Demons Beside You (The Demons Beside Me)

As soon as Chen Zhao left the teaching building, a woman came towards him.

Chen Zhao recognized this woman at first sight. The woman was holding a large box and looked very strenuous.

"Hi, Villian."

This woman met Villian, a Ph.D. in biology at the University of San Diego, on New Year's Eve when she was experiencing the mirror space on the road from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.

"Mr. Chen, why are you here?" Villian adjusted his glasses: "Oh, by the way, you are a professor at the Los Angeles campus. It shouldn't be surprising to meet you here."

"What are you carrying? Let me help you." Chen Zhao looked at Villian's stature. The box was bigger than hers, and it was very difficult to walk all the way.

"How embarrassing."

Chen Zhao has already received Wei Lian's box, which is estimated to weigh more than thirty kilograms.

"What's in this? Is it so heavy?"

Villian glanced at Chen Zhao. She was one of the few people who had seen Chen Zhao's true face.

Is this box of more than 30 kilograms heavy to him?

Villian wiped his sweat and walked with Chen Zhao.

"Villian, I haven't asked you yet why you are here."

"I accepted Professor Fosl's invitation to come here as Professor Fosl's assistant to conduct biological research." Villian said.

The School of Biology at the University of Los Angeles has a large campus. Chen Zhao entered the School of Biology building.

Then we entered a laboratory, where many students were conducting some experimental research.

And some places are sterile and dust-free enclosed spaces.

For example, the laboratory that Wei Lian brought Chen Zhao into had to be disinfected at the entrance.

But as soon as he entered the laboratory, he was stopped by a bearded man in a white coat.

"Who are you and why did you come in here?" The bearded man asked.

"Professor Forsl, this is a professor at the medical school. He helps me move the boxes." Villian said.

Professor Fusier glanced at Chen Zhao: "I don't care who he is, you can't bring anyone in here at will, don't you know?"

Villian's face was full of embarrassment. She didn't expect Professor Fausl to be so unkind.

"Villian, I'm leaving first." Chen Zhao said.

He didn't want to embarrass Villian either.

Maybe this laboratory does have regulations in this regard.

If you come in hastily, you will indeed cause trouble to others.

After Chen Zhao left the laboratory, he went straight to Wright's office.

Wright's office feels almost like Chen Zhao coming home.

Wright was basking in the sun in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, enjoying the sunbath.

Chen Zhao came in without even knocking on the door.

"Wright, did you miss me?"

Wright turned to look at Chen Zhao: "You are finally willing to come. You only came to school three times last semester."

"I was busy last semester." Chen Zhao said helplessly.

"How's it going? Have you met your students?"

"You've caused me a lot of trouble." Chen Zhao was originally very reluctant.

However, Wright knew negotiation strategies very well. He first asked Chen Zhao to lead a class of more than a dozen students.

Chen Zhao naturally refused, and then she proposed to take only a few interns.

Chen Zhao couldn't continue to reject Wright, and when he came to his senses, he realized that he had been fooled.

Wright had never intended for him to lead a class.

"By the way, the school will organize a spring outing in a while. Will you come?"

"Teacher's?"

"No, it's for the students, but some teachers will be there too."

"They are not children anymore, so why do they still organize this kind of spring outing?"

“Sandro National Park had just opened and their director extended an invitation to our school.”

"Let's forget it." Chen Zhao shook his head.

Chen Zhao really has no interest in this kind of collective outing.

It's better to stay with Fali at home.

At this moment, the office door was pushed open again.

I saw Professor Fausl from before rushing in angrily.

"Your Excellency, Principal, I want to know why you rejected our biological laboratory's funding application?"

"I think the Camus theory is not valid, so I don't think it is necessary to continue experimental research to support the Camus theory."

"No, the Camus theory is correct." Professor Forsl was like a mad lion, his voice full of anger.

"So you spent four years researching it and spent nearly five million dollars. What did you come up with?" Wright asked.

"No research is smooth sailing. The Camus theory needs more support, more research funding, and more instruments. If you could give me absolute support, my research would have yielded results long ago. , this is not my fault, nor is it a Camus theory error."

"I need some results, but you have no results at all. How do you ask me to continue to support your research? The school's funds do not come from strong winds. I cannot endlessly support a research full of uncertainties." Wright was adamant.

If you don't support it, you don't support it. Wright is a very realistic person.

If she thinks a study is a waste of time, she won't continue to support it.

"You will regret it. I will prove that I am right. I will prove that Camus theory is correct." Professor Forsl roared loudly: "If you don't support me, there will be people who support me. Many companies are willing to spend The money supports my research.”

"Then you can find those companies for support." Wright said disapprovingly.

"Don't regret it." Professor Fusier said angrily.

Then, he slammed the door and left.

"What is Camus theory?" Chen Zhao asked curiously.

"Professor Forsl once had a mentor named Camus. At an international biology exchange meeting, Camus gave a speech on his theory, but then he was ridiculed by his peers. Then Camus committed suicide because of this, and Fausl took over Camus's research."

Wright said: "This Camus theory is actually to use drugs to electrically stimulate brain neurons, and then improve brain intelligence."

"It sounds pretty reliable," Chen Zhao said.

"You are not a biologist, so you don't understand the risks involved. Brain neurons are too complex, and Fossl's research is too radical. He once asked the school to provide him with human corpses for research."

"Um...how can the school provide corpses? Does our school still have this service?"

"Some people who died of illness will donate their bodies to medical research institutions, and our school can also apply for it." Wright said: "However, in our school, only the medical school laboratory can apply, and those outside the medical school can apply. Experiments on human subjects are prohibited in any laboratory."

This regulation is an international convention and involves some moral and ethical aspects.