Chapter 181: More Samples Needed
Master Smith Under Ministry of National Defense
181 – More Samples Needed
“Since we’re making it, wouldn’t it be better to create a drug that kills the parasite without harming the human body, instead of an anesthetic?” Seung-ho suggested to Myung-jun as they moved to the laboratory in the subspace to work on the new substance.
Myung-jun, who had been fiddling with the box containing the parasite, responded to Seung-ho, “The problem is we only have one living parasite. Even if we thaw the one that’s frozen, we only have two at most. And if we try to take a sample of the tissue for testing, it will surely commit suicide the moment we approach it with a scalpel.” The captured parasites were like triggerfish, programmed to self-destruct to conceal information if the infected human host was threatened.
To test the drug, they needed to inject the necessary amount of it into a living parasite’s body in one go—enough to kill it instantly before it could attempt suicide within the host’s body. However, with only two parasites, determining the effectiveness of the newly created substance was nearly impossible.
“We need more samples.”
“How many are you thinking?”
“Twenty? Thirty? I can’t say for sure. Alchemy is that kind of field.” In alchemy, as practiced by Seung-ho, even a slight contamination or error in the synthesis process could completely alter the properties of the final product.