"Then I always felt I was just one step away. That if I just tweaked the molecular formula, I could suppress the side effects. I stubbornly pushed forward, misappropriating lab funds to advance animal testing... After burning through tens of millions of USD, I got nothing. Because I've never been one to fit in, I'd offended a lot of supervisors. When I messed up this time, it was only natural that I got fired."
When he said "only natural," Elias let out a couple of defiant laughs.
There wasn't much regret in them, but rather a sense of having cast off a burden.
"So I've been coming back here every night recently to clear my head," he said, looking around the dilapidated park where he grew up. "I hand out some anti-inflammatories to the homeless, treat some simple ailments, and try to calm down and figure out just where my model and formula went wrong."
Li Wei discreetly glanced at his Ancient Magic Potion quest:
[Phase 2 Quest: Ask him for his Magic Potion formula]
