Chapter 215: A Modern World's Serum (2)
"You means…" Zhang Qin Feng was a little embarrassed after hearing what Valerian said. But from her words alone, he knows what she was mentioning. The so-called Gene Sample from Valerian's sentence is the white substances he's been offloading inside their body each time he had intercourse.
In a way he understands, Zhang Qin Feng felt a hint of medical malpractice in this apocalyptic world. It seems that the clones were sterilized during their growth stage to make sure there's no unwanted pregnancy.
Although such a setting was easily removable during their growth process, the arrangement is no longer touchable nor adjusted after many years of the autonomous program. This world will not have people capable of conceiving unless Zhang Qin Feng personally entered and took over the cloning shelter by force and resetting the machine controlling the production.
Valerian's word is like a reminder to Zhang Qin Feng. He was roughly briefed by Stein before this about their infertility, but not in-depth detail about their problem. He had no idea that the clone not even had the ability to perform the duty as a man and woman even with the sexual organs they had.
"Why are you getting red from knowing such a thing? It won't change anything right now, but I might be able to solve some of our problems with your blood. Of course, as long you approve it." Valerian rubbed Zhang Qin Feng's cheek as she continues to speak.
"The problem you mean… Was it related to the Bloodline Petrification?" Zhang Qin Feng asked. If Stein's explanation before this was accurate, then all clones had this same problem. This was one of the genetic flaws all the survivors in this world are suffering from.
Unable to procreate, short lifespan, and not able to leave a legacy. This was what limiting the survivors in this world to overturn the outbreak of the Seed Crystal Virus.
"Yes. As long you give me more time, I might be capable of undoing the Blood Petrification Curse we had. After that, slowly modifying our body until it can behave similarly to the naturally conceived human will be possible." said Valerian.
"Then… I'll support you until the day this curse can be undone." Zhang Qin Feng rubbed her head.
"If that happened… I want to have your gene sample in me again. Can that be done?" Valerian shyly asked as she buried her face into Zhang Qin Feng's chest. Her word might be blunt, but it was understandable.
She's sterile but not a robot. Although they're just a clone created by the autonomous shelter scattered around this world, people like Valerian still have their own thoughts. They're sentient and have the mentality as a woman and the wish to give birth.
These clones were just restricted by the new god of this world, the cloning shelter, with a law unable to create lives.
Zhang Qin Feng didn't answer her but gave Valerian a nod instead. This might not be the world he came from, but he knew his mission over here.
"Anyway… Shall we get back to the medicine? What did you do to it, and how does it works?" Zhang Qin Feng asked.
Their conversation finally returned to the topic regarding medicine. It seems that the four kinds of Alchemized Medicine each had their own unique properties. For example, the Hundred Herbal Pill was a safer version of Strengthening serum in the form of a pellet.
The medicinal value from the medicine is only a tenth of the serum used in this world, but much safer and can be used indefinitely. The side effect was also adjusted to the minimal, almost to the point it can be neglected.
As for the Golden Body Stock and Fortification Tonic, these two medicinal items had detoxification and body augmentation. Unlike the serum, these two items were entirely extra. The reason they exist was likely because there's no concern about this here in the post-apocalypse world.
Since the clones were given the same diet from their zygote form all the way until they're adult clones, there's no requirement for them to went through detoxification and augmentation. Such a concept was only necessary to people from Zhang Qin Feng's modern world.
Reason?
Because those from Zhang Qin Feng's world took years to grow from an infant to an adult. During that eighteen to twenty years period, it was believed that the impurities they absorbed inside their bodies would negatively affect their performance.
Since Zhang Qin Feng's modern world has no technological advantage over body augmentation, their only option is to use medicine such as the Fortification Tonic. The Foundation Essence was about the same but rarer and more challenging to be mass-produced.
But through Valerian's day and night research over the medicine provided by Zhang Qin Feng, she managed to simplify and adjust the medicinal properties through technology. Using the technology that not even Zhang Qin Feng's modern world could exploit, Valerian could tinker with it and created her own version.
Unfortunately, even after all the tinkering, they're nowhere comparable to the graded serums in their recipe. This medicine is solely created for people with the same body function as Zhang Qin Feng.
Taking the lid off the sample tray, the substance inside the tray slowly coagulated itself after exposure to the air around them. After the coagulation process is done, the oxidation with the oxygen, carbon dioxide, and other gaseous element turns the hardened substance into a pellet with a greyish appearance.
[Toot…]
[The system scanner deems that this version of serum is safe for consumption. The system could start running a test over the user's body to see how effective this medicine is]
It seems that even Stein is looking forward to this serum Valerian created for Zhang Qin Feng's modern world.
'Stein… Show me my status now before I test the pill using my body.' Zhang Qin Feng communicates with the system mentally.
[Toot…]
[Zhang Qin Feng's Status Evaluation:]
[Physique: 7.0+5.0]
[Fitness: 7.2+5.5]
[Response: 4.4+1.0]
[Foundation: 4.2+2.8]
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[Based on the system's evaluation, you have a 99% survival rate as long the number of zombies encountered was less than three. The survival rate reduces to 80% against zombie horde (50 zombies and above) and 55% against zombie stampede]
Zhang Qin Feng stared at Valerian for a few seconds and stuffed the pill into his mouth.
"Let's see how good it is," he said.
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