The closer he got, the more solemn An Wenli's expression became, as if, it seemed... the book the girl was holding was his. It was a book he and his teacher An Ruifan co-edited - Principles of Structural Biology.

There was still some distance between them, so An Wenli asked the soldier who came to greet them: "Comrade, who is the lady in front?"

When Shan Falcon heard the survivor's question, he smiled and said, "That's the great contributor to our base, the Minister of Agriculture! Is he the most powerful expert in the base?" Shan Falcon was half joking and half serious, because the Minister of Agriculture was personally certified by their captain.

Farmers? Agricultural talents? The most powerful experts?

An Wenli couldn't imagine how such people would read their books, which brought back some wonderful memories for him.

When An Wenli was led to Qiao Xuejun, he saw Qiao Xuejun drawing on the tree. Instantly, An Wenli's face turned ugly.

Is this a doodle from the book they published? What are these drawings about? An Wenli looked a little embarrassed.

Although Qiao Xuejun quickly moved away and didn't let them see it, he didn't see it clearly, but he was sure that there was nothing good in the painting. It was just a dark patch, with round and square shapes, completely scribbled!

How can you treat books like this? Even in times of natural disasters, structural biology is still useful!

This is the book he published, this is the book he published with his teacher!

An Wenli stared at Qiao Xuejun with unfriendly eyes.

His memories came flooding back.

After the natural disaster, he took refuge in a survival base led by a butcher named Lao Zhang who sold pork in the vegetable market.

Their base of survival was in the vegetable market. At the beginning, their life was quite good. There were a lot of resources in the vegetable market, and those vegetables supplied their lives for a long time. However, the materials could not be shared casually. They had to work hard to distribute the food.

There's no problem with that.

However, as a biology professor, he was assigned to the lowest level of life. There was no domestic water, and water resources were scarce. The toilet could not be flushed, and they had to use buckets to fill it up and pour it out.

Originally, everyone took turns doing this job, but later it was assigned to him alone.

Because of living for a long time, there is also a contempt chain in the survival base. In the survival base, the more practical the skills, the higher the top.

For example, butchers are good at wielding knives and guns and are very strong. At that time, the mad cow disease outbreak in the city was no different from zombies. Those who could kill the zombies were talents and were useful.

A scholar like him who is not even capable of tying a chicken is useless.

He had nothing to do and couldn't join in the conversations of other survivors, so he just read a book. It was this book, Principles of Structural Biology. Butcher Zhang saw it.

"Hey, Professor An? Are you reading?" Lao Zhang came up and took the book from his hand. "It's already this late, and you still have the mood to read?"

Butcher Zhang looked joking and mocking: "What's the use of you scholars? You can't lift your hands or fight with others. Now you are just dragging your feet."

An Wenli was naturally unconvinced, but he was unwilling to argue with Zhang the Butcher, so he said nothing. This made Zhang the Butcher even more arrogant: "In the past, when we met people like you, we had to show some respect, but now... hehe."

"Your books are useless. Professors are nothing special. Did you empty the toilet today? Professor An, remember to empty the toilet."

An Wenli had already done it, but since there were many people living in their base, they had to do it more frequently. He didn't argue, he put down the book and went to empty the toilet.

When I came back, I saw Butcher Zhang and a group of people surrounding his books, drawing on them.

An Wenli was shocked and tried to snatch the book back. But how could he beat Zhang the Butcher and his men who had bad intentions? Soon, the book was torn into pieces and scattered all over the floor.

Butcher Zhang was very proud: "Now is not the time to read books. If you are a man, go and exercise! Otherwise, the next time mad cow disease comes, you will just hide!"

An Wenli looked at Qiao Xuejun. The way she scribbled on the book was similar to that of Zhang the Butcher.

This behavior is not only disrespectful to him, but also to his teachers! This is a book they worked hard to publish, and it is to impart knowledge!

Isn't it said that the First Foundation respects experts and scholars the most? Is that how they respect them? What kind of expert and scholar is this young-looking woman? He has never seen or heard of such a person.

How do they define experts and scholars?

Being able to farm makes one an expert. What’s the difference between this and Butcher Zhang being an expert because he can kill mad cow disease?

An Wenli asked directly, "Madam, I heard that you are an expert scholar at the First Base. I wonder what field you are an expert in? Which school did you graduate from? Who is your mentor?"

Qiao Xuejun looked at An Wenli strangely. His tone was very aggressive, which was easy to sense.

But why? She didn't seem to have offended him, did she? Qiao Xuejun frowned, not wanting to deal with such unprovoked malice, and she really couldn't explain the reason for this question: "This is my business, why are you asking so many questions? I don't seem to know you well?"

She wanted to make it up, but the place names of this era were different from those of the era she lived in, and the school names would definitely not be the same. She couldn't make it up.

Moreover, this person seems to have some knowledge of universities and experts, and if the story is not well written, it will be easily exposed.

Hearing Qiao Xuejun's question, An Wenli sneered.

I can't tell. Can they be considered experts and scholars? They have never seen a real expert. They dare to brag about everything.

Their academic circle has distinct factions and master-disciple relationships. By mentioning the name of an expert, you can know the entire faction map.

If not, that would be a wild way.

And this woman really couldn't be an expert as she couldn't even answer such a basic question.

As a result, An Wenli also became disappointed with the First Base.

"I'm not going to the First Base, I'm going to the Sea Fort." They came over from the ice and saw the Sea Fort on the way. The Sea Fort was also recruiting people and had rich resources, but they didn't choose it. They heard that the conditions in the First Base were better, so they came here.

Now, thanks to a book, he has changed his mind.