Chapter 257: Changes, Zhang Wanwan's Thoughts
She spent the whole morning looking around and learning in the laboratory.
In the afternoon, Jian Rongkun suddenly offered to take her to the experimental field.
Zhang Wanwan hurried to catch up, and only after going downstairs did she realize that the experimental field was some distance away from the research institute. However, one could not go out through the main gate of the research institute, but had to take a special car and go out through the back door of the research institute, which was the direction leading to the experimental field.
After the car drove for a while, the view suddenly opened up. There were many familiar and unfamiliar plants planted in the endless fields.
Zhang Wanwan thought they had reached their destination, but unexpectedly the car continued to move forward and only stopped when it reached a valley.
Zhang Wanwan discovered that there were some troops stationed here, and they had to undergo identity verification before entering. After going down to the fields, Zhang Wanwan's face twitched. Compared with the previous experimental fields, this experimental field looked like a pockmarked field. The crops inside were planted sparsely and crookedly, and some places seemed to have just been used to roast sweet potatoes, with a strong burnt smell.
Jian Rongkun naturally smelled it as well, and frowned as he asked the officer in charge, "Brother Li, what's going on?"
Brother Li had a serious face and looked at the surveillance cameras around him. "This morning, there was some movement on plant 17. We watched it for a while and it suddenly expanded and secreted corrosive mucus, which instantly burned the nearby experimental plant 18. We immediately destroyed it. You will know if you follow me to check the surveillance."
"Let's go!" Jian Rongkun strode towards the monitoring room.
Zhang Wanwan felt that this place was unsafe, so she followed them for a walk.
When they arrived at the monitoring room, someone was watching the morning surveillance video. The two stared at the screen without blinking. When they saw plant No. 17 suddenly break through the soil and its roots and rhizomes grow rapidly, Zhang Wanwan couldn't help but cover her mouth. When she saw the transparent mucus flowing out, she didn't know how to describe it. It was as if she had watched a biohazard movie.
The surveillance video was played repeatedly several times. Jian Rongkun let out a breath and went out to smoke. It seemed that the failure of No. 17 was a big blow to him.
Zhang Wanwan didn't say anything and just watched silently beside the experimental field. Later, she was called in by Jian Rongkun to write a report.
After a long time of trouble, the two finally returned to the research institute.
Over the next month, Zhang Wanwan's work pace suddenly accelerated. Jian Rongkun was fine when he was not working, but once he started working, he became a workaholic and was particular about efficiency in everything he did. Zhang Wanwan, who was helping him, went from being unable to adapt at first to almost becoming a workaholic like him.
During this month, she became proficient in the commonly used equipment in the laboratory and was able to try to do experiments on her own, so Jian Rongkun decisively assigned her a task, asking her to extract gene fragments and perform gene recombination on her own. If successful, her experimental plants could be planted in the experimental field. If she failed, she would be under great pressure, after all, so many people were watching her.
In order to increase the success rate, she did not act rashly but instead compared the genetic sequence of 008 with that of a series of plants. This was a big project, but it could save her a lot of detours.
Su Enyang knew that she had praised her very positively when comparing the gene sequences, and then she attacked her mercilessly: "We thought so before, but after comparing a large number of gene sequences, we found that 008's gene sequence is very strange. Some gene fragments are more like some arthropods, like hybrids of plants and animals. That's why our experiment got into trouble. But you can also give it a try, maybe you will make a new discovery!"
After saying that, Su Enyang turned around and left in a cool manner, leaving Zhang Wanwan alone and confused. However, she still insisted on comparing the genetic sequences, studying the living environment of 008, and checking a lot of polar information.
Another half a month passed, and she had a vague idea in her mind. In order to verify it, she ran to Ding Wei to ask for some things. It must be said that the research institute is really powerful and almost omnipotent. Even if her requirements are very harsh, they can get them for Zhang Wanwan without blinking an eye.
Jian Rongkun observed her silently for half a month, and he was relieved when he found that she started to take action. As for what Zhang Wanwan wanted to tinker with, he didn't ask. People who do experiments all have their own ideas, and what they hate most is excessive interference from others.
In the next few days, everyone was busy, including Zhang Wanwan. She even stayed up late unconsciously and forgot to do morning exercises. Jian Rongkun did not come to remind her.
It was not until the beginning of the school year that she finally completed the first step of the experiment. She excitedly ran to find Jian Rongkun, "Senior, I want to cloud some glass boxes to the experimental field. Can you find someone to help me?"
"What is that?" asked Jian Rongkun, who had a scruffy beard, in confusion.
When Zhang Wanwan presented more than 60 numbered glass boxes in front of him, he didn't know what to say. "Who gave you these things? What's in them?" Even Jian Rongkun, who was well-informed, was a little uneasy for a moment.
Zhang Wanwan said proudly, "This is the first step in my experimental research. I have integrated the 008 gene fragment into the brown algae. Please help me get it to the experimental field and tell the people in charge. I will go there every day to observe and record their changes."
"Why brown algae? Isn't the subject of our experiment sea buckthorn?" Jian Rongkun asked leisurely.
Zhang Wanwan replied seriously, "The gene sequence of seabuckthorn is complex. We don't know its entire gene sequence yet. In addition, we know less than 20% of 008, so it's difficult to rashly recombine their genes. I chose brown algae because some of its habits are similar to 008, and its gene sequence is simpler than seabuckthorn, which is convenient for me to observe. I'll wait until I understand the functions of those gene fragments of 008."
Jian Rongkun nodded and did not refute Zhang Wanwan's point of view. Seeing that Zhang Rui was eating, he immediately called him over to help.
The three of them ran up and down several times before they got the things into the car.
In the next few days, Zhang Wanwan seemed to be growing up in the experimental field. She stayed there almost the whole day. Every morning, she would bring some extra breakfast from the cafeteria and then get through the day like this.
She showed no intention of leaving until school started, and it was only when Zhang Chunyan discovered that Zhang Wanwan had not reported to school that he went to ask Mr. Chen for her.
After listening to Jian Rongkun's report, Mr. Chen thought that Zhang Wanwan's idea was quite novel. Driven by curiosity, he also came to the experimental field.
As soon as they got off the car, they found Zhang Wanwan squatting alone under the cliff, taking notes seriously with a notebook.
Mr. Chen walked over, stared at the glass boxes and asked, "Are there any results?"
(End of this chapter)
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