Laboratory is the ninth chapter in the Third Configuration. Malcolm, Thorne and Eddie discover the dinosaurs on Isla Sorna were infected while Arby logins into the internal network and is shocked to find there are real dinosaurs on the island.
Plot[]
As the three men enter the first of InGen's manufacturing bays, Doc Thorne notices that the enormous room contained rows and rows of stainless steel boxes fitted with plastic tubing. Ian Malcolm points out that they were gene sequencing machines and that the machines beyond them were automatic DNA synthesizers. Malcolm picks a ream of yellowed paper off the floor, which contains information on Gallimimus blood factors as well as the finalized DNA sequence for the dinosaur. Malcolm is unsure if the print-outs explain how the dinosaurs are still alive, or if it's just something a worker printed long ago. As they continue to search the room, they locate several memos from InGen scientists that indicate the lab had problems with contamination of the DNA that was so serious they were forced to tag the dinosaurs and release them into the wild in hopes that the animals would stop getting sick. Continuing on, the three notice several staff signs encouraging employees to help stop the spread of DX, which Malcolm assume was the mystery disease that was plaguing InGen's dinosaurs. While walking down a glass hallway, the three notice the large room next to them appears to be a clean-sealed assembly room in pristine condition apart from a few plants growing through the floor. More surprising, Eddie notices a junction box high on the opposite wall that is lit up which indicate the facility still has power.
While the adults explore the InGen facility, Arby Benton continues to work on Thorne's computer and manages to get a personal login password for the network. He is surprised to find out that the password isn't for Thorne's systems, but for access to InGen's Site B Local Area Network. Arby waits, thinking that the site has been defunct and that the system just let one log on. After hitting the return key, he is taken to a service list that hadn't been updated in several years. One of the options was video network, which showed him videos of dinosaurs. Thinking they were just movies, he quickly moves through the videos until he stops on one that shows the trailers parked outside the building while another shows Eddie, Thorne and Malcolm getting into the Explorer and driving around to the back of the building. A shocked Arby then realizes that the videos he was watching were all real.
Trivia[]
The 'H. Wu' written here definitely is Dr. Herny Wu.
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