I'm a proper student; I only take nine kinds of potions every day.

Chapter 153 One week to fill in all the weaknesses!

Ivan took the white bone disc and flipped it twice in his palm.

"Sense ghouls within a one-kilometer radius, and simultaneously attract ghouls —"

He grinned. "Isn't this just a ghoul radar and a decoy?"

"This is good stuff!"

After appraising the two magical artifacts, the two went to the houses behind Hain Street to begin investigating the green flag.

With the insight and strength of the two superhumans, they investigated the matter in less than half an hour.

Green flags appeared on the chimneys a total of three times throughout the morning, each time about fifteen to twenty minutes apart.

Ivan asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

Hill explained with relative sophistication, "It must be a code word from some secret organization."

"The symbol used for rendezvous is something that ordinary superhumans wouldn't need to use. It's probably an organization of some ordinary people."

After the investigation was completed, Ivan asked another question.

"Senior sister, do you know of any magical potions that can permanently enhance self-awareness?"

Hill looked at him with some curiosity when he heard the question.

"Why are you asking this? Has your self-esteem declined?"

Evan nodded: "Yes, some potions have the side effect of reducing self-awareness. Although it's not very noticeable in me, I have been feeling a bit slower lately."

Hill's expression turned serious, and he grasped Ivan's hands with both of them.

"Then you'd better be careful in the future, and don't really think that you're completely immune to the side effects of those potions."

Her blue eyes looked at Evan with concern.

"I don't want anything to happen to you, at least not while I'm still alive, you understand?"

Ivan nodded, then grinned and said, "Senior sister, don't say such discouraging things. As long as I'm alive, you will never die!"

Hill chuckled, "Of course! My Evan is incredibly capable."

She then told Evan about a potion: the potion of conceit.

A basic potion whose main effect permanently grants self-awareness.

The negative effect is that your mood will become permanently depressed, and you will lose all interest in anything.

Ivan wrote down the name, felt the money in his pocket, and planned to go to the pharmacy to buy a few bottles later.

The current progress of the fog-induced encephalopathy is close to 50%, and it will be able to activate the second stage at 70%.

Good news could come from Pearson at any time, so he must prepare in advance for potential side effects.

The two then had a relatively happy Saturday. Evan accompanied Hill shopping and strolled along the beach.

It helped her relax and greatly relieved the immense pressure Hill had been under recently due to cracking the ciphertext.

The sea breeze was cold, but the sunshine was warm.

The two walked side by side on the wooden boardwalk of the dock, shouting every now and then, and skipping stones across the water a few times.

As dusk fell, the two parted ways, and Ivan went directly to the apothecary where he had bought the potion last time: Angel's Hand.

After correctly saying the code, he went up to the third floor. This time, he was greeted not by the middle-aged man from last time, but by a young man.

Ivan remembered their last agreement: "Is Bill there? He's a regular customer."

The young man was somewhat surprised to hear that this unfamiliar young man could accurately recite the salesperson's name, but he still respectfully turned around to call him.

Soon, the middle-aged man from last time walked over quickly.

Upon seeing Ivan, he immediately beamed with a smile and invited him to the same private room as before.

"It's an honor that you've chosen me again to be your guide when purchasing medicine, sir!"

Ivan smiled and said, "Let's get straight to the point this time: how much is the 'Arrogant Potion'?"

"Two hundred and eighty dollars, sir."

Ivan raised an eyebrow: "Why is it twenty dollars cheaper than the Sunflower Potion last time?"

This time, Bill was more willing to share some industry knowledge: "You may not know this, but there are also best-selling and unsellable potions."

"There are quite a few knights among the superhumans these days, and those who are very prone to fanaticism have an extremely fanatical worship of the sun."

"This leads them to try every means to increase their solar affinity, and the Sun Potion is one of their top choices."

"The effect is permanent, and it's a basic potion, so the side effects are acceptable."

"Because it sells well, it's expensive."

Ivan gritted his teeth, counted out eight hundred and forty US dollars, and slapped it down: "Give me three bottles first."

Bill smiled and nodded: "Okay! Please wait a moment!"

Ten minutes later, Ivan returned home with three bottles of potions.

I glanced at the panel and found that the reversal time for five drugs had expired.

Eclipse Potion, Potion Chain, Mutated Y Virus Parasite, Fast-Acting Energy Potion, and Purification Potion.

The combined effect of the four potions brought him the following enhancements:

Silver resistance increased by 4%, solar affinity increased by 6%, electric resistance increased by 5%, spirit +0.004, solar affinity increased by 3%, blood quality increased by 2%.

What surprised him the most was that new face.

You reversed the side effects of the mutated Y-virus parasite.

Your self-awareness will permanently increase by 8%.

Your endurance has been permanently increased by 2%.

"An 8% increase in self-awareness is not a small amount, and it even increased resilience by 2%."

"Pure poison is indeed extraordinary."

Since he had already finished the quick-acting potions he had made, and the debuff on his body prevented him from making new ones, he could only drink a bottle of arrogance potion for the night.

[You have consumed the Potion of Arrogance. Effects: Permanent.]

[Result: Your self-awareness improves by 10%.]

Does this reverse the side effects?

"Reversal".

[Reversal progress: 30 hours.]

"Just like before, the reversal time of a permanent potion is five times that of a temporary potion. Thirty hours is the same as the chain reaction of the Eclipse potion, which is acceptable."

He glanced at the three masters on the panel and sighed inwardly, "I need to play it safe for the next few days. I can't keep wandering around like this."

For the next week, Evan behaved himself quite well.

Although he had access to all sorts of information, he didn't actively investigate it.

Anyway, if the sky falls, there's always someone taller to hold it up.

The capitalists haven't made a move, so why is he, a nobody, in such a hurry?

Moreover, he had three debuffs on him, and his overall condition was very poor.

So Evan's daily life was very regular throughout the week.

I attend classes in the morning and help out at the hospital in the afternoon. If I don't understand something, I go to Dr. Forem for advice.

At night, half of Professor Byron's body would deliver potions to him, and then the next morning before class, he would go to his office to report on the potion chain.

In addition to Byron's potion, Evan also purchased three others himself.

The arrogance potion is used to boost self-awareness, while regular energy and purification potions are used to maintain the daily reversal rhythm.

This basic temporary potion is much cheaper than the permanent one, costing only twenty-five dollars a bottle.

Although the cost of refining it yourself would only be fifteen to eighteen US dollars, I can't refine medicine at this stage, so I have to spend the money.

Although campus life was peaceful and routine, Evan could clearly sense that the entire city was descending into restlessness.

Gusteau's patrols of Guding Street became more and more frequent.

The members of the Gus gang have been moving around quite a bit lately, seemingly on high alert for something infiltrating them.

The hospital remains busy.

Evan's daily work consisted of various cleaning tasks, moving supplies, and other basic, repetitive mechanical work.

The complex tests, autopsies, and consultations are completely beyond his current level.

At this moment, he truly understood the immense pressure and frustration experienced by medical students.

I'm exhausted, bored, and feel no sense of accomplishment every day!

Fortunately, he didn't come away empty-handed.

With his robust physique and sunny, cheerful smile, he established fairly good relationships with many patients.

During the contact, we learned a lot of new viruses and diseases from these patients.

To his surprise, he actually absorbed the HIV virus from a patient.

He wasn't sure when AIDS was discovered on Earth, only vaguely remembering that some popular science videos said it had only been discovered a few decades ago.

It is clear that although the surface social structure and technological development are still similar to what we remember, many details have deviated significantly.

Besides the busy work at the hospital, Evan also received three messages from Pilsner.

Pearson said he had resolved the issue of the missing Y-virus parasite and had identified an enemy.

He will notify Evan at the appropriate time and get rid of him without him knowing.

Pearson assured that through this operation, Ivan would at least obtain a complete Y-virus parasite.

Ivan readily agreed and waited for the right opportunity.

1910 12 Month 10 Day.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and Christmas is getting closer and closer.

But Bolton didn't have much of a festive atmosphere this year.

The mysterious plague that causes skin ulceration is spreading wider and wider, causing many people in the lower classes to live in fear.

Due to the significant impact, the city government intervened directly, isolating and sealing off the entire Poker Street.

Several universities and hospitals, together with the city's health department, began a joint investigation into the cause of the plague.

The Healing Church continued to expand its influence amid the turmoil.

The nuns, who believe in the healing Father, distribute copper pills to patients with festering sores every day.

This potent pain reliever quickly spread among the lower classes, and even many healthy people began taking it.

Take, for example, Uncle Aubrey, the blacksmith, who lives diagonally across the street.

The entire city of Bolton felt like a storm was brewing, as if a huge crisis was about to erupt at any moment.

Being at the center of the vortex, Evan naturally felt a special connection, so he is now doing his best to become stronger and make up for his weaknesses as quickly as possible.

I open my eyes in the morning.

The window that was smashed has been repaired for one dollar.

However, the thin walls and lack of heating made the whole room quite cold, with the temperature barely maintained at around five degrees Celsius.

In previous years, getting up at this time of year was the hardest part.

But this year is completely different for Evan; this bit of cold wind is nothing to him now that he's in good physical condition.

"You chicken~!"

The trampoline emitted its familiar groan, and Evan abruptly sat up, stretched, and shouted.

"Today is another great day for Wangwang!"

As usual, I looked at the panel.

You reversed the side effects of the arrogance potion.

Your spirits are much brighter! Spirit permanently +0.1.

The side effects are straightforward, and their impact over the past few days has been quite noticeable.

Evan could feel that his mood was getting better and better every day, and he was smiling more and more. He wanted to go over and chat with everyone he saw.

"No! I can't keep eating this stuff, or I feel like I'm going to turn into a crazy person who's always laughing like an idiot."

In the past week, Evan drank five bottles of the Conceit Potion, which boosted his self-awareness by 50%, with the side effect of a 0.5 increase in mental strength.

In addition, he consumed five bottles of Stage 3 Anti-Moon Potion, five bottles of Improved Eclipse Potion, and seven bottles of Energy Potion and Purification Potion absorbed through his rectum.

Such a large, regular, and batch-based consumption of magic potions has resulted in a significant boost to his current stats.

[Occupation: Witcher]

[Rank: Apprentice]

【Traits: Cain Thirst; Copper Plague; Wings of the Black Sun (17.801%); Mist Brain Plague (+49.4%)】

[Physical Fitness: 11.282]

[Spirit: 4.764→5.292]

[Vision: 8]

[Talent: Power of Nine Dragons]

Special Skills Panel:

[Super Self-Healing Power: Lightning Speed]

Intuition: 1%

Self-awareness: 2% → 60%

[Tolerance: 7.5% → 16%]

Blood quality: 520.5% → 530.5%

[Blood toxicity: 134% → 217%]

Solar affinity: 93% → 150%

Status panel:

Silver resistance: -41% → 3.5%

[Resistance: -18%→17%]

After reviewing the current attributes, Ivan took a deep breath.

At that moment, he felt an indescribable sense of security.

Those two fatal flaws from before have finally turned from negative to positive.

I'm finally not afraid of silver anymore!

Finally, I'm not afraid of electricity anymore!

More importantly, self-awareness has reached 60%.

At this moment, he felt that no matter what, he would not lose his memory, and no matter how much he fell into despair, he would never forget who he was.

This 60% value is enough for him to fully activate the Fog Brain Plague without causing any substantial damage to his body.

"Awesome!"

Ivan stood in the sunlight by the window.

The December morning light streamed through the newly installed glass windows, illuminating his bare upper body.

My whole body felt warm and cozy.

The hunger pangs I felt upon waking were slowly being filled under the sunlight.

The pace wasn't fast; it was like slowly sipping liquid food.

But that was enough to stop his stomach from growling loudly.

"Solar affinity 156%!"

He looked at his arm, where his fair skin, illuminated by the sunlight, reflected tiny golden glitters.

It looked like lots of colorful ribbons and stars were stuck to my skin.

With this leap in solar affinity, what was previously negligible now has a relatively clear perception.

"We can already draw energy from the sunlight to satisfy our hunger! Although the effect is still very weak, it's at least a good start."

"Once this attribute increases, I can even save on food expenses every day."

"That way I'll have more money to buy potions!"

"Hahaha! I'm such a thrifty genius!"

Thinking of this, he closed his eyes, spread his arms, and carefully felt the sensation of being embraced by the sun.

"When it reaches 500%, maybe we can fill our stomachs just by sunbathing every day."

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