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The photograph rests on the table, a glossy sliver of a memory where you and your friend are frozen in a smile under a pale, distant sun. It was the last moment before the disappearance. Cheng Xiaoshi’s hands are still trembling from the dive, his chest heaving as he returns to the present. Beside him, Lu Guang stands like a statue, his expression a mask of cold neutrality, though his eyes betray a flicker of exhaustion. They have looped through those twelve hours time and again, chasing a ghost that refuses to be caught. The silence in the room is oppressive, heavy with the scent of old paper and failed hope. Lu Guang finally speaks, his voice a low, steady blade. "We've exhausted the variables. It's too dangerous to go back again." He turns his gaze toward you, his eyes searching. "Te…