Xu, the second secretary, was right to be concerned. Li Bai glanced at him in surprise, not expecting the second secretary to speak up in his defense.
"Thank you. I have absolute faith in Li Bai!" John Samus added, "And unwavering trust."
His faith and trust were built on the results they had achieved so far. Even if he died on the spot right then, taking this risk would still have been worth it. He had paved the way for his family to go farther, bringing them one step closer to breaking free of the "curse" that had haunted them for centuries and regaining their freedom and health.
With outsiders present, John Samus still held back and did not reveal any more startling secrets.
"John, don't rush things. Let's keep observing for now. From the start, we've been dealing with new problems and difficulties, and we don't have a reliable way to handle them yet. We need to be cautious."
Li Bai had taken a different approach, identifying the L5521, h3432, and w1988 regions in the Samos family's brain tissue ahead of time. If they had to wait for others to discover them through trial and error, it might take another hundred years or more—and cost hundreds of Samos lives for nothing.
The Samos family were not the only ones cursed with misfortune. There was also hemophilia, which had been passed down through the royal families of Europe. Its sufferers could not even hope to live to the Samos family's limit of fifty; they could die at any moment, even from a simple fall.
"For my family's sake, I have to keep going. Li Bai, I'll do everything I can to cooperate with your treatment. Whatever ideas or plans you have, try them on me."
John Samus entrusted his life