Chapter 082: The end of potion science is theology?
As usual, Ryan went to the Kyokushin Martial Arts Hall, and then went to the library to browse some books.
In the afternoon, we arrived at the sewer laboratory on time.
Ryan has made rapid progress in his studies these past few days, and the old man Irubek has become more and more serious about him.
It seems that he is sincere in wanting to accept a last-ditch disciple.
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"Well, you have mastered the knowledge I taught you yesterday. Today you should start practicing refining these intermediate materials..."
"Yes, teacher."
In the laboratory.
As usual, Ryan completed Irubek's teaching task first, and then helped out.
It's worth mentioning that although this laboratory is built in an abandoned sewer and is a bit remote, it is really quiet. For researchers who are obsessed with research and don't go out for ten days or half a month, it is perfect.
At a certain moment, the sound of a door opening was heard.
Just by listening to the footsteps, Ryan knew that the little mechanic Carl had come again.
"Karl, you're here again."
"Well, come and get the medicine for grandpa. Wow...Brother Ryan, what is this that you dissected..."
"[Black-backed beast's appendix], I want to extract the fat to make a burn healing potion..."
"It's so slippery and disgusting..."
Carl stuck out his tongue in disgust.
Ryan smiled and calmly scraped the fat from the bloody intestines.
He had roughly understood some of the situation in the past two days. Karl's grandfather seemed to be paralyzed by poisoning and needed advanced life potions to maintain basic vital signs.
However, the [Liquid Gold] he was using now could not be preserved for a long time, so he had to run to the laboratory frequently to get the medicine.
After Karl came in, he raised the newspaper in his hand and shouted to the old man Spider: "Grandpa Nieto, this is the latest newspaper."
There are newspapers in this world, but they are not very timely.
And it is not sold publicly. It is a luxury product provided exclusively to various upper-class people by information merchants.
It takes ten days or half a month to produce one copy, and one copy costs three silver nars, which is not cheap.
Irubek was busy observing the experimental samples. He didn't turn around and responded, "Little Carl, is there anything interesting in today's newspaper?"
"Yes, I have."
Carl looked at the newspaper and read a few headlines.
"Last month, the White Bear Chamber of Commerce of the Theed Empire discovered a new large ..."
"The Royal Academy of Sciences of Omar is planning to hold a new steam equipment exhibition in three months, and invites all the lords to come and observe..."
"Five days ago, the 'Black Skull Phantom Thieves' attacked a warehouse under the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides..."
“…”
Ryan also listened attentively.
Recently he had read a lot of humanities and history books in the Central Library, and was no longer as clueless about the place names and forces written in the newspapers as before.
But when he heard the next piece of news, the scalpel in his hand suddenly stopped.
Carl: "Oh, and... the Emperor of the Omar Empire, Spuglin XV, issued a national announcement, announcing the canonization of Ymir Spuglin as the "Queen of Frost Moon" and the establishment of a principality..."
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Ryan was very familiar with the name "Ymir" because he knew a big man with this name.
He had just seen the surname "Spugrin" in history books. This was the surname of the royal family of the Omar Empire.
But when the two words were put together, he was a little confused.
"No way... Miss Ymir is actually the eldest princess of the Omar Empire?"
Ryan's face showed shock, yet he found it unbelievable.
How could a top noble who was second only to the emperor appear in the wilderness seriously injured and in such a miserable state?
But if they are not the same person, are there two Ymir among the high nobles of Omar?
Unfortunately, there were only some text in the newspaper, but no photos.
However, thinking about it, he pursed his lips again. Anyway, they probably wouldn't have any contact with these two characters again, so it didn't matter who they were.
Not far away, Irubek heard the news and paused for a rare moment. "Hey, Ymir was crowned king? It seems that the reform movement has failed..."
The old man just muttered one sentence and didn't say anything else.
The political situation in Omar no longer interested him, except for one or two names that he was once familiar with.
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Carl took the potion, and when Ryan saw him about to leave, he remembered what the barbarian girl had asked him to do.
He asked, "Carl, wait a minute. I have a mechanical question for you."
Carl: “What?”
Ryan: "Do you know the origin of the mechanical code 'S11-7-YY567#22'?"
"Eh... This kind of mechanical coding is not common. Oh! Now I remember, this should be the special machine number of the Omar military, which is prohibited for civilian use..."
Carl thought about it and said, "I remember my grandfather told me about this coding method. The first letter represents the grade of the mechanical product. Grade C is special, grade B is dangerous, grade A is legendary, and grade S... should be 'super-forbidden item'. The number '11' should be department-specific. If I remember correctly, the numbers of the various departments of the Omar military are 07-15. 10 and 11 seem to be the codes of intelligence agencies like Blackwater..."
Sure enough, professional mechanics can analyze a lot of useful information from a simple mechanical code.
Carl figured out the origin of this thing at just one glance.
"The special mechanical code of the intelligence department of Omar?"
When Ryan heard this, he also thought it made sense.
When entering the city before, those mysterious people who were obviously trained in tracking came from intelligence agencies such as "Black Water Station", which was normal.
Carl became interested and asked, "Brother Ryan, where did you see this code? It should be a very interesting high-precision machine. I want to see it, too."
Ryan said truthfully: "I also heard about it from a friend. She said it was a code found on a sealed mechanical box."
"Mechanical box? It's probably a [Mechanical Secret Box]..."
Carl pondered, “That should be storing something very important or very dangerous.”
Ryan: "Is there any way to open this mechanical box?"
"Yes, but you must use a special key!"
Carl said with certainty: "My grandfather once told me that he designed that kind of [Mechanical Secret Box]. S-level coding means a highly encrypted mechanical program. If it is a mechanical secret box of that level, it must be made of a special alloy, with at least two mechanical and magical sealing methods. Unless there is a 'special key' that matches the secret box, the designer cannot open it, let alone external force."
"oh."
Ryan raised his eyebrows and didn't ask any more questions.
A professional mechanic like Carl has come to this conclusion, so there is no way for a layman like him to even think about finding a better way.
The so-called "exclusive key" is probably still in the hands of those mysterious people. I'm afraid the Barbarian Girl's commission will only disappoint her.
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After Carl left, only Master Ryan and his apprentice were left in the laboratory.
Ryan finished his homework for the day and discovered that Irubek was studying a strange piece of meat.
In the past few days, he gradually got familiar with the old man's temper. Although he looked old-fashioned, he was actually not difficult to get along with. At least, although the old man taught him strictly, he could see that he was very attentive to his teaching.
He walked over and asked curiously, "Teacher, what kind of meat is this? I see you have kept this meat in the culture medium for several days. What are you observing?"
"This is the human tissue that was cut from Bazel earlier."
Irubek responded, "This is the topic I have been researching in recent years - the feasibility of implanting genetic chains of alien species into humans. Werewolves, a sub-human species that has an additional beastiality genetic chain compared to normal humans, are the best research subjects."
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When Ryan heard this, he looked at the lump of meat with a strange look in his eyes.
It seems that although Basel did not pay much money to treat his injuries, other costs seemed to be quite high.
However, the theoretical knowledge in biological sciences is already very advanced, and its difficulty and depth far exceed those of ordinary clinical medicine. He cannot quite understand it at his current level.
It can even be said that not many people in the entire medical community can understand it.
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Today, Irubek seemed interested in talking more, so he asked, "Ryan, do you know what the essence of the extraordinary is?"
Ryan thought of the records in the classics and replied: "Break through the gene chain and explore the potential of the human body?"
"It's fine for ordinary people to answer like this, but as a medical student, you should be more rigorous."
Irubek glanced at him and continued, "Humans are born with twenty-four 'dominant gene chains'. The essence of awakening the extraordinary is actually to activate the 'recessive gene chains' that are already hidden in the human gene sequence. Every time you break through a level, you will have one more 'dominant gene chain', and your ability will increase by one level. And 'werewolf' are born with one more dominant gene than ordinary humans, twenty-five!"
Ryan vaguely understood and asked, "Teacher, are you saying that... your research results will eventually allow ordinary humans to be like werewolves, and even those who don't awaken to transcendence will have an extra dominant gene chain?"
As he spoke, he looked at the eight spider arms behind Irubek and added, "Also, how to solve the problem of genetic isolation between different species?"
"Yes! But it's more than that."
When Irubek talked about scientific research, there was always a kind of enthusiasm for scientific truth in his eyes. He added: "If this research is successful, we will be able to understand what level of organism !"
"A spirit?"
Ryan didn't expect that the topic would span such a wide range, from biological science to theology.
"Yes."
Irubek said: "From the records left in ancient documents, there is no such thing as genetic isolation for the Supreme Gods. They can mate with various species and reproduce new species. In the mythological period, there were many powerful half-human, half-beast beings, such as Centaurs and Gorgons (Medusa)... and they were demigod creatures born from the mating of more powerful gods and beasts. They inherited the genes of gods, but their strength was not as good as the previous generation of gods who gave birth to them..."
When Ryan heard this, a light bulb went off in his head, but he wasn't sure what he understood.
At this time, Irubek added: "So, I speculate that heredity will lead to gene chain deficiency... This is also the reason why our modern human bodies are weaker than those of ancient humans. And my topic is to prove this speculation... and find a scientific way for humans to eventually advance to the God level!"
Ryan: "Science becomes God???"
This old man's research path...
I don't understand why it's so impressive!
At this moment, Ryan realized that in this world where the technology tree was crooked, biological science seemed to be heading in some strange direction...
“God may not be as far away as we imagine.”
Irubek smiled profoundly, with a gleam of brilliance in his cloudy eyes.
"The fact that they can reproduce also proves that gods are also a kind of living creatures. They are just more advanced than what we know. In fact, there are also distinctions between the ranks of gods, and the essence lies in the gene chain. The higher the god, the more perfect the gene chain. This is also completely consistent with the essence of 'modern alchemy' that breaks through the gene chain to become stronger!"
After a pause, he looked at Ryan and said, "Science is progressing. In the past, humans did not understand that many things attributed to theology were actually cognitive ignorance. But now we can understand the essence of all things through science. This is the greatest charm of science - to understand the truth!"
"ah……"
Ryan was stunned by what he heard. He felt that his brain had absorbed some strange knowledge and he was having a bit of indigestion.
He suddenly felt that what the old man said today seemed to have a deeper meaning.
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It turned out to be true.
"I've told you so much, but I just want to tell you the essence of potion science and its future research and development direction..."
After saying this, Irubek added, "It would be a waste for you to only learn medicine and potions with your talent. So, starting today, I plan to teach you alchemy... the 'modern alchemy' that can really reveal the truth!"
The old man's tone was very serious when he spoke.
Ryan felt that the old man seemed serious.
