I Can Program My Body? - Chapter 275

Chapter 275: Arthur’s Scientific Invention
“What? You want me to guide you through the process of becoming an official scientist? What do you mean?” Arthur asked, puzzled.

“It means exactly that. I want to become an official scientist.”

“You? A scientist? Do you know what you’re saying?”

“I know, Grandpa Arthur. I already have a project I can take to the assessment.”

“Oh? Then meet me at the Nova Arcanum. You’re still at the Nova Capital, aren’t you?”

Although Arthur didn’t know where Nash’s confidence came from, he decided that if he created something decent, he would recommend him for an assessment.

One couldn’t just take the assessment to become an official scientist arbitrarily.

Besides the unified assessment held every few years, one could only be evaluated through the recommendation of an official scientist.

“Then wait for me at the Nova Arcanum, Grandpa Arthur.” Nash hung up and began to prepare.

Releasing Nysr in Auralis I to play for a while, Nash quickly headed to his battleship.

Nova Arcanum was the main research planet of the Nova Capital.

Navigating through space, Nash needed to pass multiple inspection points, highlighting the importance of the Nova Arcanum.

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A few hours later, Nash arrived at the planet’s satellite station.

Sending Arthur his coordinates, Nash waited briefly.

“You brat, you’re here!” Arthur greeted, quickly finding Nash.

“Grandpa Arthur! You seem to get younger every day,” Nash said with a smile.

If Arthur had once been an emaciated old man, he now looked like a pristine scholar.

Advancing from a mortal to a Void Warrior, his lifespan had surged from a mere hundred to three hundred years.

“No need for flattery. Come, show me what you’ve researched!” Arthur said eagerly.

An official scientist could only recommend a limited number of people for an individual assessment.

Not wanting to waste such a precious opportunity or Nash’s time, Arthur was keen to examine his project first.

“Alright, let’s go to your residence. Let’s see if my creation can pass the evaluation.”

“Let’s go…”

Leaving the satellite docking port, Arthur led Nash into the Nova Arcanum.

Home to the most advanced technology and innovation in the Nova Sector, Nash couldn’t help but look around.

However, besides the tight security, the Nova Arcanum seemed unremarkable and nothing special.

Used to the prosperity of the Nova Capital, he was somewhat unfazed by the dazzling architecture around.

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Soon, after passing through another lengthy inspection, they arrived at Arthur’s residence.

Even though he had already joined the Earth’s faction, Arthur chose to stay at the Nova Arcanum for his research.

With no costs and access to advanced equipment, it was a paradise for scientists like him.

“What’s your research about?” Arthur asked, thinking about where they could conduct the testing.

“It’s a large-scale battle weapon for Dark Plane shelter defense.”

“You’re into that stuff, huh? Not bad, very ambitious!”

Producing research results in the Dark Plane was known to be far more challenging than in reality.

It seemed Nash’s claim to becoming an official scientist wasn’t a joke.

“What about you, Grandpa Arthur? What’s your main research?” Nash asked curiously.

To become a scientist, one had to produce something useful, unique, and innovative.

Hailing from the backward planet of Earth, amidst war and the suppression of Arleanians, it was a miracle Arthur had created anything useful at all.

“My research? Let me show you. It’s on the way to a large testing site.” Smiling, Arthur led Nash toward his main laboratory.

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“This…”

Instead of a technological jungle, Nash was greeted by neat rows of tubes filled with a growing blob of flesh.

If Nash hadn’t known better, he might have thought Arthur was an evil scientist.

“Shocked? My main scientific path is life, specifically the combination of plant and biological beings,” Arthur explained with a chuckle.

“What are these for?” Nash asked, eyeing the blobs of flesh growing all around.

“This is Blood Meat, grown from a specific DNA strand and blood ginseng. When eaten, it can increase one’s physique up to ten times.”

“Amazing! If you sold these, you’d be rich!”

Though it looked a bit disgusting, once cooked, it was all the same.

It was also made from a combination of flesh and plants, which was even healthy in a certain sense.

With the ability to increase one’s physique ten times, Nash bet that even if it were made of filth, many would still eat it.

After all, although one could easily boost their physique tenfold with void energy feedback, it wasn’t as fast as direct enhancement.

Meanwhile, hearing Nash’s words, Arthur could only sigh.

“How could it be easy? This research has many shortcomings…”

Not only was the Blood Meat more expensive than similar products on the market, but the process to create it was also cumbersome.

First, it required the user’s DNA strand to prevent rejection upon consumption.

Then, it needed cultivation for months to reach full growth for maximum enhancement.

These two factors alone were enough to give him a headache.

Add to that the need to gather top-quality blood ginseng, individual cultivation solutions, and expensive life pods to grow the stuff.

All in all, if it wasn’t sold at a high price, he would be losing a fortune.

If not for its delicious taste, tailored to the individual’s genetic makeup, he might not sell even one.

Hearing Arthur’s explanation, Nash nodded in understanding.

“It’s indeed hard to market…”

For the truly rich, it wasn’t about cost but privacy.

Who would willingly give their DNA for a mere physique enhancement when cheaper alternatives were widely available?

As for treating it as food? Who would risk their genetic material being used for something else for a delicious bite of food?

Still, looking at Arthur’s research, Nash felt it had a lot of potential.

“If you could push the physique enhancement to a hundred times, it would be much cheaper than what’s out there,” Nash deduced.

While products boosting physique tenfold were common, something offering a hundredfold enhancement was rare.

In fact, it wasn’t just expensive, it was barely even available on the market.

Although not rarer than a genetic potion, it was only available through internal consumption, not the market.

At most, one could find something that enhanced physical training.

But if Arthur succeeded in his research, such a rarity would be broken, enhancing the power of the Nova Sector as a whole.

No wonder there was a saying that a powerful scientist could change the trends of civilization and time.