The all-round academic master's girlfriend

Chapter 393 The stakes are high

An hour passed by unnoticed.

When Lian Wenshi finally moved the mouse and saw the "References" section at the end of the paper, he suddenly realized that he had been in one position and had almost greedily read the entire paper, which was more than 20,000 words long!

He slowly leaned back in his chair, as if he had exhausted all his strength.

The only sounds in the office were his heavy breathing and the faint noise of the city outside the window.

Lian Wenshi's face no longer showed any signs of fatigue, but instead displayed extreme shock, bewilderment, and an indescribable excitement!

This paper...this paper...!

Many of its viewpoints are not just "hitting the nail on the head," but rather pointing out a completely new path that may lead to the exit for those of them who have spent half their lives groping in the maze of the genome!

Many questions they struggled to answer, and many difficult problems that were hotly debated in top international journals, seem to have found a possible explanation or breakthrough within the framework of this paper!

The feeling was like someone who had been groping in the dark for too long suddenly seeing a glimmer of light ahead, faint yet clearly pointing in a direction they had never imagined!

"Old Xin! Come here quickly! Quick! Take a look at this!"

Lian Wenshi turned his head abruptly, his voice hoarse and trembling with excitement.

His unusual reaction startled Xin Ziang.

"What's wrong, Lao Lian? What did you see that made you so excited? Which group published a cover article in Nature or Science this time?"

Xin Ziang put down the journal in his hand and walked over with a puzzled look in his eyes.

"It's this one! Written by someone named Tang Yuze! 'Analysis of the Human Genome Sequence'! You need to read it! Read it from the beginning! Read it carefully!"

Lian Wenshi pointed at the computer screen, his fingers trembling slightly.

Seeing his old friend in such a state, Xin Ziang realized that something was amiss.

He adjusted his glasses, leaned over the computer, and began to read.

At first, his expression was the same as Lian Wenshi's at the beginning, filled with doubt and indifference.

But soon, his brows furrowed, and his eyes became focused and sharp. He pulled up a chair next to him, sat down, and began to read carefully, word by word, without saying a word.

A long silence fell over the office, broken only by the occasional sound of Xin Ziang scrolling the mouse wheel and the increasingly clear, suppressed breathing of the two men.

Lian Wenshi was restless, pacing back and forth, his eyes fixed on Xin Ziang's changing expressions.

He saw the changes on Xin Ziang's face: from doubt to solemnity, from solemnity to surprise, and then from surprise to the same expression he had just seen—a mixture of shock and disbelief.

Time passed second by second, and the night outside the window grew deeper and deeper.

When Xin Ziang finally raised his head, took off his glasses, and rubbed his sore nose, his eyes were filled with the same turbulent emotions as Lian Wenshi's.

"Old Lian, where did this... this paper come from? Who is this Tang Yuze?"

Xin Ziang's voice was dry, with a dazed feeling, as if he had just woken up from a dream.

"I don't know. I saw it on uiosng. The only author information I have is this name."

Lian Wenshi said hurriedly.

"what do you think?"

"Inconceivable...unbelievable..."

Xin Ziang murmured to himself. He put his glasses back on and glanced at the screen again, as if to confirm that this was not a hallucination.

"Several models and hypotheses proposed here... their foresight and depth... I dare say, absolutely surpass any results publicly published by the GIP project team to date!"

"It might even have indicated their research direction for the next few years. How could this have been written by an unknown person?"

Xin Zi'ang was deeply shocked.

"Yeah! I think so too!"

Lian Wenshi slapped his thigh excitedly.

"Some of the ideas here are simply ingenious leaps of genius, yet they are built on a solid foundation of logic and mathematics; they are not mere guesswork."

"Old Xin, have we...have we discovered something incredible?"

The two senior professors, both over fifty years old, were so excited they were almost at a loss for what to do, like children who had discovered a treasure.

Their keen academic intuition told them that this seemingly abrupt paper might hold immeasurable value!

"This must be reported immediately!"

Xin Zi'ang made a decisive decision.

"This is of paramount importance! It could determine whether our country can achieve a leapfrog development in the field of genome research!"

Lian Wenshi nodded heavily without the slightest hesitation. He immediately grabbed the internal secure phone on the table, his fingers trembling slightly with excitement, and dialed a number.

"Hello, Professor Lian? What's up so late?"

The phone rang several times before being answered, and a steady, middle-aged male voice came through.

"Dean Huang, Professor Xin and I are together, and we've made a major discovery! A monumental discovery! It's crucial to the core progress of the Human Genome Project! Please, no matter what, return to the research institute immediately! Yes, right now!"

Lian Wenshi's voice was filled with barely suppressed excitement.

"Okay, I'll be there soon."

Lian Wenshi's tone was more urgent and serious than ever before. Dean Huang Yu on the other end of the phone did not ask any questions and immediately responded in a deep voice.

After hanging up the phone, Lian Wenshi and Xin Ziang exchanged a glance, both seeing the overwhelming shock and anticipation in each other's eyes.