gracestaredatherclock.shehadalreadybeenfifteenminuteteforthedailymeetingtoanalyzethebehaviorpatternoflockjar，adoctorwhowasconsideredtobeasuperhuman

evolutionofhumanbeinghasalwaysbeenahotargumenttopicamongthemosttalentedintellectuals.ofcourse，gracewasoneofthem.theso-calledlockjarwasamystery，whosesecretwastobeuncovered

hecanproducesupersoldiers，curetheuncurable，changepeople"sbehaviorpattern.heisbelievedtohavekilledatleastfouryoungmenwhilestillhandicaped，hekeepscontactwithahacker(group)thatneverturnedup，andhasalwaysbeenfollowedbylightningandthunder.andhejustovercamethesilencepunishment!

themoststunningfactthatmorethanonehundredminihumans，consideredtobeproofofallienintruders，werekilledbylightningoverhisheadremainstobediscussedwithhimselfwhenthetimeisright......

toomanymythshadbeentoldabouthimandnonewasexined

andwhodaretodestroytheearth-guardian，evenforscienceconcernortostudyhissystem?whatifhisspecibilityshouldberuinedbyscanningormedicines?tryingtodrivehimunbnced，orslightlymad，wasasfarastheywereallowedtogo

nonsense!gracesaidtoherself.theremustbeanexnationforeverything.heisnospiderman!nevertheless，nothingspecibouthimhasbeendiscovered，sofar，

gracewasdeeplyabsorbedinherownthoughtswhensheheardaknockonthedoor.shewasrmed，andaqueerfeelingrosethatshewasdemandedbyanevilspiritlurkinginthedark

sheopenedthedoortofindnobodythere，butonlyacoldgustofwindpassedby.“amibeingtoosensitive?“shughedalittletoherselfandwasdeterminednottoponderabouttheold“delusionofpersecution”anymore.thisisadeeptunnndwindissupposedtobeanormalphenomenon

sinceshewasakid，thesenseofunsecrurityhadkepthauntingher，whichcouldbearesultofbeingdeprivedofherwealthyandrenownedgreatgrandparents.althoughshedidn"tseethattragedywithherowneyes，herparentstoldthestoryonceandcrashed.theycouldhardlyholdtheirhatredwheneveritcametothetopicofherfamilyhistoryandheritage.whatevertheyhadsufferedusedtobeconsideredagreatrevolution，theysaid，aboutcultures

beingrobbedofgoldorrealestatewasnothalfaspainfshowthewholefamilywasbattered.somewereprisonedortorturedtodeath，babygrace"sfathercouldbarelytalkorwalk，whenhewatchedunclesdieandanutsbeatentodeath.hefinallyacquiredachancetofleetohk，andasttoaustralia

grace"smother"sfamilysufferedthesameluck.sherefusedtospeakhermothertongueallherlifeasshegrewup

theyseldomcallthemselvespatriots.oncehavingimmigrated，theyrarelylookedbackattheirlossandeventhementioningofthedecadewasunbearable

beforeshemetwithdr.luo，shehadneverimaginedherfolkpeoplewouldonedaybethetargetofherresearch.asapsychiatrist，shefoundoutthatshehadneverbeensobeatenasbydrluo.hedidn"tgiveintoabsolutesolitude，darknessorpuresilence，asifhewerenohuman

neverhadshemetwithsuchacreaturewhowouldneverlosecontrolhoweverstressed，stifled，throttled，strangled，gripped，clutchedorcontained

sotherewasareasonwhyhewasbelievedtobeasuperhumanandreceivedallthesehospitalities

shehadthoughtshewouldpourallherhatreduponthismanbecauseofwherehecamefrom.....butshedidn"t.andnowshehadsomethingelseonhermindotherthantohate

shewantedtofindouteverythingaboutthisman.lookingathimpunctuatethesoldierswithneedles，hearinghiughandjokeandwonderingwhathewasreallythinkingabout.......werekillingher

sheknewshehadfalleninlovewiththisman.shedarednotseehimintheface.shedidn"twanttotalkabouthiminfrontofthepeersincasetheymightdiscoverorsuspectherdeepestsecrets

thedailyroutinemeetingcouldhavestartedwithouther，shesaidtoherself，thishadhappenedbefore，astherewasalwayssomethingunexpectedhappening，suchas，theweightsfellofftheshelfandmissedhittingsomebody"shead，orthesteelbarflewacrosstheroomoverherandbrokesomeoneelse"sarm.ifluckhadbeenagainsther，shecouldhavediedatleasttwice

whyshouldasealorciaagenttrytokillher——ascientistwhoshowedgreatconcernonthem?thepossibilityofbeingmurderedwasbeyondherwildestimagination......ifoneofthemwasreallydeterminedtoconductmurder，therewasnoescapeofher.astokilling，theywereallpros，includingluohimself