(Foreword)

He watched in the dark, he searched in the crowd. He often walks in front of you, and often disappears into nothingness.

(Text)

October 16, 2021 at 12:30 a.m

"Wait. Professor! ”

I suddenly realized something. Isn't it a common occurrence lately that HKUST professors have encountered various accidents? Is there any special connection between this? A person's name suddenly flashed in my mind------- Elder Wang.

I quickly got on the bike that had just been parked: "Cui Li! Fast! Let's get out of here! ”

"What's wrong? Didn't you just get here? Why are you leaving? ”

"I don't have time to explain it to you! Get your bike!"

At my urging, Cui Li got on his bike and left with me.

October 16, 2021 at 12:40 a.m

Cui Li and I parked our bicycles in front of the physics faculty office building.

"What are we doing in the Physics Faculty Building?" Cui Li asked curiously.

"Find someone."

"Looking for someone? Who is it? ”

"Elder Wang." When I was talking to Cui Li, I had already arrived at the door of Mr. Wang's office.

Knock-knock-knock. Knock-knock-knock.

I knocked on the door of Mr. Wang's office.

"Who are you looking for?" The middle-aged man who opened the door looked at Cui Li and me.

"Let's look for Elder Wang. Is he in the office now? I asked the middle-aged man.

"Are you a student of Elder Wang?"

"Yes, we are students in the scientific research group."

"That's right, but it's unfortunate that you're here, Mr. Wang has just gone out."

"Got out, so do you know where he went?" I asked anxiously.

"I think I went to the fall sports day held by the school."

"Thank you." I turned around and left.

I quickly left the physics department classroom office building. Cui Li gasped at my back door and said, "I said Cheng Yin, what's wrong with you today?" He who runs from here to there, and from there to this. ”

"Cui Li, I really don't have time to explain to you. We must now hurry to the sports field. I said, holding on to my bike.

"What? I'm going back again. Cui Li looked at me helplessly.

October 16, 2021 at 12:47 a.m

The Physics Department classrooms and office building are located in the middle of the research rooms and sports fields. It didn't take us long to get back to the school playground.

The competitions on the school sports field are still in full swing. The final of the men's 50-meter dash is underway on the track. There are students and teachers who are participating in the competition. It is even more difficult to find Wang Lao here.

While staring at my watch, I looked around from afar, trying to find the figure of the old man from the vast sea of people.

Minutes and seconds passed at that very slow pace. My heart was in a hurry, and sweat was dripping from my forehead. I knew I had to find Mr. Wang right now. But I can't find it here alone.

"Cheng Yin, why did you get up so fast, I can't catch up with you anymore, what's going on?" Cui Li stood next to me panting.

I looked at Cui Li beside me and didn't speak.

"You told me, huh? What the hell are we looking for Elder Wang? Cui Li continued to ask.

"Cui Li, do you know the news that professors at the University of Science and Development have frequently encountered accidents recently?" My voice grew deeper.

"I think I've heard of it." Cui Li touched his head.

"Professor Li, who was brought out of the research room by the ambulance personnel just now, you also saw it."

"You mean what happened at the door of the research building? I think I've heard those policemen say it, but I heard them say that this Professor Li is not from our school? It shouldn't have anything to do with those previous accidents, right? Cui Li speculated.

"You're right, that Professor Li is not indeed a professor at our school. But you know, I met this Professor Li at the scientific research meeting held in the AEF Building before, and he was standing next to Wang Lao, and you can tell from their words that they have known each other for a long time, and they often discuss physics together. ”

"Then you mean that this Professor Li and Elder Wang knew each other before?" Cui Li seemed to understand what I meant.

"Yes, according to my speculation, the real target may not be Professor Li in the laboratory, but Professor Wang." I looked at Cui Li with a shocked face.

"What! Professor Wang! Isn't he in danger now?" Cui Li's expression became nervous.

"So, we need to find Professor Wang quickly and tell him to get out of here quickly." I continued to look around for Elder Wang.

"So that's the case, but now there are so many people on the sports field, you have to find it yourself, and you won't be able to find it by the end of the sports meeting." I actually know what Cui Li said.

"We're going to be like a better way." My brain started working.

"This seems difficult, but it's actually very easy, you wait for me here, I'll find Elder Wang right away." After Cui Li finished speaking, he disappeared into the crowd.

October 16, 2021 at 13:02 p.m

I looked at the time on my watch from time to time, "It's been so long, can Cui Li, this kid, find Wang Lao?"

I couldn't bear it anymore, and squeezed directly into the crowd, anxiously looking for Professor Ge in the crowd, but I still couldn't see his shadow.

Just when my heart was burning and the sweat on my head was dripping down my hands, I only heard a noisy sound of audition sounding from the campus loudspeaker, "Hey, hey......"

I raised my head and stopped to listen, but it was Cui Liyang's voice that came to my ears: "Everyone, everyone, now play an announcement......"

"Everyone, everyone, now broadcast an announcement, the winner of this year's school football final is the graduate team of the Department of Physics, so I specially invite Professor Wang Lao of the Department of Physics to come to present the award, please come to the school radio room after hearing the broadcast, thank you."

He patted the microphone and repeated: "Everyone, everyone, now broadcast an announcement, the winner of this year's school football final is the graduate team of the Department of Physics, so Professor Wang of the Department of Physics is specially invited to come to present the award, please come to the school radio room after hearing the broadcast, thank you." ”

This Cui Li is still very useful at a critical time, and Wang Lao should go to the school radio room when he hears the radio. I'm going to have to get to the school radio room.

October 16, 2021 at 13:20 p.m

The school radio room is not very far from the school sports field, I rushed to the door of the radio room, and saw Cui Li standing in the radio room anxiously waiting.