You were told to build a tractor, but you're building a rocket? Chapter 344 - 336: No. 304 Injection1

"I am Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, as well as their current CEO, and this is my brother Mark... okay, that should about do it."

Jeff Bezos held the cara and introduced himself, his brother Mark, and the other four passengers before handing it over to a staff mber for editing and uploading to YouTube.

The New Shepard rocket was about to embark on its first manned flight, with passengers including four executives from Blue Origin along with two ultra-wealthy individuals.

Each of the six people secured themselves in window-side seats, took deep breaths, and relaxed their bodies.

"New Shepard" is a suborbital rocket capable of taking the crew capsule to altitudes of 80 to 100 kiloters, offering several minutes of weightlessness but not entering orbit.

According to the Kármán line space boundary, it is space travel; according to whether it enters orbit, it is not.

Regardless of whether it enters orbit or not, the space capsule of New Shepard faces much less atmospheric friction and ablation due to its low flight altitude, which allows for a very light weight and the installation of oversized windows for a superb viewing experience.

The six passengers didn’t even have sealed spacesuits; they just had thin bodysuits, which could either be due to Jeff Bezos’s confidence in New Shepard or a cost-saving asure.

The six waved to the outside caraman before the final closing of the hatch, and then they settled in to await their journey to space.

...

"Blue Origin completes its first comrcial manned flight of the ’New Shepard’ rocket."

"Billionaire Jeff Bezos suspected dead, his brother Mark steps in to clarify rumors."

"NACA congratulates the success of Blue Origin and expresses optimism for the prospects of suborbital tourism."

"Blue Origin denies any malfunction in the spacecraft and claims ’all six passengers enjoyed 4 minutes of excellent weightlessness,’ announcing they will release part of the flight video."

"Jeff Bezos goes missing after returning to Earth, suspected air disaster."

"..."

On March 12th, YouTube’s trending searches were completely dominated by Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin.

Besides completing its first manned flight, the main concern was Jeff Bezos’s silence for 24 hours after landing, completely out of character, leading to speculation that he might have perished.

However, this theory doesn’t hold up since the other five were all safe; if there had truly been a problem with the space capsule, none would have escaped, so why hasn’t Jeff Bezos made a statent?

Nevertheless, most people believe Jeff Bezos is unhard, perhaps having experienced so other accident, but likely not dead.

Lin Ju wasn’t too concerned about whether Jeff Bezos was alive or dead; Blue Origin’s research capabilities didn’t impress him, and even if Bezos was dead, it would only affect Amazon, as Blue Origin had NACA backing anyway.

He was currently at the base, and without a doubt, he had fled on the first day of the conference.

Besides not wanting to hear the marketing pitches of internet big shots, another important reason was that the USBI injection provided by the system had been manufactured.

The Departnt of Food and Health, in fact, its main research strength ca from the Human Science Group, which was ford after taking on the USBI pilot production work. They made a crazy effort to enhance their presence at the base and finally produced a qualified drug in two and a half months.

Although the effects of the USBI drug were limited, temporary, and even its safety was unknown, it was indeed the first drug system-confird to have a significant and long-term enhancing effect on human body functions after just one injection.

"USBI, but internally we call it the No. 304 Injection... nad after the ti it took to succeed in its developnt. Its composition isn’t very complex, but so of the raw materials are difficult to synthesize."

Xie Miao, the head of the research group, described the injection to Lin Ju as he crossed his index fingers.

"One billion, we first spent one billion to manufacture four machines that had never existed in the world, and then we bought two hundred and forty million RMB worth of consumables to produce the key raw material;

a total expenditure of 1.6 billion RMB for 43 grams of raw liquid, which equates to about 215 doses of the 200-milligram standard dose, with each injection valued at 7.4 million RMB."

Lin Ju looked at the No. 304 Injection in his hand, with tal wrapped around both ends, and the central part containing the standard dose. It appeared almost transparent in the daylight, but there seed to be a faint blue tinge.

The 200 milligrams of raw liquid had obviously been diluted in so liquid, and the container seed to hold about ten grams.

"Have you tested this injection on anyone?"

Xie Miao shook his head: "Our thod for verifying that it’s qualified is through nurical determination... The No. 304 Injection is quite special, it can’t be simply tested in clinical trials with mice, primates would be the least required.

It doesn’t take effect simply by being injected into the body; it requires adjustnt of the body’s state before injection, and strict control of diet and daily regin as well as taking other auxiliary drugs for a month after injection to perform effectively."

Lin Ju nodded, sowhat surprised by this information but also finding it reasonable upon reflection.

Just getting an injection and doing nothing else while muscle mass rapidly increases doesn’t comply with the law of conservation of mass, so this approach seed more reliable.

Xie Miao: "Although we haven’t conducted live trials yet, we have observed various types of human cell samples and confird the action chanism of the No. 304 Injection.

The No. 304 Injection mainly targets muscle cells, blood cells, bone cells, and various other tissues. As described, it can stimulate the growth of muscle tissue under the right external conditions. The mitochondria inside cells increase in number, and it can also induce the internal fibers of bones to beco denser and thicker. The direct result is that the body becos heavier and more solid, with a varying degree of enhancent on internal organs to accommodate increased consumption.

We believe that if soone were actually to receive the No. 304 Injection, it might even make the individual grow a few centiters taller, because it causes the bones to grow and develop again – and this effect is permanent."

Lin Ju contemplated, setting aside everything else, the permanent height increase effect alone was quite miraculous.

Countless people around the world dream of growing taller, and there are currently two technological ans available: one is to inject growth hormone, but there is a chance it won’t work and instead leads to weight gain, weakened body, and internal organ abnormalities that bring on disease; the other is to cut the leg bones and fix them with steel plates, creating a small gap for the bone to secrete bone mass and lengthening the bones bit by bit through simulated post-fracture healing.

Both thods carry huge risks and long treatnt periods, but the No. 304 drug is different. It takes effect quickly with fewer side effects, at least risks that the Arican military would accept. But this particular feature made it extrely precious.

"Then why does the No. 304 Injection only have a 1000-day effect? Since the bones and muscles have grown, it’s sowhat like fitness training. There’s no reason for it to just disappear, right?"

"That’s a very important question."

Xie Miao’s expression beca serious and his voice softer.

"The direct targets of the No. 304 Injection are the brain and spinal cord."