Medicine Primer and Antibodies

Before Bai Xiaowen and the other person could even react, the Zombie pounced on the Zombie Doctor the moment it left the manhole cover.

Bai Xiaowen drew his Desert Eagle and blasted the first Zombie to pieces with Headshot, after which a large group of summoned creatures rushed forward.

These Zombie looked terrifying, but their actual strength was only average. They were originally just ordinary residents of Redleaf City, mostly Standard Template. Upon contact, the Zombie were all cut down to the ground.

It's worth mentioning that these Zombie don't have any vital organs in the conventional sense. Li Shuyi's sword pierced the heart, and the damage definitely exceeded 1/3, but it still didn't trigger an instant kill effect.

Li Shuyi had to use two more sword strikes to deplete the first Zombie's health bar. However, the Zombie's health bar dropped to 1/130, and it collapsed on the ground convulsing. Its Life Value was slowly recovering, and it seemed it would be fully recovered within a few minutes.

"Try cutting off its head." Bai Xiaowen recalled the Zombie whose head he Headshot with a single shot.

Li Shuyi swung the [Redleaf Lord's Glory Sword] and chopped off the head of the fallen Zombie. His health bar finally dropped to 0/130, and he was completely dead.

With experience, dealing with these Zombie became much simpler: attack their heads.

Seeing Li Shuyi wielding two swords and slaughtering the Zombie as easily as cutting melons and vegetables, the Zombie Doctor breathed a sigh of relief.

"Wait a minute, let's try to capture a few alive; these are all valuable samples..."

"Didn't you say these were all byproducts?" Bai Xiaowen said.

"Accidental discoveries are also valuable; many great scientific discoveries are simply unremarkable accidents..." Zombie Doctor declared confidently.

Bai Xiaowen shook his head, controlling his summoned creatures not to attack the Zombie ' heads, but only to deplete their health bars. While they were recovering from being knocked down, he tied them up with chains.

In the end, five Zombie were captured and taken back to the Underground Research Lab, where they were firmly chained to pillars.

"Now you can tell me, right? What exactly happened?" Bai Xiaowen pressed.

Bai Xiaowen was also a little annoyed by this incident.

He was about to return to White Stone Town, but he didn't want trouble brewing at home. This time it was Zombie, but what about next time? And the time after that? If Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi weren't around, those bandit guards might not be able to clean up the mess left by the Zombie Doctor.

Knowing he was in the wrong, Zombie Doctor coughed and said, "Well, I've been researching the antidote, and it's mostly finished. All that's missing is one auxiliary substance... in terms you can understand, it's the 'catalyst'."

"Are you testing auxiliary substances right now?"

"Yes, that's right. Using the equipment in the research institute, I conducted a brief analysis of my existence and discovered a special energy substance. Extracting this special energy substance will cause me to weaken for a short period of time. I named this substance 'WD-A'... I believe that WD-A is the main substance that allows me to maintain my soul and thinking in Zombie form..."

"Speak like a human being," Bai Xiaowen said briefly.

"... Ahem, I just extracted something from my own body and added it to the antidote as a catalyst, then injected it into the test subjects," the Zombie Doctor chuckled awkwardly. "However, the results seem to have deviated a bit. These guys didn't become undead in the usual sense, but instead turned into another kind of undead creature..."

The difference is quite significant; one is the Ghoul from an ancient Europe Qihuan world, and the other is the Zombie from a modern-day Raccoon City Resident Evil.

Bai Xiaowen glared at the Zombie Doctor: "What I need you to do is develop an antidote, not randomly study yourself... Once the antidote is finished, you'll have plenty of time to study your own body structure! Don't forget, I only gave you five days, and this is already the fourth day!"

"Layman..."

Zombie Doctor muttered to himself.

"Hmm?" Bai Xiaowen's eyes swept over.

Zombie Doctor, head held high, declared, "Boss, although this incident was an accident, it opened a new door for me, initially proving that my idea is feasible. Next, as long as we change the appropriate medicinal ingredient, we will definitely be able to develop an antidote to the Necrotic Plague!"

"What specific medicinal ingredient should be used?" Bai Xiaowen asked, still somewhat uneasy.

"I've decided to start with the undead creatures that died in battle..."

Bai Xiaowen: "... What kind of crazy thing are you planning to do now?"

Zombie Doctor: "Please respect a great scientist! My idea is based on solid theoretical grounds! Those undead creatures that were killed and transformed by the Necrotic Plague must have 'antibodies' against the Necrotic Plague in their bodies! If I can extract these antibodies and add them to the antidote, I will definitely be able to create a drug to suppress the Necrotic Plague."

Li Shuyi nodded. "That sounds reasonable."

Bai Xiaowen pondered for a second, "Today is the fourth day. You will first extract the antibodies and create a new antidote. However, you are strictly forbidden from conducting a second experiment before I return to Redleaf City! If you dare to disobey, regardless of the outcome, I will send you back to the Soul Stone for re-education by Delifa."

Zombie Doctor shrank his large head. "Alright, you're the boss, you call the shots. But what if you can't come back tomorrow? We only agreed on five days."

"I'll begin the second experiment once I return to Redleaf City. As long as the antidote is successful, you'll be considered to have completed it within the agreed timeframe. The days I spent waiting while I was away from Redleaf City won't be counted within the five-day agreed timeframe, understand?"

In fact, Bai Xiaowen hadn't expected that Zombie Doctor would be able to come up with the idea of an antidote and enter the actual production stage in just four days. He had initially set a five-day deadline only as a form of encouragement.

Of course, Zombie Doctor's strong academic and research abilities, the fact that he achieved results so quickly is an unexpected bonus.

Bai Xiaowen then called over Kitz and several other captains of the bandit guards and gave them some instructions.

"Lord, you're going back? Aren't you taking the brothers with you?" Kitz grinned widely. "I still want to go see my fiefdom."

"What's there to see?" Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "Redleaf City is so big, with tens of thousands of infected people. You only have a few hundred people. I wouldn't even think it's enough if you all stayed... You should quickly clear out a batch of vacant houses near the Lord's Manor."

Kitz nodded. "No problem, at least half the houses in Redleaf City are currently vacant..."

Bai Xiaowen gave the other bandit captains a few more pointers, using the carrot of being knighted as Inspire, before taking Li Shuyi and riding off towards White Stone Town.

One chapter owed...