[Product: 6th Generation Intelligent Bacteria]
[Growth Environment: Alcoholic Solution]
[Warning: Latest product from the Galactic Empire Biological Engineering Laboratory, classified as top secret. Any form of leakage is strictly prohibited. For use only by units designated by the military.]
[Product Description: These bacteria can communicate information and generate a considerable degree of intelligence. Intelligence increases with their numbers. As the bacterial colony grows, the intelligent bacteria's ability to receive external information will continuously improve, and they will evolve various distinct characteristics.]
[Evolutionary Stages: Visible Stage, Text Display Stage, Communication Stage, Calculation Stage, Sapience Stage, Super Intelligent Body Stage]
[Note: Please replenish the alcoholic solution in a timely manner. Nutritional content can be determined by measuring the alcohol content; the higher the proof, the more abundant the nutrition. Below 4° proof, the intelligent bacteria will enter a dormant state. Prolonged dormancy will lead to irreversible death and loss of data and intelligence.]
Jiang Ye finished reading the electronic instruction manual and peered into the wine box. There was nothing in the transparent alcoholic solution; it was crystal clear, appearing to be normal white wine.
"Are the bacteria already in the wine?" Jiang Ye asked.
"Yes," Li Nannan replied. "See the groove on the side of the box? Pour the wine out from there and cultivate it in a suitable pool. Replenish with wine or alcohol regularly, and guard it heavily. It absolutely cannot leak. If this thing leaks and causes immense consequences, your head will be forfeit!"
"What is this thing for? Experiments?"
"Partly for experiments, as this thing has just been developed and hasn't been cultivated on a large scale for a long time. It's also for your application."
"Application? What can these bacteria do? Will they become teachers in schools after gaining intelligence?" Jiang Ye didn't understand.
"Be teachers for students? That's a joke. What young master is worthy of such advanced teachers! Do you know how much this thing costs to produce? This one box is worth 28 billion!"
"Spirit money?" Jiang Ye was unfazed.
"A genuine 28 billion! That's just the cost price. If it's officially released in the future, it won't be less than hundreds of billions!" Li Nannan glared. "The Galactic Empire Biological Engineering Laboratory developed this thing, taking over ten years to create it. How could it be cheap?"
Jiang Ye was greatly shocked. Li Nannan didn't seem to be joking.
It was no wonder the commander personally came to escort it if it was so valuable.
"28 billion to create some bacteria, what's the use? What can they do after they develop intelligence? We already have artificial humans. With this money, we could create many genius brains. Why use bacteria?" Jiang Ye didn't understand.
"You raise it first. Once it reaches the advanced stages, you'll know its use. For now, they're just bacterial babies. Raise them to the visible stage first; it should only take a few days," Li Nannan said.
Li Nannan had dinner and played with her godson, Jiang Senlin, for a while before leaving by spaceship.
Jiang Ye began cultivating the intelligent bacteria that night.
He drove to Binhai City and bought a large tropical fish tank from a 24-hour store.
He also bought several boxes of pure alcohol, all of which were sent home.
His villa was too large, with many empty rooms. Jiang Ye placed the tropical fish tank in an empty room on the second floor.
Then, he poured bottle after bottle of pure alcohol into the fish tank.
More than forty bottles of pure alcohol only filled the fish tank halfway. It had to be said, if not for the strong smell of alcohol, it looked much like a normal fish tank filled with water.
Finally, he poured the intelligent bacteria brought by Li Nannan into the tank.
Jiang Ye stood in front of the fish tank and stared for a long time, his eyes almost burning out, but he couldn't see anything.
There was no reaction in the wine.
Was he tricked?
Impossible, tricking the military would cost the manufacturer ten heads!
Jiang Ye had no choice but to go to sleep and check again after waking up.
The next morning, as soon as he woke up, he didn't even go to the bathroom, holding his urine to go see the fish tank first.
The lid of the fish tank was breathable. As soon as Jiang Ye entered the room, the smell of alcohol stung him.
Frowning, he went to the front of the fish tank to examine it closely.
In just a few hours, the wine had reduced by at least half!
Jiang Ye dipped a finger in and tasted it. The alcohol content was already very low, feeling like about 38° white wine.
This was absolutely abnormal. The alcohol evaporated too quickly, and the proof dropped too fast. Touching the fish tank wall, he felt a warm sensation.
The intelligent bacteria were consuming the alcohol.
Normal bacteria would have died instantly if immersed in alcohol, but these bacteria not only survived but could lower the proof, which was truly miraculous.
Jiang Ye immediately drove to Binhai City, heading straight for the supermarket.
On the shelf of alcohol, only a few bottles remained. The supermarket attendant was restocking.
Jiang Ye stopped the attendant. "Hello, how much more alcohol do you have in your warehouse?"
"There are about forty boxes in the warehouse, twenty bottles per box. How much do you need?" The supermarket attendant was taken aback.
"Don't restock it. I'll take all the alcohol. You can just deliver it to my doorstep with an address."
The supermarket attendant froze.
He felt that this person looked familiar but couldn't recall where he had seen him. Perhaps some rich person from Binhai City?
They were around the same age, but this person was already a tycoon while he had to restock early in the morning.
The supermarket attendant felt a bit dejected.
The tycoon paid very promptly, used facial recognition, provided an address, and left.
The supermarket attendant took the address slip to register for delivery in the warehouse. The supermarket had delivery drones, and inputting commands made them fly automatically, which was very efficient.
He had just finished registering the delivery address.
Less than two minutes later, a large number of police cars suddenly descended upon the supermarket entrance!
Heavily armed police officers rushed in with a rumble, controlling all the store employees and customers, then stormed into the warehouse and quickly apprehended the supermarket attendant!
The supermarket attendant was terrified. Wearing handcuffs and ankle cuffs, he sat on the ground, with more than a dozen guns pointed at his head, trembling.
He really wanted to wet himself.
What sin had I committed?
Was I caught for watching those kinds of websites last night?
It shouldn't require so many police forces!
"You registered a drone delivery to Hot Spring Area Number Six, forty boxes of 95% alcohol, is that correct?" a police officer asked loudly.
"Yes... yes..." The supermarket attendant's tongue was trembling.
It's just cheap alcohol, not firearms. Why are they arresting me?
Oh no, I'm really going to wet myself!
Can the police officers please move their shotguns away? If one goes off, my head will be gone!
The supermarket attendant's mind was in chaos. His lips trembled, and he didn't dare to say another word.
"Why are you sending pure alcohol there! Who told you to send it!" The police officer's gaze was fierce, as if he wanted to eat him alive.
"A customer... he bought it..."
"Who! Who bought it!"
"I don't know his name..." The supermarket attendant was on the verge of tears.
Selling alcohol is like selling drugs?
"Quickly check the surveillance and apprehend the person!"
A police officer who looked like a minor official said from behind.
The supermarket attendant was taken to the surveillance room.
The police officers gathered around the screen to watch.
The scene of Jiang Ye entering the store and making the transaction appeared before everyone.
The police officers were taken aback. After exchanging glances, they put away their guns.
"It's nothing, it was a misunderstanding. You can go," the police officer said to the supermarket attendant. "Sorry to have bothered you."
The supermarket attendant sighed in relief and slid down to the ground along the wall, his forehead covered in sweat.
The police officers left with their guns rumbling, and the surveillance room was suddenly empty.
The supermarket attendant then noticed that the boss was sitting on the floor opposite him, also looking completely terrified, sweat pouring down his forehead as if he had just washed his face.
"Boss!" The supermarket attendant thought he was going to lose his job and stammered, "I don't know what happened... I didn't do anything illegal. The police officers just said it was a misunderstanding... Could you please not fire me?"
"Fire you?" The boss glared. "I'm going to promote you!"
"Ah?" The supermarket attendant was dumbfounded.