The smell of disinfectant suddenly became pungent. Lin Mo watched Su Yuqing’s fingers as she calibrated the medical pod, her hands appearing unnaturally pale under the cold light. When she spoke, her eyelashes remained perfectly still, like the recording of a surveillance feed that had not blinked in seven days.
"Can you explain this?" Lin Mo suddenly grabbed her wrist, his fingertips feeling a subtle electrical tremor beneath her skin.
The display on the medical pod reflected the serial number on the back of Su Yuqing’s neck: QT-847. The number reminded Lin Mo of the loop count flickering in the system's final holographic projection.
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