Chapter 305 - Nightmare Jellyfish (1/2)
Chapter 305 - Nightmare Jellyfish
TL: xDh20, LifeisaJourney
This burning sensation started at the lowest, deepest level of his soles and burned upwards. His skin felt like it was being charred on a grill. This type of burning sensation, only a few could withstand the pain that came with it. Liu Gan had a high pain tolerance, so he was able to put up a poker face as if nothing was wrong. Meanwhile, his inner self was restless…could it be that he got lucky, and woke another ability?
Perhaps his body was special, and these drugs had a higher chance of succeeding with him?
“How is it?” Su Nina asked Liu Gan.
“No particular feeling, seems like this drug really has a low success rate. Do you have any specimens that succeeded with this drug?” Liu Gan asked with a disappointed expression.
“There actually was a successful subject, it was during our first round of experiment trials. After the subject was successful, we extracted the substance back from its body and refined it. That is how we came up with the 5% success rate, it was based on the experimental model from preliminary estimates. It is probably due to the low amount of specimens that skewed this number so low. If we had more samples, the success rate of this drug would increase,” Wei Liang replied quickly.
“Okay, let’s pause there. Tell me about the other project. The drug that can induce a fabricated dream. Start from concept to the execution of manufacturing process. Describe it in detail as much as you can,” Liu Gan nodded as he shifted the topic of interest.
When Su Nina was briefly describing their projects, that one caught Liu Gan’s interest the most. It was one of the main points of this trip to the base underwater. It was Liu Gan’s suspicion that everything that had happened on Serenity was due to the influence of this dream drug and the research project.
“In that project we discovered that the most timid experimental specimens with the weakest willpower, would, when faced with a certain deep sea jellyfish, experience inexplicable hallucinations and mild hypnosis. The larger deep sea jellyfishes could hypnotize even the stronger specimens. Once they were hypnotized, they began a journey to dreamland and it was impossible to wake them up…”
“The hallucinations and dreams were distance dependent, and there were obstacle hindrances, as well. We suspect that the giant jellyfish and the specimens developed a symbiotic relationship with a spiritual connection that lead to a new advancement...”
“That was where we started researching the deep sea jellyfish as a target of interest. After a series of testing and drug injections, we were able to increase its hallucinogenic ability…”
“This laboratory improved deep sea jellyfish, we named it the Nightmare Jellyfish…”
“...”
After a lengthy discussion on the project by Su Nina, Liu Gan understood the main points of what happened. He had confirmed that what had attacked them the previous night was an Advanced Mutate, an escaped Nightmare Jellyfish from this underwater base.
“At present, trying to create the dream drug has a very low rate of success… it might succeed one out of every thousand trials or even less. We can’t provide a dream-inducing drug sample. The reason is that creating this drug requires it to be mixed on-site. No matter how we tried to store it, after 5 minutes, the active ingredient in the drug would become inert.”