Free Web NovelChapter 616: Chapter 353: Important Conclusion_2
E. coli, a Gram-negative bacterium, theoretically falls under the category of bacteria to which the human immune system would produce similar types of antibody proteins. The design of several groups of Gram-negative bacteria samples might lead to some notable discoveries.
Upon arriving at the lab, Zhao Yi inquired about the recent sample variations and promptly used the "Causality Law" to analyze several groups of Gram-negative bacteria samples to see if the same antibodies were produced as last time.
[Do the petri dishes in front of me contain the antibody proteins that worked last time?]
[Causality Law!]
[Answer: Yes.]
Next one.
[Do the petri dishes in front of me contain the antibody proteins that worked last time?]
[Causality Law!]
[Answer: No.]
[Do the petri dishes in front...]
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With constant replenishment of energy through learning coins, the results of the tests quickly became available.
"Shapeshifting bacteria, pneumonia bacteria, influenza bacteria, pertussis bacteria, several of them exist."
"Yersinia species, Legionella pneumophila, Brucella bacteria... these do not exist."
"So, it’s not like all Gram-negative bacteria and ’bacillus’ will have it, but those that do are bacillus..." Zhao Yi frowned at the recorded results and tried to pose a new question after much thought.
[In the petri dishes before me, which one has the highest concentration of ’last time’s functional antibody proteins’?]
[Causality Law!]
[Conditions are insufficient. Failed!]
"It seems unworkable!"
Zhao Yi pondered the reason for the failure. Theoretically, determining the presence of ’anti-AIDS virus infection protecins’ in the samples and analyzing their concentration should not be an unresolvable issue.
"Is it due to the low content? Or is it something else?" He was unclear about the reason, but ’low content’ was a likely possibility.
The laboratory environment is not akin to a complete human immune system. Antibodies produced in the experimental blood samples would undoubtedly be very few. Ascertaining their existence used up a lot of energy. Comparing the energy expended to determine concentration would be astronomical.
"If only the experiment could be conducted in a human body, infecting various bacteria in different volunteers..."
"Even better if multiple volunteers could be found..."
"Never mind!"
Medical research can indeed enlist volunteers. The prerequisite being it is a critical study, and volunteers can be sourced with proper authorization from higher-ups.
The current project is mostly being conducted by the lab alone. The paperwork and monitoring in applying for volunteers are too complicated. His use of personal ability to arrive at a conclusion would not be accredited. Instead, it would be easier to have a researcher volunteer, and infect themselves with inflammation... freēwēbnovel.com
Zhao Yi had a vision in which a figure flashed. On reconsideration, he decided to drop the idea.
Fan Lei is a good young man. He ought not to bring him into harm’s way. If there is no other way, then he could reconsider. For now, the situation can wait. Time might bring about changes eventually.
Zhao Yi continued to work in the lab past noon, intending to carefully observe the samples and simultaneously address issues from past projects. As the primary researcher in the lab, he had a lot on his plate. Tasks accumulated over time requiring his personal intervention, so he resolved them in one go.
Zhao Yi worked late into the night that day. Just as he was preparing to grab a late-night snack, a familiar contact called.
"Zhao Linlin?"
Confused, Zhao Yi answered the call, hearing Linlin’s voice from the other end, "I’m back in the capital, at the airport. I’m coming over in a bit."
"At this time?"
"What’s the problem? I took a night flight!"
"...All right."
Zhao Yi put some thought into it and didn’t find it inappropriate. He promptly rushed to the nearest convenience store, purchased loads of food, and returned to the employee dormitory to wait.
An hour later, there was a knock at the door.
Zhao Linlin stood at the door with her luggage, her big eyes blinking. She looked inside the room curiously and walked in, looking around with a surprised expression, "I heard you moved to a new dorm, which was said to be pretty. Wow... it’s even more luxurious than a hotel."
"Haha, it’s okay!"
Zhao Yi handed Zhao Linlin a cup of water and grabbed a mountain of snacks from the table, handing them to her, "It’s too late, and I didn’t feel like going out to buy food. So, I thought I’d get something from the convenience store. Make do."
"Perfect, I was craving instant noodles." Zhao Linlin opened the pile of snacks, immediately finding the spicy instant noodles. She happily went to prepare them herself.
This gave Zhao Yi the chance to ask, "Why did you suddenly come? And to see me?"
"I ran away from home."
"Huh?"
Zhao Linlin explained with a pout, "There’s no one at my place, so I was staying at my aunt’s. But, I just couldn’t take it anymore. You know."
"Know what?"
"My aunt and Teacher Xue, all day...sigh." Zhao Linlin sighed in frustration.
Zhao Yi didn’t quite understand and, puzzled, said, "When I saw them during the New Year, they seemed quite happy! They even came out shopping together."
"Oh, they’re quite happy. So happy that it’s too much!" Linlin replied, "I feel as though I am being flaunted with their affection every day. They are inseparable. You have no idea, one day, they both worked a shift together, saying they’d come back to eat later. Ended up, they went to have a barbeque together and forgot they had a niece who was waiting for them to come back. I starved until past 10 PM and they didn’t bring anything back."
Zhao Yi almost burst out laughing upon hearing this and sarcastically said, "You don’t know how to feed yourself?"
"No!"
