A week had passed since the opening of the Mars battlefront, and January quickly came to an end.
The original plan was not changed due to public opinion. Celestial Trade's Biotechnology Summit was held at the end of the month as scheduled.
The venue of the Biotechnology Summit was set at the "Heart of the Sea" in the northern part of Coro Island. This large landmark integrated shopping, accommodation, leisure, and business functions. Since it was built by Future Tourism, it was used as a national symbol of Xin and was printed on tourism posters.
A total of ten Devil Worm specimens were dissected into more than 500 exhibits and escorted to the exhibition center by the Celestial Trade Marine Corps. These specimens ranged from tissue cell slices of Devil Worm to whole Devil Worm specimens that were technically repaired. Parts such as blood, heart, limbs, and so on were exhibited separately.
All the exhibits were sealed by double-layered bulletproof glass with a vacuum in the middle. The glass showcase was equipped with a small anti-trigger napalm bomb. Once the showcase was detected to be damaged, the napalm bomb would automatically detonate and cause a high temperature of 5,000 degrees inside the glass showcase to destroy all the samples to prevent foreign bacteria and viruses from invading the ecological environment of Coro City.
Because of the strict control of the bomb charge, the people standing outside the showcase would not be affected.
In addition, soldiers of the Celestial Trade Marine Corps were also exhibited. Next to each large showcase stood a soldier in kinetic skeleton with a Reaper assault rifle in front of his chest.
The exhibition would last for a month.
On the first day of the exhibition, the number of tourists at the Heart of the Sea doubled, so much so that the Xin Ministry of Transportation had to send more traffic police to maintain order on the nearby roads to ensure that delegations from various countries and major media could smoothly enter the venue … The old cars that couldn't fly on the maglev road were indeed a hindrance.
Not only media reporters and scholars in related fields were allowed to enter the venue, but many tourists to Coro City also didn't want to miss this opportunity.
After all, it was a Martian species that they had never seen before!
Everyone thought it was a desert with no hair on it.
Disregarding the Martian species, if someone really put a living specimen of a dinosaur in the museum, the door of the exhibition hall would definitely explode from the crowd. It didn't matter if people didn't understand, it didn't prevent them from taking pictures …
"My God, isn't this insect too big?" A tourist was shocked.
"Mommy, I want to ride on its head for a group photo!" cried the naughty child, who was being held tightly by his mother.
"It's so big that it's hard to associate it with insects …" Someone commented.
Of course, for safety reasons, tourists could only stand outside the isolation zone and take photos. They could not take photos with the specimens at close range.
Media reporters were allowed to cross the divider, but they were also not allowed to touch the glass display cases.
But it was enough. Not to mention standing next to the showcase, even taking photos from afar, Jiang Chen could feel the power of the Devil Worm 3.7 billion years ago from its huge size.
"The longest Devil Worm specimen reached 20 meters, and the shortest was 13 meters long … It was more than seven times larger than the largest known arthropod, the Japanese Spider Crab! Its existence has already changed our understanding of arthropods! "
"What kind of genes could have allowed it to survive for more than three billion years? Perhaps only the mysterious nature can give us the answer … "
"Mars is a crazy place!"
"I can't wait to go to Mars to do an interview with these big guys, but the staff of Celestial Trade told me it's best not to …"
In the venue, reporters from major media outlets were explaining the specimens in front of the camera. Although the information in their hands was superficial data such as size, it was enough to satisfy the public's curiosity about Martian creatures.
The company's reporter was in front of the Devil Worm specimen, and the British broadcaster was explaining to the camera. Then just after he finished his interview with the Devil Worm's blood display case, he found a group of people crowded in the corner of the exhibition venue.
He remembered that there was no display case there.
"A large number of people gathered in front of the organizer's office. Most of them are over 50 years old. What happened? Let's interview one of them … Hello, sir, you are here — "
"Protest!" An old man with glasses and a white beard said aggressively, "As you can see, we are protesting! Why don't you let us participate in the research! They are obstructing academic freedom! "
"Yes! On behalf of the Harvard School of Life Sciences, I protest the practice of Celestial Trade. Nationality should not be a restriction that hinders scientific progress! " The professor standing next to him leaned in front of the camera and expressed his dissatisfaction, "I have clearly received the nomination of the Devil Worm experimental project team, but the Earth Defense Alliance crossed me off the list just because I am UA? This is too strange! "
He attended so many scientific research summits, and he was always politely invited. It was the first time he took the initiative to go, but he was rejected?
If it was any other time, he would have blacklisted the company with a black face.
However, this time …
He still bought a plane ticket at his own expense.
There was no other reason. It was a Martian species. Even if he couldn't enter the laboratory, he wanted to see what it looked like up close. It was a vacation on this small island in the Western Pacific.
However, when he saw the 20-meter-long Devil Worm specimen with his own eyes, and the green blood labeled as highly acidic on the display cabinet next to it, his old problem suddenly flared up – he didn't want to see the specimen!
However, when he slowly found the staff of the summit, showed his identity, and then vaguely expressed that he could help them look at the specimen and guide them in their research work, he was brought here by the staff with a strange expression … and joined the protest team.
"Professor, may I ask who you are?" Seeing that the old man looked familiar, the BBC reporter asked in a low voice.
"Martin Karplus!"
When the BBC reporter heard the name, he was suddenly in awe, and at the same time, there was a strong shock in his eyes.
As a reporter who had been engaged in science and technology news for many years, of course, he was no stranger to the old man. Martin Karplus was an incredible person. He was the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He created a multi-scale model for complex chemical systems, which was a milestone in the development of chemical technology!
However, it was precisely because of the shock of the old man's identity that the reporter was even more confused.
Ordinary companies couldn't even invite such a big name in the academic world! Now that Martin Karplus volunteered to participate in the research and didn't even mention the salary, Celestial Trade wouldn't block him, right?
However, the reporter's gaze landed on a familiar face behind Martin Karplus.
Michael Levitt!
He was even more familiar with this professor. Like Martin Karplus, Professor Michael was the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He held dual American and British citizenship. He graduated from the University of Cambridge and was currently a professor of structural biology at Stanford University.
He won the award for the same reason as Martin Karplus, but his research direction was different. Professor Michael's research field was mainly biological computing, and he was one of the first scholars to guide the molecular dynamics simulation of DNA and protein! He opened a new era of "from structure to function" research in the field of biophysics!
In short, both of them were "grand magicians" in the scientific community.
However, it was these two "grand magicians" that were blocked outside the door?
Looking at the others … Their fame and achievements were no less than these two academic giants, and they were even stronger.
The BBC reporter smelled the scent of big news, and immediately asked the assistant in charge of filming to point the camera at them. He stepped forward with a smile, handed the interview microphone to them, and gave them a chance to express their dissatisfaction …
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