Chapter Four: The Nine O'Clock Review

[Stage Challenge: Pass the operating review.] [Restrictions: No violence. No concealment of genuine defects.] [First Linked Training available. Members: five. Failure penalty: Physical capacity reduced 30% for forty-eight hours.] Link us. Blue light joined Lin Ran to Han Zheng, Ghost, Zhou Lan, and Tang Xiaoyu. All five caught their breath together. “Why do I suddenly know his pulse is one-twenty?” Tang Xiaoyu asked. “You don't know it. You're sharing his nerves,” Han said. “Treat it like a relay, not a miracle.” Before Ma reached the fire door, Ghost crouched and lifted the cord with tweezers. He bagged it with fresh adhesive from the frame.