Chapter 346 - 240: The Final Result of the Summit
Liu Xuan had all but secured first place in her category.
As for Lin Qi, with only two hours left, he had already begun inputting content into the Alliance network.
Over the course of ten hours, a total of eighty teams had analyzed the various materials.
With two people per team, that averaged out to less than four material samples per team.
That’s less than two per person.
Even if the skills of these A-level Researchers were somewhat inflated, there was still plenty of time.
Detailed analyses were completed for all 299 materials, and reports were generated for each one.
The report for every non-standard Extraordinary Material was compiled and sent to Lin Qi, but he didn’t rely on their contents for his development.
In his mind, Lin Qi possessed another, different set of data for each material.
This data came from direct observation with his Spiritual Vision.
"Thank you all for your help. There are two hours left, and all the reports are now shared. Please, use the time to work on your own Potion formulas."
Lin Qi expressed his gratitude to all the researchers who had helped him.
Hearing Lin Qi’s words, Xiao Gu, who was at the front, quickly said, "It’s our honor to help you, Brother Lin Qi. Since there’s still time, we’ll get back to our own work."
It wasn’t just Xiao Gu; the other researchers also chimed in one after another.
"It’s all thanks to Brother Lin Qi. Otherwise, how could we have possibly organized so many people to do this analysis together?"
"Exactly! Even a major corporation couldn’t necessarily gather this many A-level Researchers. Thank you all for your sincere cooperation!"
"Brothers, we have the data. From here on out, it’s all up to our own skills!"
Completing the data analysis was just the first step.
The final score also depended on the designed Potion creation process and the number of materials used.
That was the hardest part.
The researchers didn’t exchange pleasantries for long and quickly returned to their respective areas for the final sprint.
As researchers from smaller enterprises, they were all quite conservative.
They also knew their reports weren’t comprehensive. Designing a Potion solely based on that data would be misleading; they needed to add their own understanding of certain material properties.
Twenty materials!
They wouldn’t get greedy!
This was the limit of their abilities!
And the failure rate would probably be no lower than eighty percent.
But even failure didn’t matter; their competitors weren’t the five top-tier corporations, after all.
But if they succeeded, the representatives from the four old-guard pharmaceutical corporations would be feeling the heat.
If they couldn’t even secure a spot in the top five for an individual category, they would definitely be held accountable by their companies once the summit was over.
The pressure fell visibly on the shoulders of the representatives from the four old-guard pharmaceutical corporations.
Among them, the one who seemed to be under the most pressure was the representative from General Biological.
He was fighting alone and, despite his best efforts, had only managed to complete the analysis of sixteen materials so far.
If he wanted to ensure a high success rate, he could incorporate ten materials at most.
In other words, the highest score he could get was five points.
’This isn’t a problem with my ability. The summit just wasn’t designed for us to score many points in this category. The timeframe doesn’t align with a proper potion development cycle at all.’
’The pressure on me is actually fine; the other three are the ones under real stress. They analyzed the materials jointly, so they should have completed over twenty types. But in this situation, every additional material they try to integrate is another risk.’
’They’ll score one or two points higher than me at most, and they face a much greater risk of failure.’
The representative from General Biological used his white lab coat to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
He then stopped overthinking and threw himself into designing the Potion with complete concentration.
Things turned out just as he had predicted. Despite their collaboration, the other three companies had only managed to analyze twenty-one materials.
With all their internal strife and scheming, they were completely unable to leverage the advantages of working together.
Carrying the data for twenty-one materials, the three had already split up to begin the final design sprint.
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Two hours later, all the A-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers present looked as if they had just survived a life-or-death battle.
Everyone let out a simultaneous sigh of relief, having submitted their final results.
Even Lin Qi had a few beads of sweat on his forehead.
All 299 materials were incorporated!
The material processing steps involved numbered over seventeen hundred.
During the final two hours, Lin Qi had been pushing his Intelligent Brain to its limits to output the content.
It was possibly the most complex A-Class Potion in the history of the Cyber World; at the very least, it was the most complex one Lin Qi had ever seen.
Of course, though this Potion used a huge number of materials, its actual effect wasn’t improved by much.
After all, he had been incorporating materials just for the sake of it.
An effect that could have been achieved with a dozen or so materials had to be created using over two hundred, all without disrupting the Potion’s original efficacy.
The difficulty was immense.
In the process, Lin Qi seemed to have an epiphany. ’When the number of materials in a Potion surpasses one hundred, the Potion itself seems to change. The aggregation effect of the Spiritual Particles might be significantly weakened.’
Lin Qi felt this might be the key to creating S-Class Potions, but that he was likely missing a crucial processing method.
Regardless, Lin Qi had still managed to design the A-Class Potion.
Once the summit ended, if United Pharmaceutical could claim the top spot and acquire the S-Class Pharmacy Literature, Lin Qi’s questions should finally be answered.
[All corporate representatives, please return to the Round Chamber.]
A message from the Big Business Alliance popped up.
This meant the contest in the Round Chamber was also drawing to a close.
Next, they would have to wait in the Round Chamber for the final results to be announced.