Published: January 31, 2025
Watching the nine-star expert from his previous life focus intently on preparing medicine for him, Ye Zhongming felt a sense of small satisfaction in his heart.
In his last life, surviving humans had conducted extensive research on the roulette and the rewards within it.
When it came to the roulette itself, humanity was somewhat helpless; its operation had no discernible pattern and it was extraordinarily sturdyâ even nine-star experts couldnât destroy it.
However, regarding the surreal rewards from the roulette, especially the enhancement potions that allowed humans to evolve, they had the most understanding. Five years into the apocalypse, humans could independently produce enhancement potions of three-star and below, and even modified relevant formulas to improve the effects of these potions.
The reason Ye Zhongming had previously gone to the hospital to buy so many medicines was that he had accidentally obtained these formulas; these medicines were exactly what those formulas required.
Of course, given his current conditions, he couldn't independently manufacture enhancement potions; he could only modify the existing ones, resulting in effects about ten percent stronger than the rewards from the roulette.
One shouldn't underestimate this ten percent, as it meant that those who consumed a one-star enhancement potion to become a one-star evolver would be about ten percent stronger than those who directly consumed the roulette reward enhancement potions. This ten percent could determine the outcome of many battles.
Moreover, this didnât even take into account the further gap caused by this base difference during the next level of evolution.
So in his previous life, when the modified formulas for evolution potions were invented, many organizations re-trained a batch of evolved individuals; these people were significantly stronger among the same star rank. Even when some of these individuals progressed to five-star evolvers, certain powerful ones could challenge individuals from the previous star rank, causing quite a commotion at the time.
Until before Ye Zhongming's rebirth, because the modified formulas were in the hands of a few, the sale of modified enhancement potions had become a distinct profession. Many people and organizations survived by profiting from the price differences.
One of the main sources of income for the battle team Ye Zhongming was selling these modified potions, which was also why he knew about the formulas.
Mu Xinfey, wearing a mask, carefully mixed the heparin-based medications according to a fixed ratio amidst occasional screams, and on the alcohol stove, while watching the thermometer, she injected this mixed solution into a one-star enhancement potion obtained from the roulette.
That annoying man had said her hands needed to be steady, the temperature well-controlled, and everything needed to be completed within the specified time; otherwise, the potion would explode. While it wouldnât cause much damage, it was enough to disfigure anyone nearby.
Thus, Mu Xinfey was exceedingly serious, even more serious than during her college entrance exams.
It wasnât until everything was completed and the pale green one-star enhancement potion turned into a crystalline pure blue that Mu Xinfey finally let out a sigh of relief.
âHey!â The future nine-star expert was just about to go and take credit from that annoying man when she noticed that the man, who had been leisurely eating canned food earlier, was now rapidly using wooden planks to secure a window. Looking closely, Mu Xinfey realized those wooden planks were actually her family's rosewood dining chairs.
What the heck! Those were worth hundreds of thousands!
However, when her gaze shifted to Ye Zhongming's face, she saw the man, who wouldnât blink an eye while killing zombies, now had a serious expression, pressed lips, and even beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
Mu Xinfey realized that something was wrong, which made her swallow back her words about compensating for her furniture.