Chapter 541: The Momentum of a Prairie Fire_1

Jiang Que's team had finished the experiment, and the students were recording the experimental process and conclusions.

Meanwhile, Jiang Que was pondering the recent experiment; leapfrogging technology currently only had a theoretical framework, and the topic she was working on was the relationship between leapfrogging technology and spatial changes.

The results of the recent experiment didn't yield much success, and Jiang Que considered redesigning the experiment.

However, such experiments couldn't be rushed. She took her students to have lunch first, planning to start a new round of experiments in the afternoon.

Jiang Que had applied for three days' use of the laboratory, so for the next three days, Lab 2 in Zone Nine was continuously used by her team.

Upon entering the cafeteria, Jiang Que pointed out several dishes she wanted, and Little Q followed with a tray to help serve her food.

After sitting down at a table with her students, Jiang Que saw Professor Liu Haizhong enter the cafeteria.

Both were former students of Professor Zheng Hua, and now they were each responsible for various research projects.

Jiang Que walked over and greeted Liu Haizhong with a smile, "Which lab are you in?"

Typically, coming to Science Space City was for the sake of conducting experiments.

Liu Haizhong was alone and appeared somewhat panicked, "I just ran into Professor Zheng Kai, and he's still as bald."

After humanity began to utilize Genetic Technologies in reproduction, problems like baldness were basically resolved.

However, there were exceptions where people would still experience "Atavism" even after Genetic Modification.

People working in scientific research occasionally suffered from hair loss, and Zheng Kai's hair was somewhat bald.

Jiang Que joked, "We all know you're good friends with Zheng Kai, but it's not nice to talk about him like that behind his back, is it?"

Liu Haizhong seemed anxious, "No, I mean, Zheng Kai, he really is still that bald."

Jiang Que then realized something was amiss. Liu Haizhong's eyes were filled with disbelief as he spoke, and his expression was panicked, not suggesting he was joking.

Jiang Que asked, "Are you feeling alright?"

Liu Haizhong broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, "Damn, I also, I, I've only had two meals today."

Jiang Que was somewhat puzzled, "Oh, I know you've had lunch."

Liu Haizhong trembled slightly, "I can't stay here any longer, I need, I need to go rest."

Watching Liu Haizhong flee in a hurry, Jiang Que felt something was off. Liu Haizhong was usually a very steady person, but today he kept saying things that didn't make sense.

Jiang Que asked Little Q with some concern, "Did you notice anything wrong with Liu Haizhong?"

Little Q replied, "He kept covering the back of his hand, but I saw through the gaps between his fingers that there are some brown spots on the back of his hand. He might have injured his hand."

Jiang Que nodded and continued to eat without giving it much thought.

Before she finished eating, Jiang Que felt an itch on the back of her hand. Looking at it, she noticed several brown spots had appeared without her knowing when.

Jiang Que stretched her hand toward Little Q, wanting it to see what was wrong with her, only to find she hadn't extended her hand at all; instead, she had put down her chopsticks.

A shock ran through her heart, "Little Q, do you, do you need to recharge?"

Little Q answered, "I last replenished my nuclear fuel on June 30th at 5:43:11 AM last year. If there is no significant depletion due to combat or similar activities, I expect to recharge on June 30th of Galaxy Year 73."

Jiang Que's shock deepened because what she had meant to ask was: Little Q, can you check what's happened to the back of my hand?

Jiang Que took a deep breath, struggling to calm herself down.

Jiang Yu's education of his daughter had been relatively successful, at least Jiang Que had learned the kind of "tranquility" that Jiang Yu possessed.

Whenever she faced a major issue, if she wanted, Jiang Que could quickly bring herself to calm down.

Jiang Que realized that there seemed to be something in her brain that set up a barrier; whenever she tried to draw the attention of those around her to the brown spots on the back of her hand, the commands from her brain would always change.

This reminded Jiang Que of an interesting case she heard about during a casual chat with a medical professor.

The patient was a botanist studying a plant from Fuxi Star up close when the left side of his body suddenly became paralyzed.

At first, the attending doctor thought it was a stroke or a cerebral infarction, but the condition did not ease at all despite the related treatments.

Therefore, the hospital consulted that medical professor, who quickly discovered that the patient's thinking was very agile and did not show any symptoms of a stroke or cerebral infarction.

After learning about the botanist's work environment, the medical professor boldly deduced that the condition was caused by microbes from Fuxi Star invading the human body.

After using some broad-spectrum antibiotics, the patient's condition indeed improved and he fully recovered three days later.

The medical professor hypothesized that the pathology of the disease was that the microbes from Fuxi Star, after invading the human body, would cluster around the neck's nervous system or the muscles near it to reproduce.

Their invasion and reproduction would block the brain's commands to the body, resulting in paralysis.

Jiang Que believed that she must have also been invaded by similar microbes, not that they could change her thoughts, but that they had invaded a certain area of her brain or spinal cord.

When Jiang Que wanted to expose their existence, they would change the commands issued by her brain.

Then, Jiang Que suddenly thought of the oddity in Liu Haizhong's behavior just now and Little Q reminding him of the brown spots on his hand.

No wonder his behavior was so strange; he had been infected by the microbes at that moment!

What should she do now?

At this moment, one of Jiang Que's students suddenly said, "Teacher, I, I'm full."

Jiang Que, startled, saw the frightened expressions of the two students and understood what was happening.

"It's okay," Jiang Que reassured them, "This is just, just that I am also full.

"Ahem, I think I understand what's going on, follow me!"

Jiang Que recalled Liu Haizhong mentioning Zheng Kai multiple times; she suspected Liu Haizhong's brown spots might have been transmitted from Zheng Kai.

So Jiang Que immediately took the two students to Test Area Ten to find Zheng Kai, guessing that this might be a viral outbreak incident, and the lab might have the appropriate medication.

Even if they didn't, antibiotics should be available, and Jiang Que could administer antibiotics to herself.

Arriving at Test Area Ten, there was not a single person there!

Jiang Que internally cursed, asking Galaxy III here, "Can you bring me three doses of broad-spectrum antibiotics?"

Soon a robot came with the antibiotics, "According to the records, you do not have a medical license. If you need antibiotics, you must use them under my supervision."

Jiang Que said, "Then you help me, help me get a cup of water."

She really wanted to slap herself in the mouth; it seemed that not only could she not disclose the brown spots, but she also couldn't do anything that threatened them.