Wasteland Development Diary

The support for Snake Island was not going smoothly, causing Zhou Yi some concern.

Da Vinci needed a strong anesthetic for surgery, but purchasing such controlled drugs required a licensed doctor, in-person verification, and registration. No proxies or authorizations were accepted.

Wasteland Development Company managed to get a small amount of ordinary anesthetic from Storage City only because of its newly upgraded B-level credit rating.

New human cities, like Little Smoke Ridge, were too lax, with banned smoke pellets openly circulating.

Mechanical cities, on the other hand, went to the other extreme, emphasizing strict procedures.

Therefore, Kestrel had to travel to the more distant Recursive City to continue procurement attempts.

She said, "Detailed information such as drug storage and sales quantities are not shared between cities. So, going to other mechanical cities, we can still buy some anesthetics according to the quota."

Unexpectedly, the two territorial sea lords next to Recursive City went to war in winter, turning the surrounding area into a war zone, forcing Kestrel to take a detour, further extending the time.

When it rains, it pours.

After finally flying to Recursive City, it turned out that there was a severe shortage of drugs, not for external sale, only for use by doctors within the city.

It was still because of this winter war.

The warring territorial sea lords had long since stockpiled a large number of related drugs for battlefield logistics resources.

This also reminded Zhou Yi.

Winter was indeed a turbulent season, with the Snake Island accident followed by the territorial sea lords' conflict.

Emerald City was too calm, a special individual phenomenon.

The only good news was that the monster-attracting mushrooms were very effective, basically making up for the shortage of anesthetics.

Da Vinci's feedback was good.

Zhou Yi thought, he still needed to have related industries himself. Otherwise, when it really mattered, he wouldn't be able to buy anything.

Da Vinci was airlifted back to Emerald City by Sea Hunter three days later.

Because Breaker Haluk had been hunting everywhere, it made the Dead Sea peaceful, turning it into a real safe zone, making this trip even smoother.

After returning, Da Vinci first reported the basic situation to Zhou Yi, then went straight to the mushroom forest. He invited Cao Dayuan, the mushroom discoverer, and Sun Chonglai, the person in charge of the mushroom forest, and the three of them began to study the monster-attracting mushrooms.

Regarding this anesthetic mushroom, the mechanical doctor's evaluation was: "Unique, no similar drug has ever appeared."

However, Da Vinci's description of the Snake Island accident surprised Zhou Yi.

He had personally experienced many light bursts, and this kind of Dead Sea disaster would indeed cause life attenuation indiscriminately. However, as long as he stayed away from the affected area in time, the radiation damage would be reduced.

It could only last for a short time, like a flashbang. The initial power was indeed strong, but it was okay afterward.

"Under normal circumstances, most light bursts do last for a short time."

Kestrel said: "But this light burst reached B-level power, and Snake Island was too close to the incident site, so it caused a large number of Snake Serpents to be injured."

If Da Vinci hadn't tirelessly performed surgery in time, and the small hospital building hadn't had a certain amount of containment and defense capabilities, the casualties on Snake Island would have been far more than this.

While Zhou Yi and Kestrel were discussing, Da Vinci remotely contacted Kestrel, saying he had a new discovery.

"After experiments and comparisons, we have determined the growth mechanism of the monster-attracting mushrooms."

"In the early stage, its mycelium grows outward, forming a stalk and cap, but when it reaches maturity, its mycelium will begin to grow downward, so the cap shrinks rapidly. However, the mycelium needs more energy and nutrient supply to grow downward, so the growth is extremely slow, and it will almost always die due to malnutrition, but it is difficult to directly detect this."

"Just periodically pruning the mycelium at the bottom and artificially modifying the growth cycle of the monster-attracting mushrooms, they can grow larger. This is the simplest method."

"I have tried conventional methods such as steaming, extraction, and soaking, and found that the best effect is medium and low temperature drying and dehydration treatment. We have asked Nightclaw, Cao Dayuan, and many Sand Rats to test the medicine, and the difference between this dehydrated dried mushroom and fresh monster-attracting mushroom is already very small."

Zhou Yi was overjoyed.

Da Vinci was a doctor after all, and he knew a lot about medicine making.

"There is another important matter to ask you for instructions."

Under Kestrel's lens, the waveform on Da Vinci's screen was accelerating.

"Chairman, I have checked the latest medical encyclopedia, and the monster-attracting mushroom is a brand new natural medicine that has not yet been included. I suggest registering the discovery right as soon as possible and registering the drug, which will bring long-term sustained economic benefits. At least in the mechanical cities, whether planting or selling, the company will receive a certain percentage of the share, and the entire revenue period can last for 70 years."

"If the company independently conducts experiments and develops new drugs, it needs to go through at least ten years of clinical trials before it has the opportunity to obtain drug approval, which requires a lot of equipment and professional personnel... The patent sharing method can scale up the monster-attracting mushrooms faster and promote the derivation of various new drugs, which can bring greater benefits to the company."

Zhou Yi's eyes lit up.

Proportion sharing? Sounds interesting.

He asked Da Vinci to explain in detail.

The mechanical doctor said: "The relevant norms and procedures were first initiated and established by 'Sacred Mountain'. By sharing basic information in the medical field, with the [Medical Encyclopedia] as the core, medical technology can rapidly develop through every mechanical city."

"Local drugs, diseases, doctors, and treatment cases will continuously be added to the medical encyclopedia. Doctors with professional qualifications can access it, and a large number of practitioners will continue to expand the knowledge base of the medical field."

"In order to improve enthusiasm and the spirit of sharing, Sacred Mountain created the [Sacred Relief Fund] to reward and thank doctors who discover new drugs and new treatment methods. After more than a hundred years of operation, it is now very mature."

"Discovering new drugs and sharing information will grant discovery rights and 70 years of patent rights."

Zhou Yi asked, "Is Sacred Mountain a city or an institution?"

"Sacred Mountain is one of the five major centers and one of the most developed regions on the mainland. It is a cluster of cities located 8,000 kilometers northwest of Emerald City."

"What are the five major centers?"

Da Vinci said: "The five major centers include 'Snow County', 'Mirror City', 'Flower Town', 'Wing Capital', and 'Sacred Mountain'."

"Snow County is located in a cold area, with vast lands and a large number of monks. They practice meditation and produce clouds of wisdom. People can enter the clouds to gain wisdom and express their opinions and discoveries."

"Mirror City has mastered the technology of intercepting mirrors that can collect and utilize dead light, and has many alchemists and craftsmen. It produces various new devices and props, and is a vane in the field of dead light technology."

"Flower Town has developed all kinds of flowers, which can be tools, weapons, or even companions."

"Wing Capital has many flying light-Na species settled, has a strong air supremacy, and air trade is very developed."

"Finally, there is Sacred Mountain, which has abundant species and abundant water sources, and is a holy place for medicine and planting, with a large number of doctors and farmers."

Zhou Yi wrote down these names.

Next, Da Vinci described the registration process. In fact, it is to register the relevant drug information, and then pass the on-site inspection and review.

"Chairman, should we change the name of the monster-attracting mushroom?"

Da Vinci said: "Its function is far more than just being used as bait in the wild. It can temporarily free patients from physiological pain and physical constraints, and obtain valuable peace in a pure self-consciousness form. It is of great use for surgical treatment of trauma and for solving psychological trauma."

Zhou Yi thought about it. It could bring sage time and was a drug that could help all kinds of flesh and blood life temporarily forget the pain.

"Then it's called Sage Mushroom."

"Okay, a very good name."

The ripple on Da Vinci's screen flickered.

"Registration is complete, and now we wait for the review."

What Zhou Yi didn't expect was that the reviewer came to visit an hour later.

The visitor was a real gray and white fixed-wing aircraft, which could accommodate at least a dozen people, with two small aircraft escorting it.

"I am the Storage City Yun-9 medical ambulance 'Cloud Rail', and also a reviewer from Sacred Mountain, here to confirm the specific situation of the new drug 'B40099'."

"Please provide a venue for the experiment and inspection process of the new drug."

Under the guidance of the ground, the medical ambulance slowly landed.

Da Vinci, along with Cao Dayuan, began to cooperate with the reviewer's work.

The review lasted for 74 hours, going through many processes such as sample collection and component experiments, volunteer clinical testing and observation, and horizontal comparison.

Zhou Yi was getting impatient.

Finally, Cloud Rail gave an affirmation: "After a complete process of review, the drug meets the relevant basic standards and is confirmed as a new natural drug. It has a strong sedative and anesthetic effect, and also has a strong stabilizing effect on the spirit. The side effects are currently unknown."

"After review by Sacred Mountain, the Sage Mushroom is rated as B. The discoverer is Wasteland Development Company. According to the rating standard, the sharing ratio of the 70-year patent right is 5%."

"Mechanical cities that participate in the cultivation or use of this drug raw material for profit will pay 5% of the net profit into the 'Sacred Relief Fund' specific transfer payment account."

"This account is independently and freely controlled by the discoverer, settled every 30 days, for a total of 25,550 days. The account is connected to 138 cities including Sacred Mountain, Snow County, and Mirror City, and can be used through the identification code..."

"Congratulations on your discovery and sharing, and sincerely thank you for your valuable contribution to the world's medicine."

"The name of Wasteland Development Company will be permanently left on Sacred Mountain, becoming a part of medical history."

"Then, sorry for the disturbance, goodbye."

After completing the notification, Cloud Rail took off again and rushed to the next place.

Da Vinci rarely showed joy and excitement: "Chairman, Sage Mushroom will help thousands of patients! This is a remarkable discovery and achievement!"

Zhou Yi cared about how much he could share each month.

But anyway, this profit model was much more convenient than selling Sage Mushrooms everywhere.