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

Chapter 176: Bug Explosion! Simultaneously Increasing Sun-Moon Affinity

[You have consumed the Eclipse Potion. Effects: Permanent.]

[Effect: When the sun is obscured, your lunar affinity increases by 1%.]

Does this reverse the side effects?

"Reversal".

[Reversal progress: 20 hours.]

[You have consumed the Anti-Moon Potion. Effects: Permanent.]

[Effect: When the moon is obscured, your solar affinity increases by 1%.]

Does this reverse the side effects?

"Reversal".

[Reversal progress: 6 hours.]

[A catastrophic reaction has been detected between the Eclipse Potion and the Anti-Moon Potion, producing terrifying side effects.]

Does this reverse the side effects?

"Twist!"

[Reversal progress: 40 hours.]

Seeing the effects of the two potions, Ivan sighed inwardly.

"Now its effects truly live up to the name of the potion."

"I must say, the effects of these two potions are really interesting."

"The Eclipse Potion increases affinity with the Moon, while the Anti-Moon Potion increases affinity with the Sun."

He examined the text on the panel.

"And the boosts only occur when the sun and moon are obscured—a truly ingenious design!"

"That means that at night, I can gain an increased affinity with the moon due to the effects of the Eclipse Potion."

"I do during the day because of the effects of the Anti-Moon Potion, which grants me an affinity for the sun."

Thinking of this, Ivan couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"Good heavens! Is this guy exploiting a bug?!"

"The Anti-Moon Potion is an improved version of the Purification Potion, and its essence belongs to the lunar system."

"Doesn't that mean the Anti-Moon Potion can increase the Bloodthirsty race's solar resistance?"

Holy crap!

Thinking about this, Evan was once again amazed by Professor Byron's knowledge and research capabilities.

"Isn't this Anti-Moon Potion the ultimate form that Priss has been longing for?"

"The weakness of the Bloodthirsty race is their affinity for the sun, but they have no way to consume potions from the solar system."

"But the Anti-Moon Potion is lunar-based! They can take it!"

At this moment, Evan's evaluation of Professor Byron's research level immediately rose several notches!

And Evan just discovered it!

After I took these two potions, they didn't cause any conflict!

My own condition requires specific conditions to trigger lunar affinity, and it was not swallowed up by solar affinity!

These two potions have such a bug-like mechanism that they actually bypassed the solar affinity mechanism!

Byron leaned forward slightly and asked tentatively, "How are you feeling?"

Evan said vaguely, "I don't feel anything yet. It might take some time before I can feel some details."

Byron nodded, leaned back in his boss's chair, and said, "Well, take your time."

He then handed over twenty-five US dollars: "Then you can go ahead and get busy!"

"The hospital must be quite busy lately, so let's meet up in thirty hours as usual."

"good!"

After leaving Byron's office, Evan couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"Please! I beg you! Please, delay your death! Your intelligence is making me almost reluctant to kill you!"

Evan developed a genuine admiration for Byron's research abilities.

This guy actually came up with this incredible thing!

As Evan was thinking, he saw Ryan walk out of the next room.

It's been almost ten days since I last saw him, and I can tell that Ryan's expression has become more stiff, and his walking posture has become somewhat strange.

When Ryan saw Evan, he forced a stiff smile and strode over.

"Are you still using Professor Byron as a guinea pig?"

Evan nodded: "Yes! Professor Byron is very generous, and I happen to be short of money lately."

He rubbed his stomach and sighed, "My appetite has increased a lot lately!"

"Food alone costs three or four dollars a day, you know how we Witchers are, sigh!"

Ryan paused for a moment, then patted Ivan on the shoulder: "I understand. I've heard a lot of things about witchers from the senior members of the night patrol team."

Ivan smiled slightly: "It's probably not something nice, is it?"

Ryan nodded. "Yes."

However, out of consideration for his friend, he did not repeat those words, and then asked in a low voice.

"I heard you wiped out a nest of ghouls yesterday? What did you find?"

Ivan sighed, "Nothing much was gained, except that I managed to rescue my senior brother."

"Oh! There are also two witchers from out of town."

Then, he angrily cursed, "A bunch of anti-Heavenly Gang bastards! As demons, they've started hunting demon hunters?"

"I think they've been living too comfortably lately; it feels like it's time to strike hard!"

Ryan nodded: "It's definitely time to wipe them out. The church recently issued an order to strictly control the number of these ghouls."

"At the same time, we must also restrict their related industries and the scope of their activities."

Ivan's heart skipped a beat: "Is the church taking charge of this themselves?"

Ryan shook his head: "The scope is still too large, and the church doesn't have that many people on its side."

"This operation was primarily a joint enforcement effort between the church and the special operations team."

"The main objective is to eliminate those who are associated with this group of ghouls and remove any unknown threats."

Ivan responded with an "oh," as if he still remembered the promise he had made to the Letos.

However, now that they are conducting joint law enforcement with the special operations team, he has room to maneuver.

Just as the two were chatting, Morales came over: "Arkham, the tram is almost here, time to go to medical school."

Evan nodded and patted Ryan on the sturdy shoulder: "Let's have dinner together sometime, it's on me."

Ryan forced a smile: "I really envy you! You're able to do your internship at medical school so early."

Evan laughed and said, "You've become a big shot in the church now, why would you envy my status?"

Ryan scratched his head: "That's right, I should go to class, I have other work to do tonight."

While Evan and Morales were on their way to the medical school to help—

In the interrogation room of the Special Operations Unit at the Bolton City Police Department.

The ghoul wizard, whose limbs had been broken, was now strapped to an electric chair with lifeless eyes.

The metal chair was surrounded by a large number of complex copper rings and wires.

These wires are buried directly in the ground, connecting with the various runes painted on the walls and ceiling.

The room is not large, only about nine square meters.

There were no special objects, blood, or remains.

But the moment you step into the room, you can feel a strong sense of gloom and an overwhelming sense of fear.

This room is arguably the most feared place for all cult members.

However, today, something went wrong in this most terrifying place.

The ghoul wizard remained motionless, his eyes still empty.

But in front of it, the tree spirit that had previously stood upside down in the office, resembling a middle-aged policeman, was now pale and trembling.

Vic shielded the tree spirit behind him, and his shadow, as if alive, examined the tree spirit, letting out a sigh of relief after confirming that it was not infected.

"What happened, Allen?"

Alan Soker, interrogation expert for the Special Operations Team.

Tree spirits, with their powerful senses and various bizarre and mischievous abilities, have always been exceptional in investigation and interrogation.

Over the course of several years, Allen has interrogated hundreds of people.

Almost no one can last more than ten minutes under his control.

With the help of the magic array and runes in this room, they can get whatever they want from the questions.

Take old Alcott for example, that guy didn't even last three minutes before he was completely drained.

Allen's voice trembled: "There's a trap! The shadow of a superior has been buried in this guy's memory."

"I was manipulated when I was filtering my memories."

"And the moment that shadow sensed me, it completely shattered this guy's memories."

"Damn ghouls!"

Allen couldn't help but curse.

His spirituality was severely damaged by using his expert status to spy on those in power.

It will take at least three days to recover.

Vic's face darkened; he could roughly guess that this was Klaus's doing.

At this point, the ghoul wizard had lost all his memories and had completely fallen into a state of madness.

Aside from the remaining monster materials on his body, he had no other value.

"You cunning old bastard!" Vic was unusually angry.

"It seems the focus should now be on Arkham."

5:30 p.m.

After completing his work at the hospital, Evan didn't even need to take the tram; he walked briskly to the Clock Tower Hospital of the Healing Church.

After showing the armband of a specially invited expert from the special operations team and being examined by the old priest who looked to be at least sixty years old, Evan easily entered the hospital.

Using their previous memories, they quickly found Richard, who was recuperating.

As soon as I entered the spacious ward, I saw Richard's hearty laughter coming from the bed painting on my left.

Evan turned to look, and there stood Richard, dressed in a white hospital gown, stretching his body and chatting with two other unfamiliar witchers.

"I must say, water ghosts are indeed very troublesome in the water," Richard sighed.

"But what I hate most are those demons who are good at jumping."

"Once I caught a demon in the mountains."

"The worker suddenly jumped, and I jumped after him, only to find a one-meter-deep pit in front of me. If I stood upright, I would break my leg."

The man opposite him and the witcher couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Mr. Richard! This is not Shi's fault. We've heard about Shi's demon-hunting form back in Worcester."

The demon hunter, who was drawing a line, covered his mouth and said, "But I have to say, it's still quite surprising that someone broke their leg from a fall of just one meter."

Ivan walked over familiarly: "Senior brother, it seems you've recovered quite well?"

Richard turned around happily and strode over to give Evan a big bear hug.

After spending a day in the hospital, the smell of inferior eagle whiskey and licorice on Richard was completely covered by the smell of disinfectant.

"Good brother! You've finally arrived."

As he spoke, he pulled Evan over and strode over to introduce him: "This is our current junior brother, Evan Arkham."

"We were able to be saved this time, and more than 70% of the credit goes to Arkham."

A man and two witchers walked over with joyful expressions, their faces full of excitement and gratitude.

"Thank you, Mr. Arkham! We've both heard about what happened."

"If it weren't for Shi's intervention, we would probably be dead there already."

After they woke up, they learned about what had happened from Erlong.

Due to the urgency of the situation, it was Ivan who ultimately rescued the two of them separately.

Evan grinned and said, "It's nothing, we're all brothers here, no need to be so polite."

Richard laughed heartily, "How about that? I told you Arkham was a very generous person."

"Let me introduce you to Arkham. This gentleman can be called Ryan, and this lady is named Leqi."

"They are a brother and sister from Worcester."

"Raine is a professional-level Witcher, and Leqi is about to enter a professional program as well."

, 7

Ivan grinned and said, "It's an honor to meet you both."

After that, they exchanged pleasantries and expressed their sincere gratitude to each other.

Thanks to Ivan's sunny, outgoing, and naturally sociable personality, the two quickly struck up a conversation.

From their conversation, Ivan knew that these two witchers were also having a very difficult time.

They were born in Worcester, about forty miles from here.

Both of them belong to the Darren lineage of Witchers.

This is a faction of witchers who specialize in dealing with aquatic monsters.

They are relatively weak in ground combat, but they thrive in water.

Unfortunately, their lineage of witch hunters wasn't very good either; now only the brother and sister remain.

Since there haven't been many water-type monsters lately, the two originally planned to go out to sea with the ship and work as escorts.

But their parents and grandfather are still alive and in poor health, so they plan to wait until their parents pass away before going to sea.

If they don't go to sea, they won't find any work.

Having gradually become unable to survive, the two were forced to join an organization called the Alchemy School, becoming two extraordinary test subjects.

There aren't many oaths between Xingying and Yiwenye.

It involves conducting trials of various potions for research institutions, reporting on the results and various side effects, and then making relevant improvements.

After taking the medicine several times, they were arranged by the Alchemy School to come to Bolton City.

They said there was a lucrative job here, but when they got there they were ambushed by a group of ghouls.

According to their description, the two siblings were likely captured three days earlier than Richard.

Over the past three days, the ghouls have fed them a lot of nutrition and then continued to bleed them.

Due to the special toxins in their bodies and bone marrow parasites, they had almost no chance to resist and were constantly bleeding in a daze.

They didn't even know when Richard had been brought there.

Ivan sighed, "It seems like everyone has it tough."

Ryan sighed, "Yes! Times are changing too fast these days."

"Previously, we were able to help some chambers of commerce or fleets on the outskirts of the city with some water-related issues."

"Now that we have trains, this kind of work has been greatly reduced."

"Furthermore, various large merchant guilds have started employing full-time demon hunters, making it difficult for us to establish proper fortifications."

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