Ninth class citizen

Chapter 264 The Abilities of Newcomers

Nan Rong didn't stand on ceremony and directly named more than ten kinds of materials.

These are all low-level materials unique to the Chaotic Starfield.

Neither Evelyn's notes nor the materials provided by Melissa contained any low-level potion recipes that were limited to materials within the Delin Federation, and made no mention whatsoever of the Chaotic Starfield.

But Nan Rong still has Jelly Dumplings. Its combat and defensive abilities are completely sealed, but it still thrives within the Chaotic Star Network, finding information and recipes is no problem at all.

None of them were anything valuable, and Steward Wu generously had them brought over, watching as Nan Rong walked into the extraction room.

The transparent tempered crystal exterior wall dimmed, turning into an invisible frosted wall.

A middle-aged man dressed in a black robe with gold thread walked over, accompanied by two assistants.

He glanced at the extraction room, which was marked as "in use," and then at Steward Wu standing outside the door, a look of doubt in his eyes.

Steward Wu naturally saw the newcomers as well.

He took a step back and bowed slightly: "Master Stephen, you've arrived."

"A newly hired person?" The middle-aged man nodded slightly. "How are their abilities?"

As the most capable gene optimization master in the Blackthorn Arena on Tulan Star, and the only expert in the entire Tuon Galaxy capable of formulating first-order gene optimization agents, Master Stephen holds a very extraordinary position.

“She’s a newcomer, but not someone we hired.” Steward Wu stated bluntly, “She was originally a slave who was sold in, but we just discovered that before she lost all her abilities, she was a genetic optimizer.”

He briefly recounted Nan Rong's situation. Master Stephen was initially very interested, but when he heard that Nan Rong had been poisoned before even officially enrolling, his expression cooled, and upon seeing her medical report, his brows furrowed deeply.

"Intelligence 6, Perception 5, are you kidding me?" He glanced at Steward Wu: "Both of these attributes are in the single digits, purifying the original liquid is a joke."

Manager Wu didn't know much about gene optimization specialists, and his expression turned cold upon hearing this: "It was our young master who allowed her to give it a try."

“Mr. Carroll?” Stephen shook his head slightly. “He will certainly be very disappointed.”

"It's best if it isn't." Steward Wu's lips curled into a cold smile: "You should know very well what happens to those who disappoint the young master."

Master Stephen took back the step he had just taken.

"In any case, she was once a genuine genetic optimization specialist. Even if her skills have deteriorated now, she is still better than these clumsy people in some ways."

The two assistants were already used to his occasional belittling, so they obediently lowered their heads and didn't dare to utter a single word in rebuttal.

"You mean you want Nan Rong to be your assistant?" Steward Wu asked, somewhat surprised.

Master Stephen is a cold and ruthless person. Many people die in the Blackthorn Arena every day, and he never even glances at them. Why would he take the initiative to help a little girl he has never met before?
"I will convey your message to the young master," Steward Wu said, bowing his head.

Master Stephen clearly understood this tactful refusal. He expressionlessly entered his personal potion-making station and adjusted the outer wall to an opaque state.

Manager Wu glanced at the two assistants left outside with a look of exasperation, and sighed silently. No one wanted to offend a master of gene optimization.

Being in his position certainly gave him a lot of authority and convenience. He could have assigned anyone, whether a slave gladiator or a guard, to Master Stephen, but Nan Rong was a different story—he had no right to decide her fate at all.

But it would be a huge waste to let one person completely ruin one's long-planned scheme to obtain gene-optimizing agents.

Steward Wu silently stared at the extraction room where Nan Rong was, his expression extremely gloomy.

She'd better not disappoint the young master. Otherwise...
Nan Rong, however, was quite surprised in the extraction room.

She was mentally prepared that this extraction of the original solution would be much more difficult than before.

After all, her various attributes, especially her intelligence, perception, and mental strength related to gene optimization, have all declined significantly compared to before, which will inevitably be reflected in the extraction of the original solution and the synthesis of the medicine.

So from the beginning, she was very careful and only extracted one portion of the first-grade Black Prickly Fruit. Then she smoothly increased the purity to sixty percent.

This was only because she stopped voluntarily; otherwise, it wouldn't have been difficult to increase the purity to over 70%.

She simply took ten more portions of Tier 1 Black Prickly Fruit and filled the material container to the brim.

The large-scale extraction was not as smooth as the last time, but relying on her rich experience and the tips in the materials provided by Melissa, she still successfully completed the extraction and maintained the purity at 60%.

However, this is not the level of intellectual perception that should be expected at ages 30 and above.

Nan Rong then thought of Wendy. Wendy's intelligence and perception were both around 60, more than twice as strong as her own, but even when extracting Tier 1 materials, the purity couldn't be that high, let alone extracting multiple materials at the same time.

"Tuanzi, what's going on?" she asked in her mind. "With my current physical attributes, purifying the original fluid shouldn't be this simple."

“That’s perfectly normal, Master!” Jelly Dumpling replied. “As a student of the Cosmic Heritage Academy, after comprehending the ‘Theory of the Origin of the Universe,’ your physical attributes can no longer be measured simply by the standards of this world. The attributes I showed you before were only roughly converted into a form you can understand now; their true essence has long surpassed the surface.”

"Alright, alright." Nan Rong interrupted its endless chatter: "Just tell me your current ability limit, like what level of potion you can synthesize at most?"

“I don’t know either.” Jelly Dumpling blinked: “Your reality attributes are indeed not as good as before, but your understanding of the primordial energy in the universe is completely different, so perhaps in some aspects, you are even better than before.”

"Of course, I believe that Master will soon achieve a comprehensive breakthrough in all aspects, because you are studying advanced teaching materials personally bestowed by the Dean!"

"Alright then." Nan Rong stopped talking to it and focused on the purification process.

The FR1010 model is too old; it only comes with a pitifully small material container that can hold a maximum of 10 pieces of the same material.

It took Nan Rong an hour and a half to purify all the materials.

All of them are 60% pure, and they look very refreshing.

As soon as she left the extraction room, she was stopped by Steward Wu, who was guarding outside.

His expression was much worse than before she went in, probably because he had been waiting for so long.