After finally figuring this out, Chen Yan suddenly felt that the pressure from the wasteland was much less.
No wonder the survivors of the catastrophe can still form a relatively stable order. It turns out that the survival threat posed by this wasteland is actually far less exaggerated than it seems.
"Brother Li, there is something I want to discuss with you."
After calming down, Chen Yan turned to look at Li Fengnian and said.
Although Li Fengnian was limping, his speed was not slow at all. It seemed that following the small group and the all-terrain transport vehicle was a complete ease for Li Fengnian.
"What's the matter? Just tell me straight away. Since you've accepted me, I'm naturally a member of your group. Only if we all help each other and make no distinctions, can we live better in this wasteland."
Li Fengnian said with a smile.
Chen Yan nodded and said, "Then I won't beat around the bush. Brother Li, I want to learn how to prepare potions from you. I wonder if you can teach me?"
Li Fengnian was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion, "Preparing potions? What's the point of learning this?"
Chen Yan shrugged and said, "It's always good to have many skills. I want to learn more so that I can handle various complicated situations when necessary in the future."
Li Fengnian pondered and said, "You're right. No one can guarantee what they might encounter in the future. Therefore, the more you know, the stronger you will be, and the stronger your ability to resist risks will be. But preparing potions... there's actually nothing much to learn."
"Nothing to learn? What do you mean?"
"That's exactly what it says. The truly important part of a potion is the recipe, but as for preparing the potion itself, there aren't many technical barriers to entry. For example, different levels of genetic potions require not only different qualities and quantities of crystal essence, but also various auxiliary medications to complement them.
The function of these auxiliary drugs is, first, to neutralize the toxicity of the crystal essence, allowing the components within it that are beneficial for gene unlocking to have the greatest effect. Second, to regulate the medicinal properties, allowing the essence's ingredients to be more easily absorbed by the user. These conclusions were reached after decades of continuous improvement."
Li Fengnian spread his hands and continued, "Why are genetic potions so common in the wasteland, and yet they still fetch a low price? Besides the fact that Awakeners have an excessively high demand for energy, and many people worry they'll starve to death after becoming Awakeners, another reason is that the recipes for genetic potions below level five are actually public.
If everyone has something, then no one has it. Therefore, genetic medicines below level five are very easy to buy. The key to preparing a medicine lies in mastering the appropriate instruments, which can blend the medicinal ingredients in a sterile environment until the finished product is produced. The preparation itself has little to do with the person.
Chen Yan was stunned and said, "In other words, as long as you know the ingredients of the medicine and have the corresponding equipment for preparing the medicine, then theoretically speaking, anyone who can operate the equipment can successfully prepare the medicine?
But...can't the ingredients of the medicine also be detected by instruments? If there's no technical threshold for preparing the medicine, doesn't that mean that any medicine can be easily cracked?"
Li Fengnian nodded and said, "That's right! Haven't you noticed? Apart from genetic medicine, you hardly see other types of medicines being sold. Genetic medicine is due to special circumstances. After decades of continuous improvement and development, it has finally evolved into the current situation where it can be distributed throughout the world.
The situation with other pharmaceuticals, however, was completely different from that of genetic medicines. After the Cataclysm, the concept of patents ceased to exist, leading to a highly private nature in pharmaceutical research and development. To prevent painstakingly developed pharmaceuticals from being quickly cracked, no entity was willing to sell them publicly.
Currently, the only method of selling the drug that is accepted by all factions is for the seller to administer the injection to the purchaser immediately upon purchase. Any attempt to purchase the drug and then take it away to self-inject is prohibited. This principle is essentially universal.
Chen Yan never expected this to happen.
According to Li Fengnian, the barriers to pharmaceutical production can only be artificially created through clumsy methods.
Trying to achieve the need for confidentiality of drug formulas after they are developed purely through technical means is nothing but a pipe dream.
Or it could be like the nameless potion that Li Fengnian had given him before, relying purely on medicinal raw materials that are extremely rare in the wasteland world to form a barrier. In this case, even if other forces knew the formula, it would be useless.
Even a top force in the wasteland like Life Oasis had to mobilize the entire organization's strength to barely gather the necessary drug raw materials.
How much manpower and material resources were consumed in this process, and whether the effect of the prepared medicine is worth the corresponding cost, are all still unknown.
In this context, the formula of the unknown potion is of limited value.
At least that's the case for the wasteland forces!
No wonder Life Oasis allowed Li Fengnian to run all the way here. It seems that some of his previous guesses had cognitive biases!
It’s not that Life Oasis has any conspiracy, or that Li Fengnian is hiding something, but the importance of this potion to Life Oasis is far less exaggerated than he initially guessed?
These thoughts emerged in Chen Yan's mind, and he felt a little ridiculous.
He coughed dryly and asked, "Then I wonder what instruments I need to learn to operate if I want to prepare the medicine? And...are those instruments easy to buy?"
Li Fengnian said with a smile, "It's a very simple instrument. My four-legged mechanical dog carries one. When we set up camp during the migration, I'll take some time to teach you how to use it. Don't worry, you'll be able to grasp all the key points in less than half an hour."
Then, just learn how to mix the potion once, and you won't have any problems. However, I only have one device, so I can't give it to you. If you want to buy one, it shouldn't be difficult. You should be able to find it in any survivor stronghold controlled by a medium-sized or larger force."
Chen Yan's heart moved, and he continued to ask, "Speaking of which, how are forces divided? I've always had a vague understanding of this."
Li Fengnian raised his eyebrows in surprise.
After taking a look at Chen Yan and confirming that he was not joking, he immediately fell into deep doubt.
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