Legend of the Mythological Genes
chapter-51

It was very quiet, close to the level of dead silence.

None of the five interviewers said a word.

What situation was this?

A question asked by the interviewer was denied by the interviewee, and the latter had given the right answer.

Seeing Feng Lin’s expression of certainty, they couldn’t say a word even if they wanted to say that Feng Lin was wrong.

In fact, this was the right choice to make.

“It’s true that the answer is Zoroastrian’s God! However, how do you know that it’s not Hura Mazd but is… Ahura Mazda?” The fifth interviewer didn’t insist on his view but asked hesitantly.

It was agreed upon that there’d be five questions on myths and legends, and this was already the sixth!

However, Feng Lin would naturally not be a fool and be too concerned about this point. Instead, he explained, “I have a great interest in myths and legends and had once gathered the stories of the myths and legends about the Persian Empire’s Zoroastrianism during the Earth’s ancient times. In Zoroastrianism, Ahura Mazda was the omniscient and omnipotent creator of the universe, possessing power over light, life, creation, order, the universal truth, and other areas. In the legends, Ahura Mazda had created the material world, as well as fire. He was the “endless light”, the embodiment of fire!”

The interviewer was convinced after seeing Feng Lin answering in such great detail. “Other than the name, all the other areas are exactly the same as what I understand. The Zoroastrianism slate relic that I found has some corroded traces, with some words worn down! The name of the Zoroastrianism God might just be what you said!”

He accepted Feng Lin’s views.

Hearing the interviewer saying this, how could Feng Lin possibly not guess that the other party had found the legends concerning Zoroastrianism from ancient relics but had a limited understanding toward them.

Seeing this person’s expression of admiration, Feng Lin smiled secretly to himself.

He was surprised from just this?

Feng Lin had yet to share that the Zoroastrianism’s history was before that of Christianity and Hinduism. It was just that with the decline of the Persian Empire, the Zoroastrianism’s legacies were lost with its believers.

Feng Lin had no desire to overperform. Sharing too much would only bring trouble.

He just needed to make it clear that it was the Zoroastrianism’s God. If he was able to share every single detail about a legend that had been lost for very long, it would be too astonishing.

Feng Lin didn’t wish to be confined and studied like the panda, treated as a national treasure.

“You even know about such a legend that’s so obscure!”

“That’s amazing! How many myths and legends do you know of?”

“Other than Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, and the Bible, what other myths and legends do you know about?”

…

Seeing that even the last interviewer had accepted Feng Lin’s answer, the other interviewers were full of praises for him. They were now looking at Feng Lin with fiery gazes.

Myths and legends were known to be extremely difficult. Ten thousand years had passed by and too much information had been lost. There were few people who could excel in this area.

The questions they had asked all involved the myths and legends from various groups. The interviewers had initially agreed that they would have accepted Feng Lin as long as he could answer two to three questions correctly.

They hadn’t expected this person to answer all of the questions correctly.

How could a person possibly be so knowledgeable about the stories of so many myths and legends from different groups?

“Excellent, that’s really excellent!” The main interviewer clapped in admiration, feeling very satisfied toward Feng Lin. “You’ve undoubtedly passed the interview! If there’s a scoring system, I’d give you full marks! We’ll start with the medicine formulation test next!”

“Medicine formulation test!” Feng Lin was surprised.

“That’s right! After all, the jobs of genetic researchers are to formulate medicine. Your knowledge and theories can be said to have scored full marks, but we still need to test you on your ability to formulate medication!” the main interviewer said.

“How is the test conducted?” Feng Lin asked.

“It’s very simple! We’ll give you a new formula, and you can spend half an hour to learn it before proceeding with formulating the medicine. Don’t worry, this is just the interview for genetic researchers, and the medicine is also genetic medicine with no grade. The difficulty level isn’t high! You can take your time to look at it. You’ll be given three chances. As long as you succeed once, you’ll pass!” The main interviewer said and tapped out in void space.

A holographic projection appeared before Feng Lin, with the words, “berserk medicine” clearly written out.

This medicine didn’t have a grade and could let a person’s vital energy and blood seethe. Within a short moment of time, the user’s strength would surge tremendously, increasing by 20% of their usual level. Although it was only 20%, the overall increment in strength would bring an enormous change to the body.

The effects of this medicine were very similar to the bubbling blood nutrient medicine Feng Lin had seen before in the past. It was the simplified version of the bubbling blood nutrient medicine.

Even though it was a simplified version, it was still a medicine formulation and was very valuable.

Just a formulation alone would be worth at least 4,000 star coins.

To think that they had given it to him so easily. They really conducted themselves in a rich and imposing manner.

This virtual universe was a simulation of reality that had close to a 100% resemblance.

The means of concocting medicine here was about the same as that in real life. The simulated effects were also very similar. Of course, they could only be effective in the virtual universe.

In fact, when many geneticists first started off, they would practice concocting medicine in virtual universes.

Feng Lin looked at the holographic projection in front of him. A figure dressed in white robes was refining medicine with clear steps and formulation. There were no mistakes at all.

This berserk medicine was just a simplified version of the bubbling blood nutrient medicine. To Feng Lin, who had already grasped how to concoct the bubbling blood nutrient medicine, it wasn’t difficult to create this medicine.

He watched three times seriously, memorizing the steps very quickly. He then nodded toward the five interviewers.

The main interviewer tapped out repeatedly, and the scenes before Feng Lin’s eyes changed. Many types of translucent virtual equipments rapidly materialized. Test tubes, flasks, funnels… There were all sorts of tools that resembled chemistry apparatus as well as many ingredients for potions.

The test had officially begun.

Feng Lin took in a deep breath, calmed down, and started.

He first picked up a red plant—a flaming pepper. It lived on the Desert Planet and was extremely spicy—10,000 times more spicy than ordinary chilli. Ordinary people would die from the spiciness.

Feng Lin pounded it into a paste-like liquid and then filtered it, extracting about one milliliter of red juice. The juice emitted a spicy smell that would cause one to choke and tear up.

The feeling was really realistic!

He secretly clicked his tongue and then continued on.

Although this was his first attempt in making this, the product was only a genetic medicine without any grade. Therefore, the difficulty wasn’t high and he didn’t feel anxious.

The summersnake grass, a strange medicinal ingredient that was half-snake and half-plant; the waterjade powder, a powder that was ground from a jade stone that was soft as water… All sorts of strange ingredients were added in a certain order through a specific method.

The interviewers secretly nodded as they watched at the side. Feng Lin’s actions had been very proficient based on what he had done so far. He hadn’t made any mistakes at all.

Very soon, the medicine in the test tube underwent a strange change. It turned scarlet like blood, faintly releasing an amber glow.

At this stage, success was very near.

However, Feng Lin’s expression turned grim instead.

The closer one was to success, the more one had to treat the matter seriously.

This final step in refining genetic medicine was the most important. It was called the Spiritual Perception.

Using the human body to sense the spiritual energy in the medicine, and making the final adjustments to reach the perfect condition.

Only humans who were intelligent lifeforms could do this.

As the circulation of spiritual energy was unfathomable and the situation of each bottle of medicine was different, only humans were able to sense the minute difference. This was something that couldn’t be done by machines. It was also why most genetic medicines could only be concocted by geneticists and not by machines.

Feng Lin obtained a drop of the medicine using a dropper and carefully placed it into his mouth.

A spicy and scorching feeling surged to his nerves, and his tongue turned numb. However, his body didn’t show much reactions.

“The spiciness level is too high. The amount of spiritual particles is too low!” Feng Lin once again drew out the juice from the spirit blood flower, a spiritual ingredient, and dropped some in.

One drop, two drops, three drops…

Bang! The test tube in his hand suddenly exploded. It was a failure!

The interviewers who were watching sighed.

However, Feng Lin didn’t think much of it.

It was because he had found the feeling of gaining success. He wouldn’t fail a second time.

In fact, it was how things went.

Feng Lin didn’t take a break and continued concocting in an orderly manner. His technique seemed to grow increasingly proficient.

Very soon, he completed another bottle of berserk medicine efficiently. This time around, it took only one-third of the time from the previous attempt.

He tasted it again. And this time around, the spiciness level was too low and was unable to stimulate the human body to rapidly absorb the medicinal properties.

Feng Lin carefully dripped in 2.5 drops of flaming pepper’s juice. The blood-red medicine surprisingly started to lose its color, taking on a faint translucent red color, not emitting out any smell.

This was the sign that the medicinal properties had all been condensed, and the refining was a success.

The five interviewers walked up.

“Congratulations, you’re accepted!”