Of course, Lin Tian couldn’t ask Professor He about this problem. Not to mention whether Professor He believed in the existence of zombies, even if he did, Lin Tian didn’t know what reason to use to start the conversation.

"Professor He, if the survival environment of those dormant worms is simulated, would it reactivate them?" Xiao Manxuan asked curiously.

Because she is currently also raising a Gu Worm, but strictly speaking, she is not a Gu Cultivator, as her understanding of Gu techniques is only superficial.

"That’s a good idea. If you’re interested, I can take you to the lab later to have a look." Professor He said, which surprised Lin Tian and Xiao Manxuan.

"Professor He, are you referring to the Life Sciences Laboratory? Can we really go?" Xiao Manxuan said with great interest. Although she studies medicine, there are many intersections between medicine and life sciences.

Professor He nodded and said very confidently: "Of course, the life sciences laboratory has been open for student visits multiple times to cultivate scientific interest. Furthermore, your subsequent courses will also provide opportunities to conduct experiments in the life sciences lab."

Although saying that, Lin Tian knew that the areas open to students would definitely be basic ones, and access to important research projects would not be granted to outsiders.

Teacher Mei said helplessly: "You, what was supposed to be a good meal, you turned it into a lab visit." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Professor He smiled warmly and laughed: "Haha, your Aunt Mei has a complaint now. Let’s eat, let’s eat."

The meal ended happily, and while Aunt Mei was cleaning up the dishes, Professor He was already taking the three of them out the door, leaving Aunt Mei with a helpless smile.

The life sciences laboratory is located in front of the Biology Institute’s office building. When Lin Tian first came to the academy to pick up books, he talked with the beautiful class leader about this advanced laboratory.

Now it’s after eight o’clock in the evening, and the life sciences lab is certainly not open to students, but with Professor He present, the security guard at the entrance didn’t cause any trouble.

"Professor He, is there still an experiment this late?" The security guard greeted Professor He amicably, clearly indicating that Professor He’s face is a pass in the laboratory.

Nevertheless, Professor He still followed the procedure and swiped his card, though it wasn’t the kind used for attendance, but an identity recognition card similar to those used in the Xiao Group’s laboratory, identifying the access permissions of the visitor.

Under Professor He’s lead, Lin Tian and the others went directly to the elevator, which stopped on the thirteenth floor. Outside the elevator was a brightly lit corridor lined with laboratories and offices.

Moreover, the laboratory at this time wasn’t as quiet as Lin Tian imagined. There were many people busy, occasionally someone walked out, and seeing Professor He, they greeted him politely.

"Those were your senior classmates, they are doing research as graduate students and doctoral students under their advisors." Professor He casually introduced.

"I really envy them, not having to attend classes, being in the lab every day." He Xiaofei joked.

"When you’re in the lab every day, you’ll know how beautiful class time is." Professor He shook his head with a laugh.

Then, he pointed to a laboratory and said: "Here we are, this is the culture room, where biological samples are kept."

As he spoke, he pulled out his identity card to swipe it, and also used fingerprint recognition to open the lab door, seeing Lin Tian and the others curious, Professor He explained: "The access level here isn’t very high, but the equipment inside is very expensive, so we have to take some protective measures."

Having been to the Xiao Group’s laboratory, Lin Tian knew that lab equipment isn’t just usually expensive, ranging in the millions or tens of millions, and the units were euros or US dollars.

Before officially entering the laboratory, Professor He had Lin Tian and the others change into protective clothing, not just to protect people but also to protect the equipment. Human bodies carry static electricity and dust, which are extremely lethal to delicate electronic devices.

The four of them were dressed in white protective suits, with hoods, masks, clothing, shoe covers, "arming" themselves. Xiao Manxuan and He Xiaofei, the two beauties, had their hair tied up and tucked into the caps, and their beautiful faces were obscured by the masks, leaving only their lively, big eyes.

Upon entering the official laboratory, Lin Tian realized the necessity of such measures. The floor, equipment, desks, every corner was impeccably clean, even those with compulsive disorder couldn’t find fault with it.

"Professor He, are these instruments imported?" Lin Tian asked, pointing to the lab’s instruments.

"Since you asked, I’ll tell you that back when I was a student, my advisor informed me that when these sets of instruments were initially procured, there was consideration for importing them from Japan. Three sets of instruments, costing a total of one hundred million US dollars, and the price was nearly finalized."

"But when it came time to sign the contract, the Japanese side changed their minds, announcing that due to increased component costs, the price of the finished instruments would have to rise, immediately raising the total price for the three sets to five hundred million US dollars."

"No matter how we negotiated, the price wouldn’t come down. Eventually, the Japanese got impatient and arrogantly stated that only they could produce such instruments worldwide, and if Huaxia, with its backward technology, wanted them, we’d have to pay their price."

Always gentle-looking Professor He showed a resentful expression when he got to this point.

"The Japanese were so nasty," Xiao Manxuan said angrily, then followed up with, "What happened next?"

"The negotiation situation and the Japanese comments spread throughout the lab’s construction team, and even throughout the industry, alarming the leaders above."

"To defend our dignity, the laboratory’s construction was delayed for four whole years just to develop our own equipment. An official-led initiative united the top researchers from related industries, and in only three years, we developed our own instruments, within a year officially putting them into mass production."

"While the Japanese initially spent ten years developing these sets of equipment, it took three more years to progress from prototype to mass production, totaling thirteen years, yet we Huaxia took only four years!"

"When this news broke out, the whole industry, even the entire tech community was shaken. On the day the news was announced, those Japanese came to inspect our equipment, initially arrogant but immediately entered negotiations after the inspection, willing to sell those three sets for one hundred million dollars."

"Though our equipment still had some gaps compared to theirs, they felt threatened. They didn’t dare price at five hundred million anymore. Naturally, we refused, and then the Japanese kept dropping prices to eighty million, seventy million, fifty million, but we still refused."

"Now, the international price for these sets of equipment is fifty million RMB, which, though cheap, is not lacking in quality. The previous high price was due to monopoly, where the profits were terrifyingly high."

"Nowadays the international tech community has a saying, that no matter how expensive the advanced tech, once the Huaxia people resolve to research it, they can bring the price down to rock-bottom levels." Professor He joked at the end.