Chapter 170: with translation of chapter title

174. Chapter 174 Young people are not just formidable, they're also ruthless! (Part 1)

Hello everyone, I am Linke Grand.

Lin Ke ignored the harsh remarks and earnest expectations, gave a serious self-introduction: 'Nice to meet you, please take care of me.'

Lin Ke ignored the harsh remarks and earnest expectations, gave a serious self-introduction: 'Nice to meet you, please take care of me.'

Little brother, come to Weirri Ni Sis's place, Weirri Ni Sis will cover you.

But we need to use the pinyin name: Wei'erni. So: "Little brother, come to Wei'erni Sis's place, Wei'erni Sis will cover you."

The female potion researcher who claimed to have abundant resources continued to show signs of being in heat, and had not given up the idea of tempting Lin Ke.

The female potion researcher who claimed to have abundant resources continued to show signs of being in heat, and had not given up the idea of tempting Lin Ke.

Grace Sis will also cover you.

Use Geleisi: "Geleisi Sis will also cover you."

The female potion researcher who claimed not to mind joining refused to be outdone, and gestured to Lin Ke her newly done nails: "Little brother, aren't you a 'witch's friend'? Take a look at Sis's nails, are they nice or not, do you like them or not?"

"Little brother, aren't you a 'witch's friend'? Take a look at Sis's nails, are they nice or not, do you like them or not?"

Lin Ke didn't want to offend people right away, nor did he want to get involved in scandal; he spoke solemnly: 'I'm not a casual person, and I ask you to respect and love yourselves a bit more.'

Wei'erni's face changed immediately, she looked sullen, very unhappy.

It seemed that Lin Ke's words 'please respect and love yourselves a bit more' were a strongly insulting remark.

Geleisi, on the other hand, showed no change.

She didn't seem to think Lin Ke's words were offensive; she smiled faintly, stood up, went to the water dispenser, got a cup of water, and walked toward Lin Ke holding it.

As she walked, she said: 'Oh dear, little brother, don't be so hot-headed; we sisters are just joking with you. Come, drink a cup of water to clear the fire.'

Lin Ke glanced at the water cup and the water inside, and did not take it.

Geleisi held the cup with her right hand, keeping it stopped in front of Lin Ke, implicitly meaning that Lin Ke had to take the cup, otherwise it would truly be a lack of face.

Logically speaking, newcomers should always give some face to the old-timers.

Heh...

With a snort, Lin Ke took the water cup, raised it, and brought it to his mouth.

The four male potion researchers cast complex glances at Lin Ke.

There was admiration, regret, and remorse.

As fellow first-level witches, why can't the four male potion researchers escape the exploitation of Wei'erni and Geleisi?

Even the once iron-willed research group leader wasn't taken down by another female potion researcher, Hamousi?

The reason is that they mastered a kind of 'spring' medicine that is impossible to counter.

At least the research group leader and the four male potion researchers have no solution to it.

They could determine that the cup of water definitely had that kind of 'spring' medicine added.

As long as Lin Ke took it, he would be 'captured'.

As long as he smelled that special potion's scent again, his actions would be uncontrollable, controlled by desire, and he would submit under the pomegranate skirt.

Alas!

Such a great talent is about to 'fall'.

For a moment, the gazes of the two women and four men in the lab's living/office area all focused on the cup in Lin Ke's hand.

They wanted to see Lin Ke's reaction after drinking the water, and what would happen.

This water is a bit unclean.

But, after raising it to his mouth and lightly sniffing, Lin Ke not only stopped the motion, but also splashed the water onto the ground,

I think it's better not to drink it.

We were strangers, just a minor verbal spat, not even worth calling a quarrel, yet they were so relentless, scheming right from the start—truly a bit excessive.

Lin Ke simply stopped giving them face and snorted:

'This water is just like you—dirty. I advise you: not everyone is like you, not treating their own character as something important.'

Damn!

This young guy is pretty formidable!

The four male potion researchers were so shocked their eyeballs almost popped out.

They dared to be this blunt, just short of pointing at their noses and calling them sluts.

They dared to be this blunt, just short of pointing at their noses and calling them sluts.

Geleisi could no longer keep her composure, her teeth itching with anger.

Wei'erni's defenses broke outright; she opened her mouth, about to unleash a torrent of curses.

Lin Ke rolled his eyes, stared straight at them, his gaze cold and merciless, yet one could feel a strong killing intent.

For some reason, Wei'erni whispered a few times, then dared not make a sound.

After all, she too had been to the frontline battlefield.

How could she be frightened by a rookie?

Geleisi wasn't much better off.

She stood right in front of Lin Ke, bearing a large share of the pressure.

Lin Ke skirted Geleisi, who was affected by his aura, found a desk far from the six people, and sat down.

Dragons do not dwell with snakes.

Just a brief encounter, a few sentences, and Lin Ke knew he and they were not on the same path.

Moreover, their positions were clearly opposed, belonging to two extremes.

In the future, conflict is likely, so there's no need to force oneself to have higher EQ, to be superficially polite, to engage in hypocritical appeasement.

Ignoring the various reactions of the two women and four men, and the private whispers.

Lin Ke opened the office smartbrain, searched around, found the lab work log, and opened it.

As expected, the potion research group's work had been stalled for a month.

A month ago, they still accepted a request from the Frontline Medical Department and took on an external-use potion business.

This business was not completed on time, after which they never received any further requests from the Frontline Medical Department.

Looking at it this way, the problem in the Pharmacy Department, at least the Pharmacy R&D Group, occurred a month ago.

A hint of realization flashed in Lin Ke's eyes.

He thought, to get to the truth, he needed to check what special thing had happened in the Potion Department a month ago.

But this wasn't Lin Ke's job.

His position was Potion Researcher, which meant that what Paro Wizard needed him to do was simply to carry out his core duty of potion research well.

Occasionally he could also take on potion brewing as a side job, but it was best to avoid getting involved in administrative management.

Lin Ke felt that, no matter how he looked at it, he needed to find a suitable time as soon as possible to get in touch with Paro Wizard.

Failing that, he also needed to exchange views with Selin Wizard.

But there was no rush for now.

The time and place weren't really suitable.

Right now there were more pressing matters to attend to.

With that in mind, Lin Ke rose and headed toward the experimental area.

The two women and four men—six potion researchers—immediately had their attention drawn by Lin Ke's action.

"Tsk!"

After seeing Lin Ke's movements, Weierzhini curled her lip and said disdainfully, "Do you really think that just because you're called a 'genius' you can act like a genius? See how you'll die later!"

Gelisi shook her head at Weierzhini, signaling her not to speak recklessly.

Lately things have felt off.

Yesterday a minister was parachuted in, and today another potion researcher was parachuted in.

Or rather, the recently rising local 'genius potion maker'.

He independently developed the widely acclaimed 'Superbrain' potion—definitely no novice.

One is adept at management and decisive in action; the other excels at research, with notable results.

With such an arrangement, it's impossible to claim that the Frontline Command has no designs on the Rear Potion Department.

Is the Frontline Command, fed up, planning to purge them all?

Then they need to make other plans soon.

Their assignment was merely to disrupt the Potion Department's normal operations for a while.

They had already succeeded in paralyzing it for a month.

That was enough to meet their quota.

No point in dragging it out further, lest they bring ruin upon themselves.

That would be totally not worth it.

Weierzhini saw the worry in Gelisi's eyes and her heart gave a jolt.

She immediately realized what Gelisi was actually worried about.

For a moment, her mood turned complicated as well.

We need to find a way out quickly.

Lin Ke donned his protective suit and headed straight into the innermost laboratory.

After a quick familiarization with the facilities and equipment, he began operating.

He first grabbed a container, extracted the few drops of water that had been splashed into the 'seed' earlier, ran the equipment, and began testing the composition of that cup of water.

At that time, he certainly didn't sense any hostility or malice from Gelisi.

But, relying on his potion knowledge and his 'Potion Talent,' Lin Ke instinctively felt that the cup of water was problematic.

Since there was a problem, he couldn't just drink it—he needed to identify exactly what was wrong.

Only then could he take targeted precautions—or better yet, solve the problem outright.

And that's how we arrived at this moment.

The test results came back quickly.

Besides water, the sample contained an unknown additive.

Lin Ke continued, patiently isolating the additive bit by bit, then ran further tests.

Lin Ke had been in the lab for an unusually long time, which aroused Gelisi's suspicion. She gave Weierzhini a look, pursed her lips toward Lin Ke's spot, and silently asked whether they should go investigate.

Weierzhini immediately glanced at the four male potion researchers.

They were high and mighty, issuing orders, their eyes full of threat.

The four got the hint, reluctantly got up, and headed toward the experimental area.

To their surprise, the single room where Lin Ke was turned out to be locked from the inside, and no amount of pushing would open the door.

Knocking and shouting elicited no reply.

Lin Ke neither understood nor trusted any of these people.

How could he not be wary of them?

Ignoring the disturbance outside, Lin Ke carried on with his testing.

Soon enough, the results were in.

Lin Ke carefully examined the additive's several components over and over.

His gaze locked onto an unknown component—never seen or heard of before, simply labeled '?'.

The other ingredients served to relax the mind, ease the spirit, and improve sleep quality—nothing problematic, even beneficial.

But this component, Lin Ke intuited, seemed to amplify desire.

Especially the most primal urge to mate and reproduce.

"Kind of interesting."

Lin Ke's interest was instantly piqued.

First, several samples were specially preserved, then research continued targeting this unknown component.

Another ten rounds of quick testing ended.

Both conventional and unconventional, every test that the lab's current conditions could support was carried out.

After completing all of them, surprisingly, little progress was made.

Looking at over thirty sheets of test results filled with various data, Lin Ke pondered and decided to study it thoroughly.

With a thought, 'Multithread Thinking,' activate!

Strings of data continuously scrambled and compared in his mind.

Knowledge of botany, human biology, physiology, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, and alchemical pharmaceutics surfaced.

Suddenly, Huasheng discovered a blind spot.

Lin Ke had a flash of inspiration and grasped the special aspect of this unknown component.

As everyone knows, 'spring' drugs are divided into three types: hormonal, nerve anesthetic, and hallucinogenic.

But this unknown component does not belong to any of these three categories.

It does not act on human physiology, but targets a person's mental power and will.

It has extremely strong concealment and can lie dormant for a long time.

It also has extremely high inducibility.

Only a trigger is needed to stir mental power into a specific change, breaking will and lowering mental defenses.

At that point, combining it with some hormonal or nerve-anesthetic 'spring' drugs makes the effect terribly terrifying.

Not to mention hallucinogens!

No wonder those four men outside all look exhausted from overdrawing themselves.

Each one is like an ostrich, not daring to make a sound in front of the two women.

Turns out they were caught with something to hold over them.

Lin Ke suddenly realized, understanding how the pharmacy department, especially the R&D group, had quickly become listless in just a few days.

A beauty scheme?

No, it's a grinding-needle plot!

He shivered slightly, and Lin Ke heightened his vigilance a bit more.

Pharmacists and pharmacy R&D researchers wanting to harm others are truly hard to guard against.

It seems that from now on, my water, food, and even the air I breathe will need special treatment.

Setting aside miscellaneous thoughts, Lin Ke did not stop his research.

Having figured out what this component does and how it works, I might as well 'resolve' it.

Lin Ke considered developing an antagonist or inhibitor to suppress or even erase this component's stress response to a trigger.

With a clear plan and rich knowledge reserves, the 'Magic Pharmacy Talent' was sparked.

Soon, a sample of antagonist shimmering with charming light was produced.

The drug efficacy test results were optimistic, almost completely blocking the stress response.

Lin Ke thought for a moment, then simply prepared several more doses of the antagonist, and casually wrote down the formula, preparation method, and principle on a piece of paper.

Then he deliberately left the antagonist and the paper on the workbench, in a very conspicuous spot.

"Move aside, a good dog doesn't block the way."

Opening the single-room door, coldly looking at the four men, Lin Ke unleashed his full aura without reservation.

The four men were already weak; with this stimulation, they immediately staggered and fell.

Not the slightest bearing of a formal wizard.

Lin Ke walked out along the path the four men hastily cleared, leisurely.

After a few steps, Lin Ke turned back, gave a look, and said: "Don't touch things inside recklessly; if something happens, I won't take responsibility."

Those two women kept watching this side.

That's all Lin Ke could do.

If they understand, it means the four men still have hope.

If they don't, it doesn't matter.

Just doing it casually, like an idle person; better if it works.

Without even glancing at the two women, Lin Ke headed straight back to the dormitory.

Passing the office, he suddenly noticed that the commotion in the changing room was growing louder and more blatant.

The panting was as thick as a cow's.

The soprano nearly shattered the glass.

Utterly insane.

Unbearable to hear!

Lin Ke shook his head, sped up his steps, and quickly moved away.

He feared that if he delayed even a step, his ears would get so dirty they couldn't be cleaned.

Returning to the dormitory, Lin Ke immediately took out a wizard device the size and shape of a button, activated it, to prevent eavesdropping.

Then he took out his Portable Smart Brain and sent a voice communication request to the Paro wizard.

"Anything?"

The call connected, and the Paro wizard's voice came through.

"Reporting in, and also reporting a problem I discovered here in the Potions Department's Potions Research Group."

Lin Ke knew the Paro wizard was very busy; being able to spare time to accept his communication was extremely rare.

So no pleasantries, it's dragging.

"Speak."

The Paro wizard cherishes every word like gold.

"Three female members of the potion R&D team allegedly used a special 'spring' drug to control the R&D team leader and four male members; I have already developed an antagonist against this 'spring' drug, leaving samples and formulas for the four male members. What should be done next? Please instruct."

Lin Ke gave as brief an answer as possible.

"Very good. Go find Mo Fei; from now on, listen to him on these matters. As for potion R&D, he will listen to you."

The Paro wizard voiced approval, then issued the order.

"Yes!"

Lin Ke readily agreed.

The voice communication was then cut off.

In the legion that the Paro wizard took over, more than half of the personnel have extremely complex backgrounds.

His direct lineage is scarce.

There are so many things to attend to each day that I truly have little energy to spare for the rear potion department.

Being able to allocate Mo Fei and transfer Lin Ke is already the utmost effort.

If it really doesn't work, just directly abandon the rear potion department.

The frontline medical department isn't lacking potion makers and R&D specialists trained by the Selin wizard.

If it weren't for the attitude of those old fogies from the academy...

The Paro wizard had long ago killed those foolish wits who, for a few Magic Stones and some empty promises, dared to oppose him!

Such fools deserve to die.