She pressed the manual unlock button and entered the password.

"Beep—Identity verified. Refrigerated display case is about to open. Countdown: 10, 9, 8…"

Su Nian rushed forward, pressing her hands against the freezer door, her voice trembling: "Dad! Dad, can I hear you? I'm coming to take you home! You promised me you'd eat my half-bowl of noodles... do you remember?"

"7, 6, 5..."

Xiaoyin clenched her fists: "Come out! Come out now!"

"4, 3..."

Suddenly, all the lights in the underground area went out!

The alarm blared!

[WARNING! Unauthorized access granted! Level B block activated! Countdown: 2 minutes!]

Lin Wan turned around abruptly: "The system backend has been remotely triggered! Someone has discovered us!"

Old Zhang roared at the elevator entrance, "Hurry! Only two minutes! Drag them out as soon as the cabinet door opens! I'll hold off the main control!"

"2, 1... Unlock."

With a "click," the cabinet door popped open.

White mist billowed, and a slender figure slowly emerged—pale skin clung to the bones, breathing was weak, and eyelashes trembled slightly.

"Dad—!" Su Nian rushed over and hugged his shoulders tightly. "Dad! Wake up! I'm here! I've come to get you!"

Su Ting's eyelashes twitched, and he opened his eyes with difficulty, just a crack.

His cloudy pupils gradually focused on her face.

Her chapped lips trembled slightly.

"Nian...nian?"

The sound was as faint as the wind.

Su Nian cried so hard she could barely stand: "It's me! It's me! Daddy... I don't want any more candy, please don't sleep, please don't sleep anymore! Let's go eat noodles, let's go eat at your favorite place... you promised..."

Lin Wan quickly untied the restraints and, together with Xiao Yin, helped Su Ting out.

"Go!" Lin Wan shouted, "The elevator's too late! Use the emergency exit!"

The four rushed toward the side door, and as soon as they pushed it open, they bumped into a group of people in white coats!

The middle-aged man at the head of the group pushed up his glasses and said coldly, "Lin Wan, you've finally arrived. I've been waiting for this day for three years."

Lin Wan's eyes turned cold: "Dean Chen."

“You have violated Article Seven by unauthorizedly unsealing the test subject.” Dean Chen raised his hand, and the guard behind him raised a stun gun. “B7-114 is the core sample of the ‘Deep Sleep Resuscitation Project’ that I led. Over the past eight years, he has provided me with 327 sets of near-death neural data. Now, he cannot leave.”

Su Nian roared, "He's my father! Not your experiment!"

Dean Chen said calmly, “The day he was declared clinically dead, he ceased to be a father and became a medical asset. And you—Su Nian, you are the only ‘emotional resonance source’ that can awaken him. For the past three years, we have been monitoring your diary, your sleep talking, your attempts at psychic communication… all for this day.”

"You...are listening to me?" Su Nian felt a chill run down her spine.

“For the sake of science.” Dean Chen smiled. “Now, you come back with me. He has to go back too. Once the data collection is complete, perhaps… I can bring him back to life with dignity.”

"Decent?" Lin Wan sneered. "You lock someone in a freezer for eight years and call that decent?"

"Science requires sacrifice." Dean Chen's eyes were cold. "Like your mother, who volunteered to participate in the low-temperature experiments back then. It's a pity... she didn't make it to wake up."

Lin Wan was struck dumb: "You... what did you say? My mother didn't die in the fire? She was... your experiment?"

Chapter 1327 I Stopped Them

“She was the closest to success,” Dean Chen sighed. “Just one last step away. And you, Lin Wan, you are her daughter, your neural frequencies are exactly the same as hers. I was planning to wait for you to come back voluntarily… Now, things have become much easier.”

"Shut up!" Lin Wan roared, shoving Su Nian towards Xiao Yin. "Take her away! Get to the surface! I'll hold them off!"

"Trying to run?" Dean Chen waved his hand. "Block the passage! Not a single one can be lost!"

The guards approached, their stun guns flashing blue light.

Su Nian gripped Su Ting's hand tightly, unwilling to let go.

Xiao Yin shouted anxiously, "Su Nian! If we don't leave now, it will be too late! Your dad just woke up and can't withstand a second cryotherapy!"

With tears in her eyes, Su Nian looked at Lin Wan: "You... will you come?"

Lin Wan stood at the end of the corridor with her back to them, holding a black USB flash drive in her hand.

She turned around and smiled: "I promised you I wouldn't let you go without even hearing 'I heard you.' So—I will definitely come."

She inserted the USB drive into the wall-mounted terminal and pressed the start button.

Throughout the underground area, the alarm suddenly changed tone!

[WARNING! Main control system overwritten! All refrigerators in Zone B7 have been forcibly unsealed! Refrigeration has failed!]

The metal cabinets sprang open, the cold air exploded, and white mist surged like a tide.

"What did you do?!" Dean Chen roared.

Lin Wan sneered: "You want the data? I'll give it to you—it'll all be published on the dark web. The whole world will know that the Third Hospital of North City used living people for cryogenic resurrection experiments! You, Chen Mingyuan, led illegal human research, resulting in the 'fake death' of seventeen people!"

Dean Chen's face turned deathly pale: "You're insane! Those people should have died long ago!"

“But they’re awake.” Lin Wan approached step by step. “Just like Su Ting. Just like… my mother.”

She suddenly ripped open her collar, revealing a twisted tattoo of the number B-01 below her collarbone.

“When I was five years old, you pushed me into the cryogenic chamber. My mother risked her life to get me out. Now—I’m back to collect my debt.”

In the chaos, Xiaoyin grabbed Su Nian and Su Ting and rushed towards the emergency staircase.

Behind them, there were sirens blaring, roars, and struggles.

Su Nian turned around and finally saw Lin Wan standing between the flames and red light, holding a scalpel in her hand, facing Dean Chen, her lips bloodied, yet she was smiling.

When they burst out of the ground, the snow had stopped.

A faint light appeared on the horizon.

Su Ting stirred slightly in Su Nian's arms, opened his eyes, and spoke in a weak but clear voice:

"Nian Nian... noodle soup... please add chopped green onions."

Su Nian, tears streaming down her face, hugged him tightly: "Okay, Dad, let's go eat noodles. Double the scallions, a poached egg, your favorite chili oil... I'll eat as much as you want."

Xiaoyin wiped away her tears, gazed at the hospital in the distance where the alarms were still flashing, and whispered:

"Lin Wan...please don't die!"

Su Ting suddenly raised his hand, pointing tremblingly in the direction of the hospital, his voice hoarse:

"...She's not dead. Look, at that window...she's waving."

The three of them looked up.

Behind a broken window on the fifth floor, a figure stood quietly and gently raised his hand towards them.

The wind rises, and the snowflakes flutter.

Su Nian choked up, raised her hand, and responded.

Just then, the old-fashioned walkie-talkie in Xiaoyin's pocket suddenly made a "buzzing" sound.

A familiar voice, tinged with laughter, came softly:

"Hello? Can you hear me?... Don't forget, I still want my money back for that bowl of noodles."

"Can you hear me?... Don't forget, I still want my money back for that bowl of noodles."

Xiao Yin suddenly pulled a walkie-talkie from her pocket, her fingers trembling: "Lin Wan?! Where are you? The hospital is under lockdown! Police cars are here!"

What was left behind in Chapter 1328

"I'm right below where you just escaped from," Lin Wan's voice came through the electricity, tinged with a hint of mockery. "However, now it's my turn to be the hunter."

Su Nian hugged her father tightly, her voice trembling: "You...you weren't confronting Chen Mingyuan? He has a gun! You..."

“He does have a gun,” Lin Wan chuckled. “But he underestimates someone who can survive in a cryogenic chamber—like me. Like the things my mother left behind.”

The sound of metal dragging came through the walkie-talkie, followed by the dull thud of a heavy object falling to the ground.

“Do you know?” Her voice lowered, “B-01 isn’t a number, it’s ‘Backup One.’ Your mother thought she sacrificed herself to save you, but actually… she sent you out into the world to plant a seed. And that seed has sprouted now.”

Xiao Yin's eyes suddenly widened: "You...you planned this all along? Even being discovered and trapped underground, you planned it all?"

“Of course.” Lin Wan smiled. “If I don’t blow up the main control unit, the data won’t get out; if I don’t reveal my identity, public opinion won’t take hold; if I don’t let Chen Mingyuan say those things himself… who will believe us? But now—”

The sound of sirens grew louder as they approached, and red and blue lights danced on the snow.

"The citywide live stream has started," she said softly. "See that big screen on the hospital's outer wall? It's currently playing the surveillance footage from Zone B7 on a loop, along with 327 neurological activity records of 'deceased patients.' Each one bears Chen Mingyuan's signature."

Su Nian looked up and, sure enough, saw the huge electronic screen in front of the hospital's main entrance. The screen showed a freezer slowly opening, and a man's fingers slightly curling—

[Timestamp: Three years ago, B7-089, 39 minutes after clinical death, slight limb movement. Recorder: Chen Mingyuan.]

The next second, it switches to another video—

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