Days of Doing Research on Terra

If you've been to university, you should be able to appreciate the thrill of many of the scenes. If you've studied biology, you'll be even more familiar with it—it's awesome! NCS, the research enthusiast girl, is just too classic!

This is a postgraduate-level novel with a focus on advanced technology. The technology used is all standard technology from over a decade ago, giving the feeling of traveling back to 30 or 40 years ago with new-era technology. For graduate students in related fields, this is like a wish-fulfillment novel. Top journals, acceptances in a week—that's awesome! They work themselves to the bone for four or five years and only get three papers in minor top journals, not even in sub-journals. For the lab's geniuses, reading these kinds of articles is the ultimate wish-fulfillment novel.

The writing is very academic, but frankly, a bit too academic. The chapters I've read have consistently focused on advancing medicine and improving Oripathy, but it seems to be treating the symptoms rather than the root cause. In my opinion, Originium shouldn't be something that can be solved simply by advancing medicine. If the protagonist only possesses our world's modern knowledge system, he'll never be able to compete with beings from a pre-existing civilization whose technology is unknown. The protagonist also mentions whether they are immortal beings, and the mess on this land goes far beyond Originium. Shouldn't they try to move the main storyline forward a bit?

The latest chapters about Sherag were somewhat unpleasant to read. As per the previous plot, Kal'tsit made the connection, and Theresa invited the protagonist to help. The protagonist refused, citing that Kazdel did not have the financial means and that he would not be able to conduct research there. But isn't Sherag's situation pretty much the same now? He only has a fledgling medical equipment company. What can the protagonist research there? Moreover, the protagonist also faces the situation of being targeted by some people. If you're going to talk about associating with giant beasts, you might as well find a Japanese movie where the protagonist studied in Yan Country.

How could you publish in a top journal right off the bat?! That's not how you do a PhD! You should first read literature, then gradually build your knowledge base. Occasionally do an experiment, gather usable data. Then, one late night, you suddenly have an inspiration and create a brilliant model. Finally, you present your findings at a group meeting, your advisor approves, you graduate smoothly, and then you get a teaching position or a high-paying job offer. How could you just jump straight to a top journal?! This isn't how you do a PhD at all!! I don't accept this!!!

This book is truly unique in the Arknights fanfiction genre. Many things directly address certain people's experiences, giving me the feeling that while I'm reading, I'm also back in college. 🌿

It was just a hallucination before he was poisoned by forgetting to close the fume hood. It was just a fantasy before I was blown away by the centrifuge rotor. It was just a figment of his imagination before he was knocked unconscious by the explosion, because he misremembered the reaction conditions. It was just a fantasy before I got electrocuted for forgetting to turn off the power while debugging the instrument. It was just a fantasy before I collapsed from exhaustion after staying up all night revising articles. When I got to the animal room and saw the mice, I was so angry I almost fainted – it was just a figment of my imagination. It's just wishful thinking that the drinks at the dinner party were laced with methanol and people drank too much. The junior students' fantasies about being sunburned to death by forgetting to turn off the ultraviolet light on the clean bench were just wishful thinking. 😭😭😭😭😭

As we all know, the 21st century is the century of biology. It just hasn't started yet.

Seeing the words "group meeting" triggered my reaction; I'm not watching anymore 😋

The novel's plot seems to involve hallucinations caused by a toxic gas leak in a fume hood.