Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 352: Chapter 233: Must make Zhao Yi fall in love with bacteria, virus!

No one in the lab believed Zhao Yi was pursuing the eunuch project for the sake of the research institute.

It had to be for the money!

Not to mention the lion’s share Zhao Yi was receiving, even they were tempted. They had just received a substantial bonus, nearly a full year’s salary, in less than a month.

Of course.

They could not openly admit it was for the bonus, so Zhao Yi’s stated reason was quite fitting.

"Yes, we are contributing to the Institute!"

"Zhao Yi’s right!"

"Keep it up! Strive for our institute to have no eunuch projects!"

These were comments made by Ai Lixin.

Ai Lixin’s shamelessness was not inferior to Liu Chengjie’s. Only Zhang Wei could not voice these things. She was delighted by the bonus, but found it too difficult to claim it was ’for the Institute’.

Nevertheless, the purpose was not significant.

After leaving the Biomedical Research Institute, Zhao Yi was still pondering his life goal mission.

He had two guesses.

One was that the influence of mathematics was too significant. Being considered a math prodigy, his achievements in mathematics completely eclipsed those in other fields, rendering them essentially useless.

This led to the second reason - the impact of the research was too minor.

In the field of mathematics, his research was published in top-tier math journals, he was invited to present at international math conferences, and won corresponding awards.

The most recent mathematical research he completed was on the highly focused Twinned Prime Conjecture.

Biomedical science is different.

The projects he conducted were just common mechanism studies, merely worth a few million. Given the minimal impact, they barely made a ripple in ordinary media discourse.

"If I could discover something new, a new factor or protein or bacteria or virus... as long as it has a strong research value, strong medical value, its influence will undoubtedly be substantial."

"In that case, I should be able to complete the life-goal task."

However...

Does biomedical science have any heavyweight projects?

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He realized he was limited by basic knowledge and concepts. The only medically related things he could think of were major diseases like AIDS, smallpox, etc.

If he could solve these diseases, it would undoubtedly be a significant research achievement.

But, given his current knowledge base, he could hardly discern how to begin researching a cure.

These things still seemed too distant to him.

Zhao Yi racked his brain, and ideas emerged one after another.

"The disabled need help. Could I research a type of camera that could help blind people see the world?"

"Produce a type of prosthetic limb, the circuits of which could connect to human nerves."

"Create an elixir that grants eternal life."

"..."

Zhao Yi considered that once he had the resources, he should establish his own hyper-secret lab; perhaps he could research an elixir that would grant eternal life?

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As Zhao Yi’s mental efforts were racing, they were interrupted by a voice.

"Zhao Yi!"

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Turning his head, he saw it was Wei Shiqing.

Wei Shiqing looked at Zhao Yi with a full smile, his words filled with admiration, "I read your research report. It’s impressive. In just a few months, you have led your team to complete two projects."

"Such speed, such efficiency. You’ve even discovered new inhibitors. Truly a genius in biomedical research!"

"Thank you!"

Seeing Wei Shiqing about to continue, Zhao Yi quickly interjected, "Oh, it’s nothing. Others have been working hard as well. So, Professor Wei, what brings you here?"

"Of course, haha!"

Wei Shiqing had come to win Zhao Yi over. He currently regretted not pulling Zhao Yi into his Department of Microbiological Technology. Now that Zhao Yi was showcasing his brilliance in the field of biomedical research, the Department of Microbiological Technology could only watch from the sidelines while Zhao Yi dominated the Biomedical Research Institute. The Department was the real favourite of the School of Life Sciences.

How could the School of Life Sciences’ prodigy work at the Biomedical Research Institute?

Wei Shiqing was very frustrated. He had visited the dean’s office a few times, each time grumbling.

Wu Yanping was also upset.

Previously, Wei Shiqing had told Wu Yanping that Zhao Yi was a genius and hoped to pull him into the Microbiological Technology Department. Wu Yanping thought that Zhao Yi’s move to the Biomedical Research Institute, which was also part of the School of Life Sciences, was a simple change of learning environments.

Now, it seemed, the difference was substantial.

Zhao Yi was not going there to learn. He was going there to be an essential and special super-researcher.

No matter how well the Biomedical Research Institute developed, it didn’t entirely belong to the School of Life Sciences. It was a unit affiliated with the national research departments, possessing more independence. The Department of Microbiological Technology was genuinely and wholly a part of the School of Life Sciences, and its completed research projects were also tied to the school’s honor and reputation.

Now it was too late to regret.

Wu Yanping didn’t have an effective solution. He couldn’t tell Zhao Yi to leave the Biomedical Research Institute, so he left Wei Shiqing to strategize.

"If you can pull Zhao Yi to our Lab, I will give you full support. Special appointment researcher, associate researcher, you name it."

"If the research results are a certain standard, he can even be promoted directly to researcher."

"I will handle any pressure."

That was the highest level of support Wu Yanping could offer.

Weiqing felt helpless upon hearing this because titles such as associate researcher or researcher held very little allure for Zhao Yi. He already had his lab in the Biomedical Research Institute. The Microbiological Technology lab was sizeable, but designating a large lab for Zhao Yi was impossible.

That was the difference.

Their competitor was an Institute, while they were just a lab.

Now, Wei Shiqing was here again.

He had attempted this several times before, each one a failure, yet he persisted. "Zhao Yi, I’m preparing an experiment related to a virus. Are you interested in having a look?"

The anticipated refusal didn’t come.

Zhao Yi hesitated for a moment. He was thinking about expanding his horizons to see what other fields were suitable for research rather than just sticking to biomedical mechanisms.

He nodded.

"Alright, let’s go take a look."

Wei Shiqing was immediately filled with joy. He enthusiastically dragged Zhao Yi to the Institute of Microbial Technology, explaining the details of the experiment along the way.

It was nothing major, just a dyeing experiment to observe how a virus invades a cell.

During the experiment, the virus’s invasion process was observed through genetic dyeing. The appeal of the experiment was its use of high-end equipment.

Upon entering the lab, Zhao Yi found himself irresistibly drawn to all the high-end gear.

The equipment here was more specialized than in the Biomedical Research Institute, and the microscopes were of higher precision, probably because the objects of study were bacteria and viruses.

Of course.

The experiments were also extremely boring.

At the Biomedical Research Institute, one often saw lab mice that dedicated their lives to the experiments. But at the Institute of Microbial Technology, bacteria and viruses could only be observed through a microscope, and even most of the viruses were hard to observe. Many were simply unobservable.

The Institute of Microbial Technology was not a virus storage facility, so it didn’t carry any high-end viruses.

Even viruses with low infectiousness required detailed applications before they could be acquired. The virus used in Wei Shiqing’s experiment was the norovirus.

Norovirus is a virus that can cause diarrhea, with self-limiting viral diarrhea. Under normal immune function, an infection of norovirus can self-heal within a few days.

So this virus is not that harmful.

Wei Shiqing mentioned,"Our lab can apply for high-end viruses like AIDS, smallpox, and even Ebola. I once studied Ebola, and its virulence was so strong that if a person was infected, the mortality rate was nearly 100%."

"..."

Zhao Yi suddenly found a reason why he didn’t like the Microbial Laboratory.

This job was a bit scary!

The key point was Wei Shiqing, who has long-term contact with viruses, was excitedly discussing Ebola and AIDS. Zhao Yi thought he should have less contact with Wei Shiqing – who knows if his body harbors some virulent viruses?

This guy was just an old pervert!

Compared to him, the lab mice that had myocarditis were far more adorable!

Wei Shiqing was indeed very serious. He did the dyeing experiment, recorded the data, and explained the experimental process and findings to Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi followed Wei Shiqing’s experiment and went to observe it on the microscope a few times.

In summary: it was very uninteresting.

He didn’t dare to touch those virus samples. One really needed to be extremely careful.

Wei Shiqing used a phrase to describe the dyed cell genes, "Exquisitely beautiful!"

"..."

Zhao Yi had nothing to say.

Wei Shiqing asked, "What did you see in the experiment? We need to summarize." He seemed to be taking on the role of guiding a student.

Zhao Yi used ’Connection Law’.

Having watched the entire experimental process, he only used two points of energy and had the entire process figured out.

Zhao Yi began to speak, "During the experiment, the norovirus showed strong invasiveness. About 1/3 of the cells were invaded. This proportion should be pretty high, right?"

"Also, isn’t your experiment aimed at analyzing some characteristics of the norovirus?

I see that the data you recorded just now all seemed to be the visible parts."

"Correct!"

Wei Shiqing nodded and continued to ask, like he was quizzing a student. However, Zhao Yi answered the questions expertly, even posing some that left Wei Shiqing somewhat surprised. In the end, it even turned out that everything he said was correct.

Wei Shiqing was completely dumbfounded.

He never expected Zhao Yi to observe so closely and understand so much.

Is this a regular student?

No!

Even an Assistant Researcher working on the experiment with him would not perform like this.

What a genius!

Wei Shiqing was in awe and didn’t know what else to say.

Zhao Yi was frowning.

During the experiment, he subconsciously used ’Supervision Law’ and received feedback about a strange piece of information – It seemed that some viral genes had mutated?

Plus, some of the infected cells died.

It was normal for cells to die after being infected, but what did the reminder from ’Supervision Law’ mean?

Was there a problem here?

Zhao Yi took a deep breath. He didn’t know exactly what it signified, but as long as ’Supervision Law’ sent a reminder, definitely there was a problem that hadn’t been detected.

Just as Wei Shiqing was about to dispose of the post-experiment materials, Zhao Yi hurriedly said, "Professor Wei, can we keep these things? I want to see if there will be any changes tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?"

Wei Shiqing frowned, "These have already been dyed and are full of viruses. The cells won’t survive for long."

"I know, but I still want to take a look."

"...Alright then."

Wei Shiqing thought about it and concluded it wasn’t a big issue. All he had to do was preserve the material in a sealed glass container. Since Zhao Yi wanted to see, he left it there. That Zhao Yi would be coming back tomorrow was good news to him.

"Yes!"

"Prepare a more interesting experiment for tomorrow!"

"We must make Zhao Yi fall in love with bacteria and virus research!"

"Once he truly likes it, when it comes to bacteria and virus research, he’ll come to the Microbial Laboratory..."

"Haha!"

"Let those people at the Biomedical Research Institute be smug for a while longer, I’ll poach their genius over to our side!"