Chapter 552: Chapter 303: Diluted a Thousand Times? Diluted Three Times? (Part 2)

"But I’m very likely to succeed this time! Stopping now would be a pity!"

"You said the same thing five days ago."

"Such a big laboratory, so many instruments, it can completely accommodate multiple teams, right?"

"Some high-level teams are dealing with confidential matters!"

A group of people tidied up and turned to leave.

Bang!

The laboratory door closed.

Creak!

Shortly after, the laboratory door opened again.

Bai Mo, with his apprentice Chive Bun on his shoulder, followed by two assistants, Qu Hailou and Li Zongzong, walked in and shut the door tightly.

"Okay, let me check the documents first, you two check the instruments."

...

Top floor.

In Mo Lanyou’s office.

He lifted the small medicine furnace’s lid, seeing the pale earth-yellow medicinal soup inside.

Sniffing the scent, he knew this stuff’s efficacy was pretty weak.

In the dream, Stone Book Ancient Immortal smiled bitterly.

"No matter how you refine it, this Five Red Boiling Soup will never yield the effect it did back in the day.

"After millions of years, environments change, climates change, the world has undergone tremendous changes.

"Seven Extremes Purple, Gray Shadow Flower, Yunluo Grass, Red Scorpion Tail, these things, their medicinal properties have greatly degraded.

"Using this mass-produced junk from the current world, there’s simply no way to refine the Ancient Immortal Dynasty’s Five Red Boiling Soup."

Mo Lanyou moved his nose close to the medicine furnace’s opening, fanned with his hand, sniffed the scent, and sighed.

"Master, you’re right.

"No matter what, indeed, it can’t be refined!"

...

Lit-up Laboratory 401.

This lab nearly occupies the entire floor, with all kinds of instruments and pillars in sight, no walls visible.

Bai Mo was looking at documents while instructing the two assistants to handle a few things.

"Peel the Seven Extremes Purple, soak it in sixty-three-degree alcohol.

"Separate the Gray Shadow Flower’s calyx, petals, and stamens, steam them for twenty minutes each.

"As for Yunluo Grass, wipe off the floating hairs, juice it!"

While speaking, Qu Hailou and Li Zongzong hurriedly worked.

Meanwhile, Chive Bun dashed up to the operation table, donned a lab coat, rolled up sleeves, grabbed the herbs, and his Fox Claws began the operation!

"Awo awo awo!"

His Fox Claws were incredibly nimble, peeling without knives, collecting stamens without tweezers, swiftly operating, leaving Qu Hailou and Li Zongzong stunned.

"No wonder Immortal Beasts wear lab coats..."

While Bai Mo read literature, sometimes his Divine Sense scanned the nearby cabinet full of herbs... After millions of years, these Immortal Grasses growing in the real world have undergone tremendous changes!

Their medicinal properties... some parts have degraded, some parts have strengthened.

If you want to refine Five Red Boiling Powder, that’s certainly possible!

Just not using the old methods.

Refining this stuff isn’t a big deal for Bai Mo.

But what he needs to do now is, in this laboratory, use modern instruments and equipment to refine Five Red Boiling Powder. Teach the entire mechanized reproducible process to the Immortal Committee!

This is somewhat troublesome.

Bai Mo wandered around the laboratory, looking at the unfamiliar instruments, sometimes taking out his phone to look up information online, sometimes opening instruments to check internal structures, sometimes checking the extreme performance marked on the instrument’s metal plaques.

While observing, he commanded several assistants to complete each operation.

While observing, he watched the changes in various herb properties, deduced changes in their seeds.

...

The time passed little by little.

The group made do with a lunch in the laboratory.

Then continued to delve, continued to prepare medicinal liquid.

Bai Mo stared at the computer screen, studying the changes in Seven Extremes Purple Seeds.

Chive Bun, expression serious, squatted by the liquid chromatography machine, watching the color of the medicinal liquid for his master.

Though he didn’t quite understand, he remembered all the key points his master just instructed!

By the side, Qu Hailou and Li Zongzong looked existentially questioning, full of doubt.

They were supposed to assist Expert Bai Mo, but ended up being overshadowed by a fox in operation!

The Immortal Beast’s claws were too agile, the operations clean and swift, with no mistakes!

Luckily, Immortal Beast couldn’t read, some tasks had to be done by them, otherwise, they would become completely redundant!

Is this the Immortal Beast’s value?

The two whispered softly.

"Have you heard, this Five Red Boiling Soup, many expert groups are preparing it recently."

"Heard that, yeah, seems to have some issues. Whether from the Immortal Technique side or the tech side, the preparations aren’t top-notch.

"Heard some were sent to prisons, needed to concentrate five times on-site for inmate use, but could only make a Sequence Eight inmate drowsy.

"Some needed to be boiled, then swiftly given intravenously to the inmate."

Qu Hailou looked in disbelief.

"Boiled?

"Swiftly?

"Intravenous injection?

"How can these words correlate?

"Wouldn’t the veins be scalded?

"Is this hypnotizing or killing?"

Li Zongzong tugged at the corner of his mouth.

"Anyway, that’s what I heard.

"I guess those high-sequence criminals have tough bodies and can endure it?"

"And there’s another method, where the criminal has to sit on a 400-volt electric chair, while being electrocuted and medicated, which can make a Sequence Eight criminal sleep for two hours."

"Ah? I’m not sure I understand. If you only use electricity and not medication, how long can the criminal sleep?"

"Also about two hours."

Bai Mo, who was watching the computer screen nearby, wiped cold sweat from his forehead.

Boiling injection, electric chair injection—they could come up with such ideas?

We can only say that this group’s imagination is quite rich!

Who is actually responsible for such a wonderful job?

"Let’s all pay attention to the impact!

"Don’t spread rumors that are detrimental to the image of the Immortal Committee.

"If unscrupulous media take it seriously, it would be quite troublesome."

Qu Hailou and Li Zongzong quickly nodded.

...

Mid-afternoon.

In the 402 laboratory.

Professor Zhang completed the preparation of a new tube of liquid medicine.

He took out a ballpoint pen and wrote a label to stick on it.

[To be used with 380 volts]

The laughter of the Ancient Immortal in his mind hadn’t stopped.

"Hahaha.

"Hahahahaha.

"Accepting you as a disciple was truly my luckiest moment.

"It’s simply too amusing."

Professor Zhang showed no expression, neither sad nor happy.

"Electricity is to enhance the sensitivity of the criminal’s synapses. You don’t understand."

The Ancient Immortal laughed even louder.

"Is there a possibility that just using electricity without your medicine might make criminals sleep longer?

"Although if you use electricity too often, it’s easy for criminals to die.

"But adding your medicine will only make them die faster!"

Professor Zhang remained unmoved.

His medicine was continually being adjusted, requiring less voltage. It had already been adjusted from 400 volts to 380 volts.

That was already progress!

...

Near evening, a bottle of medicinal soup was finally prepared.

It turned out to be sealed in a glass bottle, a small bottle of oily liquid.

Li Zongzong and Qu Hailou looked at each other.

Was this ruined?

The darker the color of other people’s prepared medicinal soup, the stronger the efficacy.

Why did Expert Bai Mo’s prepared medicinal soup have no color at all?

Was Expert Bai Mo’s first preparation not too successful?

The two were debating when they saw that Bai Mo had already opened the laboratory door.

He wore a white coat and led his disciple Chive Bun, uttering lightly before leaving.

"Put a lid on this medicine bottle.

"In case it evaporates... well, it’s not good.

"Write a label.

"Intravenous injection.

"Dilute a thousand times."

After saying this, Bai Mo led his disciple away.

His white coat fluttered in the corridor, brushing past several researchers.

"Expert Bai Mo?"

"Did we clear out the lab solely for his use?"

A few people had strange expressions.

Although Expert Bai Mo didn’t seem particularly focused on preparation... if we cleared space for him, either way, that doesn’t seem to be much of a grievance.

In the laboratory, Li Zongzong put a lid on the medicine bottle.

Qu Hailou was writing the label.

"Intravenous injection... dilute a thousand times... huh? Did I hear wrong?

"Dilute a thousand times? How is that possible?"

This medicinal soup is famous for its weak potency; why dilute a thousand times? Are we injecting criminals with weak saline solution?

Li Zongzong was also stunned for a moment.

"How about diluting three times? You must have heard wrong."

Qu Hailou nodded.

He wrote on the label.

[Intravenous injection, dilute three times, Bai Mo]

Squeak...

The office door opened, and several researchers walked in carrying briefcases.

"We are here to receive Expert Bai Mo’s prepared Five Red Boiling Soup to be sent to the prison for efficacy testing."

They stepped forward, exchanged pleasantries, and completed the handover, causing several researchers to click their tongues.

The Five Red Boiling Soup should be, the redder the better the effect, Expert Bai Mo’s transparent version... alas, never mind, after all, he’s Expert Bai Mo? Just consider it practice for him.