You went on a blind date and presented an A-level wanted criminal as a meeting gift?

Half an hour later, Lao Zhou was transferred to the highest-level VIP special care ward.

After the hospital conducted the most comprehensive examination, all the doctors went crazy.

Just half an hour ago, this patient was diagnosed with "brain death, multiple organ failure, and no vital signs." Now, not only has his heartbeat and breathing returned, but his horrific burns are also healing at a visible speed! The charred dead skin is peeling off, revealing new, pink skin underneath!

This completely overturned all the medical knowledge they had acquired throughout their lives!

Ultimately, under the gag order personally issued by the hospital director, the incident was defined as an "unexplained medical miracle," and all medical staff involved in the rescue signed confidentiality agreements.

Lin Chen, who created this miracle, is now standing quietly in front of the hospital bed with Su Qingge, whose tears are still wet on her face.

Nourished by Lin Chen's blood, which contained divine-level self-healing cells, Old Zhou miraculously awoke.

He slowly opened his eyes, a hint of confusion flashing in his cloudy eyes at first. Then, when he saw Su Qingge and Lin Chen by the bedside, his eyes instantly became clear.

"Where...where am I?"

Old Zhou's voice was extremely weak, but his mind was very clear.

"Master! You're awake! You're finally awake!"

Su Qingge could no longer hold back. She rushed to the bedside, tightly grasped his hand wrapped in gauze, and tears streamed down her face again.

Old Zhou looked at his beloved apprentice, who was crying his eyes out, and forced a smile that was even more painful than crying. Then, his gaze turned to Lin Chen, and his eyes were filled with indescribable gratitude and shock.

Although he was unconscious, he could feel a powerful and warm force pulling him back from the endless darkness and cold.

And the source of this power is this young man in front of us.

"Little...Advisor Lin..."

Old Zhou was panting and tried to sit up.

"Lie still and don't move."

Lin Chen held him down and said calmly.

"You just came back from the brink of death; you're still weak."

Old Zhou nodded, a flicker of lingering fear flashing in his cloudy eyes. Then, that fear was replaced by a deep-seated anger and resolve.

He stared intently at the ceiling, gritting his teeth, and said, word by word:

"Qingge...that wasn't an accident..."

Su Qingge was suddenly stunned.

"Someone...is trying to kill me to silence me!"

One sentence instantly lowered the temperature of the entire ward to freezing point!

"I found it..."

Old Zhou's chest heaved violently, as if aggravating his wound, but he didn't care at all, his eyes sharp as a knife about to be drawn.

"I've uncovered... the truth behind the 'serial disappearances of Beijing tycoons' case from twenty years ago!"

A cold case from twenty years ago?

Su Qingge's breath caught in her throat.

It was a major case that shocked the whole country. Within just one year, seven billionaires in Beijing disappeared without a trace, neither alive nor dead, and it remains an unsolved case to this day.

Back then, Lao Zhou was one of the members of the special task force for that case.

Over the years, he has never given up the investigation.

Lin Chen's gaze also became incredibly sharp.

He had a premonition that a huge secret was about to be revealed.

Old Zhou took a few deep breaths, as if gathering his strength, and then continued in a voice that only the three of them could hear:

"Those wealthy individuals who disappeared back then appeared to have no connection, but they all shared a common secret identity..."

"They were all secret investors in an early anti-aging research project within the Ye Group, codenamed 'Prometheus'!"

The Yip Group?!

Upon hearing these four words, Lin Chen's pupils contracted almost imperceptibly!

Things are starting to get interesting.

"That project was eventually halted by Mr. Ye himself due to its immature technology and significant ethical risks. But..."

A flicker of fear crossed Old Zhou's eyes.

"One of the core research teams defected, taking some of the research data with them."

"They established a highly secretive underground organization to continue their illegal lifespan extension experiments. And that organization's name is... the 'Longevity Club'!"

Longevity Club!

When those five words came out of Lao Zhou's mouth, all the clues in Lin Chen's mind were completely connected by a bolt of lightning at that moment!

"The missing tycoon back then was named Wang Zhiqiang. He was the first investor to discover that the 'Longevity Club' was using human organs and illegal gene drugs to conduct inhumane life-extending experiments."

"He had a change of heart, wanted to quit, and was preparing to report to the police... but he was silenced and his disappearance was staged."

"Following an extremely small clue left behind from back then, I investigated for a full twenty years, and finally... finally, the day before yesterday, I found out about one of their important outposts in the capital!"

In Lao Zhou's eyes burned the flames of revenge.

"That outpost is disguised as... that long-abandoned 'Yuanda Chemical Plant' in the western suburbs!"

"I had just obtained crucial evidence of their insider dealings, and before I could even back it up... the gas pipes in my house exploded."

At this point, Old Zhou coughed violently, but his eyes were fixed on Lin Chen, filled with pleading and entrustment.

Lin Chen, however, was no longer listening to him.

His brain was working at an unimaginable speed, frantically!

In the concert hall, a "subsonic murder" targeting Liu Zhenbang, a national treasure-level musician!

Forensic identification center: Chen Yannian, a forensic expert, was forced to forge an autopsy report!

At the headquarters of the Ye Group, the core data of the stolen "targeted anti-aging drug" was stolen, and Li Feng, the scientist whose spirit was destroyed!

And now, in order to cover up the crimes committed twenty years ago, they are carrying out an assassination attempt on veteran detective Zhou Hai using a "gas explosion"!

These four seemingly unrelated clues are now perfectly linked together by the blood-stained black thread of the "Longevity Club"!

A terrifying crocodile lurking beneath the capital, willing to conduct live experiments, disregard human life, assassinate high-ranking officials, and steal national treasures in pursuit of so-called "immortality," has finally... surfaced!

"That's interesting..."

A cold, bloodthirsty smile slowly curved the corners of Lin Chen's mouth.

Damn it, what a huge hornet's nest we've stirred up!

But... he likes it!