Free Web NovelChapter 1050: I love you
"...Alright."
Wang Ye could only nod in agreement, but he thought to himself that when Zhao Yi arrived, he would definitely talk about this. When he did, he realized that Ai Lixin was right—spending hundreds of thousands on material costs all at once didn’t matter to Zhao Yi at all. After hearing about it, Zhao Yi simply said, "Just let them decide."
The project itself involved research and development cost of over a hundred million, so buying some materials was perfectly normal. Even if a bit more was bought, wasn’t that also normal? Who could guarantee success in an experiment on the first try, or within a fixed number of attempts?
The laboratory’s efficiency was indeed good, but that shouldn’t lead to a reduction in project funding.
That just wouldn’t make sense.
After Zhao Yi arrived at the laboratory, he greeted Wang Ye with a wave of his hand before asking about the preparations for the experiment.
Ai Lixin gave a detailed report.
The project was mainly the responsibility of Ai Lixin and Zhu Qi, both of whom were very experienced. Their preparations were also very thorough, especially regarding the materials. They had several types of nerve pathway materials, and they had even specially ordered the latest biotechnological materials for connection to nerves.
The ’volunteer organism’ for the experiment was a carefully selected... little white mouse.
This mouse was known for being very robust, hence the nickname ’Strong Mouse’.
’Strong Mouse,’ true to its name, was slightly more robust than the other bred white mice, and was said to be very active when confined to its cage, always being the quickest to snatch food during theft.
Such behavior was certainly commendable, so it had the honor of becoming the volunteer mouse.
At that moment, one of Strong Mouse’s front paws had been amputated and was fixed to the experiment table, and it was struggling fiercely—even in a state of absolute crisis, its will to resist remained incredibly strong.
Beside.
Li Ming worked with Zhu Qi to connect the synthetic nerve material to the severed nerve of Strong Mouse’s front paw.
A few others were watching through the glass partition.
Zhao Yi was also there to observe; watching the connecting process for Strong Mouse’s main nerve meant the experimentation was truly underway.
More people arrived at the door.
Yan Xuelin, Dai Tianqing, and several others from the Biomedical Research Institute came over to ask about the situation.
Zhao Yi pointed to the glass partition and said, "Let’s all take a look."
After observing for a moment, Yan Xuelin asked Zhao Yi, "How is it going? Do you feel confident?"
The others perked up their ears.
Wang Ye was one of them, and perhaps the most earnest among them. While he hoped there would be results, it was only after arriving at the laboratory that he realized the project’s primary responsibility did not lie with Academician Zhao, but with the less famous Zhu Qi and Ai Lixin.
Zhao Yi was definitely in charge; he was the only one in the laboratory whose word was unquestioned. However, he seldom came to the lab; spending an hour there each day was considered quite remarkable.
Therefore, Wang Ye felt that the main responsibility lay with Zhu Qi and Ai Lixin. He even thought the company’s decision was hasty.
The Biomedical Research Institute indeed had the capability, being one of the best in the country, but such crucial research would surely require the most top-notch researchers to really put in one hundred percent effort to see results.
Zhao Yi seemed not to be involved in the research, just occasionally checking on progress.
Could the others handle it?
Wang Ye was there following the progress and would be involved in the experiments, but he felt that Zhu Qi and Ai Lixin were not much stronger than himself, and in some aspects, not as good.
Therefore...
"This time, I guess it won’t work," sighed Wang Ye, shaking his head.
Zhao Yi seemed to echo his thoughts, "An experiment, ah! Who can be certain of success on the first try? Right now, it’s just a trial."
"I thought the preparations were quite complete, so we could give it a shot and see how things go. If there are any issues, we’ll never know without experimenting!"
"True!"
Yan Xuelin nodded in agreement upon hearing this.
Wang Ye, on the other hand, pursed his lips as he listened; he didn’t object to conducting the experiment, and what Zhao Yi said did make sense, but he felt that the experiment was too rushed.
The experiment at hand seemed simple enough, but the actual cost easily exceeded five hundred thousand RMB.
Experiments of this caliber definitely required detailed deliberation before proceeding, but when Zhao Yi spoke of it, it was as if there were no expenses at all.
"Really..."
"It’s not your money being spent, of course... nor is it mine!"
In truth, Wang Ye wasn’t purely concerned about the cost—after all, the money was sponsored by the company and had nothing to do with him personally. He just felt it was too extravagant and was slightly jealous.
Wang Ye and his colleagues had conducted research, but they had never had such luxury.
Finally.
The delicate and precise work of connecting the nerves, more accurate than a surgical scalpel, was completed after more than an hour. The good news was that the equipment detected a signal, indicating successful connection.
The bad news was...
Strong Mouse was no longer robust; its spirit was very lethargic.
Of course, that wasn’t really bad news.
Even if the nerve connection work failed, they could simply use another white mouse; it didn’t have to be Strong Mouse, as long as the materials were not damaged. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
The next step was to proceed with the experiment.
The key point of this experiment was to constantly refine the nerve signal transmission to achieve ’reverse transmission’ of the nerve signals, making Strong Mouse feel a ’touch’ that did not belong to its own body, and its central system would then attempt to control by transmitting signals.
The experiment continued for over an hour, and the process was, to say the least, extremely tedious.
A large group of people stared at the screen, not moving their eyes even slightly, but the screen only showed a straight line, without so much as a flicker.
