Free Web NovelChapter 25: Chapter 25: RadAway
Ye Yun waved his hand.
"Alright, that’s everything about the shelter."
"Now, why don’t you two introduce yourselves."
Bena quickly stood up straight.
"My name is Bena, and this is my sister."
"I’m nineteen, and she’s seventeen."
"I’m very good at hunting mutated creatures."
"But..."
’But?’
Ye Yun’s brows furrowed slightly.
Bena carefully removed the simple protective suit he was wearing.
The next moment, Ye Yun sucked in a sharp breath.
Bena’s body was covered in gruesome scars, and a large chunk of his left cheek looked as if it had been torn off by something unknown.
However, these horrifying wounds weren’t what surprised Ye Yun.
He was surprised because, in addition to the scars, Bena’s skin was covered in countless black and purple blotches of various sizes.
A look of shame appeared on Bena’s face.
"But... because my body has absorbed too much radiation, my immune system can’t fight off the side effects whenever I engage in strenuous activity for too long or get seriously injured."
"So, my hunting ability might be somewhat diminished."
The more Bena spoke, the more nervous he became. He had been kicked out of his original group precisely because he had too much radiation in his body and wasn’t as useful as before.
He hurriedly patted his chest and promised,
"But please rest assured, Administrator! As long as you provide me with weapons, I can definitely hunt enough food. I absolutely won’t consume the shelter’s precious resources!"
Beside him, Lina also leaned nervously against her brother and said,
"Yes, yes, my brother used to be very strong. He just got contaminated by heavy radiation by accident while exploring, that’s why he’s like this now."
"And I’m very capable too! I can..."
Looking at the two of them, panicked like a pair of abandoned kittens, Ye Yun sighed inwardly.
To these two, the clean water and food that could be produced in the shelter with just electricity seemed more important than their lives and dignity.
He waved his hand dismissively.
"Relax. I don’t need any hunters here. Water and food aren’t precious resources to me."
"Besides, I might have a way to solve Bena’s condition. Wait here for a moment."
With that, he paid them no more mind.
He opened his private chat room.
Ye Yun:
[I think I heard someone mention before that you can lower radiation levels in a shelter? Does anyone know the specifics?]
Seeing Ye Yun’s question, someone quickly stepped up to answer:
[Brother Ye, I know about this, but I’m not sure if it’s true or not.]
[Lowering radiation is simple. Isn’t there a [Science Lab] in the building list?]
[They say if you build that thing, you can craft something called Rad-Off.]
[After injecting Rad-Off, your internal radiation level drops by 40%, but you can’t take consecutive doses in a short period.]
Ye Yun:
[Thanks, man!]
After closing the chat, Ye Yun immediately issued a construction command to the build-bot.
Only then did he turn back to the anxious-looking Bena and Lina.
"I might be able to solve your radiation problem, but we’ll have to wait a bit to know for sure."
Hearing Ye Yun’s words, Bena’s heart leaped, and his whole body tensed up.
Of course, he knew there were medicines that could lower the body’s radiation levels. But that stuff was produced in very small quantities and was always controlled by powerful people. How could a lowlife like him ever get his hands on it?
"Really? Administrator, can you really help my brother?" Lina’s voice trembled slightly, showing how much this meant to her. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
Ye Yun nodded, his attitude gentle yet firm. "Let’s give it a try."
「The half-hour construction time passed in a flash.」
Ye Yun arrived at the newly built [Science Lab].
[Science Lab (White)] [Inactive]
[Building Maintenance Requirements]:
[Android/Human/Engineering Bot: 1] [1/1]
[Power: 1/hour]
Ye Yun: ???
’What’s going on? Did I get scammed?’
Refusing to believe it, he entered the Science Lab.
The lab’s interior was simple, with a square workbench placed in the center.
Once Ye Yun sat at the workbench, he realized he had misunderstood.
A list of pharmaceuticals appeared before his eyes.
Rad-Off
Pain Relief Needle
Stim-Shot
...
Ye Yun clicked on Rad-Off.
[Rad-Off (White)]
[Description: The lowest-grade anti-radiation agent. Lowers internal radiation level by 40%. Cannot be used again within 30 days.]
[Production Requirements]:
[Power: 10] [10/10]
[Intelligence: 5] [5/5]
[Basic Formula Requirements]:
[Unknown Feline Excrement (White)] x3 [3/3]
[Mutated Cactus (White)] x5 [5/5]
[Mutated Cockroach Left Leg (White)] x5 [5/5]
[Mutated Cockroach Head (White)] x5 [5/5]
[Production Time: 10 minutes]
[Produce?]
[Yes/No]
????
’What kind of messed-up recipe is this???’
’What’s even more messed up is that I actually have all this stuff in my warehouse?!’
Ye Yun could only suppress the twitch in his lip and console himself, ’This stuff isn’t for me to drink.’
The next moment, the evaluation system popped up an assessment.
[Assessment Type: Pharmaceutical Crafting]
[Assessing risk for this pharmaceutical craft...]
[Item being produced: [Rad-Off (White)]]
[Assessment: 100% chance of obtaining a White-grade item. Risk Factor: 35%]
The risk factor wasn’t high, but it wasn’t low either.
Ye Yun tried swapping in dozens of different White-grade biological items from his warehouse, but the risk factor only dropped to 10%. After that, no matter how he changed the recipe, the risk wouldn’t go any lower.
Seeing the 10% risk, Ye Yun didn’t bother trying any further.
It was only eighteen White-grade items in total, anyway. If it failed, he could just try again. The cost of failure was not high, and he could afford it with his current resources.
「Ten minutes later.」
Seeing the purple potion that appeared in the synthesis chamber, Ye Yun breathed a sigh of relief.
[Rad-Off (White)]
[Lowers radiation level by 40% upon use. Cannot be used again within 30 days.]
His luck with crafting this time was pretty good. He had succeeded on the first try despite a 10% failure rate.
Ye Yun took the [Rad-Off (White)] and returned to the main gate.
Bena and Lina were waiting obediently right where he had left them. Judging by the undisturbed dust on the floor, they hadn’t even dared to move a single step.
Ye Yun nodded in satisfaction. Although he didn’t know what their abilities were yet, their loyalty was clearly very high—practically at the level of blind obedience.
Bena was very observant; he immediately noticed the purple potion in the Administrator’s hand.
He swallowed nervously as Ye Yun’s voice sounded in his ear.
"This is called Rad-Off, a potion that can eliminate radiation from your body."
"I just ran a scan. Your body’s radiation level should be 52%. That’s a bit too high."
"One dose won’t be enough to eliminate it completely, but it will clear at least 40%. We’ll have to figure out a way to deal with the remaining 12% later!"
