The night before the college entrance exam results were released, I redeemed my Peking University ad

"Ji Bai, it's me, Lao Wang!"

Principal Wang, who was running in the lead, knocked on Ji Bai's door.

Old Wang said that sentence so fluently.

If anyone has been the most excited these past few days, it has to be Principal Wang!

A promotion is a certainty!

For the prefect and county magistrate, Ji Bai's current achievements are at most enough to make them proud and give them a few highlights when they report to the provincial authorities.

But for Lao Wang, it was a completely different story!

This is like winning ten million in the lottery; the meaning is completely different for Bill Gates and for an ordinary person.

Principal Wang now treats Ji Bai like a living Bodhisattva, afraid of neglecting him in the slightest.

"Ji Bai, are you home?"

"Ji Bai?"

No one answered.

Principal Wang's expression changed slightly.

He raised his hand and knocked twice more, harder than before. The knocking echoed in the empty hallway for several seconds before dissipating.

Still no one answered.

He pressed his ear against the door and listened carefully, but there was no sound inside.

Is he not home?

Principal Wang took out his phone and dialed Ji Bai's number.

The phone rang, but no one answered.

At this moment, Li Mei, the homeroom teacher behind him, changed her expression.

"etc!"

Li Mei, who was standing at the back, suddenly changed her expression and raised her hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

Listen!

Everyone immediately held their breath.

The phone could be heard ringing faintly through the crack in the door, ringing again and again, but no one answered.

Ji Bai is at home!

"Ji Bai, it's me, Li Mei. Open the door!"

Li Mei squeezed to the front, her voice urgent and shrill, pounding on the door.

"Ji Bai! Ji Bai!"

No matter how much people outside shouted, there was no response from inside the door.

At this moment, everyone's expression changed!

Hopefully nothing will go wrong.

What is Ji Bai's current status?

That's a national treasure-level genius, a precious gem that can propel the entire nation's mathematics community forward by leaps and bounds!

Could I be assassinated?

"Break down the door!"

Academician Wang made a decisive decision, his face turning ashen.

Several young staff members immediately stepped forward and rammed the door with all their might.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The old security door was slammed shut, and dust filled the stairwell.

Li Mei stood behind, so anxious that tears were about to come out, and her palms were sweaty.

Principal Wang panicked, pacing around the door repeatedly, muttering, "Please, please don't let anything happen... please, please don't let anything happen..."

"Clang!"

With a loud crash, the door lock was finally broken.

A group of people rushed in and saw Ji Bai lying on the bed, seemingly asleep.

Everyone: "..."

So... he's still not awake?

Academician Wang's heart, which had been in his throat, suddenly settled back into his stomach, leaving him feeling both annoyed and amused.

Li Mei breathed a sigh of relief, her legs went weak and she almost sat down on the ground.

Principal Wang patted his chest, almost fainting.

"Ji Bai? Wake up, Ji Bai!"

"Academician Wang, Dean Lin, and others have come to see you!"

Principal Wang leaned over and patted Ji Bai on the shoulder.

Despite several pats, the person on the bed remained with their eyes closed, breathing evenly, showing no reaction whatsoever.

The hearts that had just settled down suddenly jumped into their throats again.

This is not sleeping at all!

He's unconscious!

"Quick, call 120!"

Academician Wang's voice trembled as he rushed over and grabbed Ji Bai's hand. The pulse was steady, but he just couldn't wake him up.

The homeroom teacher, Li Mei, stood to the side, tears streaming down her face, her fists clenched and her whole body trembling.

Principal Wang's face turned pale. He paced around the bed, repeatedly muttering, "How could he have fainted... He was perfectly fine yesterday..."

Immediately afterwards, news of Ji Bai's unconsciousness was reported up the chain of command.

Prefect Liu issued three orders in quick succession: "Immediately organize the city's best medical resources! Immediately establish a medical treatment expert group! Immediately open a direct communication line between the Municipal Party Committee and the First Municipal Hospital. Report any situation to me immediately, without any delay!"

The Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau announced: "From this moment forward, temporary traffic control will be implemented at all intersections along the route from Ji Bai's home to the First People's Hospital of the city. Traffic lights will be uniformly adjusted to ensure that ambulances have a green light all the way."

The director of the Municipal Health Commission announced: "Municipal experts have been urgently assembled. All chief physicians from the departments of neurology, cardiology, emergency medicine, and neurosurgery are on standby within ten minutes!"

The entire city of Fucheng was mobilized instantly.

This small fourth- or fifth-tier city has hardly ever hosted a provincial-level event, doesn't even have a subway line, and its high-speed rail station was only completed two years ago.

But at this moment, from the municipal party committee to the public security bureau to the health system, all departments are working at high speed for the same name at the same time.

Ji Bai must not get into trouble!

At the very least, nothing can happen in Fucheng!

The ambulance sped through the streets of Fucheng, escorted by a police car in front and behind. All the intersections along the way had green lights, and all vehicles were temporarily stopped.

Ji Bai lay on the stretcher, his face rosy and his breathing even. He looked like he was sleeping, but no matter how you called him, you couldn't wake him up.

Upon arriving at the First Municipal Hospital, we underwent every possible examination, including MRI, CT scan, EEG, ECG, blood routine test, and a full biochemistry panel.

However, when the results came out, the experts at the First Municipal Hospital were all dumbfounded.

There were no intracranial hemorrhages, space-occupying lesions, or vascular malformations.

The electrocardiogram, electroencephalogram, all biochemical indicators, electrolytes, and liver and kidney function were normal.

Apart from a slightly elevated level of protein in the urine test, which hinted at a possible kidney deficiency, everything else was normal.

A person whose every indicator shows they are extremely healthy simply cannot wake up.

"This...this doesn't make sense..."

The director of the Department of Neurology at the First Municipal Hospital looked at the stack of test reports over and over, a layer of fine sweat beading on his forehead.

He has been a doctor for thirty years and has seen all kinds of difficult and complicated diseases, but he has never seen anything like this before. All the indicators are normal, but the person is in a deep coma.

This contradicts any known medical common sense.

The message continued to be reported.

It even alarmed the provincial governor!

The provincial governor personally issued the order: "Spare no effort to ensure the safety and health of student Ji Bai!"

"The Provincial Health Commission immediately organized a provincial expert team to rush to Fucheng, and the Provincial Public Security Department immediately investigated all possible external factors and reported the relevant situation to me at any time."

Upon receiving the instructions, the Director of the Provincial Public Security Department immediately issued a series of orders: "The Provincial Criminal Investigation Corps shall dispatch its best personnel to Fucheng immediately to conduct a thorough search of the area surrounding Ji Bai's residence, retrieve all surveillance footage from before and after the incident, and investigate all suspicious persons and abnormal situations."

The director of the Provincial Health Commission personally oversaw the command center, and the phone kept ringing: "Have all the experts from the Department of Neurology at the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, the Department of Neurosurgery at the Second Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, and the Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine been notified? Have you booked high-speed rail tickets? If there are no high-speed rail tickets, drive there, with police escorts!"

"The provincial expert team must arrive at Fucheng No. 1 Hospital within two hours! Also, notify the Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct toxicology screening on Ji Bai's blood sample, screening for all possible toxins."

The entire Liaoning province was mobilized!

It started with an 18-year-old boy falling into a coma, and then the entire medical and public security systems of Fucheng and the whole province were mobilized.

The scale of this "season-keeping campaign" has far exceeded the treatment that an ordinary top scorer in the college entrance examination or even an ordinary math genius should receive.

With such a commotion, the news inevitably spread online.

The entire internet exploded instantly.

"What? Ji Bai is unconscious???"

"What happened? Why did she suddenly faint?"

"Could they have been framed? After all, they've threatened so many people's interests!"

"Oh my god! Please don't let anything happen to him! He's only eighteen!"

"What exactly happened? What did the hospital say? Is there any official news?"

……

Of course, there are also those trolls and public intellectuals who jump out with sarcastic remarks:

"Heh, I bet you're faking it. You're about to go to ICM, so you're afraid of being exposed, so you're just pretending to be unconscious?"

"You've gone so far as to fabricate evidence internationally, and now you can't cover it up anymore, so you're pretending to be sick and hiding, right?"

"I told you so, all that '18-year-old proof of my guess' stuff was just hype, and now they can't keep up the act anymore."

"Just wait, in a couple of days they'll say 'I can't attend due to health reasons,' and that's the end of it."

……

But as soon as these words were uttered, they were immediately met with a barrage of criticism from netizens:

"Bullshit! Terence Tao has already stamped his approval, proving its value. What are you doing spouting nonsense?"

"Even if the final proof is flawed, an 18-year-old high school student who can write a proof of this caliber has enough to brag about for a lifetime. Why would they need to fake illness?"

"They're already in the emergency room, and you're still throwing dirty water on them? Are you even human?"

"You all shut up when you accused him of faking it, after he spoke out; now that he's in a coma, you're saying he's faking it. How can you be so despicable?"

……

Soon, the hashtag "Ji Bai in a coma" soared to the top of the trending searches, followed by a bright red "hot" sign.

Netizens across the internet, regardless of whether they had previously supported or questioned the message, are now flooding the screen with the same phrase:

"Pray! I hope Ji Bai wakes up safely!"

"Ji Bai, keep going! Wake up soon!"

"We're waiting to see you go to ICM and slap those foreigners in the face!"

"You're the one destined to cleave the heavens with a single sword strike! You can't just fall like this!"

……