Swallowed Star: The Zerg Overlord

Chapter 58: Exchange

In a laboratory with a sci-fi aesthetic, five medical pods were lined up, with Uncle Qing, Luo Hua, and the others already lying inside. The medical pods released a dark green liquid that enveloped the people inside.

"Depending on the severity of the injury, the recovery time will vary, but generally, it won't exceed three hours."

Seeing Qin Mu and Luo Feng curiously staring at the medical pods, Professor Zhou explained.

"These are the latest model medical pods. When used with the regeneration potion, the effect is even better. If the regeneration potion is used alone, it can also achieve limb regeneration. However, because the limb regeneration process consumes a lot of energy, if energy cannot be replenished in time, it can cause damage to the body."

Luo Feng watched his sleeping brother Luo Hua with excitement. His brother would finally be able to stand up.

"Professor Zhou, your research is truly a great contribution. I wonder how many people will benefit from it." Qin Mu also sighed.

"We're still far from enough. The output is still insufficient. Other medicinal materials are easy to handle, but the problem is still the lack of swamp newt blood. Now, to make a regeneration potion, it requires a kilogram of Horde Leader swamp newt blood. That Horde Leader swamp newt, although large in size and with strong self-healing abilities, can only provide 1,000 kilograms of blood per day at most." Professor Zhou shook his head, obviously not satisfied.

"Isn't this output enough? 30,000 units per month." Qin Mu was somewhat puzzled. He wasn't very clear on how many people needed the regeneration potion, but considering 30,000 units per month, this output didn't seem small.

"Not enough, far from enough!"

Seeing Qin Mu's puzzled expression, Professor Zhou explained.

"Do you know how many monster tides erupt across the country each year? Last year, our country experienced one first-tier monster tide, seven second-tier monster tides, and eighteen third-tier monster tides. Each monster tide requires soldiers to fight with their lives. Each time, there are thousands of deaths and disabilities. Over the years, do you know how many injured and disabled soldiers have accumulated?" Professor Zhou said seriously.

"We can have a stable life now because they are fighting on the front lines with their lives. And these are just the injuries during monster tides. During normal missions, there are also injuries. If there were more regeneration potions, those who would otherwise die might not have to."

Qin Mu was silent. Luo Feng listened beside him, also shocked.

The Limit Dojo had many fighters and would also hunt monsters, but more often than not, it was to hone themselves, improve their strength, and earn money. They rarely faced monster tides directly. Instead, when they encountered monster tides, they would retreat to military shelters.

Of course, this was related to the fact that fighters usually operated in small teams and targeted stronger monsters. Their roles were different. This led to their being powerless when truly facing monster tides. Even Wargods didn't dare face monster tides directly. Once surrounded, even Wargods would die. Facing monster tides, unless it was a truly critical moment, it wouldn't be their turn.

Even when Luo Feng became an Invincible Wargod, if the military wanted to invite him to resist a monster tide, it would require a military officer to personally invite him. Luo Feng was very patriotic and willing to help with monster tides, but what about those who weren't willing?

The true fighters against monster tides were the army, those ordinary soldiers who were not strong and might not even be fighters. Their strength was limited, and facing powerful monsters, they could only fight with their lives. Under such circumstances, how could the number of injuries and disabilities be small.

"Of course, our experiments have made breakthrough progress. Now we can produce regeneration potions in small batches. Our next goal is to extract regeneration factors from Commander-level monsters, and even replicate the regeneration factors, to truly achieve mass production."

Speaking of this, Professor Zhou smiled.

"The regeneration potion is not only used for limb regeneration. In fact, it can be used in many places. For example, some systemic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, cervical spondylosis, lumbar disc herniation, and other common diseases, have good effects. Or some accidental injuries, such as traffic accidents, industrial accidents, sports injuries, and even various physical and chemical factors causing limb disabilities, can all benefit from it. Even if the output increases 100 or 1,000 times, it still won't be enough. To truly promote it, there are still many difficulties to overcome. These require the joint efforts of all researchers."

Looking at Qin Mu and Luo Feng's shocked expressions, Professor Zhou was also proud.

"That's not all. During our research, we discovered that after using the regeneration potion, it can enhance body activity, giving the user a slight self-healing ability. Do you know what this means? It means this will become a must-have medicine for every fighter, even every soldier."

"Because of these achievements, the level of this laboratory has been raised to the top. Now, the best biologists in the country are gathered here, with three Wargods stationed for protection, and Councilor Zhu will also stay in Jiangnan Base City."

"If you want to learn about biology, this is the best place. Any researcher you randomly meet is a top talent in their field."

Qin Mu was also excited. He should also calm down and study for a while. If his biological technology improved, perhaps the strength of the Zerg swarm could also undergo a qualitative change.

"This technology is far superior to that water of life." Luo Feng murmured.

"Water of life? That's just a luxury item. The number of disabled fighters who can afford it is too small. The regeneration potion, however, will become a key technology that changes the course of human and monster warfare, and even cultivation." Professor Zhou laughed.

"No wonder you were targeted for assassination by HR Alliance members. This technology will completely destroy the HR Alliance and even the position of Western countries in the pharmaceutical industry. Their stocks are probably going to become worthless." Qin Mu also sighed.

In the original story, Professor Zhou was not well-known, and it was very likely that he was successfully assassinated in the wilderness, and this technology never appeared. Before the technology succeeded, although Professor Zhou was also a top talent, he was not irreplaceable. But now it was different.

"What? Assassination?" Luo Feng was shocked. Such a talent was actually targeted for assassination.

"Yes, I met Professor Zhou because they were conducting experiments in the wilderness and were found by HR Alliance fighters, who took the opportunity to assassinate them. You know, the pharmaceutical industry has always been a highly profitable industry and is one of the core businesses of the HR Alliance. Once the regeneration potion appears, it will have a huge impact on them."

"How can they do this. The emergence of such a great technology is of great significance to all fighters, even to all of humanity." Although Luo Feng didn't understand the technology, as a fighter, he could easily imagine the impact once the regeneration potion became widespread! Fighting monsters, they could be even more fearless, not afraid of injuries.

Luo Feng was angry.

"The military is already investigating this deeply. I heard that many people have been found out this time, but such matters have nothing to do with me. I believe the military will handle it well. After this, I won't enter the wilderness again and won't give them another chance." Professor Zhou, on the other hand, saw it very openly. At his age, he had seen many such things.

"Let's not talk about these things for now. Have you read the books I gave you before?" Professor Zhou obviously didn't want to deal with those matters and changed the subject.

Hearing Professor Zhou's question, Qin Mu smiled. "Of course, I've read them."

Although Qin Mu had spent most of his time on cultivation these days, he had also taken the time to read those books. Especially after Qin Mu discovered that learning in the virtual space could greatly improve his efficiency. As long as his consciousness was strong enough, the learning speed in the virtual space was at least several times, even dozens of times faster than in reality. After discovering this, he spent most of his study time in the virtual space.

"Which ones have you read?" Professor Zhou's eyes lit up. Professor Zhou was very fond of him. A fighter with such powerful strength, a spirit master, and a miraculous beast taming talent, who was also interested in biology—where could you find such a student?

"I've read almost all of them, but there are some parts I still don't understand." Qin Mu replied.

"What? You've read them all in just a few days?" Professor Zhou was shocked. What kind of speed was this? Dozens of books, and professional ones at that. Ordinary students couldn't finish them in a year.

"Let me test you to see if you've really mastered them." Saying that, Professor Zhou asked about the professional knowledge in those books. Qin Mu answered seriously, some questions he could answer immediately, while others required careful thought. 

Beside them, Luo Feng was dumbfounded as the two began to discuss professional issues. At first, Luo Feng could understand a little bit, but as the two discussed deeper and more abstruse topics, Luo Feng completely lost track. Although he didn't understand, it didn't stop him from being greatly shocked. Qin Mu's strength far surpassed his own, and he even took the time to study professional knowledge in biology.

"Your talent is very high; you were born for biology."

The more Professor Zhou asked, the more delighted he became. Qin Mu's talent in biology completely exceeded his imagination. During the questioning process, Qin Mu also asked some of his doubts, and Professor Zhou answered them one by one.

"Your comprehension ability is very strong. You can extrapolate from things not covered in the books. With your talent, there's no need for you to attend classes like ordinary students. I'll list some more books for you to read. If you don't understand something, you can ask Lin He or come directly to me. Starting tomorrow, you'll join Lin He's project team. If you don't understand something, listen more, ask more, and observe more."

After a conversation, Qin Mu also benefited a lot, and many of his questions were answered. This was the advantage of having a teacher. If there was anything you didn't understand, someone would answer it immediately.

"Good, I've finished what I needed to do. Next, I'll focus on studying." Qin Mu also smiled.

Just as the two were chatting animatedly, the medical pod Luo Hua was lying in started beeping. As the dark green liquid receded and the pod door opened, Luo Hua, who had been sleeping, also woke up.

"Luo Hua's body has been repaired. He can stand up." Professor Zhou said with a smile.

"He still needs to adapt. Luo Feng, go help him." During the casual chat, Professor Zhou also asked about Luo Feng's situation.

"Okay, Professor Zhou, thank you so much." Seeing the awakened Luo Hua, Luo Feng was also excited and quickly stepped forward to help Luo Hua up. When Luo Hua stood up on his own, the two hugged each other excitedly, and Luo Hua even burst into tears. Over the years of paralysis, Luo Hua had harbored too much grievance and was filled with inferiority, to the point where he didn't even dare to pursue the girl he liked.

"Brother Mu, thank you so much. If there's anything you need me to do in the future, just say the word." After comforting his brother, Luo Feng walked over to Qin Mu and said solemnly.

"It's nothing, there is no need for that. We're friends, and I didn't do much. Even if I hadn't brought you here, you could have purchased the regeneration potion yourself after a while." Qin Mu waved his hand with a smile, knowing Luo Feng's character.

Luo Feng didn't say anything more, just placing his gratitude in his heart.

After a while, the medical pod Uncle Qing was in also opened. Caressing his fully grown arm, Uncle Qing's expression was excited as he repeatedly clenched his fist, his eyes still filled with disbelief.

"It's grown out, it really has."

Qin Mu walked over and said with a smile, "Uncle Qing, congratulations."

Soon, Uncle Qing's friend, Zhang Ke, also woke up. Another wave of excitement ensued. Everyone who had lost a part of their body would cherish their healthy and complete body even more.

"Let's go celebrate. To your new life."

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