On the rooftop of a skyscraper dozens of stories tall in J City.
An eerie blue-green glow shrouded the dim sky. Two people suddenly appeared out of thin air on the previously empty platform. They had appeared like ghosts, silent and unfathomable. It was a supernatural phenomenon, difficult to explain through ordinary reasoning.
With a stagger, a young man in a white lab coat fell to the ground.
Beside him, a middle-aged man of around thirty had a deathly pale face, ragged breathing, and a body that trembled faintly. It was unclear whether he was afraid or enduring pain beyond what he could bear.
"You shouldn't have saved me." Wang Xiaoming struggled to his feet, his face twisted as he stared fixedly at Li Jun beside him.
Li Jun had forcibly taken him out of the laboratory.
But that was not what he had wanted, because he had already prepared himself to die in the laboratory.
"It was an order from above. Professor Wang, your priority outweighs an entire laboratory." Li Jun panted heavily and slumped weakly onto the ground.
To ensure Wang Xiaoming's escape, he had paid a considerable price.
"Then their decision was wrong. This isn't just about one laboratory. I understand better than anyone how terrifying the thing I personally nurtured is. After the experiment failed, I had already intended to permanently seal away the Ghost Coffin, burying that coffin and that ghost forever." Wang Xiaoming suddenly grabbed Li Jun by the collar and roared at him.
"What you did makes me feel utterly incompetent, do you understand? If I lived, it meant more people would die. I liked weighing the value of lives, because it was the best method: sacrifice some people so that more could survive."
"Because of that belief, a belief I considered right,