Chapter 39: Beginning Evolution
Chapter 39: Beginning Evolution
Huang Ji researched late into the night before finally going to bed. The next day, after practicing his martial arts in the morning and having lunch, he returned to continue his experiments.
In just one day, Huang Ji had made significant progress. His research methods were notably aggressive. First, he extracted a common flu virus from Tang Yan's blood. Then, using his exceptional medical skills, he quickly determined what kind of medicine would be absorbed by the human body and effectively eliminate the virus. Once this medicine successfully countered the flu, Huang Ji unlocked corresponding predictive information.
With this information, Huang Ji could now evaluate the effectiveness of any medicine against any virus. It was similar to performing random movements and instantly knowing their energy efficiency. Leveraging his knowledge, Huang Ji began experimenting with various new drug combinations, gauging their success rates, effectiveness, and deficiencies.
This approach almost eliminated the need for clinical trials. The reason it was only "almost" was that even with the information he gleaned, Huang Ji couldn't fully grasp the medicine's practical effects. For example, what does a 10% treatment effectiveness feel like? He could sense it faintly but not intuitively.
To bridge this gap, Huang Ji synthesized the medicine and injected it into Tang Yan, carefully observing the results. Only then could he conclude, Oh, I see. This has little effect—hardly better than taking nothing at all.
When it comes to viruses, a medicine with only 10% effectiveness is essentially useless, possibly even harmful, as viruses excel at mutating. Temporary suppression might lead to initial improvement, but the virus could retaliate more fiercely later. Thus, Huang Ji kept testing new drug formulations and soon developed one with an 86% effectiveness rate.
What others might take three to five years to achieve, Huang Ji completed in just 17 hours.
"That was unexpectedly fast... I set myself a target of twenty days," Huang Ji remarked, looking at the latest version of the medicine. "And yet, I finished it in just 17 hours?"