The conference room doors slowly closed.
Lü Yongchang stood at the entrance and took a deep breath.
His eyes were filled with exhaustion.
Those few hours of meetings felt more exhausting than completing the Planetary Climate Chaos Model.
But as Chief Scientist, he could not turn down this sort of duty.
Behind him, the conference room doors opened again.
"What's wrong?" Hong Qiming's voice came from beside him. "Tired?"
Lü Yongchang gave a wry chuckle but said nothing.
Seeing this, Hong Qiming reached out and gently patted his shoulder. "That's how Parliament is."
"You'll get used to it."
"Head Councillor, if this vote hadn't passed..." Lü Yongchang asked quietly.
"Don't worry. As long as I'm here, there won't be any trouble in Parliament."
Hong Qiming calmly cut him off.
His voice was soft, but it carried absolute confidence!
Lü Yongchang turned to look at Hong Qiming, who had grown much steadier than before.
For a moment, he seemed to see the Elder Head Councillor in him.
A wistful look appeared in his eyes. He was about to say something when Zero's virtual avatar appeared beside him.
"Professor, we have received a message from the Biological Laboratory."
"All the Magna Body-Enhancement Hormone has been prepared."
"Biological testing can begin at any time."
Beside him, Hong Qiming chuckled.
"Go on."
"You shouldn't waste your time here."
The shipboard Biological Laboratory.
Lü Yongchang stood before the lab bench, watching the robotic hand at work.
The frantically fleeing lab mouse was easily caught in the robotic hand's palm.
Then a long, thin needle extended from one of its fingers.
After a brief adjustment, the needle pierced the mouse's vein with precision.
The prepared Magna Body-Enhancement Hormone flowed steadily into the mouse's body.
A little over ten seconds later.
The needle slowly withdrew.
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