A Miracle! A True Miracle.

Gao Deming stopped the experiment he was working on and stared at the staff member in front of him.

The staff member swallowed and said:

"That's what it says in the documents."

"Pharmaceutical companies these days have less and less of a bottom line. All they do is make wild boasts all day long, without any limits!"

Gao Deming's face was filled with anger, and the other staff members looked angry too.

Treating every disease related to external injuries-even those unscrupulous merchants wouldn't dare make such a claim when advertising their health supplements.

It was outright deception. Most importantly, they even claimed the medicine had no side effects. How could such a medicine possibly exist in this world?

Seeing the angry looks on everyone's faces in the laboratory, the staff member spoke up:

"Professor Gao, can this medicine still undergo clinical trials?"

The staff member also thought the medicine seemed unreliable. Its name sounded like the name of some health supplement.

Gao Deming snorted coldly. "Bring it here!"

Gao Deming had not been the least bit interested before, but now he really wanted to see what medicine dared make such outrageous claims.

He also wanted to know what its ingredients were. If it failed to meet regulations, he would send it straight back.

The staff member hurriedly handed the medicine to Gao Deming. It consisted of several capsules.

Chen Feng had instructed someone to grind the pills into powder and put it inside them.

Gao Deming opened one of the capsules and sniffed it. His brow furrowed.

Having worked in pharmaceuticals for decades, he could generally make a good guess at a medicine's ingredients just by smelling it.

But he could not identify a single thing by smelling this capsule.

"You few, take these and have them tested." Gao Deming handed some capsules to the researchers for testing.

He took one capsule over to a white lab mouse, cut the mouse's body with a bacteria-contaminated knife, then fed it the medicinal powder.

Since the medicine claimed to treat every disease related to external injuries, he wanted to see whether it could work as an antibiotic.

If a wound infected with bacteria was not treated with medicine to reduce the inflammation, it would fester and become infected in less than a few days.

After feeding it the medicine, Gao Deming paid it no further attention and resumed testing the medicine he had been working on.

In the blink of an eye, three hours passed. Gao Deming was still absorbed in testing the medicine in his hands.

Just then, several researchers hurried over with the medicine's test report.

Their faces were filled with disbelief.

"Professor!"

The shout was so loud that it instantly drew the attention of everyone in the laboratory.

Gao Deming said with displeasure:

"I told you long ago not to shout in the laboratory. Don't you know it can affect the medicine trials?"

The researchers paid no attention to the scolding. One of them cried out in shock:

"Professor, according to our tests, the ingredients in Wound Healing No. 1 are unknown. We couldn't find a single match in our database."

Gao Deming's expression changed instantly.

The drug administration's database brought together data on an untold number of medicinal ingredients.

A test was all it took to match them to the corresponding ingredient data.

Yet now there were ingredients in a medicine that they could not identify.

That meant the ingredients in this medicine were unknown substances.

Gao Deming took the report and read it carefully.

"How is this possible!"

His aged face was no longer as composed as before.

Every medicine had ingredients.

How many unknown ingredients could there be on this earth that were not in the database?

Gao Deming strode over to the white mouse he had fed the medicine earlier.

The wound on the mouse had already scabbed over, even though only a few hours had passed.

"This..."

Gao Deming's eyes widened, and the other researchers looked just as shocked.

In just a few hours, the wound on the mouse had scabbed over.

Although animals had a much greater ability to recover than humans,

it was still hard to believe that the wound had scabbed over in just a few hours.

"Quick, send the mouse for testing!"

"Also, determine the number of ingredients in the medicine and conduct a second trial!"

Gao Deming shouted the orders.

The researchers immediately put down their work and devoted themselves to testing Wound Healing No. 1.

Even when it was time to eat, the whole laboratory was still busy.

It was not until evening that work in the research lab finally stopped.

Gao Deming and the others gathered together.

As they looked at the Wound Healing No. 1 capsules in front of them, every face was filled with disbelief.

After several hours of testing, they had discovered that this medicine was effective against more than thirty diseases related to external injuries.

Moreover, almost no side effects appeared after Wound Healing No. 1 was used.

There were not even any minor adverse allergic reactions.

Because time was limited, they still could not determine exactly how many diseases related to external injuries the medicine could treat.

But the range they had already tested was enough to defy the heavens.

"Professor, we aren't dreaming, are we? Does a miracle drug like this really exist? Are we going to win a Nobel Prize?"

A researcher cried out in shock, breaking the silence in the laboratory.

Everyone there had spent years conducting medicine trials.

Testing Wound Healing No. 1 made them feel as though they were witnessing history.

It was just like artemisinin back then: from discovery to testing, every step had been thrilling.

Gao Deming suppressed his excitement and said:

"Proceed directly to human trials. Go and call the people who test medicines over!"

The trials they had conducted before had all been on animals. This time, he planned to test it on humans.

A researcher was about to run out when Gao Deming seemed to remember something and immediately called him back.

"No need. I'll be the first to try it myself!"

As soon as he said that, the expressions of everyone else in the research lab changed.

"Professor, how can you do that? The risk is too great!"

"That's right. What if something happens? We should have someone come over."

Gao Deming waved a hand.

"When Professor Tu discovered artemisinin, she tested the medicine on herself too. I must be the one to conduct the first human trial of an epoch-making new medicine like this!"

With that, Gao Deming swallowed a Wound Healing No. 1 capsule.

From the earlier trials, Gao Deming could already tell that Wound Healing No. 1 would definitely make history and might even stand on equal footing with artemisinin.

Testing the medicine on himself would be enough to leave his name in the annals of history.

For someone engaged in pharmaceutical research, this was an immense honor.

At Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals,

Li Xiaorou was busy in her office.

After the preparations over the past while, Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals' factory complex had been built, and recruitment was almost complete.

All that remained was to wait for news from the drug administration, and Li Xiaorou was still feeling uneasy.

Although she had taken care of everything else,

whether Wound Healing No. 1 could pass the drug administration's trials remained a question. After all, Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals currently sold only one medicine.

If it failed, they would be burning money every day. To speed up the trials,

she had even asked Lin Wei to help by calling the drug testing bureau.

Although her boss had said he would take care of it, Li Xiaorou had still taken the initiative to pull some strings.

She hoped Wound Healing No. 1 could go on the market sooner.

Just then, the office door opened, and a staff member hurried in.

"Manager, people from the drug administration are here, and a lot of officials came with them."

"The drug administration?" Li Xiaorou was somewhat surprised.

Normally, if Wound Healing No. 1 had passed the trials, wouldn't the drug administration simply mail back the approval documents?

Even if it had failed the trials, they would have informed her by phone. Why would they come in person?