Chapter 112: Eating Soft Rice with Hard Bite, Soaring to Success

[As a reward for the two of them, you made sure they couldn't leave bed for three days, their lips swollen dry. As to whether it was their upper or lower lips—take a guess!]

[The 'Technical R&D Department' was one of the few divisions where employees could remain long-term at Pier Point headquarters without needing to reach P36 rank. Its research facilities ranked among the most advanced in the cosmos—second only to the Intelligentsia Guild's.]

[The department's primary mission was collaborating with the Intelligentsia Guild to commercialize their research breakthroughs.]

[In simpler terms: taking high-quality experimental prototypes, stripping away some functionality, and converting them into mass-producible commercial goods.]

[Your transfer and promotion went smoothly, but actually getting work done proved problematic.]

[While these researchers weren't geniuses from the Intelligentsia Guild, they were still top-tier talents scouted from across the universe—their skills no worse than those at Herta Space Station.]

[You hadn't come from a technical background, but from security. In their eyes, you were just a doorman who'd used connections to laze about in the famously well-paid tech division.]

[No researcher would work with you. Fortunately, Longjing leveraged her family connections to secure you a minimal-scale lab.]

[You naturally chose medical research—your specialty.]

[Drawing on your extensive experience studying Abundance abominations (including Xianzhou natives), you worked tirelessly to develop a treatment superior to 'Healing Sprays' yet cheaper to produce.]

[You named it—Quanlitin.]

[Your efforts finally gained recognition. Management assigned you a larger, better-equipped lab—though you declined their offer of assistants.]

[After repeated refinements, Quanlitin reached its fifth generation. A single injection could now regrow limbs or reattach severed heads.]

[This even drew the gaze of the Abundance Aeon Yaoshi, setting you on the Path of Abundance.]

[Through your own capabilities—with Topaz and Longjing pushing behind the scenes—you officially reached P36 rank.]

[This threshold meant you could rightfully remain at Pier Point headquarters, and marked your entry into the corporate elite (even if at its lowest tier).]

[The Quanlitin-V patent alone amassed you staggering wealth.]

[To reward Topaz and Longjing's assistance, you thoroughly "thanked" each of them.]

[Unfortunately, their mutual dislike prevented you from achieving a threesome despite your hints.]

[Quanlitin-V was met with acclaim upon release. Its ability to heal severed limbs made it particularly invaluable on battlefields.]

[Previously, such injuries required amputation and mechanical replacements.]

[Quanlitin-V offered another choice.]

[The Strategic Marketing Department's Vanguard Corps especially embraced it. Soldiers often preferred death to life as helpless invalids.]

[Your reputation among troops skyrocketed, even drawing overtures from Osvaldo Schneider.]

[But you knew: healing formulas alone wouldn't secure your position. Anyone could produce them once the recipe was known.]

[To climb higher, you needed to become irreplaceable.]

[Your research birthed a nano-medpod—fusing Abundance powers with medical science.]

[Even if only a brain remained, placing it inside could perfectly regenerate the entire body.]

[This was your improved second-gen model. The prototype had required a Pathstrider to channel Abundance energy.]

[Upon this invention, the Abundance Aeon Yaoshi pulled your consciousness into an audience.]

[Where Yaoshi granted vitality for natural healing, you used machines—interpreting Abundance differently.]

[Convincing Yaoshi earned you promotion to an Abundance Emanator with unique privileges.]

[The second-gen medpods could now draw Abundance energy directly from the Path, with you as sole gatekeeper.]

[This eliminated the need for Pathstriders, vastly improving practicality—and aligning with your long-term plans.]

[Next came the 'Trauma Team' and Interastral Peace Medical initiatives.]

[Like their Cyberpunk 2077 counterparts, Trauma Teams deployed medpods via rapid transports with armed escorts, offering premium emergency care.]

[The Medical Initiative established hospital hubs where Trauma Teams would monitor premium members' vitals—responding instantly to crises within coverage zones.]

[This logistics-inspired model catered exclusively to wealthy clients, poised to monopolize corporate-sector healthcare (except on the Xianzhou).]

[You packaged the medpod schematics, manuals, and both plans, sending them directly to the Board—a risky power move.]

[Without sufficient value, this insubordination meant termination. Success meant meteoric advancement.]

[It was all or nothing.]

[Yet while awaiting results, your affair with Topaz was discovered by Jade.]

[Though appearing as mere colleagues, Jade had long been Topaz's mentor and sister figure.]