Chapter 833 Injection of Gourmet Cells
Chapter 833 Injection of Gourmet Cells
Soon, Mansam helped Lu Li and Xia Ren to obtain their identities, so Lu Li was no longer an illegal resident in this world.
It can only be said that people with ability can do anything easily, and there is no such complicated process at all. Mansam got it done for Lu Li with just one sentence.
In the work unit of the headquarters, Lu Li also saw several explorers. Their strength was not high, only seemed to be at the fourth level. It was difficult to hunt for delicious food alone in this world. They probably joined IGO to find a way to gain some benefits.
Mansam took Lu Li to visit the various facilities of the IGO headquarters, including the Gourmet Hunter Training Ground directly under the headquarters, which was used to cultivate the gourmet hunters of the exclusive association.
This type of gourmet hunter is different from Lu Li. They must work hard for IGO. After all, many of them are orphans raised and trained by IGO. It would be meaningless if they are not under command.
There are also some machines for testing strength here. Mansam also generously suggested that Lu Li go up and try it, but was rejected by Lu Li.
"Director Mansam, it's not that I don't want to show my strength, but in my opinion, the equipment here is too fragile. If it is broken, it will be a waste of taxpayers' funds. We can't do it."
Lu Li smiled and said that international organizations like IGO also have member states paying membership fees, which means that taxpayers' money is operating this behemoth.
In contrast, this organization will support small and poor countries and help those who cannot afford food to have enough food and drink.
By the way, there are very few wars in this world, because in the era of gourmet food, almost everyone can have enough food to eat, and even if disasters occur in some places, they will be supported by IGO, so the basic needs of the people in this world are guaranteed. In addition, with the presence of a behemoth like IGO, wars are largely eliminated.
Generally speaking, human beings are a community in this era, and only a few countries, such as some lawless places, have not joined IGO, which are the places where the darkness of human nature and desires are released.
"Oh? Brother Lu Li, now that you mention that, I am a little curious."
Mansam walked to a specially made metal table and placed one hand on the table. "How about we try it?"
Mansam was excited to see the prey, and he had been drinking, so he was in an excited state. He was very curious about Lu Li's limits. This would also make it easier for IGO to evaluate whether Lu Li could complete the task when he needed to do something in the future.
Seeing Mansam's posture, Lu Li knew that if he didn't show the other party some strength, the bald strong man would not feel at ease.
So he walked forward and stood opposite Mansam.
He placed one hand on the table and held Mansam's hand.
"Then it begins."
Mansam was a generous person. He didn't hesitate at all and started to exert his strength directly.
Because he was afraid of hurting Lu Li, he held back a lot of strength at first, but he felt that after he used up the strength, it was like a stone sinking into the sea. Lu Li's arm remained there motionless, with no intention of falling down at all.
Mansam was pleasantly surprised upon seeing this, and then he increased his strength. However, even at the peak of his normal strength, he still couldn't shake Lu Li's arm, which surprised him a little.
However, after getting drunk, Mansam's competitive spirit was aroused. His muscles began to swell, and in the blink of an eye he grew several times bigger, turning into a super muscular man.
Mansam's powerful appearance made the shrimp beside him a little scared, and other IGO staff also stopped curiously to watch this arm wrestling match.
Because Mansam is a generous person and does not put on airs, he is very popular and many people have begun to cheer for him.
"Come on, Director Mansam, break it!"
"Director, please try harder. He can't hold on any longer!"
Some employees were shouting and making a fuss. The person who said that Lu Li couldn't hold on had a basis for his judgment, because he felt that the expression on Lu Li's face was tense, as if he was holding back something.
Encouraged by his employees, Mansam further increased his output. Even this special venue that could withstand the attacks of dozens of captured beasts began to shake. The metal ground under his feet collapsed deeply, and cracks continued to extend in all directions.
This phenomenon began to quiet down the people who were making a fuss, and some of them were terrified, because judging from the situation, if the cracks spread to the load-bearing structure, this huge building might collapse.
Mansam's forehead was exposed with veins and his face was red. He seemed to be exerting all his strength, and finally he saw Lu Li's hand gradually falling down.
Just as Mansam saw hope of victory and put more effort into it, his face flushed red, he suddenly saw a smile on Lu Li's serious and tense face.
The smile was relaxed and carefree, yet it seemed as if it had been held back for a long time and could no longer be suppressed.
As Lu Li smiled, Mansam suddenly felt an irresistible force coming from his hands. The force was not intense, but very steady. He felt that even if he wanted to be defeated faster, he couldn't do it because he had a firm grasp on that force.
Lu Li's hand slowly and steadily twisted Mansam's hand over, and finally placed it steadily on the table, "Director Mansam, thank you for letting me."
After Lu Li let go, Mansam gathered his muscles and moved his hands continuously, looking at Lu Li with a strange look, "You are really strong, how many good things have you eaten?"
But who would have thought that Lu Li would actually say seriously: "Actually, I haven't eaten anything good. After all, I don't have a gourmet cell."
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole place fell into a terrible silence.
After more than ten seconds of silence, Mansam no longer cared about his aching arm and rushed directly to Lu Li, grabbing his shoulders with both hands, with an exaggerated expression: "What did you just say!?"
“You’re handsome?”
Lu Li said following the other party's common sentence pattern.
"That's not it. Didn't you just say you don't have any gourmet instincts?"
Mansam was very excited, just like Columbus discovering the New World.
"Yeah, I grew up in the mountains, I just was born with supernatural powers."
Lu Li used his usual excuse again, and he was indeed born with supernatural powers.
"No, you are not born with supernatural powers!? I am..."
Mansam was speechless. He was so excited and familiar with the subject that he no longer needed to use honorifics.
He didn't finish the rest of his words, but the explorers who knew Director Mansam's terrifying strength knew that Mansam's strength was among the best in the human world, and it was no problem for him to kill and capture beasts above level 100.
In this era of great gourmet food, which strong man does not rely on gourmet cells? Now there is a person with such outrageous power, saying that he has no gourmet cells, which seems too absurd to Mansam.
"Wait, you probably haven't done any monitoring, so you just don't know it. You must have developed gourmet cells through years of eating, but you don't know it." Director Mansam thought of a possibility and immediately wanted to take Lu Li for a check-up.
Lu Li had no objection as well. He really wanted to see what the analysis of his own cell tissue would say using the technology of this world.
When taking samples, the researchers tried to prick the needle into Lu Li's skin, but the needle either bent or broke.
"Oh, let me do it myself. My skin has its own defense mechanism, and ordinary needles can't penetrate it."
As Lu Li spoke, he inserted the needle into his own vein under the surprised gazes of the researcher and Mansam. Because he used a sophisticated way of exerting force, the needle went in.
The technology in this world is very advanced, and the research results came out very quickly. When the researchers came over with the reports, their expressions were weird, as if their worldview had collapsed.
"Let me see it quickly."
Mansam snatched the report. Although he looked big and strong and was a drunkard, he was the director of the Food Research Institute and the boss of the technical staff.
As a result, when he read the report, he looked at his subordinates suspiciously, "Is this really correct?"
"That's right...it's better to say that our centrifuge is simply unable to separate Mr. Lu's blood into layers. We tried using a micromolecular dissection machine, but found that the machine's nanoneedles simply couldn't penetrate Mr. Lu's cells."
The researcher had a strange look on his face. When he glanced at Lu Li, he was terrified, as if he was looking at a monster. "In short, if Mr. Lu didn't do it himself, we wouldn't be able to destroy even one of his cells."
This conclusion shocked Mansam, and Xia Ren on the side also looked at Lu Li sideways, wondering if an ordinary seventh-level explorer would be so outrageous in terms of life level?
The technological power of the Gourmet Hunter world is not weak, but in the end it can’t harm a single cell of Lu Li. Isn’t that a bit too much?
"And you said you don't have any gourmet instincts!?"
Mansam looked at Lu Li and his voice became a little higher, thinking that Lu Li was teasing him.
"Director Mansam...Based on the spectrum analysis of the cells, this does not conform to the characteristics of gourmet cells that we know of. Mr. Lu may really not have gourmet cells."
The researchers immediately refuted their conclusions and said, "He is more like an alien creature from the mysterious outer universe. Not to mention humans, he has nothing to do with living things at all."
"Young man, I don't like what you said."
Lu Li spoke up from the side, looking unhappy, saying that it was too much to say that he was not like a human, and he even wanted to expel him from his biological hometown.
"Young people are ignorant, don't mind it, Brother Lu."
Mansam waved his hand and asked the young researcher to go down. After being shocked, he came to his senses and felt that Lu Li, such a magical creature, no, human, should be reported to President Yilong.
Before that, their IGO should try their best to maintain a good relationship with Lu Li. Otherwise, if such a monster gets out of control in the world, it would be a disaster comparable to the invasion of beasts in the food world.
"It's okay. I just heard about gourmet cells after I was born. I'm very interested in the gourmet cells that exist in this great gourmet era, so I came to your IGO to ask."
Lu Li said, "If possible, I would like to get an injection of gourmet cells to see how it goes."
At this point, his true colors are revealed. In addition to eating, another important purpose for him coming to this world is to obtain gourmet cells. Even if the main quest does not require it, he has to find a way to get them.
After all, gourmet cells are a bloodline with a high growth limit, and it is possible that once outside this world, they will also take effect when eating other delicacies. Lu Li is determined to obtain them.
"Injection of gourmet cells..."
Mansam seemed a little hesitant. "This is a risky thing, do you understand?"
"I have heard that if you can't adapt, you will die, but Director, do you think it will be so easy for me to die with a body like mine?"
Lu Li said this, pointing to the sampling bottle sent back by the researchers nearby.
Because when they sealed the samples, the researchers habitually provided some nutrient solution in order to maintain cell activity. As a result, the bottle was now filled with blood and flesh tissue while they were talking.
Mansam looked at the cell group in the bottle that had grown to a terrifying number in a short period of time, and his expression became increasingly strange. "I really can't imagine you dying from the rejection of the gourmet cells."
What he actually thinks is that a monster like you is just like a pathogen, and it’s good enough that the gourmet cells are not rejected and killed by you.
Not to mention Mansam, even Shrimp felt a little scared when he saw what was happening in the bottle. He touched his arms and felt goose bumps all over.
Lu Li snapped his fingers, and the flesh and blood tissue in the bottle instantly withered and dissipated, completely losing its vitality.
Normally, his blood would not turn into this if it was spilled. He just manipulated it to create it. Otherwise, if his blood was spilled somewhere during the battle, it would engulf and pollute the world. That would be too outrageous.
"The injection of gourmet cells is not cheap, but I can use my authority to prepare one for you. Brother Lu, please try it first."
Mansam thought for a moment and said, as the director of the Gourmet Research Institute, he was also very curious about what changes would happen to Lu Li after he was injected with the gourmet cells.
Just like that, Lu Li followed Mansam to another research department. After he spoke a few words to the project staff, someone came over with a suitcase. After entering the password, it was unlocked, and a burst of liquid nitrogen vapor immediately floated out of it.
In the central area of the box, a gourmet cell injection lay quietly.
Although direct injection of gourmet cells carries a high risk, gourmet cell injections like this one, specially purified by IGO, are still the result of high technology. They can be sold for 100 billion per injection on the black market, and there are still people who dare to take risks and flock to them.
After all, there are always people who think they are the chosen ones, and as long as their gourmet cells are awakened, in this era of great gourmet food, that is the starting point for becoming infinitely stronger.
"Intravenous or intramuscular?"
Lu Li took out the injection from the box without any hesitation. In his opinion, this was just a small experiment.
"It will be all right."
Mansam said that there is actually a difference. If an intramuscular injection fails, the patient can be rescued, but if an intravenous injection fails, there is basically no possibility of rescue. It’s just that he thinks a monster like Lu Li will not die because of a burst of gourmet cells.
Upon hearing this, Lu Li raised his hand backwards and inserted a needle directly into his spine under Mansam's surprised gaze.
In an instant, he felt foreign cells spreading in his body.
(End of this chapter)