I'm a proper student; I only take nine kinds of potions every day.
Chapter 91: Is a Witcher with Two Hearts and Three Lungs a Potential Prospect?
Chapter 91 Is a Witcher with Two Hearts and Three Lungs a Potential Prospect?
Feeling his new form, Evan experienced an unprecedented sense of comfort and security.
His entire body was tightly covered by brass, with all his weaknesses completely hidden within the brass structure. At this moment, he even felt as if he were wearing a set of fully body-hugging power armor.
Everything in sight receded half a step, presenting an absolutely safe distance.
"The Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill has been perfected."
Ivan suddenly swung his arm.
A piercing whistling sound echoed through the apartment, and the powerful gust of wind from the punch sent old ash falling from the walls.
After experiencing the entire structure of his body, he focused his attention on his most core ability.
Plague manipulation!
Close your eyes, and the database in your mind unfolds instantly, almost like an instinct.
Dozens or even hundreds of bacteria, viruses, and fungi are neatly arranged in some order that he himself cannot explain, and he can instantly understand any one of them.
After carefully sensing it for a few seconds, Ivan had a sudden thought. He saw a ball of black, twisted, gelatinous substance slowly condense at the tip of his brass-colored index finger.
It has no taste and no calorie fluctuations.
Just one glance at it can make an ordinary person feel physically uncomfortable in their stomach.
"Dark Mother Fungus, it works really well."
Ivan sighed in admiration.
"Who invented this system that can encapsulate all viruses, lock in toxicity to prevent leakage, and even increase the explosive concentration of disgusting viruses?!"
Within this dark mass, he used the B virus as its core, fusing syphilis, gonorrhea, and a series of other vile and disgusting diseases into a single viral package.
"No wonder it's called the B virus."
He clicked his tongue.
"Combined with STDs, they're a match made in heaven."
At this moment, he secretly admired the senior who had given him the name; his knowledge was indeed profound.
Just then, a mouse poked its head out from a crack in the wall of the apartment next door.
The rat had just poked its head out when it was instantly spotted by Ivan's demon-hunting vision.
Ivan waved his hand casually.
"Capture them alive."
At this moment, we can see that the secondary brain, which was previously in the form of a complete skeleton, is now also covered by a layer of copper structure.
It flashed out from Evan's palm, piercing the crack in the wall like an arrow, and then the tip of his middle finger precisely pierced the base of the rat's tail.
No matter how much the rat struggled, the secondary brain calmly brought the rat to its master.
Ivan dipped his fingertip into the freshly condensed concentrated spores and gently applied it to the mouse's wound.
Click click click.
Less than half a second.
The rat's body burst open on the floor.
A massive amount of growth surged out rapidly, as if it had gone mad.
Yellow and white pus mixed with rat tissue splattered all over the ground.
Almost instantly, all the nutrients in its body were drained by the various tumors and warts, and its flesh, bones, and internal organs were completely destroyed by the concentrated virus.
"Awesome."
With a sigh, Ivan placed his palm on the rat's corpse and then activated the Copper Plague ability.
Then they saw that all the pathogens on the rat were quickly sucked back by Evan.
The copper plague absorbed Yersinia pestis, refining the plague cluster.
The copper plague absorbed Rickettsia mollusks, refining the plague clusters.
Evan's lips curled up in a happy smile.
"I see!"
"In other words, after the copper plague is completed, it can still refine its toxicity by absorbing new viruses."
For the rest of the time, he meticulously studied every detail of the copper epidemic prevention capability, much like a chemistry student writing a lab report.
The conclusions drawn are roughly as follows:
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The severity of the plague released by the copper plague depends on the type and concentration of the cluster virus in the body.
He can select a specific pathogen from that database according to different requirements, refine it, and then carry out single-point infection.
The symptoms exhibited by the target closely match the original clinical manifestations of that virus, but the effect is at least several levels more severe than under normal circumstances, and can far exceed the upper limit of effectiveness.
It is almost an ultimate enhanced version.
Concentrated syphilis: The body rapidly develops a large number of wart-like growths, extensive skin ulceration, and mental confusion.
Rabies: limb spasms, photophobia, hydrophobia, and aerophobia.
Plague: Black spots appear all over the body, lymph nodes swell rapidly, organs fail one after another, and high fever is accompanied by severe weakness.
The onset time of these symptoms depends on the target's own resistance and the dose of virus injected.
The shortest time to take effect is within the second his fingertips touch the other person's skin.
He has never encountered an opponent with a clear upper limit, but according to his own estimation, it should not exceed five minutes.
What concerned him even more was another one.
He discovered that once these viruses took hold, they seemed difficult to eradicate using conventional supernatural powers.
Because these viruses are not, in essence, supernatural forces.
They are just ordinary pathogens that have been induced by supernatural forces.
Once the induction process is complete and begins to take effect, ordinary supernatural treatments cannot erase them with a simple overlay.
Of course, this conclusion is only his current speculation, and it still needs to be verified in actual combat in the future.
Just as Ivan was conducting this series of tests, another prompt popped up on the panel in front of him.
[The Lion Potion's side effects have been reversed.]
Your physical flexibility has increased. Your constitution has been permanently increased by 0.05.
Your willpower has increased. Your spirit has permanently increased by 0.05.
"Expansion and willpower."
He silently repeated it to himself.
"It basically matches up."
"However, judging from these side effects, a Witcher can probably only take this Lion Potion about twenty times in his lifetime."
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Twenty bottles of Lion Potion can add a bit of physical strength and a bit of spirit to him.
For an ordinary witcher, that means having to cut off a portion of their earnings for life.
How much physical strength can a witcher like Hill possess?
During their sparring session, she punched herself in the ribs, and the pain almost brought tears to her eyes.
In this situation, how much energy could she possibly have?
"My dear senior sister is a treasure."
Ivan clenched his fist.
"I was even thinking of learning a foreign language from my senior in the future."
He plopped down on the sofa, and a rare, almost solemn expression appeared on his usually playful young face.
"I can't watch my senior sisters and brothers ruin themselves little by little by taking magic potions."
For Evan, Hill and Richard were irreplaceable figures.
The two people hadn't known him for very long.
These two people were the ones who gave him the most crucial and selfless help when he was penniless, in crisis, and even in danger of losing his life.
He already knew from Armitage that potions were ridiculously expensive to make.
If ordinary potions are like this, how much more so potions with extraordinary properties?
When his female assistant requested to use her extraordinary abilities to concoct potions, Richard simply agreed without any conditions.
Evan still vividly remembers Richard telling him with a smile that he often slept under bridges, and the smell of cheap Canadian whisky mixed with sweat and the sea still seems to linger in his nose.
"Senior brother, senior sister—don't worry!"
He spoke silently to those two faces in his mind.
"With me here, you will definitely not follow the same path as your predecessors."
"I want to optimize potions!"
Evan looked down at the faint mark on his wrist that had just been cut and scabbed over. His demon hunter vision seemed to see through his skin, which had been soaked in copper plague, and the poisonous blood flowing in his veins.
"Since I can have a fourth symbol, other Witchers probably can too."
That ever-unconventional mind took flight once again, soaring freely into the sky.
"In that case, could I also do the opposite and optimize the Witcher's physical structure?"
"What if my senior brother grew two hearts and three lungs when he transformed? Would he still be panting and sweating so violently after taking the Dragon Blood Elixir?"
"What if we implanted a pair of pebble kidneys in him to improve his detoxification efficiency?"
"Anyway, Witchers can assimilate the extraordinary characteristics of monsters into their own bodies."
"Then it doesn't seem impossible for me to modify the monster's internal organs and stuff them into my senior brothers and sisters' bodies, does it?"
Thinking of this, Ivan's lips curled up, revealing a smile that was almost eager to try.
"It doesn't seem impossible for me, Yi Laoba, to take a small step forward and become a demigod, does it?"
He chuckled to himself a few times, and suddenly felt a sense of anticipation for his future.
After his random thoughts subsided, he summoned his status panel and went through his attributes.
[Occupation: Witcher]
[Rank: Apprentice]
【Traits: Base Vampire Species 31%; Copper Plague】
[Constitution: 8.356] (Constitution increases by 0.03 for every 1% progress of the Copper Plague)
【Spirit: 3.618】
[Vision: 0→1]
[Talent: Power of Nine Dragons]
Special Skills Panel:
Self-healing ability: 1147%
Blood quality: 292.5% (of which 50% is temporary)
[Blood toxicity: 49%→58%] (Note 1)
Solar affinity: 4%
Status panel:
Silver resistance: -10%
[Reactance: -40%]
[Carefree and Easygoing: Sleep efficiency improved by 100%, 36 hours remaining]
[Shark Nose: Sense of smell and taste enhanced by 200%, 36 hours remaining]
[High Blood Quality: Blood quality improved by 50%, 156 hours remaining]
When Evan saw the long list of names, he couldn't help but sigh.
"This buff naming—the panel—you're more abstract than me."
After confirming his body's attributes, Ivan changed back into his sharp, dark gray three-piece suit, took his felt hat from the coat rack, and went downstairs, closing the door behind him.
Stepping out of the apartment building's entrance, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky was beginning to darken.
The gas lamps on top of the streetlights on Guding Street hadn't been lit yet. Behind the glass window of the bakery on the street corner, the proprietress was wearing an apron and displaying the few remaining black breads of the day at half price.
Ivan turned two corners and headed north along the main street.
Soon, he arrived at the Bolton First National Bank, which stood at the street intersection.
This is one of the largest banks in the United States, and also one of the most prestigious names in Bolton City.
Depositing money in a place like this means you don't have to worry about your savings, along with the entire building, being wiped out by a group of robbers on a whim, ending up as just a few lines in the morning paper.
The bank's facade is in a neoclassical style, supported by granite columns, with a winged eagle carved in the center of the lintel, holding a bundle of arrows in its talons.
The two heavy oak doors were adorned with brass rivets, each one polished to a gleaming shine.
Ivan pressed one hand against the brim of his hat and pushed the door open forcefully with the other.
The door hinges creaked softly, followed by the high dome of the lobby, a feature unique to large banks.
In the spacious hall, small groups of people were talking quietly on the marble floor.
Some people were arguing in hushed tones, their spittle nearly splashing onto the shoulder of the elderly gentleman in a top hat across from them.
Some people sat on the bench with newspapers in their hands, glancing up at the counter in front of them every now and then.
In front of the long row of counters directly ahead, several customers were queuing in a not-too-long line, waiting to conduct their business.
Above the counter hung a large wall clock set in a dark brown wooden frame, its second hand ticking away.
The three armed security guards at the entrance watched the flow of people coming and going with vigilant expressions, the handles of the revolvers at their waists gleaming from their palms.
As soon as Evan pushed open the door, all three pairs of eyes swept over him.
But when they saw that the young man was wearing a well-tailored gray suit, his felt hat was pulled down neatly, and his leather shoes were polished so that they reflected a person's image, their gazes politely shifted elsewhere.
At the same time, a male receptionist wearing a light gray suit, with chestnut hair neatly parted in a three-seven split and a silver badge pinned to his lapel, greeted them with a smile.
"Sir, is there anything I can do for you?"
Ivan gave him a gentle smile.
"I need to open a bank account and deposit some money."
The receptionist's smile remained unchanged.
"Sir, it's already 4:30 pm, and there are still six customers ahead of you in line."
He turned slightly to the side, looking apologetic.
"At this rate, you may need to come back tomorrow."
Ivan turned his head slightly and lowered his voice by an inch.
"I want to deposit two thousand dollars."
Before the words had even finished, the standard polite smile on the other person's face instantly changed.
The receptionist hadn't even finished uttering her previous sentence when she continued almost seamlessly into the next.
"But we have already prepared a VIP room for you, where a dedicated account manager will provide you with full service."
"This way, please!"
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