Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
George’s tone was very urgent and he spoke very quickly. When he didn’t hear Buck’s reply over the receiver, he realized he may have spoken too quickly just now, so he patiently repeated his question.
Buck’s voice sounded again, but his voice was much softer than just now.
“We, we never managed to catch up with Anna, but we were attacked by a monster on the way!”
“A monster?! What kind of monster?”
When George heard the word “monster” again, all the muscles in his body began to tense up, and he entered a nervous state.
What he was afraid of was that the monster Buck and the others encountered had something to do with Anna, or that the monster was Anna herself.
Buck’s voice disappeared for some time again. When he spoke again, George had to press the receiver close to his ear to hear him clearly.
“It’s hard to describe the appearance of the monster because we almost couldn’t see it clearly… it was just too fast.”
George knew that Buck was seriously injured. Otherwise, based on his understanding of the muscle-man Buck, normal attacks wouldn’t have been able to hurt him at all.
“From his tone, he sounded weak. He should be very seriously injured!”
After hanging up the phone, George analyzed Buck’s condition.
The only thing George could do now was to go to the hospital to visit Buck and get some other information from him.
When he was about to end the call with Buck just now, Buck had told him which hospital he was in.
The hospital was located in a nearby neighborhood, which was a little far from George’s residence. To get to the hospital as soon as possible, George decided to drive there himself.
Ten minutes later, an old SUV rushed out of Second Street and drove along Fourth Avenue to Fifth Street.
George, who was driving the SUV, received a call from his good friend Carl on the way to the hospital.
“Hey, George.”
“Speak, I’m driving!”
“Oh, I heard from my classmate that you’ve entered a special research group…”
George had a good guess at why Carl had suddenly called. He must be worried about his career path after graduation.
“Carl, how did you know that I entered the research group?”
George knew that there was almost nothing that could be kept a secret between his classmates at Yale. He simply asked this question to tease Carl.
“George, stop joking. I… I want to join your group. Can you recommend me to Professor Eugene?”
“Why? I mean why do you want to join Professor Eugene’s group? Did you have a disagreement with your mentor, Professor Lodge?”
George found it hard to understand his friend’s request. Under normal circumstances, no student would choose to change one’s mentor midway, especially when one was just about to graduate.
Doing so would be equivalent to ruining one’s career.
One had to know that although each mentor’s research direction might be roughly the same, the difference was still huge when it came to the detailed subdivisions under the same research direction.
When Carl’s voice rang in George’s ears again, his tone had changed greatly, and he seemed to be particularly impatient.
“George, I don’t have time! You must help me! I’ll call you later!”
“Beep Beep…”
George held the steering wheel with both hands, and the sound of Carl hanging up the phone came from the earpiece.
“Why has this guy suddenly become so strange?”
Carl used to be his neighbor. The two of them had been together since they were young, and they were already very familiar with each other’s personalities.
The Carl on the phone just now was obviously different from the Carl he was familiar with before.
“When did Carl become so serious?”
George couldn’t figure out why his good friend’s personality had suddenly changed. Perhaps it was related to Carl’s mentor, Professor Lodge.
Thinking about his friend’s problems while he was driving made George feel that time passed quickly.
When the hospital building appeared in his field of vision, George slowed down and drove into the hospital parking lot.
At this time, the parking lot was full of all kinds of vehicles. Even in the streets near the hospital, there was no parking space available.
As for why it was so crowded, it should have something to do with the discovery of the alien starship.
After all, not only did the chaotic crowd cause damage to the buildings and facilities in the streets, but they also hurt many people.
After some time, George finally found a parking spot. He locked the car and immediately dashed to the hospital building.
When he entered the hall, even though George was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the crowded crowd inside.
The originally spacious waiting hall was now filled with patients waiting to be treated. The scene was very chaotic.
George observed for a moment and realized that it would be very difficult for him to pass through the crowd on his own.
At this moment, the police who were maintaining the order in the hall caught his attention.
“There are so many people, I should just ask the police for help!”
With this, George squeezed into the crowd and with much effort found a police officer who was maintaining order within the crowd.
He first revealed his identity. Then, with the help of the police, he got the phone number of the hospital’s reception center. This way, he could find Buck’s ward quickly and reduce unnecessary waiting.
Buck was a special agent. Since he was injured in the line of duty, he could enter the hospital’s special ward.
Soon, George found out where Buck’s ward was. With the help of the police again, he entered the elevator.
“Phew, if this goes on, the entire city’s medical system will be paralyzed!”
Just the discovery of an alien starship had led to such chaos. If that starship landed on Earth, who knew what kind of crazy actions the humans would take then.
George started imagining the chaos that would happen if the alien starship did land on Earth.
“Ding!”
The elevator reached the 23rd floor. All the wards on this floor were special wards.
When George walked out of the elevator, he could see the signs on the wall.
“I need to go to ward 19, so I should take the right corridor.”
The wards on this floor only accepted special personnel, thus there were close to zero patients or their families in the corridor. Even the medical staff weren’t seen.
Ward 19 was not very far away. George had only walked for a few minutes before he saw Buck’s ward.
“Knock, knock, knock!”
George stood in front of the ward door and knocked on the door.
“Please come in!” An unfamiliar voice came from inside the room.
George opened the door and looked into the ward. He saw a lady in a special dress sitting next to Buck’s bed.
“Hello, I’ve talked to Buck on the phone before.”
“Yes, I know, you’re researcher George. I’m the person in charge of taking care of Buck. Oh, please sit on the sofa and wait for a moment, it will take a while for him to wake up.”
George looked at Buck, who was lying on the bed. He had fallen into a deep sleep..