A miserable ape head stained with hair and blood was placed in the refrigerator "casually", which was still a little scary to think about, but fortunately, Duan Pingsi had experienced the anatomy class, and after a short period of discomfort, he was no longer afraid of it.

People have always had a unique mood about apes, and because they look and behave too much like humans, scientists believe that modern humans share a common ancestor with modern apes, which means that studying apes can help scientists explain the secrets of human origin and evolution.

Duan Pingsi never imagined that his research career began with the identification of this ape head, and according to Professor A's instructions, he would send the extracted DNA to TOM (Human Origins) Biotechnology Co., Ltd. in the center of the city for sequencing.

"Professor A hasn't accepted apprentices for many years, it seems that he can't stand loneliness after all!"

Duan Pingsi was greeted by a man about the same age as Professor A, just shorter and with a wider face, and he seemed to be more interested in Professor A's admission of a new undergraduate than DNA sequencing.

"I'm just helping him get started, not an apprentice or anything!"

Duan Pingsi smiled awkwardly, he knew that the masters were very particular about accepting apprentices, and he knew what kind of material he was, so he didn't expect to become a formal disciple of Professor A, and he would be satisfied if he could do his thesis under Professor A with peace of mind, as for next year's graduate school, he hadn't thought so far for the time being.

"Classmate, you are humble, with my many years of understanding of Professor A, I am not a student who is particularly optimistic about him, and I can't enter his laboratory at all, even if I visit him."

The man accepted the sample that Duan Pingsi took, carefully put it in the refrigerator, and filled in the relevant information on a registration form, all of which was done under sterile conditions, which looked very professional.

"So you've known Professor A for a long time, huh?" When Duan Pingsi heard him praise himself like this, he immediately had some good feelings for him, and at the same time, he began to be curious about his identity.

"We grew up playing together, went to school together, graduated together, and then worked together. By the way, my name is Zhang Yu, and Professor A's hair is small, or Professor A is my hair small. ”

Zhang Yu said happily, pulled two chairs over casually, sat one for himself, and asked Duan Pingsi to sit on the other. Duan Pingsi hesitated for a moment and sat down face to face with him.

"It turns out that you are Professor Zhang, this Professor A has not told me, I don't know if you know each other, or fellow countrymen."

Duan Pingsi thought to himself, probably because Professor A forgot to tell himself that it was his classmate who helped with the sequencing, but thinking about it on the other hand, it seems that there is no need to tell himself about this kind of private matter.

"This old man is very stubborn!" Zhang Yu smiled, "He is afraid that you and I will be too close, and I will dig him." ”

Later, Zhang Yu also took Duan Pingsi on a tour of the modern company, where the various advanced equipment and tantalizing research results are dazzling, Zhang Yu said that this is only a small part of the company, headquartered in Beijing, where the scale is even larger.

Before leaving, Zhang Yu sent Duan Pingsi to the gate of the company, and kindly hinted to him that he could come here to work after graduation, but Duan Pingsi was embarrassed to say that he was still studying for an undergraduate and had not thought about the future.

"What can I do?" When Duan Pingsi came out of TOM, he was very puzzled by Zhang Yu's behavior, and where could he think of the importance of a good mentor at this time.

In fact, many of the great masters of science, such as Albert Einstein, Newton, Heisenberg, and others, have students who are experts or scholars who have achieved great results, even if they cannot reach their own heights. If Duan Pingsi can become Professor A's student, then his future is destined to be extraordinary, if he works hard enough.

In the next few days, Duan Pingsi still went out early and returned late, went to Professor A's laboratory every day to help, reviewed some homework by himself when he had free time, and occasionally took out the "Paleontology Atlas" given by Professor A to take a look.

Duan Pingsi learned about all kinds of paleontology from the book, and also learned some simple identification methods, which there are incomprehensible contents, as long as Professor A gives him a little guidance, he will be able to suddenly open up.

One day, Duan Pingsi took advantage of Professor A's tea to ask him about the question he often saw at 12:12, Professor A first acted extremely surprised, and then continued to drink tea, as if he was silent for a long time before slowly saying to Duan Pingsi:

"It's probably just a matter of chance, you try to erase it from your brain, don't think about it, maybe it won't happen again in a few days. This aspect of things is a bit difficult to do, and besides, I don't know much about ......, I think you don't think about these things for the time being, and concentrate on identifying this ape species, the more you think about it, the more uncomfortable it will be. ”

Obviously, Professor A's words have not yet been finished, and he seems to be hiding some key issues, which makes Duan Pingsi feel that the "12:12" incident is very unusual, and it is not at all like the "law of attraction" that his roommate Zhao Zhuo said.

So where do you go to find the truth? Coming out of the laboratory, Duan Pingsi thought of his ancestor (Duan Siping), he thought that the ancestor had lived for more than a thousand years, and he must have seen a lot of knowledge, maybe he could know this problem.

"Ancestor! Ancestor! ”

Duan Pingsi hid under a ginkgo tree and called softly, but several minutes passed, but there was no response from the ancestor, Duan Pingsi raised his voice and repeated a few times, and only then did there be a yawn in the air.

"Son, what's the matter? The ancestor is sleeping, and he is very sleepy in the middle of the night! ”

"It turns out that the world of the ancestor is now night, I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to." Duan Pingsi felt very embarrassed, thinking that it was good that this ancestor didn't get up.

"Of course it's night, I forgot to tell you, time is like death here for me, it passes extremely slowly, I have to spend a year there in one day, and now my world is almost dawn, you probably have to celebrate the New Year, right?"

Old Ancestor's explanation surprised Duan Siping, and exclaimed, "Isn't this the difference between heaven and earth in mythology, this is also incredible."

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"What's this, there are still many things you don't know, I'll tell you slowly later, who called you the grandson of my grandson's grandson's grandson's grandson's grandson's Come on, what did you just call me, I'm going to sleep a little longer! ”

After the ancestor finished speaking, he seemed to close his eyes immediately, and even snorted mischievously, Duan Pingsi was afraid that he would really fall asleep, so he immediately told him his question, but the eight-character answer he got made Duan Pingsi cry and laugh.

"This is a heavenly opportunity, and it must not be divulged." After the ancestor finished speaking mysteriously, he fell asleep, leaving the dumbfounded Duan Pingsi just to scold his mother loudly.

It was still early in the morning when I got back to the dormitory, the sun was about to set, and the last bit of afterglow shone on the wall clock on the wall, which happened to be six o'clock.

However, what is strange is that in the next few days, Duan Pingsi never saw the moment when the clock pointed to 12:12.