Chapter 579: Lin Changshou: How Could It Be...
Chapter 579 -354: Lin Changshou: How Could It Be…
It wasn’t that the Extraordinary Core’s performance was lacking—it was that its performance was far too powerful!
If Liu Xuan had known anything about Pharmacy back then, this Extraordinary Core would have shaken the Pharmacy Domain to its foundations long ago.
According to Liu Xuan’s current understanding, this Extraordinary Core could replace the Inspiration Talent of S-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers!
This was a true revolution!
But Liu Xuan couldn’t keep this function. If she did, United Pharmaceutical would become a public enemy in the blink of an eye.
What Liu Xuan was considering was how to neuter the Extraordinary Core’s functions.
Lin Qi fell silent after hearing Liu Xuan’s explanation.
For some reason, Lin Qi felt like he was a head shorter than Liu Xuan…
After all, Lin Qi had the design schematics for that device as well.
After they had returned from the Liu’s Prototype Machine Exhibition Hall, Liu Xuan had already sent the blueprints to Lin Qi.
𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
But alas, Lin Qi’s own skills were limited. He hadn’t even figured out the purpose of the device’s main structure, to say nothing of studying its Extraordinary Core.
Lin Qi’s knowledge of mechanics was at an A-Class level.
But when it came to the field of Extraordinary Items engineering, Lin Qi had absolutely no foundation.
Lin Qi could only say, “Thank you for all your hard work.”
With that, Lin Qi rose from his seat and went from one S-Class Pharmaceutical Researcher to the next, assigning them their tasks.
Theoretically, Lin Qi could have done all this work himself.
But since he was bringing Nanyun Potion into the fold, Lin Qi had to consider the level of participation from this group of S-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers.
The kind-hearted Lin Qi deliberately set many difficult problems for them, all of which were challenges that only S-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers could solve.
The 250 Base Potion, multi-type Base Potion mixtures, solid-state Potion extracts…
Lin Qi compiled all sorts of difficult problems from the field of Pharmacy and assigned them one by one.
Were these tasks useful for the experiments and thesis on the “Phase Theory”?
Of course they were.
But even without them, it wouldn’t affect the establishment of the foundational theory.
Lin Qi was merely finding things for them to do, and at the same time, using his own judgment to pave the way for the development of the “Phase Theory” after its implementation.
When the S-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers heard Lin Qi’s requirements, their expressions gradually began to change.
These requirements… were so demanding!
It was too difficult!
Fortunately, Lin Qi hadn’t proposed too many of these high-difficulty requirements.
After some discussion, Xu Zhengming, Lin Qinghong, Nan Jujun, and the others decided to adopt a saturation research method.
Each would lead ten A-Class researchers as assistants, with multiple teams tackling the difficult projects simultaneously.
As long as one team succeeded, it would be enough to push the project to completion.
Lin Qi naturally had no objections and gave them full responsibility for this part of the work.
As for Lin Qi himself, he would collaborate with Liu Xuan to build the experimental machine—the most critical part of the theory.
From a theoretical perspective, Liu Xuan’s preliminary design was perfectly viable.
From a practical standpoint, however, building the core of the device would be extremely difficult without the aid of Spiritual Vision.
Never mind the more complex components; the “bombardment channel” Liu Xuan needed would alone require tens of thousands of calibrations.
Success would be left to fate. Only by having Lin Qi use his Spiritual Vision for constant observation and real-time calibration could they hope to complete it in one attempt.
All the Pharmaceutical Researchers from the Eastern Alliance became busy.
The Pharmaceutical Researchers from the other polities around the globe were rather perplexed.
‘Where did the people from the Eastern Alliance go?’
‘Why aren’t they showing up?’
Everyone was “communicating,” probing each other, and even competing through so-called gentlemanly races.
But ever since the arrival of that youngest S-Class Pharmaceutical Researcher, the people from the Eastern Alliance seemed to have vanished.
The elevators at the S-Class Pharmacy Society Mansion hadn’t stopped on the 66th floor for a long time.
…
The cyber network, the Metaverse—this was Cyber Network Company’s blockbuster project, now accounting for nearly seventy percent of its revenue.
Although Lin Qi was repulsed by the idea of uploading one’s consciousness to the cyber network, it was actually a very common practice in the Cyber World.
Almost ninety-five percent of the global population were users of the Cyber Network Company’s Metaverse.
For the poor of the Cyber World, in particular, the Metaverse was the easiest way to find happiness.
All it took was subscribing to a membership tier, purchasing a Consciousness Access Device, and getting an Interface Chip installed in your brain to experience pleasures in the Metaverse that were hard to find in reality.
And for the top elites of the Cyber World, the Metaverse was an essential component of a happy life in old age.
The flesh decays, tolerance for a Prosthetic Body wanes, but consciousness need not sink into oblivion.
They still wanted to continue enjoying the finer things in life.
Even the top Extraordinaries were no exception.
Just then, two very young-looking men were meeting in the virtual world.
One of the men had his arms around virtual characters from the Metaverse—a petite, cute elf on his left and a classical beauty with a cool, aloof air on his right.
The other man was far more reserved. He wore an outfit similar to Xu Zhengming’s, a retro style from the Eastern Alliance, and stood with the utmost respect across from the frivolous man.
“Xiaoxu, you Xu Family people really don’t get it. You’re old enough to have one foot in the grave, and you still don’t know how to enjoy life.”
“Being a meek pushover who’s scared of women in the real world is one thing, but your wife is six feet under now, and you’re a permanent resident of the cyber network, yet you’re still acting like this.”
“Do you even understand what brings a man joy?”
As he spoke, the frivolous man gave the classical beauty a hard grope.
Even after more than a hundred years of philandering, his true colors hadn’t changed one bit.
“My apologies, Elder Lin. I’ve sought you out this time to ask about an important matter.”
The man called Xiaoxu was terrified and didn’t dare engage with Lin Changshou’s line of conversation in the slightest.
With a mere thought, Lin Changshou summoned a huge waterbed behind him, and the virtual characters in his arms changed their appearance.
One transformed into a blonde, blue-eyed Caucasian, while the other became a person of color with skin so dark it was reflective.
Lin Changshou glanced to his left and gave a satisfied pat.
Then, his gaze shifted to the right, and he immediately cursed, “Fuck! Is Cyber Network Company out of its goddamn mind? My new randomizer subscription can actually spit out a black one? Do I look like that kind of guy?”
A light screen abruptly appeared before Lin Changshou. With just a thought, he fired off a ten-thousand-word complaint.
After all, as a loyal customer of the Cyber Network Company, his annual spending in the Metaverse was close to a billion Credit Points.
The Lin Family didn’t have to pay for these Credit Points; they were entirely from his own savings, earned over a long life of hard work.
‘I spend all this money, and this is the kind of service the Cyber Network Company provides?’
After finishing his complaint, Lin Changshou frowned. He looked at the reflectively dark figure in his right arm, pondered for a moment, and finally reached out to give it a poke.
‘The Credit Points have already been spent!’
‘Every randomization costs money!’
‘If I paid for it and don’t use it, wouldn’t that be a total waste?!’
Seeing how Lin Changshou was so… unselective, Xiaoxu quickly lowered his head, pretending he hadn’t seen a thing.
He was afraid that Lin Changshou would gouge his eyes out in the real world during his upcoming 150th birthday celebration…
After all, this Elder Lin was different from other old men.
Other old men lived in the Metaverse because their physical bodies had decayed, and they could only survive by relying on life-support pods.
But Elder Lin was different. Even on his 149th birthday, he was still full of vigor, looking no older than eighty!
True to his name, Elder Lin was indeed blessed with long life.
Furthermore, as an elder of one of Nanyun Potion’s four great families, Xiaoxu knew better than anyone just how terrifying Elder Lin truly was.
A Tier Five Extraordinary!
The absolute pinnacle of individual combat strength in the Cyber World!
After his little test, Lin Changshou nodded in satisfaction. Then, with a wave of his hand, he dismissed the two randomly generated AIs.
The scene changed, and the two of them instantly found themselves in an ancient, Eastern Alliance-style pavilion.
Seated across from each other, Lin Changshou spoke. “I know why you’re here. Qinghong has already contacted me. I do, in fact, have a grandson like that…”