In the center of the forest, the core patient's sanity was completely destroyed. Most of the "trees" faithfully carried out "her" final command, growing rapidly towards the First Rehabilitation Hospital. The fire had long spiraled out of control.
"That woman! Quick! Save her!"
With the core patient destroyed by Number Two, the collective will of the forest no longer crushed the intruders. Banban and the two servants jolted awake, barely catching sight of the core patient amidst the flames and thick smoke.
The core patient, once considered the most beautiful woman in the world, was now covered in wrinkles, like an old tree withered for dozens of years, so fragile that she could shatter at a touch.
"Did the Shared Brain fail? What did Doctor Gao do to the core patient?"
