Chapter 248 Research Exchange

The next morning, Qiao Yu and the other three followed Yu Qingchuan to the institute with the temporary passes they had just obtained.

They arrived not too early, and many staff members of the research institute saw them, causing a lot of whispers.

After all, this was the first time that non-researchers were able to enter and exit the institute freely.

But Qiao Yu and the others didn't care about those looks. They followed Yu Qingchuan straight into Professor Kang's laboratory.

"Old man, how are you doing lately? I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you so much!"

As soon as Cheng Sinian saw Professor Kang, a smirk appeared on his face.

Professor Kang glared at him in feigned anger, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his face. "What the hell do you miss me?! If you miss me, why don't you come to see me?"

"It's fine if you didn't come yourself, but why didn't even Zhenzhen come? Did you say something bad about me in front of Zhenzhen?"

Luo Zhenzhen felt a little guilty when she heard this. "I'm sorry, Professor Kang, we've been busy lately and haven't had time to visit you..."

Professor Kang felt his heart soften when he saw Luo Zhenzhen's expression. He quickly waved his hands and said, "It's okay, it's okay. Zhenzhen, don't take it to heart. I don't really blame you..."

Cheng Sinian raised his eyebrows when he saw this. "Hey, my old man looks so kind and benevolent. Why have I never seen you be so tolerant towards me before?"

Professor Kang glared at Cheng Sinian again, "Go away. Are you worthy enough to compete with Zhenzhen?"

Cheng Sinian curled his lips, looking aggrieved.

Qiao Yu watched Cheng Sinian suffer a setback, feeling a bit gloating in his heart, but he still looked calm and composed, and said to Professor Kang in a polite manner, "Professor, how have you been lately?"

Jiang Zhan also nodded politely to Professor Kang.

"Okay, okay." Professor Kang smiled again at Jiang Zhan and Qiao Yu, "I'm fine! Look, I've gained a lot of weight these past few days."

Qiao Yu carefully observed Professor Kang's face and found that he had indeed gained a lot of weight compared to when he was in Mingxia Mountain.

Qiao Yu nodded with satisfaction.

It seems that the institute really treats Professor Kang well.

After a few laughs and jokes, they got down to business.

"Professor, have you made any progress on the matter I asked you to do before?" Qiao Yu pursed her lips and asked first.

Professor Kang did not answer immediately after hearing this. Instead, he led them into the inner room, locked the door, and then pressed on a bookshelf in the room. Then the bookshelf slowly opened to both sides, revealing a slightly dim secret room.

Professor Kang waved at Qiao Yu and the others, "Follow me."

The entire secret room is not large, only about 20 to 30 square meters. Various instruments are placed on one side of the wall, and in the middle of the secret room, there is a single bed.

The person lying on the bed was Manman, whom I hadn't seen for many days.

"Qingchuan and I have already tested the medicines you sent us," Professor Kang said in a deep voice. "They are indeed highly effective. The person who invented them must have a profound knowledge of pharmacology."

"But don't worry, we have already made a great breakthrough."

"We have already made a preliminary breakthrough in finding the raw materials from which these drugs can be extracted."

Qiao Yu blinked. "Does this mean that we can now basically confirm which plants can be used to extract these drugs?"

"No, it's not the plant." Professor Kang shook his head. "It's the ingredients in the plant."

"To put it simply, we have found the elements for drug production, but if we want to know which plants they are from, we still need to conduct specific comparisons."

"After all, there are too many mutant plants now, and what we have is only a small part."

Qiao Yu frowned slightly when he heard this. "Do we really have to find these plants to make an antidote?"

"That's right." Professor Kang nodded affirmatively.

"If you use medicine without knowing the specific plant species, it is very likely to cause the medicinal properties to conflict, and then the person using the Chinese medicine will be in a very dangerous situation."

"So you must collect as many mutant plant samples as possible that are not in the sample library so that we can compare them."

When Qiao Yu heard the news, he felt his heart sink.

At this rate, it might take them a long time to develop an antidote.

But the current situation is changing rapidly, and it is not known whether the 331st Legion can hold on for that long.

Cheng Sinian noticed the anxiety on Qiao Yu's face and couldn't help but ask, "Old man, is there no other faster way?"

Professor Kang shook his head. "If there were a faster way, do you think I wouldn't tell you?"

"But..." Professor Kang hesitated to speak.

Cheng Sinian's eyes widened slightly, "But what?"

"Next week we will have an exchange meeting with the research institute in City A. They may have mutant plant samples that are not in our sample library."

"But this matter cannot be made public. If I rashly take samples, it might arouse suspicion. So if you have a way, you can try to secretly copy the sample library from City A."

Upon hearing this, Yu Qingchuan frowned and said in a puzzled tone, "But if it's an exchange meeting, shouldn't the research institute in City A directly connect the sample library with us?"

"No." Professor Kang shook his head. "Although it's an exchange meeting, neither our institute nor the other institute can directly open their sample libraries."

“The exchange meeting is only for projects that have produced results.”

I see.

Qiao Yu nodded suddenly.

"So where will we hold this exchange meeting?"

"In City A," Professor Kang replied. "We originally planned to have them come over, but we heard that a group of researchers from City H also happened to be there. To save them from having to travel so much, we decided to let them go over there."

"H City also sent researchers there?" Yu Qingchuan's eyes widened slightly when he heard the familiar words.

"Yes." Professor Kang nodded thoughtfully. "I heard that a project at the A City Research Institute has achieved very significant research results."

"H City was the first to get the news, and they sent researchers there early on to learn from them."

"Because our base is relatively far away, we found out a little late."

"Have the accompanying personnel been decided?" Cheng Sinian asked again.

"Not yet." Professor Kang shook his head again. "The only people tentatively confirmed at the moment are me and Researcher Shen from the Biology Department."

Professor Kang frowned slightly, looking a little embarrassed. "If you want to go, you may need some military procedures."

Qiao Yu smiled suddenly when he heard this. "That's easy. We already have the military procedures."