Chapter 432 A sudden power outage crisis at the pharmaceutical factory!

Three days later, Zhao Xueyuan stood in front of Su Yue.

He was wearing a faded Zhongshan suit with frayed cuffs, and his cloth shoes were covered in mud. Upon seeing Su Yue, he nervously rubbed his hands together, not daring to look up.

"Director Su... Director Su." Zhao Xueyuan's voice was very soft, like a mosquito's hum, "Can I... can I really get into the lab? They all say I'm doing pseudoscience..."

Su Yue didn't say anything, but led him directly to the entrance of the newly built sterile workshop.

Through the glass window, you can see the brand-new equipment inside.

Centrifuges imported from Germany, fermenters customized from France, and rows of precision microscopes.

"Do you recognize that?" Su Yue pointed to a device in the corner.

Zhao Xueyuan pushed up his glasses, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he pressed his whole body against the glass, his breathing becoming rapid.

"A super...super-speed refrigerated centrifuge? The kind that can reach 50,000 RPM?" His voice trembled, as if he had seen a long-lost relative. "This...this is the first one in China, right?"

"It's yours now." Su Yue tossed a key into his lap. "From today onwards, you are the owner of this machine. I need you to extract the active enzymes from the sea buckthorn pulp within a week. Can you do it?"

Zhao Xueyuan gripped the key tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force.

He turned around and looked at Su Yue, a fire burning in his previously dull eyes.

"I can do it! If I can't, I'll twist my head off and let you kick it like a ball!"

With Zhao Xueyuan joining the team and Chen Xinyue overseeing everything, the basic framework of the R&D team was finally established.

Su Yue wasn't idle either; she turned her attention to the neighboring Red Star Farm.

Pharmaceutical factories need not only bacteriophages, but also a large amount of auxiliary medicinal materials.

Sea buckthorn oil is the best solvent, and aloe vera extract is a natural stabilizer.

At the farm, Cuihua was leading a group of military wives in harvesting aloe vera.

The thick aloe vera leaves were neatly cut off and placed into bamboo baskets.

"Sisters!" Su Yue stood at the edge of the field with a megaphone, "I have some good news to share. The pharmaceutical factory has been built! From now on, our farm will not only grow vegetables, but also medicinal herbs! The purchase price for sea buckthorn and aloe vera will increase by another 20%!"

Cheers resounded through the sky.

Cuihua brandished her sickle and shouted, "Sisters! Did you hear that? We're not planting weeds, we're planting medicine! It's a life-saving treasure! Be careful, don't damage the leaves!"

Everything was going well, until that stormy night.

Typhoon season on islands always arrives unexpectedly.

At two o'clock in the morning, a strong wind and torrential rain lashed the newly completed factory building like a whip.

Su Yue was startled awake by a series of urgent phone rings.

"Director Su! Something terrible has happened!" Chen Xinyue's voice, trembling with tears, came through the receiver. "Warehouse No. 3 is flooded! The batch of culture medium that just arrived is still inside! And... and the transformer seems to have been struck by lightning, the entire factory area has lost power! The bacteria in the cold storage..."

Su Yue suddenly jumped out of bed, put on her raincoat, and rushed outside.

Gu Beichen grabbed her arm: "In this heavy rain, are you going to your death?"

"The bacteria are in the cold storage! They'll become inactive if the power goes out for more than two hours! That's six months' worth of hard work!" Su Yue shook off his hand, her eyes resolute. "I have to go!"

Gu Beichen didn't waste any more words. He grabbed the flashlight hanging on the wall and grabbed Su Yue's wrist with his other hand.

"I'll give you a ride. Hold on tight."

Like an angry beast, the jeep broke through the rain and sped towards the factory.

The car headlights pierced the darkness, illuminating the muddy road ahead.

When we arrived at the factory, the water was already above our ankles.

Huo Wenxuan and several male workers were desperately piling sandbags at the warehouse entrance, but the water was too strong and they couldn't stop it at all.

"Where's the generator? Where's the backup generator?" Su Yue rushed into the rain and shouted.

"It won't start! It's damp!" Huo Wenxuan wiped the mud off his face. "The electrician is fixing it, but it's a Russian product, and he can't even understand the manual!"

Su Yue felt a chill in her heart.

Without electricity, the temperature in the cold storage will rise, and all the original bacterial strains will be ruined. That means everything will have to be started from scratch.

Just then, a blinding beam of light shone in through the door.

Then came the roar of motors.

A military truck waded through the water, its cargo bed covered with a thick tarpaulin.

The vehicle door opened, and several soldiers in raincoats jumped out. The leader shouted, "Brigade Commander Gu! The engineering company has been ordered to provide support! This is a high-powered diesel generator that was just transferred from the radar station!"

Gu Beichen took the cable from the soldier and glanced back at Su Yue.

Rainwater streamed down the brim of his hat, but he stood there like a pillar of strength.

"Connect the wires!" Gu Beichen gave the order.

The soldiers skillfully pulled back the canvas, revealing the brand-new generator. They connected the wires, added fuel, and started it up.

"boom--"

With a roar, the generator spewed out a plume of black smoke and began to run.

A few seconds later, the lights in the factory flickered a few times and then came back on.

The hum of the cold storage compressor started again; it was the most beautiful sound in the world.

Su Yue leaned against the door frame, her legs went weak, and she almost slipped and sat down in the mud.

Gu Beichen strode over and pulled her into his arms.

He was covered in mud and smelled of engine oil, but at that moment, he smelled better than any perfume.

“It’s alright now,” he whispered in her ear. “With me here, the sky won’t fall.”

Su Yue buried her face in his chest, listening to his strong heartbeat, and tears mixed with the rain flowed down her face.

The rain has stopped.

The eastern sky began to lighten with the first hint of dawn.

The rising sun pierced through the clouds and shone on the newly painted white walls of the factory.

There hung a brand-new bronze plaque, gleaming in the sunlight:

**Blue Ocean Biopharmaceutical Factory**

Su Yue stood on the muddy open ground, looking at the sign.

Huo Wenxuan slumped on the sandbag, a wet cigarette between his fingers. Although he couldn't light it, he still put it in his mouth and grinned foolishly.

Chen Xinyue and Zhao Xueyuan walked out of the cold storage, looked at each other, and gave each other an "OK" sign.

Gu Beichen stood behind Su Yue and draped a dry military overcoat over her shoulders.

"Director Su," Gu Beichen's voice carried the warmth of dawn, "a new battle has begun."

Su Yue tightened the collar of her coat, turned around, and looked at the group of disheveled but spirited people behind her.

"Huo Wenxuan, inform the entire factory that the canteen will be serving extra food today, with unlimited braised pork."

Su Yue raised her hand and pointed to the rising sun.

"Our best days are yet to come."

Her fingers froze in mid-air, as if touching the red sun. The sunlight gilded her profile, and her eyes blazed with the flames of ambition and hope.