Chapter 12 Experimental Project
Lu Zifan and Pei Du talked about what happened in the laboratory during this period.
The xenograft data that Pei Du had sent earlier helped the experimenters develop new vaccines, which are now being put into use.
Pei Du knew that the effectiveness of these vaccines was limited. The viruses circulating in the city were mutating at an ever-increasing rate, and ordinary people's resistance could not hold up.
Not to mention that they had not found the final solution until Pei Du ascended to heaven in their previous life.
It seems that it will take a long time to develop a truly effective vaccine.
"I understand." Pei Du followed Lu Zifan out. He closed the door of the laboratory and asked again at the door, "Has anyone been in here since I left due to illness some time ago?"
Lu Zifan turned around and said, "No, after you left, Senior Brother Pei, this laboratory was sealed off, and the director didn't allow anyone else to enter."
Pei Du locked the door, took the key and continued walking forward, thinking without saying anything.
"What's wrong? Did you lose something, brother?" Lu Zifan asked.
Pei Du said, "There is a laboratory bottle of medicine missing."
Pei Du keeps records of everything, especially things related to the laboratory.
Both data and medicines are of paramount importance. Before leaving, Pei Du specially put all the experimental medicines in fixed locations and made digital records.
But this time when he came back to check, Pei Du counted the data sheet several times and still found something was missing.
"What medicine?" Lu Zifan asked.
"Nothing, maybe I remembered it wrong." Pei Du walked in front and did not say the specific name of the lost thing.
The missing lab bottle contained no ordinary medicine.
That was the blood of Prisoner 89.
Mutant No. 89, a highly intelligent criminal. He transformed rapidly within two months after being infected with the virus and massacred 432 ordinary citizens. He was eventually killed by special police in a hotel on the other side of the Xihe River.
The military then extracted blood from the corpse of mutant No. 89 and handed it over to the laboratory for research.
The virus in this type of mutant blood is extremely infectious and is accompanied by a high degree of body mutation, so the project to study this cell is also classified as a top secret of the laboratory.
Pei Du had been in charge of researching this area before. After he left, perhaps the director took back all the related things.
"I'll report to the director first. Please help me fill in the information. I've already prepared the form. Please fill in the names of the people I assigned the tasks to before." Pei Du handed the form to Lu Zifan. "Give it to me before 6pm. Electronic form is fine."
"Okay." Lu Zifan had no objection. He took the form and asked, "Brother, why are you going back so early today?"
Before Pei Du fell ill, he often worked overtime until eleven or twelve o'clock. Even after working from home, he would not finish until nearly ten o'clock in the evening. Unexpectedly, Pei Du was ready to pack up and leave before evening.
"Well, I'm weak, and the doctor told me to rest more." Pei Du said calmly, "I can't work overtime or overwork, otherwise I'll easily pass out."
If you pass out, you will be stripped naked and thrown into the bathtub to drown.
"It's so serious!" Lu Zifan's eyes widened. He saw that Pei Du's face and lips were pale, and he quickly picked up the form in his hand and said, "Okay, Brother, then you should pay more attention to rest. I will fill in the form now."
Pei Du nodded. After he finished talking to Lu Zifan, he turned the corner and went to the director's office.
There are three or four directors in the laboratory, but only one person in charge. Gong Yuanshen is the oldest among all the directors and is currently the chief director of the laboratory.
Pei Du always felt uncomfortable every time he came to the office. As Gong Yuanshen's main target of oppression, he hesitated for several seconds before reaching out to knock on the door. "Director, I'm Pei Du."
There was a response soon.
"Come in."
Pei Du pulled down his sleeve to cover his injured right hand, opened the door and walked in.
Gong Yuanshen sat in an office chair. His temples were gray, and the broken hair on his forehead was combed on both sides of his forehead. The pair of gold-rimmed glasses were still hanging on the bridge of his nose.
After not seeing each other for nearly a month, the furrows on Gong Yuanshen's face seemed to have deepened a little. Seeing Pei Du, Gong Yuanshen's gray eyes glanced at him casually, and then continued to talk to the experimenter standing across the table as if he hadn't seen him.
Pei Du knew what was going on and said nothing. He stood aside and listened to the conversation between the two people in front.
"The project data you have is all wrong! Have you looked through the documents carefully? The current implementation direction is completely inconsistent with the plan you submitted before! How did you come up with the research results on bacteria?"
Gong Yuanshen, at the age of 76, still spoke with full energy. He flipped through the papers in the folder as he spoke, making a loud noise.
The experimenter standing in front of the table lowered his head and said, "Director, I recorded the data wrong before. I will go back and correct it..."
"This is not a question of whether to change it or not. It's that your thinking is completely inconsistent with the previous one! I don't know what you were thinking before and after, but because of your mistake, the entire project wasted hundreds of thousands of funds in vain!" Gong Yuanshen became more and more angry as he spoke, and the whole room was filled with low pressure.
The experimenter standing in front kept apologizing. Gong Yuan looked at him deeply, threw the folder on the table and sighed.
"Ling Yu, you just came here and you don't have enough experience yet. You should learn from the seniors and lay a solid foundation before taking charge of experimental projects."
Ling Yu...
Pei Du just felt that the name sounded familiar. When he thought back, he remembered that this was the new junior fellow student that his colleague mentioned yesterday.
Every newcomer to the laboratory will encounter this. Gong Yuanshen has a hot temper and loves to find fault. When Peidu University was doing an internship, he happened to be assigned to work under him. He was scolded by Gong Yuanshen so much that he couldn't sleep every night.
Ling Yu was obviously not feeling well when he first arrived at the laboratory. His ears were red and he said anxiously, "Director, I have completed 40% of this project. Please give me another chance..."
"Half of the 40% are wrong, why are you still going on!" Gong Yuan frowned deeply, the wrinkles on his face intertwined, revealing a mixture of fatigue, impatience and anger.
"Alright, alright, you don't have to worry about it now! Return this project to Pei Du. He's been slacking off and pretending to be sick every day. I don't know what he's doing at home! Let him clean up the mess he left behind!"
Pei Du: “…”
"Senior Brother Pei is still sick. He has more than a hundred projects on hand. He doesn't have time to go..." Ling Yu wanted to say something, but Gong Yuanshen no longer had the desire to listen and waved his hand to let him go.
"Ling Yu, I have already informed Director Gao. You will study with him for a while. When you pass the test, I will assign you other projects." Gong Yuanshen said, "Don't worry about Pei Du. He won't die no matter how sick he is."
Pei Du: “…”
Ling Yu didn't say anything. He was silent for a few seconds, then nodded and said, "Okay, thank you, Director."
He said this and turned away.
Pei Du was standing nearby. He looked up and saw Ling Yu's tense face. Ling Yu's eyes were open, and his pupils flickered slightly under the black-framed glasses.
Pei Du was surprised.
...is his toilet play brother
Ling Yu saw Pei Du pause, and he seemed to recognize Pei Du. He immediately lowered his head and walked quickly past Pei Du.