Chapter 672 - Closer (2/2)

Bai Qing did not answer him. She just stretched out her hand, touched Zhang Heng’s face, and asked with a hoa.r.s.e and crying voice. “Why, why did this happen to me…”

Her palms were ice cold, and her voice was filled with sadness, like a lost puppy under the heavy rain, not knowing where to go.

“Sorry for getting you involved in this,” Zhang Heng apologized.

In the real world, Bai Qing did not need to experience the separation of life and death from her loved ones. She was still happily attending cla.s.ses at the university, and after all, this was just one of the events in this dungeon. Usually, such an event was linked to the a.s.signed quest.

Zhang Heng held Bai Qing’s hand and said softly, “Don’t worry, it will be better when you open your eyes again.”

…

The next time Bai Qing opened her eyes, Zhang Heng was gone. Soon, she heard the sound of water.

When she was still sleeping, Zhang Heng took a cold shower and a.n.a.lyzed the information he collected. After he got dressed and walked out of the bathroom, he found out that Bai Qing had woken up. And his face was blus.h.i.+ng.

Nothing happened between the two, even though they slept together. Although they were lying on the same bed, they were fully clothed. Having no other thoughts, Bai Qing just wanted to find someone she trusted to stay with her. Likewise, Zhang Heng had no other intentions towards her as well.

He uncapped a bottle of mineral water and tossed another to Bai Qing.

“The results of the CT scan is here.”

To Zhang Heng’s surprise, it turned out that his unreliable parents were more effective than his friend that worked at the hospital. They sent the result back to him in two hours. An hour and a half later, his friend that worked at the hospital sent Zhang Heng his results.

The two sets proved similar. The image’s three-dimensional reconstruction showed that the corpse’s bones and blood vessels were almost indistinguishable from that of an ordinary human body. Only its brain managed to attract the a.n.a.lysts’ attention.

“What does it mean by an abnormal fourth ventricle?” Bai Qing walked to the computer.

“The fourth ventricle is an anatomical structure located between the midbrain, pons, and cerebellum. The fourth ventricle’s content was mainly cerebrospinal fluid connected to the third ventricle, the subarachnoid s.p.a.ce, and the central ca.n.a.l of the spinal cord. The fourth ventricle of an ordinary person has a quadrangular pyramid shape. But the fourth ventricle on the CT image is twice the size of an ordinary person, and it has a very neat hemisphere,” Zhang Heng said.

“Hmm?”

“Let’s put it this way, the a.n.a.lysts who saw the CT image believed that such a neat hemispherical shape could not be formed naturally. It is more like an industrial product. In other words, it was manufactured artificially. In addition, the CT image also shows that the top of the skull has traces of cutting, and it was healed after that. The radius coincides with the fourth ventricle.”

“What does this mean?”

“This means that there are many possibilities, and it is not possible for us to draw any conclusions yet.” Zhang Heng said, “But one thing is certain. The brains of the people who have been replaced are different from those of ordinary people. Look here.”

Zhang Heng pointed at the fourth ventricle on the CT image. There was an irregular-shaped shadow at the bottom of it.

“What’s that? Is it a tumor?” Bai Qing squinted, trying to figure out what that was.

For some reason, the shadow creeped her out.

“I don’t think so.” Zhang Heng said, “It looks like some kind of organism. We are one step closer to the truth.”