ATDIWR Chapter 32
by VolareChapter 32: Everyone’s Reaction – Far Inferior to Ji An!
Father and Mother Wei had no idea their son was living extremely happily in the laboratory. He didn’t have to do anything every day, and there was a large space for them to play and have fun. They also ate their fill; yes, although they were only given a little less than a ten-milliliter nutrient solution each day, they were very full.
The happiest thing every day was opening a blind box to see what flavor of nutrient solution they got.
Currently, the most common flavors were corn, sorghum, sweet potato, and potato.
He heard there were other flavors, but Wei Kang hadn’t tasted them yet.
Although he didn’t know why such a small amount made him not hungry, Wei Kang’s energy and spirit were getting better and better.
He ate his fill every day, gaining strength. Since it was his best age, he couldn’t stay idle. He played happily and joyfully every day in the large open space at the experimental plant.
Some of the vagrants who ate well also began to walk around the open space a few times each day.
In the blink of an eye, it was the last day of the experiment. Wei Kang and Zhu Liangping drank their last nutrient solution and followed the staff to the hospital for a body checkup.
When they received the report, Wei Kang couldn’t understand the words, but the staff told him that his body’s nutritional index had all met the standards. Even the anemia from the first checkup was gone. He had even gained two or three catties compared to when he arrived, and grown one centimeter taller.
Wei Kang was dumbfounded, unable to believe the experiment was just over like that. He didn’t need to do anything every day, just play happily, and he didn’t even need to think about tomorrow.
Wei Kang never thought that the time he spent as a volunteer would be the happiest time of his life.
Wei Kang bravely said to a staff member, “Uncle, are there any more experiments like this? I want to participate again.”
The person called “Uncle” was Wu Youyang. Today was the day to check the results, so he was naturally present.
“You little fellow, you’re small but you think beautifully. How can there be such good things every day!” The experiment was very successful, and Wu Youyang was happy and in the mood to joke.
Wei Kang’s face turned red. Thinking about it, it was true; how could there be such a good thing again? Before, the heavens must have seen he was too miserable, taken pity on him, and sent an angel down to save him.
Such a wonderful thing, once in a lifetime was already great.
Wu Youyang rubbed Wei Kang’s head. “You don’t have to worry. This time, each of you will get 100,000 credit points as volunteer payment. With this money, life will be much easier.
It won’t be long before the nutrient solution is sold. Then everyone will be able to eat their fill, and the word ‘hunger’ will never exist again.”
Wei Kang already knew that the thing he ate during the experiment was called nutrient solution. He immediately widened his eyes and said, “Really? Will it be very expensive?”
“Not expensive. One dose for a day only needs one credit point.”
“One credit point?” Wei Kang opened his mouth wide, staring blankly in disbelief. His parents could earn a total of four thousand credit points in a month. Their family of four only needed one hundred and twenty credit points a month to not be hungry. Wouldn’t that mean their family would become rich within a short time?
“Really, Uncle isn’t lying to you.” Wu Youyang squatted down and looked at the little boy, saying, “You must remember, the person who created the nutrient solution, brought about all these changes, and turned your life from hell to heaven, is called Ji JA.”
How much Wu Youyang wanted to tell this child Ji An’s real name, but he couldn’t. The spatial storage item before was one thing; ultimately, not having it didn’t prevent one from living.
But the nutrient solution was different. It was a treasure that could solve humanity’s survival crisis. Once some malicious individuals knew Ji An was the inventor, Ji An was likely to face assassination.
“JA.” Wei Kang softly repeated the two letters. He knew no one would have such a name, but that didn’t stop him from wanting to remember these two letters firmly for the rest of his life, because the person behind these two letters saved him and his family.
He didn’t expect that later, these two letters would be firmly remembered by people all over the world, never daring to forget!
These people had a large sum of credit points. Fearing they would be unsafe on the road, the command center specifically sent vehicles to send them home one by one.
It was an ordinary day after work. Father and Mother Wei dragged their tired bodies towards home. But they didn’t feel tired, or rather, since their son participated in that experiment, they only wanted to use fatigue to numb themselves so they wouldn’t think about their son’s life and death.
The couple pushed open the door as usual, without hope, and then they were stunned.
Their son was standing inside the door. He had gained weight, grown taller, and was full of energy. Most importantly, their son looked very healthy. He wasn’t the sallow and emaciated child they parted with. Although still thin, his cheeks were rosy, and he looked like a thin child who was simply in a growth spurt, not lacking nutrition at all.
“Son, you’re back?” Mother Wei asked, tears falling.
Father Wei likewise said, “Son, do you still need to go back?”
Mentioning this, Wei Kang said disappointedly, “I wish I could, but they don’t want me.”
Mother Wei quickly came up to hit him, but couldn’t bear to use force, it was more like a caress. “Nonsense, I won’t let you go. You’re not allowed to go anywhere else.”
Father Wei walked over and hugged the mother and son, saying happily, “It’s good you’re back, it’s good you’re back.”
Little Sister Wei also burrowed into Father Wei’s arms, smiling along, and sweetly calling, “Brother, brother, brother is back!”
Wei Kang looked at his sister’s sweet smile and felt his parents’ warm embrace, feeling that everything was worth it.
Mother Wei suddenly thought of something and struggled out of Father Wei’s embrace. “Son, are you missing any body parts?”
Wei Kang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “No, not only am I not missing anything, I even gained three catties of flesh.”
“What experiment did you participate in? How did you come back and even gain weight?” Mother Wei asked strangely.
When Wei Kang came back, the people told them they didn’t need to hide anything and could talk about what happened at the experimental plant freely.
Wei Kang told them everything in detail, and finally said, “When I left, I asked that uncle, and he said the nutrient solution would be sold in a few days, and everyone could go buy it. One dose costs one credit point.”
“One dose for one credit point, enough to not be hungry for a day? Heavens!” The couple looked at each other, both seeing disbelief in each other’s eyes, and hope for their future life.
Wei Kang said, “Dad, Mom, I have 200,000 credit points here. I’ll transfer them to you. Go see about your leg. It’s been a month, and I see it’s still limping. Don’t let it become a chronic problem.”
Mother Wei quickly said, “Keep these credit points yourself. Keep them for finding a wife later, or just spend them yourself. This money is something you risked your life for, we can’t use it.”
“Right, your mom and I won’t use this money. We’re not capable and can’t help you more. You earned it yourself,” Father Wei also said.
“Dad, Mom, take it. If it weren’t to get your leg treated, I wouldn’t have gone to participate in the experiment,” Wei Kang said. “Also, that experiment isn’t as terrifying as you imagine. Actually, life there was really good.”
“Besides, if your leg really develops a chronic problem, it will still be me and my sister who have to take care of you later, which will actually increase our burden.” Wei Kang saw that Father and Mother Wei seemed to be wavering, and continued, “Furthermore, you’ll still need to help me and my sister look after our children in the future. If you can’t walk, who will look after our children? Instead, we’ll have to take care of you!”
“Okay,” Father Wei said. “Your mom and I will get checked out. Our child has already done so much for us. As parents, even if we can’t help our child, at least we can stop being a burden on them.”
The vagrant came out of the experimental plant, got some money, took a shower, changed clothes, and then bought a pile of food to visit his old friends who were also vagrants.
“Back then I said we should go together, but you wouldn’t, insisting you’d die. Look at me now, I’m out, well-dressed and bright, and I’m a small figure who has enough to eat and wear. The credit points I have are enough for me to find a wife!”
The old vagrant stuffed food into his mouth vigorously while looking greedily and enviously at the person who was completely refreshed. If this person hadn’t spoken to him first, he wouldn’t have dared to recognize him. “What did you guys do?”
The vagrant was immediately excited and recounted what happened at the experimental plant. Finally, he said, “This is the most correct choice I’ve made in my life. I’m telling you, in a few days, when that nutrient solution comes out, one credit point a day, wouldn’t I be a local rich man with 100,000 in hand! Hahaha…”
The girl named Xiao Li leaned against the doorway, gazing into the distance. Her companion walked over and said, “Do you really believe your lover will come back?”
“He will come back. He promised me.”
“Even if he comes back, he has to be alive. He went to participate in that experiment, can he still be alive?”
“He will definitely survive. He promised me he would crawl back to see me if he had to.”
Xiao Li and Da Jun were a young couple who fell in love in the apocalypse. They were about to get married, but Xiao Li’s father sold her to loan sharks because of gambling.
You didn’t even have to think about the terrible fate of a girl like Xiao Li falling into the hands of those people.
Da Jun was an ordinary person. He had no money. In the end, to redeem Xiao Li, he went to participate in that experiment.
“Xiao Li, Xiao Li!” Xiao Li seemed to hear Da Jun’s voice, looked up, and saw the familiar person running towards her.
Xiao Li couldn’t care about anything else and ran towards him with all her might. They embraced in the street. Xiao Li’s face was covered in tears, and so was Da Jun’s.
“I made money, Xiao Li! We’ll pay back the money, and then I’ll take you away from here, far, far away. By then, your gambling father won’t be able to find you, and we will live very, very well.
You don’t know, in a few days a food called nutrient solution will be available. One dose is only one credit point, and it can fill your stomach, keep you from being hungry for a day, and supplement our bodies with the most basic nutrition for a day.”
“Really? Really!”
This wonderful news, carried by the people returning from the experiment, spread throughout every corner of the streets and alleys of the base, bringing a ray of dawn to the men, women, old and young who were in the darkness, and at the same time, bringing hope for tomorrow.
This news was not kept secret anyway, and within moments, several important departments of the base knew about it.
This naturally included the research institute.
“The news has been released. It’s not a zombie vaccine, it’s nutrient solution.” Zhao Zhen couldn’t quite describe how he felt at that moment, whether it was better for Ji An to have developed the zombie virus vaccine or the nutrient solution.
At this moment, the entire research institute was so quiet a pin drop could be heard. Everyone held their breath, wishing they couldn’t breathe at all.
The zombie virus vaccine was very important, there was no doubt about that. But the nutrient solution was equally important, no less important than the zombie virus vaccine.
The zombie virus vaccine could reduce the probability of infection and decrease mortality. But the nutrient solution could also feed tens of millions of people, preventing death from hunger.
Only when people’s stomachs were full could other things be discussed. Only then would they learn shame, then understand etiquette, and then abide by laws and regulations.
Without enough food, everything was empty talk, only chaos and disorder.
The successful development of the nutrient solution was clearly a good thing that benefited the country and the people, could be recorded in history, and would be remembered for generations.
From now on, it would be praised from generation to generation and sung about throughout eternity! It saved the lives of millions upon millions of common people! Its merit is for a thousand autumns, its merit is for ten thousand ages!
Could Zhao Zhen not be jealous? He was going insane with jealousy! Jealous to the point where he wished he could snatch Ji An’s achievements and put them on himself!
Why? He had diligently followed Han Yaokun, studying day and night, giving everything he could give, wishing he could lick Han Yaokun’s butt, just so that one day he wouldn’t have to eat leftovers behind Han Yaokun’s backside, and could have projects with his own independent signature.
Zhao Zhen was going crazy thinking about it, dreaming about it!
He worked so hard, was so sincere, yet he couldn’t even have one independent project signed with his name. Why could an unknown person, with one wild idea, surpass him and even possess independent signing rights for two completely new fields?
How old was that Ji An? In his twenties. And him? He was almost fifty, thirty years older than Ji An. Why couldn’t he do it?!
Heaven is unfair!
Zhao Zhen lowered his head. No one saw his entire face twisted into a frightening expression, like a vicious spirit being tortured in purgatory!
Han Yaokun suddenly said bitterly, “There are always people better than you, there is always a higher heaven. Do not look down on poor young men. The ancients did not deceive me!
Spatial technology, I could barely lie to myself that it was just a minor trick. But nutrient solution, this is a good thing that benefits the country and the people, and blesses millions upon millions of common people. This is the direction I have pursued my entire life!”
“Ji An, he is a good researcher!”
At this time, Na Boyu, Zhou Fanxiu, and Bai Na were discussing this matter together. Zhou Fanxiu covered his face in shame and said, “Back then, I even said I would let Ji An continue to be my student, and if he really didn’t want to, he could be an assistant.
As a result, Ji An developed these two things. Leaving aside the spatial storage item, which is a completely new field, I can’t even figure out its principle with the finished product.
The other, the nutrient solution, saves tens of millions of people.
Thinking back now, how could I have possibly said such boastful words!”
Bai Na said, “Thinking about it, I feel red-faced for you!”
Na Boyu also said, “Speaking of which, I was the first to propose that idea. Fortunately, Ji An didn’t accept, otherwise wouldn’t that have delayed a talented person!”
Na Boyu was both relieved and bitter. “Old Zhou, Xiao Bai, although I don’t want to, I have to admit that you and I are far inferior to Ji An!”