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Seeing Dr. Connors still focused and busy with his research, Ryan simply asked Gwen directly:
"How is the perfection of Dr. Connors' lizard regeneration serum coming along?"
Hearing this, Gwen raised her fair chin proudly and said, "With my assistance, Teacher has already preliminary completed the perfection of the lizard regeneration serum!"
"Hearing is hollow, seeing is believing. Come with me!"
Saying this, Gwen impatiently pulled Ryan's hand and came to a test bench equipped with mechanical auxiliary arms.
At this moment, two tempered glass isolation boxes were placed on the test bench, each containing a White Mice that had lost its front left leg.
Next, Gwen skillfully operated the mechanical arms and injected a small vial of dark green and light green serum into the white mice in the left and right isolation boxes, respectively.
"The dark one on the left is the previous original version of the lizard regeneration serum, and the light one on the right is the lizard regeneration serum that Teacher and I have preliminary perfected over the past few days. Watch the difference between them carefully!"
Following Gwen's explanation, Ryan carefully observed the changes in the two white mice.
First was the mouse with the original version serum on the left; the medicinal effect was most obvious and rapid!
The front left leg of the mouse on the left was regenerating at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon a complete, healthy leg grew out!
But the good times didn't last long. After growing the healthy leg, the effects of the lizard regeneration serum did not stop there; instead, it continued to cause mutations in the mouse's body.
First, its fur began to fall out... then a large number of dark green tiny scales grew on its skin... finally, its body size expanded several times until it became the size of a kitten!
Furthermore, the mouse on the left became bloodthirsty and violent, frantically slamming against the tempered glass, trying to get out!
Ryan shook his head as he watched; clearly, this was a complete failure.
Next, Ryan focused all his attention on the mouse on the right with the preliminary perfected serum.
Compared to the rapid regeneration ability of the medicinal effect on the left, the regeneration ability of the medicinal effect in the mouse on the right was much slower.
While the one on the left had already regenerated and completed its mutation, the one on the right was only just beginning to grow a new limb at an extremely slow speed.
You could even clearly see the entire process of the mouse's new limb on the right reorganizing from every nerve and blood vessel to every bone and muscle!
After a long ten minutes, the mouse on the right finally completely grew its new left front leg.
However, the benefit was that the mouse on the right that grew the new leg did not continue to mutate like the one on the left, nor did its personality become violent; instead, it remained as docile as before, licking the fur on its new leg.
Ryan stroked his chin and looked at Gwen thoughtfully, asking:
"The new version of the serum indeed shows no abnormalities for now, but have you and Dr. Connors confirmed if the improved lizard regeneration serum truly has no hidden side effects?"
"For example, the regeneration function of the serum has been slowed down, so the speed of mutation might actually just be delayed as well, rather than having disappeared..."
Before Gwen could answer, Dr. Connors' voice appeared first.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible. This time I conducted very rigorous tests. I not only tested its efficacy with white mice but also did a binding experiment with my own blood sample and the new serum. Its medicinal stability has already been confirmed!"
At this moment, Dr. Connors, who had been focused on his research just now, walked up to Karl and spoke with extreme certainty.
Hearing this, Ryan glanced strangely at Dr. Connors, whose dark circles were obvious and who didn't seem particularly happy despite the serum's improvement, and asked:
"In that case, Doctor, why don't you take a break? Why are you still conducting experiments?"
Dr. Connors slowly shook his head and sighed, "Because it's still not perfect..."
"With Gwen's help, I indeed removed the flaw that causes people to mutate into lizards, but at the same time, because this characteristic was removed, the regeneration efficacy of the serum has become much, much weaker..."
"As you can see, the improved lizard regeneration serum takes a full ten minutes to completely restore just one leg of a tiny White Mice..."
"And if it were a much larger human, the recovery time for a severed limb would be even longer. Furthermore, compared to before where a single injection could fully restore a limb, it now takes at least several vials to achieve the full restoration of a human arm!"
"Moreover, these several vials of serum cannot be injected at the same time; they must be injected at intervals, preferably once a week. It takes more than five consecutive injections—meaning more than five weeks—to regrow a complete arm!"
"But that's still not its most imperfect aspect!"
"Most importantly, its medicinal effect is not permanent. Except for small physical wounds that the new serum can repair permanently in one go..."
"For major physical trauma or severed limbs, once the serum regenerates a new limb, a new injection must be administered every month to maintain the vitality of the new limb. Otherwise, the new limb grown from the serum will degenerate and wither until it is lost again..."
Hearing Dr. Connors describe the major flaws of the new serum, Ryan was not only not disappointed but instead looked delighted. "Great!"
"Huh? Sorry, what did you say?"
Dr. Connors stared at Ryan with a face full of question marks, even digging at his ear, doubting if he had misheard.
I'm here being disappointed by the flaws in my work, and you're over there cheering for it. What do you mean, kid!
Even Gwen and Peter looked at Ryan with some surprise.
Clearly, they hadn't expected Ryan to show such pleasant surprise after hearing about the imperfections of the new lizard regeneration serum...
However, it wasn't really Ryan's fault for being so surprised.
After all, what Dr. Connors saw as a failed improved serum actually coincided perfectly with the effects of the regeneration serum Ryan had envisioned releasing on the market!
He didn't want the regeneration serum to actually help others; he was bringing it to market just to make money!
And how do you make money?
Naturally, the more you sell, the more money you make. Having repeat customers is how you make money continuously!
Doesn't this neutered version of the regeneration serum perfectly meet those two requirements?
You have to buy at least five at once, and then you have to keep buying every month. Isn't this exactly what a capitalist wants?
So Ryan made the decision right then and there: "Just give me the formula for this version of the serum. Next, Doctor, you should take a good rest for a while and wait with peace of mind for the good news of your freedom once I've handled your affairs."
Dr. Connors was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then he realized and frowned. "You want the efficacy of the regeneration serum to stop here?!"