Psychological Warfare

"Isn't this old mosquito amazing? It's already lived for two years and two months, and I think it can live for another three months!"

"It's really old. This is the oldest mosquito I've ever seen, living a year and a month longer than any other mosquito on record!"

"Look at this old white rat..."

Inside the A9 Research Institute, Zhang Xuezhou granted access and led Qimeng Haige on a tour, fostering Qimeng Haige's confidence in life-extending drugs.

Of course, Zhang Xuezhou had doubts about whether the Longevity Pill could actually prolong life.

However, the purpose of health supplements has never been to guarantee health and longevity, but rather to ensure that no one dies while selling the concept.

As long as Chimman Haig believes his life-extending drug is effective.

Zhang Xuezhou was also seriously researching the Longevity Pill, without any perfunctory work. Lady Yourong and Zhang Zhong were old and had not enjoyed much happiness, Zhang Xuezhou would not only prepare the prescription in this world, but also choose to refine pills or seek out Zou Bugui in another world to obtain a few Longevity Pills, so as to let his parents enjoy their old age in peace as much as possible.

His mind was clear and as if divinely inspired; not only was his thinking active, but he also seemed to have an inexhaustible sense of perception.

The effects of the saliva-infused wine were unbelievable to Zhang Xuezhou.

He also took advantage of his sharp mind to do more things.

On this trip, he will not only refine the Longevity Pill, but also the Complete Tonic Pill and the Powerful Spirit Spirit-Forging Pill, all at once. He will also continuously promote the fusion and advancement of the Yin-Yang School's two realm techniques.

Zhang Xuezhou has arranged his life during this period of lucidity in a very down-to-earth manner.

After glancing at Zhou Rihui, who was looking around erratically, Zhang Xuezhou felt that he had a chance to buy a little more time and did not need to give Zhou Rihui a quick treatment and recovery.

Zhou Rihui would relay information on behalf of Zhang Xuezhou about things he couldn't openly praise, continuously sending a wealth of information to Zhou Yueyan, who would then pass it on to others.

Qimeng Haige was a model client he created, and Zhou Rihui would inevitably send him relevant information about that.

If Chimmon Hagrid believed that drugs could prolong life, it would undoubtedly be even easier for others to believe it.

This drug won't bring Zhang Xuezhou much financial gain, but rather the high probability that it will satisfy the physiological and psychological needs of the elderly people in the Old Age Mansion. All of this will help him advance to the ranks of honorary professors.

"Based on your experimental organisms, we humans can normally live to be around one hundred years old. If we took your longevity pills, wouldn't we be able to live to be two hundred years old?" Chimmon Hagrid asked with great interest.

"Your calculation isn't wrong," Zhang Xuezhou said. "If it's meticulously crafted according to our standards, the upper limit of human lifespan can indeed reach around two hundred years!"

"Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and give me the gift you've meticulously crafted!" Chimmon Hagrid said. "I really want to live to be two hundred years old!"

"Careful creation comes with some basic conditions," Zhang Xuezhou said. "For example, when creating high- Sequence Holder, you wouldn't choose people lacking special genes, and it's also difficult to choose those with limited lifespans to extend their lifespan!"

"What do you mean? What do you mean by not having much life left?" Chimman Hagrid asked.

"For our current basic life-extending drugs, what they can effectively extend is the remaining lifespan," Zhang Xuezhou said. "For example, if you have five years left to live, taking the drug can extend it to six, seven, or even ten years, but this drug cannot turn your five years of lifespan into fifty or a hundred years, much less allow you to live to two hundred years old."

"How could I only live for five years... Ugh, what you're saying makes me really uncomfortable!"

Chimman Hagrid felt a little unwell.

He is 93 years old, which is indeed a very advanced age.

If he could only live to be ninety-eight, it made him feel somewhat urgent that his time was near.

Zhang Xuezhou's example could even be an example of high-level statistics. If he only had two years to live, or if he suddenly felt completely drained a year later and then died, that was also possible.

Qimeng Haig felt he needed to take his medication immediately, and he desperately hoped that Zhang Xuezhou could push for the development of second-generation and third-generation drugs, which might extend his already short lifespan.

He needs a longer lifespan and a stronger genetic boost.

In genetic theory, higher sequences do indeed correspond to greater vitality and can extend lifespan to a certain extent.

With this two-pronged approach, Chimon Haig felt his future looked promising.

"Wasting time is wasting life, I think..."

"Now that I've agreed to this, I won't let my guard down for a moment. If my time estimate is correct, we can start the relevant pharmaceutical manufacturing process tonight."

"You're pretty good, kid. You can fall asleep whenever you want, and you're efficient in everything you do!"

Chimon Haig was somewhat anxious, while Zhang Xuezhou had strong guarantees.

As a man with two bodies, he never tires of energy; one day of his life is equivalent to two days for others.

Although Zhang Xuezhou only lived for twenty-six years, he rarely allowed his mind to stop in his sleep. His mental activity was almost equivalent to that of a middle-aged or elderly person in their fifties. This is why he was much more mature than the average young person, and he could even remain neither arrogant nor humble in front of many elderly people.

But Zhang Xuezhou's biological age is indeed only twenty-six years old, which makes him lack the lethargy of middle-aged and elderly people.

At this moment, his swift and decisive actions greatly pleased Chimon Haig, who even felt that Zhang Xuezhou was extremely reliable.

After visiting the A9 laboratory, Qimeng Haige's confidence in the life-extending drug greatly increased, and he was only waiting for Zhang Xuezhou's drug to be developed.

"Shall we do the R32 catalyst test first?"

When Zuo Teng arrived, beaming with joy, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but blink.

"I only brought one sample of R32 catalyst with me, so I can't test it for you. If you can Zhunti and lend me the A9 lab, I can produce five to six samples of R32 catalyst in seven days."

Zhang Xuezhou was quite satisfied that someone spoke on his behalf, and even offered to be a test subject.

When he glanced at Zuo Teng, Zhang Xuezhou saw Zuo Teng repeatedly patting his chest to assure him of the supply needed for the R32 catalyst experiment, and he was immediately satisfied.

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Zuo Teng, you'd better get ready to go. You come over here first to watch me develop the medicine!"

After seeing off the beaming Zuo Teng, Zhang Xuezhou invited Qi Meng Haige to come and watch the pharmaceutical manufacturing process.

Zhang Xuezhou's skills in formal alchemy were rather limited. Firstly, he lacked a good Pill Furnace, and secondly, he didn't refine a large quantity of pills. Only he was able to refine pills like Origin-Nurturing Pill and Grain Avoidance Powder with complete mastery.

His alchemy skills in the real world are quite impressive; modern equipment has saved him a lot of time and effort, greatly improving his alchemy proficiency.

Zhang Xuezhou wasn't afraid of others peeking and learning. He could perfectly replicate the basic pills just like Ren Yisheng. However, the proportions, additions, and refining of advanced pills had almost no fixed standards. It was more up to the Alchemist to control them. It was extremely difficult to reproduce them after only watching them once or twice.

Many things, once the truth is revealed, turn out to be nothing special, but as long as that truth isn't revealed, others will never understand.

Zhang Xuezhou earnestly invited Chimon Haig, and after Chimon Haig stayed with Zhang Xuezhou in the lab from night until dawn, he felt that his brain was a little overwhelmed.

He repeatedly compared and contrasted the more than 20,000-word paper.

Chim Hager felt that the theory in the paper was correct, but he didn't understand the underlying principles.

Zhang Xuezhou used more than a hundred kinds of drugs, involving hundreds or even thousands of different drug components. Qimeng Haige did not know which component interacted with which component, thereby affecting the gene chain and promoting longevity.

But after waiting for a day and two nights, he finally took the longevity medicine he had been longing for.

"There are nine pills left in this batch of medicine. You can take them home and take them slowly. I need to remind you that this longevity medicine needs to be nurtured. The longer it is nurtured, the milder its effects will be, and the better the results will be!"

Besides the uncertain effects of drugs on prolonging life, Zhang Xuezhou also unleashed his second powerful psychological weapon – nourishment.

Just as sellers of aged wines claim that the longer a wine is aged, the more mellow and delicious it becomes, this can attract people to buy wine to collect and age.

Some people have aged their wines for decades, only to find that the wines have all gone bad due to an accident, or they feel that they haven't aged them properly, resulting in a poorer effect, or that they haven't aged them long enough, resulting in a poorer taste.

In short, whether you buy wine or medicine, the effectiveness of the treatment depends on yourself, and has nothing to do with the original provider.

Even if the longevity pills provided by Zhang Xuezhou have no effect on prolonging life in the slightest, they won't be blamed on him.