Chapter 772, A Busy Day

Translator: Silavin

 

Su Bai strode towards Co Co’s room, which had already been converted into a laboratory.

 

Its primary purpose was for Co Co to conduct daily experiments, though he sometimes went in when he needed to do experiments himself.

 

*Step step step…*

*Creak!*

 

Su Bai pushed open the door and walked in, sitting down to prepare for today’s experiment.

 

“Shaman, why are you entering the laboratory?” Yu Ying asked curiously.

 

Yu Ying had just emerged from the kitchen. There was quite a lot to wash today, so she was not entirely confident in the maids and had gone to wash things herself.

 

“An idea just came to mind.” Su Bai said casually. He had thought of this idea while sleeping last night, so this morning upon waking, he could not wait to complete it.

 

“Shaman, what idea?” Yu Ying asked curiously.

 

No one had entered this laboratory for quite a while. Since Co Co had gone to the Sea Fish Tribe, almost no one had been inside. They only entered briefly during cleaning, just to tidy things up a little. Otherwise, everything remained as it was.

 

“I want to make an acid. Something that can corrode objects.” Su Bai said seriously.

 

Yesterday at noon, he happened to see many plants the Warriors had brought back, all varieties of different types.

 

Each plant had different properties. Among them, one or two plants had particularly high acidity levels.

 

They were not sour at the ordinary level. They were at the acidity level. After some experimentation, he found them to possess corrosive properties.

 

After thinking half the night, he finally realised he could use these plants to create a corrosive acid similar to sulphuric acid.

 

Of course, sulphuric acid was just a term. Creating actual sulphuric acid required many, many things.

 

“Acid? Something that corrodes things?” Yu Ying asked, tilting her head.

 

Yu Ying had never heard the word ‘corrode’ before, much less known that acid could corrode things. She only knew acid was a flavour, tasting sour, and paired with something sweet, it would taste even better.

 

“Exactly. This can be considered a weapon. On the battlefield, it can be key to determining victory or defeat.” Su Bai said calmly.

 

He felt that on the battlefield, not only weapons could determine the key to victory or defeat. Poison and acid could equally decide the outcome.

 

For example, acid could corrode the enemy’s weapons or skin.

 

While causing the opponent to lose resistance, it would also inflict pain. Then attacking would make victory easier to achieve.

 

“I see. Then I won’t disturb you.” Yu Ying said immediately.

 

Yu Ying knew that once the Shaman began working, he became especially focused and did not like having people around to disturb him.

 

“En, go ahead with your tasks.” Su Bai said softly.

 

*Creak!*

 

When Yu Ying left, she closed the laboratory door, walking especially quietly, planning to work very softly later.

 

Su Bai looked at the plants before him, falling into contemplation, because these several plants all shared the common trait of being corrosive.

 

However, he needed to consider how these plants would perform when combined. If combining them all together failed to bring out their proper characteristics, it would be wasteful.

 

So, what he needed to consider was whether these plants, when fused together, could achieve the most perfect state.

 

Or whether these plants, when used individually, would have better corrosive properties.

 

“Never mind. Let’s conduct experiments first to see.” Su Bai muttered to himself.

 

He put on anti-corrosion gloves and began working with those plants, each step extraordinarily cautious.

 

These anti-corrosion gloves happened to be something the System had provided today. If the System had not conveniently produced these gloves, he would not have thought to conduct experiments immediately.

 

“First, let’s see which plant has the strongest acidity.” Su Bai muttered to himself.

 

He picked up the first plant, squeezed its juice into a glass vessel, then applied a bit to a stone.

 

Su Bai did not lean in too closely, merely observing the stone’s changes from an appropriate distance.

 

He waited for over ten minutes, then shook his head. “It does have corrosive properties, but the process is too slow.”

 

That stone took a full ten-plus minutes to corrode just a little bit, which was rather frustrating.

 

Battlefields involved rapidly changing circumstances. Sometimes one minute could determine the key to victory or defeat.

 

There was no spare time to wait these ten-plus minutes, so the first plant was directly eliminated.

 

“I wonder how the second plant’s acidity compares?” Su Bai had already dripped the second plant’s juice onto the stone.

 

He still did not lean too close, wanting to observe the second plant’s effects.

 

The second plant’s corrosion speed was acceptable. This time, it only took five minutes to corrode a pit.

 

“Although the speed was reduced by half, this speed still isn’t enough…” Su Bai remained unsatisfied.

 

He wanted the corrosion speed to be reduced to around one minute, or even shorter.

 

“Anyway, there are still several more. I can slowly test them.” Su Bai said and continued working with the plants.

 

He conducted operations successively, each time with a different plant. Extracting the plant juices and waiting for corrosion took over an hour in total.

 

Various ‘plant carcasses’ appeared on the table, along with various stones.

 

The stones’ surfaces showed various pits and holes, all traces of experimentation.

 

“This plant needed the shortest time. So, it is the most potent.” Su Bai held a plant while muttering to himself.

 

The plant in his hand had a corrosion time of just over three minutes, and the extractable juice quantity was also quite substantial.

 

“I’ve experimented with every plant, but the corrosion time is still not good enough.” Su Bai took a drink of water and continued muttering to himself. “If I refine these plants and then combine them, I wonder what would happen?”

 

He felt these plants’ corrosion speeds were so slow, possibly because they had not been purified. If these plant juices were purified, perhaps the corrosion time could be greatly reduced.

 

[Guess today’s work will be purifying these plant juices.] Su Bai thought to himself.

 

Purifying these plant branches and leaves was one step. After purification, he would need to mix them and observe.

 

No, wait. After purifying these plant juices, he should also test each one individually for corrosion speed.

 

If ultimately unsatisfied, only then would he combine them for experimentation. Today was destined to be a busy day.

 

“Let’s begin!” Su Bai stretched his body.