Chapter 672 - Closer (1/2)

Other than checking out the place during the day, Zhang Heng spent the better part of the day attempting to a.s.semble the CT scanner. Thank goodness his efforts were not in vain. It took him about 20 minutes to get to the morgue, but he managed to a.s.semble the CT scanner that he wanted.

And scanning the body was not that complicated as well. Even a layman like Zhang Heng could learn to operate it from manuals he downloaded from the internet.

What he received next, however, was the raw image from the CT scanner. He would need someone professional to process and a.n.a.lyze the image. Zhang Heng then pushed the CT scanner aside and waited quietly for the Infinite Building Block effect to expire. As for Bai Qing, she was staring at her mother. The lady’s eyes were closed, and she looked like she was asleep. The horror on her face was gone too. She looked like she was in peace.

After 45 minutes had pa.s.sed, Zhang Heng looked at the time on the phone, dismantled the Lego CT scanner, and put the bricks back into his backpack. He then said to Bai Qing, “We are leaving now.”

“Let me take another look, just one look.” Bai Qing said.

Zhang Heng did not rush her after hearing her request. He just stood at the side quietly.

Half a minute later, Bai Qing zipped up the body bag and pushed her mother back into the freezer. She suppressed her grief and asked, “What shall we do next?”

Zhang Heng looked at Bai Qing’s slightly red and swollen eyes and shook her head. “There is nothing else for us to do for the time being. Go back and rest first. I will send the image to a friend that works in the hospital. When the results come out, I will contact you again.”

“But I can’t sleep now.” Bai Qing said.

“You have to try to sleep because this is likely going to be a long battle.” Zhang Heng said, “In my experience, whether you are looking for your mother or saving your father, you need sufficient physical strength to support you till the end of this battle.”

“Will you stay with me then?” Bai Qing bit her lip.

Initially, Zhang Heng wanted to go home to prepare for the follow-up investigation. Still, considering that he had not slept for almost the entire whole night, it was difficult for him to say no after looking at Bai Qing’s current mental state.

“Yes, I will stay,” Zhang Heng finally said. “Let’s go back to the hotel.”

Since the funeral home was at the city’s outskirts, it was almost dawn when they returned to the express hotel. Zhang Heng bundled up all the information that he collected and composed them into an email. Due to the fact that he was worried about those aliens had fully penetrated human society, he had to go to the hospital to verify that his friend was still his friend. To be safe, he also called his parents, who lived far away in Europe, asking them to find someone they knew to help a.n.a.lyze the CT image.

He then drew the curtains, and the room became dark again.

“Sweet dreams,” Zhang Heng said to Bai Qing, who was on the bed.

Seating himself on the chair under the window sill, he leaned his head against the wall with his feet propped on the other chair.

About a quarter of an hour later. He heard Bai Qing asking from the other end of the room. “Are you still there?”

“Yes,” Zhang Heng replied in the dark.

“Can you… come closer?” Bai Qing asked softly.

“Sure.”

After Zhang Heng finished speaking, he moved the chair to the side of the bed. Before he sat down, he heard Bai Qing spoke in a hoa.r.s.e voice.

“…A little closer.”

So Zhang Heng laid down on the other side of the bed and then asked, “Is it better now?”