I accidentally joined a group of charlatans, so I immediately called the police and handed it over t

The office was filled with an eerie atmosphere, and the gloomy sky outside the window made it hard to breathe.

The blockade order from the Western medical alliance is laid bare on the table, written in black and white, every word piercing to the heart.

Li Guobang stared at the list, his bloodshot eyes like a torn net.

Those were thousands of life-saving drugs, the last breath for countless ordinary people waiting to be saved in the ICU.

"They're trying to drive us to our deaths."

Li Guobang's voice was hoarse, as if he had swallowed a handful of sand.

Chen Xi didn't speak, but quietly pushed the Primordial Spirit Peach, which emitted a faint pink glow, forward a little.

The fuzz on the peach's surface was glowing; it was a vibrant life force that even a blind person could sense.

"Old Li, this isn't a dead end."

"With this and this bottle of laurel dew, we can overtake others by taking a shortcut."

Li Guobang stared at the peach and swallowed hard.

He knew all too well the significance of divine things.

"I want to... personally thank those gods."

Li Guobang suddenly spoke, his tone carrying an almost pious solemnity.

"Representing the country, representing those people lying in hospital beds."

Chen Xi paused for a moment, then smiled.

Without any hesitation, he took out the black phone and handed it over.

"No password needed, just click on the monkey head icon."

That is trust.

In an era where even brothers might turn against each other for personal gain, Chen Xi handed over the key to the Heavenly Court without reservation.

Li Guobang took a deep breath and solemnly extended both hands.

His fingertips trembled slightly, as if he were receiving a national letter so heavy it could crush a mountain.

However, the moment Li Guobang's finger touched the screen, something unexpected happened.

The once vibrant screen seemed to be instantly swallowed up by some unseen, terrifying force, turning into a deathly black mist.

Om-!

A chilling repulsive force suddenly exploded from my fingertips.

"hiss!"

Li Guobang recoiled as if he had been electrocuted.

That's not electric current.

The chill penetrated to the bone, carrying with it a sense of aloofness and indifference.

Bone-chilling cold.

In that instant, Li Guobang felt as if he were touching not a cell phone, but a piece of ice that had never melted for millennia, or even a black hole that could devour everything.

The phone fell onto the table, its screen still pitch black, like a lifeless piece of scrap metal.

"this……"

Li Guobang was still in shock, staring intently at his fingers, the tips of which had turned a bluish-purple from frostbite.

Chen Xi was also startled by this scene.

He instinctively reached out to pick up the phone.

"Don't touch it!"

Li Guobang shouted, trying to stop him, fearing that Chen Xi would also get hurt.

But it was too late.

Chen Xi's fingers had already touched the fuselage.

A miracle happened.

The moment Chen Xi's fingertips touched the fuselage, the black mist receded as quickly as snow meeting the blazing sun.

The screen lights up.

The familiar chat interface reappeared, and Sun Wukong's avatar was still jumping around, as if nothing had just happened.

A warm current flowed through the fuselage, without any rejection, only a sense of intimacy like blood ties.

Chen Xi held his phone, looking at Li Guobang with a blank expression.

"Old Li, what happened to you just now?"

Li Guobang remained silent.

He stared intently at the phone in Chen Xi's hand, his gaze shifting from shock to realization, and finally to extreme solemnity.

"Dr. Su."

Li Guobang turned to look at Su Qingge, who had been monitoring the data from the side.

Su Qingge was staring at the tablet in her hand, her face pale, as if she had just watched a horror movie.

"That brief moment just now..."

Su Qingge's voice trembled as she pointed to the red wave on the screen that had stretched into a straight line in that single second.

"The mental energy field surrounding that phone was more than ten thousand times the limit of human endurance."

"If it hadn't deliberately concealed itself, the minister's hand would have been gone just now."

Su Qingge raised her head and looked at Chen Xi with a complicated expression.

"It has chosen its owner."

"In the eyes of those gods, you are the only node, the only liaison."

"Apart from you, this phone is just a deadly source of radiation in anyone else's hands."

A deathly silence fell over the office.

The three people present all knew perfectly well what this conclusion meant.

Chen Xi is no longer just a middleman.

He is the bridge.

He is the door.

He is the only passage from China to that higher-dimensional world.

The door is open as long as Chen Xi is there.

If Chen Xi is gone, this door will be closed forever, and China will once again fall into the dark abyss of being blocked by Western technology.

Li Guobang slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

He looked at Chen Xi with a gaze that was no longer that of a junior or a subordinate.

That was to see a rare treasure, to see the final trump card that would determine the fate of the nation.

"Take it."

Li Guobang pointed at the spirit peach on the table, his tone as hard as iron, leaving no room for negotiation.

Chen Xi paused for a moment: "Old Li, this needs to be taken for testing..."

"I told you to take it!"

Li Guobang suddenly roared, his voice so loud that the windows rattled.

He strode up to Chen Xi, his large, calloused hands gripping Chen Xi's shoulders tightly.

The force was so great that Chen Xi felt a sharp pain.

"Chen Xi, listen to me carefully."

Li Guobang's eyes were frighteningly red, his eyes brimming with tears, yet he stubbornly refused to let them fall.

"From this day forward, your life is no longer your own."

"You are in the highest interest of the nation."

"You'd better eat this peach now."

"Skin and meat included, not a single bit left!"

Looking at the distraught old man in front of him, Chen Xi felt a lump in his throat and his nose stung.

He knew what Li Guobang meant.

This peach can prolong life, strengthen the body, and grant extraordinary power.

If given to the country's top leader or to those top scientists, its value might be even greater.

But Li Guobang gave it to him without hesitation.

Because only if he lives, is there hope.

"Old Li..."

"eat!"

Li Guobang squeezed out the word through gritted teeth, his eyes resolute as if he were issuing a final, death order.

I wish you a long and healthy life.

"I want you to be indestructible."

"Anyone can die, but you can't!"

"As long as you live, our backbone will never break!"

Chen Xi took a deep breath.

He no longer declined, no longer acted coy.

He picked up the heavy peach and looked into Li Guobang's eyes, which were filled with expectation and worry.

He nodded emphatically.

"it is good."

"I'll eat it."