The Highest Bounty

Chapter 23: Medicine King Valley

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Fengyuan was a planet on the edge of the Skyriver Sector, near the Dark District. As the Dark District was a virus-infected area, many experts who do research on genes would stay on Fengyuan to collect various virus genes, conduct experiments, and develop new drugs.

The reason why Neptune made this route choice was firstly that this planet was on the new interstellar route; secondly, there might also be a way for Gu Ding to improve his genetic level here.

With the speed of the Kittyhawk Model, it would take one week to sail from Cerule to Fengyuan.

After saying goodbye to his group of friends on Cerule, Gu Ding got into the Kittyhawk Model. Neptune booted up the system of the spacecraft, and after setting the destination, he set the spacecraft to enter automatic navigation mode. Thus, a brand new Kittyhawk Model soon departed from Cerule.

The inside of the Kittyhawk Model had an area of ​​less than 8 square meters and had no built-in gravity control device. In a spacecraft without a gravity control device, the passengers would be put into a deep sleep in the sleeping compartment for most of the voyage. That is to say, under normal circumstances, Gu Ding would spend most of this week asleep. However, he was a man who could not stay idle, so he decided to put these seven days onto the virtual network.

As of now, Gu Ding had become a member of the Hermean Alliance and could enter the Hermean Alliance’s special network—Medicine King Valley.

He fixed himself in the seat of the cockpit and let Neptune connect to the Medicine King Valley.’s network.

Only after entering the Medicine King Valley did Gu Ding discover that the name was really misleading. In reality, the place was not a deep forest valley isolated from the world, but a modern metropolis. It was even more prosperous than Cerule’s capital city. There were a variety of high-rise buildings, the modes of transportation were varied, and there were a lot of pedestrians on the street.

“Don’t they say that there aren’t a lot of pharmacologists around?” Gu Ding was stunned. Looking at the number of vehicles and people around, although the place was not as dense as the capital city, which teemed with a population of tens of millions, this virtual city could have well over a million people.

“In Medicine King Valley, the number of real pharmacologists is less than one-tenth of the population. Everyone else are just temporary residents.”

Just a second or two later, Neptune collected a lot of information about Medicine King Valley through various channels.

“The vast majority of these temporary residents are ordinary people who come to buy medications in the city. Of course, there are also some bulk buyers, material suppliers, etc. Only real pharmacologists can obtain permanent residency and have eligibility to enter restricted areas. The higher the level of the pharmacologist, the higher the authority obtained.”

“It sounds like an online game.” Gu Ding grinned.

At that moment, an advanced hovercar stopped in front of Gu Ding as the driver of the car waved at Gu Ding.

“Young Mr. pharmacologist, where would you like to go?”

“I’m not too sure yet...” Gu Ding scratched his head, a little embarrassed. “And I don’t have the currency here, you don’t need to worry about me.”

“This really is your first time in Medicine King Valley, huh? Pharmacologists can use transportation for free here,” the driver laughed. “Come on in, I’ll show you around. It’s also our job to be tour guides.”

“He isn’t lying. Free transportation is indeed one of the pharmacologists’ privileges. If you were a temporary resident, you’d have to pay. You should follow him around first,” Neptune suggested.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Gu Ding glanced at the nameplate on the other party’s chest. The nameplate said ‘Kyle’, so he could not help but ask, “Uncle Kyle, how could you tell that I was a pharmacologist”

“Everyone in Medicine King Valley has an examining ability. All I needed to do was check the status of the other party to know their identity,” Kyle laughed. “Medicine King Valley is actually similar to an online game. There are many abilities that should be explored slowly. Let me explain it to you.”

As Kyle drove, he explained the various abilities in Medicine King Valley. When they passed by certain special buildings, Kyle would slow down and list out the purpose of these buildings to Gu Ding.

“That tall building with the steeple in front is for stock exchange. Pharmacologists can get virtual materials corresponding to their grade to practice for free.”

“That is to say, an F-grade pharmacologist can only get F-grade pharmaceutical materials for free?” Gu Ding raised his brow in curiosity.

“That’s right.” Kyle nodded.

“Is there anywhere here that I can advance my pharmacologist rank? I’ve heard before that obtaining a rank promotion here is the same as obtaining a rank promotion in reality.” Gu Ding had previously heard Parma say this.

“There is. Rank promotion is conducted over at Hermean College. I will bring you there and show it to you later.

“Medicine King Valley itself is a system responsible for managing the rank of pharmacologists. Promotion under these virtual circumstances is the same as getting a promotion at a branch of the Hermean Alliance. Although the pharmaceutical materials and medicines are virtual here, the system also adds in all sorts of possible variables that can then simulate the response of a medicine refinement with 100% certainty. If you can refine an A-grade medicine here, it means that you can also make A-grade medicine in the real world,” Kyle explained enthusiastically.

“One hundred percent simulation...” Gu Ding was awestruck. After all, the combination of various pharmaceutical materials could cause an infinite number of reactions, let alone the varied effects of the medicinal properties.

“This Medicine King Valley System is actually a special intelligence derived from Skynet. Its simulation is not only based on stored data, but also includes various predictions and inferential calculations. There are accurate records for all kinds of data for each pharmaceutical material, so the results of the calculations won’t have many errors. In fact, the calculation is not difficult, but the population here is relatively large, which causes the workload to be quite heavy, ” Neptune explained via the interface.

“Let’s finish our visit here and then I’ll take you to Medicine King College.”

Kyle drove on. When passing by a crowded place, Kyle slowed down again.

“Uncle Kyle, why are there so many people there?” Gu Ding could not help but ask upon seeing the crowd.

“Oh, that’s a fighting arena there. Many young pharmacologists would meet and fight there, so people sometimes gather to watch,” Kyle explained with a smile.

“Fighting arena?” Gu Ding did not quite understand what this meant. “Could it be that the pharmacologists here are like the people in the virtual arena, and they challenge each other’s martial arts?

“Of course they’re not challenging each other’s martial arts. They’re competing in the refining of medicines. The quality and speed of refining medicines are the key to winning or losing each match. Of course, I don’t really understand it. I’m just a so-called amateur enjoying the scene,” Kyle laughed.

“Uncle Kyle, I’ll get off here then,” Gu Ding grinned, feeling as if he had found a good place to stop. “Thank you.”

“Well, young man, I wish you a good time here,” Kyle smiled and nodded. He knew young people had competitive natures.