While the world was struggling with the emergence of superpowers, Chen Chen once again applied for a Lilith Conference.
In the Lilith Conference, Chen Chen held a bottle of medicine high in front of everyone.
"Is this what you've been researching recently?"
Everyone looked at the bottle of blue liquid with a complicated expression. "How did you do it, extract it from the bodies of those superpowers?"
"To be precise, it's extracted from their blood."
Chen Chen nodded and had no intention of letting the four of them examine the potion. After all, this was a holographic projection conference. Even if the four of them obtained this small bottle, they would only get a shadow and would not be able to see anything at all.
"Our biology department discovered a biological factor in the blood of these people, which was eventually named the 'L factor'. Using this factor, we synthesized this thing called the L compound."
Chen Chen explained in an unhurried tone, "We've also conducted an experiment. After being injected with this drug, there's a ten percent chance that you'll become a superpower user. Although the probability isn't high, once you obtain it, everyone will have powers similar to the Consciousness Stealer..."
With that, a video was played on the conference table. The video showed what Chen Chen had done to the Delta-level subjects. Then, the image flashed and the subjects were released and began to test out their powers.
In the video, they did not use their hands. They could bend iron spoons, lift teacups, and even lift tables and stools with their consciousness alone. Although the power was not great, it still caused everyone to fall silent.
"What is this, telekinesis?"
02 could not help asking.
"We call this power psionic power."
Chen Chen smiled. "Isn't it incredible? The power of these people is the same as the power of the superpowers we discovered in the outside world. "
01 took a deep breath and suppressed the shock in his heart. "Is that all? If that's all, it's of little value to us, tasteless and a pity to discard... "
"Of course not."
Chen Chen shook his head. "According to our research over the past few months, this power can be enhanced through training."
Hearing this, although Chen Chen could not see the expressions of everyone, he could still tell from their body language that everyone present was tempted.
"But it's only ten percent."
04's voice remained calm. "Are there any side effects for these lucky people who successfully obtain psionic powers? And what will happen to the remaining 90%? "
"That's a good question."
Chen Chen purposely sighed. "The successful ones don't have any side effects, at least not in our tests. The only side effect is that their genes are altered. This is a hereditary gene. As long as they possess psionic powers, their descendants also have a ten percent chance of inheriting psionic powers."
"… As for the remaining losers, about two-thirds of them will not have anything happen to them, while the remaining one-third may have symptoms of reduced intelligence, and a very small number of people will have symptoms of brain death."
"So serious?"
Many people were immediately disappointed. "In other words, there's a 90% failure rate, and of this 90%, 60% is ineffective, and 30% will die?"
"The mortality rate is too high …"
"The failure rate is too high …"
Everyone in the room shifted their bodies. 02 even threw away the pen in his hand in disappointment and leaned back in his chair.
"It's already very good."
Chen Chen said solemnly, "It's equivalent to us stealing the psionic power from the Consciousness Stealer's body, so that this power can be transferred to us ordinary people. This is a very good start."
"The problem now is, what's the limit of this psionic power."
02 spread his hands. "If it can reach the level that 05 showed in the video, then of course we'd welcome it, but looking at the performance of these people, it's obvious that it's difficult to achieve. After all, the Consciousness Stealer also killed millions of humans to achieve the power to fight you."
"I'm a special case, everyone."
Chen Chen could not help but laugh. "My power comes from the legacy left behind by 'that person', and there's only one such legacy in the world. Although these people you see are far inferior to my power, they can become stronger on their own. I can't even guess what their limit is.
"Perhaps their current strength is no match for my own fist, but what about the future? Who can be sure that their strength can't reach my current level? "
"Alright, if that's the case..."
01 said helplessly, "How much does this technology of extracting L factor from blood cost, we'll buy it."
"I'm sorry, we won't be selling it for the time being."
Chen Chen shook his head decisively. "If you're willing to barter with the latest reactor core technology, I'm willing to exchange it with you."
"Are you kidding me!"
01 immediately growled and then said no more.
"If you're not willing to sell the technology, then name a price."
03 urged.
"200 million USD per unit."
Chen Chen held up two fingers. "If the quantity is large, I'll give you a discount. If you buy a thousand units, I can sell it to you for 180 million USD per unit. If you buy ten thousand units at once, I can reduce the price to 150 million."
"What?"
"What!"
Everyone gasped. "That's such a high price, you might as well rob a bank!"
"It's not that expensive."
Chen Chen shook his head slowly and said sincerely, "Perhaps you're not aware of how complicated the process is to extract the L factor from the blood of the people who already have superpowers. The cost of this L compound is at least 140 million USD. I'm being very generous by selling it to you for 150 million USD per unit."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but roll their eyes. It was better to just listen to the excuse of a businessman.
"Of course, I welcome all kinds of resources and technologies to barter with."
Chen Chen added. "After all, for Blackwatch, money doesn't mean much anymore."
"We'll have to consider this."
Everyone looked at each other and immediately said in unison. They still wanted to try it out for themselves.
"In that case, I'll take my leave."
Chen Chen nodded nonchalantly. "By the way, let me tell you that the current production of this L compound is very low. We can only produce about ten units per day and four to five thousand units per year. If you want to order it, please do so as soon as possible because you'll have to wait in line."
Hearing this, the hearts of the other four people present suddenly sank.
"In addition, I'd like to inform you in advance."
Chen Chen continued. "We've decided to upgrade all the bionic combative police under our banner. The existing bionic combative police will be upgraded to superpower combative police to prevent the emergence of superpower criminals in society."
"You should've informed us about this."
01's voice gradually became gloomy. "Don't forget, those bionic combative police also have our official status."
"If you don't mind, I can ask them to resign."
Chen Chen's voice was flat. "With the appearance of more and more superpower users, how much longer do you think you can keep this a secret? It's better to prepare for a rainy day while the number of superpower users is still small. It's better than being caught off guard when the situation becomes uncontrollable in the future...
"At the same time, have you thought about how the ordinary police will enforce the law in the city when the superpower users are no longer afraid of firearms?"
After asking this question, Chen Chen did not plan to listen to anyone's answer. He immediately went offline and disappeared from the conference room.
In the conference room, there were only four people left in silence.
"Phew!"
Little X turned off the holographic projection and Chen Chen heaved a slight sigh of relief.
All this time, he had tried to keep a low profile in the Lilith Conference. This was the first time he had put on a strong front in a meeting.
The reason for this was Blacklight Biotechnology, which was growing stronger and stronger.
Over the years, Blacklight Biotechnology had been expanding at an extremely rapid rate. Today, it had already crushed the pharmaceutical system of various countries and only a few state-owned pharmaceutical companies were able to survive.
More importantly, these continents did not dare to give up on the pharmaceutical industry. Although they lost tens of billions of dollars every year, they did not dare to completely surrender the pharmaceutical industry. They had to keep it going even if it meant losing money.
In terms of military strength, with the gradual improvement of the military industry, the XTN series robot army under Blacklight Biotechnology was also constantly updated and iterated. Coupled with the landing on Mars and the construction of the first real spaceship, Blacklight Biotechnology's influence had long been enough to become a company that gradually stood at a position higher than the four major continents.
With their own strength, they were able to suppress the four major continents!
"This is only the beginning. When the permanent colony on Mars is established, we'll truly be able to suppress the Earth Federation..."
Chen Chen stood up and thought silently. "In this way, the leadership of the Blacklight Foundation will gradually lean toward me. In the future, even if a similar crisis occurs, I can completely coordinate the strength of the entire human race to resist the arrival of the crisis."
Indeed, the reason why Chen Chen wanted to suppress the Earth Federation was not for power but to regain control of the Blacklight Foundation. At this point, power no longer held much appeal for Chen Chen. After all, he had already opened up another path and stood at the top of the earth.
Based on the fact that he was now on an equal footing with the peak power of the four major continents, Chen Chen's power had reached a limit. If he wanted to go further, there was only one way, which was to control the global economic lifeline and suppress the Earth Federation!
Blacklight Biotechnology was destined to become a giant company that could control the global economic lifeline...
There was a flash of determination in Chen Chen's eyes, then he got up and walked out.
Little X immediately followed him.
“X。”
Chen Chen looked at the young girl next to him and asked lightly, "How's the dilution of the L compound stock solution?"
"We've successfully found the pattern of dilution."
Little X replied sweetly, "The color of the diluted L compound has also changed from dark blue to light blue. The effect is just like the data I provided, the success rate has dropped from fifty percent to ten percent. However, a concentrated L compound can be diluted into ten bottles."
"This is the best ratio. It's equivalent to a bottle of concentrated L compound can only produce half of a psionicist at a time. Now, after dilution, the same amount of L compound can produce one psionicist."
"That's true."
Chen Chen nodded. "In that case, we'll sell this diluted L compound to the families in God's Forbidden Zone and the four major continents. We won't sell it internally, only the B.S.S. troops are allowed to use the concentrated version."
"Then, will we continue to look for targets from the public in the future?"
"Of course."
Chen Chen smiled calmly. "Also, we'll still have to use the concentrated version. This way, when the Earth Federation discovers that there are still psionicists popping up, they'll be more than willing to buy the drug from me."
At this point, Chen Chen suddenly thought of something and shook his head regretfully. "As for the thirty percent mortality rate of the diluted drug, there's nothing we can do about it. It also effectively prevents the higher-ups from injecting themselves with the L compound."
"After all, there's a one in three mortality rate, of course, the higher-ups who cherish their lives wouldn't want to inject themselves."
Little X nodded and then chuckled softly. "They'll never know that we have a concentrated L compound with a fifty percent success rate and only a ten percent mortality rate."
The two chatted as they walked and then left the Spire Experimental Base.
...
In less than five hours, Chen Chen received an application. The Northern American Continent of the four major continents sent a message, hoping to reserve ten thousand L compound vials in advance.
Chen Chen did not agree immediately. Instead, he expressed that this was a large number and it might be difficult to supply them.
As expected, in the sixth hour, the European Continent and the North Sea Continent also sent messages, hoping to reserve a batch of the drug.
At the same time, Chen Chen's second uncle and uncle also contacted Chen Chen. In the situation where Chen Chen did not turn on his phone, they directly contacted Chen Chen's father, hoping to go through the back door and sell a batch of the cheapest drug to the Mainland...
After that, the matter was no longer limited to the four major continents. The news that Blacklight Biotechnology had extracted the L factor from the blood of the superpower users and could produce the superpower drug spread like wildfire and reached the upper echelons of the Earth Federation. Various countries offered olive branches, hoping that Blacklight Biotechnology would sell them a portion.
In response to these requests, Chen Chen directly told the Earth Federation that he could produce 400 vials of the drug in a month. If any country wanted to buy it, they must buy a month's supply at full price and could not buy it twice in a year.
This request immediately disappointed some forces who wanted to hoard and make a fortune. More forces hurriedly sent their top negotiation experts to the Eco Science City to negotiate, in an attempt to be one step ahead of the new round of international situation.
That was right. On the day Blacklight Biotechnology openly announced the L compound, the entire upper echelons of the Earth Federation had noticed an indisputable fact, which was...
Times have changed, sir.
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