“We’ve all worked hard for this. You have no right to delete the data!” Thompson wanted to grab the laptop from Lily, but he was no match for her. Their fight over the laptop drew others over.
“Professor Thompson? What are you doing?”
“Hurry, grab the laptop! She’s trying to destroy the lab data!” Thompson hurriedly asked the others to help.
The others were hesitant at first, but after hearing what he had said, they charged over to help him. Lily noticed a lot of people swarming over and held up the laptop. Then she smashed it heavily on the floor with a thud.
Everyone was stunned when they saw the laptop breaking into pieces. A dead silence ensued. They hardly knew how to react since they did not know what was happening.
Everyone in the lab had looked up to Lily since Thompson had always asked them to listen to her. However, the two got into a fight, and Lily even smashed the laptop to destroy the data.
“Y-You’re…” After about ten seconds of silence, Thompson sank to his knees and cried while staring at the broken pieces. “This is insane.”
The other workers remained quiet.
“It’s insane, all right!” Lily stood there with a cold stare. “The experiment is an act of madness. Guys, we shouldn’t carry on with it. It’s only going to bring harm to humankind instead of benefiting anyone! We should disband and destroy all the data!”
“You shut up!” Thompson looked up abruptly and glowered at her for the first time as if she was an enemy.
All his joy and admiration disappeared as he said through clenched teeth, “This experiment is mine! I came up with it. It won’t bring any harm, so stop being an alarmist! If you don’t want to do it, f*ck off! We can still do it without you! Who the f*ck are you to destroy the data and what we’ve worked hard on?”
The others did not know whether to console him or say anything. Austin heard the commotion and rushed over from the other lab. He was stunned for a moment after seeing the confrontation.
After Thompson shouted, Austin caught himself and moved through the crowd. He crouched and gently held Thompson up, then stared at the scattered debris on the floor. He slowly looked up toward Lily. “You’ve destroyed all the data?”
Lily threw an unwavering gaze at him. “Yes!”
There was not the slightest bit of hesitation in her gaze as she did not think she should feel guilty for what she did. She was so calm that Austin did not know what to say.
‘All our hard work ended up as debris on the floor for no reason.’
He chuckled mirthlessly. “Yeah, this is insane.”
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