She Was the Treasure All Along novel Chapter 741

Did Hallie really think she could mess with Loyce and get away with it? It seemed she still hadn't grasped the concept of consequences. She was out of time to apologize; the Royal Art Academy was already processing her expulsion, and her life was plunging back into darkness, all thanks to her own poor choices.

Meanwhile, Winston and the other students were thrilled to finally meet the legendary Loyce in person. The brilliant, radiant woman immediately captured their attention, and they spent the entire trip eagerly discussing academic theories. They were Bonick's star pupils, though none of them were involved in his top-secret research project.

After a lively group dinner, the students headed home. Loyce followed Bonick back to his lab, where he immediately got down to business. He pulled out a thick stack of files and fired up the projector.

"Loyce, based on what you said earlier, the root cause of our recent failures isn't the stem cell extraction count or the patients' underlying conditions," Bonick explained. "It's exposure to an unknown biological inhibitor. When the cells synthesize with our medication, this inhibitor accelerates their decay and triggers apoptosis."

She nodded thoughtfully. "I wasn't sure if it was human error or deliberate sabotage at the time. When I ran the AI data models, I noticed a microscopic anomaly in the variables."

"My assistant is the only one who helps me here," Bonick said, his tone firm. "And I know for a fact she wouldn't betray me. She's my wife, and a highly respected medical professor in her own right."

He sighed, rubbing his temples. "I retooled the parameters and sent a revised protocol to headquarters. We tried restructuring the entire sequence, but the project hit another wall on their end."

Bonick pulled up the latest synchronized data logs from headquarters, projecting them onto the large screen in the center of the room. His expression was grim. "I had the researchers at HQ run three identical trials using the revised protocol. The first two were flawless—cell cultivation and preliminary induction actually exceeded our initial benchmarks. But yesterday, during the third and most critical phase—simulating the microenvironment and introducing specific growth factors to trigger differentiation—everything crashed."

He switched to a complex graph showing cell viability curves.

"After we introduced the growth factors, the proliferation and differentiation of the target cells accelerated exactly as predicted for the first two hours. All metrics were green. But right at the two-hour mark, the viability curve dropped off a cliff, accompanied by massive, unprogrammed apoptosis. And the strangest part?" He pointed to a secondary data set. "The control group—which received zero growth factors—exhibited the exact same pattern of suppression and abnormal cell death at the exact same time."

Loyce's eyes locked onto the jagged lines, her fingers tapping a slow, rhythmic beat against the table. The lab was dead silent, save for the low hum of the servers.

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