Valuing

Chapter 70 Valuing

Besides daily rehearsals and preparing for interviews.

Bai Yuzhe spent almost all of the rest of his time in Professor Mu's laboratory.

Before leaving last time, Professor Mu specifically instructed that he planned to give a lecture after the AET exam so that Bai Yuze would have time to go.

Faced with Professor Mu's invitation, Bai Yuze had to make time to go, even if he didn't have the time.

Although it was called a lecture, it was more like a small-scale seminar.

There were no classrooms or textbooks here. Professor Mu sat at one end of a long table, surrounded by several senior students on either side. Occasionally, someone would ask a question, and Professor Mu would start from that question, talking all the way to the underlying logic of the abyss energy system, and then circle back to the details and flaws in the experimental design.

Content that would take several lessons to cover in a classroom can be broken down clearly and concisely in just a few words here.

Bai Yuzhe sat in the corner, listening quietly.

Soon, he witnessed just how terrifying Professor Mu's students were.

For example, the senior student in front of him could quickly construct a three-dimensional map in his mind when Professor Mu talked about the miasma particle wave model, and the parameter deviation values ​​he casually reported were accurate to four decimal places. The senior student opposite him was so logically rigorous when discussing experimental design that it was like writing a paper, and every hypothesis could be found to be supported by corresponding literature.

He had to admit that none of the people sitting here were there by luck.

He was originally just going to listen in and hadn't planned to ask any questions. He was already incredibly lucky to get in.

Moreover, he was even more afraid of making a fool of himself.

But clearly, Professor Mu didn't think so. His gaze shifted to Bai Yuzhe. "Little Bai, you've been listening for so long, what are your thoughts?"

Bai Yuze was stunned for a moment.

All eyes were on him.

He hesitated for a moment, then voiced the question he had been pondering: "Professor Mu, you mentioned earlier that there is a threshold between miasma concentration and an organism's adaptability, and that adaptability drops sharply once that threshold is exceeded. However, when I was collecting data in Hanjiang District, I found that some residents who were exposed to high concentrations of miasma for a long time actually had smaller fluctuations in their physiological indicators than those exposed for a short period."

Does this mean that the threshold for human tolerance to abyssal miasma is not fixed, but rather shifts with exposure time?

There was a two-second silence in the lab.

Professor Mu looked at him, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

"That's a good question."

He started with that question and spoke for another twenty minutes.

The other party talked about individual differences and group statistics, from short-term exposure to long-term adaptation, and finally drew a rough but clear relationship diagram in Bai Yuzhe's notebook.

"Data doesn't lie, but people who interpret it do."

Professor Mu put down his pen and chuckled, "Little Bai, your sensitivity to the abyss is truly remarkable."

Bai Yuzhe looked down at the picture. He knew that he could see those fluctuations and notice those details not entirely because of his observation skills, but because his perception of miasma was naturally deeper than others.

The fluctuations in those data, which others need instruments to capture, he can perceive through intuition. This is his instinct as a monster, not a talent.

After the course ended, the others left one after another.

Bai Yuzhe was packing his things when Professor Mu called him back.

"Little Bai, wait a minute."

Bai Yuzhe stopped what he was doing and looked at Professor Mu beside him. Professor Mu took a document out of his drawer and placed it on the table. The cover was printed with the emblem of Dongqing University, and the title was in small print that Bai Yuzhe couldn't make out, but he vaguely felt that it was related to the pharmaceutical experiments that his senior brother had been doing recently.

"Professor Mu, is there anything I can do for you?"

"Um."

Professor Mu nodded, looked at the sunset outside the window, and said calmly, "Although the AET results haven't been released yet, I have a general idea of ​​your level. In the coming days, I plan to have you work with me on some projects."

"this?"

Bai Yuzhe was stunned for a moment, clearly incredulous.

"I have a research project here that needs help with some basic experiments." Professor Mu looked at him and chuckled. "It's not too difficult, but it requires patience. You can use the lab equipment, and feel free to come to me anytime if you have any questions."

Bai Yuze answered almost without hesitation: "Okay."

Professor Mu nodded and pulled a piece of paper from the documents, handing it to him.

The paper had a few lines written on it, outlining the basic direction of the experiment and several parameters that needed to be verified.

Bai Yuzhe glanced at it and roughly understood what was going on. This was a field he had been exposed to before, so it wasn't unfamiliar, but the depth was completely different.

"If there's anything you don't understand, try to figure it out yourself first. If you still can't figure it out, then come and ask me."

Professor Mu stood up, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Don't let me down."

Bai Yuze gripped the paper and nodded.

"good!"

Although he didn't plan to stay at the school, it would be worth it if he could get a letter of recommendation from Professor Mu!

In the days that followed, Bai Yuze's life gained another element.

During the day, they rehearse and prepare interview materials; at night, they spend their time in the lab verifying data.

The topic Professor Mu gave him was more complicated than he had imagined, but the feeling of making progress step by step with each piece of work he produced was addictive.

Professor Mu would occasionally come over to check on his progress, standing silently by his side until he finished a set of data before speaking.

"Adjusting this parameter will improve the results."

"The data here is fluctuating too much. Let's try a different method and test it again."

"Not bad, better than last week."

Bai Yuze sometimes felt that Professor Mu's demands on him were even stricter than those on his senior classmates. But every time the experiment made progress, the barely perceptible satisfaction on Professor Mu's face made him feel that it was all worthwhile.

After all, he was more serious and diligent than anyone else when it came to studying abyssal miasma!

One day, Professor Mu suddenly called him to his office.

"Xiao Bai, there's a press conference next Wednesday, you can go and attend."

Bai Yuze was taken aback: "What press conference?"

Professor Mu took an invitation card from the drawer and placed it on the table.

The cover features the following large, gold-embossed words: "Research on Entropy Reversal Reconstruction of Abyssal Organisms and Repair of Human Gene Homeostasis—A Press Conference on Interim Results"

Bai Yuzhe stared at the long list of names, then paused, "This is—"

"It's the project your senior brother Aiwass has been working on right now, a research project that can turn pseudo-humans back into humans."

Bai Yuzhe's heart stirred slightly. His senior brother had asked him for help before, but he had only revealed a little bit and hadn't said much. But he didn't expect Professor Mu to tell him this directly now.

Does this mean they've taken him on as one of their own?

A faint smile played in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly. The smile wasn't deep, but it was much gentler than his usual businesslike seriousness, like the kind of expression one would only show to a junior they value.

"What you've been working on lately is somewhat related to this project. Take some time to check it out and broaden your horizons."

Bai Yuzhe accepted the invitation and nodded.

"OK."

Professor Mu withdrew his gaze, his eyes softening slightly: "By the way, I've looked at the data you recently produced; it's better than expected."

Professor Mu put down his teacup, patted Bai Yuze on the shoulder, and chuckled, "Don't be arrogant, keep working hard."

"Uh-huh."

Bai Yuzhe gripped the invitation and nodded.

The sunlight outside the window is just right.

Professor Mu picked up his teacup and took another sip, his gaze falling out the window as if he were thinking about something else.

Bai Yuze stood there and could tell that Professor Mu seemed to be in a good mood today.

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