When ordinary people looked at scientists, they would often have a misunderstanding that the older the scientist was, the more experienced the scientist would be, and the more comprehensive they would be in other professions. Because of this, they would think that the older the scientist was, the more capable he would be.
In fact, it was the opposite. For any great scientist, be it Einstein or Newton, their most outstanding research results would appear between the age of 25 to 35, coinciding with the time when the human body was the most energetic and the brain's thinking ability was the most active. After that, they would begin to go downhill.
However, the research results of these great scientists often needed to be refined over a long period of time before they could be widely known by the world. This was why it gave people a feeling that the famous scientists were also 'old fellas.'
It was precisely because of this that in the eyes of the insiders, a talented young doctor who presided over a research project might not necessarily be worse than a well-known industry authority and well-known professor.
However, it was really inconceivable for a boy who had skipped from high school directly to graduate school to apply for a separate laboratory for independent experiments for a boy who was less than 20 years old.
If it was not for Stephen's notoriously bad temper and overbearing attitude that suppressed everyone in the laboratory to the point of not daring to say anything, perhaps everyone would have already objected long ago.
What surprised them even more was that on the second day, Maggette, the director of Stanford's Biology Department, had already partitioned a glass room in the middle of the two corners of the wall in Zhang Lisheng's laboratory.
Not only that, this glass room looked no different from the glass room used by Stephen. It was also built with single-sided reflective special glass, with all the commonly used experimental tools inside. The experimental platform was also a large platform with the same specifications as Stephen's. It was completely a waste to do insect research alone. Roughly estimating, the overall cost would be at least 500,000 dollars.
Due to the reason that Zhang Lisheng's donation was carried out in a non-public manner, everyone did not know that the young man had spent a hundred times the price to get such a research treatment. Naturally, they did not have any good impression of him. When he was behind Stephen's back, they even faintly rejected him.
This situation of being alienated by everyone around was very difficult to bear for ordinary people, but to Zhang Lisheng, it was more to his liking.
Now that he had his own independent space, he was very willing to ignore everyone and just stay in the laboratory day and night, either cultivating his secret method to enhance his wizard power or making up for his shortcomings as a qualified biologist while trying to do some horrifying experiments that combined the two civilizations of 'science' and 'mythology,' enjoying himself.
Late at night, Stanford fell into silence. Other than the library and the dormitory that still had light, the entire campus had been ruled by darkness.
In the C2 laboratory on the third floor of the laboratory building, Zhang Lisheng, who had not slept for several days, finally ended his secret method cultivation that had lasted for four to five hours. Energetically, he grabbed the lush beard on his chin and climbed up from the ground to open the freezer that was filled with strange experimental materials. After looking for a while, he sighed and took out his phone to make a phone call.
The phone rang for a while before it was picked up. Amidst the passionate dance music, a giggling, loud male voice shouted, "Oh, hello, 'Doctor'. How can I help you?"
Fierce Dog, the 'material' I want hasn't arrived yet, but I've already paid for it two days ago … "
"Oh, Doctor! Doctor! Doctor! How many times have I told you that there's a little accident when the 'material' was cleared this time? It'll arrive in your hands a few days later! It's the same for all the guests, I didn't …"
"Listen, buddy! I'm not your other guest!" Zhang Lisheng's calm voice blocked the man's voice on the phone. "I've always been fair and well-behaved.
Right now, my experiment has already reached the most critical stage. If I don't have any 'material' to carry on, my inspiration may disappear in a flash.
You've promised that you'll send me two sets of materials before 12 o 'clock tonight. If you can't do it, then I'll have to use you to make up the numbers. "
"Are you threatening me, Doctor? Isn't this …" The voice on the phone became silent for a while before the surrounding music suddenly turned off.
"If you think that this is just a threat, Fierce Dog, then you're wrong!" Zhang Lisheng whispered with a chuckle.
The other end of the phone was the manager's room on the second floor of a large nightclub in downtown Stanford.
At this time, it was a rather large room with a cashmere red carpet covered with suspicious brown stains on the floor.
The wallpaper on the four walls was a warm pale yellow. The wall that was connected to the carpet was made of strips of mahogany with some brown stains on it.
There was a diamond-shaped crystal lamp hanging on the ceiling, illuminating the entire room very brightly.
Under the crystal lamp, a handsome young Asian man with a beautiful black mustache touched the scar on his face. A ferocious smile crept upon the corner of his mouth. "Alright, Doctor! I've served many people like you, and you're the one who speaks the most 'forcefully' among them.
Just because of this, I'll definitely leave the 'material' for you to use even if I have to intercept the 'urgent letter' that I've sent to someone else. Wait a moment, my people will contact you. "
After saying the last sentence, the young man hung up the phone and gently shook his leg that was crossed on the coffee table. With a fake smile, he said, "Guys, you've all heard it. The 'doctor' who has just made a deal with us said that he wants to use me as a 'material' for his experiment …"
"Fierce Dog, you've just taken over this' business' of your dad so you still don't understand. Our business is completely different from other 'businesses'. Many of the 'clients' we face are scientists who have a different brain compared to ordinary people.
Since we've made a mistake this time … "Upon seeing the young man's unhappy expression, a middle-aged man who looked very mature sitting in front of him persuaded him.
"Uncle, the problem now is that our 'client' doesn't want to let me go, not that I want to do anything to him." The young man frowned and put his foot down from the coffee table. Looking around at his subordinates, he finally pointed at the two burly men who were shooting darts at the corner. "Iron Chain, Gas, go teach that Stanford's Doctor No. 7 a small lesson … Oh, bring two, no, three materials with you.
Hmm, bring two, no, three 'materials' with you. After teaching him a lesson, leave all the 'materials' for him. Remember, it's just a small lesson. You have to be ruthless, but you can't go overboard. Uncle is right, our line of work is different from other 'businesses'.
"Yes, boss!"
"Don't worry, boss!" When the two muscular burly men heard the young man's order, they immediately threw away the darts in their hands and went to the clothes rack to pick two FedEx uniforms that fit their bodies. After putting them on, they strode out of the room.
At the same time, Zhang Lisheng, who was in the Stanford Laboratory Building, was taking out a broken human corpse that had its stomach cut open and was empty, with only white ribs left, out of the freezer and placed it on the experimental platform.
"A frozen corpse can actually be sold for 20,000 dollars, and it's not even delivered on time? That's crazy!
Now that I think about it, that big island in the supernatural realm is just like a paradise. If I could use those strong 'dwarves' I killed last time for my experiment, it would be enough for me to use them freely for a year.
It's a good thing that I can go there again in another four to five days. This time, I can seize the opportunity to complete the large-scale experiment of the Corpse Puppet and refine a few wizard gus as a backup … "As he muttered to himself, he dripped some of the blue reagent that he had just mixed onto the corpse evenly with a dropper.
When the reagent seeped into the corpse, it immediately burned the skin and flesh, giving off a burnt smell, causing the already unsightly corpse to look even more like a piece of garbage that would make people feel nauseous the moment they saw it.
In the US, there were more people who were willing to donate their organs to benefit the disabled or donate their bodies for scientific research. However, if they were distributed to thousands of universities, medical schools, and biological schools, the supply of corpses would still not meet the demand.
Especially when it came to scientific research or even dissection, from the perspective of public ethics, scientists would still have to use the bodies of voluntary donors properly. Most of them would still be buried in the ground.
The only way to use human corpses for experiments that were completely destructive like Zhang Lisheng's was to buy them from the black market.
In fact, the business of selling corpses had long formed a complete industrial chain. Every year, there would be tens of thousands of human corpses imported to the US through various channels from poor countries such as Africa, Asia, and South America. The most conservative estimate of the transaction value would be more than one billion dollars.
Among these corpses, the fresh goods that could provide organ transplantation that were cruelly purchased could often be sold at a high price of more than 100,000 dollars. On the other hand, those frozen corpses that could only be used for scientific research could also be sold at a high price of more than 10,000 dollars if they were complete.
Not only that, in the second type of corpse trading, the buyers were often US universities or research institutions. Under the guise of everything being for the advancement of human science, many of the transactions were even carried out in a semi-open state. Zhang Lisheng accidentally saw the pop-up advertisement on the Internet and managed to get in touch with Fierce Dog.
The previous few transactions between the two of them had been very smooth, but their luck these few days was not very good.
Without a complete corpse, it was only natural that the effect of using the remains that had been dissected to improve the Corpse Puppet would not be good.
After the blue reagent had corroded the corpse to a certain extent, Zhang Lisheng cast the witchcraft of refining the Corpse Puppet with his mind. Wizard power slowly surged in his flesh and blood, hooking the remaining vitality in the corpse to cater to it.
There was no response for a long time. A gush of faint black gas gradually appeared around Zhang Lisheng's body. It rose up straight to the spot between his brows and returned to his seven orifices before spurting out from his nose.
That gush of black gas tore through the air and gave off a series of 'pst pst pst …' sound that sent chills down one's spine. It entangled the corpse lying on the test bench and actually made its arm move slightly.
However, it was just this slight movement that caused the corpse's arm that had already been corroded to be riddled with holes to suddenly emit a foul smell of gray smoke. Then, it directly turned into a pile of powder.
"Ha! The result of this experiment is just as redundant as catching a mosquito alive and pouring medicine into its mouth …" Looking at the broken corpse turning into powder piece by piece, Zhang Lisheng muttered irritably. Right at this moment, his phone suddenly gave off a 'chirp chirp chirp …' sound.
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