This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous-Chapter 79 - Creating ’Adventurous Spirit’_1

79: Chapter 79 Creating ‘Adventurous Spirit’_1

79 -79 Creating ‘Adventurous Spirit’_1

Mu You took out the Fool’s Card, read the instructions on the back carefully several times, and after some contemplation, gradually formed an idea in his mind.

He took out the handgun he had found on Qubai Mountain the day before, loaded the magazine, and turned on the safety.

Then he looked around, secured the handgun to a table a few meters away, tied a string to the trigger, leading it all the way to his own experiment table.

Having made these preparations, Mu You stood in front of the table, the muzzle aiming directly at his own head, with the pocket watch in his left hand, and the string in his right hand.

After taking a deep breath, he pulled hard with his right hand.

“Bang!”

The string moved, pulling the trigger.

A bullet shot out of the muzzle, heading straight for his head.

Just at the moment the bullet was fired, Mu You was once again enveloped in the transparent spherical boundary.

Once more, like that day in the forest, everything outside the boundary became incredibly slow, including the bullet.

This bullet, which was usually fired at a rate near 300 meters per second, now slowed down under the 360-fold reduction to a speed easily traceable by the naked eye.

The table with the gun was about three meters away from Mu You, and from his perspective, it took nearly four seconds for the bullet to even enter the range of the boundary. ƒreewebɳovel.com

“It indeed can be done…

but the bullet still flies too fast…”

Mu You shook his head and pressed the pocket watch.

Four seconds weren’t even nearly enough for him to work.

To make a batch of magic potion would take at least 10 minutes, converted to outside boundary time that meant 1.66 seconds.

In short, the flight time of the bullet would have to be more than 1.66 seconds.

Yet if a bullet travels an average of 300 meters per second, the distance from Mu You to the gun would have to be over 500 meters!

500 meters…

setting aside the issue of finding such a large area, the real problem was that regular firearms couldn’t possibly achieve a range of 500 meters.

“It seems to work in principle, but the method needs improvement…”

Mu You grabbed his chin, thought for a while, went upstairs to the warehouse and found some copper wire and iron plates, and an old remote control toy that was broken when he was a child.

He dismantled the toy, took out all the components and circuit boards from inside and made a simple delay ignition device using the soldering iron and copper wire.

Nearly three hours slipped away during this process, making Mu You, who had graduated from the electrical engineering department, quite sentimental.

Indeed, his practical skills had declined over the years since graduating.

When he came back to his senses, Mu You installed the ignition device on the trigger of the gun.

Since the bullet speed was too fast after firing, it was better not to have it fired at all and just create an atmosphere of danger instead.

Therefore, he adjusted the timer on the trigger to 7 seconds.

After he pressed the remote control switch, the other side should have to wait for 7 seconds before firing, giving Mu You a 2-second adjustment period.

Of course, Mu You wasn’t sure if this idea would work, but it was worth a try.

Once again standing in front of the muzzle, Mu You tightly clutched the pocket watch in his left hand, and pressed the remote control’s button with his right hand.

The result, half a second had passed, and there was still no movement around him.

Mu You was not too surprised by this, as he barely felt any tension himself at the moment.

After some thought, he suddenly turned his back to the muzzle and silently recited in his mind ‘For the next ten seconds, I will not move a step.’

This wasn’t merely an idea, but a very serious plan.

He kept reminding himself that even if death was imminent in the next ten seconds, he would absolutely carry out this instruction.

The moment this thought emerged, Mu You felt a familiar sense of ease enveloping him.

When he opened his eyes, sure enough, the transparent shield had reappeared around him.

Mu You sighed with relief, it seems his hunch was correct.

The triggering of the Fool’s Boundary was not only based on the surrounding environment, but also on mental factors.

As long as he genuinely believed that he was in a crisis, the boundaries would protect him.

Now that he had confirmed that he could activate the Fool’s Boundary, the next steps were a lot easier.

Mu You reversed time, set up the distiller in front of him, and produced half a bottle of distilled water, one of the ingredients described in the formula scroll.

Then he used a mortar and pestle to grind various dry herbs into powder and set them aside.

After making these preparations, Mu You placed the pocket watch just outside the boundary, within arms’ reach.

He then lit the alcohol lamp and set up the crucible.

Besides the material, the most critical aspect of the potion brewing is heat control.

Hence, he specifically purchased a knob alcohol lamp that allowed him to adjust the flame size, all to match the precise heat control detailed on the scroll.

“First, we need the essence of the medicinal herbs…”

Mu You took out a portion of herbal essence that he’d previously obtained from the game.

The so-called herbal essence is actually a light green soft and sticky ointment, almost like a jelly.

Mu You threw it whole into the crucible, watching it slowly melt under the flames.

“Then any one kind of Spirit Grass…”

Out of the dozen or so types of Spirit Grass that Mu You had managed to get today, he randomly grabbed a stalk of Embroidery Grass and threw it into the crucible.

“Followed by a handful of ordinary medicinal powder as an auxiliary ingredient…”

Mu You tossed in a small handful of ginseng powder that he had just ground up next to him.

He was not sure about the exact amount needed, but since there was no limit to retries, he could experiment bit by bit until he figured it out.

“Hmm, distilled pure water in a suitable amount…”

Mu You felt his head throbbing as he read the contents of the scroll.

He hated such vague quantities like ‘a handful’, ‘a spoonful’, ‘a suitable amount’.

How big of a spoon?

How big of a hand?

Could they be more specific?

Shaking his head, he moved a test tube with distilled water, which was kept aside, and poured half of it.

It just flooded the three ingredients.

Then he picked up a glass rod and started stirring.

With the heat of the flame, the whole crucible began to bubble up.

A strong bitter medicinal taste began to waft, quickly filling the entire basement.

However, Mu You did not have time to note the smell.

Once all the ingredients were added, the most important brewing process was to follow.

Following what was written on the parchment, Mu You carefully stirred while adjusting the flame size at any time.

The potion in the crucible began to change from yellow to red, then green, and finally started to darken slightly…

Mu You felt something was off because according to the recipe, the final medicine should be a light green color – the lighter, the better.

So why had it turned black?

Sure enough, three minutes later, the crucible exploded with a ‘pop’.

The pot did not explode, but the hot sticky black substance inside did, flying and splattering everywhere.

Mu You, frustrated, wiped off the black paste from his face.

Obviously, his first attempt at brewing a magic potion had ended in failure.

“Was it the wrong choice of auxiliary medicine?” Mu You wondered.

Although the recipe did mention that the nature of the auxiliary medicine should match the main herbs’ effect.

Perhaps the ginseng powder doesn’t comply with the criteria?

Let’s try another one.

Without feeling disheartened, Mu You immediately rewound time and started his second attempt.

“Pop!”

As a result, it exploded even faster than the previous attempt.

“Again!”

The third time…

“Rewind!”

The fourth time…

…

After over a hundred continuous rewinds, Mu You had tried variations in medicine combinations.

He finally discovered that out of all the traditional Chinese medicines, Angelica’s medical properties work best with Embroidery Grass.

Although the results were still a failure, the progress of brewing increased significantly every time Angelica was used.

Mu You felt that he had chosen the right materials; perhaps the remaining problem was the technique.

Let’s continue experimenting and exploding!

With each successive attempt, Mu You constantly fine-tuned the brewing details.

After 421 continuous failures, on the 422nd attempt, finally!

He perfectly achieved all the steps, the crucible did not explode, and the paste inside finally took shape for the first time!

And now, in front of him, was a medicinal paste as black as ink….