Staff members brought up props with unique designs and then left, offering no explanation.
It seemed they wanted the audience to witness the scene themselves for a more impactful effect.
However, all these arrangements left Tang Xiaomin very confused, and a vague sense of unease settled in her heart.
She stared intently at the equipment on the stage. The more she looked, the more a sense of dread washed over her.
"Yan Jue, that thing gives me a very bad feeling. Let's go."
Yan Jue's gaze was also fixed on the stage. He felt the same way as Tang Xiaomin.
What horrifying contraptions were these crazy humans creating?
"Alright, let's go."
He stood up and, without hesitation, pulled Tang Xiaomin away.
"Xiaomin, it hasn't started yet. Where are you going?"
Liu Feng asked them curiously.
"I suddenly feel a bit unwell. I'll be leaving now."
As she reached the doorway, Tang Xiaomin couldn't help but glance back at the device on the stage.
A strong sense of crisis made her want to shout.
"Danger! Run!"
Her voice was so abrupt that many people heard it, but they merely looked at her with curiosity.
"Liu Feng, you guys run quickly!"
This was the last sound heard at the small exhibition.
Soon, Yan Jue had already led Tang Xiaomin out of the exhibition hall.
This was General Pan's technology company. Visitors were required to enter on foot.
Now, to leave, they could only do so on foot as well.
Just as they exited the exhibition hall, a massive explosion suddenly erupted behind them.
BOOM!
A world-shattering roar, accompanied by immense destructive force, swept over them.
Everything happened too quickly.
At that moment, the technology company was engulfed in flames, turning into a living hell.
...
[A massive explosion occurred at the technology company's exhibition on the day of the event. Emergency rescue operations are currently underway. The cause of the accident is under investigation. We will now broadcast live footage from the scene...]
It was aerial footage. The technology company, which had been there before, was now a colossal crater, with groundwater surging out to form a lake.
A large number of people were involved in the rescue efforts on-site, with ambulances constantly transporting the injured and people being carried out one after another.
Zhong Li lifted an extremely large stone and discovered Yan Jue trapped beneath it.
"President Yan, how are you?"
"Are you alright?"
Yan Jue had passed out and was unresponsive.
Lu Xing urgently sent him to the hospital and then immediately began searching for Tang Xiaomin.
The might of Xianfu Group was immense. In three days, he had practically dug the accident site three feet deep.
Everyone was found, either alive or their bodies recovered.
Only Tang Xiaomin was missing, nowhere to be found.
"Minmin."
This was the first name Yan Jue called out after waking up.
"President Yan, you're awake! That's wonderful!"
Zhong Li was on the verge of tears. He had guarded here for three days and three nights without sleep.
"Where is Minmin? Is she alright?"
Zhong Li was silent for a moment, then told Yan Jue the grim truth with a pained expression.
"President Yan, Lu Xing is still searching over there and hasn't found Miss Tang yet. Su Dan Novel Network"
"But I believe Miss Tang is blessed by fortune and will be fine."
Hearing this news, Yan Jue, disregarding his injuries, quickly left the hospital.
"President Yan, you just woke up. You can't be discharged! President Yan!"
Zhong Li's pleas had no effect whatsoever.
Yan Jue went straight to the accident site.
Everyone had been found, and other forces had already departed. Only Lu Xing remained, looking exhausted as he directed his subordinates to search meticulously.
"Minmin, where are you!"
Yan Jue stood by the lakeside, shouting loudly, his anxiety indescribable.
"Minmin!"
"Minmin!"
...
Yan Jue began searching himself, like a headless fly, rummaging through the piles of rubble.
He looked like a madman.
Zhong Li watched, wanting to go forward to comfort him and stop him.
But Lu Xing stopped him.
"Forget it, let him search. He won't be satisfied until he searches himself."
"You and I can't convince him."
...
Yan Jue searched the accident site for seven days, finding nothing.
After he calmed down, he became convinced of one fact.
"Minmin isn't there at all. It must be like this."
"Lu Xing, investigate thoroughly what General Pan was up to and find his whereabouts."
"Tang Xiaomin's disappearance is definitely related to him!"
Lu Xing felt that simply investigating wasn't the solution.
But if it could provide some psychological comfort to his master, he would comply.
"Yes."
...
The Tang family.
Tang Yu and the others sat in the villa's living room, each with a grim expression.
Tang Xiaomin was also missing. Their once lively home was now left with only the three of them.
Unable to find her, they could only vent their sorrow and heartache with complaints.
"Xiaomin's fate is unknown. What can we do?"
"Why must our family experience one disaster after another?"
Tang Ye voiced the sentiments of Tang Yu and Tang Yan.
Along the way, members of this family had left one after another.
"She is blessed by fortune. She should be alright," Tang Yu said, as if trying to reassure himself.
They had participated in the search efforts and knew in their hearts that Tang Xiaomin was likely in grave danger.
Alive or dead.
Only Tang Xiaomin remained unaccounted for.
Tang Yan, who had worked at General Pan's technology company, harbored a suspicion in his heart.
"General Pan's technology company had always been researching nuclear batteries. But after years of research, they hadn't made any significant progress. This led General Pan to doubt. He even proposed that perhaps ghosts and spirits could control it, a crazy and bizarre idea."
"At the time, all the researchers thought General Pan had gone mad. However, due to his status, no one dared to defy his orders."
"Later, I was forced to leave General Pan's company, and my knowledge of that research ended there."
Tang Yu frowned.
"Why didn't you mention something so important earlier!"
Tang Ye said sarcastically, "I think you're holding a grudge against Xiaomin and are deliberately not telling us."
"I didn't!" Tang Yan stood up abruptly.
"These past few days, which day have I not been participating in the search for her? I ate a bun for breakfast and went. I only rested for four or five hours a day, and I was trying my best."
"How can you say that about me?"
"How? Because you knew but didn't say, you deliberately concealed it."
Tang Ye had wanted to say some things for a long time.
"From a child prodigy to a plagiarist, imprisoned, and still unable to recover, you must resent her deeply. How could you possibly want to save her?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I didn't!" Tang Yan argued forcefully.
"You did. I know you well enough."
Tang Ye was relentless.
As they argued, Tang Yan, unable to bear being falsely accused, physically clashed with Tang Ye on the spot!
He jumped up in anger and kicked Tang Ye fiercely.
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