On the Ark.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems like this person always brings back some new people every time he goes out; he's practically a new girl harvester.

“Iron-eating beast… Nian…” Zilan asked while taking notes, “What positions are you here to apply for?”

The iron-eating beast scratched its head and asked, "What specific positions do you hold here?"

"You didn't know?" Zilan was taken aback. "Then why did you come here?"

Lin Ye explained for her, "Actually, she came here to treat Oripathy, but because she has a lot of energy, you can let her run errands or something from time to time."

The iron-eating beast glared at Lin Ye: "I'm not here to run errands. Do you think you can order me around just because you're the princess's brother..."

Lin Ye coughed suddenly, giving the Iron-Eating Beast a warning look to stop talking.

"The princess's brother?" Zilan asked, puzzled. "Who are you talking about?"

"She was just joking," Lin Ye said with a laugh. "This person is a fairly well-known actor in Yan Country. You know what an actor is, right? The kind of person who lives in a play."

Although the Iron-Eating Beast was somewhat annoyed that Lin Ye only called her a "somewhat famous" actress—she was clearly super famous, it was just that the people here were inexperienced and didn't recognize her—she remembered Lin Ye's earlier instructions and obediently kept quiet.

Lin Ye didn't want anyone at Rhodes Island to know his identity as the Third Prince of Yan. Firstly, it was unnecessary, and secondly, the more people knew, the more trouble he would face. So, it was better to keep a low profile. Fortunately, Zilan didn't seem to care. She was more concerned about why the martial arts star, Iron Eater, would be working at a pharmaceutical company like Rhodes Island. Most people receiving treatment at Rhodes Island were there because they couldn't afford the exorbitant fees, so they worked part-time to receive treatment. Iron Eater, however, didn't seem to be short of money at all.

Forget it. Anyway, Lin Ye introduced them, and they'll need to be reviewed by Kal'tsit or Amiya later, so she doesn't need to worry about it.

Thinking this, Zilan turned her gaze to Nian again.

"So, Miss Nian, is that right?" Zilan continued taking notes. "And you're here for a job interview..."

“I’m not here for a job interview,” Nian said.

"Hmm?" Zilan frowned slightly. "You're not here for a job interview? Then you're here to..."

"I was taken care of by Lin Ye..."

"I'll take care of it, I'll take care of it." Seeing that Nian was about to let something slip again, Lin Ye had to interrupt her with an even louder cough and said, "I'll take care of her job. Because her identity is rather special, I need to report to Kal'tsit separately. So you just need to make a simple record for her."

"I was just making simple notes," Zilan said, looking at Lin Ye speechlessly. "I have a feeling you're hiding something. Is it just my imagination?"

Lin Ye said with certainty, "Yes, that's your misconception."

"Tsk, whatever you want." Zilan put down her pen and said, "Speaking of which, Dr. Lin, you've already brought in quite a few talented people for our island. I feel like you could have a position in the personnel department."

"Really?" Lin Ye hadn't paid much attention to it.

“Yes,” Zilan began counting on her fingers, “This time it’s the Iron-Eating Beast and Nian, and before that it was Skyfire, Exusiai, Mostima, Messiah and Irene…”

Lin Ye hadn't expected Zilan to include Tianhuo, Exusiai, Messiah, and Irene in his list. Messiah and Irene were about to leave, and as for Tianhuo and Exusiai… well, wait a minute.

"Mostima's here too?" Lin Ye asked, a little excited. "When did she arrive? Is she on the island now?"

“No, she’s not here.” Zilan shook her head. “She came about three days after you left the island, but she only submitted a resume. She also told us that she had promised you this, and that she was sorry she didn’t get to see you this time.”

Mostima isn't here.

Lin Ye felt a pang of disappointment for no apparent reason: "Then where did she go later?"

“She didn’t say,” Zilan shrugged. “So strictly speaking, Mostima, who only submitted one resume, can’t be considered a Rhodes Island operator yet. But she said she’ll be one when she comes to the island next time, although she doesn’t know the exact time herself.”

Even he himself wasn't sure? Lin Ye had a feeling that he was setting a flag.

"Okay, that's about it... Oh, right." Zilan suddenly remembered something and said, "We'll probably be moving soon."

"Moving?" Lin Ye asked, somewhat puzzled. "Moving to where?"

“Move onto the warship,” Zilan said with a smile. “You probably already know about this. We reached an agreement with Emperor, the owner of Penguin Logistics, using our mobile town as collateral to get him to help us pay off part of the down payment, allowing us to move onto the latest warship built by Victoria. From now on, Rhodes Island will be a mobile fortress in the air.”

Lin Ye hadn't expected the negotiations regarding the mobile fortress to be finalized so quickly; it seemed Kal'tsit had been involved. Although he didn't care much about moving or not, and where he lived was irrelevant to him, moving to a mobile warship meant Rhodes Island was developing better and better, which was something to be happy about.

After chatting with Zilan, Lin Ye first took Nian and the Iron-Eating Beast to their temporarily assigned room, and then left. Having been tossed about on the ship for over half a month, Lin Ye was just about to return to his familiar bed for a good rest when his phone suddenly rang. It was Saria calling, seemingly having heard about his return, asking if he could come to the medical department.

Although he really wanted to go back to sleep, Lin Ye, thinking that Saria might want to discuss something related to the "L reagent" with him, fought off his drowsiness and went to the medical department. However, when he arrived at the medical department, he didn't see Saria or Himeru, only a medical report on their desks.

He picked up the report and glanced at it, discovering it was Ifrit's.

Then, Saria's voice sounded behind him: "Can you see anything different?"

"Ah, sorry." Coming to his senses, Lin Ye immediately put down the report, then turned around and looked at Saria standing behind him. "Should I have moved around?"

“No.” Saria shook her head, her face showing a gentle expression that Lin Ye had almost never seen before. “That’s what I wanted to show you.”

"Uh, I can't really tell." Lin Ye scratched his head.

“The density of Originium crystals in Ifrit’s blood has decreased,” Saria said.

"Oh, congratulations." Lin Ye nodded subconsciously, because he hadn't quite realized what was happening yet.

A few seconds later, he realized what Saria was saying and his eyes widened in surprise.

"what do you mean……"

Saria nodded slightly and said softly, "We succeeded, Dr. Lin. You saved Ifrit."

Chapter 598 Hope

Upon hearing Saria's words, Lin Ye assumed that Saria had already completed the "L reagent" during the month they had been away, and his mouth dropped open in astonishment. After all, it was something Warfarin hadn't been able to complete in half a year. Could it be that Saria's abilities in this area were superior to Warfarin's, who had lived for hundreds of years?

However, Lin Ye soon realized that he had overthought things. Saria had not tackled the problems left by Warfarin, but instead used a relatively clever method.

"Reduce the dosage?" After listening to Saria's explanation, Lin Ye pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, the negative effects of 'L cells' will be greatly reduced, right?"

Saria nodded and said, "That's right. As long as the dosage is controlled, the rejection of 'L cells' in the blood can be controlled."

“That’s true,” Lin Ye scratched his head and asked, “But does it really work? I remember asking Warfarin this question before, and she said the L cell count in the L reagent is already very, very low. If it’s lowered any further, it won’t work; the cells will basically die on their own as soon as they enter the bloodstream.”

“That’s true.” Saria nodded slightly. “When the dosage is below a certain value, the ‘L cells’ have difficulty functioning. But this is not absolute. As long as we can find that balance point, everything will be solved.”

Lin Ye smiled and said, "It seems you've found it."

“That’s true.” Saria smiled as well. “Hime and I both know Miss Warfarin’s expertise in this area. If our research direction were aligned with hers, the probability of achieving results in a short period of time would not be high. So we focused entirely on the dosage and created an improved ‘L-type’, which is basically ‘L-type’ diluted several times and supplemented with some drugs that inhibit cell regeneration. In terms of efficiency in engulfing Originium viruses, it is definitely not as good as ‘L-type’, but its effects on the human body are definitely within a controllable range.”

"So you just used it on Ifrit?"

At this point, Saria showed a helpless expression.

“I absolutely didn’t want it to be this fast either,” Saria said. “But Ifrit’s condition worsened, and Himer couldn’t wait any longer. So Himer first used the improved ‘L-type’ on herself to confirm its effectiveness before using it on Ifrit. To be honest, I was really against this, but with Himer’s insistence, this was the only way.”

"Alright." Just from listening to Saria's explanation, Lin Ye could guess what kind of argument she and Himer had gone through before finally compromising. But then again, if the potion really had any obvious problems or flaws, Saria and Himer would never have used it on Ifrit. "As far as the result is concerned, it should be pretty good?"

“That’s true,” Saria continued. “To put it another way, do you remember that Oripathy patient you saved with ‘L-Type’ who was on the verge of death?”

Lin Ye nodded: "Of course I remember. You mean if I had used the improved 'L-type' on her back then, there wouldn't have been such a big risk, right?"

“No.” Saria shook her head. “If you use the improved ‘L-type’ on her, she will explode and die because the Originium crystals in her body will completely go out of control. She will not survive.”

Lin Ye was stunned for a moment: "Why?"

“As I just mentioned, in order to control the negative reactions caused by ‘L cells,’ the dosage was reduced, but the efficacy also decreased by dozens of times,” Seria said. “For patients whose condition is critical and about to spiral out of control, such efficacy is undoubtedly not enough to save their lives.”

“I see…” Lin Ye pondered for a moment, “What about patients whose infection isn’t so severe yet? You told me before that the density of Originium crystals in Ifrit’s blood has decreased, which means…”

“Just as you suspected.” Saria opened the drawer in front of her, took out a test tube containing a pale blue liquid, and gently shook it in front of Lin Ye. “While it can’t save patients on the verge of death, it’s effective for ordinary patients, even those who are seriously ill, even if the effect is very subtle. In the past two weeks of administering the drug to Ifrit, Himer and I have been testing Ifrit every other day.”

Although he already knew the results, Lin Ye still couldn't help but feel nervous: "What were the test results?"

“Hmm… let’s talk about the medicine Ifrit used before.” Saria took out another vial of reagent from the drawer. “This is the one Ifrit was using… no, this is the one all Rhodes Island operators are using right now. It’s the latest product improved by Rhine Lab’s Lifeline, and it’s also Rhodes Island’s current trump card and one of its main sources of revenue. It can effectively suppress crystal density, and when Ifrit was using this medicine, the crystal density increased by about 0.07u/L every three months.”

Lin Ye wasn't particularly sensitive to this kind of data, so he asked directly, "What about when the improved 'L-type' is used?"

“There hasn’t been an increase in the past two weeks,” Saria said softly. “In fact, it has decreased by 0.01 u/L.”

"0.01?" Lin Ye scratched his head. "That seems a bit low."

Saria, who had been expecting Lin Ye to show a shocked expression, was stunned for a moment when she heard Lin Ye say such a thing, and then burst out laughing a few seconds later.

Lin Ye immediately felt embarrassed: "Uh, what's wrong? Isn't 0.01 low?"

"It depends on what you're comparing it to, Dr. Lin," Saria said with a smile. "If you're comparing it to the 'L-type' you used on that critically ill patient, then it's very, very low. After all, you saved a critically ill patient's life in just a few minutes, something the improved 'L-type' obviously couldn't do. But if you exclude the 'L-type' itself... Dr. Lin, you need to know that there isn't a single drug in the world that can reduce crystal density, not a single one."

Lin Ye understood Saria's meaning and couldn't help but ask, "If Ifrit continues to take this improved 'L-type', is there any chance that Oripathy will be cured?"

Before Saria could speak, Hermes' voice suddenly rang out from behind Lin Ye.

"ten years."

Lin Ye turned his head and looked at Hemo, who had appeared behind him at some point.

Hermer's eyes were a little red, and while talking to Lin Ye, she couldn't help but rub her eyes first: "I'm sorry, Dr. Lin, I lost my composure... because, in your eyes, ten years is a very long time, and no one knows what will happen in these ten years. But for Ifrit, who originally had no future, she has regained her future and has hope to live."

“That’s true, Dr. Lin,” Saria said. “Although this medicine still has many problems and is far from perfect, it has truly become the hope for all the infected, and that hope was brought by you.”

Lin Ye turned around again and watched as Saria handed him the improved version of "L-type".

“All the infected people in the world should thank you, Dr. Lin,” Saria said softly. “Ifrit is so glad to have met you.”

Chapter 599 Choice (3K)

"What do you mean I can't figure it out? It's just because my research direction is different from theirs, okay?"

In Kal'tsit's office, Lin Ye, Kal'tsit, and Warfarin sat facing each other. Warfarin was visibly unhappy after learning of the success of the improved "L-type."

"To minimize the rejection reaction, they adopted a passive approach of drastically reducing the dosage and adding drugs that inhibit cell activity. I wouldn't even bother to do that properly," Warfarin said, her tone full of disdain. "I've already seen the specific plan for the improved 'L-type', and it's definitely not as perfect as you imagine."

Lin Ye asked, "For example?"

“For example, according to their calculations, with the improved 'L-type' abilities, it would take ten years to completely cure Ifrit's Oripathy, right?” Warfarin tapped the table and said, “But in reality, ten years is absolutely impossible. Ifrit is a severely infected patient; the density of Oripathy crystals in her body is very high. So, in the early stages of treatment, the medication can be most effective. However, in the later stages, when the Oripathy crystal density has decreased to a certain value, the efficiency of low-dose 'L-cells' in phagocytosing the virus, as well as the addition of inhibitory drugs, will also decrease. You should know this, right, Kal'tsit?”

Kal'tsit nodded slightly: "Yes, that's true. In my opinion, with the current capabilities of the improved 'L-type', it would take at least fifteen years to completely cure Ifrit's Oripathy."

“That’s the problem.” Warfarin looked at Lin Ye. “With the capabilities of the improved ‘L-type,’ even the mildest infection would require more than five years to treat. And the cost of the improved ‘L-type’ is higher than that of the ordinary ‘L-type’ due to the presence of cell-suppressing drugs. I can tell you very clearly that more than 95 percent of the people in this world do not have enough financial resources to undergo such treatment.”

Warfarin's words were like a bucket of ice water, extinguishing most of Lin Ye's excitement. He had thought a ray of hope was beckoning him, but it turned out it was still far away. Still, Lin Ye said somewhat unwillingly, "Well, this is indeed a big step forward, can't we deny that?"

Before Warfarin could speak, Kal'tsit interjected, "In that respect, it is true. At least we have completed a drug that can completely cure Oripathy, which is a breakthrough from scratch."

"The breakthrough from scratch was clearly done by me, okay?" Warfarin was still a little unhappy. "The first person to be treated wasn't Himer or Ifrit, but Lin Ye's old man, okay? If Lin Ye hadn't let that person escape, how could my research still be stuck here?"

This was indeed Lin Ye's own fault, and he had no way to refute it, so he could only pretend he hadn't heard it.

“There’s no point in dwelling on what happened,” Kal’tsit said. “Now we need to consider what to do next. Although the improved 'L-type'…”

“It’s too much trouble to keep calling it the improved ‘L-type 1’,” Lin Ye said. “How about calling it ‘L-type 2’?”

Before she could finish speaking, Warfarin exclaimed, "Absolutely not! 'L-type' is clearly my creation. Saria and the others simply simplified my creation. How can it be called 'L-type'? Absolutely not! If we're going to call it that, let's call it Y-type. I'm the last name, and she's the first name. That's perfect."

Lin Ye felt that Warfarin had a strange obsession with certain things. But considering her contributions, both Lin Ye and Kal'tsit felt there was no reason to oppose her, so they accepted it. Thus, the "L-type" named after Lin Ye's surname and the "Y-type" named after Lin Ye's given name were distinguished.