Chapter 680: Chapter 679: Something Really Went Wrong

The man waiting in the car was the potbellied man from a certain government department.

Yan Feifan was a little confused. This guy should have been back in Binhai, so why had he come all the way to Jingcheng?

’Did he get transferred?’

’Or did he come here specifically for me?’

The potbellied man gave an embarrassed smile and said, "Mr. Yan, I do indeed have a favor to ask."

Without waiting for Yan Feifan to ask, he explained, "We know you have a special skill, Mr. Yan. You can identify a person just from their gait and body movements."

"We’ve run into a problem and would like you to identify someone."

Yan Feifan couldn’t help but ask, "Don’t you have software for that?"

The potbellied man nodded in reply. "We do, but the accuracy isn’t that high. Besides, the target this time is rather difficult. It’s very likely the software won’t be able to get an ID."

Yan Feifan asked no more questions and held out his hand. "Let me see the reference video."

The potbellied man quickly handed him a tablet.

Yan Feifan took it and saw the image displayed on the screen: a foreign man with a full beard, a weathered face, a turban, and a long robe.

This made Yan Feifan glance at the potbellied man.

’It’s better not to get too involved.’ He tactfully refrained from asking any more questions and continued watching the video on the tablet.

The six-minute and forty-second video was a compilation, showcasing the man’s gait from the front, side, and back across various scenes.

Yan Feifan watched it twice, then closed his eyes and thought for nearly a minute before saying, "Alright, I’ve built the comparison model."

"Where’s the video for identification?"

The potbellied man explained, "Mr. Yan, we need to wait a little longer. The identification video hasn’t been sent over yet..."

The wait ended up being nearly an hour. By then, the Cadillac was approaching Shoudu Capital International Airport.

Yan Feifan hadn’t been idle during this time. He was continuously refining the body movement comparison model in his mind, making it more detailed.

"Mr. Yan, the video is here!"

Yan Feifan, who had been almost lost in thought, was roused. He took the tablet the potbellied man handed him again and began to watch the new video.

The new video seemed to have been filmed in a relatively remote town in a foreign country.

One by one, several men of similar height, all wearing robes, turbans, and face masks, walked out of a domed building.

There were five of them in total.

The video was shot from some distance, and the image was a bit grainy.

After leaving the domed building, the five men were picked up by a series of Humvees that drove up.

Just then, the potbellied man’s voice broke the silence.

"Mr. Yan, the person we’re looking for should be among these five. Can you identify which specific vehicle he got into?"

Yan Feifan replied directly, "It’s none of them!"

"Are you sure?" The potbellied man sounded skeptical.

Yan Feifan shot him a look and said confidently, "Even though they’re all disguised like this and the image isn’t high-definition, which makes a positive ID a bit difficult, eliminating them is relatively simple."

"I can say for certain that our guy isn’t one of these five."

"Look..."

Yan Feifan pointed at the first person in the video and explained in detail, "This person’s right shoulder is higher than his left, and his head tilts slightly to the left when he walks. He’s obviously not our target."

"Now, look at this one..."

Before Yan Feifan could continue, the potbellied man dialed a number and said in a serious tone, "Mr. Yan confirms all five are decoys..."

"Right, we’ll keep waiting..."

Once again, Yan Feifan had to wait for nearly half an hour before another video was sent over.

In the video, Yan Feifan saw three men in turbans, masks, and robes emerging from the domed building together.

Yan Feifan compared them with the posture model in his mind and locked onto the one on the far left.

"That’s him."

As Yan Feifan pointed, the man on the screen was marked with a red circle.

The potbellied man said excitedly, "Mr. Yan, thank you. After this mission is complete, I’ll put you in for a commendation!"

Yan Feifan handed the tablet back to him and said nonchalantly, "A commendation isn’t necessary. This didn’t take much effort."

"It’s just that we’ve been delayed for quite a while. Our flight is about to take off."

The potbellied man chuckled. "Mr. Yan, don’t worry about the flight. We’ve already made arrangements."

"The plane will wait for you..."

"Oh, and Mr. Yan, here’s a bit of news for you."

The potbellied man said in a low voice, "We know you’re in a bit of a competition with Dr. Xv from Union Medical College Hospital, so we did a little digging."

"So, Dr. Xv recruited twelve patients in a vegetative state for his awakening test. The result was one patient awakened, one died of sudden cardiac arrest after resuscitation failed, and one became brain-dead, unable to breathe on their own."

"The other patients remained more or less the same."

’Holy crap, it’s that serious...’

These words confirmed Yan Feifan’s suspicions. Xv Jiande’s experiment had indeed gone horribly wrong.

Under these circumstances, the ethics committee would never allow him to conduct any further clinical human trials.

Perhaps they would even hold him accountable.

From now on, Xv Jiande would have to start over with theory, then move on to animal testing. Only after accumulating enough data and confidence could he reapply for human trials.

Xv Jiande had gotten greedy for credit and rushed things, effectively handing the advantage over.

This outcome also served as a warning to Yan Feifan.

After all, when experimenting on the human brain—the most mysterious and complex part of the body—the slightest mistake could lead to a major disaster.

’I have to be extremely cautious... ’

The potbellied man wasn’t lying. After Yan Feifan and Feng Jian entered the airport, they were escorted by airport staff through a special lane with no delays.

As soon as the two of them boarded the plane via the jet bridge, a flight attendant promptly closed the cabin door behind them.

Yan Feifan stowed his luggage and had just sat down, not even having fastened his seatbelt yet, when the plane began to taxi...

This trip to Jingcheng had a few small interruptions, but overall, it went smoothly.

A little after seven in the evening, Yan Feifan’s flight landed on time at Binhai International Airport.

On the car ride home, Yan Feifan called Dr. Qiu Ge to tell him about Xv Jiande’s situation.

Just as he finished speaking, Dr. Qiu Ge’s voice came through the phone.

"Mr. Yan, no wonder I got a call this afternoon from Mr. Ma, the vice chairman of the ethics committee."

"He warned me in a very serious tone that I must put patient safety and health first, that I absolutely must not act rashly, and he also said they would be strictly reviewing our clinical trial application."

Yan Feifan chuckled. "I suppose he received an internal report on Xv Jiande’s test results and is worried we might have a major problem too."

Qiu Ge said indignantly over the phone, "For behavior as wildly irresponsible as Xv Jiande’s, they should just revoke his medical license..."

When Yan Feifan got home, he washed up briefly and started eating dinner.

Yu Suye, who was with him, excitedly told him that after further discussions with his sister and the interior designer, the renovation plan had been finalized.

A modern, minimalist style, with a quote of 2.3 million.

Yan Feifan grunted in acknowledgment, then heard his sister say, "Next weekend is mid-September. The weather is clear and beautiful—a great time to go out."

"Feifan, you haven’t had a proper rest in a long time."

"How about we all go on a trip together next weekend?"

Seeing the expectant looks on both his sister’s and Su Ye’s faces, Yan Feifan nodded and agreed...

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.