Paranormal Investigation Notes

Chapter 112 The Last Chance

In the early morning, a round of sun rises from the eastern sky and spreads the bright sunlight down the land.With the appearance of this light, the city that had been silent all night gradually began to be noisy.

Amid the hustle and bustle, Wang Zhi, a researcher at the 3022 Institute of Biology, got off the bus listlessly and walked to his own laboratory.

On the way, a middle-aged man in his 40s who was about the same age as me came up to me.

The man's face was radiant, his face was full of red light, and there was an unconcealable smile on the corners of his mouth and eyebrows.

"Old Wang, good morning."

"Uh, good morning, old boy."

Saying hello, the two of them walked past each other.Taking a sideways glance at the radiant old boy, Wang Zhi cursed secretly in his heart: "The villain is successful!"

Just before, I carefully prepared a paper on the metabolism of an enzyme in mice. In the evaluation, I lost to the old boy with a difference of 0.03 points.Therefore, when the title was promoted, the only full professor assigned to the 3022 Institute of Biology flew away from Wang Zhi's head and landed on Lao Tong's head.

The so-called one step difference, step by step difference.I am already in my 40s this year, and this opportunity can almost be regarded as the last opportunity in my academic career.If he didn't grasp it this time, he could almost see his bleak future.

Recalling the old wife's nagging, old parents, rebellious children, failed careers, and heavy mortgages, in Wang Zhi's eyes, the originally bright sunshine seemed to dim.

"Xiaofeng is in his third year of high school this year. It's the critical time. He still has to make a dash. He still has to enroll in cram school. Otherwise, the car will not be replaced. Although the car is old, it can still be driven for a while after repairing it."

Thinking of the broken car that had been left in the garage for five days and hadn't been repaired, Wang Zhi felt more and more depressed.

After reading a few lines of data listlessly, a phone call came suddenly.

"Old Wang, come to my office."

It was Director Shi from the research institute.

Wang Zhi cheered up and came to the supervisor's office.

"Old Wang, I know you have been hit hard during this time. But it's okay, now, you have another chance."

"Oh?"

Wang Zhi's spirit lifted.

"It's like this. After receiving the notice from the superior, there is a project that needs to be done by our research institute. The superior attaches great importance to this project. For this reason, the superior has specially approved a full professor rating. I plan to hand it over to you made."

This time, Wang Zhi was shocked not only mentally, but also physically.It seemed that at this moment, endless energy and fighting desire poured into his body out of thin air, making his eyes almost glow.

Is there such a good thing?

Another full professor was specially approved?

If she can be rated as a full professor, Lao Zhang still dares to nag me?You can't honestly give me laundry, cooking, and footwashing water?Do you still need to worry about the money for cram school?Isn't changing a car just a matter of one sentence?
The most important thing is that old boy, how dare he show off his might in front of me?
Lao Shi, the relationship is really worthless, he really thinks of me when something good happens!
"Director Shi, tell me, what project?"

Half an hour later, Wang Zhi left the research institute excitedly with the project information and authorization certificate, and rushed to the designated research site.

Assistants drawn from all over the world are already there waiting for his arrival.

Frankly speaking, this project is quite challenging for Wang Zhi.

A special compound absorbed through the air or skin can trigger a strong feeling of fear through a certain biological mechanism in the human body, so strong that it can scare people to death?

What is this?Does such a thing really exist?

In this regard, Wang Zhi expressed strong doubts.

If he were to synthesize such a substance from the beginning to the end, from scratch, he would be unable to do it anyway.This kind of thing doesn't even have a theoretical direction, so how to do it?
But now, according to the information, the rest of the team has confirmed the existence of this substance through some special method, and this substance has already had an effect on the body of a certain victim.All that needs to be done by oneself is to find out this substance from the specimens, which is much simpler.

Wang Zhi is full of confidence and high morale.

After arriving at the research site, meeting with the assistants, and holding a meeting, a group of people started working immediately under the guidance of Wang Zhi.

Wang Zhi's idea is very simple.Although the information says that this substance can be absorbed through the skin or lungs, and then quickly reach the brain and act on the relevant areas of the brain.But he decided to start with the circulatory system first.

The reason is simple, no matter whether the substance is absorbed through the skin or through the lungs, if it wants to reach the relevant areas of the brain quickly, it must be transported through the blood circulation system.Because the rest of the circulatory system in the body is not as fast.

Just like the rabies virus that passes through the nervous system and eventually reaches the brain, it takes a few days at the shortest to reach the brain from the wound.This obviously ruled out the possibility of the substance being transmitted through the nervous system.

If this substance remains in the human body, it is most likely to remain in the blood.

Of course, in the actual situation, the possibility that this substance will participate in certain reactions in the human body, be metabolized, or reacted cannot be ruled out.Based on this, it is also indispensable to collect samples from the surface layer of human skin and lungs, but let's do it the same.

And, since the substance acts on the brain, it must be able to penetrate the blood-brain barrier.In this way, some substances with inappropriate molecular types can also be excluded in advance, which greatly reduces the target search range.

On the whole, this project is not difficult in any way.It turns out that the rewards are so generous, it's really pie in the sky.

"How many skin samples were collected? What? Only the hands and head? No, the rest of the body must also be collected."

Although the data has shown that the only parts of the victim exposed to the environment were his hands and head, the possibility of the substance being highly penetrating cannot be ruled out, so specimens from other parts of the body are also essential.

Wang Zhi has seen many kinds of dangerous chemicals.There are many chemicals that can seep in even with double gloves, who can guarantee that this kind of substance can't do it?

In just one day, more than 100 specimens were collected.Then came the analysis stage.

Finding an entirely new compound is not easy.The reason is very simple. Since it is brand new, we don't know its properties, and there is no corresponding, special detection method, no special reagents, dyes and the like.

Here, Wang Zhi took the lead in adopting the method of exclusion.The principle is very simple, if everything known is eliminated, what remains is the unknown.

but……

Wang Zhi's high fighting spirit only lasted for three days, and then gradually dissipated.

His hair became disheveled, his eye sockets became sunken, and his beard grew.

A series of complex and sophisticated inspections did not find any new, eligible chemical substances.No matter how many methods he tried, he found nothing.

"how can that be possible?"

He was puzzled.

If the documents issued by his superiors did not clearly indicate that "the rest of the team has confirmed the existence of this substance", he would have lost confidence at this moment.

The documents issued by the superiors will not be wrong.If the superior says it has been confirmed, then it must be confirmed.Something like that must exist.If I didn't find it myself, my method must be wrong or not comprehensive enough.

If so, another three days passed.

"Take a day off tomorrow."

At the meeting, Wang Zhi announced the decision in a dull manner.

Returning home a little drowsy, his wife, Lao Zhang, saw his appearance, and immediately exclaimed: "What's wrong with you, old Wang?"

"It's okay, I'll sleep for a while."

Wang Zhi replied a little irritably, and went straight to the bedroom.

This sleep went straight to dark.When I woke up, I smelled a strong fragrance.Walking out of the bedroom, I saw that there were six or seven steaming dishes on the dining table.

Pig trotters, braised carp, lamb scorpions, fried mushrooms...

It's all what I like to eat.

In addition, there was even a bottle of wine.

The old wife who was always nagging in the past looked at him with a smile: "Are you awake? Are you hungry after sleeping all day? Pack up and eat quickly."

In the past, he was always rebellious and always contradicted his son, but now he looks very well-behaved: "Dad, I bought you a new toothbrush."

After the meal, the son took the initiative to wash the dishes, and the old wife took the initiative to bring the ashtray and cigarettes.

The gloom in Wang Zhi's heart dissipated, and his heart was free.

Going out for a walk after dinner, the old wife even began to comfort herself: "Old Wang, don't be so tiring at work. A full professor can be judged. It doesn't matter if you don't get the grade. Our family doesn't lack food or clothing. , or the body is more important."

Wang Zhi was slightly moved.But in his heart, the desire and determination to complete this project became even stronger.

You must find that thing, and you must get the full professor!
After a day's rest, Wang Zhi returned to the research room with high morale.

This time, he put in more energy and took a more prudent attitude.From the very beginning, he began to think about the possibility of omissions step by step, debugging bit by bit, and experimenting one after another.

This day, he has been busy until late at night.

Another batch of specimen staining work was completed, and he put it in the spectrometer for analysis.

One after another, the specimens that met the standard and had no further verification value were discarded by him.Seeing that the analysis of this batch of specimens was about to be completed, today would be another futile day, but at this moment, when there were not many specimens left, the spectral analysis data of a specimen caught his attention.

"Potassium absorption line? It seems that there should be no potassium element in this specimen..."

(End of this chapter)