BC Chapter 189

“Why are there discrepancies between the results of the previous group and this one? Here, here, and here, let’s redo a set…” In the Jiang family’s experimental base, researchers in the lobby on the first floor were still busy, constantly raising questions and new problems and striving to solve them. In the laboratory on the floor below, an unprecedented biological experiment was underway.

He Linglong, wearing a full set of biochemical experimental clothing, stood in front of the experimental table, carefully performing the operations. She was not only the data source for this experiment but also an indispensable member of the entire research team. Her eyes were firm, and her hands steadily operated various precision instruments, each step meticulous. As early as when she worked at the research institute sponsored by Longtai Group, she was a core member of the experimental team. However, at that time, the higher-ups, in order to prevent those involved from seeing the whole picture, divided the entire massive experimental content into different small modules, resulting in most of them only understanding the part they were responsible for. Since the research began in the Jiang family’s laboratory, Jiang Juncheng, as the initiator, and she had mastered all the experimental data. Although it initially involved a cumbersome “puzzle” process, fortunately, with He Linglong, this “senior,” the problems that others couldn’t understand were answered appropriately by He Linglong.

Jiang Juncheng, as the initiator and assistant for most of the experiments, also wore a white lab coat, busy in the monitoring room outside the laboratory, the data room in the lobby, and some of the conference rooms on the first floor.

Besides He Linglong, the data sources for the experiment also included Yin Suna, Yan Shaohang, Yan Song, Wei Wei, Liu Jie, Chen Li, Leng Dongchi, Jiang Yuan, and Liu Qingyu. These people, except when necessary to provide the mutated serum for research, mostly gathered in the training room on the fifth basement floor, practicing against each other, understanding the changes in their bodies better through combat and various physical training, and recording useful data.

Three months passed. Although the experiment’s progress was tortuous and experienced countless failures and restarts, the main framework had been basically completed. As the experiment progressed, the focus gradually shifted to the crucial virus evolution experiment. All the researchers knew that the success or failure of this step would directly relate to the success or failure of the entire experiment.

In the first month, the initially researched viral serum was tested on zombified experimental subjects, and the result was as expected – the serum directly led to the death of the zombified experimental subjects. After continuous adjustments, they finally succeeded in completing the experiment of the serum selectively clearing zombie viruses in the second month.

Next, still in the second month, everyone initiated the virus evolution experiment in sequence. At this point, Yan Shaohang, who had done research before, became the benchmark for everyone again. Although his experiment at Qingshui Medical University before didn’t achieve a 100% success rate due to rudimentary equipment and insufficient manpower, and perhaps the success rate of sacrificing two out of six people was just a fluke, at least he had the experimental foundation recorded in his mind, so the difficulty of restarting the previous experiment was not that great.

In the third month, the experiment entered the most crucial stage – the secondary virus evolution experiment. The secondary virus evolution experiment not only required precise scientific data and advanced technology but also the team’s tacit understanding and cooperation. He Linglong and Jiang Juncheng almost stayed in the laboratory all day, accompanying the responsible researchers to closely monitor every subtle change in each experiment.

During this period, He Linglong not only had to be responsible for the specific operations of the experiment but also had to pay attention to the physical conditions of herself and other experimental data sources at all times, especially Yin Suna, the special mutant who had successfully undergone secondary virus evolution.

In fact, for He Linglong and Jiang Juncheng, there was another key figure who should have been included in this experiment, and that was Lu Ziming. After all, she, like Yin Suna, was a mutant who had successfully undergone secondary mutation. If her serum and Yin Suna’s serum were used together for a comparative experiment, then the success rate of their secondary viral mutation experiment would definitely be greatly improved.

However, this decision was directly rejected by Jiang Juncheng. During the time Lu Ziming spent with Zhou Yuanyuan and Jiang Juncheng, she had fully understood Lu Ziming’s plans and her thoughts. Therefore, based on protecting her after amnesia and respecting her wishes, Jiang Juncheng did not send anyone to disturb her post-disaster life after learning of Lu Ziming’s whereabouts.

After all, she knew that Lu Ziming hated being bound and didn’t like getting involved in matters related to government organizations. Coincidentally, she learned from He Linglong that her good friend Yao Jinglin was accompanying Lu Ziming, so she planned to observe Lu Ziming slowly through Yao Jinglin for a while. If she wanted to live an ordinary life, she would help her. Anyway, the experiments here had the most basic supplies. If the experiment could be solved without involving more people, that would be the best.

But if the experiment still couldn’t achieve a breakthrough in the end, then Lu Ziming would have to be included.

However, that was not what they needed to worry about now.

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“What did you say? The person responsible for monitoring and protecting Xue Yiran, who didn’t participate in the experiment, has lost contact? What was the last time they contacted?” Behind Jiang Juncheng was a wall of wall-mounted displays. Some of them were real-time monitoring screens of various laboratories in the Jiang family’s experimental building, and the other part was parameter monitoring screens with flashing and changing analysis data charts.

This was the experimental central control room located in the central area of the central floor of the Jiang family’s experimental building. The space of the entire room was very large, with an area almost like a small shopping plaza. Near the display screen, there were five rows of desks without partitions neatly arranged, with all-in-one computers placed in order on the desks. Each computer was occupied by a staff member wearing green work clothes. Everyone was concentrating on handling the matters at hand. One of them, after receiving a voice call from the computer, immediately got up and went to Jiang Juncheng’s side, lowering her eyes and speaking softly to report something.

Jiang Juncheng’s expression changed immediately after listening. After issuing a few questions, she turned around and came to the person controlling the main display screen and ordered, “Bring up the monitoring screen of the guards on duty at Xue Yiran’s location.”

“Yes.” The main display screen, which was originally monitoring the experimental process in the laboratory in real-time, quickly switched the screen with a simple operation by the staff member.

However, the first real-time picture that popped up had turned into a blue background, reflecting the English letters “No video.”

“Bring up the cloud playback for me.” Jiang Juncheng frowned, almost gritting her teeth as she said these words.

She knew the other party’s purpose, but she didn’t expect the other party to take action so early, and she didn’t expect that her original practice of respecting Xue Yiran and others’ wishes would actually backfire.

As the clicking sound of the keyboard and mouse rose and fell rapidly, the screen began to show images. At first, it was a few fixed positions, which were the images from the mobile cameras on the bodyguards responsible for monitoring and protecting Xue Yiran. The picture showed a cemetery. Xue Yiran was squatting down, placing the flowers and exquisitely packaged desserts in her hand in front of a tombstone. Her face was grief-stricken, but she tried hard to restrain her emotions, blinking hard to prevent the tears that were already shaking in her eyes from falling.