Beast Tamer: The evolution path I made up has come true!

However, just as everyone was racking their brains to figure out how to break the deadlock, Su Mo waved his hand dismissively and said, "Junior, this has nothing to do with the scale of Rong Sheng Pharmaceutical Factory. Don't take the blame on yourself."

"This time, the other party joined forces with multiple companies, mobilizing the entire wind-related resources industry to directly buy up all the windgrass on the market at the source."

"Even pharmaceutical companies of the size of Far East Pharmaceuticals and Sequoia Capital would be dragged down by supply disruptions. This is something that cannot be prevented simply by stockpiling in advance."

At this point, Su Mo glanced once more at the price of Breeze Grass on the terminal.

Latest transaction price: 1,900 yuan per liter.

[Recent three-day increase: 1127%!]

As the price curve soared almost vertically, silence fell over the laboratory as everyone pondered how to break the deadlock.

"How about we just announce a postponement of the drug's release?"

Shen Qinghe adjusted his glasses and proposed a solution: "Their spending astronomical sums on shopping will inevitably tie up a huge amount of capital."

"As long as we stop buying Breeze Grass now and stop taking over their stock, those exorbitantly priced grasses will just end up stuck in their hands."

Xu Qingshan nodded slightly in agreement, saying, "That's right, the Breeze Grass, a spiritual plant, has a shelf life."

“If we drag this out for a few months, not only will their cash flow be in big trouble, but the grass will also rot in the warehouse.”

Listening to their suggestions, Lin Zhixia on the other end of the communication line also felt that this was the safest approach at present.

However, Su Mo, who was sitting in the main seat, shook his head.

"Delaying the release may make them feel bad for a while, but it still comes at the cost of our production halt, so it doesn't really hurt them."

"Besides, those beast tamers outside who are full of expectations can't wait that long."

"Moreover, since they dare to hoard Breeze Grass, they must have a backup plan. Perhaps if we wait a few more months, the potion's formula will be cracked!"

At this point, a cold glint flashed in Su Mo's eyes as he said, "Since they like hoarding Breeze Grass, let them hoard it to their heart's content and let it rot in their hands for the rest of their lives."

Lin Zhixia asked with a puzzled look on her face on the other end of the communication: "But if we don't postpone it, are we going to continue buying grass at high prices?"

"Do not."

Su Mo laughed and said, "I plan to directly change the potion formula and kick Breeze Grass out of the potion."

"Change the formula?"

Upon hearing this, not only Lin Zhixia, but also Xu Qingshan and Shen Qinghe were stunned, their faces filled with disbelief.

In the field of pharmaceutics, even replacing the most basic excipients requires hundreds or thousands of experiments and pharmacological deductions, taking months or even years.

Moreover, it's Breeze Grass, a core ingredient that supports the entire potion.

This is equivalent to demolishing a building and rebuilding its foundation!

However, what would be an insurmountable challenge for others was no difficult task for Su Mo, who possessed the simulation diagram.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Seeing the shocked crowd, Su Mo didn't explain further, saying, "Teacher Xu, student Shen, Zhi Xia, you should go back and rest first. Let me have some peace and quiet to think about how to modify the potion formula."

Hearing Su Mo's words, Xu Qingshan opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

After all, it's simply a pipe dream to modify a potion formula in a short period of time.

Seeing Su Mo's unusually calm demeanor, Xu Qingshan's heart couldn't help but tighten.

In his view, the confidence Su Mo was showing at this moment was probably just a little fantasy born out of the pressure of finding a way out of the predicament.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingshan sighed inwardly and swallowed the words that were about to come out.

"Okay, then go and have some peace and quiet by yourself, and don't put too much pressure on yourself."

Xu Qingshan patted Su Mo on the shoulder, then silently left the laboratory with Shen Qinghe, who also looked worried.

Lin Zhixia, on the other end of the communication projection, also bit her red lips, her eyes filled with worry.

But he could only obediently hang up the phone, not daring to add any more psychological burden to Su Mo.

As the laboratory door closed, the room fell silent.

With no outsiders around, Su Mo let out a long sigh of relief, leaning back comfortably in his chair, and then a thought stirred within him.

The next second, a semi-transparent map composed of countless dotted lines and light spots slowly unfolds on the retina.

[Diagram activated!]

Su Mo retrieved the previous wind attribute affinity potion formula.

Seventeen auxiliary materials, thirty-six preparation processes, and the reactions at each stage are transformed into densely packed luminous nodes, suspended in the center of the diagram.

The node representing Breeze Grass is located at the beginning of the recipe.

Countless energy threads extend outward from the node, connecting to the subsequent assimilating enzymes, extracts of velvet worm hairs, and insect-based nutrient solutions.

The effects of Breeze Grass are indeed very clear: it is gentle, stable, and easily absorbed by insect-type pets.

As a carrier of low-level wind-attribute energy, it is almost the optimal solution for this potion.

However, the optimal solution is never irreplaceable.

Su Mo stared at the node of the Breeze Grass and directly deleted it from the deduction route!

Swish!

Without the Breeze Grass carrier, the entire potion model collapsed instantly.

[The core energy carrier is missing.]

The drug's structure has become unbalanced.

Current success rate: 0%

Su Mo had anticipated this and incorporated various wind-attribute plants from the market into the simulation diagram.

Green awn leaves, energy conflict, failure.

Hollow vines have too low an absorption rate, so the attempt failed.

Floating fluff, insufficient energy stability...

Alternative materials were continuously added to the simulation diagram, but were subsequently eliminated by Su Mo due to various rejection reactions.

Despite the constant stream of failure messages, Su Mo remained patient.

Since Breeze Grass can act as a carrier of wind-attribute energy, other plants that grow outdoors and are constantly exposed to air currents should also have similar properties!

As the deductions deepened, Su Mo simply broke free from the limitations of thinking about spiritual plants and directly expanded the search scope to ordinary plants that could be found everywhere.

Soon, a phantom image of a small grass with grayish-white down at the top appeared in Su Mo's eyes.

【Gray Catkin Grass】

This grass grows widely in wilderness, suburbs, and even in the cracks of brick walls on the edge of federal safe zones, and has an incredibly tenacious vitality.

Because its internal elements are disordered and weak, it cannot be used to refine medicines. It can only be harvested and used as cheap feed for herbivorous pets.

In the eyes of those researchers of spiritual plants, this grass has no research value. Its only use is probably as a test target for new herbicides.

However, when the simulation diagram magnified the spike structure of the gray fluff grass tens of thousands of times, Su Mo's eyes lit up.

The seemingly ordinary gray fluffy spikes, when magnified, reveal a surprising abundance of slender hollow fibers!

These fibers sway with the wind all year round, and surprisingly, they store some wind-related energy inside.

This amount of wind-attribute energy is extremely weak; only the most sophisticated spiritual energy detectors can detect it.

To other pharmacists, this amount of wind-attribute energy was worthless waste.

However, in Su Mo's eyes, it became a priceless treasure that could break the deadlock!

What would happen if these hollow fibers were combined with villous assimilation enzymes?

According to my own idea, after activation by the assimilating enzyme, the hollow fibers inside the gray fluff grass should become like a fine and elastic net, which can withstand the wind energy and thus replace the carrier function of the breeze grass!

With this in mind, Su Mo quickly adjusted the blending ratio of the gray fluff grass spike juice and fluff extract in the system.

Current success rate: 37.9%

Seeing this, Su Mo continued to make adjustments.

Low-temperature cell disruption, segmented centrifugation, and adding assimilatory enzymes 12 seconds in advance...

Current success rate: 61.3%

Current success rate: 78.8%

Current success rate: 92.4%

After hundreds of parameter fine-tuning and simulations, the success rate was fixed at 92.4%!

As the drug model was reconstructed, the data on the projection diagram also changed.

[Alternative solution analysis complete!]

[Original core ingredient: Juice of tender leaves of *Breezeblade*.]

[New core alternative material: Extract of *Gnaphalium affine* fluff spikes.]

[Predicted wind affinity boost effect: 32%–46%]

[Pharmacological stability: Excellent.]