Free Web NovelChapter 561: Chapter 329: Quite an Imagination!_2
He was really upset.
Edward had always prided himself on being a mathematical genius. Mathematics was just a perfect tool for his string theory research, and it had brought him world-class achievements. He had sent some interesting but seemingly useless information to Zhao Yi, who had then come up with a highly practical mathematical method, also simplifying Fermat’s Last Theorem along the way.
This made Edward doubt whether he was really a genius.
Though there was a large age difference between the two, as "mathematical geniuses," it was impossible for them not to compare themselves with one another. Precisely because of this, Edward found it amusing to discover areas that Zhao Yi didn’t understand, and teased him occasionally.
Now, the tables had turned, and Edward found himself being teased and feeling quite frustrated.
After a long pause, Edward forced a bitter smile and said, "This personality really doesn’t suffer losses, huh!"
"But..."
"You’ll taste defeat eventually!" As he said this, a hint of schadenfreude appeared in the corner of his mouth.
...
Two days later.
Zhao Yi spent the whole day in the research institute’s laboratory, finishing up the tail-end of the research project on the Vif gene in the AIDS virus.
As the research was almost completed and the project report had been handed over to Ai Lixin, and other aspects of the work were taken care of by Zhang Wei, Liu Chengjie, and others, Zhao Yi’s role in the lab was merely supervisory.
Zhao Yi felt somewhat like a "useless" leader, just pointing fingers and giving commands in the lab without really doing anything.
Of course.
Now, he wasn’t "useless" at all. In his spare time, he was always observing that one blood sample of Fan Lei.
The changes in the sample were somewhat disappointing. At first, the "infection index" of the sample was consistently low, but later, it showed an accelerating infection rate like the other samples, though it still couldn’t catch up to them.
"There must be something inhibiting the virus infection!" Zhao Yi could easily draw this conclusion, as many other scenarios had been ruled out.
Furthermore...
He had used the Causality Law.
Under sufficient conditions, the Causality Law could quickly yield results, and the sample’s infection inhibition was related to the initial blood sample.
The latest blood sample provided by Fan Lei underwent detailed testing, and part of it was used in a new experiment. However, no results were found, at least not for now.
Zhang Wei suggested drawing blood from him again, "Maybe we’ll find something this time? The blood conditions of the same person can differ slightly from day to day. Or, I suggest letting Fan Lei contract the flu virus, or the norovirus, and then testing his blood again." As she spoke, Fan Lei’s face turned pale at the doorway. He realized just how terrifying the beautiful and gentle Zhang Wei could be!
He felt like a lab rat!
Ai Lixin came over and expressed his support for Zhang Wei and said to Fan Lei, "Don’t worry, being infected with some non-lethal viruses can help improve your body’s resistance. It’s good for you."
Fan Lei looked to Zhao Yi for help, his eyes seemed to convey, "If you agree, I’ll run right now!"
Fortunately, Zhao Yi didn’t disappoint him, "No need, it’s not necessary."
He explained, "This anomaly is indeed related to the blood sample, but it’s hard to say what type of infection it is. There are millions or even tens of millions of microorganisms in the human body, and whether it’s an internal or external infection, they can all affect the blood."
"Using such experimental methods, even dissection wouldn’t yield any results."
"That’s true!" Ai Lixin nodded.
Zhang Wei smiled slightly at Fan Lei, "Yeah, Fan Lei isn’t bad at all. He’s tall and strong, and a bit handsome. We shouldn’t let him suffer." Her smile was very gentle, but Fan Lei was still somewhat frightened, and his feelings were almost written all over his face.
Zhao Yi found it amusing to look at Fan Lei. It wasn’t a big deal for a researcher to contribute some blood for an experiment, but to purposefully infect him with a virus was too much.
Ai Lixin and Zhang Wei were just teasing Fan Lei; finding some fun in such boring research wasn’t too bad.
Poor Fan Lei might have been scared by the previous blood draw and didn’t sense the teasing. On the contrary, he really thought it was true, which made it even more enjoyable to watch.
But the main reason Zhao Yi helped Fan Lei was that normal tests wouldn’t reveal any problems.
Human blood contains many types of cells and substances, including some with minuscule concentrations that are impossible to detect under normal conditions.
If the specific direction is not known, the research can only be shelved in the end.
Now he needs to find the direction.
In the process of constantly observing the samples, he also started using his ability constantly, and the conclusion was difficult to draw. He had to refer to many detection results and carefully think about asking questions.
An afternoon passed quickly.
Zhao Yi didn’t come to an accurate conclusion, but he still found a general range. He gathered everyone in the lab and said seriously, "Regarding this anomaly, I believe it is related to the action of some infectious protein antibody."
"It has a certain inhibitory effect on infection."
"We can see that this inhibition is very strong, so it is of research value."
"Why?"
Fan Lei asked with a pale face, mainly because what Zhao Yi said seemed to suggest that he should be infected with the virus and then test his blood.
"Don’t worry, we won’t make you a guinea pig."
Zhang Wei explained with a smile, "The original sample only collected ordinary blood, and whatever is working has a very low content. If this low content can work and be detected, what if the content is high? Several times or even dozens of times more? The effect will be very obvious then."
"Oh~"
Fan Lei couldn’t be happy at all.
Zhao Yi laughed and said, "How about this, if we can find the cause, for example, it is some kind of antibody protein, we can name it ’Fan Lei’, which means a specific anti-AIDS protein, how about that?"
"That’s not bad."
"It makes sense. It’s an anomaly found in Fan Lei’s blood, so it’s suitable to use his name."
Fan Lei suddenly felt some expectation. freewebnoveℓ.com
If they really researched something and named it after him?
That would bring glory to his ancestors!
Fan Lei was overjoyed for several hours, and the gloom in his heart disappeared. He felt that Zhao Yi was very kind, and it wasn’t until he went back to the dormitory to sleep at night that he realized something was wrong...
That’s anti-AIDS stuff!
His name would be associated with AIDS. When he went out, people would say, "Fan Lei...anti-AIDS," it sounded as if he had caught AIDS, and he was fighting the disease?
...
The next morning, when Zhao Yi went to the laboratory, he was stopped by Hu Zhibin at the downstairs of the dormitory building.
Hu Zhibin ran over in a hurry, shouting from far away, "Zhao Yi! Zhao Yi! Big news! Big news!"
"What happened?"
Zhao Yi stopped, puzzled.
"You don’t know yet?" Hu Zhibin became more excited, "Higgs particle, confirmed! It was just last night that the Nuclear Organization announced the new-found existence of Higgs particle, a conclusion drawn from the integration of your research results and the latest experimental results!"
"This is such big news, everyone is talking about it. You might win the Nobel Prize for this! The Nobel Prize in Physics, that’s the Nobel Prize in Physics!"
Hu Zhibin’s speech was almost frantic.
"Calm down, calm down, Professor Hu, a Nobel Prize is impossible!" Zhao Yi shook his head and said indifferently.
He wasn’t surprised or particularly excited when he heard the news.
The Higgs particle would be validated sooner or later, all that was needed was a large-scale collision experiment.
He had heard earlier that the Nuclear Organization had conducted a large-scale collision experiment, so the outcome was quite normal. But winning a Nobel Prize in Physics based on this?
One could only say, such a vivid imagination!
