Chapter 36 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Zhou Wen constructed a database that was especially used to record the observation data.

Truthfully, a scanning electron microscope was supposed to be necessary equipment in an experiment, such as the one he was running. He was supposed to get an optical microscope, at the very least. However, his naked eyes worked better than using an electron microscope or standard microscope.

After he was done preparing the document, Zhou Wen put on biohazard gloves and an N99 face mask before he took out the heavy metal chemical and biology reagent prepared by Lu Qing and placed them into the test tubes one by one.

Next, he extracted different amounts of reagents with the pipette and pumped them into the small test tubes on one side.

If he were to administer an overly high amount of the reagent, the aphid would be easily poisoned to death when he sprayed it on the paddy leaf. It would be better for him to use chlorinated pesticides instead.

This was because he would need to extract 50 types of chemical reagents, one at a time. Moreover, he would need to change a new pipette tip with every extraction, so it was extremely time-consuming.

Zhou Wen spent two full hours to complete it.

Next, he attached Test Tube 1 to the base of the mini spray gun and began to spray an even layer of the heavy metal chemical reagent to the surface of the spread-out paddy leaves. He then sprayed the back of the leaves when he was done with the front.

The paddy leaves were meant for professional experimental use, so the leaves were not sprayed with any pesticide.

When he was done with that, he removed the disposable suction tube on the spray gun and changed it to a new one. He attached Test Tube 2 and grabbed a small bunch of paddy leaves from the container to continue the spraying task.

Half a day passed by the time he was done spraying all the leaves. When he came back from lunch, Zhou Wen transferred the paddy leaves sprayed with the heavy metal chemical reagent to the 50 plastic mesh boxes according to the assigned numbers.

Next, he used a pair of small forceps to pick up the rice root aphid samples and placed them according to the corresponding numbers into the plastic mesh boxes. Then, he turned on the warm air heater to increase the temperature.

Later, he used his Truevision to ensure that the rice root aphids began to chew on the paddy leaves. Zhou Wen checked the time and found that it was already past two o’clock.

He needed to increase the progress of the experiment.

He brought up the system and clicked on ‘Points’ – a transparent dialogue box popped out.

[Would you like to spend Points to increase the progress of this experiment? Yes/No]

[Yes]

[Spend 100 Points to increase the progress of this experiment. Please confirm the selection.]

Zhou Wen felt relieved in his heart upon reading the dialogue box before his eyes.

He had already experimented with the system before this, and he learned that he needed to spend 100 Points for one-round of tests.

It was still an experiment, after all, where nothing was for certain. In the event of the system changed the rules, it was possible that all the preparation works he did earlier could turn into dust.

Nevertheless, he chose to confirm.

In the next second, Zhou Wen felt a gush of mysterious energy enshrouding the area above the 50 plastic mesh boxes in the room. The flow of time in that area seemed to have changed.

Before he could react to the situation, everything turned back to normal once again while he was still entranced.

He looked toward the Plastic Mesh Box 1 placed before him and discovered that the paddy leaves were already crawling with over 100 rice root aphids instead of the original two rice root aphids. All this happened in an instant.

They were crawling on the surface of the paddy leaf and used their needle-like stylets to greedily suck at the sap contained in the paddy leaf.

Soon afterward, he looked toward Plastic Mesh Box 2 and found a similar situation in the box.

Box 3, 4, 5… The situation inside all the boxes was the same.

Zhou Wen was beyond excited.

Even though he had already predicted that this would happen, his heart was still filled with a sense of achievement when his visualization turned into reality.

So, he began to observe the rice root aphids in detail.

Under his Truevision, every stylet and every hair on each rice root aphid could be seen clearly.

He compared each aphid in detail and checked on what were the differences between the aphids that consumed the heavy metal chemical reagent and the offsprings they produced.

Under ordinary circumstances, one would need to pick up an aphid and observe its hereditary traits under the electron microscope, which would be an extremely troublesome task.

It was utterly impossible to perform the task, especially in a case like Zhou Wen’s. He had to place every aphid under the electron microscope and compare the aphids one by one, which was truly absurd.

However, there was utterly no need for Zhou Wen to pick up the aphids when he used his Truevision ability. He could check on the hereditary traits of each aphid using his vision that penetrated the mesh box.

The speed was simply unimaginable.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that his effort alone could compare to 100 research fellows.

After some careful observation, Zhou Wen soon discovered the ‘deformed child’ amongst the rice root aphids.

He immediately walked to the side of the office table and took a seat to record his observation in the database document.

Object of observation: Mesh Box 1

Reagent 1: 2 μL, six sheets

Symptoms: Legs – four on the left and five on the right. Compound eyes are bulging in an unusual manner. Cauda is huge and fleshy.

Result: No significant changes to the reproduction quantity…

Zhou Wen wrote down the observation data of Mesh Box 1; then, he turned around and looked toward Mesh Box 2. The visual of rice root aphids inside the box was clearly displayed before his eyes. He could even see the fine patterns on the aphid’s back, including every strand of hair.

If there was a need, he could even see the rice root aphid’s internal organs.

Under the scrutinization of his abnormal vision, he had the full view of the aphid’s body parts such that any missing, deformed, or mutated parts could never escape his eyes.

With all these observations, it was no surprise that he began typing the observation data on his laptop swiftly.