The one who had gone mad was a physicist named Luo Su. He was young, in his thirties. The people in the laboratory were rushing out when Xia Lei got to the laboratory. Luo Su was inside waving a experiment-use hammer about and smashing the equipment up. The floor was a mess of papers and broken pieces of equipment.

Xia Lei spotted Ning Jing. Her head was bleeding and she was in such a panic that she did not see him and ran straight into him. 

“What happened to your head?” Xia Lei grabbed her by the hand and asked in concern. 

“Luo Su…” Ning Jing suddenly started crying. “He’s gone mad. He wanted to smash the bronze book and I went to push him away but he was stronger. He hit me on the head with the hammer… Whuuh…”

She was weak and timid and could not bear this sort of horror.

“Don’t cry. I’m here, no one can hurt you,” comforted Xia Lei. 

It might’ve been better not to comfort her for Ning Jing buried herself further in his embrace and cried even more loudly. 

The group of experts who had escaped the laboratory...