After finishing his joke, Su Nian continued to play with his phone.
The speaker meant no harm, but the listener took it to heart.
Hearing this, Lin Siyin frowned, as if she remembered something.
At that moment, noisy sounds came from outside the previously quiet fifteenth floor.
Lin Siyin, worried the noise would disturb Lu Zixun, covered his ears with her hands to block out the sound.
"Quick, quick, quick, to the emergency room."
"Where are the patient’s relatives? Call them over to sign."
"This patient has no relatives, it seems there’s only an apprentice."
"Well, what are you waiting for? Call his apprentice quickly!"
The intermittent voices of the medical staff entered the ward, and Lin Siyin felt inexplicably anxious.
A second later, a ringtone sounded, startling Lin Siyin, causing her body to shake.
Feeling the shake, Lu Zixun slowly opened his bleary eyes.
Seeing Lin Siyin’s face filled with panic, his sleepiness vanished instantly.
"Siyin, what’s wrong?" he asked as he got up quickly.
He turned his head to look at Su Nian who was lying down playing with his phone and gave him an inquiring look.
At this point, a bewildered Su Nian didn’t know what had happened either and shrugged to indicate his ignorance.
With trembling arms, she picked up the phone to answer an unmarked, unfamiliar number.
"Hello, this is Lingchuan City Hospital. Are you Mr. Wang Duli’s apprentice?"
As soon as the words were finished, Lin Siyin took a deep breath, hung up the phone, and walked out of the ward.
Lu Zixun, not knowing what was happening, thought someone had angered Lin Siyin and hurriedly followed her out.
Just stepping out the door, Lu Zixun felt a familiar spiritual energy fluctuation and his pupils contracted; why would Wang Duli be here?
By then, Lin Siyin had already reached the emergency room.
After signing the liability form handed by the medical staff, she sat next to it with her fists clenched.
"What’s the situation?" Lu Zixun asked any sto member nearby, his gaze stern.
"I’m not quite sure of the details," the sto member shook his head and continued, "On the way here, the brother on duty told me that Mr. Wang suddenly called them to pick him up at Qilin Intersection and by the time they found him, he had already fainted."
"Huh?" Lu Zixun’s brow lifted, sensing something was off.
Wang Duli had been fine when he sent him to sto; how could he have encountered this situation upon returning, unless...
He had encountered a sudden attack like he had?
Thinking this might indeed be the case sent a chill down Lu Zixun’s spine.
Just as he was about to enter the emergency room, he was stopped by the medical staff.
Knowing that Lu Zixun was from sto’s Spirit Beast team, the medical personnel, probably feeling their tone was too harsh, quickly continued, "The old man has always had heart issues, and this time it’s a myocardial infarction."
The implication was, as it was a health issue, there was nothing he could do by going in.
Realizing that it wasn’t an attack by the Insect Clan that had harmed him, a dejected Lu Zixun came over and leaned beside Lin Siyin.
Indeed, with a health issue, he too was helpless.
Looking at the bright red light outside the emergency room, Lu Zixun felt the color red was so glaring for the first time.
His gaze fell on Lin Siyin, and seeing the expression on her face, Lu Zixun felt a stabbing pain in his heart. It was his first time seeing Lin Siyin .
He opened his mouth, but Lu Zixun found that no words of comfort seemed enough at this moment, all sounding weak and ineffective. In the end, all he could muster was a single sentence, "Mr. Wang will be okay."
"Yes, the master has his own fortunate fate, he will be okay."
Lin Siyin nodded vigorously and pulled Lu Zixun onto her lap.
It was then that Lu Zixun realized Lin Siyin was trembling severely.
"How is Mr. Wang doing?"
Xiong Kang, panting heavily, approached Lu Zixun.
Lu Zixun looked up and motioned with his chin toward the emergency room, still flashing its red light, and shook his head, "The situation isn’t very optimistic."
Xiong Kang tentatively asked, emitting a terrifying murderous intent.
Lu Zixun shook his head in response, "Heart attack, but thankfully Mr. Wang informed the members of the STO in time, otherwise the consequences would have been unthinkable."
Sitting powerlessly in the chair, Xiong Kang truly felt an overwhelming frustration with nowhere to direct his strength.
Guo Xin’er arrived shortly after and sat next to Xiong Kang, quietly inquiring about the situation before silently keeping him company as they waited.
After four hours of emergency treatment, the red light finally turned green.
The group rose to their feet, Lu Zixun lying back in his chair and slowly exhaled, sensing the Spiritual Energy Fluctuations still present—that meant Mr. Wang...
"Doctor, how is the situation now?"
The doctor, just having removed his mask, furrowed his brows at the anxious Lin Siyin before him, "You are his apprentice, you should know his condition best. An elderly person of his age should not go out alone, and even if he does, there should always be someone to look after him. Fortunately, he was brought in time; otherwise, it would have been serious. The patient is out of danger now, come with me to get his medication."
A nurse wheeled the patient bed out, and Lu Zixun jumped onto Xiong Kang’s shoulder.
Looking at the pale face of Wang Duli, it was hard to believe that this man was the majestic one who had ruled Pingling River.
After arriving in the hospital room and waiting for the nurse to leave, Xiong Kang spoke with a frown.
Lu Zixun turned his gaze toward Xiong Kang, his brow tightening, "What did you find?"
"I was a bit panicked just now, but now recalling, I realized a serious issue."
Pausing for a moment, Xiong Kang continued, "No matter what, Mr. Wang is a nearly S-class Genetic Optimization Soldier. Even with heart disease, given the technology of STO, there should be a treatment available."
"But I’ve never heard Mr. Wang mention he had a heart condition."
Doubtful of Xiong Kang’s speculation, Lu Zixun questioned him in return.
Repeating the word, Xiong Kang shook his head, "The reason they are called Genetic Optimization Soldiers is significant. Otherwise, with the way you indulge in all sorts of food after awakening your superpower, you would have run into problems long ago."
Reflecting on it, Lu Zixun realized Xiong Kang was right, which implied that this heart attack of Wang Duli was not a straightforward health issue.
"I’m going to check."
Lu Zixun jumped next to Wang Duli’s pillow, his paw pads reaching out to his forehead as Spiritual Energy slowly permeated into Wang Duli’s body, investigating through the Spiritual Energy.
As the Spiritual Energy reached the heart region, Lu Zixun sensed a powerful Blood Energy.
Before Lu Zixun could react, a crimson moon appeared in his mind.