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The end of May, the beginning of June.

The Chemistry Laboratory at Shen Qi Research Center is as busy as ever, with several computers running year-round, bottles of reagents tinged with green and blue, and ventilation equipment circulating continuously.

Xiao Ming and several other chemistry PhD students stayed up all night for their experiments. A few unnamed lab dogs stayed behind to clean up. Xiao Ming and the others left the lab to have breakfast.

"Xiao Ming, where did I go wrong?" He Lin asked as they walked. She was one of the few female researchers in the central Chemistry Laboratory.

Xiao Ming shook his head. "You did very well."

The female returnee from the UK clearly sensed Xiao Ming's perfunctory attitude towards her. He Lin smiled awkwardly but politely, "If you don't want to say more, then I won't ask any more questions. Just give me the platelet activation results before August."

Xiao Ming asked in a questioning tone, "Your group's receptor blocker experiment won't be finished before August, will it?"

"If I can't finish, I'll just work overtime." He Lin's understated words reveal the unwavering determination of a female chemical researcher.

"Oh, then I can provide your group with the platelet activation results before August." Xiao Ming didn't show any pity for his female colleague. In the chemistry field, women are used like men, and men are used like animals.

Women doing men's jobs and men doing animal work replenish their energy with a simple breakfast.

Inside the Chemistry Laboratory at Shen Qi Research Center, three young men were cleaning the lab benches; they were nameless lab dogs.

Two of the unnamed experimental dogs belonged to the platelet activation research group and were under the supervision of Xiao Ming.

The remaining unnamed experimental dog belonged to He Lin's receptor blocker research group.

There are also hierarchical divisions within the laboratory.

Doctors like Xiao Ming and He Lin, who returned from their studies abroad, published high-impact, technically sophisticated papers while working overseas, thus qualifying them to be the foremen in this laboratory.

In a mature scientific research system, there are big bosses, contractors, and of course, there are also laborers and factory workers.

The three unnamed laboratory dogs that cleaned the lab were just employees; after obtaining their master's degrees, they all aspired to pursue doctoral studies.

They were lucky enough to be assigned to the Chemistry Laboratory at Shen Qi Research Center, where their Doctoral Supervisor was the renowned Shen Qi.

The Doctoral Supervisor is Shen Qi; such an academic experience is enough for three nameless lab dogs to brag about for a lifetime.

So even when doing the simplest laboratory work, the three unnamed lab dogs were happy to do it.

Experiment Dog No. 1 carefully wiped the beaker. "I learned how to perform photoelectrophoretic etherification when I was a first-year graduate student. It's a very basic organic procedure. It seems we haven't entered the core area of LPJK1 project."

Experiment Dog #2: "Those who lay bricks will never know how buildings are designed."

Experiment Dog Number Three: "Our nominal mentor is Director Shen. Do you think Director Shen will personally guide us?"

"Probably," said Experiment Dog Number One with anticipation. "We all know that Director Shen has taken on very few students, but once he does, he dedicates himself wholeheartedly to guiding them to success. Teacher Yang Ding Tian from the Condensed Matter Physics lab downstairs is one of Director Shen's students, and Director Shen is Teacher Yang's Doctoral Supervisor in physics."

"Teacher Yang hasn't been to work for a long time. I heard there's been a problem with him." Experiment Dog No. 2 tapped his temple.

"No way? Does Teacher Yang have mental problems?" Experiment dogs number one and three looked at each other in disbelief.

"Just keep this to yourselves, and don't go spreading it around," Experiment Dog Number Two solemnly reminded them. He added, "It's said that Teacher Yang is a physics genius, and geniuses have very unique ways of thinking."

"Speaking of geniuses, do you remember Old Wu Shangfeng? Old Wu was the only mathematics doctoral student that Director Shen took on in China. It's strange, I've never seen Old Wu at the center." Experiment Dog No. 1 asked again.

"There is such a person. Old Wu is a mathematical genius and a legendary figure in the Big Mathematics Department. I really don't know where he is now." Experiment Dog No. 2 seemed to have the widest range of information channels among the three, but even he didn't know Old Wu's whereabouts.

The three lab dogs fell into a brief silence. After thinking it over carefully, they realized that things were not so simple.

Director Shen Qi once took on two doctoral students in China, one a physics genius and the other a mathematics genius.

Tragically, the physics genius went mad, and the math genius disappeared.

The first lab dog's hand trembled slightly as he held the beaker. "A coincidence, it must be a coincidence. Before the incident, Teacher Yang and Old Wu were both extremely talented individuals, and it was their Doctoral Supervisor Director Shen, who nurtured them into such talents. After graduating with their doctorates and embarking on their research careers, the abnormalities that occurred to Professor Teacher Yang and Old Wu have no direct connection to Director Shen. Think about it, there are so many people in our Condensed Matter Physics lab, why is it only Teacher Yang has mental problems? There are also quite a few people in the Mathematics Room, why is it only Old Wu has gone missing? So this is an isolated case, an individual anomaly."

"Yes, yes, yes, Professor Yu Lei, the math professor at Shuimu University. He was also Director Shen's student. Professor Yu is doing quite well at Shuimu University. He hasn't gone crazy or disappeared, and he even married a rich and beautiful woman whose family is incredibly wealthy!" Experiment Dog Number Two was indeed a know-it-all; he even knew about Professor Yu Lei's wife's family's wealth. "How do I know? My old flame studies in the math department at Tsinghua, so of course I know. Professor Yu is only a few months younger than Director Shen, a 32-year-old full professor at Shuimu University, very impressive."

"Wow, I envy Professor Yu. He's reached the pinnacle of his life." Lab Dog Number One felt relieved. Yu Lei was Shen Qi's doctoral student, and the three of them were also Shen Qi's doctoral students. Professor Yu Lei's present was perhaps their future.

Experiment Dog No. 3 was still a little worried. "But the problem is, Professor Yu Lei became Director Shen abroad, in the Princeton Mathematics Department. In other words, Professor Yu Lei was Director Shen's doctoral student abroad, and he's doing incredibly well since returning to China. Meanwhile, the two doctoral students Director Shen took on in China Teacher Yang and Old Wu... this must be some kind of mystical phenomenon, right?"

Experiment Dog Number One shouted, "What the hell are you talking about! We're doing scientific research, don't believe in those feudal superstitions!"

Just then, the laboratory door opened, and someone walked in—it was Shen Qi.

Shen Qi looked around and found that there were only three new experimental dogs in the room.

"Xia Longxin, Zhang Weiran, Cao Fan, good morning." Shen Qi greeted the three lab dogs warmly.

With Shen Qi's arrival, the three unnamed experimental dogs finally got names.