Chapter 1143: Interview and Written Test

Zhang San came back to his senses, gave Xia Qing a deep look, stepped through the gauze door, first took off his mud-caked protective boots and put on the new straw sandals Xia Qing had set on the rack, then entered the password to open the door and walked into the laboratory.

Why does he know the password too? Because Broken-Waist Wolf had just entered it in front of him.

Xia Qing also quickly changed into straw sandals and followed her idol inside.

The first room upon entering the laboratory was the disinfection and changing room, which was divided into three zones.

The area near the door was the contaminated zone, where personal items and outer garments were stored, and two sets of cleaning equipment were installed. Xia Qing's cleaning equipment was a sensor-activated sink with a 75% press-down alcohol bottle on it; Broken-Waist Wolf's cleaning equipment was an automatic rolling-bristle brush and a magnetic-adsorption cleaning boot.

Broken-Waist Wolf had already carried its prey through the automatic rolling-bristle brush, cleaning the debris stuck to the surface of its protective suit, then stepped each of its four protective-suit-clad paws into the cleaning boot in turn, holding each one in for exactly five seconds before lifting it and moving to the next.

This cleaning boot was specially purchased by Zhang San for the Number Three Territory laboratory. Both this equipment and the rolling-bristle brush were designed and manufactured by a certain R&D big shot at Lan Seven Base specifically for his two brain-evolution shepherd dogs.

After the dog/wolf paw went in, the nano-fibers on the inner wall of the boot automatically wrapped around and cleaned the paw, then performed UV-C ultraviolet disinfection.

This machine is worth 40,000 credits!

Why doesn't this wolf take off its protective suit before disinfection? Zhang San glanced at Xia Qing's very satisfied expression and understood the reason.

After changing, washing hands, and washing paws, they entered the buffer zone.

This area was equipped with ultraviolet lamps and a disinfectant soaking barrel, where lab coats, masks, and gloves could be changed. Of course, this zone was for Xia Qing's use.

The last zone was the clean zone. Depending on the needs of the experiment, protective gear could be put on here. Both Xia Qing and Broken-Waist Wolf could use this zone, but Broken-Waist Wolf needed Xia Qing's assistance.

However, today's experimental project was very simple, so after Broken-Waist Wolf cleaned its body and paws, it carried the bag to a door on the left, skillfully extended one paw to open the sensor-activated lead door, and entered the CT scanning room.

Seeing this, Xia Qing, who was standing outside the scanning room, grew nervous, because this was the step where mistakes were easily made.

After entering the scanning room, Broken-Waist Wolf placed the bag on the low stool Xia Qing had specially equipped for it beside the scanning bed, lifted its nose to sniff, thought for a few seconds, then took out an antibacterial pad and spread it on the scanning bed.

Xia Qing let out a breath of relief and smiled.

Very good—Broken-Waist Wolf smelled the blood! When using the CT machine on a scanning subject with an open wound, an antibacterial pad with a certain water-absorption function must be laid down to prevent liquid from flowing everywhere and contaminating the equipment!

After spreading the pad, Broken-Waist Wolf inserted its right front paw into a bottle-shaped instrument beside it, pressed a button nearby with its left front paw, and by the time it withdrew its right front paw, an antibacterial rubber glove was already on it.

This instrument and the dog gloves were also bought from Lan Seven; the instrument was worth 10,000 credits. If not for her idol ordering them for Broken-Waist Wolf, Xia Qing wouldn't have known there was a big shot at Lan Seven who seemed to have nothing better to do, pondering all day how to improve the quality of life for his two shepherd dogs!

In the scanning room, Broken-Waist Wolf carried the bag onto the antibacterial pad, used its rubber-gloved paw to pull out the Red-Light Goose and arrange it properly, then very properly rubbed its gloved paw on the disinfectant towel beside the scanning bed.

Because this paw had touched the test subject, it had to be disinfected.

Xia Qing nodded in satisfaction; Zhang San frowned. Because the way Broken-Waist Wolf rubbed its paw was obviously taught by Xia Qing—far too perfunctory.

Broken-Waist Wolf keenly detected the change in Zhang San's mood. It turned to glance at Xia Qing, who was smiling, then limped out of the scanning room, closed the lead door, entered the adjacent observation room, and skillfully operated the CT machine to scan this goose.

Zhang San, standing behind Broken-Waist Wolf, asked, "Broken-Waist, how did this goose die?"

Broken-Waist Wolf's rubber-gloved paw accurately pointed to the broken bird neck on the three CT scan images.

"Correct." Zhang San nodded in satisfaction.

Xia Qing immediately gave Broken-Waist Wolf a thumbs-up; Broken-Waist Wolf turned its head and showed Xia Qing its little fang tips.

Zhang San pointed to the next room. "Go clean the scanning room."

Broken-Waist Wolf first shut down the instrument, then limped back into the scanning room, pulled the Red-Light Goose back into the bag, pulled the antibacterial pad into the nearby trash can, turned on the nearby mobile ultraviolet disinfection cart, and disinfected the scanning bed.

This disinfection cart was on a timer and would automatically stop after five minutes, requiring no manual shutoff.

Finally, Broken-Waist Wolf carried the garbage bag and the Red-Light Goose out of the scanning room, closed the lead door, put the bag into the dedicated freezer, put the garbage into the biosafety trash can, and turned to look at Xia Qing.

Xia Qing immediately gave it a thumbs-up—great, very great!

Broken-Waist Wolf showed its two little fang tips.

Zhang San asked, "How many times did you teach Broken-Waist this whole set of operations?"

Xia Qing immediately answered, "Two afternoons, many times. Third Brother, you see no problem, right?"

"Its operations are fine."

It's just that some details you didn't teach well enough—but it had already exceeded Zhang San's expectations. "Broken-Waist, your performance is very good. You may use the CT machine from now on. In the future, when encountering a suspected toxic test subject, try not to carry it in your mouth."

Broken-Waist Wolf looked at Xia Qing.

Xia Qing immediately seized this rare opportunity to fight for benefits for Broken-Waist Wolf. "Third Brother, scented toxins and harmful substances, Broken-Waist can smell, but odorless toxins can't be relied on through smell. How about this—may I trade with you for a toxin detection instrument suitable for it?"

Zhang San looked at the evolved wolf, which was smiling exactly like Xia Qing, and nodded. "Fine. Come pick it up at my place in three days."

"Thank you so much, Third Brother, you're really amazing—able to make such a powerful instrument in just three days!" Xia Qing knew when to stop, straightened her attitude, and asked, "Third Brother, is it my turn to demonstrate now?"

Your problems are already obvious enough—do you still need a demonstration?

Zhang San shot Xia Qing a look, turned and went to the testing room, watched Broken-Waist Wolf, wearing one glove, demonstrate the correct way to use the microscope, then entered the largest artificial climate cultivation room by floor area.

This cultivation room was 50 square meters, with three rows of four-tiered cultivation racks inside whose temperature, humidity, and lighting conditions could be adjusted. Because it had not yet been put into use, the cultivation slots on the racks had no plants planted in them, and the zone control system and gas circulation device had not been turned on, so the room's temperature was the same as the other rooms.

This room had also been cleaned very thoroughly.

Zhang San nodded in satisfaction. "Your lump of giant bee feces, once put into a container, can also be placed in a separate temperature-controlled compartment to ferment."

Seeing Xia Qing's eyes light up, Zhang San didn't want to hear her nonsense, turned and walked outward. "Go take the next subject, then eat."

"Yes, Third Brother, you and Broken-Waist go back first. I'll take that Red-Light Goose to feed the snakes."

Zhang San asked, "How many snakes are you keeping now?"

"Thirty-some, all small Green-Light Snakes. The longest one is only a little over three meters. They occasionally eat some Red-Light food, which won't affect their quality."

Xia Qing had a strong sense of crisis—she wouldn't give up on any living thing she could raise. The thirty-some Green-Light Snakes in the snake tank were all breeds with very strong survival ability that she and her allies had carefully selected over the past two years; they only needed regular feeding and cleaning of the breeding tanks.

The two adult Green-Light Black-Maned Geese in the breeding greenhouse were one male and one female; Xia Qing also planned to keep them. She wasn't short of quality vegetables and drinking water. If these two geese could adapt to a captive environment, she would have a second type of quality poultry.

After she put the Red-Light Goose into the snake tank and returned to the spotlessly clean living room, she suddenly felt the sky had fallen in.

"Third Brother, is that my... exam paper?"

So densely packed with words, it was obviously a material analysis question!

"Mm, I downloaded it from the internet. Finish it within 30 minutes." Zhang San finished speaking, then tested Broken-Waist Wolf with the third question: "If a wolf comes to you sick, but you don't know what illness it has, can you just give it any random medicine?"

Broken-Waist Wolf pressed its mouth shut, face solemn.

Zhang San nodded in satisfaction. "Correct. You cannot prescribe medicine before identifying the cause of the illness, otherwise you may well worsen the condition, or even cause the sick wolf to die."

Xia Qing......

I can answer this one too!

I don't want to take the test paper, I want to go to the interview together with Duan-Yao Wolf.