The moment he picked up the manuscript, Xu Yun couldn't help but laugh at his own foolishness.

"This is really a desperate gamble…"

Believing that an art student could solve the ice crystal problem was like believing that Van Gogh could build a lithography machine.

But Xu Yun still put on his glasses and began to study the manuscript.

At first, he only felt that the young man had put in some effort and researched a lot of information.

But…

The further he read.

The tighter Xu Yun's brow furrowed.

"He understands this too? How did he come up with this?"

Whoosh—

Xu Yun waved his arm, sweeping away the clutter on the lab table.

Then he placed the manuscript neatly on the table, sat up straight, and became serious.

"This feels like it's missing something…"

"How was this derived? The process is a bit jumpy… but it's generally connected."

Xu Yun was a little confused, feeling that the manuscript was somewhat fragmented.

He flipped through the entire manuscript, found no binding errors, no missing pages, and had to scratch his head and continue reading.

Gradually…

Sweat began to appear on Xu Yun's forehead.

"This manuscript… there's really something to it!"

He was a professional.

So, after reading only the first few pages, he could be 100% certain—

Although this manuscript was incomplete, somewhat jumpy, and had some minor symbolic errors…

It was undeniable.

This was definitely a genuine scientific research manuscript!

Not fabricated, not written by an amateur scientist, but real parameters supported by experimental data!

He could understand the first half of the manuscript, which was relatively basic. But some of the "wild ideas" in the latter half were something he had never considered.

Shua.

Xu Yun turned another page.

After that were many chemical equations, formulas, molecular formulas, experimental data parameters, and so on…

These were the real treasures!

Without delay, Xu Yun immediately took action.

He emptied his brain and began to operate completely according to the experimental data and steps recorded in the manuscript.

The manuscript had detailed parameters and reaction formulas, so it was not difficult to copy.

Although some equations were not connected, and there were obvious missing steps in the middle, Xu Yun had been studying this field for many years. The manuscript had given him such hints that he could fill in these small gaps himself.

Before long…

The anti-ice crystal substance, which was said to be deeply integrated with water molecules, was prepared. Professor Xu Yun set up a microscope and a freezer box and began to conduct live cell experiments again.

He took a deep breath.

"Hoo…"

After a few deep breaths, he pressed the button to start lowering the freezer box temperature.

3 degrees Celsius,

-8 degrees Celsius,

-17 degrees Celsius,

-27 degrees Celsius…

As the experimental temperature continued to decrease, Xu Yun's heart beat faster and faster! It was about to jump out!

Ice crystals began to condense on the glass wall of the freezer box, but the live cells in the middle of the microscope eyepiece… were still slowly wriggling! The cell fluid was also flowing slowly! No ice at all! No ice crystals!

Xu Yun was shocked…

"Liquid nitrogen, liquid nitrogen!"

Xu Yun had no assistant by his side, so he had to run to the storage room himself, take out a bottle of liquid nitrogen, add it to the instrument, and slowly inject it into the freezer box.

The temperature of liquid nitrogen is around -200 degrees Celsius.

This was considered absolute low temperature.

As the liquid nitrogen was slowly injected… the temperature displayed on the computer screen dropped rapidly, like a bungee jump.

-87 degrees Celsius,

-156 degrees Celsius,

-187 degrees Celsius…

Finally.

The temperature was maintained at -191 degrees Celsius.

And under the microscope, it showed—

The live cells seemed to have stopped wriggling! But they had not completely stopped. They still wriggled slightly a few times within a minute!

And the liquid inside the cells showed no signs of freezing at all, still flowing very slowly, very slowly.

"No ice crystals… no ice crystals!"

Professor Xu Yun was so excited that he became incoherent:

"Minus 200 degrees, the cells can still maintain absolute activity at minus 200 degrees, without ice crystals!"

Professor Xu Yun relaxed for a moment and sat directly on the ground.

At this moment… he could no longer control his emotions.

He had been suppressed for too long!

Countless failures!

Alienated by everyone for ten years!

Xu Yun thought of the grievances he had suffered over the years, and of his precious daughter, emaciated and sleeping soundly in the hospital bed. He couldn't help but feel his vision blurring:

"Yi Yi… Dad has finally succeeded…"

…

After a long time, Professor Xu Yun calmed down.

He stood up.

Like holding a sacred decree, he held the manuscript sent by Lin Xian in both hands.

The previous experiment proved that this manuscript was undoubtedly correct.

"As long as the ice crystal problem is solved, we are only one step away from completing the hibernation chamber filling fluid."

"This manuscript only took two pages to solve the ice crystal problem… then the following pages must record the correct formula and preparation method for the hibernation chamber filling fluid."

Thinking of this, Xu Yun was excited.

But at the same time…

An even greater doubt instantly filled his heart—

"[Where did this manuscript come from?]"

The so-called insider sees the trick, and the outsider sees the fun.

Xu Yun could tell at first glance that the young man who sent the manuscript was just a "copier," not a real "researcher."

This was too obvious to fool him, a professional scientist.

"I remember… the young man's name seemed to be Lin Xian?"

Xu Yun recalled his conversation with Lin Xian:

"Do you understand the knowledge of the hibernation field?"

"I only know the superficial…"

"Where did these materials come from?"

"This is not convenient to say."

…

Not convenient to say.

Xu Yun paced and thought in the laboratory.

The young man, Lin Xian, had never said that the manuscript was his own research, and he generously admitted that he did not know much about the field of hibernation.

So the source of this manuscript…

[Lin Xian must have obtained it from somewhere else.]

Xu Yun guessed that there were most likely two situations—

1. Lin Xian was entrusted by someone to send this information to him.

2. Lin Xian used illegal means and special channels to secretly copy the confidential data from a research institute abroad.

"No matter which possibility… it's outrageous."

Xu Yun frowned and continued to reason.

He knew very well that no one in China was engaged in research in the field of hibernation except himself.

Moreover, if a scientific master really wanted to help him, why not come forward himself? Why use Lin Xian to make such a big detour?

As for stealing secrets from foreign research institutes… that was even more impossible.

Lin Xian was not a special soldier, could he still climb walls and sneak in?

However.

These doubts could be put aside for now.

Xu Yun flipped through the manuscript, looking at the chemical formulas and molecular formulas written on the following pages.

He wanted to try it immediately.

If he operated strictly according to the steps in this manuscript…

"Can he, in one breath, create the hibernation chamber filling fluid?"