Chapter 炼金术升级

"Your alchemy leveled up?"

Chai Chai's eyes widened, and she excitedly asked, "So, what can you do now?"

"A lot."

Li Ang smiled and said, "Intermediate Alchemy allows me to use alchemical arrays to quickly achieve chemical reactions, rearranging atoms produced by molecular ruptures to generate new molecules."

He picked up the glass on the dining table, poured in some filtered water, and then placed the glass in his palm, activating his alchemy.

The water in the glass immediately rippled, and a large number of tiny bubbles surged up, like pearls hanging on the glass wall.

"Electrolyzing water to produce oxygen and hydrogen is one of the simplest chemical reactions."

Li Ang deactivated his alchemy and said with a smile, "This technique looks simple, but it just shortens the preparations required for normal chemical experiments, reduces time costs, and improves stability.

"But in practical applications, it has endless value.

"As long as I have the raw materials and understand the chemical reaction equations, given enough time, I can theoretically create all complex substances.

"Like palytoxin,

"A non-protein toxin isolated from the Palythoa genus of zoanthids.

"Its toxicity is much stronger than artificially produced nerve agents and natural tetrodotoxin. It can cause strong contraction of the coronary arteries in 3-5 minutes, leading to heart failure and vascular necrosis.

"Toxicity is one aspect, and the difficulty of preparation is another.

"Sea anemones in nature have accidentally learned to produce palytoxin (ptx) through hundreds of millions of years of natural selection,

"But in the laboratory, it is extremely difficult to prepare ptx—it has 2 to the 71st power stereoisomers, making it the most toxic and structurally complex non-peptide natural biological toxin known.

"And I, with the help of alchemy, can imitate the research team's synthesis route, through linear synthesis and convergent synthesis,

"To achieve mass production of ptx."

Li Ang slowly said in a rather proud tone, "This is not my credit, but I must thank the pioneers in human history.

"Intermediate Alchemy only uses supernatural power to save the preparation and mitigation of chemical reactions, and lowers the stringent experimental environmental standards.

"In essence, it still follows the synthesis process.

"If the pioneers hadn't spent so much effort, using their imagination and practical skills, to find the synthesis routes of complex compounds,

"I wouldn't be able to do anything."

"...Why are you using such a proud tone to talk about how you're just imitating while standing on the shoulders of giants?"

Chai Chai squinted her eyes and complained.

"You don't understand,"

Li Ang shook his head and said, "Imitation is an instinct engraved in human DNA. It is because of imitation that the earliest apes who learned to use forest wildfires were able to preserve bonfires as a skill, pass it on, inherit it, and spread it.

"The act of imitation itself is preserving human civilization, and can be said to be completely justified and righteous."

"...I feel like you're subtly dissing someone."

Chai Chai's mouth twitched, she sighed, and asked, "Besides making nerve toxins, what else is this skill useful for?"

"Becoming an outstanding, brave, and cutting-edge chemist, or a ruthless, destruction-minded, chemistry-loving pyromaniac. In the early days of chemical development, these two terms were almost synonymous."

Li Ang smiled and said, "Explosion is a chemical reaction, and its reaction process must simultaneously meet three conditions: first, the reaction process must be exothermic,

"The reaction proceeds at high speed and can spread on its own,

"A large amount of gaseous products are generated during the reaction process.

"Although the explosive items produced by modern military factories are already powerful enough,

"There are still some extreme chemical substances that can only be produced in the harsh environment of a laboratory. The molecules are extremely unstable and the reaction rate is extremely high—even more dangerous than the explosive items produced in factories.

"For example, azidomethane, or non-metallic azides.

"They are the evil spirits bred by nature, born with a furious roar of hatred for the world.

"A slight change in temperature, a slight shaking of the suspension, and there will be a 'peng!' sound, blasting everything around, including the chemist, into the sky.

"Anyway, I won't synthesize this thing in a breeding box or alchemy workshop.

"Maybe I can find a secluded place, let the cerebrate remotely operate swarm units, wear a Leviathan shell to draw an alchemical array, and then I'll use vines to remotely activate alchemy.

"If I can refine it, I'll put it in the item bar and give it to the enemy as a farewell gift at the last moment."

It was only because Li Ang's body was now strong, and he had a Leviathan shell, that he had the courage to engage in the synthesis of large-scale extreme explosives.

If it were before, he would definitely roar with disgust, "Take it away! You damned stinky chemical substances!"

Chai Chai tilted her head and thought for a while, but she still couldn't imagine what a big bomb that could scare Li Ang would look like.

Forget it, never mind.

Chai Chai shook her head, looked at Li Ang and asked, "Oh, right, now that your alchemy is intermediate level, can you upgrade the alchemist's magic box?"

"Yes."

Li Ang nodded and poured the water from the glass into the kitchen sink, "Come with me."

He led Chai Chai into the pet breeding box, and into the alchemist's workshop—the chalk marks of the alchemy array still remained on the ground.

A cerebrate was parasitizing the head of a three-meter-long centipede with chitinous limbs, cleaning the floor with a mop and broom.

"This is none of your business, get out."

Li Ang casually ordered, and the cerebrate controlled the giant centipede to lower its head in extreme humility, carrying the mop, broom, and bucket on its back.

It crawled on the ground, moving its legs, and scurried out.

"That's Double Knife Turkey."

Chai Chai glanced at the giant centipede's back and said, "It's one of your most loyal believers. It prays the longest at every temple dinner and participates in the dances most earnestly.

"I let it be the lead singer of the chorus at the Benevolent Father's Temple hymn every weekend.

"If it performs better, maybe I can allow it to be promoted to the Holy Meal Chef. Specializing in making burgers and fried chicken for other cerebrates."

"..."

Li Ang's eyes twitched.

These cerebrates had no sense of taste before. It was only because Saintess Chai Chai strongly demanded it, arguing with reason,

that Li Ang installed this function for them, allowing them to experience the sacred attributes of fried chicken, burgers, and cola.

"Anyway, let's get to work."

Li Ang sighed and pressed his palm on the ground of the alchemy workshop.

This item had been with him for too long, and now, it could finally be upgraded.

The specific description of the magic box appeared before his eyes, along with a line of text: [Detected that the player's alchemy has reached the intermediate level, you can pay some game coins to upgrade the damaged Alchemist's Magic Box].

[Confirm Payment]

The savings in the player panel instantly decreased by 10,000, and the entire magic box began to tremble violently.