285: Chapter 285 The New Year is coming!

Zhou Kai did not hesitate at all.

As soon as Lin Yuan finished speaking, he strode to the two medical carts and gave a crisp, decisive nod to the accompanying staff.

"Open the cases."

"Click—" The crisp sound of the latches popping open was exceptionally clear in the hall, which was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

The lids of the two standardized medical temperature-controlled storage boxes were lifted simultaneously.

Inside the boxes, two hundred small vials were neatly arranged.

The vials in the left box had a warm amber hue, and the liquid inside faintly emitted a warm luster similar to aged amber.

That was the Vitality Nourishing Agent.

The vials in the right box were completely different; the bottles were transparent, and the liquid inside was a very pale, clear, and limpid emerald green.

That was the Hair Growth and Strengthening Agent.

Both agents lay quietly in the storage boxes, looking no different from ordinary oral liquids.

But everyone present knew that what was inside these bottles was about to set off unprecedented waves in the history of human medicine.

"Alright."

Lin Yuan lifted his chin, signaling the medical staff to begin distribution.

"Start distributing according to the items selected during registration."

As soon as Lin Yuan finished speaking, the medical team, well-trained, sprang into action.

A dozen nurses quickly took the vials from the boxes and, following the volunteer numbers and grouping information, handed each vial to the corresponding volunteer.

The entire distribution process was efficient and orderly; in less than three minutes, all two hundred volunteers had a small vial in their hands.

Many people held the light vial with both hands, their fingers trembling uncontrollably.

The atmosphere in the hall became subtle at this moment.

Everyone's gaze eventually converged on the figure at the front of the hall, waiting for the final instruction.

Lin Yuan scanned the room, looked at these two hundred pairs of eyes filled with nervousness and anticipation, smiled slightly, and broke the silence.

"The method of administration is very simple."

"Remove the stopper, take it orally, and drink it all in one go."

As he finished speaking, several volunteers were slightly stunned, subconsciously looking at the vials in their hands.

It's that simple?

Lin Yuan seemed to see their doubts and spoke in a casual tone.

"Rest assured, it tastes quite good."

This sentence was extremely understated, but it inexplicably relaxed everyone's nerves.

No more hesitation.

"Pop—"

Two hundred stoppers were pulled open at the same time.

Immediately after, hundreds of heads tilted back in unison.

The liquid entered their mouths.

Many people had subconsciously held their breath, mentally prepared to face the impact of a strong, bitter medicinal taste.

However, the moment the liquid actually touched the tip of their tongues, the first sensation was an extremely gentle sweetness.

There was not a hint of bitterness or pungency; the aftertaste even carried a faint, elusive herbal fragrance that slid down the esophagus into the stomach, leaving a long-lasting, sweet aftertaste.

"This taste... is a bit like herbal tea?"

"Yeah, it's not only not bitter, but it's actually quite good!"

A few whispers echoed in the hall.

However, this surprise regarding the taste lasted less than half a minute.

"Hiss—!"

One after another, sounds of people gasping in surprise came from the crowd.

"In my stomach, it seems like a stream of heat is spreading outwards, it's so comfortable!"

"Hey, hey, hey! My scalp is so numb! It feels like countless, extremely thin needles are pricking it, it's both hot and itchy!"

"Me too! But even though it feels like my scalp is burning, it's strangely refreshing, what's going on!"

...

The rising exclamations pushed the atmosphere in the hall to a boiling point.

Zhao Mingzhe, who had been observing the whole process from the side, along with several top clinical experts from Jingzhou First Hospital behind him, frowned in unison at this moment.

Zhao Mingzhe's gaze swept back and forth over the volunteers who were giving excited feedback, and he pursed his lips slightly.

The old experts behind him were also exchanging glances.

Their thoughts were simple.

This group of volunteers' worship and trust in Lin Yuan had reached a near-fanatical level.

In this state of extreme excitement, the brain would instinctively amplify any subtle physical sensations, or even create the illusion of "it's working" out of thin air.

This phenomenon was too common in clinical medicine.

Not to mention medicine, if you gave a group of sufficiently devout people a cup of plain boiled water and told them it was a miraculous elixir, a large number of them would report feeling "all over heat" or "refreshed."

Lin Yuan took in the micro-expressions of Zhao Mingzhe and the others.

Looking at the expressions of these old experts, he curled his lips slightly and shook his head gently.

He knew better than anyone that these two agents were never the kind of nourishing formulas that required long-term conditioning and slow penetration.

Although the stereotype that "traditional Chinese medicine is slow to take effect" has been circulating in society, the truth is that truly effective TCM is never slow.

Those that are slow to take effect are either not targeting the right condition, with the medicine's properties wandering around the body without finding a target, or they are simply gentle formulas meant for daily health maintenance, not for treating illnesses at all.

Feeling it immediately after drinking is not a miracle. It is a normal pharmacological reaction.

Lin Yuan withdrew his gaze and did not dwell on this issue.

He looked at the two hundred volunteers in the hall who were in a state of excitement, nodded slightly, and then turned to look at Zhao Mingzhe.

"Dean Zhao."

Zhao Mingzhe collected his thoughts upon hearing this and looked at Lin Yuan.

"The agents have all been consumed."

Lin Yuan said in a calm tone, arranging things methodically.

"For the next steps of continuous data observation and real-time recording of various medical indicators, I will have to trouble you and your hospital team."

"Rest assured, Academician Lin, this is what we should do!"

Zhao Mingzhe straightened his back, his voice resonant.

"I will personally oversee it, monitor all data firsthand until the end, and there will absolutely be no mistakes!"

Lin Yuan nodded and turned to look at Zhou Kai.

"Dean Zhou, you should also arrange for a few specialists to stay behind and work with the team from the First Hospital to monitor the clinical data together."

"No problem!"

Zhou Kai agreed immediately, patting his chest.

Lin Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

The monitoring deployment, team collaboration, and data collection cycle for the Phase I clinical trial—all matters were now properly arranged.

Everything that needed to be done had been done.

Everything that needed to be explained had been explained.

Lin Yuan stood in the center of the hall, his gaze slowly scanning from Zhao Mingzhe and Zhou Kai to the two hundred volunteers immersed in their first experience of the drug's effects.

Everything was orderly and under control.

He exhaled slightly, his shoulders relaxing unconsciously.

The results that were supposed to come out before the New Year had now basically been landed.

And soon, this magnificent year, which would be recorded in human history, was coming to an end.

A faint smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face, and he sighed inwardly.

"The New Year is coming!"