Chapter 97 Passing the initial screening test
Although there are countless materials that can be used to refine medicine, and the Federal Pharmaceutical Research Institute discovers new medicinal materials every day, the medicinal materials used in this basic stage of the competition are still relatively conventional and common. Ning Xuan has thoroughly studied the existing known medicinal materials, so this level is naturally not difficult for her.
But obviously not every contestant has solid basic skills. As time goes by, more and more contestants who do not have basic knowledge are eliminated. The stage of identifying medicinal materials is just a screening before the blind test begins. About 200 people are screened out at this stage, and 2,800 people officially enter the blind test stage.
Ning Xuan looked at the unknown plants in her hand. The so-called unknown plants were those that had not been discovered for a long time and had not been thoroughly studied. She had three plants in her hand. One was a plant with mottled skin and thorns similar to the shape of a durian, one was a plant with a faint blue flower, and the other was a vine that was red and covered with scales.
The skin of the thorny plant was thick and hard, and very prickly. Ning Xuan took out the tools in the toolbox and modified some of the available items. She found a crescent-shaped scimitar. She used the newly made tool to pry open the thick shell of the plant, revealing the pure white and smooth flesh inside.
Then she adjusted the multifunctional protective gloves to the component analysis mode, which could analyze biological components as quickly as possible. Her fingertips brushed over the potato-like tuber, transmitting the fire energy to the plant through the gloves. The pure white flesh was quickly roasted soft, and a gelatinous mucus oozed out of the skin, emitting a sweet smell.
This taste is a bit like sweet potato.
A total of 2,800 people participated in the initial screening test. These 2,800 people were divided into seven groups, and every 400 people received the same transplant.
Ning Xuan's operation did not attract attention at first, until the sweet smell came out. The examiner who was patrolling on the spot came over immediately. He was from the Natural Food Research Institute, a department under the Alien Plant Research Institute. This examiner specialized in natural food. As soon as he smelled the smell, he was attracted. After coming over, without saying a word, he tore off a piece of the soft flesh and put it in his mouth. "Hey, Team Leader Han, this plant contains neuroparalytic toxins. How did you eat it? Spit it out quickly." One of the invigilators said anxiously.
"Haha, it's non-toxic and a rare delicious food. That's great. The institute has been researching it for more than a month. We've tried everything from freezing to powder, crushing to squeeze out juice, low-temperature freezing, and high-temperature roasting. The best we can do is just barely remove the toxins. Nothing is as delicious as this method, and it's so fast." Team leader Han was extremely impressed.
They really didn't expect that this thing would have such a structure.
Team leader Han excitedly went to check out the video of Ning Xuan dealing with alien plants.
The second plant's dark blue flower was placed in a flowerpot and grown in reddish-brown soil. When Ning Xuan saw this flower, she thought of the Phantom Flower. Ning Xuan touched the calyx lightly with tweezers, and the whole plant suddenly shrank to the size of a fist. Ning Xuan looked at the dark green bud-like thing on the tweezers and threw it into a test tube beside her. With a "hiss", the liquid in the test tube was dyed a dark black. The drug reacted too quickly, and Ning Xuan didn't have time to seal the test tube. Some black mist leaked out. Fortunately, Ning Xuan brought a gas mask, so she was not affected by the poisonous mist.
After removing the toxins, the subsequent refining went smoothly. The nectar of this flower can calm mental turmoil and is a rare mental soothing potion.
The third plant was the scarlet poison ivy. The venom condensed on the barbs corroded the test tube. The highly toxic juice splashed on the protective mask on Ning Xuan's face, making a hissing sound. Ning Xuan turned on the high-speed crusher on the table and threw the whole vine into it. At the same time, she left two black and red vines inside. She turned on the crusher to rotate at high speed. The branches of the ghost vine carried Ning Xuan's fire energy. Under Ning Xuan's control, the poison ivy that was stirred into juice separated into two extracts - the enchanting crimson liquid contained corrosive and deadly toxins, while the light pink crystals precipitated at the bottom were the raw materials of the top antidote. This reminded her of the pufferfish on Earth, the most dangerous part of which often coexists with the antidote.
There was a sudden explosion at the operating table next door. A contestant accidentally touched a poison sac while handling a phantom blue flower. The whole plant exploded and black fog filled the air, covering the entire area. However, each operating area was blocked by a protective shield, so there was no need to worry about the poison fog seeping out.
Next, various accidents occurred at the operating tables one after another. The invigilators would rescue the candidates who had accidents, but they would also lose the qualification to continue to participate in the competition.
Three kinds of exotic plants were given in this round. The alchemists participating in the competition only needed to extract one safe supplement to pass this stage. The time limit for this stage was 180 minutes. Ning Xuan finished the assessment and left the examination room in just 25 minutes. She didn't know that 3/4 of the alchemists who were drawn into the same group as her were eliminated in this stage.
Later, because the questions their group drew were too difficult and too many people were eliminated, the eliminated contestants protested and took a make-up exam.
The next day was the first level of the challenge to refine the purity of the medicinal liquid. The contestants needed to purify the randomly received medicinal liquid as required within three hours. The higher the purity, the higher the score. Ning Xuan once again completed the challenge in a very short time.
On the third day, contestants were required to randomly select three different high-level compound potion formulas to refine within three hours. The success rate of refining had to be above 30%, that is to say, at least one high-level compound potion had to be refined. In this stage, in order to ensure fairness and avoid the situation in the first stage, all people had to refine the same potion. Because of the Star Network live broadcast, the performances of the contestants in these days were exposed to the camera. After the first two days of competition, contestants with strong strength and outstanding performance received more attention. Ning Xuan was also one of the ones who received attention.
The main reason why Ning Xuan attracted attention was that she was the one who took the shortest time to complete the task among all the contestants. Not far from Ning Xuan, at platform 594, was a handsome young man. He was a top student from the First Comprehensive College of the Federation. In the process of refining medicine, he was accustomed to using strange fire. The flames were colorful, making the whole process very gorgeous and attracting the attention of many people.
Compared with him, Ning Xuan, who processed the alien plants at an incredibly fast speed and completed the operation without people seeing the process or reacting, was inadvertently ignored by the audience of Quanxing.com.
(End of this chapter)
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