Immortality of the dead

Chapter 36

“Silly child,” Van Heller said with a calm smile, “isn’t someone taking care of you for me?”

Hong Kong International Airport.

The flight to Geneva is scheduled to take off in forty minutes.

"Won't you reconsider?"

He Xi looked at me and shook her head.

“This is what my father pursued his whole life. My father, my brother, and Rembrandt all paid the ultimate price for it. How can I, who have the hope of realizing their dream, not try just because I value my life?” She smiled and said, “Perhaps, I can achieve immortality.”

I gently kissed her smooth forehead, the tip of her nose, and her soft lips.

"I'll wait for you to come back."

Van Heller died. Before we met him, he had injected himself with the same virus that killed Van Zwe. With his two sons dying one after another and his research unable to continue, he had long harbored suicidal thoughts. Rather than spending the rest of his life behind bars, he chose a more dignified way to leave this world. What gave him some solace in death was that his daughter would inherit his dreams, even at the cost of her life.

Back in Shanghai, shortly after I got off the plane and turned on my phone, I received a call from Guo Dong.

"Nado, I have some bad news."

"What? Has someone else been infected?"

"No, it's about Virus Knight."

"Didn't you beat Zhao Ziqiang to death?"

“Our forensic pathologist was responsible for performing the autopsy on his body. This morning, the pathologist went missing.”

"The forensic pathologist has gone missing? What's his connection to this Virus Knight?"

"Also missing was the Tai Sui that was originally attached to Zhao Ziqiang!"

"What?!"

“‘Waiting for the dead to return.’ These were the words he left in the autopsy room, carved into Zhao Ziqiang’s chest with a knife.”

Waiting? How long would that be?

How long will it take for him to return?

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