"You're awake?"
The moment Lü Yongchang opened his eyes, he heard Mao Zhengzhi's voice beside him.
"How are the mice?" Lü Yongchang asked instinctively.
Smiling, Mao Zhengzhi pointed to the cage beside him. "There, they've all woken up. They're healthy, and we haven't found any lasting side effects so far."
Lü Yongchang instinctively turned to look.
Seeing all fifteen mice bouncing around, he let out a huge sigh of relief.
"Next comes the routine work."
"Artificially synthesizing this protease, mass-producing the antibodies..." Mao Zhengzhi said casually. "Oh, right, this protease and its antibody don't have names yet. Want to name them?"
"...Let's call them hibernatin and anti-hibernatin." Lü Yongchang frowned, looking a little pained.
Hopeless at naming things, he really couldn't think of anything that sounded good.
Mao Zhengzhi naturally gave Lü Yongchang a speechless look and muttered to himself, "If I'd known, I wouldn't have let you name them. What lousy names..."
The corner of Lü Yongchang's mouth twitched, and he changed the subject.
"The technology isn't mature enough yet. Run experiments on chimpanzees first."
"Remember, only use it on humans once you've made absolutely certain it's safe!"
"Also, I have another research task for you." Seeing Mao Zhengzhi's faintly disdainful gaze, Lü Yongchang's eyes shifted, and he said gravely, "Have you heard of deep-sea mode?"
Capital City.
The familiar office.
"Head Councillor, I'd like to request the launch of the space elevator project."
Standing before the desk, Lü Yongchang spoke in a serious tone.
At those words, the old man looked a little dazed.
He slowly set down his teacup. "A space elevator?"
"If I understand correctly, you mean the kind of elevator in science fiction movies that goes straight into outer space?!"
Even though he had become the Head Councillor of the Human Federation, the old