A is in StarCraft, just disembarked from the Zerg Prince spaceship.

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Human Federation Central Research Institute, Gene Expression and Evolution Project Laboratory.

It was just past nine in the morning, and the laboratory was bustling with activity.

It was really bustling with activity.

The two key project leaders are about to have a falling out.

"Dr. Ji! Please take another look at the data fluctuations in the sequence!"

Qinqin is now a project team leader who can handle things independently, and she has accumulated considerable prestige.

She slammed her hand on the table and pointed forcefully at the curve floating on the holographic screen:

"We can't enhance the genes any further! Do we even care about gene stability anymore? Continuing to introduce more beast-like genes will definitely bring unpredictable mutation risks! We can't just focus on the superficial increase in strength! Please also consider gene stability!"

These mad scientists are really going to kill you! They want to further enhance the beast-like genes. All they care about is getting stronger. Go to your coffin if you want to get stronger!

Let's hope that the virus doesn't destroy humanity, but instead, humanity is played to death by them!

Dr. Ji wore thick glasses and hadn't washed his hair for several days, so it was a bit messy.

He adjusted his glasses, refusing to budge an inch.

"Team Leader Qin, your conclusion is too hasty! This is optimization, this is evolution! This is proof that genes are actively absorbing beneficial fragments! We cannot confine our observations of evolution to a fixed, stable framework!"

The analogy is truly absurd: "Yes! You want it to fly freely! But the risks are uncontrollable! What if it fails? What if this is the prelude to collapse?"

"Science requires courage! We cannot reject all possibilities out of fear of risk!"

Qin Qin clenched her fists.

I don't want to live anymore, let's all die together!

"Are you really going to be a mad scientist?! Recite the safety guidelines for gene research from memory!!!"

......

On the huge holographic screen beside them, complex genetic sequence data provided endless ammunition for their argument.

The competition, the contest, is precisely this kind of competition.

The other lab workers in white coats were already used to it, each engrossed in their own work, occasionally exchanging a knowing look that said, "Here we go again." A touch of silence mingled with the serious research atmosphere.

Qinqin and Dr. Ji were arguing wildly, while Director Li, looking helpless, propped his head up with his hand.

Headache.

Do they only work if they make noise?

Director Li pressed his temples.

Ugh.

One is a radical, the other a conservative...

The harmonious academic atmosphere in the laboratory was constantly threatened by the clashes of their academic passions.

enough!

Why did he agree to put these two geniuses in the same project in the first place?

My head hurts, it really hurts.

Sometimes he really wanted to apply for a transfer to the plant research lab next door, at least there they wouldn't be arguing so much about a data node that they'd want to tear the building down.

This is really going to kill me.

Anyone can come and separate them.

At that very moment—

"Da da da da da—"

A series of cheerful footsteps approached from afar.

"?" Qin Qin and Dr. Ji, who were arguing, lowered their voices by a notch in unison and turned their heads in confusion to look at the automatic door of the research room.

Director Li in the office paused, his fingers pressing his temples, as a familiar, conditioned reflex of tension crept up his spine.

It can't be...

The footsteps stopped at the laboratory door.

The next second—

"Snapped!"

The lab door was suddenly pushed open! It slammed against the wall with a whoosh!

All the researchers in the lab who had been engrossed in their work stopped what they were doing and turned their gazes toward the door.

"Clang clang—!!!" Lu Jianan pushed open the door to the research lab, flashing a bright smile that could light up the entire lab.

It's like someone who just came home from school, raising their hands and announcing, "Family, I'm home!!!"

Lu Jianan's eyes sparkled, as if he had returned to the time when he was a researcher here.

silence.

An eerie silence.

"Clang." Someone's cup slipped and bumped into the instrument table, making a soft sound.

Director Li: "......"

Director Li's headache worsened.