Lu Ming thought briefly about this issue. And then he realized something. At this time, Zhang Dingshan's further explanation also came to Lu Ming's ears.

"The building inspection team concluded that the internal materials of the walls of the Marina Building were corroded too quickly, and the internal steel bars released too much stress at one time, so the noise was a little louder."

Lu Ming nodded slightly.

This conclusion is consistent with his own speculation.

This is obviously not a good thing. If before this, the damage to the walls and overall structure of the Binhai Building was only limited to the microscopic level and was not exposed on the surface, then at this moment, these damages are finally presented to people through this unusually huge "pop" sound.

An invisible sense of urgency seemed to emerge from the void and tightly encircled Lu Ming.

Although everyone had already reached an agreement on the current situation and made a clear judgment, at this moment, as if muttering to himself, Lu Ming once again told this consensus.

"We, we're really going to hurry."

In the earphones, Zhang Dingshan was silent for a moment, and finally spit out two words.

"Yes."

Cutting off the communication, Lu Ming sighed secretly and focused on the monitoring screen again.

At the moment, the specimen collection operation is still ongoing. The first batch of specimens has been sent to the biochemical laboratory, which is simple but complete, and Professor Shen and others have started professional testing.

Under the microscope, in the culture medium, in the microcosm that people can't usually perceive, the hustle and bustle of the microbial world that belongs to him is really presented in front of him.

All kinds of microorganisms, linear, punctate, cylindrical, large and small, ciliated, nonciliated, cute-looking, disgusting-looking......

All kinds of microorganisms together make up a huge and wonderful world.

Most of the microorganisms were recognized by Professor Shen just by looking at them and remembering their names. At the same time, information about them also appeared in Professor Shen's mind one by one.

It's clear what kind of environment you like, whether it's harmful or harmless, the size, the use, and so on.

He observed, observed.

Even if he disdains the orders from that young man in his heart, when it comes to work, he is still serious and meticulous.

This is his professionalism as a scientist and his professional ethics.

In this case, one specimen after another was excluded, confirming that no unknown microorganisms existed.

Time passed bit by bit, and when the time reached the afternoon, outside the Binhai Building, the temporary headquarters, Lu Ming's heart had gradually sunk to the bottom.

The reason is simple.

Although the entire testing operation is not yet complete, as of now, at least thousands of specimens collected from various parts of the Marina Building have been tested and confirmed to be non-anomalous.

This has basically confirmed that the new microorganism that I presumed does not exist.

If they do exist, how is it possible that thousands of specimens from different locations have not been able to collect them?

This path also seems to be wrong.

In the next situation, he didn't want to follow up.

If the first half of the specimen is not anomalous, then the second half of the specimen is almost impossible to have an anomaly.

At this moment, in the hall on the first floor of the Binhai Building, in the simple biochemistry laboratory, Professor Shen stretched his waist slightly, soothed his tired body, and once again devoted himself to intense work.

While observing the latest batch of microbial specimens, he suddenly made a different discovery.

Speaking of which, the specimens observed this time are actually no different from those before them. All kinds of microorganisms are linear, dotted, spherical, cylindrical, and varied.

But...... Among these microorganisms, a bacillus exhibited a behavior that was inconsistent with Professor Shen's memory.

This bacillus is very common in nature, except for people with extremely low immunity, such as AIDS and other diseases, it usually does not cause disease and is a species that is basically harmless to the human body. Because of its relatively common nature, Professor Shen recognized it at a glance.

This bacillus does not move, it does not have the ability to move, Professor Shen is very sure of this. But at this moment, under the microscope, Professor Shen was full of surprise to see that this bacillus ...... It's moving slowly.

After ruling out the possibility of external factors such as water currents and air currents, Professor Shen felt even more strange in his heart.

It moves very slowly. Even under the microscope lens, it only moved a little distance during the period of time that Professor Shen observed, and if it hadn't happened to be seen, perhaps Professor Shen would have simply ignored the past.

However, no matter how slow it moves, it is still moving on its own. But how could it move on its own? How is it possible that its body structure has this ability?

Professor Shen subconsciously adjusted the magnification and observed the details of the bacillus more closely. So, after the body of this bacillus filled the entire field of vision, Professor Shen was slightly shocked to see that there were many slender cilia on the edge of this bacillus!

Obviously, it is these cilia that act as the "feet" of the bacillus, giving it the ability to actively change its position and move slowly.

But how could this bacillus move?

Every year, I don't know how many biologists, how many doctors, how many biology enthusiasts, how many biology undergraduates, master's students, doctoral students, etc., observe this bacillus through a microscope lens. If it does have cilia and can move itself by relying on cilia, it must have been discovered and published in relevant scientific journals.

You know, this is a big discovery. Master's and doctoral students can rely on this discovery to get a diploma, and biologists can rely on this discovery to get a professional title, get research funding and win reputation.

Unless, unless......

The bacilli I saw with my eyes at this moment were not the kind of bacteria I was familiar with in the past. It is a completely new species, and the bacillus is only found in a few special environments, such as the Marina Building.

Only in this way can it be explained that it has not been discovered by anyone in the many previous studies and observations.

Professor Shen suddenly felt a wave of ecstasy in his heart.

Such a huge discovery actually fell on his head out of thin air!

But the joy lasted only a moment. Because he suddenly realized that he could find this new strain here because of the almost coercive order of the young man he was not used to.

Seem...... The young man had already expected that there might be some new species in the Esplanade.

"It turned out that I was sitting in the well and watching the sky by myself, and I misunderstood the young man."

I recalled the inexplicable solemn atmosphere of this mission, and recalled the bizarre rumors about the Marina Building that I had vaguely heard from the Internet media in the past......

The joy in his heart vanished in an instant.

Determined, he began to observe the bacillus carefully, magnifying the area appropriately, and began to observe the rest of the place.

With a clear search criterion, he found the bacillus from the rest of the specimen in a few moments.

He took back the samples that had been tested before and re-examined them, and found the bacillus in those specimens.

Obviously, because the bacillus moves slowly and looks so similar to the common bacilli that are widely available, I missed it before.

Calming down again, he looked at his colleagues.

"Lao Li, Lao Wang, Lao Zhang! I have a discovery here. ”

After telling about their findings, colleagues also began to search for them. So a moment later, the biologist who was called Lao Li also shouted: "I have it here!" ”

"I'm here too!"

"I saw it too!"

The exclamation from the video surveillance screen attracted Lu Ming, who had already taken his attention, over again.

"Professor Shen, Professor Wang, what do you see?"

Hearing Lu Ming's voice, Professor Shen felt a touch of apology in his heart, and subconsciously slowed down his voice: "We suspect that we have discovered a brand new bacterium. Well, for further information, you also need to take it to a professional laboratory for further testing, and the equipment here is not complete. We have to try to create a suitable environment for it to survive and reproduce, and expand the colony ......."

Lu Ming felt the kindness in Professor Shen's words, but at this moment he was not in the mood to think about why Professor Shen's attitude had changed.

He noticed only one thing.

Brand new bacteria!

A bacterium that has never been found before!

A brand new bacterium found in the Marina Tower!

Lu Ming immediately made a decision and immediately issued a new order: "Okay, take the specimen to the professional laboratory now!" If you need anything, you make a list, and I'll get it for you right away! Be sure to find out everything you need to know about this bacterium in the shortest possible time! ”

If this brand-new bacterium is really the kind of bacteria that can secrete phobic toxins as I speculated, then the investigation of the murderous house will definitely rise to a higher level again, and it will be one step closer to the truth!

"We'll go right away!"

Professor Shen said yes and left here.

But suddenly, Lu Ming remembered something again.

"Wait!" He stopped Professor Shen: "Add a photographic device to the microscope and record the whole process of this new bacterium after it leaves the Marina Building!" ”

This slightly strange order made Professor Shen stunned for a moment.

He could not see the need for this. But because of the existence of a certain sense of guilt, he still did as Lu Ming instructed.

So Lu Ming began to observe the state of the bacillus in real time through the monitoring screen.