Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Alchemist of the State

President Kim Bradley is a tall and straight middle-aged man with an eyepatch on his left eye, although he always has a faint smile, he gives people a sense of not being angry and arrogant, and he has the temperament of a superior.

"Mr. Zhang, your exam questions this time are temporarily extracted, photosynthesis or respiration, choose one of the two." Even though there is a certain person's illusion in her body, the rigorous character of the beautiful chief still remains the same.

"Let's two together." Anyway, this guy who suddenly appeared out of nowhere will definitely be subject to a series of close attention and secret investigations, there is no difference between being high-profile and low-key, Zhang Shen is simply high-profile.

The beautiful chief frowned: "Are you sure?" ”

"Well, bring the stuff here."

The assessment of the national alchemist is very difficult, and when the alchemist does these two alchemists, in order to increase the success rate, most of them use thriving plants, but here only a fresh branch is provided, which is covered with ovoid green leaves.

And we don't provide clean water, so let's take it from the air yourself.

For this "stingy" style, Zhang Shen can only hehe.

Draw a refining array on the ground and activate.

The soil next to the branches swelled, forming a bluestone water basin, and then, the water molecules in a radius of several thousand meters quickly gathered, and soon, the bottom of the stone basin began to ripple clearly, deeper and deeper, filling the entire stone basin.

In addition to Zhang Shen, the beautiful chief, and the president, there were two guards and a clerk in charge of recording at the assessment site, all of whom had a certain understanding of alchemy, and they usually saw a lot.

Zhang Shen's wishful movements and relaxed expression made everyone present have a judgment: this assessment is likely not to be difficult for him.

After the preparations, it's time to start the real refining. In the psychology of self-examination, he did not plan to use dragon vein alchemy or any knowledge related to alchemy.

Photosynthesis, in simple terms, is the absorption of carbon dioxide and water by plants under light conditions to produce organic matter - mainly starch; Respiration is the opposite, consuming organic matter such as starch to produce carbon dioxide and water.

Photosynthesis is undoubtedly simpler than respiration, but it is only comparatively speaking, in fact, both are quite difficult, because they both involve reactions at the plant cell level, which is not so easy to operate.

This is also the difficulty of the national alchemist assessment.

However, for Zhang Shen, such an assessment is not difficult!

He hadn't used a refining reaction like this with a fixed refining formula for years......

Under the gaze of one after another, Zhang Shen skillfully drew the refining array.

A circle that symbolizes the endless cycle of all things in the world;

The hexagonal shape symbolizes the six supreme mysteries of the world;

Copy the formula of photosynthesis and respiration directly, and modify the connection slightly.

Forge into a formation and start!!

Dazzling silver lightning sputtered out from the array, half flying into the dense foliage, half disappearing into the air.

Immediately-

The air around you is starting to flow fast!

Carbon dioxide and water molecules in a radius of several thousand meters converge rapidly in this direction.

In order to show it vividly, Zhang Shen even let the gathered carbon dioxide and water molecules form a visible sphere with the naked eye, suspended on the left and right sides.

The two "balloons" each poke out a "pipe" that is connected to the dense blades.

Zhang Shen's spiritual power penetrated into the plant cells, and suddenly, enlarged plant cell patterns appeared in Zhang Shen's sight.

The place of photosynthesis is chloroplasts, and if carbon dioxide molecules and water molecules are absorbed according to the normal procedure, it will waste a lot of time to transport them into the chloroplasts through one route after another.

Driven by mental power, carbon dioxide and water molecules directly enter the chloroplasts and rapidly undergo photosynthesis.

There are hundreds of green leaves on this branch, and the number of cells in each green leaf is in tens of thousands, so many cells carry out photosynthesis together, and they are driven by Zhang's brutality without caring about the injury to the body, and the efficiency is instantaneous.

Everyone present could see the rapid "flow" of carbon dioxide and water molecules.

Of the hundreds of green leaves, only half are photosynthesizing. The other half, naturally, is reserved for respiration.

When Kim Bradley noticed this, his pupils couldn't help but shrink, and he became even more curious about this sudden Zhang Shen. He was also proficient in alchemy, so he naturally understood how powerful it would be to do so.

Respiration requires the consumption of organic matter, and Zhang Shen decided to use half of the stock and photosynthesis products in the trunk plant cells as a source.

The photosynthetic reaction is very obvious, after all, carbon dioxide and water molecules are constantly being consumed and can be seen with the naked eye. On the other hand, respiration is a little more troublesome, after all, the small amount of carbon dioxide and water molecules cannot be directly seen at the beginning.

It took five or six minutes for everyone to see two infants' fist-sized air masses.

Carbon dioxide is a colorless gas, and water is similar, but Zhang Shen naturally has a way of making them appear in a general shape.

After a few more minutes, the two air masses were already the size of ostrich eggs.

If you look at the branches of the tree, it looks like they have been cut down for a long time, and they are lifeless, because all the organic matter in their cells has been consumed by respiration.

"Alright, that's it."

Kim Bradley suddenly spoke: "Mr. Zhang Shen has completely proved his strength, there is no need to continue." ”

The concentration of carbon dioxide was too high, and although Zhang Shen was restrained in an air mass with his spiritual power, everyone present was also a little uncomfortable.

Hearing this, Zhang Shen withdrew his spiritual power and dispersed the four air masses.

Bang bang bang. The President took the lead in applauding yet another outstanding alchemist to join the ranks of the nation's alchemists.

"Welcome to you, Mr. Zhang Shen."

Zhang Shen smiled slightly, showing just the right amount of joy and reserve: "You're welcome, it's my honor." ”

"I wonder what kind of title Mr. Zhang wants?"

"Title?" Zhang Shen knew that there was such a thing, but he didn't quite know its meaning, "Is there any difference between different titles?" ”

A hint of surprise flashed in Kim Bradley's eyes: "It's just to let others know you faster." The title is determined according to the alchemist's own expertise and personality. ”

"That's right," Zhang Shen pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled, "I thought about it, it's called—"

"Truth!"

Yes?!

Everyone present exclaimed in unison, the smile on the president's face froze, and his right eye flashed with an inexplicable light.

After a short period of astonishment, everyone looked at Zhang Shen with impatience and disgust.

With the title of "truth"? You know, the ultimate pursuit of all alchemists is "truth"!

Dare to use the truth as a name, if the alchemists of other countries know about it, it will be strange if they don't trouble you. What's more, His Excellency the President will never agree to this title.

"Haha, good idea, I agreed!"

What the?!

Kim Bradley's statement made everyone's jaws drop: this is not scientific!

The President looked amused: "I am very much looking forward to the day when Your Excellency will become the true alchemist of truth. ”

Oh, it turns out that the president just wants to see the excitement.

Everyone felt that they understood Kim Bradley's thoughts, and most of them also wanted to see the fate of this arrogant guy.

"Then, Your Excellency Zhang, your silver timepiece will be completed today, and tomorrow please go to the Presidential Palace to collect and receive the award." Every national alchemist has a military rank equivalent to Shaozuo, of course, it is only equivalent to, and has no real power.

"Your Excellency Zhang should be from the Qing Kingdom, and you may not know much about the national alchemist, if you have any questions, you can ask Ms. Alia Nosek (Chief Beauty), I will go first, and I will see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow, Mr. President."

Seeing Kim Bradley and the others leave, Zhang Shen touched his chin, thoughtful, and his eyes flashed.

"I felt the smell of familiarity...... That's right, it's the 'rage' of the seven deadly sins...... Cyborgs, hehe, this country is really interesting, androids can be presidents, tsk. ”

"Is it because the country is too open, or is it some ulterior conspiracy?"

"Well, I'm lucky to have found a clue as soon as I arrived. However, let's wait and see what happens. ”

Immediately, he set his eyes on the beautiful chief who was standing quietly on the side.

"Arya Nosek?"

"Yes. Zhang, is there anything you can help with? "Arya, who is in the illusion, is very enthusiastic, and if she lets her subordinates see it, she will definitely drop her jaw.

"Can I get a certificate or something like that so I can go into the library and read alchemy books?"

"Absolutely! Do you need me to come with you? ”

"This ...... Forget it, you go get busy. ”

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With Alya's certificate in hand, Zhang Shen went to the National Library again.

The assessment of the national alchemist took a lot of time (written exams, technical exams, psychiatric evaluations, interviews), and although Zhang Shen had completed all four items in the fastest time, setting a new record, when he arrived at the library again, it was already four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

Part of the National Library is open to the citizens of the city, and it is very busy at this time.

Zhang Shen walked around from one side and was led by the staff to an area that only national alchemists could enter.

In charge of the management of the books and materials in this area is a girl in a military uniform, very literary girl.

After showing her Alia's proof, Zhang Shen walked in and was slightly surprised by the huge amount of books in it.

The structure in the middle is a rotunda, and the four walls are visited by high bookshelves, each of which is filled with books of thin or thick volumes, and there are almost no gaps in sight.

Zhang Shen glanced at it, the bookshelves were very clean, there was no dust, and the maintenance of the books and materials was also quite in place.

There is more than this layer of the library area for national alchemists to consult, Zhang Shen's spiritual power probed out, and found that there are five floors, although the higher you go, the fewer books and materials are stored, but on the whole, it is also quite considerable.

Not long after Zhang Shen entered, a chubby officer walked in, with a cautious taste.

He walked straight up to the literary girl, lowered his voice and asked, "Masami, have you found the information I told you yesterday?" ”

Masami glanced around a few times before taking out stacks of books from under her desk that looked like they were some years old, and handed them to the man, "It's all here." ”

"Be careful, don't let people see it." Masami instructed.

"Don't worry, I'll be careful."

"I'll go first."

"Well, goodbye."

This chubby officer is none other than Bleda.

[PS: Sickness looks like it's leaving, haha]