Chapter Three: One Person Missing from the World

[LIMITED CHALLENGE: Within three hours, find A-Li's last real-world witness and have that witness voluntarily speak her full name.] [SUCCESS: Elimination revoked.] [FAILURE: Immediate deletion. All contacts lose related memories.] [RESTRICTION: The witness may not be shown an image of A-Li.] Lin took over. The hospital blackout happened thirteen years earlier. Public reports listed equipment damage and no casualties. A retired electrician named Zhou Changhe had been on duty. He now lived in a southern nursing home. They found Zhou in the dementia ward. He could not remember his own name, much less a child from thirteen years ago. Fifty-two minutes remained.