Chapter 7

Gu Ding carefully counted it three times. The amount in the account was seven digits.

"More than three million. Did you steal it?" Gu Ding took a while to react.

"I just used a little trick. How can it be considered stealing?" Neptune's voice was full of disdain. "Do you remember the woman who faked her death yesterday? She faked her death, and I took the opportunity to take over not only her Inventory, but also her various accounts, including her financial account. "

"Hehe, three million is enough to buy a Kittyhawk Model." Gu Ding immediately thought of the small Interstellar Navigator that he had dreamed of.

"Hey, this money is not for you to squander. You need a lot of materials to buy the gene medicine. A few million won't last long. If you want to earn more money, become a pharmacologist! " Neptune's voice was heard again. "This is the F-grade Cell Enhancer production tutorial and formula. Take a good look. Buy twenty sets of the materials in the formula. Beginners have a high failure rate. Your school happens to have a conditioning room, and the rental fee is more than double that outside. This kind of medicine can be made with basic equipment. All that's left is to buy the materials. "

As Neptune spoke, he sent a piece of information into Gu Ding's mind. An intelligent wristwatch could not store information directly in the human brain's memory area.

The human brain was an extremely sophisticated instrument. Even at this stage of human development, humans had not fully explored its mysteries. People had done experiments like moving data directly into the memory area before. The initial results were good, but all the participants died within ten years of the end of the experiment. No one was spared, and the cause of death was mutated brain cancer. Cancer cells appeared without warning, and it only took a day or two for them to develop to the fourth stage. Then, the tumor burst.

"Hey, will there be any problems storing it like this?" After all, Gu Ding had heard all kinds of rumors, and he was slightly worried.

Sensing Gu Ding's worry, Neptune explained, "Don't worry. The database is very detailed about the brain. There won't be any problems with the direct storage I'm doing. In fact, as long as I don't do this too frequently or store a large amount of data at once, my method is very safe. The most important thing is that once a superintelligence decides on a master, the possibility of it changing hands is almost zero. You should know this saying. In terms of probability, the probability of me killing you is nearly a million times lower than the probability of you successfully committing suicide. "

Gu Ding shook his head helplessly. He was speechless at Neptune's ridiculous comparison. However, he had also heard that Skynet used to have a master. After her master died, she did not attach herself to another human for millions of years. There was no doubt about the loyalty of a super intelligence.

Gu Ding flipped through the recipe. The prices of the materials were almost transparent. Gu Ding calculated that with his previous savings, he would only be able to buy two sets of materials.

"Being a pharmacologist really is a money-burning profession …" Gu Ding could not help but sigh. Then, he started reading the tutorial.

The tutorials were all holographic 3D videos. It looked exactly the same as being at the production site. Every step was explained in great detail. Including some mixing techniques and things to pay attention to, he didn't miss anything.

Gu Ding went through twelve tutorials on making Cell Enhancers in a row. Different pharmacologists used similar methods to make the same medicine. Everyone had their own specialty. After reading the tutorials, Gu Ding was silent for a moment. Then, he suddenly asked, "Neptune, do you have information on basic pharmacology and mixing techniques?"

"I knew you would ask. I've already prepared them for you." A moment later, Neptune inserted the information into Gu Ding's memory area.

Gu Ding flipped through the basic pharmacology in his mind page by page, reading very carefully. After making sure that he did not miss anything, he closed the book and flipped through the mixing techniques.

When he was done, he walked to the entrance of the school's Laboratory Building.

"Hello, I'd like to rent a private mixing room." Gu Ding found the building's administrator.

The administrator glanced at Gu Ding with a hint of disdain in his expression. "Three private mixing rooms have been rented today. If you want to use them, go to the public area. It's free there. For the medicinal materials, go to the medicine warehouse on the second floor to buy them. "

Gu Ding did not care much about the administrator's attitude. He only frowned slightly when he heard that the private mixing room was occupied. Then, he walked to the second floor.

"Tiger gall grass, crow's tongue flower, red python bone marrow … I want twenty sets of these materials."

"Twenty sets? One set of these materials adds up to 112 Star Credits. Are you sure you want twenty sets? "The warehouse administrator was slightly surprised. He could understand if an academy teacher wanted to buy so many materials, but a student's financial ability might not be able to afford it.

"Yes, twenty sets!" Gu Ding nodded.

It was not until the warehouse administrator prepared the twenty sets of materials and Gu Ding transferred the money that the administrator believed that Gu Ding was not joking.

With the medicine in hand, Gu Ding went to the public mixing hall on the third floor.

The hall was empty, and the thirty workbenches were all cleaned up.

Gu Ding chose one at random, took out a set of medicine, and placed it on the workbench in order.

The basic steps of brewing medicine were extraction, distillation, compounding, and fusion.

Extraction was to separate the parts of the materials that needed to be processed from the raw materials, and conduct preliminary processing to extract the liquid essence. The purpose of distillation was to remove the impurities from the materials, and to release the medicinal properties through heat. The degree of completion of extraction and distillation was related to the final quality of the medicine. The third step, compounding, was to mix the processed materials according to the different medicinal properties. If there was a mistake in this step, there was a high chance that the medicine would turn out to be a waste product. The final step, fusion, differed in difficulty. For simple medicines, as long as the first few steps were done well, the final step of fusion was very easy. However, there were some medicines that required special processing methods to complete the fusion. The degree of fusion would also affect the final quality of the medicine.

Gu Ding carefully processed the materials one by one, and successfully completed the extraction according to the instructions in the tutorial. He even managed to maintain the timing. At this time, the distillation flask was already heated up, and he placed the liquid essence into different flasks. There was no precise timing for this step, and he needed to see the color change in the flask. Even if it was the same type of material, the distillation time would vary according to the degree of extraction and the amount of distillation. Gu Ding did not dare to relax, and his eyes were fixed on the few flasks. After a few minutes, one of the flasks began to change color. Gu Ding quickly removed the flask, but almost at the same time, the other three flasks began to change color.

"Oh no!" Gu Ding took out two flasks with each hand, and the color of the remaining flask disappeared in a flash. When Gu Ding removed it, the original sky blue color had turned into a dark blue. "This one was distilled too much, causing the medicinal properties to evaporate … But fortunately, it can still be used."

After the distillation was completed, Gu Ding began compounding. Compared to the other steps, Gu Ding felt that this step was the easiest because he had already obtained the best compounding ratio from the tutorial. All he needed to do was to follow the ratio taught in the tutorial. After completing the compounding ratio, he poured the medicine into the final fusion cup according to the sequence and the time difference in the tutorial.

According to common sense, the Cell Enhancer only needed to be brewed in silence. However, among the twelve formulations that Gu Ding had seen, twelve different pharmacologists had used their own methods to speed up the fusion. Gu Ding picked up the fusion cup and began with the simplest method — shaking it clockwise. After three rounds, he began shaking it counterclockwise. He repeated the process, and during the shaking process, the originally colorful solution began to show a faint milky white color. About three minutes later, the cup of Cell Enhancer finally turned completely milky white. If it had been brewed in silence, it would have taken at least an hour for the blending process to be completed.

"Hehe, it's a success. This is the first tube of Cell Enhancer in my life." Gu Ding looked a little excited. "Neptune, although there was a mistake, looking at the color, it should at least be a good product."

"I didn't expect you to be so talented. This is a bottle of F-grade Cell Enhancer, and it's of ultimate quality." Neptune could tell the quality of the reagent at a glance.

Medicine of the same grade was also divided into seven grades from low to high: inferior, bad, pass, good, excellent, ultimate, and perfect.

Among them, the efficacy of the qualified product was the standard. A bottle of F-grade qualified Cell Enhancer could increase a Level 1 Gene Body's Cell Index by two points. The good grade could increase it by three points, the good grade could increase it by four points, and the ultimate grade could increase it by five points. As for the perfect grade, it could increase the Cell Index by seven points.

Therefore, the price of the same Cell Enhancer was different. Generally, the standard price was the standard price. If it was a good grade, it would have a premium of about two times. As for the good grade, it would have a premium of at least five times. The number of ultimate grade was very small, and the premium was at least eight to ten times. As for the perfect grade, it was at least a premium of more than twenty times.

A bottle of F-grade qualified Cell Enhancer was sold for 1200 Star Credits on the market. The tube in Gu Ding's hand could be sold for at least 10000 Star Credits.

Gu Ding packed the medicine and kept it in his Inventory. Then, he began refining the second tube of medicine. However, he did not expect there to be a camera in the corner of the ceiling of the public conditioning room …