"There's only four minutes left, and now it's too late for him to start." Philip laughed. "Bare in mind that he's only an F-level pharmacist, and even I couldn't do that in such a short time!"

"Miss Christina, you've picked the wrong man this time. This young lad is lousy. He does not even have the guts to compete!" Franklin shook his head and looked at Steve with disdain and contempt.

"You can't blame him either. After all, he is only a civilian, and he has never been a part of a big occasion like this." Oscar sneered.

At this point, even the master pharmacists noticed that Steve had been standing still all this time. President Sidney frowned upon seeing that everyone else had finished, but Steve had not even started.

"Unexpectedly, he did not even have the guts to partic.i.p.ate in the compet.i.tion, so he is just giving up." Master Gino sighed.

"There are only three minutes left. Even if he starts now, it's still too late," President Sidney said.

The others were even less hopeful about Steve. Many people looked at Steve with ridicule and disdain. They felt that he was not worthy to even be present at such a conference.

Even Christina was being laughed at for having such bad taste in choosing her male partner. Hearing their sneers and feeling their judgmental gazes upon her, Christina was feeling anxious. If the compet.i.tion wasn't still going on, she would have run over to confront Steve.

At this moment, there was only one minute left in the compet.i.tion. n.o.body noticed that Steve had finally started at the last minute.

"Time is up! The compet.i.tion is over! If you have not finished the F-grade Original Force Restoration Serum, please stop what you are doing..." President Gaffielbo announced.

In fact, before the time was up, everyone had already finished their refinements. Everyone thought that Steve had already given up.

"Compet.i.tors, please stay where you are. The master pharmacists will review the serums one by one and comment on your achievements," President Gaffielbo said.

More than a dozen master pharmacists, together with President Sidney, began to comment on each serum. After picking up Vernon Sellas's serum, more than a dozen master pharmacists checked the serum several times, then said, "Please start your narrative."

"This is a brilliant Original Force Restoration Serum that was inspired by Master Jack Atani's theory. It can recover 10% of one's original force in two seconds and 100% in 10 minutes. Also, there are no side effects at all," Vernon explained with a smile.

After hearing this, more than a dozen master pharmacists could not help but nod their heads in approval. However, a few of them shook their heads, obviously not that impressed.

"Recover 10% in two seconds… That is impressive, and in the case of an emergency, it can really play a role in reversing a crisis. But… According to Master Jack Atani's theory, it should be able to recover 30% in an instant. Although there will be some side effects afterwards, the effect is better in critical situations," President Sidney said.

He then added, "As such, you have clearly weakened some of its abilities in order to increase its sustainability. It's not perfect, so I can only give you five points."

The other master pharmacists agreed with President Sidney's statement and gave their scores, one after another.

"Vernon Silas scored 5.1 points in total," Christina announced.

The previously confident Vernon immediately became depressed. Those compet.i.tors behind him had mixed feelings, as this score standard was quite high, being completely beyond their expectations! Unexpectedly, such an excellent Original Force Restoration Serum had only received 5.1 points.