"Why did it take so long?"
Although Bai Ye knew he might not understand the answer, he stubbornly asked anyway.
The Doctor explained, "Artificially targeted selection and modification of Virophage relies on random mutation and multiple rounds of directed domestication. There is no precise editing pathway. Iterative trial and error, biological proliferation, screening, and stability verification stretch the process to a year..."
Bai Ye: "...Speak human."
The Doctor paused. "To cultivate a specific Virophage, countless random mutations are required. The direction of mutation cannot be controlled, so we can only keep trying. If we're lucky, it may succeed after a few hundred attempts. If we're unlucky, it might not succeed even after millions."
Bai Ye finally understood a little. Damn it, why hadn't he just said that from the start? What was with all the technical jargon? Showing off?
"Is there any way to speed it up?"
The Doctor shook his head. "Not with my current level of scientific research. Perhaps after my next resurrection."
Bai Ye was speechless. Was he planning to go further his studies?
"Right, you just said cultivation depended on luck, didn't you?"
"Yes."
Bai Ye's eyes lit up as the god's superintelligence began to work.
At last, he had discovered the Doctor's weakness. The Doctor was a master of scientific research, and his expertise in that field even surpassed Transcendence.
But precisely because of that, the Doctor put too much faith in science!
A smile curled across Bai Ye's lips. "If science can't solve it, let Transcendence handle it!
"Among the Ten Kings, there happens to be an expert at gambling on luck."
The Doctor's gaze shifted slightly. "Painter? Forgive my bluntness, but while Painter can manipulate luck, that is on a macroscopic level. With his ability, he likely cannot manipulate a single virus. The