That night, the old Guo Family residence at No. 186, Tianxi North Road, West City was brightly lit.
The Guo Family's descendants and core members from all over had unknowingly returned one after another to this mansion…
One luxurious and low-profile convoy after another parked at the gates of the estate.
The main building inside the estate was a Western-style structure…
Inside the building, in a classically decorated bedroom, lying on a Baroque-style bed, was the only remaining second-generation elder of the Guo Family, Guo Yanzhi.
Guo Yanzhi was far too old. His body was emaciated, his skin shriveled and pale, and his life was hanging by a thread.
He wore an oxygen mask, and a series of medical machines constantly monitored every data point of his body…
Beside Guo Yanzhi's bed stood several of the Guo Family's current leaders, along with members of the middle and younger generations, all silent, their faces full of sorrow.
If the first-generation founder of the Guo Family had boldly entered Zhonghai at the dawn of the Republic and opened infinite possibilities for the family, then Guo Yanzhi was the true pioneer who led the family to prosperity.
As long as he lived one more day, it was like a stabilizing pillar for the entire Guo Family.
Everyone, young and old, understood one thing.
If Guo Yanzhi passed away, the Guo Family would likely lay low for quite a long time.
"Mr. Guo…"
A middle-aged man in a white lab coat walked quickly to the side of Guo Min'an, the current head of the Guo Family, and called out softly.
Guo Min'an shifted his gaze from the old man to the doctor.
He raised his hand in a downward motion, then exchanged glances with his siblings.
The gathered members of the Guo Family followed behind Guo Min'an and the other three elders, quietly stepping out of the bedroom with the doctor.
"Mr. Guo, everyone…"
"The Old Master… may not make it through the night."
The middle-aged doctor, feeling the intense pressure of so many powerful figures watching him, swallowed nervously and spoke in a low voice.
As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere froze.
…
Meanwhile.
Outside the Guo Family residence, across the street—
"So this is the old Guo residence?"
A tall man in a gray trench coat looked at the estate from afar and muttered.
He was Lu Li, and the target of this visit was the Old Master Guo inside.
"Did something happen…"
Lu Li scanned the mansion from front to back.
He could clearly sense that something was off with the atmosphere tonight. Security had tightened significantly, and luxury cars were arriving one after another at the entrance.
Lu Li shook his head and stopped wondering.
A thought emerged, triggering a prompt in his mind:
'Please select the time acceleration multiplier.'
"One hundred times."
Lu Li replied.
As he activated his ability, the scenery before his eyes rapidly changed…
Cars that had been speeding down the road suddenly seemed frozen in place, inching forward at an incredibly slow pace.
At a hundredfold acceleration, Lu Li's average walking speed of 1.1 meters per step and 60 steps per minute meant that in the external world's one second, he could walk 65 meters…
Sixty-five meters per second!
A car traveling at 30 km/h moves 8.3 meters per second—far slower than Lu Li.
Sixty-five meters per second translated to about 234 km/h, equivalent to high-speed rail!
And that was just his walking pace. If he jogged…
It would be terrifying.
…
Hands in his coat pockets, Lu Li casually walked into the heavily guarded Guo Family residence.
During the entire process, none of the patrolling guards noticed him.
Lu Li stood in a shadowed spot, lifted his head slightly, and gazed at the main building in front of him.
He had some knowledge of architecture and could tell the Western-style building was full of refined detail.
The main facade featured two-story columned arcades. Judging from the tops of the columns, they incorporated all three major Greek orders: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian…
Lu Li pulled his thoughts back and smiled faintly.
He resumed walking and entered the grand hall…
He strolled through the building unnoticed.
Lu Li casually observed the interior decor of the ancient residence.
The wooden fireplace was ornately carved, blending Neoclassical elements with details from the Republican era…
The carved teakwood wainscoting was intricate…
A 15-square-meter skylight featured stained glass with ancient designs…
The floor was paved with multi-colored hexagonal glazed tiles, said to have been handmade by craftsmen from the Tulip Kingdom using ancient methods to replace damaged tiles. They modeled them after century-old bricks, reformulated porcelain clay, cast by hand, backfilled, and finally kiln-fired to perfection…
"This is what a true mansion looks like."
Lu Li sighed with admiration.
He walked toward the final bedroom.
Passing the stairs, Lu Li saw the core figures of the Guo Family standing outside the bedroom door.
His brows lifted slightly, and a faint smile curled on his lips.
He slowed his personal time down to tenfold speed.
In the corridor, the sudden sound of footsteps rang out, instantly drawing the attention of Guo Min'an and the others.*
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