"It's foggy? Why is there fog here?"

Nok glanced at the fog in the night and stretched out his hand to open the window of the stall that was only a little cracked, but he only felt weak all over, as if there was an invisible force sucking away his energy.

It's that fog!

He used all his strength to close the window, but the feeling of losing energy did not slow down.

"Vision······"

At this moment, he realized that he was enveloped in an extraordinary vision that took effect on a large scale.

He had no time to think about how this vision was generated, and staggered towards the door.

The archives room is at the innermost part of the building on this floor. In order to prevent leaks, the airtightness is extremely good. The window he just closed is the only ventilation window in the entire archives room, and it does not lead directly to the outside of the building.

He was the only one on duty in the office tonight, but there were many staff working overtime in the office hall outside.

When he stumbled into the hall and prepared to remind everyone, he found that the entire office hall was filled with mist.

The FBI agents who were working outside were lying down or sleeping in the fog.

"Director!"

He felt a chill in his heart, climbed hard to the elevator, and pressed the button to take the elevator upstairs.

As the elevator lights showed the changing floors, he felt a great sense of fatigue sweeping through his body.

His energy had dissipated, leaving only the drowsiness of staying up late and working for days.

He really wanted to lie down and fall into eternal sleep.

His body, which was holding the elevator door, began to slide downward gradually.

At this time, an idea suddenly appeared in his mind.

'What would he do if it were Ender?'

An unknown force surged into his arm, and he struggled to hold on to the smooth elevator door to support his body.

At the same moment, the elevator opened and he fell into the elevator.

This time he did not fall, but leaned against the wall and pressed the floor where the director's office was located.

The elevator goes up level by level.

He leaned against the corner of the elevator, using friction to relieve the pressure on his legs.

In the process of waking up, he felt that his life seemed to be passing by little by little with the changing numbers in the elevator.

He was getting more and more tired, and his feet were as if they were tied with thousands of kilograms of iron, unable to move even a minute.

The floor of the archives room was not far from the floor of the director's office. Nok insisted on keeping his eyes open to prevent himself from falling asleep.

Every second flowing at this moment is as long as a year.

Finally, the elevator door slowly opened. He used all his strength to push himself against the inner wall of the elevator, and rolled himself out of the elevator.

This elevator was not far from the director's office. All the colleagues around him fell to the ground, and a thick fog covered this space.

The door to the director's office is open at the moment, which is not good news.

Normally, the director never wants anyone to disturb his work.

Nok walked slowly and staggeringly through the door.

What caught his eyes was a dense fog that made him unable to see even his fingers.

The person who created this phenomenon knew the director's location very well, so he attacked the director first.

…

When he entered this office, he felt that the speed of his life suddenly increased several times.

The bad feeling in my heart became stronger and stronger.

He moved towards the director's desk with difficulty, and then he vaguely saw a figure lying on the ground in the fog, and in front of this figure, there was something flashing red.

Nok, who ranked first in the internship, quickly realized what it was.

‘Emergency evacuation button’

This button is usually installed in the mayor's office and the office of the city defense commander. When faced with a major crisis that cannot be resisted, pressing this button will notify the entire city to enter an emergency evacuation and attempt to send a distress message to the outside world.

As a city directly under the federal central government, Rimen City has a high status with the FBI, so the FBI also has this button.

Nok understood what the director wanted to do in the end.

He walked over there with difficulty, but stumbled and fell to the ground.

He felt that his body no longer belonged to him, and all perceptions of the outside world had become dull.

The power of the vision here is too strong, and it is not something that ordinary people like him can withstand, and it seems that the deeper you go, the stronger it gets closer to the director.

He should leave here, return to a place outside where the power of the vision is weaker, try to prolong his life, and maybe survive until rescue arrives.

He glanced back at the open office door, arched his body with difficulty, pressed his elbows on the ground, and crawled toward the red light little by little.

Pat's last words of farewell echoed in his ears.

'When that moment comes, you will make your own choice.'

His vision is getting blurry and his perception of the outside world is getting weaker and weaker.

At the last moment when his power was about to run out, he finally felt that he touched something. It seemed to be the director's shoulder, and the button should be nearby.

He could no longer see anything, so he could only move his body with difficulty and rely on his memory to explore.

His arm became slower and slower, and finally, he touched an open button cover.

The director had already opened the lid, but ultimately had no chance to press it.

Nok fumbled and pressed the button.

Nok knew that he was no more powerful than the director, and that the erosion suffered by the director was far greater than him.

The shrill evacuation sirens rang throughout the city.

But Knock couldn't hear it anymore.

He lay on the ground, motionless.

······

I don't know how long it took, but a cleaning robot entered the office.

——

Qunxing Pharmaceutical Building

After hearing what He Ao said, Genos's expression changed slightly. The senator looked at He Ao seriously for the first time, and then he laughed and said, "Continue."

"I know you are curious about why I know the name Fountain of Youth," He Ao keenly captured the change in his expression, "After all, you have never mentioned this term to anyone, and you have never used it in any report.

, even your subordinates only know that this is the 'source of life'."

…

His voice was hoarse, "But you are not the only one in the world who knows about the existence of the Fountain of Youth."

"It seems that I made a wrong decision in handing over the Andavi family to Red. His affairs were not handled well."

Genos looked at He Ao with interest, "This is a key clue, but I don't think you can deduce what happened to my father from this."

"Of course," He Ao smiled with difficulty. He did not comment on Genos's statement.

"What you have done, as well as the information from the institute, and the 'monsters' you have cultivated, naturally made me connect with the Fountain of Youth, because only this legendary thing that can make people live forever can

It has such a powerful life force.

"And this is also consistent with the legend that after drinking the Fountain of Youth, 'it is not necessarily the person who is immortal'.

"What's more important is that nine hundred years ago, when the fountain of youth last appeared in records, it was located in Limen City."

He Ao stared at Genos's cheek, "After my research, the place where the Fountain of Youth was located nine hundred years ago should be where the Qunxing Zhimei Hospital is now. And the Qunxing Zhimei Hospital was just 40 years ago.

An abandoned park.”

He paused, "Forty years ago, a 'mysterious businessman' bought this park and tried to transform it into a hospital. It just so happened that the 'temple' dedicated to the Fountain of Youth was a round hospital.

"Of course, the current Qunxing Zhimei Hospital looks like the temple of the Fountain of Youth, but it was built twenty years ago.

"From this, I can get a piece of information. The Fountain of Youth has indeed appeared. Otherwise, this magnificent hospital temple would not exist, and its appearance was most likely forty years ago.

"At that time, the man who was 'lucky' to meet the Fountain of Youth bought the land of Qunxing Zhimei Hospital and wanted to build a temple here, but for some reason he had an 'accident'."

He Ao glanced at Genos, "So this land has been abandoned for nearly twenty years."

Then he continued, "But no matter what, this mysterious businessman is probably the one who discovered the Fountain of Youth. However, I did not prioritize investigating this mysterious businessman. I went deep into Qunxing Zhimei Hospital and entered this former fountain of youth."

The location of the spring."

"For the longest time, I thought the Fountain of Youth was hidden somewhere underground in this hospital,"

He Ao shook his head, "But there is nothing in this hospital except relatively strong life force. My investigation reached a deadlock, so I had no choice but to grab clues about this 'mysterious businessman' again.
To be continued...