Chapter 27: A Miracle! A true miracle

Gao Deming stopped his experiments at that moment and stared at the staff member in front of him.

The staff member swallowed hard and said, "That is exactly what is written in the documents."

"Pharmaceutical companies these days are becoming increasingly unscrupulous. All they know how to do is boast wildly; they have no bottom line!"

Gao Deming's face was filled with rage, and the other staff members also wore expressions of anger.

To claim that a drug could treat all trauma-related diseases—even health supplement companies promoted by unscrupulous merchants wouldn't dare make such claims.

This was pure deception. Most importantly, they claimed the drug had no side effects whatsoever; how could such a medicine possibly exist in this world?

Seeing the anger on everyone's faces in the laboratory, the staff member spoke up, "Professor Gao, can this drug still proceed to clinical trials?"

In truth, the staff member also felt the drug was unreliable; the name sounded like something for a generic health supplement.

Gao Deming let out a cold snort. "Bring it here!"

Originally, Gao Deming had zero interest, but now he truly wanted to see what kind of medicine dared to make such grand claims.

He also wanted to know the ingredients inside; once he found them to be non-compliant, he would reject them immediately.

The staff member hurriedly handed the medicine to Gao Deming. It consisted of several capsules.

These were capsules into which Chen Feng had instructed someone to grind medicinal pills into powder.

Gao Deming opened one of the capsules and sniffed it, his brow furrowing.

Having been in the pharmaceutical industry for decades, he could guess the ingredients of most drugs just by scent.

But he couldn't smell a single thing from this capsule.

"You few, take these for testing," Gao Deming said, handing some capsules to the researchers for analysis.

He took a single capsule and approached a white mouse. Using a bacteria-laden scalpel, Gao Deming cut the mouse's body and then fed the medicinal powder to it.

Since the drug claimed to treat all trauma-related diseases, he wanted to see if it possessed antibiotic properties.

If a wound infected by bacteria is not treated with anti-inflammatory medication, it will fester and become infected within a few days.

After feeding the medicine, Gao Deming ignored the mouse and continued with the experiments on the drugs he had previously been working on.

In the blink of an eye, three hours passed, and Gao Deming remained immersed in his own experiments.

Suddenly, several researchers came running toward him, holding drug testing reports.

Their faces were filled with disbelief.

"Professor!"

The shout was so loud that it instantly drew the attention of everyone in the lab.

Gao Deming said dissatisfiedly, "I've told you before not to shout in the laboratory. Don't you know it interferes with the drug experiments?"

Ignoring the reprimand, one researcher cried out in shock, "Professor, according to our testing, the ingredients in 'Healing No. 1' are unknown. We cannot find any match in our database!"

Upon hearing this, Gao Deming's expression changed instantly.

The Drug Administration's database was a massive repository containing countless medicinal components.

A simple test should be able to match the corresponding ingredient data.

But now, there were ingredients in this drug that they could not detect.

This meant that the components within the medicine were unknown substances.

Gao Deming took the report and read it thoroughly.

"How is this possible!"

His aged face was no longer as calm as before.

Every drug has ingredients.

How many unknown ingredients that aren't in the database could possibly exist on this Earth?

Gao Deming walked quickly to the white mouse he had medicated earlier.

At this moment, the wound on the white mouse had actually scabbed over—and it had only been a few hours.

"This..."

Gao Deming's eyes widened, and the other researchers were equally shocked.

In just a few hours, the wound on the mouse had scabbed.

Although animals have much stronger recovery abilities than humans, scabbing within a few hours was still hard to believe.

"Quick, send the white mouse for testing!"

"Also, analyze the quantity of the drug's components and conduct a second round of experiments!" Gao Deming shouted.

The researchers immediately dropped their current work and began focusing all their efforts on testing Healing No. 1.

Even when mealtime arrived, the entire laboratory remained in a state of frantic activity.

...

It wasn't until evening that the work in the research lab finally ceased.

Gao Deming and the others gathered together.

Looking at the Healing No. 1 capsules before them, everyone's faces were filled with incredulity.

Through several hours of testing, they had discovered that this drug was effective against more than thirty types of trauma-related diseases.

Furthermore, almost no side effects appeared after using Healing No. 1.

There weren't even minor allergic reactions.

Due to time constraints, they could not yet fully determine exactly how many types of trauma-related diseases the drug could treat.

But the variety they had tested so far was already heaven-defying.

"Professor, are we dreaming? Does such a miracle drug really exist in this world? Are we going to win a Nobel Prize!"

A researcher cried out in shock, breaking the silence in the lab.

Every person here was someone who had been engaged in pharmaceutical testing for many years.

The experiments on Healing No. 1 made them feel as if they were witnessing history.

It was just like the discovery of Artemisinin—from discovery to testing, every step was exhilarating.

Suppressing his excitement, Gao Deming said, "Proceed directly to human trials. Go call the test subjects over!"

The experiments they had conducted so far were on animals; this time, he intended to conduct them on humans.

As a researcher prepared to run out, Gao Deming seemed to think of something and immediately called him back.

"No need. I will try it myself first!"

As soon as he said this, the expressions of everyone else in the lab changed.

"Professor, how can you do that? The risk is too high!"

"Yes, what if something happens? It's better to have people come over."

Gao Deming waved them off. "When Professor Tu discovered Artemisinin, she also tested the medicine on herself. For a groundbreaking new drug like this, the first human trial must be conducted by me!"

With that, Gao Deming swallowed a single Healing No. 1 capsule.

Based on the previous experiments, Gao Deming could already judge that Healing No. 1 would absolutely make history, perhaps even reaching the status of Artemisinin.

Testing it on himself would be enough to secure his place in the annals of history.

For someone engaged in pharmaceutical research, this was a supreme honor.

***

At Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals,

Li Xiaorou was busy in her office.

After a period of preparation, the Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals factory area had been built, and most of the staff had been recruited.

Now, they were just waiting for news from the Drug Administration. At this moment, Li Xiaorou was feeling quite anxious.

Although she had settled everything else, the question of whether Healing No. 1 could pass the Drug Administration's tests remained. After all, Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals currently only sold one type of medicine.

If it failed, they would be burning money every single day. To speed up the testing process, she had even specifically asked Lin Wei to help call the Drug Inspection Bureau.

Although her boss said he would handle it, Li Xiaorou had still taken the initiative to pull some strings.

She hoped Healing No. 1 could be brought to market as soon as possible.

Just then, the office door opened, and a staff member rushed in.

"Manager, people from the Drug Administration are here, and many leaders have come along as well."

"The Drug Administration?" Li Xiaorou was somewhat surprised.

Logically speaking, if Healing No. 1 passed the test, the Drug Administration would simply mail back the approval documents. Even if it failed, they would notify her by phone. Why would they come in person?