Wang Lan had already learned about ten lessons on human genetics and was still at a rudimentary level. However, this didn’t prevent him from understanding the book, especially when it explained the greatness of this gene-editing formula, which inexplicably excited him. It was as if a door had appeared before his eyes; with just a light push, a whole new world would materialize in front of him. "Trigger learnable skill. Do you wish to learn?" The system suddenly prompted, and Wang Lan subconsciously chose yes. After all, he had grown accustomed to these occurrences in recent days. "Skill fusion available. Do you wish to integrate and learn?" Integrate and learn... As soon as he confirmed, one hundred skill points suddenly vanished. On the system interface, however, a brand new silver icon appeared. "Star Martial Toxin Vaccine Development." His sudden shout caused several nearby students to look up from their studies in surprise. But Wang Lan, lost in his shock, paid them no mind. Wang Lan had wanted the skill to detoxify Star Martial Toxins—the kind that, in his view, involved using poison to fight poison. But now, he had directly triggered the skill for a Star Martial Toxin Vaccine? A vaccine? After the initial shock, Wang Lan quickly processed the new knowledge in his mind. The door he had sensed before was now pushed open. Not only had he pushed it open, but he had also integrated and mastered what lay beyond. Is it difficult to decompose the microscopic particle arrangement of Star Martial Toxins? Not particularly. If worst comes to worst, I can just use Universal Decomposition. But developing a completely antagonistic Star Martial Toxin is very difficult; it requires cultivation and is prone to failure. The scariest part is its tendency to mutate. If a mutation goes unnoticed and it fuses with the original Star Martial Toxin to create an even stronger version, then it’s truly game over. Therefore, out of the tens of thousands of Star Martial Toxins cataloged, only a few hundred have truly been deciphered, even with today’s rapidly evolving technology. Wang Lan’s new skill, however, was marvelous. It skipped the step of cultivating an entirely antagonistic Star Martial Toxin, instead directly applying the corresponding counteracting gene sequence to the human body through genetic encoding. Such toxins would no longer be able to threaten vaccinated individuals. Unless... it mutated again. Originally, this step was exceedingly difficult, even impractical. But with the gene-encoding formula, it suddenly became simple. It’s just like how we don’t need to know how the Ninety-nine Multiplication Table or long multiplication evolved; we just need to apply them, knowing they work is enough. Wang Lan didn’t know how this gene-encoding formula was derived, nor did he know if it was entirely correct. He just had to use it; as long as it worked, that was enough. And the newly triggered skill clearly indicated that this formula was not only very useful but also highly advanced. Excited, Wang Lan quickly stood up, returned the book to its shelf, and rushed to the medical department. He was about to head for Mrs. Sun’s office but found her absorbed in an experiment inside a laboratory. Wang Lan quietly pushed open the door and entered the laboratory. All the students were intently staring at Mrs. Sun’s hands. Wang Lan, however, noticed a sequence written on the blackboard—a toxin arrangement consisting of several hundred character codes. Instantly, Wang Lan triggered the vaccine skill. Unfortunately, this particular toxin seemed quite high-end; his Silver I Star Martial Toxin Vaccine skill wasn’t high enough to develop a counter. Wang Lan didn’t hesitate to add points, pouring all one thousand skill points into it. It wasn’t until he pushed the skill to Gold I that a flash of inspiration struck him. "Still a failure," Sun Li sighed softly. "It only progressed one-third of the way again." Suddenly, Mrs. Sun’s voice trailed off. She looked up and was surprised to see Wang Lan in the laboratory—she hadn’t noticed him arrive. He was currently gazing intently at the Black-speckled Spider toxin code on the blackboard. "Hey, who are you? How did you get in here? This is a laboratory; what are you doing barging in?" a senior student abruptly called out. "Quiet. Wang Lan seems to be thinking about something," Mrs. Sun said, frowning as she watched him. And just as her words fell, Wang Lan moved. He swiftly picked up a pen, grabbed a sheet of paper, and began writing rapidly. Like a programmer coding, characters flowed from his pen. Mrs. Sun quickly moved to stand behind Wang Lan, and several other students also hurried over. They recognized each individual character Wang Lan wrote; after all, they had been dealing with such codes for years. But when combined, they couldn’t understand the sequence at all. This isn’t an antitoxin code at all; the very first segment is wrong. Moreover, the Black-speckled Spider’s toxin code was over three hundred characters long, but Wang Lan’s script seemed far more extensive. An A4 sheet of paper was soon filled with dense script, a rough estimate suggesting at least two thousand characters. "What on earth is he writing? This is complete nonsense, isn’t it?" one student, his head aching from trying to follow, muttered discontentedly. Mrs. Sun’s expression, however, shifted from initial bewilderment to dawning realization, and then to outright shock. By the end, she was staring at Wang Lan with a peculiar glint in her eyes—the kind that made one think she wanted to dissect him for research. When Wang Lan penned the final character and dropped his pen, he exhaled deeply. "Mrs. Sun... look!" Wang Lan presented the paper to her as if it were a treasured discovery. Suddenly, a prompt sounded in Wang Lan’s mind: "Developed the Star Martial Toxin Vaccine for the Black-speckled Spider. Awarded 5,000 experience points and 100 skill points." What the heck? It works this way too? Wang Lan was dumbfounded, his face a mask of incredulity. Once he processed it, he felt like howling with joy. This unexpected windfall made his heart pound wildly. What had Mrs. Sun told him last time? That there are tens of thousands of unsolved toxins in the world? Are these unsolved toxins? No, in my eyes, they represent a vast amount of experience and skill points! If I could solve all these tens of thousands of toxins, I could probably even advance to the Star Sea Realm! Good heavens, how could I possibly pass up this opportunity? "What is this? This isn’t the toxin sequence code at all..." a student mused for a moment before sighing. "Correct, this certainly isn’t a toxin sequence code," Mrs. Sun said, finally recovering from her amazement. "This is the gene-editing formula for the Black-speckled Spider Toxin Vaccine. As long as we follow this formula for gene editing, the finished product will be the Toxin Vaccine for the Black-speckled Spider. Wang Lan, how did you do this?" "What?" The surrounding students were shocked. "How is that possible? Writing vaccine codes out of thin air? Editing a vaccine directly without even developing the counteracting gene toxin? Is this some kind of divine revelation?" "You must be joking, Mrs. Sun?" "Clearly, this is no joke. Wang Lan, how did you do it?" "It’s quite simple!" Wang Lan said with an innocent smile. Hearing this, Mrs. Sun rolled her eyes, and the students around him felt a pang in their chests. "Mrs. Sun, I don’t know if you’ve seen the gene-encoding formula published by Dr. Wang Qi? It’s not hard for us to analyze the code sequence of Star Martial Toxins. However, producing Star Martial Toxins with the corresponding sequence is very difficult because Exotic Beasts produce them naturally, making artificial synthesis extremely challenging." "However, we can completely skip that step and directly adapt it to the human genome. We are familiar with the human genome and have a wealth of experience with it. That gene-encoding formula is precisely what helps us edit human genetic codes." As soon as he finished speaking, all the students stared at Wang Lan as if he were some kind of monster. They had seen the human gene-encoding formula long ago. But was it something someone at their level could understand? To most people, that formula was as incomprehensible as an arcane text. If it were so easy to understand and apply, Dr. Ma Bo wouldn’t have spent ten years researching to develop the Demon-genetics Potion. A formula that only the world’s top genetic engineering experts can understand, and you’re telling me you not only understood it but actually applied it? And on top of that, you say it was ’quite simple’? "Wang Lan," one student finally asked, "did you just say you could understand Ms. Wang Qi’s gene-encoding formula?" "Ah? It’s very easy to understand, just like a math formula. You just use its calculation method and plug in the corresponding codes." Listen to that! Is he even speaking human language? "Don’t make such a fuss. It’s not strange for Wang Lan to understand it; Dr. Wang Qi is his aunt. He’s been influenced by her since he was a child," Mrs. Sun explained calmly. "Wang Lan, come with me." After the two left, several senior students remained in the laboratory, staring at each other in disbelief. "So Wang Lan is Dr. Wang Qi’s nephew..." "No wonder, that makes sense... But still, isn’t he just too demonic? Just now... he was mentally calculating the vaccine codes!" "His brain must be structured differently from ours. I seriously suspect all his brain cells are just zeros and ones." "I feel the same way." Sun Li leaned against her desk and gave Wang Lan a captivating smile. "Wang Lan, have I been good to you?" The question sent a shiver of alarm down Wang Lan’s spine. "Mrs. Sun, I... I can’t really answer that." "Look, I even taught you Universal Decomposition, my most prized skill... Isn’t that good enough for you?" Her plaintive tone made Wang Lan want to turn tail and flee. "Mrs. Sun, what do you want me to do? Please, just tell me directly." "Teach me how to use the gene-encoding formula." Wang Lan breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, is that all? No problem. But... I have to go to class now. Can I start teaching you tomorrow?" "That’s fine. Oh, and although you’ve written out the vaccine code, we don’t have the technology to manufacture the Gene Potion. Only when the actual vaccine is produced can it be considered a success. Do you know how to do that?" "This..." Wang Lan choked for a moment, looking at Mrs. Sun. "Mrs. Sun, are you under some kind of misunderstanding about me? How could I possibly know how to do that? But it doesn’t matter. Why not just give the Danzi to my aunt? That’s exactly her line of business." "Oh? You’re quite good at looking after your family’s interests, aren’t you? Do you realize what a massive undertaking this will be once the vaccine is successfully developed? Moreover, there are over one hundred thousand types of Star Martial Toxins, meaning we’ll need over one hundred thousand different vaccines. And new Star Martial Toxins will continue to be discovered in the future." "Heh... Mrs. Sun, are you trying to use a red herring here? As far as I know, isn’t my aunt’s company the only one in the world capable of independently producing Gene Potions?" With that, Wang Lan waved with a smile and turned to leave the office.