Chapter 410: Chapter 410
Ms. C hurriedly rushed over to intercept, "Doctor, that’s the result of your painstaking research over several nights. How could you show it to these people before it’s even been on the market? What if word gets out?"
Dr. B smiled and shook his head. "Even if they see it, it doesn’t matter. It’s good to let everyone witness it firsthand. Besides, some of the materials only appeared after the apocalypse, and they don’t know the formula."
Several farmers exchanged glances and then nodded together. "Dr. B, let us be the witnesses!"
Such is human greed: people think, ’I’ll just take a look first,’ but as they look, they fall right into the trap. In Huaxia, the practice of deceiving the elderly with lectures, sweetened by daily small gifts over several months, was even more pronounced. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⁂𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⁂𝔫𝔢𝔱
Jing Shu pretended to hesitate before saying, "Then let me make it clear first. The several medicinal herbs I’ve cultivated, whether good or bad, must all be evaluated. In the end, if any of them are useless, you lose."
Dr. B laughed magnanimously. "Of course, beautiful lady."
Thus, before everyone’s watchful eyes, Jing Shu brought out two pots of medicinal herbs and laughed proudly, "Doctor, you’re going to lose. One of these pots contains a plant that’s half-dead, and the other is normal; both must be included. Now let’s see how you increase their yield by 50%."
Yields in the apocalypse era were generally much lower. The farmers had been feeling this deeply lately and indeed wanted to see what effect the Water of Life would have on these dying plants.
The farmers quietly discussed how to test, how to observe, and how to verify, since sometimes seeing is not believing.
Dr. B took the group, including Eiffel, to the four-story sealed building he had used previously. After being guided by Tis, who was wrapped in bandages and had a repulsive appearance, they arrived at Dr. B’s private laboratory.
The farmers looked around the laboratory curiously, letting out exclamations of amazement. Even Jing Shu couldn’t help but admit that Dr. B’s success had its reasons. Fraudsters who could act so convincingly, who studied so much for their act they nearly became real doctors, were indeed rare.
Dr. B led everyone to various complex machines. He then placed Jing Shu’s two experimental ’herbs’ into the sealed laboratory. This allowed everyone to observe the two pots of herbs inside through the laboratory’s transparent glass.
"This is a great moment, and a moment to witness miracles. I suggest you record it. Starting now, I’ll begin the experiment," Dr. B said, pressing the projector’s power button. He continued, "This projector facilitates our observation of the plant cells’ division. It allows us to understand more clearly and enables me to explain more to you. You can ask any questions during the process—in the vast cosmos, you have the right to learn about these fascinating pieces of knowledge."
The people solemnly sat down, watching the bandaged Tis place some items inside.
"Today, the substances we are evaluating include ten corn kernels, ten strawberries, and these seeds. Of course, there are also some necessary sodium and potassium minerals. The Water of Life can enhance the quality and cell count of these substances." As he spoke, he placed all these materials under the microscope and used the projector to display them. Everyone sitting outside could clearly observe the detailed transformations.
Jing Shu couldn’t help but be impressed. Dr. B had spent all of last night recording videos of cell division to fake it, combining them and fast-forwarding the footage to create a visual effect. If his hand trembled even slightly today, he would likely expose himself, as he might inadvertently play the video for the next stage. Of course, if a triangular play or pause button icon appeared on the projection, that too would expose the ruse.
However, Dr. B was an old hand at this and had successfully deceived many with this trick.
Who would have thought that the ’real-time’ projection was actually pre-recorded? He used this manufactured time lag to perfectly ’explain’ the principles. Even the many scientists in Austin City couldn’t find fault. Naturally, Jing Shu’s two pots of medicinal herbs had also been prepared and recorded in advance.
「The evaluation began.」
Dr. B began an endless lecture, spewing out intricate professional jargon as if it cost him nothing. The translator provided by Zhen Nantian couldn’t even keep up. Meanwhile, he bustled about his lab, exuding an incredibly professional demeanor. It was as if—no, he *was* indeed a doctor born with a love for science and devoted to his work!
Jing Shu started to feel sleepy, and even the farmers were beginning to doze off. Still, they stared unwaveringly at the plants and had to record the event, despite not understanding the profound matters Dr. B was discussing.
He spoke about everything from the theory of evolution to cosmic molecules and black holes. It all felt vaguely relevant, yet somehow completely off-topic. In any case, it all seemed very profound. Jing Shu wasn’t impressed by just anyone, but she had to hand it to Dr. B!
Just when the farmers were almost unable to sit still, Dr. B suddenly shouted, "Oh my God, look, they are starting to divide cells! Look at these magical cells! In just a few hours, they will complete their cell division—it’s unbelievable!"
Everyone perked up and witnessed a shocking and unforgettable scene. Of course, the process was rather long, and the farmers’ necks grew stiff from sitting, but the recordings genuinely showed these things enlarging in ways imperceptible to the naked eye.
The pot of normal herbs began to slowly ’grow.’ In a few hours, their palm-sized leaves had doubled in size. Meanwhile, the view under the microscope was much more intense, appearing as if tens of millions of cells were evolving. Under everyone’s watchful eyes, in just a few hours, the leaves and stems of the herbs had subtly yet substantially increased in size.
And the nearly dead herbs, after several hours of cell division, also successfully doubled in size and sprouted many more leaves, seemingly ’revived’ by the Water of Life.
The fingernail-sized corn kernels, strawberries, and even the tiny seeds had truly doubled in size. Even the minerals had expanded a lot—this wasn’t deliberately done by humans; rather, ’they’ were moving on their own.
Dr. B had clearly put in a lot of effort to synchronize the videos and the ’actual substances’ so precisely. Regardless, from an outsider’s perspective, the microscopic videos combined with the organisms inside created a powerful visual impact. Jing Shu almost believed these carbohydrates could genuinely swell so much without any change to their original mass.
After all, two years later, Wu City in Huaxia would indeed invent gigantic food. However, this food was incredibly, unbelievably awful to eat, and aside from carbohydrates, the enlarged food had little nutritional value.