Chapter 345 - 337 Disposal of a Problem_1

"Boss, first, you have to understand the mechanism of action of the No. 304 Injection—it’s quite similar to modern medical treatments."

"You may have heard that some drugs work by directly killing pathogens, but more often they stimulate the body’s own immune system. It’s actually the macrophages that engulf and destroy the pathogens and necrotic cells, and in nature, macrophages are almost invincible; there are no pathogens they can’t eliminate."

Lin Ju naturally knew this argument, as he had watched many similar short videos online that claimed the human immune system is the most powerful and that good health is the best weapon against disease.

Some difficult-to-treat diseases, such as cancer and AIDS, involve tricks or disruptions to the immune system rather than the immune system having no way to handle them.

In a case on the original timeline, a foreigner suffering from several types of cancer, who had been tormented to the point of wanting to die, experienced a violent reaction from his immune system after contracting a respiratory infection. This caused him to have a high fever for several days, which killed off 90% of the cancer cells in his body, proving that the immune system is indeed capable of resolving bodily pathogens.

Of course, most people probably wouldn’t survive a few hours of high fever before suffering brain death, so stimulating the immune system to go on a killing spree is not a viable approach.

Xie Miao continued to explain:

"The actual effective substance in the No. 304 Injection is very small and naturally cannot spread throughout the body. It also works by stimulating the brain and spinal cord, which in turn prompts the glands responsible for growth to secrete hormones in a planned and regulated manner, encouraging the body to continue developing in the direction we desire; it also promotes the development of the nerves, making one’s senses sharper and movements more agile."

Another very important point is that the No. 304 Injection wasn’t developed to make ordinary people healthier and stronger; its purpose is to create superhumans with capabilities that exceed ordinary human beings!

The perfect state after using the No. 304 Injection would be, for instance, turning a soldier who originally is 180 cm tall and weighs 80 kg—which is already quite solid—into someone who grows to 185 cm and weighs between 95 and 110 kg. Although this would technically fall into the obese range according to health BMI index, his bone density would actually be close to the human limit.

Such a soldier’s resistance to impact and strength could nearly double, increasing flexibility and coordination, while ample energy in his cells and a well-developed nervous system could maintain a state of high-tension combat for 12 hours—meaning his stamina would also be significantly improved.

However, a normal human body isn’t built this way, which puts more pressure on the organs, and also greatly increases their energy needs. In addition to a regular diet, frequent consumption of energy bars and other quick foods that are easy to digest and provide a lot of sugar and fat would be necessary.

The content of the No. 304 Injection would drop below the threshold after about 1000 days, and without external stimulation, the body can no longer maintain an abnormal state for long and will gradually return to its natural balance. What happens during this process is still unknown to us."

Xie Miao tried to use vivid language to help Lin Ju understand that the mechanism of action in the world is much more complex.

The more Lin Ju listened, the stranger his expression became. Stimulating nerves and glands, overloading organs, increasing vigor and combat durations, enhancing impact resistance... Why did this all sound so familiar?

Hisss~ No wonder it was the American Army that proposed the development of this drug. They had become accustomed to drugs and were no longer satisfied.

Taking drugs is an old tradition worldwide. Don’t just talk about the "Double Gun Soldier" during the warlord era, the Japanese "Spirit Injection Pill", and the Nazi "Pervitin"—they were all widely promoted for use.

Why was the Third Reich’s blitzkrieg able to annihilate a country in just a few hours? It was because the entire armored division took Pervitin and marched day and night for three days and three nights without sleep. Ordinary countries can’t do this, but Pervitin made it possible.

During the Cold War, soldiers on the front lines were highly tense, and to extend duty hours without rotation, they were provided with drugs that kept them awake all night.

During peacetime, it wasn’t so bad, but in wartime when a soldier’s life was taken one day at a time, the control over these drugs was much looser—if you had the combat strength, there was no limit to how much you could have.

This habit still existed, probably because the Americans from that timeline felt that getting high was not thrilling enough and the addictive nature really was troublesome, so they came up with the USBI substance...

The USBI substance took effect over a long period and, in the long run, the effects were better without causing addiction, making it indeed an ideal substitute.

However, according to Xie Miao, this substance seemed to share a mysterious co-relationship with hormone-like drugs, especially when it came to interfering with sensitive areas like the brain and spinal cord. These were not parts that could easily recover.

So, the focus should be on the overload of internal organs during operation and the "unknown reaction" when the body degenerates after the injection wears off.

But, since the system mentioned that over 2000 clinical trials had been conducted, there shouldn’t be any major issues, right?

Xie Miao, "Boss, no matter what, if we want to understand everything about the No. 304 Injection, we have to carry out live experiments. Even if we don’t use it directly, many of its derivative effects are extremely valuable."

"But finding experimental subjects is not easy..."

This wasn’t America where you could simply grab homeless people off the streets to volunteer for biological experiments, and there was another problem: the issue of keeping the No. 304 Injection a secret.

No matter how you look at it, the No. 304 Injection was a product of the future, a technology from another world forty years later, and its prospects were astonishing.

If mishandled, it could potentially lead the scientific community towards the path of super-soldiers, and it might even cause countries to revive the superpower research of the last century.

Take New Yuan and the Space Administration’s Astronaut Training Institute 507, for example. When it first started, it was focused on researching superpowers... However, their research was genuinely searching for "extraordinary people" in the community through scientific methods because the other two superpowers were also researching it. After some time, when they realized it was all civilian scams, they stopped.

Back to the main point, we certainly have to try the No. 304 Injection, and the biotechnology it entails could very likely provide vast financial support for the base; it cannot be shelved.

However, how to introduce it to the market, how to find test subjects, and how to control the situation from getting out of hand are also problems.

Lin Ju picked up the tightly sealed injection and shook it again. The nearly colorless liquid glowed with a faint blue halo around it, and staring too long could make one feel light-headed.

Xie Miao quietly waited for the boss to make a decision.

After a while, Lin Ju finally put the metal container back.

"You all continue your research for now; the No. 304 Injection involves too much. Let’s discuss this together tonight; you and your team should come over."