Those who travel back in time

Chapter 46 System Emergency Notice

「是10:43！触发这个循环的是10:43这一刻。」陈卿这次可以确定了，无论发生什幺，到了10:43，他都会重新回到9:17。

"What's so special about 10:43? Why does it start looping at 10:43?"

"What's so special about 9:17? Why does it always go back to 9:17?"

What exactly causes this cycle?

These questions were not only unanswerable by Chen Qing, but also by Li Mengfei and Li Qilin.

Chen Qing didn't focus on finding the cause of the loop for the time being. Since the loop existed, it could be used as a simulation training. Through repeated trial and error, they would eventually find a way to switch the serum.

In fact, he was very close to success in the third cycle, if it weren't for Director Wang Wei interfering at the crucial moment.

"Uncle Li, this time, come in with me. I'll remove the serum, and you'll be in charge of stopping the surgeon, Wang Wei." For the fourth cycle, Chen Qing planned to take Li Qilin in.

"No problem." Li Qilin also went to the bread truck to change his clothes.

"I have a better idea," Xiao Zhao said. "When the surgeon leaves the operating room, I can send him a system notification that forces him to return."

"That's a good idea." Chen Qing instructed Xiao Zhao: "Remember, don't do anything else during the mission, don't drink water or eat anything, keep a close eye on the surveillance cameras, and notify me immediately if anyone approaches that organ bank."

"I'll remember Mr. Chen," Xiao Zhao said.

This time, Chen Qing didn't take the stairs. Although the elevator was a little further away, he still took the elevator and successfully avoided the white-haired man.

Hey~

This time, Director Wang Wei left the operating room in a huff as usual to go to the organ bank to find someone, but he had just reached the third floor when he received a text message.

[Urgent System Notification]: Due to a network failure, all vital sign monitoring data in Operating Room 5 has been disconnected from the central monitoring station. To ensure patient safety, the attending surgeon must immediately return to the operating room to confirm that the backup system is operational; otherwise, the surgery cannot begin.

"A breakdown at this hour? Are those guys just freeloaders?!" Wang Wei cursed and turned back.

Click~

Hearing the transport box in the organ bank open, Chen Qing pushed open the door and strode towards the control panel: "Director Wang sent me again to urge them! The patient is under anesthesia, extracorporeal circulation will begin immediately, how's the heart?"

"Still under verification." The man with the blue-rimmed glasses straightened up.

That sounds very unprofessional, which is not surprising, since he is not a member of the organ bank at all.

"Something's not right!" Chen Qing strode over, glanced at it casually, and his tone immediately turned stern: "There's a slight abrasion on the adventitia of the aorta, accompanied by localized edema. Didn't you notice it during your examination? This could trigger a severe postoperative inflammatory response!"

This was a lie made up in advance, and they weren't afraid that the blue-rimmed glasses would see through it, since the person in the story was an amateur anyway.

"Just as I expected," the man with the blue-rimmed glasses continued, following Chen Qing's words.

"There's no time to send him back to the operating room; it needs to be treated on-site! Get me sterile saline solution and a flushing device; I need to flush the wound now and assess the extent of the damage!"

"what?"

"What do you mean 'huh'? Go get it for me!"

"Okay." The man with the blue-rimmed glasses went to find the saline solution.

Taking advantage of the moment, Chen Qing smoothly slipped the serum into her pocket and left the fake serum in its original place.

After leaving the organ bank, Chen Qing placed the real serum into the medical sample transport box he had prepared and quietly left the hospital.

"Brother Qing, did the switch go smoothly?" Li Mengfei greeted him as she had last time.

"The switch was successful." After five cycles, the mission was finally accomplished, and Chen Qing smiled.

"Brother Qing, what would you like to eat? It's on me."

"Anything is fine, I love to eat everything."

"Don't say that, Brother Qing. Don't you know that the worst thing about hosting a dinner party is when people say 'whatever'?"

"Then..."

puff!

A bullet entered Chen Qing's chest from behind.

"Brother Qing!" Li Mengfei shouted, quickly supporting Chen Qing who was about to fall to the ground.

Chen Qing turned her head and saw a white-haired man striding towards her, pointing a black pistol at her.

The white-haired man first picked up the medical sample transport box that Chen Qing had dropped on the ground, opened it, and saw that it contained serum. Only then did he ask, "Who are you?"

"Since I'm about to die, can you tell me how you found out?" Chen Qing asked, spitting out blood.

"Your plan is actually quite perfect, but it has one major flaw: temperature." The white-haired man casually tossed the fake serum on the ground. "The real serum was in the organ transport box before, which was transported at low temperatures, so it's very cold. But the fake serum you replaced it with—you didn't transport it at low temperatures, did you?"

This time, Chen Qing was completely convinced of the failure; this white-haired man could even notice such a small detail as temperature.

Thinking back to the third cycle, he noticed the calluses on his palms in a single glance, realized he was the "assassin," and immediately threw his phone to test the waters.

In the second cycle, even with a knife pointed at him, he still fought back fearlessly.

Bold and audacious yet meticulous, this is truly a formidable enemy.

In the fifth cycle, Chen Qing went directly to the supermarket and bought a large amount of ice to freeze and cool the fake serum on the way to the hospital.

"This time, will that white-haired man not find out again?" As she walked out of the hospital, Chen Qing kept looking back.

"Brother Qing, what are you looking at?" Li Mengfei asked as she got out of the car, noticing Chen Qing turning his head back repeatedly.

"Let me see if anyone is following me." After meeting up with Li Mengfei, Chen Qing simply faced the hospital for observation.

"Is the serum in here?" Li Mengfei pointed to the medical sample transport box that Chen Qing was carrying.

"Yes, the serum is inside," Chen Qing said.

"Chen Qing, this time the switch should have been successful." Li Qilin walked over.

"It should be successful." Chen Qing took out her phone and checked the time; it was already 10:42. "Hopefully, this cycle will end here."

"Since we haven't found the reason why the loop started, the possibility of the loop ending inexplicably is very small," Li Qilin said.

10: 43.

Chen Qing watched the time on her phone tick to this point.

Then, he returned to 9:47.

"Brother Qing, this mushroom filling is delicious. You should try it. It's so delicious it makes you want to cry." Li Mengfei diligently served Chen Qing another steamed bun.

"Mengfei, Uncle Li, I'm trapped in a time loop," Chen Qing explained to the two of them again.

"So, you've gone through this five times, and on the very first and last time, you successfully switched the serum?" Li Qilin said.

"The problem now is that even if I successfully switch the serum, I can't take it with me. At 10:43, everything I've done will be 'reset' and I'll have to start all over again," Chen Qing said.