mesbooks Chapter 69: Serum
Chapter 69: Serum
Chapter 69 - Serum"I do, but you're the bastard who banned me from using my powers inside the Mansion. What else am I supposed to do?" Erza shot back, pausing to point at the collar around her neck. Her glare was sharp enough to cut steel.
"What, you think I want you blowing the place up?" Zack retorted, rolling his eyes. "I said no magic inside. I never said you couldn't go outside."
Erza froze mid-punch, her expression lighting up. "Wait, I can leave the Mansion?"
"Obviously," Zack said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Without another word, Erza bolted back inside to grab her coat. "I'm going to the steel mill!" she yelled, running out the gate like an overexcited husky finally unleashed after days of confinement.
Zack opened his mouth to respond, but she was already out of sight. "Why do I even bother..." he muttered, shaking his head. Turning to Ego, he said, "Track her GPS and alert me if anything weird happens."
By the time Zack arrived, Mansion No. 13 looked nothing like it had the day before. The building now resembled a high-tech re
"Ego, any ideas on synthesizing ionized microcells?" Zack asked, already dreading the answer.
"Silver nanowires embedded in a graphene hydrogel could serve as a functional substitute," Ego replied. "The hydrogel would enhance conductivity while maintaining cellular integrity."
"Great," Zack muttered sarcastically, "because I've got piles of silver and graphene just lying around."
Despite his frustration, Zack scavenged materials from old electronics, extracting trace amounts of silver and repurposing carbon components to create graphene. Using a makeshift reactor, he suspended the silver nanowires in a hydrogel matrix, carefully ionizing the mixture with a controlled electrical charge. As the hydrogel stabilized, Zack inspected the results under a microscope. "Not perfect," he muttered, "but it'll have to do."
With the key components ready, Zack began synthesizing the serum. Each step required precise measurements and constant monitoring to prevent the mixture from destabilizing. The active compounds had to bind seamlessly with the biopolymer matrix and the ionized hydrogel, forming a cohesive solution that could interact with human biology without causing catastrophic side effects. "Ego, run a cohesion check," Zack ordered, his hands steady despite the tension.
"Cohesion is at 83%. Molecular stability within acceptable limits," the AI reported.