For several seconds, he looked completely stunned. "Twenty million dollars?" he asked again as though he could not believe what he had heard. Ryan's expression remained calm. "Yes," he replied simply. The man swallowed hard. That amount of money could completely transform someone's life. Yet R

"And that nearly fried my brain in the process." The system ignored the complaint entirely and said. "The knowledge-transfer process was functioning normally." Ryan stared at the ceiling. "Normal?" Ryan asked incredulously. "You call that normal?" "Yes, Host," the system replied. Ryan laughed.

"Mom?" Ryan called urgently into the phone, his voice filled with concern. "Mom, can you hear me? Mom, say something." He waited anxiously for a response, but none came. The silence on the other end of the line felt unnaturally heavy. Ryan's frown deepened as he slowly pulled the phone away from

The moment the call with the doctor ended, Ryan stood motionless for only a fraction of a second before his body suddenly sprang into action. Without wasting another moment, Ryan hurried across the sitting room and headed toward the staircase at a pace that was much faster than normal. His foots

His breathing gradually became uneven as countless thoughts collided inside his mind. "What virus could possibly be affecting my mother?" Ryan asked the system again anxiously. "You've already told me that I don't currently possess the ability to cure it, but you haven't told me what it actually is