Maze Fan: I opened a buffet in the maze

Chapter 452 Research

Before them stretched an endless lake of blood, and behind them, mountains of bones lay piled high on the burning red plains. The firelight made the lake surface shimmer, creating a scene of almost bewitching beauty.

However, the end times, filled with death and decay, is not a good place to make delicious food.

Faced with the scene he had created, Fan Wei was now having a headache. As a highly skilled chef, he thought that nothing could stump him.

But the red poison really broadened his horizons.

This is a terrifying substance that can bring about abnormal power and lead its host to madness and destruction.

When Fan Wei last came to the End of the World, he discovered that Red Poison was a specially processed ingredient. By 'soothing' it could remove the harmfulness of Red Poison and make it ineffective against the body.

However, he still hasn't found the right way to turn red poison into a real food ingredient.

Extracting and refining red poison is not difficult. Uncle Caggs extracted a substance called 'energy sand' from it, which can replace food to meet some of the energy needs.

However, this extraction is essentially a process of separating a portion of the red toxin.

It is a defective product with less harm but significantly reduced energy. Ordinary red poison wouldn't even look at beings of the Angel's level, let alone sand.

So what Fan Wei needs to do is really refine the red poison!

The difficulty lies here: his understanding of red poison was hindered. During the processing, Fan Wei discovered that red poison was a very special substance!

Matter usually exists in three states: solid, liquid, and gas, which are related to its own properties and the temperature and pressure it is subjected to.

As long as the conditions are met, the form of matter can be influenced to process it.

However, when Fan Wei tried boiling the red poison in a pot until the pot was red-hot, the liquid of the red poison did not change at all! There was no sign of it vaporizing or evaporating!

Conversely, freezing also has no effect; it's as if thermal motion doesn't exist.

This surprised him, as he wanted to use the old methods to process it, but it wasn't entirely unexpected. As he delved deeper into higher realms, the laws of physics no longer fully applied to things in this other world.

Just like a mindless net that absorbs hundreds of tons of matter without changing its size or mass, the same is true of the red poison in many ways.

This makes cooking a difficult problem.

Fan Wei thought for a while and then had an idea.

A quick look around reveals that red toxins can indeed accumulate; for example, beings like angels would have an extremely high level of red toxins in their bodies!

But she wasn't very big.

Once inside a living organism, this substance can be concentrated in a special form.

The problem is that Fan Wei doesn't know what this special method is. He's not a biologist and can't just grab a monster and start dissecting it.

Moreover, not all monsters are angelic.

When ordinary monsters absorb too much red poison, their size mutates and begins to expand, which does not meet the requirements of concentration at all. There must be some deeper rule behind this.

Fan Wei continued to reason that although common sense was no longer valid, scientific logic was still useful. To understand the concentrated cooking method of red poison, one must truly understand what it is.

How should we understand this?

Perhaps the only way is to take a bite!

After careful consideration, Fan Wei decided to follow the example of the pioneers in the field of chemistry. Perhaps the earliest form of chemistry was developed from cooking!

Never mind the consequences, I've discovered something new, let's try it first!

This is in line with a chef's basic skills. Apart from being a bit too strenuous, there are no downsides. Let's just consider it a contribution to the great progress of knowledge and civilization!

Fan Wei took out a small spoon and scooped up the red poison liquid, which was slightly heavier than water, from the pot, his gaze solemn.

This thing theoretically contains enormous energy, which is the foundation of the powerful strength of the monsters in the End of the World, but it can devour reason and drive people to mutation and madness.

He dared to try it because he was in good health and had never accumulated any red toxins in his body before, so he wasn't afraid of overdosing.

As the angel You Ning sang, Fan Wei looked at the small spoonful of red poison in front of him, took a deep breath, tilted his head back, and gulped down the deep red liquid into his mouth.

"Hmm!" The initial sensation on the taste buds was quite bland.

The red poison has no smell at all; its blandness is nothing compared to its vibrant color. Then, a sudden, sweet and fishy odor fills the nostrils.

It looks a bit like oxidized metal, and a bit like the warmth emanating from animal organs.

Swallowing it down with a feeling of rejection, the throat muscles contract, resulting in a dry, shivering sensation.

The sensation of consuming red poison is quite peculiar, neither pleasant nor repulsive.

Fan Wei was still savoring the moment when he suddenly felt a tingling, electric shock-like sensation throughout his body, as if tiny thorns were gently piercing each pore. Immediately afterward, a feeling of anxiety rose from the bottom of his heart.

Suppressing the restlessness within his body, he closed his eyes and used meditation to perceive the changes within his body.

The red toxin spreads very quickly from the throat and stomach, and the hot, tingling sensation spreads rapidly from the esophagus to the whole body, entering the muscles, blood, nerves, and even deeper levels.

This powerful penetrating ability is terrifying!

However, what followed was an immediate boost; just a small spoonful of red toxin made Fan Wei feel like his strength had increased significantly!

It was as if by drinking more, he could instantly gain immeasurable power!

"No wonder it was so dangerous."

With a serious expression, Fan Wei knew that if even someone like him, who had no interest in violence, could be tempted, the allure would be even greater in an empire where strength reigned supreme.

Harm is not scary; what is scary is that harm is hidden within readily available benefits.

People tend to be blindly confident in their own rationality, thinking they can resist temptation and endure pain, but the reality is often the opposite.

Making you stronger with just one sip is so much easier than those life-threatening and resource-intensive training sessions.

It is estimated that the empire was also afraid of this, which is why it did not allow this substance to circulate outside.

Of course, despite the many terrifying aspects, Fan Wei was still full of curiosity about this product of demonic power. What was the principle behind it?

Mutation and madness are true, but power can't just appear out of thin air, can it?

He gained a deeper understanding of the changes in the red poison within his body, from its invasion into the smallest parts of the body to its gradual spread into the depths of the brain; the state of the red poison underwent a miraculous transformation.

Fan Wei remained vigilant, feeling that this was the beginning of the red poison eroding his spirit.

Then he slowly began to hear some faint sounds.

The Red Poison could make a sound? Astonished by this strange change, Fan Wei held his breath, trying to hear it more clearly, but the poison that was spreading into his mind suddenly fell silent.

Then, the erosion vanished into thin air!

Before he could react, the heat that had been surging within him surged again, and he felt a surge of heat evaporating from the top of his head, with a faint red mist emanating from Fan Wei's body.

The red poison has lost its effectiveness... like water and fire, it left this body on its own.

Fan Wei opened his eyes, feeling puzzled, but based on what he had just discovered, he was certain that the red poison's erosion was divided into two parts: the physical and the mental.

In terms of substance, the red poison enhances physical constitution while infecting flesh and blood, leading to mutations.

In terms of mental health, the red poison can pollute the mind of the person who ingests it, causing madness.

"The body absorbed it smoothly, but there was no sign of aggregation and concentration. As for the mental aspect..." Fan Wei didn't know exactly what had happened just now, but there was no doubt about it.

The true core of the effects of the red poison is not in the physical body, but in the mind!