The Goddess Shines on America

There was a reason for keeping Ashley in the lab.

For a period of time, with the continuous research in various biological fields, she has also become interested in this field, and she will go to the laboratory almost whenever she is free. Alice is of course happy to have a good sister to help her, and the feeling of being a teacher teaching students is also very cool.

But what happened when there was a new discovery?

Just as breakfast was finished, Alice immediately asked James to drive her to the laboratory. The bungalow is located in the mountains north of Los Angeles, not far from home. Seeing his daughter's impatient look, James put on his coat and drove her towards the destination without saying a word.

After arriving at the destination, Alice certainly had nothing to hide from her father, and the two of them took the elevator to the seventh floor of the basement together.

During the descent, Alice happily tiptoed, waiting for Ashley to explain the situation to her. After all, there was no way to talk in detail on the phone. And watching the elevator continue to descend in the dark shaft, James couldn't help but cry: "All the hard-earned money is spent in this kind of place."

Alice stared at the lights on the floor, and smiled proudly: "This is also called investment. Although I don't know what will be researched, but as long as we research something, it is very likely to turn technology into productivity."

James knocked on her forehead: "I know that, silly girl, do you need to remind me?"

"Huh~"

While speaking, the elevator door had already opened, and a blond girl in a white coat was standing at the door. When she saw Alice appearing, she immediately opened her arms: "Hi~ dear~ welcome to our secret... oh, James uncle?"

James said cheerfully, "Just ignore me," and looked around. Although he has been to this mountain hut and the laboratory area on several underground floors, the last time he came was about a month ago. It's been a few days, and the environment here has changed again.

Except for the whitewashing at the first moment, all the decorations in the basement were done by the girls themselves. Of course, it is impossible to put colored wallpaper on it, after all, it does not match the identity of the laboratory, but it is still possible to cover the floor with bright marble tiles.

The feeling of emptiness is no longer there, and the ground next to the wall is occupied by sophisticated iron lockers, which are filled with bottles and cans that ordinary people cannot understand. The walls of the core area of ​​the laboratory were demolished and replaced with one-centimeter-thick bulletproof glass. From the outside, it can be seen that the tables in the room are filled with all kinds of unknown instruments. The electron microscope, and the seven identical centrifuges are the most eye-catching.

"Tsk tsk, this is really..."

Alice ignored James' emotion, took Ashley's hand and asked, "You said on the phone just now that you found unknown bacteria!?"

"I don't know if it's a bacterium or a virus. Anyway, I compared the virus bank samples of the UCLA Department of Biology, but I didn't find a match."

Ashley took Alice to the computer and showed her a photo.

Alice immediately narrowed her eyes.

For more than a month, with the help of her father's contacts at UCLA, she has ruthlessly supplemented her knowledge of biology. No, she even copied things like virus database samples into her computer. It can be said that the small laboratory, whether it is personal or hardware configuration, is on the rise.

So, what is this virus in front of you?

The sample in the photo is pink, with countless spikes on the outside, just like a dyed sea urchin. Of course, the shape of the virus is ever-changing, and the macroscopic description is the same. It does not mean that there are only a few types of viruses with the same shape. The first moment she saw this virus, Alice immediately increased the resolution.

"I've done a comparison with the virus database at the highest resolution, dear."

Ashley stood behind and said in a long voice: "There is no match."

James was also attracted by the behavior of the girls. He looked at the photos on the computer screen and frowned: "Unknown virus, have you determined its harmfulness to the human body?"

Alice smiled, of course she knew what her father was worried about: "Don't worry James, we won't make such a low-level mistake as letting the virus leak. Have you seen these glassware in the house? They are all made of tempered glass Yes, the big window is even bulletproof glass, and ordinary human error will not be dangerous at all."

While speaking, James also saw the location of the sterile room and the well-preserved sterile suit, so he nodded, but still said: "Even so, if you really want to do virus research , still be more cautious.”

Hearing her father's reminder, Alice was not slow at all, and made a virus sample control by herself. The Intel CPU began to run at high speed, the data in the hard disk was continuously retrieved, and a blue progress bar began to move slowly towards the 100% position.

After finishing the operation, she asked seriously, "How did you extract this virus?"

Ashley handed her the experiment record manual: "According to your instructions, I routinely centrifuged Caesar's blood cells. However, it was probably because of the micromanagement problem when you drew blood at that time. In the blood sample this time, there were no Be careful of the lymph that gets in it."

"Lymph!?"

Alice stared: "You mean, you found this new virus from lymph fluid!?"

Ashley's innocent and surprised expression said that's what she did.

James was listening, and interrupted: "Lymph...Girls, I don't know much about biology. Lymph seems to be related to the body's immunity, right?"

"That's right..."

Alice looked at the computer that was still doing matching, and under the progress bar was the statistics of the number of matches and the remaining number: "Lymph is a colorless and transparent liquid in the body of humans and animals, which contains lymphocytes, and the main part is tissue fluid that infiltrates into lymphatic vessels. It was formed later. As for the lymphatic vessels...they are tubes similar in structure to veins, which are distributed in all parts of the body. Lymph circulates in the lymphatic vessels, and finally flows into the veins, through which some tissue fluid flows into the blood for reciprocating circulation, which is of great importance to the immune system of the organism important role..."

As she said that, she looked at Ashley strangely: "So, you found a lot of new viruses in the liquid responsible for immunity!?"

Ashley also looked tangled and pained. Since she had this laboratory, her quick supplementary biology knowledge was almost equal to that of a college major, so she naturally knew what it meant: "And my dear, according to my Observe, this virus is attached to Caesar's lymphocytes. The cells responsible for improving immunity are instead parasitized by the virus..."

James felt his scalp tingling: "Oh my God, wouldn't that be AIDS!?\

,"He couldn't help but feel horrified. The immune cells were parasitized by the virus. If this conjecture came true, wouldn't it mean that Caesar, who was with the whole family day and night, was a carrier of AIDS! ?

Damn it, isn't AIDS just a malicious attack on lymphocytes! ?

But Alice is still calm: "But at least Caesar is fine. Has the parasitic behavior caused damage to the lymph?"

"No!"

Ashley said firmly: "It's parasitism, not attack. They are a symbiotic state. Otherwise, I would have told you that AIDS was discovered."

Even in a symbiotic state, this is definitely not a trivial matter!

Alice felt a cold sweat all over her body: "Dad, hurry up and bring Caesar to the laboratory again. Before I figure out what is going on with this virus, I don't think it is suitable to live at home anymore." What do you think?"

James was also a little scared. God knows, the whole family, even the old parents who occasionally come to Los Angeles to see their grandchildren, have always had close contact with Caesar. Although it is only a suspicion, this kind of suspicion is too scary!

He nodded and said, "No problem, and Weiwei, let's do an AIDS test on Caesar right away. Ashley, are you sure this thing is HIV?"

At the same time as the voice fell, there was a ding, and the comparison result came out, and there was no match.

"Uncle James, there's no way UCLA's virus bank doesn't have HIV samples, but..."

"However, AIDS originally originated in Africa."

Alice interjected: "In short, hurry up and bring Caesar here. Damn it, I just wanted to know why it is so smart, how did it suddenly have something to do with HIV!?"

Suddenly, everyone suddenly realized that this little orangutan really has too many magical things.

Extremely intelligent, this has long been known.

The strength is very strong. This is what everyone just knew when I rescued my grandma a few days ago.

And now, an undiscovered virus lives in the lymph fluid! ?

Even if it doesn't attack lymphocytes, Caesar must be quarantined!

"Dad, let's keep the specific reason from everyone, especially Sophie and Hannah."

While returning to the ground in the elevator, Alice said to the two: "Ashley, don't tell Sissy and the others first, and Dad, prepare me a suitcase specially used to store viruses."

The elevator slowly ascended to the third basement floor. James frowned and said, "Suitcase? Do you want to...continue research after arriving in England?"

"Although the biochemistry in the UK is not as good as that in Japan, the theoretical knowledge is not much different. I was still thinking about whether to bring that flower to Eton after the start of school. Now it seems that the research topic is directly delivered to my door. gone."

While speaking, the elevator had already ascended to the first floor, and Ashley even yelled loudly.

"By the way, Alice, the cell shape of that flower is also like a sea urchin, do you think there is any relationship between them!?"

Facing her friend's suspicion, Alice looked at her speechlessly.

"Your ability to associate is so rich..."