Chapter 282 Dinosaur Rampage (11) - University Laboratory
The girl was smart too. "Are you here to look for booklets too?"
Ning Shu nodded: "We're looking for institutions or companies that are related to biological research and have held trade fairs in this city."
He paused for a moment, then felt he could be more explicit: "We mainly want to find the address of their research base."
The girl understood: "I... I can find those booklets for you; I've organized them."
Ning Shu felt overjoyed: "Then thank you."
Zaifu Meng was also very happy and thanked him.
Using the light of their flashlights, the girls rummaged around in a corner and then pulled out a booklet:
"We only keep one list of participating companies each year, but companies from this city participate almost every year, so I'll find you a previous list."
Local organizations are generally placed in the first section because we prioritize building good relationships with them.
Ning Shu was very grateful: "That's enough."
She suddenly remembered something and immediately took out some compressed biscuits from her backpack and handed them to the girl: "These are all the food I have in my bag, please don't mind them."
The girl didn't answer, but looked at Ning Shu and asked, "Miss, may I leave with you?"
Ning Shu felt awkward; she had only given the other person the food because she didn't want to bring them along.
After thinking for a moment, she asked, "Then what do you want to do with me? Find your family? But we have our own missions and can't help you."
The girl choked.
Ning Shu: "This is not a place where people gather. It's safer for you to stay here. Listen to me."
The girl finally agreed because she felt that Ning Shu was right.
She was just scared to be here alone and wanted to be with someone else.
Ning Shu knew she had taken it to heart, so she left with Zai Fumeng and the booklet.
Ji Shi and the others were searching through other archives. The venue was very large, and many events were held there every year, so there was a lot of material.
After Ning Shu met up with them, Wen Fei couldn't help but step forward and say, "Sister Ning, I've been looking for you so long I'm almost crying."
Ning Shu explained the situation to them and handed the booklet to Ji Shi: "Let's check the map again and see which places are suspicious."
Ji Shi understood and instructed, "Wenfei, I'm leaving this matter to you."
The seven people continued on their way to the school, which was located in the suburbs, so the drive took a long time, about an hour.
Fortunately, there weren't many cars blocking the way, but there were still quite a few dinosaurs around.
They tried to take routes with fewer dinosaurs, and since the dinosaurs mainly headed towards the city, their journey was relatively smooth.
It happened to be school break time, and when they arrived at the best university in White Night City, it was deserted.
The sun was about to set, so Ji Shi told everyone to hurry up and first directed Qiu Yong, who was driving, to find the school's location on the map.
Modern universities are designed with people in mind. To make it easier for visitors, they usually set up a display board at the entrance and exit with a map of the campus.
The floor plan shows the location of all the buildings in the school. If you have internet access, you can find it online.
Now, this is the only way we can do it: all six of us gathered around this display case and began to study it.
Ning Shu first went to the laboratory building.
The university is clearly divided into zones, such as student dormitories, canteens, and teaching buildings.
There is no clear distinction between the laboratory building and the teaching building; they may be mixed together or separated.
If a university is known for its experimental achievements, its laboratory building will usually be separate, in order to highlight its importance.
Some are separated because of the special nature of the experiments, such as being relatively dangerous and needing to be separated from other teaching buildings; or requiring special attention to fire prevention, etc.
Ning Shu felt that if they were really researching and breeding dinosaurs, whether they were mixed together or separated, it would definitely be right to go to the experimental building first.
If there isn't a separate laboratory building, they need to look for a teaching building where all the laboratories are located. If they can't find either, it means they've come to the wrong place.
Well-known universities may set up branch campuses, separating arts and sciences, and it is not surprising that some campuses have no laboratory buildings at all.
So what she needs to determine is whether the school or campus has a laboratory building.
Fortunately, the school does exist, and there are two laboratory buildings, named No. 1 and No. 2 respectively.
Near these two buildings are other teaching buildings, whose names sound rather refined and have nothing to do with science.
Ji Shi pointed directly at where Ning Shu was looking: "Go here."
The six people got back into the car. Qiu Yong drove, and Wen Fei gave directions. They found their destination in just a few minutes.
Ji Shi glanced at the darkening sky and said, "We need to hurry. Let's split into two teams. Qiu Yong, you take Wang Bing and Ning Shu to Building 1. The rest of you come with me to Building 2."
The seven people split into two groups and immediately went upstairs.
Qiu Yong was very experienced. He and Wang Bing carried weapons, standing in front of and behind Ning Shu respectively, while Ning Shu followed in the middle with his hands empty.
Qiu Yong immediately wanted to find the stairs to go upstairs, but Ning Shu stopped him: "Brother Qiu, wait, let's go check the elevator first."
Wang Bing was puzzled: "The elevator isn't working now, is it?"
Ning Shu said, "I don't need the elevator." After saying that, she turned around and walked towards the elevator.
Wang Bing looked at Qiu Yong with an expression that said, "Women are such a hassle."
Ning Shu stood in front of the elevator, looking at the floor index board on the wall, which clearly stated the main functions of each floor.
Wang Bing only then realized what Ning Shu was planning to do, and felt somewhat embarrassed.
He's a rough, uncultured guy and doesn't really understand these things, even though they're common sense.
Ning Shu pointed to the index signs for floors 5 to 8 and said, "Let's start from floor 5 and go up."
Wang Bing frowned: "Why not start from the 8th floor?" He thought it would be better to search from top to bottom.
Ning Shu explained: "In schools, the lower floors are likely used as classrooms or teachers' offices."
Because of its high usage rate, it is placed on a lower floor.
The laboratories are arranged from these floors upwards, with the more frequently used laboratories located on the lower floors.
This aligns with usage patterns, so starting from the 5th floor is more appropriate.
Wang Bing didn't say anything more, and Qiu Yong tried to smooth things over: "Then let's leave it at that."
After they reached the 5th floor, they began searching room by room. Many of the labs were closed, so they had to break down doors or windows. These tasks were all handled by the male students.
After searching two floors, they found that it seemed to be all chemistry-related laboratories, with little to do with biology.
Ning Shu's heart sank; it seemed he would return empty-handed this time.
Sure enough, after searching floors 5 to 8, they found nothing.
Wang Bing and Qiu Yong both discovered that, as Ning Shu had stated, the laboratories on the lower floors were utilized much more efficiently than those on the upper floors.
The laboratory on the 8th floor was very clean, with relatively few notebooks and other records, a stark contrast to the various data recording sheets that were everywhere on the 5th floor.
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