I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 202 - 172: A Complete System_1

Chapter 202: Chapter 172: A Complete System_1

Pharmaceutical manufacturing through technology prides itself on precision in dosage and large-scale production, but in some worlds, alchemy, or the making of magic potions is more about the ’soul.’ In terms of output and stability, technological pharmaceuticals are far superior, yet different alchemy or magic potion production methods are characterized by their uniqueness.

Individual practitioners yield results with varying effects; some may fall below the standard, while others exceed expectations, a facet where technology cannot compare. Moreover, the influence of special powers means that alchemy or magic potions sometimes outperform technological drugs.

Take for instance, a medicinal pill that can reverse yin and yang is something beyond the capabilities of technological pharmaceuticals. This pill requires refinement – after its creation, men transform into women and women into men, a feat unmatched by technology-produced medication.

To achieve a technological version of this transformation, one would presumably need surgery, right?

Regardless of the method of pharmaceutical production, each has its merits, and there’s no need to denigrate one to elevate another. Whatever meets the demand is the right medicine, regardless of how it was produced.

Then there’s Artifact Refining. Industrial production lines can guarantee the quality and performance of cold weapons, but sacred swords or demonic swords in certain worlds can’t simply be manufactured using technological means. Such items require a person to use Artifact Refining methods, expending physical strength and power, perhaps even offering a sacrifice, to forge them.

Some weapons, from the perspective of certain researchers, do not possess a theoretical strength that surpasses their calculated values based on the metals and their composition. However, when these weapons are forged through Artifact Refining and tested, the results often lead to a crisis of faith, leaving them exclaiming, "This is unscientific..."

Ahn Qi has seen scientists whose worldviews were challenged, but later, some came to a realization. Science doesn’t only represent technology; weapons made by Artifact Refining are evidently another type of science.

They tried to understand this different type of scientific outcome with their own scientific knowledge, but fitting it into formulas and calculations was useless. Discrepancies are normal, not because their calculations were wrong, but because their initial understanding was off.

Without using Artifact Refining methods to make weapons and sticking to their own scientific understanding to combine those metals, the result would absolutely match their previous calculations.

After seeing and understanding more, the scientists on her side accepted other scientific systems quite calmly. What’s there not to accept when the evidence is right before them, ready to be proven and used?

If someone can’t accept it, that just means they’re too narrow-minded. Ahn Qi doesn’t need those people. Either they remain steadfast in their own field and continue to advance, or they strengthen their understanding of other scientific systems to improve themselves and attempt to break new ground by combining different types of scientific knowledge.

"I’ll have someone evaluate these items and tell you the results tomorrow. Also, do you need any other assistance in your current condition?" Ahn Qi closed the suitcase and brought the focus back to Zheng Yichen.

Now significantly shorter and less muscular than just over a month ago, a question arises – how much combat capability does the current Zheng Yichen retain?

For a person with special powers, a physical transformation may not be very significant; a small body could contain enormous energy, so underestimating such a being is bound to lead to trouble.

However, the world of Hazy City isn’t one with such high environmental forces. No matter how much energy is contained within a body, the environment of this world will moderate it. Quality might be high, but quantity is another matter – just look at the fire dragon.

It claimed that in its own world, it could easily unleash a meteor fire rain, a barrage of flaming meteors falling from the sky, overwhelming and ruthlessly powerful.

But the forced meteor fire rain in this world is nothing more than a drizzle, visually akin to sparks from smithing, possessing some lethality but significantly lacking when compared to the original, much more intense version.

In a world with lower environmental forces, the physical robustness of a body remains quite essential.

Incidentally, when Ahn Qi was considering having Zheng Yichen’s health checked, she also wanted to collect some medical data.

"My body is very healthy; I should return to my original condition in just a few months at most."

"A few months is quite a long time."

"It could also be just one or two months."

Ahn Qi had nothing more to say. It’s fairly normal for Zheng Yichen to resist a medical exam. Some high-end hunters in this world are also resistant to check-ups; rather than going to even a five-star health service, they’d prefer to fund their private labs to monitor their own health.

The items Zheng Yichen left behind were sent to a research facility controlled by Ahn Qi. Upon examination, the herbs were identified as high-quality specimens from higher environments, significantly more effective than those from their world, with great longevity to boot.

Truly a thousand-year ginseng. The metal materials were also of good quality, though not alloyed. Given their quantity, it suited Artifact Refining – a refined process for creating special weapons. These resources were valuable but compared to the Ahn family’s background, they were the type that could be stored in a warehouse after testing.

The truly important aspect was the knowledge, which could directly supplement the development department of the Ahn family, such as the formulation of medicinal pills. Some hemostatic medicinal pills could be produced first as samples for testing.

If the effects turned out to be good and the costs low, making them more cost-effective, they could then replace some of the other similar medicines currently used by the Ahn family. The same applied to other things as well, and new research could be conducted based on that knowledge to create better formulas and so on.

This kind of research was time-consuming and labor-intensive for one person, but the Ahn family itself had enough manpower. The research on this knowledge was conducted by teams, and it wasn’t long before some results were produced.

During the time Zheng Yichen was away, new findings had emerged from the research on the components of the floating car he had brought over.

The promise of a new car for Zheng Yichen would be fulfilled soon, and the car she was now driving would be replaced by then. Once those high-end technologies passed testing and could be put into use, the producers themselves naturally had priority in using them.

Later, they began to participate in project bids, and once they were approved, the technologies currently under research would also be improved, and the older technologies could be brought out.

In terms of the quality of the martial arts, compared to the many martial arts she had acquired before, those brought back by Zheng Yichen were of higher quality and, importantly, covered a more comprehensive system of martial arts and spells.

Because the existence of alien phenomena was limited in time, Alien Phenomenon hunters gathered knowledge as quickly as they could, taking away everything possible with no time to select, let alone directly acquire a comprehensive system.

What Zheng Yichen brought back was a complete, systematic knowledge from beginner to advanced and then to mastery—far better than a piecemeal system.

The former was stable and easy to use, while the latter, with its poor stability, also had numerous bugs. For some people, either type would suffice, but that didn’t mean everyone had the talent. A complete "martial arts" knowledge system was more suitable for mass production of combat strength.

As long as the conditions were right, anyone could begin, and it was possible to enhance the strength of her hunters group in the shortest amount of time.

Some strengthening techniques didn’t conflict with training, and there were many branches of body strengthening technology. Some involved genetic modification, while others directly enhanced individual cells, allowing the individual to become stronger without any genetic changes; the latter was slower and weaker but more stable in effect.

Moreover, some genetic modifications didn’t significantly affect the body’s structure, so they could practice the same martial arts that normal people did.

With the support of multiple technologies, her hunters group... her sister arrived.

Looking at Ahn Longling who had arrived, Ahn Qi felt some regret. If she had known earlier, she wouldn’t have taken that fire dragon. To the rest of the Ahn family, the two half-sisters, whose mothers were sisters, seemed to have grown very close recently.

But Ahn Qi knew very well that it was all because of the fire dragon. She also valued the benefits the fire dragon brought and wanted to assess Zheng Yichen’s strength. Initially, it was to kill two birds with one stone, but as the items Zheng Yichen brought back were assessed, she felt like she had made a loss.

Had her sister just taken the dragon away initially, everything would have been fine. Now, her sister also knew about Zheng Yichen, and both of them tacitly kept the special nature of Zheng Yichen a secret. It was a shared secret between the sisters, and sharing such a secret meant they both could benefit from it.

Of course, they would also need to invest together.

"Us being this close all the time makes some people uncomfortable," Ahn Qi said, looking at her sister.

The ones who would feel uneasy were not the clan elders of their family. The power held by each of them seemed very important to outsiders, but didn’t their own family members understand their own affairs?

Whether it was her hunters group or her sister’s domestic combat forces, they were both just parts of the Ahn family; the ones who would feel uneasy were competitors from other families.

"Not everyone feels uneasy." Ahn Longling waved her hand dismissively, "How was the appraisal of the things he brought back this time?"

"Very valuable," Ahn Qi didn’t hide the value of this harvest. She regretted how the fire dragon was handled, but it was like investing, with gains and losses. Once a decision was made, even if there was regret, she accepted it. Moreover, the deal wasn’t entirely without benefits.

At least in the future when issues arose, her sister could share some of the pressure. After all, where was there only the benefit without responsibilities? Even between real sisters, these things had to be clearly accounted for.

"Chang Qing became younger due to some power, which seems to be related to the Supreme Demon."