NovelApexChapter 764
Half a year later, in the early summer.
The magnolias in Cresthaven were in full bloom, scattering the prolonged sunshine of summer into speckles of
light that filtered through the windows of Oak Grove Mansion, landing on Hayes as he tapped away at his
computer.
By now, he had been entangled in a mysterious online friendship for months, with the other party being elusive
and refusing to divulge their name.
Hayes had tried countless times to trace the IP address of his enigmatic chat partner, only to find that their
messages were being sent through foreign proxy servers, making them untraceable.
Mysterious Chat Partner: [JHow's the investigation going on the thing | told you about?!)
Hayes: What thing?[]
Oimplanting a wafer into a person's body that could replace their memories![]
Hayes's youthful eyebrows knitted in confusion, genuinely puzzled.
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Every tthis mysterious person contacted him, they emphasized the matter of the wafer.
But what in the world was this wafer? It was completely foreign to him!
After a pause, Hayes typed: [How could such technology exist? I've never heard of it.[]
[it does! | swear it's real!)
Even through the screen, Hayes could feel the other's stubborn and defiant tone.
He had no idea who this mysterious person was, not even their gender.
Yet, every conversation felt eerily familiar.
The way they spoke, their penchant for exclamation marks, and their definitive assertions.
Especially their stubbornness, it was so... Teresa-like!
The mysterious person quickly followed up: [So, you haven't looked into it at all?[]
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Hayes responded tersely, then hurriedly added:
01 won't look into it until you tellwho you really are.]
After sending the message, he anxiously waited for a reply.
But after a full five minutes, there was nothing.
Hayes felt disheartened.
Every the tried to subtly ask for the person's identity, they would vanish without a trace.
At that moment, Manley crunning in with a Transformer toy in his arms, his voice sweet with innocence:
"Hayes, Ms. Marguerite says it's tfor dinner! Grandma made your favorite roast chicken drumsticks..."
Manley stopped mid-sentence, noticing Hayes was deeply absorbed by his computer screen. He curiously
peeked, asking, "Did the mysterious friend disappear again?"
"Yeah."
Manley glanced at the screen, then back at Hayes, "You still think it could be Teresa, don't you?"
Sighing like an adult far beyond his years, Hayes simply said, "Yeah."
Manley's expression turned somber as he set down his Transformer, placing a serious hand on Hayes's shoulder.
"Hayes, dad and Teresa are gone. You have to accept it."
Hayes didn't respond to Manley directly, lost in thought for a moment before he closed the chat window with the
mysterious friend and began inputting a string of code.
He was attempting to trace the mysterious friend's IP address again.
Despite the repeated failures, Hayes kept trying.
After all, it wasn't over until it was over!
His fingers danced across the keyboard, finishing the last sequence and hitting the enter key with a flourish.
Unexpectedly!
The screen displayed a city map for the first tever!
He had succeeded in tracing the IP address!
The mysterious friend hadn't used a proxy server in their conversation today?
Hayes leaned in closer to the computer screen, eager to find out the map's location.
The person was in Stonebridge City!
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