The Year I Stopped Being His novel Chapter 265

Her eyes were closed, her lashes dusted with a powdery layer of frost.

She was dressed in a pristine white medical gown—not the diving suit she had worn into the ice. The collar was neatly folded, and her hands rested gracefully over her abdomen.

She didn't look dead.

She simply looked asleep.

“This is Endurance Station's latest cryobiological experiment. Code name: Project Evernight.”

Vivienne's calm, deliberate voice broke the silence behind him, steeped in the unshakeable composure of a seasoned scientist.

“We discovered a localized antifreeze protein out on the ice cap capable of forming a nano-scale crystallization-inhibitor network between cells. By pairing it with our proprietary gradient cooling system and magnetic levitation, we successfully ran cryo-resuscitation trials on Antarctic icefish, Weddell seals, and Emperor penguins.”

She paused, walking over to the main console. Her fingers flew across the touchscreen, pulling up an array of diagnostics.

“Project Evernight was originally designed as a fail-safe for polar researchers in extreme scenarios. If someone got lost in a blizzard, or fell into a crevasse and entered severe hypothermia before an evac, cryopreservation could buy them time. We've never moved to human trials. The ethics committee capped our clearance at mammals.”

She turned around, looking at Garrison's back.

“But... I wanted to push the project further.”

“The Professor...”

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