"How could a living person vanish from a room? I suggest sending a researcher to take a look in person."
"I'll go! I want to see for myself whether she fooled the robots' eyes!"
Dozens of researchers, elderly professors, young professors, and others declared that they would inspect the scene themselves. Not one of them believed Liu Siting had disappeared.
What they meant was that they suspected the police robots had turned traitor and uploaded fake footage, while she was actually still in the bedroom.
That was the only explanation for her vanishing into thin air. Otherwise, the very foundations of science were on the verge of collapse.
"Ladies and gentlemen, don't forget Nightmare Disease. It can spread through speech alone, so Liu Siting vanishing into thin air isn't entirely beyond comprehension. Still, science demands rigor. Since you have objections, let's all go take a look."
The deputy director spoke gravely, slowly rose, and led the group into the underground transit hub. They took a vacuum maglev to the high-rise where Liu Siting had been staying.
The group arrived outside Liu Siting's Isolation Room. The younger members stepped forward and said, "We'll go in first. If she's still inside spouting mad ramblings, we'll come back out."
The elderly professors nodded. Naturally, they did not dare face Liu Siting when she was in a frenzy.
Liu Siting's tongue truly was terrifying. Some of the old fellows were still having nightmares.
From time to time, they heard terrifying whispers in the Dream World that made their heads feel as though they would split apart. Some of the elderly professors who had heard Liu Siting's voice had begun suffering from nervous exhaustion.
The younger members entered Liu Siting's room. It really was empty, with no one inside.
They reached the bathroom, but there