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Chapter 869: Chapter 754: Extraction (Subscribe please!)
In the room.
Constantly storing and retrieving items.
Tang Qing was having a blast.
Although he could enter the Command Room at any time, storing himself wasn’t as fun as storing other things, and having a spatial ring often made things much more convenient. If he wanted to expand it, the cost wasn’t too high either—just one million RMB per cubic meter.
Uh.
Tang Qing calculated how much it would cost to buy a space that was one hundred meters in length, width, and height.
The result instantly dispelled his joy.
A total of one trillion RMB.
Tang Qing vigorously shook his head.
Damn.
Mathematics is a terrifying thing.
Really.
Originally, he thought it was quite affordable, but such a calculation proved it to be prohibitively expensive.
It seems that the system’s habit of bleeding him dry hadn’t changed, but fortunately, a space of a thousand cubic meters was already sufficient. Unless something unexpected happened, Tang Qing felt he wouldn’t need to buy more space in his lifetime.
Next.
Tang Qing received another teleportation node.
This node was also designated for Africa.
Previously, because there was a need to teleport a large amount of gold ore back to the Myanmar Economic Zone for refining, the teleportation node there was slightly overwhelmed. This new one could perfectly meet all the plans in Africa—one for transporting valuable minerals and another for transporting goods.
Yes.
Goods.
Sending goods from the Myanmar Economic Zone there, supporting the development of fighters on that side, skipping customs, avoiding tariffs, and not needing cumbersome sea transportation, sometimes serving the Black Prison, was sufficient.
"System, are there any new centers open?" Tang Qing hadn’t forgotten that a new functionality center was opened at every level.
The system replied, "Host, the next functionality center, the Comprehensive Service Center, will require Level Ten to open."
"I see, okay then."
What else could Tang Qing say? He could only wait for Level Ten, which seemed to be a few years away.
Just then.
Tang Qing remembered that special substance.
"Little Two, has the Research Area been upgraded?" Tang Qing opened his eyes and asked.
"Reporting to the commander, the Research Area has been unlocked to Level Three," echoed Little Two’s voice on the circular platform.
Eagerly, Tang Qing asked, "Then, is it possible to extract that genetic stabilizing substance?" This was something that could treat cancer, a capability the system had mentioned would be available when Level Three of the Research Area was unlocked. He had finally reached this moment.
"Yes."
The response from Little Two thrilled Tang Qing.
Cancer.
If it could be conquered.
The resulting influence and economic benefits hardly needed further elaboration. However, this drug still required extensive clinical trials—Tang Qing trusted the system regarding the effect, but the dosage, treatment time, and various other messy things still needed to be addressed.
This kind of drug, which threatened the livelihood of many pharmaceutical companies and tycoons.
Would surely face their retaliation.
But Tang Qing was not afraid at all.
If he were acting alone, those companies had many methods to use, but this matter would be handled by the Myanmar Bank. One company, even one as large as Pfizer with its backing consortium.
To retaliate, they had to see if their teeth were sharp enough.
Afterwards.
Tang Qing pulled up the center’s map.
He reported the coordinates to Little Two.
In an instant, he was teleported to the Research Area.
The hallways here were still eerily quiet, with scientists busy in their laboratories, not needing to physically ’transport’ data and materials themselves.
The Research Area had a dedicated experimental material delivery system hidden within the walls, and due to the precise division of scientific directions, the corridors were empty.
"Tap, tap, tap..."
Tang Qing’s footsteps echoed in the broad corridor.
"Where is the extraction equipment?" Tang Qing asked.
Little Two’s data face moved along the wall following Tang Qing’s footsteps, saying, "Commander, please follow the light path beneath your feet. It is expected to arrive in five minutes. Would you like to teleport there?"
As he spoke.
A green light path appeared under Tang Qing’s feet, half a meter wide, extending several hundred meters to a turning point in the distance.
"No need, I’ll walk there myself to check their work along the way. By the way, what materials are needed for this extraction?" Tang Qing looked around at the scientists working and asked.
"It requires seawater or soil from the Training Area, but the material transportation system in the Research Area will handle the transit automatically without the need for carrying, but the equipment requires a scientist to operate it. Should I temporarily assign a scientist here?" Little Two asked.
Tang Qing shook his head and said, "Exchange for a scientist to come here."
"Yes."
Tang Qing stepped forward.
Turning corners seven or eight times.
And went up two flights of stairs.
Finally, he arrived at the extraction laboratory.
The extraction laboratory was large, covering thousands of square meters, filled with extraction equipment for biology that Tang Qing could not recognize. Of course, there was some textual explanation on these, but Tang Qing did not understand their functions and did not bother to find out.
Turning left and right.
Looking for novelty.
Several minutes later.
A scientist in a white lab coat ran over.
"Commander," the scientist in the white lab coat saluted.
Tang Qing nodded.
"It’s over to you, start the refining process," he said.
"Yes."
Having said that.
The scientist then skillfully operated the equipment.
These devices were mostly manual, and Tang Qing also knew the reason because the system had explained before that Artificial Intelligence was unreliable. To avoid accidents that could affect the entire Federation with semi-intelligent devices, resulting in irrevocable consequences.
The Federation had a high prevalence of manual devices.
This was also why the Command Room’s intelligence analysis needed a huge number of intelligence analysts instead of developing an Artificial Intelligence to replace them, fearing accidents that could lead to the paralysis of the entire system and lagging in this skill.
Tang Qing did not know how much the Federation had suffered from intelligent life.
At any rate, humans on Earth would not have this worry for a short time.
A buzzing sound arose in the extraction room.
Tang Qing suddenly noticed the largest device in the center, as its inlet and outlet pipes continuously pumped seawater into the machine and then back out. Was this considered complete extraction?
"Little Two, how much can be extracted in a day?" Tang Qing asked.
"Commander, running continuously for twenty-four hours a day, it can extract three kilograms," Little Two said.
"How many cancer patients can be treated?" Tang Qing asked again.
"Commander, data insufficient, unable to answer; this requires extensive clinical trials, different cancers and stages of cancer, as well as individual patients’ physical conditions that dictate different dosages," Little Two explained.
Tang Qing did not ask any more questions.
Waiting at the side for the results.
The scientist collected a turbid liquid in the device’s collection tube, then took it down and placed it onto another device to purify it further. Finally, after more than a dozen processes and nearly an hour, Tang Qing finally received the final product.
A 500-milliliter glass container.
Inside, the emerald-green liquid glowed, as if radiating the light of life.
Little Two told him it was diluted, containing only ten grams of that substance. The substance could not be injected directly into humans; it had to be diluted like this, similar to glucose injections which cannot be administered as pure glucose but must be dissolved in water.
The mechanism of action of injections differs from that of oral consumption.
Only then could it be administered by injection.
As for the effects.
Little Two was also uncertain.
"Little Two, exchange for twenty scientists to come out and let them research carefully to coordinate with warriors from the outside world and quickly experiment with the appropriate dosages for various types of cancer," Tang Qing ordered while looking at the glass container in his hand.
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PS: Taking a day off tomorrow.
