"I can't think of anything." Song He shook his head.
"That won't do, Song He. Research depends on having a big imagination. If you don't have even that much imagination, how will you amount to anything in the future?" Xiang Xiaotong's lips curled upward.
"Teacher, this year my Chenghuang Company earned more than your Neuron Company."
Xiang Xiaotong's expression stiffened. She glared at him irritably. "Making more money doesn't mean having better technology!"
Song He said helplessly, "I really can't think of anything else, Teacher. How else can we reverse-engineer a callosotomy?"
"A callosotomy cuts away the callosal body between the left and right hemispheres and observes the reactions of the separated hemispheres." Xiang Xiaotong said, "My project is to add a new callosal body between two complete brains and see whether the two connected brains can integrate into one!"
Song He was horrified and jerked backward. "Holy crap! Teacher! Scientific research can be down-to-earth, but it can't reach the underworld! Have you ever considered how the patient would feel?"
"Stupid student!" Xiang Xiaotong rubbed her forehead helplessly. "How could we use human brains? Do I look like some evil scientist who treats human lives as weeds? Of course we're using mice!"
"I was just joking. I know we're using mice." Song He laughed. "Teacher, your project is obviously going to fail. How could connecting two brains into one possibly work? They wouldn't even stay alive!"
Xiang Xiaotong reached over to the bedside table, felt around for her phone, tapped it a few times, and pulled up a photo for him to see.
Song He glanced at it, and this time he was genuinely horrified. "It actually works? That's insane!"
The photo showed two mice fixed firmly in place from head to toe. Their scalps had been peeled back surgically,