Demon Lord 3

Chapter 1876 The Antidote Herb

Just when everyone was at a loss, I suddenly realized that all toxins need to be broken down. If we could create an antidote, that would be great, and we could distribute it to everyone so they wouldn't have to suffer from those side effects. But then something else happened: what if we suddenly created a drug that could disperse the toxins and side effects? Would that drug also have problems? Or is it true that every medicine has some degree of toxicity? What if something went wrong if someone took the drug? What would we do then? Zhou Chuyuan also told me a story. He said, "You can't imagine that a few years ago, someone got addicted to drugs and tried to quit. It was initially thought to be a good thing, since addiction is hard to break. But then there was a drug that could help with the withdrawal, but unexpectedly, after using it, they became addicted again. It seems that once you quit one thing, you become addicted to something new. Even mints are the same; if you use them for a long time, you become addicted. Things like tobacco and alcohol can also be addictive, it's just that they're not prohibited. Sometimes they can give you a momentary boost of alertness, or a momentary feeling of unprecedented relief—that's what makes them addictive." Although it helped you in the short term, it was like being possessed by a demon. While it provided you with a lot of energy in a short time, it also had significant side effects. Unless the medicine we're making has absolutely no side effects, it will definitely be more harmful than before. Therefore, we must think this through carefully before acting.” Zuo Chenwei was quite eager to try after hearing this. He felt they should try to find out how the medicine was made and see if they could find some herbs to use traditional Chinese medicine methods to reduce the toxicity. Mu Chen, however, felt this was almost impossible. Not only were important things difficult to do, but he had also previously asked if using traditional Chinese medicine to make a special medicine was feasible. That's incredibly difficult, almost impossible to succeed. Tony Fong had tried this before, but it always ended in failure. The only successful one had very strong hallucinogenic properties, and the drug's stimulation of the nervous system was extremely intense. Anyone with a weaker mental fortitude would break down; Li Ruke is a prime example. Zuo Chenwei is now desperate, grasping at straws, doing whatever it takes to save those people. The dead can't be saved, but the living must be kept alive. Otherwise, if a riot breaks out later, this will be one of the pieces of evidence. I don't understand why leaders of every world don't think this way, but upon reflection, this idea isn't entirely wrong. Every ruler wants their people to prosper; no one wants them to starve, work themselves to death, or die in poverty. That's what they all think. They'd rather work themselves to death than let their people suffer. Zhou Chuyuan, moved by Zuo Chenwei's righteous speech, asked if I wanted to go out and find herbs. I nodded and asked where they were. He said we should go to the so-called countryside. I didn't understand—where exactly is the countryside? He said the beggars we'd met all came from the countryside. He suggested finding someone trustworthy to go there; maybe they could find herbs. Those people didn't have good environments or the centralized management of big cities, yet they still lived so long. They must have plenty of herbs. In every world, real herbs are distributed in the surrounding areas, not in the city center. Things that survive in the city center are almost negligible; practically nothing there is truly usable. I thought about it for a long time: why do I say that urban areas, especially city centers, have nothing truly usable? Is it because they've been so deeply damaged? Sometimes development can cause a lot of damage to nature. What was originally a healthy natural food chain has been messed up by humans. Areas close to the countryside are usually teeming with animals, and even insects are much more abundant than in city centers. However, many of these insects are pests. For humans, crops like rice will be eaten by these pests, and even medicinal herbs that are truly beneficial to people may be stolen by insects. These herbs are nourishing and cannot be easily absorbed by humans or other organisms, so it is necessary to deal with them.