Super Copy of Great Power Technology

Calling it a single space structure seems inaccurate. To the naked eye, this third space structure appears as a single unit, but if you had a space telescope and pointed it at it, you would easily see that this strangely shaped building is actually formed by dozens of large spaceships of varying sizes, assembled and docked together. The Proxima Centauri expeditionary fleet is about to depart, and some of the spaceships that have completed resupply and personnel deployment have already set off and are assembling in geosynchronous orbit.

On this day, Qiao Ruida drove his flying car to the Ruida Space City deep in the grasslands to inspect the training of the astronaut team. This Proxima Centauri expedition was jointly initiated by the National Space Administration and Ruida Space Company. The first fleet to travel across the interstellar passage between the solar system and the Proxima Centauri system for the first time carries certain risks. Therefore, the crew on the starships is mainly composed of intelligent robots, with ground control personnel remotely controlling the intelligent robots through special brain-computer interface devices to perform various tasks. However, the fleet is not entirely devoid of human crew members; twelve brave astronauts will board the various flagships and serve as captains to deal with various emergencies. Six of these twelve are from Ruida Space's astronaut team.

Upon arriving at the Ruida Space City, Qiao Ruida met up with Cao Yifei and Candice, and together they inspected the astronaut training center. They chatted with the six astronauts who would be joining the fleet on their expedition to the Proxima Centauri system, held a mobilization meeting for all astronauts, and participated in several astronaut training exercises. To everyone's surprise, Qiao Ruida, who usually spent his days in an office, possessed unexpectedly good physical fitness, excelling in multiple exercises and leaving most of the astronauts behind. After completing a round of training, Qiao Ruida clapped his hands, called all the participating astronauts to his side, and said, "Aren't you surprised? Why are my strength, speed, and reaction time so outstanding, even surpassing those of you who undergo high-intensity physical training year-round? The reason is simple: I used a body potential development drug developed by our sister company, Ruida Pharmaceuticals. I named it Superhuman Serum. As the name suggests, this drug can comprehensively enhance your physical fitness, giving you some superhuman abilities..."

Upon hearing Qiao Ruida's speech, the astronauts were astonished and couldn't help but whisper among themselves.

"Superman serum, that sounds pretty amazing. Does getting an injection turn you into Superman?"

"The function of this drug sounds like the super soldier serum from Marvel movies, which comprehensively enhances the human body. Are there any risks associated with injecting it?"

"There shouldn't be any risks, right? Didn't you see our CEO Qiao inject himself with this superhuman serum? Rich people are most afraid of dying; they wouldn't use a drug that isn't a mature, well-developed product."

"When did China's biotechnology become so advanced that it can even develop such a sci-fi drug as Superman serum?"

"I don't know about the level of other domestic biopharmaceutical companies, but our group's Ruida Pharmaceutical Company is quite outrageous. In recent years, it has launched a number of anti-cancer drugs, organ cloning technology, and drugs for treating Alzheimer's disease. It's no exaggeration to say that it is leading the world."

"In that case, this superhuman serum is really reliable. Once it becomes widely available, wouldn't the threshold for becoming an astronaut be greatly lowered?"

"Of course it's reliable. My younger brother was frail and sickly since childhood. Three months ago, he signed up for the Phase III clinical trial of the Superhuman Serum. Now he's as strong as a calf, all his ailments have disappeared, and the effect is amazing. I've also heard that some of the older researchers at the Ruida Research Institute who weren't in good health have already received injections of the Superhuman Serum. The effects are quite astonishing. Their gray hair has generally turned black, their wrinkles have faded, their hearing and vision have improved, their thinking is clearer, and they look at least twenty years younger."

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Actually, this "superhuman serum" originally came from a super soldier serum that Joridar copied from the Marvel universe, the same one used by Captain America, with the exact same function. The formula was obtained through system analysis, and the manufacturing process went smoothly, with good results for the first few test subjects. However, some problems arose during large-scale clinical trials. Some test subjects did not experience any physical enhancement after receiving the serum; instead, some of their organs mutated. Several other test subjects developed mental problems, becoming paranoid, irritable, and extremely aggressive. Only then did Joridar realize that the super soldier serum from the Marvel universe was not a perfect drug, with a very low success rate, and even if successful, it could have serious side effects, such as amplifying the test subjects' evil thoughts, leading to their corruption.

The Super Soldier Serum, which Joridar replicated from the Marvel universe, had undergone a system optimization, greatly improving its success rate. However, its universality wasn't great; some test subjects still experienced no effect after injection. Furthermore, the side effects of the drug hadn't been completely eliminated, and the potential for amplifying the test subjects' malicious intent remained. Seeing this, Joridar immediately halted the clinical trials and organized a research team to further optimize the Super Soldier Serum's formula to improve its universality and eliminate side effects.

After nearly a year of research by hundreds of researchers at Ruida Pharmaceuticals, they finally developed a "Super Soldier Serum" with better universality and virtually no side effects. However, the effects after injection have been significantly reduced, with the enhancement effect on the human body only about 50% of the original version. The lifespan-increasing effect of the serum has also been compromised; calculations suggest that injections can only add about 100 years to lifespan, making it impossible to live for hundreds of years like Captain America in the movies.

To avoid unwarranted speculation, the improved "Super Soldier Serum" was renamed "Superhuman Serum" and quickly passed clinical trials, obtaining a drug approval number and entering mass production. However, the first few batches produced were not released to the market but were consumed internally within the Ruida Group. After all, who wouldn't want to use a drug that could comprehensively improve physical fitness, treat most diseases, and double lifespan? The Ruida Research Institute had a group of retired experts and professors who had been rehired. They possessed comprehensive professional knowledge and exceptional research experience, but due to their advanced age and limited energy, they could only perform consulting work. They became the first group of people to receive the Superhuman Serum. (End of Chapter)