The tall beauty in a pitch-black formal suit stood at the laboratory entrance and knocked twice.
"Teacher, the dean is here!" Xia Wansan reminded him.
Song He was frowning over the data sheets. When he turned around and saw her, he immediately rose and hurried out of the laboratory.
"What have you been busy with these past few days?" Xiang Xiaotong asked with a frown. "Why haven't you uploaded the Space Bacteria's gene sequencing results? Yu Caiyi's team from the School of Bioengineering has already finished theirs. They're ahead this round!"
"Don't worry, Teacher. I've switched tracks!" Song He said calmly. "I've vaguely found a research direction, and I'm having the team test the bacteria's secretions. If everything goes smoothly, we should be able to produce a fairly major drug."
"The higher-ups asked us to sequence the bacteria so that we could study the Space Bacteria, didn't they? Once I produce results, won't our chances of winning be much greater than the School of Bioengineering's, which is merely sequencing the genes?"
"Yu Caiyi's team has results too!" Xiang Xiaotong said. "Besides completing the sequencing, Yu Caiyi found a mutated fungus in the Space Bacteria samples that can secrete a substance suspected to be antibiotics. The School of Bioengineering has already gathered its forces and is preparing to pour its manpower and resources into developing a new antibiotic!"
Song He was stunned. The other side had actually found a research direction too?
Antibiotic Bacteria were indeed relatively conspicuous. Their unusual characteristics could be discovered just by observing them under a microscope. The technical content wasn't high, but if they could really produce a powerful new antibiotic, it would still be a huge coup—completely worthy of making the news!
He could practically already see the overwhelming press releases:
"**Major News! New Antibiotics