Chapter 142 Collective Cancer

Laboratory No. 2 is in the building next to Professor Connors' office building. The graduate student Peter met tonight went there to work overtime.

The lizard people made a lot of noise, but it was mainly caused by the fact that the building next to it was penetrated. Apart from the obvious vibration, this building had no major impact.

Compared with what happened to Peter, the deceased did not transform into a lizard, but only showed some symptoms, such as scales, and what looked like vertical pupils, but was actually blind.

What's more noteworthy is that they all have huge tumors on their bodies

what happened?

Professor Connors soon arrived at the scene and made a guess.

"Tumors proliferate rapidly. Lizard serum will speed up cell division, but it is unlikely to directly cause cancer.

It's more like the experimenter himself had cancer and then inhaled a genetically modified drug similar to Lizard Potion.

As for why I say similar, I don’t think I need to say more. "

The lizard potion turned Peter into a monster, but Peter did not die, nor did he become cancerous immediately.

In terms of completion level, the completion level of the medicine used in Laboratory No. 2 is far lower than, even less than 10% of Professor Connors's progress.

So how does cancer appear?

“All of the deceased had tumors in their respiratory organs – I think the carcinogens entered through the respiratory tract.

I know the professor in Laboratory No. 2. His direction is inhaled pharmaceuticals, not injectable pharmaceuticals like mine. "

That said, this could be a laboratory safety incident - if so, it's easy to confirm.

George was noncommittal, but he soon received a phone call and obtained information to support this belief.

"The hospital transferred the medical records. There are a total of 8 graduate students in this laboratory, including masters and doctoral students. Three of them are in the hospital. They are not overworked and hospitalized.

They were diagnosed with cancer, and the remaining four continued to work overtime today, with one taking a break, and then it became like this.

Professor, do you think this has anything to do with research? "

Connors hesitated: "I think so, but the instruments here have moved slightly due to the movement tonight. I can't say whether there will be any impact.

check it out. "

Connors pointed to the pharmaceutical analyzer: "This is the pharmaceutical analyzer sponsored by Osborne Group, which is equipped with a small Canary device.

This is a device that disperses drugs into the atmosphere for widespread dissemination. It is just an idea - obviously Laboratory 2 has received more projects and funding than I imagined. "

The analyzer had moved significantly out of place, and Connors took out a bottle of ammonia and inserted it.

If you get closer, you can smell a faint odor - the thing itself is leaking air.

"This is a serious allegation, so I won't say it directly - but I heard that they work very intensively and have conducted numerous animal experiments over the past few months, none of which were successful.

The DNA agent itself will stimulate cells, not to mention that they may have inhaled multiple versions of the agent, which will have cross-effects.

Within a few months, cancer was inevitable.

And then today - it just so happened that today, there was a breakthrough in the experiment, and they planned to conduct animal experiments again."

In the glass, the dead mouse was obviously lizard-like, and there were traces of its blood on the glass. It had obviously hit the glass crazily.

These drugs then spread and were inhaled by these four people. The cancerous cells spread, forming malignant tumors, compressing internal organs and nerves, and they died on the spot.

The lizard serum they were injected with didn't save their lives.

Connors, Leal and George looked at the scene and fell into silence.

Four promising graduate students, and several children recovering in the hospital.

A lot of details were lost with the death of the deceased, not to mention the fact that a real lizard man showed up tonight to confuse things.

We can see from the surveillance that people from the Osborne Group came tonight, but what does that mean?

The Osborne Group sponsors experiments and then requires the laboratory to produce results quickly. It is normal for the laboratory to work overtime.

Even laboratory accidents - safety regulations are strict, but it does not mean that accidents will not happen. This is also a quite unexpected, but logical thing.

There doesn't even need to be a supervillain here, just someone who happens to have a breakthrough.

George was the first to break the silence: "What kind of person is the person in charge of the laboratory?"

Connors opened his mouth, but did not say directly: "You will know in a moment."

Soon, the police found the director of the laboratory - an academician of the National Academy of Sciences who also had considerable say in the field. Most of the results were related to the Osborne Group.

When the police found him, he denied all speculation about laboratory problems and insisted that it had nothing to do with him and that he would talk to a lawyer.

Difficult high-class elites—George had dealt with many of these people.

George had a headache and asked the police to seal off the scene first, and then the three of them walked aside.

The three of them have determined that what happened here is definitely related to the person in charge of the laboratory, but it is difficult to determine the blame. They can only try to restore the scene and then file a public prosecution.

In the end, the three of them didn’t say anything, but they were all thinking about one thing——

What is the attitude of the Osborne Group?

They don't even appear too many times, but they can be regarded as background in the whole thing - are they intentional or accidental?

Things here are even worse. The media will definitely shift their attention to the lizard people and the Connors Research Laboratory.

George wants the truth.

"We have to restore the scene." George said, "I need expert help."

But Lille said: "You already have an expert."

"Peter? Are you sure he can?"

Lear nodded: "He has already turned himself into a lizard man. Isn't this professional enough? We will also provide the necessary technical and data support."

"Then let's go here today -" George pinched his eyebrows, feeling a headache.

"And Lille." George looked at Lille, "Our cooperation this time is impressive - but next time, don't be so reckless."

Lille feels the same way.

In the cyberpunk world, he's in the shadows.

In the Marvel world, he chooses to be a legal citizen in the open, and unexpected problems may arise at any time.

Dr. Connors returned to the laboratory and looked at the mess, feeling helpless.

"Oh Peter, he is a very smart child. It's just that smart children with low self-esteem can easily go to extremes."

Leal lifted a laptop from the ruins, swept away the dust on it, and began to transfer some data:

"His inferiority side brought harm, but the smart part, I kept the biological data--Professor, we are making rapid progress.

Artificial blood is possible, check these out. "

The biological model data after being completely injected with lizard serum is more comprehensive and more reference-based, revealing almost all the changes in the human body after being injected with the serum, becoming a lizard-man and then returning to human form.

And artificial blood is an absolutely feasible idea!

Not only that, cells that can no longer divide, such as bone cells, red blood cells and nerve cells, are also very likely to be artificially cultivated!

It’s just that blood is the best direction to start with.

Connors was so surprised by the gift that he opened his mouth from ear to ear. He picked up the computer and went to admire it.

Lille looked at the messy laboratory and didn't have much emotion - anyway, there was a large piece of land over there in Hammond.

The rebuilt laboratory will be safer and more private.

However, this incident will definitely have a negative impact on the company, and biotechnology incidents cannot be allowed to affect the development of information technology.

It's time to separate the two companies.

And we need to find some allies.