Chapter 16

Chen Feng didn't expect that he would get the permission to go out so quickly.

Although there is the Tianling Tower, it is still not easy to go up and down the Tianling Palace. In addition to daily going up and down, everyone needs permission to go out.

But he just mentioned it briefly, and Ye Suqi let him go directly.

Well, it's not impossible to understand. .

Now the empirical evidence has entered a difficult stage. There are only a lot of mechanical and repetitive operations every day, and data is constantly accumulated in the hope of finding a breakthrough.

If someone can find another breakthrough, it would be great.

Moreover, Chen Feng is only a great perfection in the Jindan stage. In this high-intensity empirical evidence, his significance is really not great.

In this world, in addition to "academic talent" and "thinking ability", "cultivation" is also an important factor that limits a researcher. Mathematics may not be obvious, but in Tianling Ridge and Fenjin Valley, this phenomenon is everywhere.

Chen Feng was sent out to run errands.

"Discovering a disease with similar symptoms to the Huangjing plague in Shenzhou" may indeed be a breakthrough, but it is only a possibility.

Colds, flu, general fatigue, loss of appetite, fever, and weight loss may indeed be acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or they may really be common colds.

Diseases with similar symptoms to AIDS may also include congenital primary immunodeficiency disease and idiopathic lymphocytopenia. Immune diseases caused by hormones and chemicals also have similar symptoms, but studying this disease is not very helpful for AIDS research.

Different types of flu may have very different symptoms, but they are the same type of plague. [H1N1 infection areas are concentrated in the respiratory tract and almost do not cause lung infection, while H5N1 focuses on the lungs and does not cause much harm to the respiratory tract]

So, this is just one direction.

"I'm underestimated." Chen Feng was somewhat helpless. He came to Lingshou Mountain, put away his escape light, and landed beside a pavilion on the side of the road. This is the agreed place. Then, he started waiting.

After a while, a sturdy, shirtless weirdo jumped out of the jungle with a "bang" and fell to the ground. Chen Feng felt the ground shaking under his feet - this is really... a weird body movement!

Chen Feng smiled and said, "Junior Brother Beifeng, you are... doing quite well."

The man scratched his head and smiled honestly, "No, no."

In recent years, Beifeng has become a little famous. His ecological research on various creatures is really meticulous. Moreover, this guy seems to have a special love for creatures. In the past ten years, he has been traveling to various places to observe local creatures and study ecology.

The detailed report alone is several meters high.

This is indeed... a very remarkable person.

However, since the birth of Jiyin Valley, the most cutting-edge departments of Tianlingling have focused on "genetics" and "microscopic", and some cooperative projects with Fenjin Valley have also received special attention. Although the simple observation of species ecology is still important, it is not as important as before.

"Brother, I haven't seen you for many years." Bei Feng smiled honestly: "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, it's like this, I'm studying a plague recently..."

"Plague?" Bei Feng seemed very surprised: "Aren't you from Yangshen Pavilion? Have you recently cooperated with Shenwenlin on a project?"

"Ahem, it's a plague that infects the nervous system, the latest discovery." Chen Feng said seriously: "The information I'm going to show you next has a certain level of confidentiality. If you are willing to help me, please sign an agreement first..."

Bei Feng took out the calculator, looked at the agreement sent by Chen Feng, and signed it quickly.

A considerable part of the information Chen Feng brought out this time has been deleted and blacked out. It is not very important, so there is no need to swear a heart demon oath. After signing the agreement, Bei Feng got a copy of the information.

"Huh?" He immediately made a puzzled sound.

Chen Feng was happy: "Sure enough, I did hear about similar plagues from you... probably when I just got started."

This kind of casual chat topic doesn't need to be remembered very firmly. Chen Feng was not sure where he had heard of this "similar" plague.

However, whether Bei Feng had talked to him before or not, asking this guy would definitely yield something.

But Bei Feng showed an embarrassment: "Well... Senior Brother Chen, are you sure it's not a parasite or a fungus?"

Chen Feng nodded: "Impossible."

"There are indeed several types of plagues that affect living beings from the nerves, but - I don't know if I am ignorant in this area, I have never heard of zoonotic diseases. I don't care whether it can infect humans." Bei Feng said: "But this report shows that this patient is at least extremely intelligent?"

Chen Feng nodded: "I can't say who it is for the time being, but it is indeed an intelligent creature."

"Then..." Bei Feng pondered: "Maybe it could be 'corpse-refining horse plague'?"

"Corpse-refining horse plague?" Chen Feng was stunned: "That's it... Oh, that... that..."

As a typical example of "pathogens affecting nerves and then controlling the actions of living beings".

Chen Feng vaguely remembered that this was mentioned as a sidebar in the introductory textbook or as an after-class anecdote.

And he did talk to Bei Feng about it at the time.

"Except for a few isolated cases that cannot be confirmed, there are no reports of zoonotic infection, but there is indeed a suspicion of zoonotic infection. There is a senior brother Song in Shenwenlin who has been involved in this field for more than ten years. I have some friendship with him. If you really need it, I can introduce you to one or two."

Chen Feng nodded: "It would be great if he is your friend..."

"Not really a friend." Bei Feng scratched his head honestly: "Well, he just often buys large-scale empirical creatures from me."

"Buy... large-scale empirical creatures?"

Bei Feng smiled and said: "Oh, I forgot to say that I am also quite knowledgeable in creature breeding now. I am responsible for several empirical creature breeding farms - large quantity, good quality and low price."

Chen Feng was stunned for a moment. Bei Feng is a talented guy, but his research direction is similar to... miscellaneous work?

Yes, in the empirical department where Chen Feng is now, raising mice is one of the most basic miscellaneous work.

As soon as this idea came out, Chen Feng cut it off without hesitation. Long-term empirical research has indeed made him feel a little contemptuous. There are different divisions of labor, different levels of difficulty, and even differences in importance in research, but at least there is no distinction between superiors and subordinates.

But when it comes to Shenwen Lin, Chen Feng has another concern. At the beginning, Ji Yin Valley took the lead in the project. Excluding Shenwen Lin, it can't be said that there is no selfishness. After all, the fewer the number of signatories on a paper, the better. If it really can't be reduced - at least in the field of the way of living beings, there are more and more large-scale projects, and it really can't be reduced - then let the personnel concentrate.

At least concentrate on the field that you are optimistic about.

Shenwen Lin lacks experience in studying alien plagues, and there are few members of the dark department among his disciples. He does lack the innate conditions to lead the project. However, excluding him is a bit... excessive.

Chen Feng is indeed not sure whether the Spiral Twins will directly kick him out of the Tianling Palace empirical project team if he directly contacts the Plague God Lin monk.

But...

He didn't like the reduced efficiency caused by conflicts of interest.

- At least confirm it first and ask a few simple questions. If you really need to tell the cultivator the truth, then report it.

So, that afternoon, in a strong smell of horse manure and sheep, Chen Feng met Song Shufu for the first time.

A little-known Yuanshen cultivator.

The handover between the horse farm and Song Shufu was completed. Then, a group of outer disciples from the Lingshou Mountain of Tianling Ridge sang bold pastoral songs and drove a group of horses covered with heavy talismans to the Shenwen Forest not far away.

Song Shufu was tall, with a high nose bridge, and his eyebrows and eyes had a hint of the characteristics of the northern grassland Qiang people. Chen Feng greeted him immediately, saying, "Hello, Senior Brother Song..."

"Oh, there are people who are interested in my research." Song Shufu was not as heroic as he was, and his tone was quite harsh: "Tell me, what are you doing here?"

"It's like this, I encountered a plague in a certain project." Chen Feng said, "I heard that the plague studied by Senior Brother Song is somewhat similar to it, so I came to ask for advice."

"Ask for advice?" Song Shufu laughed softly.

Chen Feng was embarrassed by the other party's attitude: "It's just that this project still has a certain level of confidentiality, I hope Senior Brother can sign an agreement first..."

"Ask for advice?"

The tone at this time was almost sarcastic.

Chen Feng was a little at a loss. If you are serious about etiquette, this really can't be called "asking for advice".

But at this time, Song Shufu stretched out his hand instead: "Where is the agreement? Give it to me, I'll sign it."

This change was unexpected by Chen Feng. He was surprised and said, "Brother, what are you doing..."

"Although you guys are annoying, if it is really related to the plague I am studying, then I must not give up." Song Shufu's expression did not change: "Where is the agreement? Give it to me."

Chen Feng quickly sent the agreement with the order to expel foreigners. Song Shufu signed it and read the information.

"Puff..." He just read it roughly and laughed: "Tsk, what, finally, the children of some big shots are infected with animal diseases? Haha."

This is too harsh. Chen Feng frowned, and Song Shufu's expression also felt a little wrong. But this is a sudden outbreak of years of resentment. He did not intend to explain, saying: "From the symptoms, it is a little bit like I studied the horse plague of corpses, but..."

"It is indeed impossible to be the horse plague of corpses." Chen Feng said honestly. If the yellow crystal plague from the Yuan clan is the same pathogen as the horse plague of corpses, Tianlingling will have to summon all the disciples to eat most of the classics in the library and the storage room.

"Just similar?" Song Shufu was disappointed: "There are actually quite a few with similar symptoms..."

"But there are not many that are definitely not caused by parasites, fungi, or plague bacteria." Chen Feng said: "I think there may be similarities between the two."