Wei Liang was through the door before the shout finished, Feng Yao right behind him.
Chen Wei was on the floor, back arched, body shaking hard, foam at the corner of his mouth. Shen Yue knelt over him, trying to hold his head steady.
"Second trigger," Xu said fast inside Wei Liang's head. "That first one wasn't the only lock they put in him."
"Hold him still," Shen Yue said, voice tight. "He's going to hurt himself."
Garrow and Liu Che arrived seconds later, both moving to help pin Chen Wei's shaking arms without hurting him further.
"What's happening to him," Feng Yao asked, fear plain in his voice.
"I don't know," Shen Yue said. "This isn't poison. This is something inside him, fighting to get out."
Chen Wei's eyes snapped open suddenly, wide and clear, no strange layered voice th
