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Mom,

I learned how to make your favorite

crab roe stir-fry.

Tried it the other day.

It was actually amazing.

Come on, wake up. I'll make it for you.

- Dr. Chen. - Her condition hasn't changed, has it?

An Lan.

These things can't be rushed.

I know your work has a lot to do

with what your mom's going through.

I've read some of your papers.

But speaking as a doctor with years of clinical experience,

miracles don't happen that easily.

Gene therapy breakthroughs can take entire generations.

You need to start accepting that.

I know.

This 24-hour EEG monitoring

really isn't necessary anymore.

Let's switch to once every two weeks.

It'll be more comfortable for her too.

I hope you can understand.

Her brain hasn't shown any higher function in a long time.

Just give me a bit more time.

This is what my mom would want.

I know it is.

Alright then.

DECEMBER 12, 2024, NOON, LOOP DAY THREE

Something this serious happened,

so why didn't you cancel the speech?

Because for some things, as long as I'm still breathing,

I have to see them through.

A top executive was killed right as

we're going public.

Almost every potential investor

pulled out overnight.

The ones left are sitting on the fence.

But if I can still stand on that stage,

still crack a joke or two,

then it shows Moma's not down yet.

So I've got no choice. I have to keep going.

You've had it tough, Qi.

Getting a cop's paycheck,

but risking your life guarding me.

Have you thought about it?

What if all this chaos was Squid's trap to kill you?

Giving that speech

could drag innocent people into it.

What should I do?

Quit the company?

Hide at home?

Let Moma go under just like that?

What about my staff?

They're innocent too.

Squid's trying to shut down my genetic research.

Do you understand what it means

if RAN succeeds?

It means we could save lives. A lot of them.

- Every breakthrough has a price. - He's not in the same headspace

as the last few loops.

Was it what happened this morning?

Sorry, I lost it for a second.

Just… wasn't in the best place.

Once this is over…

An Lan.

Tang Xin.

999 COLD REMEDY

Not feeling great?

It's just a little cough.

No big deal. I'll be fine after some meds.

Congrats, An Lan.

You totally deserve to be the Chief Science Officer's assistant.

Thanks.

How's the MR253 trial going?

Pretty smoothly.

Your advice helped.

Turns out the humidity was messing with the second data set.

- It's all good now? - Yeah, all stable.

Tang Xin,

if you ever need anything,

you better let me know.

What are you wearing to the Zhao wedding tonight?

Not much of a choice.

I only have one formal dress at home.

Same here.

My dad barely brought me to events like this.

He said they were a waste of time.

You should glam up tonight.

Let everyone see

that little Tang girl's all grown up.

Alright, I'll get back to work. See you later.

Okay, An Lan.

Dr. An.

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Do you ever dream about your own death?

- I have. - Same here.

Me too.

- How'd you go? - Shot.

- Blown up. - I got blown up too.

I also got blown up.

Guess we're all scared of dying.

Don't you think Sarge isn't?

Yeah, Sarge is kinda weird.

No, he isn't.

How so?

You don't think he gives out

- really weird orders? - Like?

Like calling us in out of nowhere for a midnight meeting.

During our recent investigations,

I came across someone suspicious. His name is Ye Kun.

So… Peishan, help me dig into him.

There were three Ye Kuns, and he spotted the right one right away.

Which one?

That guy. Him.

And he just pulled Ye Kun's photo out of his pocket.

Find this guy today.

He's got a mini printer in his pocket?

Or a USB port in the back of his head?

He does this all the time.

Remember that bank heist case at Fortune Bank?

He knew way too much detail.

Almost like he planned it.

What if

Sarge can see the future in his dreams?

Then change it?

- No way. - Actually, I think you're onto something.

ACCESS DENIED

PERMISSIONS UPDATED

Hello?

Hi, Dr. An.

We've upgraded your clearance level.

Log in when you have a moment.

Okay, thanks.

Sure.

LOADING, PERMISSIONS UPDATED

LOADING

CANNOT OPEN 2016 FILE

INPATIENT WARD

SEARCHING, NO DATA

What about Ye Kun?

Think he has that ability?

- I think Ye Kun… - What ability?

- Chief. - Have a seat…

- Chief. - Chief.

- Chief. - Sit down…

No lunch invite and now you hit me?

No. You walk without making a sound. Nearly gave me a heart attack.

So tell me.

What's Ye Kun's ability supposed to be?

He can see the future in his dreams.

Close.

He's got a gift.

He can enter the loop.

- Bullshit. - Bullshit.

Knew it. No one would actually believe it.

- Sarge. - Peishan.

Look up someone named You Yuxiang.

Professor at Ivy Bay University. Get everything you can.

Copy that.

Here we go again.

Now it's You Yuxiang.

But every time he checks someone out, they really end up being sketchy.

It's bizarre.

Whatever. If he wants it done, I'll do it.

Bottom line,

we stick together.

Trust Ding Qi. Okay?

- Yeah. - Okay, we're almost out of time.

The lecture at Ivy Bay University

is about to start.

Let's roll.

Thanks, Chief.

- Thanks, Chief. - Don't touch me.

Take one.

Hi, can you buzz me into the R&D center?

- The R&D center? - Yes.

- Who are you here to see? - Dr. An Lan.

Dr. An Lan…

I don't have access for that area.

Mind waiting a bit?

I'll call and check for you.

Assistant Ding.

I'll take you.

Thanks.

Officer Ding, I'll stop here.

Go straight to the end, turn right.

You'll see Dr. An.

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Alright.

Thanks.

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Qi?

What are you doing here?

I came to see you.

This area's off-limits to visitors.

Let's talk outside.

I'm the CEO's assistant.

Can't I even take a look around?

Since when am I a visitor?

You want me to get written up?

What, you guys got some big secret in here?

And it's not like

I'd even understand it.

Exactly.

Everything here's proprietary.

Fine…

So, what do you need?

Just need to take a quick statement.

Where were you around midnight?

Midnight?

I was in the lab.

Still working that late?

We're mid-phase on an animal trial for a new compound.

There were unexpected issues.

- What kind of issues? - Some of the data suddenly shifted.

But

I can't share the details.

Something happened?

This about that coma recovery research?

When did you leave the lab?

At 2:15 a.m.

- And after that? - I went to see my mom.

Why there?

Because

I saw something

I never thought I'd see.

Something

I've hoped for for a long time.

RAN EXPERIMENTAL UNIT

RAN EXPERIMENTAL UNIT

It's moving again.

MY CAMERA

Mom's waking up.

My drug is working.

Dr. An, what are you doing here?

My mom's waking up.

- Dr. Chen. - Mom.

Mom.

Dr. Chen, her brainwave activity

spiked an hour ago.

But it dropped back again.

Did you notice anything?

We didn't pick up anything.

What kind of spike?

An Lan,

maybe you misread it?

No way.

Dr. Chen,

is it possible

her brain woke up,

but her body didn't?

Have you seen a case like that?

Five years ago, yeah. I had a patient like that.

You remember?

I do.

He was in agony.

He was fully conscious,

but totally paralyzed, couldn't move a muscle.

I can fix this.

I'll find a way

to wake her body too.

How?

I can't tell you yet.

You should go.

I've got other things to do.

You sure you don't want to rest?

You haven't slept since yesterday.

No time to sleep.

I need to go.

Go where?

Ivy Bay University.

You're going too?

The university invited me.

Probably heard about my new role.

Who told them?

No idea.

Does it matter?

I accepted the job.

That means taking on responsibilities I don't necessarily enjoy.

What's wrong?

You think it's dangerous?

I've got your back.

I'm going to get ready.

An Lan's getting pulled deeper into all this.

What is Squid after?

Is Ye Kun just a pawn in his game?

DECEMBER 12, 2024 AFTERNOON, LOOP DAY THREE

Hey, Qi.

He's still denying everything.

Can you get back here?

All of us saw it happen.

He's just being stubborn now.

Hang tight. I'm almost there.

Okay.

Officer Ding,

the Chinese-American you asked us to escort, Maggie,

has cleared customs.

She's been in a rush the whole way.

Nothing out of the ordinary.

Got it.

RECOMBINATORIAL ANTISENSE NUCLEOTHERAPY SPEAKER MO YUANZHI

SQUID CASE TASK FORCE

DING QI: PROCEED WITH PLAN AT IVY BAY UNIVERSITY.

KAI, SECURE MO YUANZHI AND AN LAN.

GU SONG, COVER EXTERNAL PERIMETER.

Fang Lu, go find a professor named You Yuxiang.

Do whatever it takes to keep him in his office.

If he does anything weird, report back.

Copy that.

Excuse me, are you Professor You Yuxiang?

Yes, that's me.

What's this about?

We received a report

that toxic chemicals might have leaked from your office.

Please cooperate.

Dr. An!

Dr. An!

It's been a while, Principal.

Principal.

Good to see you again.

Dr. Mo!

Thank you.

Shall we?

Everything's ready.

Please, this way.

What's the point of denying it?

Your hands are covered in smoke bomb residue.

Fine.

Even if you keep your mouth shut,

we still have enough to charge you.

Mr. Mo.

How are you holding up?

I'm good. Don't worry.

It's just my usual flare-up.

But seriously, An Lan,

from now on,

I really need you in my corner.

For Moma's future,

you're my most trusted ally.

Before we left earlier,

I officially signed off on your appointment.

As for Han Yufei and whatever nonsense

he brings to the board…

He's irrelevant.

What matters is, I trust you.

And my decision is final.

Of course,

I hope you trust me too.

Good morning, professors.

Good morning, students.

I'm Mo Yuanzhi. Your student. Your alum.

Wait outside.

Got it.

He's all yours.

Who told you to kill Mo Yuanzhi?

Where were you on October 25

and November 26?

- Don't remember. - Don't remember?

You recognize him?

Han Song and Tang Shaorong, both executives at Moma. You killed them too.

Why?

Who gave the order?

I didn't kill him.

I was just passing by.

Passing by?

You knew exactly when the billboard would fall.

You knew what was about to happen.

But I know it wasn't your idea.

So who's behind you?

What is it?

Are you waiting?

For midnight?

How do you know it's midnight?

Who told you?

What did he tell you?

Did he say everything resets

once it hits midnight?

Or that the loop starts after midnight?

Loop?

What loop?

…some of you may think rewriting the rules

sounds a little rebellious.

And that's fine.

Let me and my team

be the ones to take that risk.

We'll take the heat for it.

All I ask is that when the day comes,

when we finally succeed,

- everyone gets to experience… - Why are you here?

- …the true benefits of modern medicine. - Weren't you watching the suspect?

- He's clean. - And…

- Wang Haoxin's tailing him. - And if

- that makes me a rebel… - I came to back you up.

…then call me, Mo Yuanzhi, guilty of rewriting the rules. Deal with it.

Bravo!

Bravo!

You done?

Almost.

He didn't even tell you about the time loop?

Maybe he could get you out of the first two cases,

but today? You got caught red-handed. How's he gonna save you now?

Aren't you curious how he knows exactly when everything happens?

Don't you wonder what he's keeping from you?

Why take the fall for him? What's the point?

I know exactly what you two did.

And I know how you pulled it off.

Because I'm just like him.

You are…

just like him?

Who is he?

You done now?

You Yuxiang.

You Yuxiang.

You Yuxiang.

- Fang Lu, You Yuxiang's gone. - And I believe our RAN technology

- will one day help all of us, - Be careful.

help all of humanity

rewrite those rules.

Thank you, everyone.

Sarge, You Yuxiang disappeared.

Sarge,

that professor you asked me to look into this morning, You Yuxiang…

I found something strange.

Go on.

He's dying.

Come again?

He was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor a month ago.

Late stage.

Doctors gave him two months to live.

Which means… he's down to one.

A life for a life.

Is it worth it?

A man with nothing to lose…

Where would he run to?

Tang Xin, trying to ignore me?

Mr. Han.

Mr. Han?

That feels distant.

Try again.

Yufei,

why would I pretend not to know you?

Exactly.

You were always at my house when we were kids,

remember?

Our families were always getting together.

And now look at us…

Both lost our dads.

Tang Xin,

your dad and mine were friends for half their lives.

Even if we didn't grow up side by side,

but now that we're both at Moma,

we should be on the same team.

There's a lot going on that you don't see yet.

Like this morning, when you voted during the meeting…

Fang Lu, any sign of You Yuxiang?

Not yet. We're still searching.

I'm going to check on Mo.

Next up, let me introduce a friend.

She's not just a brilliant alum of Ivy Bay University,

she's also my research partner.

Please welcome

Chief Science Officer's assistant at MomaBiotechnology, Dr. An Lan.

Hi everyone, I'm An Lan.

I'm honored to be here to share a few thoughts

on the future of gene technology.

You mad because I said you don't understand?

No, I get it.

Moma's like a scale.

One wrong weight and everything falls apart.

Everyone needs to pick a side.

People stuck in the middle

never get anything in the end.

They'll never make it to the top

of the tech pyramid.

Right?

So someone's already talked to you.

Go on.

Which side do you want me on?

Stick with Mo Yuanzhi.

I'm serious.

Back the tech team.

That tech pyramid you mentioned…

you don't have to be on top.

Just get yourself the pass that opens the door at the bottom.

TANG XIN, JUNIOR TECHNICIAN INTERN

Thanks, everyone. I'm An Lan.

And thank you, Dr. An Lan, for that wonderful talk.

Now, please welcome Dr. Mo Yuanzhi.

We're opening the floor for questions.

Anything you want to ask Senior Mo,

go ahead.

The guy in the back.

Hi, Dr. Mo.

As far as I know,

RAN technology has only been around less than a decade.

By medical standards,

that's not nearly long enough to prove it's safe.

How can we trust it?

He asked a different question last loop.

With RAN advancing so fast,

do you think more diseases

can eventually be cured?

And if that happens,

what happens to the traditional pharmaceutical industry?

That's a very deep question. Thanks.

But here's the thing, effectiveness and side effects

have always been at odds.

It's a topic the medical world

has studied and debated for centuries.

So when it comes to RAN's safety,

there's no simple yes or no.

But what I can tell you is this.

My team and I have used

the world's most advanced technologies

and the strictest global standards

to validate the safety of RAN.

So far, we've found zero safety issues.

Even if MomaBiotech didn't find any safety risks,

plenty of experts have already flagged problems with RAN

in the past two years.

But somehow, their voices all got buried.

Isn't that a sign Moma's trying to cover something up?

Hold on… You're giving us too much credit.

First off, Moma has never silenced any experts or voices.

We don't even have that kind of power.

Second, these so-called claims

sound like stuff you just made up.

Do you have any actual evidence?

Or are you just picking a fight to get your moment

in the spotlight?

So what you're saying is,

as long as nobody dies, it's considered safe?

That's like asking whether the chicken or the egg came first.

Then maybe talk about

the fallout

between you and your mentor back in the day.

Now you're just throwing stuff out there.

It's fine. Everyone's free to ask questions.

But if you really want to prove

RAN is dangerous,

show us your data.

RAN already killed people, hasn't it?

Why else would Moma's executives,

Han Song and Tang Shaorong, get murdered?

And here you are, cracking jokes like nothing happened.

What are you really hiding?

Oh my god…

Let's settle down, everyone.

Please quiet down.

Settle down.

Mo Yuanzhi.

Do you remember this place?

You know exactly where I am, Mo Yuanzhi.

RAN BIOTECHNOLOGY ACADEMIC EXCHANGE

What is that place?

Say something.

I'm not totally sure,

but it could be… an underground lab.

MO YUANZHI RECOMBINATORIAL ANTISENSE NUCLEOTHERAPY

Professor You?

What are you trying to do?

Are you going to hurt that girl?

If you've got something to say to me,

let her go. We can talk, alright?

Talk?

Haven't you said enough already?

Have you felt any remorse?

Say it out loud.

Where am I?

You're in an underground lab.

No.

This is where you destroyed the evidence.

Where you killed your mentor, Jiang Yuwen!

- Is he serious? - Is that true?

You want to save this girl?

Then confess.

Own up to everything.

I don't know what you're talking about.

What do you want from me?

You're not having another one of your…

People are saying

you're not all there.

But I've always looked up to you, Professor You.

Most of the people here are your students.

They admire you. They look up to you.

So do I.

Don't make us watch you

become a killer, okay?

You're the killer!

Still putting on a show?

Don't hurt her!

Fine.

I'm a murderer, okay?

You want me to say it? I'll say it.

Just let her go. I'll come find you.

We'll head to the police station together, alright?

Don't move!

You Yuxiang.

Drop the knife.

So you cops don't care if the hostage dies, huh?

Put the gun down.

Put it down!

Professor You.

Professor You.

I'm unarmed.

They won't hurt you.

Let's just talk.

I feel like we've met you.

But I can't quite place you.

Tell me what you want.

Whatever it is, I'm listening.

Look into

Jiang Yuwen's disappearance from eight years ago.

That wasn't a missing person case. It was murder!

And the killer was

Mo Yuanzhi!

Professor You, I really don't understand why you're doing this.

I just don't see

what good it does you to destroy me.

But if this is what you're set on,

then fine. I'll cooperate.

Let the girl go. I'll come to you.

The police are right there.

Let them investigate. Let the truth come out.

Can we do that, Professor You?

You're such a hypocrite.

I promise,

I'll get to the bottom of it.

But I need you to work with me.

Put the knife down.

Last night I had a dream.

Someone asked me

if one life for another

is worth it.

When I woke up this morning,

I realized…

it's not.

Killing Mo Yuanzhi isn't the goal.

My goal is

making the world see what Mo Yuanzhi has done.

If he really is guilty,

I'll make sure he's brought to justice.

But I need you to work with me.

Let's find the truth together.

That girl's innocent.

I know you don't want to hurt your own student.

Professor You,

put the knife down.

Put the knife down.

I've got nothing to give you.

You'll have to find the proof yourself.

You're not like the other cops I've met.

You're different.

I'm begging you.

I'm begging you…

Don't!

Subtitle translation by: Jiaxin Wang