After being reprimanded like that, the doctor in the white coat reluctantly shut his mouth.
However, his eyes still inexplicably glared at Liu Kai.
Zhu Chaomin turned around, his tone tinged with apology.
"Sorry, Xiao Liu, his name is Lin Yuntao. He was sent here by an old friend of mine to learn. The young man was a bit impulsive, so please don't take it to heart."
Liu Kai still respected Zhu Chaomin, and didn't take the explanation too seriously.
"My shaking my head wasn't a refusal, but rather because I had a few questions I wanted to ask first."
"Oh? Go ahead and ask, Xiao Liu. I won't hide anything I know."
Liu Kai paused for a moment, gathering his thoughts before speaking.
"Old Zhu, this virus, whether it causes animals to go berserk, humans to go berserk, or even a variant that leaves humans lying down, shouldn't be fatal, right?"
"It can only be said that it will not be directly fatal, after all, lying flat can easily lead to starvation, which can be considered as indirect death."
"The second question is, what are the transmission routes of this virus?"
Zhu Chaomin answered fluently: "It is mainly transmitted through food. Transmission through mediums and through bites is extremely inefficient, unless someone deliberately atomizes the virus along with nutrient solution and inhales it."
"The third question is, will healthy animals be attracted to and actively attack animals infected with the virus?"
This time, Zhu Chaomin did not rush to answer.
After thinking for a moment, he replied, "Unless a healthy animal is the natural enemy of an infected animal, it will actively hunt it."
"Moreover, in general, it is animals infected with the virus that indiscriminately prey on healthy animals."
Hearing this, Liu Kai understood the situation.
He started talking animatedly, counting on his fingers.
"A virus that does not cause the host to die directly will eventually cause the host to develop antibodies, provided that the infection lasts long enough."
"Individuals that are not infected with the virus usually do not hunt indiscriminately, and the probability of transmission through a medium is very low."
"In addition, the berserk beasts are constantly being eliminated by the army."
Liu Kai paused for a moment, then raised his final question.
"So, the number of ferocious beasts should be decreasing, so why is their number increasing and getting worse?"
Upon hearing this question, Shen Shiwei and the others all looked enlightened.
They were also curious about why this phenomenon occurred.
After all, the warriors were out fighting every day, but the frequency of attacks by ferocious animals never decreased.
Zhu Chaomin's eyes lit up.
"This problem has been bothering us for a long time. Perhaps, Xiao Liu, you know the specific reason?"
Liu Kai shook his head regretfully: "I don't know the specific reason."
Upon hearing this answer, Zhu Chaomin sighed with slight disappointment.
Lin Yuntao, the man in the white coat next to him, looked even more disdainful.
He bluntly mocked, "I thought an outsider like you could have some unique insights, what a waste of your time!"
"Are you never going to stop?"
Zhu Chaomin impatiently scolded Lin Yuntao again, then turned to explain to the curious crowd.
"Although we don't know the reason yet, we don't think it will delay the vaccine research, so we still need Xiao Liu's help."
To everyone's surprise, Liu Kai refused again.
He asked thoughtfully, "Professor Zhu, I think the reason you haven't found it is because you've been focusing on theoretical aspects like viral gene sequence mutations."
"Perhaps you're overcomplicating things."
"That's impossible. This matter actually has little to do with the technical aspects."
Liu Kai rarely keeps secrets.
Before anyone could ask a question, he pointed directly at the machine he had disassembled.
"If someone keeps cultivating and releasing the virus on a large scale, wouldn't that cause the same result?"
Upon hearing this, everyone present fell silent.
But they were all subconsciously resisting this answer, after all, this approach was too simplistic and crude.
Logically speaking, shouldn't such a grand plan be more meticulous and complex?
But just then, an angry shout rang in everyone's ears: "Absolutely not!"
Lin Yuntao was staring angrily at Liu Kai, seemingly quite dissatisfied with his remarks.
Zhu Chaomin snapped out of his daze and his face darkened as he snapped again, "Enough! Shut up!"
Lin Yuntao remained resolute despite the reprimand.
"Teacher Zhu, you can scold me all you want, but I just can't stand this idiot anymore."
"Haven't you realized yet? This Consultant Liu is clearly making excuses and refusing to help."
"He's just a coward who's afraid of hardship and fatigue; there's no use in talking to him."
Despite being verbally abused by Lin Yuntao, Liu Kai wore a faint smile.
At the same time, he pulled Qin Luofei, who was standing next to him with a face full of anger and was about to lash out.
As Lin Yuntao's mentor, Zhu Chaomin was so angry that he started breathing heavily.
Pointing at the glass door of the laboratory, he gritted his teeth and said, "Get out of here! If you dare say another word, you don't need to follow me anymore."
"I... I hope you won't be angry, teacher. I'm really afraid you'll be deceived. I'll go out now."
Lin Yuntao casually offered a reassuring remark to Zhu Chaomin.
Then, with a resentful look in her eyes, she glared at Liu Kai and walked towards the laboratory door.
"stop!"
Liu Kai's two casual words immediately attracted everyone's attention.
This made Lin Yuntao pause in his tracks, and he asked in obvious displeasure, "Does Consultant Liu have any further instructions?"
Liu Kai has never done anything meaningless.
If Lin Yuntao were just a straightforward person, he wouldn't hold it against Zhu Chaomin.
But he had already noticed Lin Yuntao's unusual behavior several times.
The first time was when the machine was disassembled and the circuit board with the caduceus logo was removed;
The second instance was when it was mentioned that someone might be secretly cultivating and releasing the virus on a large scale.
Although Lin Yuntao did not reveal any clues on the surface.
But whether it's an involuntary, unusual heartbeat, abnormal facial muscle contractions, or even a sudden, intense electrical discharge in brain cells.
Nothing could escape Liu Kai's highly detailed scanning.
This person is suspicious!
So Liu Kai replied with a playful smile, "I wouldn't call it giving pointers."
"I'd like to ask Expert Lin, how did you determine that I was talking nonsense?"
Hearing that Liu Kai dared to ask this question, Lin Yuntao seemed to find confidence, and the corners of his mouth turned up.
He said with a disdainful sarcasm, "Judging from the publicly available information, Consultant Liu seems to only have a postgraduate degree."
"I am not very talented, but I hold a triple doctorate in Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture, Western Clinical Medicine, and Bioengineering."
"Does Consultant Liu perhaps think that your brain is better than mine?"
This answer left Liu Kai speechless, after all, he was no match for the other person in terms of academic qualifications.
However, he asked this question not because he wanted to compete with this person.
Rather, he wanted to confirm his suspicions.
So, with a face full of admiration, he clapped his hands.
"I didn't realize you were such a top student, Expert Lin! I just wonder if you're good at theory or practice?"
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