Chapter 479 Are These Losers?
Despite having many doubts in her heart, Sophia still didn't ask them out loud.
She wasn't generous enough to help Lachlan clear up his confusion.
She slowly shook her head, "You're wrong. I'm different from you, and I would never play games with people's lives."
It wasn't that she was self-righteous, but she had reverence for human life.
Robert had taught her that life was the most precious thing in this world.
The ultimate purpose of studying medicine was to save people, not to harm them.
But Lachlan seemed to have already gone off the deep end.
She asked curiously, "Celestia is also your child, why didn't you choose her?"
She wasn't sure if Benjamin was Lachlan's son, but she was certain that Celestia was definitely his daughter.
Although Arabella was petty and ambitious, her feelings for Lachlan couldn't be faked.
Lachlan shook his head: "She's not worthy."
Mentioning Celestia, Lachlan's expression became even gloomier.
Magnus had three sons, all excellent, while the daughter he had was like a waste.
No matter how much he didn't want to admit it, he had to accept reality.
This was also what he hated most about Magnus.
Why were some people born noble and superior, while others were so lowly they were in the dust?
He wasn't willing to accept it!
Sophia frowned, feeling there was more to his words. She wanted to ask more, but he pulled her to the lab bench.
"Since you want to know so badly, then take a good look at this research."
Lachlan's expression was cold. He raised his hand and pointed at the reagents and equipment on the lab bench, "As long as you can complete the research, I'll tell you whatever you want to know."
Sophia was pushed by him and stumbled, almost falling to the ground.
She looked up, gave Lachlan a deep look, then turned her gaze to the lab bench.
Many test tubes and reagents were placed on it.
The blackboard beside it was covered with various equations, messy and complex.
Sophia swallowed and asked him, "What if I don't want to help you with the research?"
Lachlan raised his eyebrows, the smile on his face gentle yet cruel.
"Then you'll... be a test subject again."
Sophia closed her eyes hard, hiding the coldness in them, "I can agree to help you."
"Really?"
"Really, but I have conditions."
"Go ahead..."
Lachlan smiled, putting on an appearance of being reasonable.
But Sophia knew better than anyone what kind of dirty and cruel heart lay beneath this gentle mask.
"First, I don't like being disturbed."
Lachlan: "But I need to have someone watch you. You're so smart, what if you run away?"
Sophia laughed mockingly, "This is your territory, where could I run to?"
Lachlan nodded slightly: "You have a point. I can agree to that."
Sophia felt a slight relief in her heart, and her tightly clenched hands behind her back relaxed a bit.
She continued: "Second, release all the children you've captured."
"I can't agree to that. Those children are test subjects and need to be observed for a few more days."
Sophia laughed coldly, interrupting Lachlan's words.
Lachlan lifted his eyelids to look at her, asking puzzled: "Is there a problem?"
Sophia's eyes narrowed slightly, her tone full of arrogant confidence.
"Lachlan, what makes you think this experiment will succeed? Based on these useless people?"
The medical experts standing nearby, suddenly catching straws: "..."
Why attack them personally while talking?
Their reputations in the outside world were all top-tier.
How did they become useless in her mouth?
One senior professor scolded sternly: "What right does a young person like you have to point fingers here?"
Sophia remained calm and glanced at Lachlan, "Lachlan, do you think I have the right?"
Lachlan stared at her for a while, then laughed out loud, "Of course you do. Professor Franklin, don't let her young age fool you - her medical knowledge is quite advanced."
Ivan Franklin snorted coldly, "I don't believe it. If she's so capable, let her compete with me."
He had studied medicine for over forty years and considered himself to have almost no rivals in the medical field.
Even if there were any, they were all older experts.
When did it become a young woman's turn to make such bold claims in front of him?
Sophia smiled and nodded, "Fine, I accept the challenge."
After a pause, she looked at Lachlan again, "Lachlan, can you untie me now?"
She had a sweet and obedient-looking face.
If you didn't know her well enough, you'd definitely be fooled by her appearance.
However, Lachlan was in a good mood today and was particularly tolerant of her.
He walked forward and helped Sophia untie the ropes on her hands.
Sophia's hands were finally free. She rotated her wrists.
Being tied up really wasn't pleasant.
She walked around the lab bench and finally stopped in front of the blackboard.
The blackboard was filled with equations, various symbols in complete chaos.
Under everyone's gaze, Sophia picked up the eraser and wiped away all the content on the blackboard.
"What are you doing?" Ivan couldn't help but cry out.
The other professors' expressions also changed dramatically.
Those equations had taken them nearly half a year to calculate.
Don't be fooled by the simple symbols - the actual experimental process was ever-changing.
One small mistake in an element symbol could ruin the entire experiment.
They had worked so hard for so long and had finally made some progress today.
They hadn't even had time to copy down the equations from the blackboard, and Sophia had destroyed them.
All the professors glared at Sophia with anger.
If looks could kill, Sophia would have died a thousand times over by now.
Sophia's expression was calm. Unhurried, she picked up a pen from the side and quickly wrote and drew on the blackboard.
At first, Ivan thought Sophia was just fooling around.
But gradually, they realized Sophia was writing a series of equations on the blackboard.
They seemed different from before, yet had similar effects.
No! More accurately, these were the correct equations.
The most precise answer they had been trying to calculate all along.
For years, they had been researching the toxin in Benjamin's body.
At first, Elijah would regularly provide them with toxin samples for research.
But later, Elijah's identity was exposed.
The poison in Benjamin's body was also cured by someone.
They could no longer find new samples to study and could only simulate previous samples from memory.
Later, they heard that Benjamin's blood could be made into an antidote.
With the antidote, they could work backwards.
And thus recreate the reagent that could alter human genes.
But they never expected that Benjamin's blood samples would contain nothing at all.
Ivan was so excited his hands trembled, "This, this is..."
"Isn't this what you've been wanting all along? Don't recognize it now?"