the inner pocket of the man's jacket.

The man seemed somewhat afraid of the woman. Though his face was full of resentment, he did not dare resist. The woman took a small box the size of a cigarette pack from the inner pocket of his jacket.

The small box was silver-white all over and appeared to be made of metal, though it was impossible to determine what kind from its appearance. After taking it out, the woman pressed the side of the box with her thumb, and it slowly opened. Astonishingly, faint white vapor drifted out from inside, while the temperature around the box dropped significantly.

The woman took a small pneumatic injector from the box. Attached to it was a tiny vial filled with dark yellow liquid. The vial was not large, only about half the length and thickness of an index finger, and the amount of liquid inside was pitifully small. Yet this little bit of liquid made both the man and woman look extremely tense.

"You... have you really thought this through? I can guarantee you'll be disciplined afterward!" The man made one last effort to persuade her.

But this time, the woman could not even be bothered to speak. She walked straight to the bedside, lifted Mo Li's head with one hand, and exposed the back of his neck. She then pressed the injector's nozzle against the spot where Mo Li's Neck Vertebrae were located and pulled the trigger.

Accompanied by a hiss, the already scarce dark yellow liquid was injected directly into Mo Li's body. The woman laid Mo Li flat on the bed again, then leaned against the Walls with her arms folded and waited quietly. Remarkably, the man said nothing more. Like the woman, he stared intently at Mo Li.

From the outside, Mo Li's body showed no changes. But inside him, the dark yellow liquid injected into his spine began rapidly moving down along his vertebrae, spreading through his nerves toward his Entire Body. Then a miraculous scene unfolded. Mo Li's injured spine began recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye, while his damaged nerves began regenerating. The speed was simply beyond ordinary comprehension. In less than two minutes, Mo Li's spine had completely healed. And it was not only his spine that had been repaired—his external injuries also recovered miraculously.

Seeing Mo Li's injuries completely heal at a visible speed, both the woman and man revealed Astonished expressions. They naturally knew how miraculous the drug numbered SY7113 was, but they had never expected it to be this miraculous.

"So we've helped Professor Lu conduct a clinical trial after all. The results are far better than he said they would be!" Since he had failed to stop the woman from acting on her own, the man had instead come to terms with it and praised the result sincerely.

"I'm not worried about the drug's effects. I'm worried whether it has any Side Effects. As you said, its effects are far better than Professor Lu claimed. Things taken to extremes can reverse, so there may be some Side Effect we don't know about." The woman shook her head.

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