Chapter 122 World L:5 Having arrived in this world, and...

A month has passed since I arrived in this world and devoted myself to finding a substitute herb to replicate the magical potion that Ethan gave him, which miraculously could turn zombies back into corpses.

Ethan is very excited now.

In his haste to catch Ethan, the chick who nearly fell off the table from exhaustion, Ethan knocked over a plate of herbs. Two herbs fell into the potion cauldron, where he was preparing to try again to find a substitute, while the rest scattered around. When Ethan put the potion back on the table, he found that the potion, which should have been glowing green, had turned a deep blue and was bubbling away.

It's done?!

Ethan couldn't believe his eyes. He rubbed them for a while and realized it wasn't a hallucination. He woke up a whole bunch of the chicks that had been lying on the table with him, so they could see if he was finally hallucinating from anxiety.

The sleepy chicks, upon seeing the potion cauldron, instantly woke up. One by one, they became even more energetic than Ethan, trotting over to examine the cauldron.

Ethan took out a spoon, stirred it, and examined the potion-covered spoon closely. After a few seconds, he threw down the spoon, raised his wings to Ethan, and the wings curled up strangely.

This is the strange way Ethan started giving a thumbs-up after seeing people do it. Although chickens don't have thumbs, it's strange for a chick to give you a thumbs-up, but it has a kind of eerie cuteness.

"We're amazing!" the chick said proudly, puffing out its chest. "We actually stumbled upon a substitute herb! We're awesome!"

As if in response to his words, the chicks flapped their wings, as if clapping, but made no sound.

"So what herbs are missing?" Ethan asked, gradually calming down as his movements subsided. He then changed the subject.

Ethan collected the herbs scattered on the table and even on the floor. Since they hadn't started trying again yet, this batch was intact, and they had just taken inventory, so Ethan could also tell which herbs were missing.

“It’s Silver Tear Grass and Blood-Weeping Star.” Ethan said as he contacted someone to deliver another batch of materials. “They seem to neutralize the effects of the other herbs, making the violent medicinal properties milder. I didn’t expect that the two together could actually work.”

After all, you never know what might happen. Although the chicks had just started celebrating, they were still a bit like children. Ethan wanted to do it again to make sure it was truly successful, and not that something else had fallen in unnoticed.

The new materials were delivered quickly, and Ethan and his team began brewing potions again. In the past month, they had made them countless times, and even if they were distracted, their bodies would control the dosage precisely.

Ethan even once discovered that Ethan had his eyes closed while they were cooking, thinking he was too sleepy to keep them open. Later, they found out he was sleepwalking, and no one understood the shock he felt at that moment.

Unlike usual, when they could easily brew it with their eyes closed, the current situation was more important, so they concentrated and finished earlier than usual. They were only missing one herb... no, now it should be said that there were two.

They chopped the two herbs into small pieces and carefully sprinkled a little into the potion; the green potion remained unchanged.

Ethan's hand trembled, and some more fell off, this time the green color was a bit lighter.

Ethan poured a little more in, testing the optimal dosage.

The green color in the pot gradually faded, turning towards blue.

Ethan watched Ethan fall for five minutes, but he couldn't resist grabbing him and shaking him to a point where he was more than ten times the size of Ethan.

Ethan was terrified, worried that he had added too much medicine and that the pot might explode because the medicine was too strong.

Fortunately, Ethan shook it twice and it turned the same blue as they had just seen, with just the right amount.

Ethan was somewhat surprised, and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be surprised. I've been dealing with potions for over two hundred years, and I have a much stronger grasp of them. It's just that there are some herbs in the world that I don't recognize."

Ethan: "?"

Wait, something's not right! Aren't you a chick in its infancy? Where did these two hundred years come from?

Seeing Ethan's shock and confusion, Ethan tilted his head: "Didn't I tell you? Our world is different, and it can connect with the common sense you know. I've been a Guardian for many years! But Lord Starfall said I'm getting more and more childish... Although Tenas and the others didn't become Guardians in the same batch as me, they're at least fifty years old!"

I really didn't tell him that.

“We’re very lenient with the cubs.” Ethan patted Ethan, who was suddenly dejected and bewildered. Although his voice was still that of a child, it had a kind of mature air about it, as tolerant as a child pretending to be an adult: “Although you sometimes forget that I’m your counterpart and treat me like an ordinary duck, sucking on my feathers and rubbing against me, it’s okay. Teenagers and twenties are children in my eyes. You can still cuddle with me!”

Ethan: Haha... So tolerant... Is this the gentleness of elders?

"No need, thank you. I promise I won't do it again!" Ethan swore to himself, unaware that he would have to wait a long time after everything was over before going to see Ethan again. He still couldn't resist taking a drag.

Isotopes, might as well take advantage of them! Your hair is mine, and my hair can be yours.

While Ethan and Ethan were arguing about this, the other chickens had already contacted Tenas.

"Okay, I understand."

"Click"

This is the sound of a telephone receiver being put back in its place. After the apocalypse, the original communication system was completely destroyed. This is a communication function that people later developed on the basis of the original system. Generally, only the base commanders of each base have it.

Teans hesitated for a moment, but this time he picked up the phone receiver. His usual sly and calculating demeanor vanished without a trace. He was unusually serious as he dialed the number he knew all too well.

"Hello? Reena..."

When the professional team stood in front of him, Ethan still looked dazed and confused.

“You, you mean…” Ethan stammered, unusually, “Let me, and them, develop a preventative vaccine from the antidote? Me?”

Tenas smiled and nodded: "This is the team Reena arranged for you. They are all industry experts with many years of experience."

Ethan looked at the incredibly intelligent old ladies and gentlemen, having no doubt about their experience.

“But…” Ethan still wanted to say something, but Tenas had already sent someone to take Ethan to a more secure laboratory.

As Ethan was dragged away by the professor, who was more than old enough to be his grandparents, he cried out in despair, "But I don't know how—I've never studied medicine, and I know nothing about it—no—"

The door closed, shutting out Ethan's somewhat distraught voice.

Tenas could vaguely hear Ethan shouting unwillingly, "At least let the chicks be included!" He agreed, but the chicks didn't.

Its eyes are as intelligent as a real chick's; it takes a couple of steps, stops, pretends to peck at something, and clucks happily.

Sorry, Ethan, they're just chicks. We did this with you before because we all have some knowledge about this, but chicks can't heal, so you're the only one who can suffer this pain.

Keep it up! The chicks believe in you!

Meanwhile, Ethan was surrounded by professors whose eyes gleamed with unusual enthusiasm, eager to learn about the principles of potions.

Since it's called a magic potion, it must contain some things that can't be explained from a scientific perspective. How can a magician explain it scientifically?

Ethan couldn't really help them much; he could only explain the effects of each herb, what each herb did, what it would counteract, and what they needed to use to calm down.

Ethan couldn't explain how the potion cleared the viruses from the zombies, but it was a highly effective healing potion that seemed to have eradicated the viruses in a massacre-like manner.

The vaccine was used on a volunteer who had become a half-zombie. After the virus disappeared, the volunteer's body temperature dropped rapidly, and she continued to convulse. She quickly fell into shock, and the medical staff spent a lot of effort to save her. The volunteer mentioned that after taking the drug, she felt like she almost died. She said that she never wanted to go through that kind of pain again, but she did not regret signing the consent form to become a participant in the trial.

Although this potion can be used during the process of zombification, if it is not properly treated, it is very likely that the person will turn into a corpse after drinking the potion, just like those fully zombified zombies.

Therefore, a vaccine to prevent the zombie virus is very important, and they must develop it.

A group of old professors spent the whole day in the lab working on the potion, barely taking care of their basic needs. Their minds were completely focused on the failed vaccine; they wanted to succeed!

Ethan was playing by himself in the lab. Since he couldn't help much and was too embarrassed to go up to them and get in their way, he cosplayed as a little mushroom that no one paid attention to in the corner.

Finally, thanks to the professors' efforts, a vaccine was developed. Only the professors and Ethan, who was involved throughout the process but couldn't help at all, knew the hardships involved.

Ethan witnessed countless failures, and when he discovered that the vaccine was actually effective, the old professors were moved to tears, their faces glowing with joy.

Ethan, having little experience of living in the apocalypse, was focused on these potions and had no idea how cruel the apocalypse truly was. He could only vaguely sense the extent of the damage and impact that zombies had on humanity, so he couldn't empathize with the professors' joy, which had even caused some of them to faint.

However, he was also infected by their joy, and his eyes inexplicably became wet. "Can there be sand in a sterile laboratory? That's amazing."

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Author's Note: Yes, in this chapter you'll see Ethan, the chicken who can perfectly make potions even while sleepwalking.

Forgetting to tell Ethan his age led Ethan to mistakenly believe that Ethan was younger than him.

Ethan: [Thumbs up - chick version.jpg]

You can also see Ethan's desperate cries as he joins the vaccine development team, having never studied medicine.

Those chicks who didn't want to join pretended to be chicks pecking at food.

There are also other characters who haven't appeared yet, but even though they already know the potion has been analyzed and a substitute herb has been found, they still enthusiastically help Owen with the crystal core.

After this world ends, and then we find the French Guardians in the next world, we'll have gathered almost all the power, and then we can go straight for the villain boss. After that, we're done. Then there's the side story, which I don't know how long it will be, but I'd like to share some fan service content from other people's perspectives.