Yu Qingtu's new cocktail recipe was... extreme.
Its ingredients included:
Undiluted Golden Blood of NanookVenom sacs from a dusk ancient beast (scorpion type)Mixed evenly for thirty minutes using a differential machineFinished with fragments chipped from a Stellaron
According to Yu Qingtu:
"This is called fighting poison with poison."
When she successfully brewed it, she excitedly offered it to everyone.
Ruan Mei, with her expertise in biological creation, immediately warned them:
"If someone drinks this... probably only an Aeon could survive."
She was not even confident that an Emanator of Abundance could survive it.
Since no one dared to drink it, Yu Qingtu angrily fed the "delicious" cocktail to a passing space whale.
The whale died instantly.
Let us mourn a fallen life.
Lin Yi had once jokingly asked her to brew another batch of that deadly drink.
He claimed he wanted to:
Invite a Lord Ravager out for drinksOr gift it to Blade
Yu Qingtu was deeply offended and stormed off.
But Lin Yi truly meant no harm.
He only wanted to make friends.
However, this was not the worst cocktail she had ever created.
Another time, she produced something far more insane.
The Planetary Wine
She:
Cut open a star and extracted stellar core matterThrew it into the primordial soup of an ocean planet where multicellular life had just appearedPoured vast amounts of alcohol from space to suppress the temperatureAfter cooling, added Ruan Mei's fermentation-space fungiMixed in tissues from various ancient beastsAdded branches of Jianmu to stabilize the blend
Then she:
Wrapped the planet in plastic filmInstalled a giant alloy lidAttached planetary engines
And spun the entire planet like a washing machine for one year.
After that, she moved the planet close to IX.
She repeatedly approached and retreated from IX's presence, allowing Nihility to slowly corrode the equipment.
The final result:
An entire planet of wine.
Yu Qingtu scooped out a single small cup from that ocean and tested it on a Doomsday Beast Lin Yi had captured.
Lin Yi personally witnessed what happened.
The Doomsday Beast screamed.
Twisted violently.
Then self-destructed its own core from shame.
That was three years ago.
This was the same creature that had endured all of Lin Yi's weapon experiments without making a sound.
Yet Yu Qingtu's wine broke it.
Lin Yi never learned what became of that wine planet.
It never appeared on the market.
But if one cup could kill a Doomsday Beast, the Interastral Peace Corporation would probably buy it as a weapon.
Back to the Present
Yu Qingtu opened the container.
A faint fragrance spread through the room.
It smelled refreshing and invigorating.
The liquid looked perfectly normal:
Clear blueSlightly transparentNothing suspicious floating inside
"This one is different!"
"I call it Source."
"If you drink it, your mental energy becomes endless. You won't need sleep anymore."
She poured three glasses:
One for Lin YiOne for ScrewllumOne for herself
Then she drank hers immediately.
"See? It's safe!"
Lin Yi watched her carefully.
She appeared completely fine.
And Lin Yi himself was now an Emanator of Abundance.
Surely one cup could not kill him.
He took a cautious sip.
The taste was excellent.
Refreshing.
The sensation shot straight into his mind.
Then he finished the entire glass.
Yu Qingtu smiled proudly.
"See? I told you it—"
She collapsed.
Screwllum immediately set down his own glass.
Even as a mechanical lifeform, he decided it was wiser not to test the drink.
Lin Yi stared in horror.
He wanted to shake Yu Qingtu awake.
Why had she collapsed only after he finished drinking?
Then his own consciousness began to blur.
For a moment, he considered summoning Yaoshi with the Abundance branch.
But he chose to trust his vitality.
Then Lin Yi collapsed too.
Meanwhile...
Polka Kakamond received Lin Yi's invitation.
"The Banquet Dimension is hosting a genius gathering.
Lots of geniuses here.
Come kill some."
She accepted.
She knew she could not kill Lin Yi right now.
But gathering intelligence sounded useful.
When she arrived, she saw:
Lin Yi unconsciousYu Qingtu unconsciousBoth pale and possibly dyingScrewllum looking both horrified and relievedRuan Mei and an unknown woman staring in shock
Polka thought:
I just arrived... and two geniuses are already dead?
Lin Yi Wakes Up
Lin Yi regained consciousness.
The drink had actually tasted good.
He felt no poison at all.
Yet it had knocked him out instantly.
Silkall sat nearby.
Lin Yi asked:
"What happened?"
"How long was I out?"
Screwllum answered:
"Three system hours."
Ruan Mei had already analyzed the remaining sample.
The drink's positive effects were real:
Permanently boosts mental energyGreatly accelerates recoveryMakes the brain extremely resistant to fatigue
Lin Yi sighed.
"I knew there was a 'but' coming."
Screwllum continued:
"The enhancement comes from extreme neuronal stimulation."
"This causes the drinker to lose consciousness."
"And because it is not harmful, the body's immune system cannot develop resistance."
Lin Yi thought for a moment.
This drink had knocked him out so easily.
Then...
"Do we still have more?"
"Next time I'll pretend to cooperate with the Antimatter Legion and invite Starbane for a drink."
Screwllum immediately rejected the idea.
"The sleep effect is not poison."
"It is the body undergoing adaptive evolution."
Side Story — Close to the Stars
A special broadcast day arrived.
The famous host Jimi came to Shenxiao Space City.
He was there to host the program Close to the Stars.
The guest:
Lin Yi, the Lone Star Traveler.
Also appearing:
Zhuxing, Lin Yi's student.
She was also the student of:
HertaRuan MeiScrewllumYu Qingtu
Essentially, the shared assistant of the geniuses.
Jimi asked the most famous question.
"Does the Panacea truly exist?"
Lin Yi replied at once:
"Of course."
"Meaningless question."
"Zero points."
When asked about its principles, Lin Yi explained:
The medicine:
Scans your entire bodyTraces your original genetic dataSimulates the optimal adult stateReconstructs the body at the atomic level
Old tissue is broken down while new tissue forms.
You remain the same person.
But Jimi asked the obvious follow-up:
"So... can it grant immortality?"
Lin Yi immediately interrupted.
"No."
"It can only keep your body in its prime condition until death."
"And it must be taken continuously."
Then he revealed something shocking.
The Panacea could have granted immortality.
But it had been deliberately restricted.
Five geniuses had each added an independent lock:
Lin YiHertaScrewllumRuan MeiYu Qingtu
No single genius could remove the restrictions alone.
All five would need to cooperate.
Lin Yi smiled.
"If you want immortality, just solve the five genius locks."
"Very easy."
The show ended quickly.
Jimi fled immediately.
He was convinced that if he stayed any longer—
someone would pluck his feathers.
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