t ticipated and  t o spare. beat to sloc and let tiny beam dance around t  mucory room at tsing dormitory again. t  racing all over again.

    ter of tion, Li Jin realized t it e dental c puso allo to assume a reclining position. Next to tist c looked like some sort of lamp/er  provided a modest amount of ing at time by redirecting t from t outo t along its stem and sc on. ted in a  of dry  started to crac and looked around ty. te designed to approximate a wooden floor.

    Li Jin studied traption in ter of tist cors sitting on metal arms t curved over tail of an agitated scorpion. A pair of cyberspace gloves and goggles o one side next to a metal arm self cigy compound memory foam and sat on an al base. Next to trolley stacked . travenous caters and tubes, some kind of pump and multiple packs containing various forms of medical ion and nutrition, tals fed to patients in a coma.

    Li Jin scanned t racing in anticipation. It rition packs designed to keep you under ing panels confirmed ended periods of time on te rig for taying jacked in for very long periods of time.

    Li Jin kneup very  one end of one of travenous caters er o administer fluids to prevent deion. tric tubes o tomacube,  beloended periods of intravenous feeding. ter-controllable pump ensured t nutrition from tered directly into tive system. taking antial. Liquid could enter tubes could become clogged and a dislodged needle, issue contamination. tuff sc. Yet, t necessary to take these risks. hy?

    Li Jin noticed t cables from tors, travenous pump, all led to to a tiny box made of cic. Anoto a small enclosure at to tic box no larger ttes. It  tice in simple y of tion Army. Unautrictly Proed. tiny flick sc tcors above came out of ion. A flas from ted to the green box.

    Li Jin stared at tor and couldn’t believe or ions on tiny dots moved around t random, termittently cure-in-picture  of vital signs  ttom of t tiny screen doimer frozen at zero. It all made sense to Li Jin. tten a rudimentary program t monitored important aspects of urn controlled travenous pump, ting and tal variables required to stay under. tdoimer ensured t  of t a specific point of time.

    Li Jin fouginct to don ter tem.  ips  amazing netem  em op-level classified. Nobody on t, except ted feop brass of tment, o t.

    Yet, Li Jin kne tive nature of cyberspace, especially t.  afford to e any more time. rain to catco ced trition and ion products, s. o make some purc ting securely in s. t o a location ill  completely decided on.

    it, Li Jin moved tist c it ly belorapdoor. Using tic pump belo o its  position. tood on to find t  about curl around trapdoor. itrengtrapdoor like a gymnast mounting parallel bars. orso and backpack emerged on ther side.

    Stealt out of tudy to ted t be a side gate. Again, te locked from tte. Li Jin ified to see t t open and slipped out into cold Beijing night.