169: Chapter 168 My head exploded

Chapter 169: Head Exploded

After collecting all the data, Byron took the tube of potion he had just refined and walked toward the ecological box on the side.

The ecological box had a square overall shape, containing miniature landforms such as green plants, streams, and lakes, and the lighting changed over time.

Although the space could not be considered very large, it was not small either, within which a complete ecosystem suitable for Corolos was constructed.

It allowed the Corolos used for testing potions to live and reproduce within it.

But when Byron walked up to the ecological box, looking at its empty interior with only a few sparse Corolos, it no longer resembled the ecological box when he first got it, which was densely packed with Corolos living inside.

Seeing this scene, he suddenly woke up, the corners of his mouth twitching as he realized that the Corolos used for testing potions had been almost completely used up by him.

You must know that as a creature capable of satisfying a wizard's potion testing, the reproductive capacity of Corolos was definitely unquestionable; otherwise, if they had to be repurchased every few days, which wizard could afford it.

But looking at Byron's ecological box now, which only had two or three cats and dogs left, one could imagine how crazy he had been during this period of time.

However, regarding this, Byron only silently noted in his heart that he needed to replenish the Corolos later, and then reached his hand into the ecological box once again.

Although there were only a few Corolos left, it was still enough to complete this side-effect detection.

After grabbing a thin and small Corolo, Byron immediately drew a fingernail-sized amount of potion from the test tube and poured it into the Corolo's mouth.

As for why he only drew a fingernail-sized amount of potion to feed the Corolo, it was because this Corolo could only withstand that much.

If he were to really pour an entire tube down its throat, there would be no need to observe side effects; it would kick the bucket directly.

After making sure it swallowed, Byron threw it into an empty transparent crystal box.

After finishing all this, Byron activated the Eye of Omniscience to begin observing the changes in this Corolo.

From 0 to 3 seconds after the potion took effect, the Corolo's body instantly stiffened, its originally gentle pupils suddenly burst out with a flash of silver-purple light, and all the tiny hairs on the surface of its body stood straight and trembled.

From 3 to 20 seconds, the light in the Corolo's eyes disappeared, but it raised its head to look at Byron, and its gaze also became sharp.

From 1 minute to 12 hours, the Corolo remained motionless, and its pupils began to dilate, obviously indicating that its thinking had fallen into lagging, which was equivalent to a crash.

From 12 to 18 hours, the Corolo showed persistent abnormalities, suddenly running around in panic, repeatedly curling up for self-protection, and its eyes began to bloodshot.

After 18 hours, that Corolo completely mutated, continuously biting the crystal box and becoming extremely aggressive.

After a few hours, when the time reached the 24-hour node, the Corolo's body suddenly stiffened, stopping all movements.

Seeing this scene, Byron looked at the Corolo's blood-red eyes, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart, silently moving his steps back a few paces.

"Bang—!!!"

Just as Byron was retreating, without any warning, that Corolo's head exploded directly from the inside out, just like a bursting watermelon.

Red, white, and tiny bone fragments splashed everywhere.

Seeing this scene, the corner of Byron's eye twitched; viewing data was one thing, but seeing it with his own eyes was much more intuitive and shocking.

If this potion hadn't been verified and was taken directly, that scene would truly be—

And regarding the madness of the Ancient Wizards, Byron gained a clearer and more intuitive understanding; to dare to directly ingest such unverified potions, one really couldn't tell whether they were courageous or just lucky.

Every development of a new potion was equivalent to gambling with one's life.

Afterwards, Byron grabbed a few more Corolos and fed them the corresponding dosage of the potion.

Then, according to the development nodes of each stage, he killed them one by one to use as experimental Materials for studying the different manifestations at each stage.

When all the Materials were prepared, Byron also took out his scalpel, turned on the Eye of Omniscience, and began a detailed analysis.

Stage One, zero to three seconds, the liquid medicine has no sustained-release buffer matrix, the potion is released instantly... the rhythm of Qi and blood in the chest cavity is violently disordered, breathing becomes short and tense, and primitive instinctive neural signals are violently severed...

Stage Two, three to twenty seconds, the whole body's mental network is stretched open, Impurities in the potion infiltrate the surface of the spirit, starting to interfere with the spirit...

Stage Three, somatic perception is greatly enhanced, but the roots of the villi continue to wither... the Soul begins to shatter..

Stage Six, the potion backlash reaches its peak, Mental Energy surges back, and the brain cannot withstand the rapidly increasing Mental Energy, leading to the brain exploding.

Byron put down the scalpel he was holding and looked at the anatomical records and Mental Energy change records recorded by the Eye of Omniscience.

Seeing these detailed records, Byron's expression became somewhat solemn.

Sure enough, it was simply impossible to understand the true changes solely from data and external changes.

The reality of the situation was even trickier than he had thought.

Thinking of this, Byron frowned and pondered what to do next.

But as he thought about it, Byron's furrowed brows relaxed, and he smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Although the situation was a bit more severe than he had imagined, it wasn't too bad either.

At least the general direction was correct, and the Materials used and replaced were not wrong either; since that was the case, he would just adjust it step by step.

He had persevered through so many times before, and now that it was finally the final push, why was he still hesitating and worrying.

Since there were problems, he would just find the problems one by one and then solve them in a targeted manner.

Thinking of this, Byron regained his fighting spirit and began to list the Eye of Omniscience and the problems he had found one by one so that he could solve them in a targeted manner.

The potion effect was too fierce without sustained-release buffering, so a sustained-release matrix should be added to weaken the energy peak impact.

There were too many Impurities that easily infiltrated the Soul, so they needed to be further purified and neutralized.

As each problem was disassembled and listed by Byron one by one, Byron also wrote the solutions he could think of behind each problem.

In the end, only a few problems remained with no way to solve them.

However, this was no big deal; if there was no way to solve them now, he would leave them until the end, and perhaps while working on it, he would think of a solution.

Looking at the listed problems and solutions, Byron's heart was completely free of the previous impatience and worry, filled with passion and relaxation.

"Sure enough, after breaking down complex problems, they become simple. This is truly great!"

Afterwards, Byron also pasted the white paper listing the problems on the wall, and began to prepare to add these areas needing improvement into the refining procedure to continue formulating potions.

However, before starting, Byron first contacted Daphne outside, asking her to help him purchase another batch of Corolos back.

After all, without Corolos, the subsequent experiments would be very difficult to handle.