Inside a heavily concealed, isolated house, several figures stood like statues before a massive, floor-to-ceiling glass window without moving an inch. Their expressions were pitch black, like the water of a freezing pool—cold to the bone.
The room seemed shrouded in an invisible, suffocating weight, and time itself appeared to have stalled here.
Looking out through the huge glass window, one could clearly see a spacious intensive care unit down below. The interior was dim and yellowish, with only a few faint, dim lamps barely maintaining the basic lighting needs. The four walls were covered with various medical equipment and monitoring devices, and these cold devices continuously emitted bursts of low, subtle buzzing sounds.
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