Time flew by.
As the hibernation plan and migration plan were gradually carried out, the once-lively Dawn Star grew quiet again.
Yet inside the Academy of Sciences' First Laboratory, everyone remained busy.
"Where's Yongchang?"
Fang Xu frowned slightly and asked in a low voice, "Still in his office?"
Su Yutong nodded gently and spread her hands helplessly. "You know what he's like."
"These days, I can't even get into his office unless I'm bringing him food."
Fang Xu sighed at that. "How long has it been now...?"
Before he finished speaking, the sound of a door sliding open came from nearby.
Fang Xu perked up and whipped his head toward Lü Yongchang's office.
The door stood open.
His brow deeply furrowed, Lü Yongchang stared blankly at the empty corridor ahead and swayed out of his office, his face slightly pale. He kept muttering something under his breath.
Seeing him like this, Fang Xu felt a surge of panic.
At such a critical moment, nothing could be allowed to happen to Lü Yongchang, the pillar of human civilization!
He hurried toward Lü Yongchang.
"...No, this isn't right."
"One is missing... one is missing..."
As the distance between them shrank, Lü Yongchang's murmurs reached Fang Xu's ears.
One is missing?
What's missing?
Fang Xu paused in confusion, then instinctively called softly, "Yongchang?"
Lü Yongchang gave a slight shudder and turned his head, directing his bewildered gaze toward Fang Xu.
When he saw Fang Xu and Su Yutong, much of the confusion in his eyes faded.
He forced the corners of his mouth upward into an awkward smile. "Oh, it's you two..."
"You..." Fang Xu hesitated for a moment before finally asking the question on his mind. "What did you mean just now?"
"What's missing?"
At that question, Lü Yongchang fell silent, and