Dominating Evolution of the Cosmos

There was not much time left, so Steve had focused all of his attentions on increasing his skills as soon as possible. Hence, he was unaware of just how big a sensation the enhanced Subatomic Serum created after he left.

The next day, all of the huge news stations in the State of Doyle were rushing to report the news...

"The enhanced Subatomic Serum has appeared, with a drug efficacy that is four times that of the normal serums. Humans shall once again enter the great evolutionary period!"

The State of Doyle's first new channel published a huge title in the morning, which attracted countless audiences. As the State of Doyle's biggest channel, its audience everyday was huge. The other television channels were all fighting to report this matter, so the content grew more and more detailed.

"Last night, a small auction that happened at Stanlos Base shook the whole of Blue Star."

"Masa Group auctioned humankind's first ever bottle of enhanced Subatomic Serum. What is an enhanced Subatomic Serum, you may be wondering? And how did Masa Group get their hands on the enhanced Subatomic Serum? Please refer to the detailed news below..."

"A reporter specially asked the Pharmacists Guild about it, the Stanlos branch has confirmed that the enhanced Subatomic Serum has passed the patent application and that its drug efficacy is four times that of the normal Subatomic Serum!"

"The enhanced Subatomic Serum has appeared, but who actually cultivated it? Is humankind stepping into a new great evolutionary period?"

"The first bottle of enhanced Subatomic Serum has been auctioned off for 1 billion by the Clara Pharmaceutical Group, making the company humankind's new leader!"

"The Masa Group will auction the enhanced Subatomic Serum continuously for 18 days. Who will walk away with the other bottles of serum?"

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Countless information about the Masa Group's history, the entire process of the auction, and how the Clara Group purchased the enhanced Subatomic Serum at a shocking price had been dug up and reported upon. As these reports appeared, both pharmaceutical groups were still operating behind the scenes.

Once news went public, the first thing that was affected were the shares of these two companies. The day news broke, when the market opened, their shares increased at an alarming rate.

Masa Group's shares doubled on that day, within an hour! This caused the shareholders to grin from ear to ear, opening their champagne bottles to celebrate!

Masa Mall was a big corporation in the Stanlos Base Camp, yet it was just a small grain of sand in the entire State of Doyle. Moreover, in the Wander City State, it was just a small enterprise.

But, of course, Masa Mall was also misleading everyone from behind the scenes, as they were releasing fake news about how Masa Mall had a huge team of pharmacists working for them, or detailing how Masa Mall had been saving their strength and were just now beginning to show the world what they can really accomplish.

"Duncan, you've done well!" Masa Group's chairman, Paul, raised his glass and congratulated him. "The board of directors has come to decision. We voted that you shall become the CEO. On top of that, we want you to join the board of directors and become the new director."

"Let us toast the new CEO and new director, Duncan!"

"Cheers!"

Masa Group was in full celebration mode and Duncan was also very excited, as all were clinking their glasses continuously. In one night, Duncan had managed to rise from his position as a mere mall manager to become a CEO and even one of the group's directors!

Such a life changing event caught him off guard. Equally off-putting was how Clara Group's shares were also rising rapidly. Within the past hour, they had already risen by 5%!

A 5% increment was enough to buy off a few hundred Masa Groups, with a lot more to spare. As the day went on, the Clara Group's shares had already risen by 12%. All sorts of reports benefiting Clara Group kept appearing.

"Will Clara Group be able to discover the secrets of the enhanced Subatomic Serum to become the leader of humanity's new era?"

"Important news! Clara Pharmaceutical Group shall soon enter the Subatomic Serum market, as it seems that they've had a huge breakthrough via the enhanced Subatomic Serum."

At this moment, the huge enterprises and nobles, all of whom attended the auction last night, finally realized what a smart move the Clara Group had made.

Purchasing the enhanced Subatomic Serum at a sky high price of 1 billion, was indeed expensive, but it was worth it! Super worth it!

Who would have thought that Clara Group's market value would increase by 15%, just because of a bottle of enhanced Subatomic Serum?!

Now, it is not impossible for the group to become the king of the six pharmaceutical giants!

Right this instant, the top 500 strongest enterprises and Wander City State's nobles were all regretting their decisions.

This 1 billion in original gold could allow the market value to rise so rapidly, meaning that this was a transaction that will certainly reap a huge profit!

Following that news, the Wyatt Group, which was famous for producing Subatomic Serums, saw its shares drop right after the market opened. In fact, they only stopped dropping after noon, and by then, 10% of the group's market value had evaporated!

A single bottle of enhanced Subatomic Serum had allowed Masa Group's market value to increase by 7%, all within one day! The Clara Group's increased by 25%, while the Wyatt Group's decreased by 10%. Of course, the other four pharmaceutical giants' market values dropped a little too, but it was nothing as serious as the Wyatt Group's.

Following that report, there was another small report that said that Alfred flew into a rage and smashed all of the items in his office again...

"Tonight, we must purchase the enhanced Subatomic Serum, no matter the costs! Tell Wander City State's person in charge that, if he does not get it, I want his resignation letter to appear on my desk tomorrow!" Alfred said furiously.

All these happenings were just as he had predicted. Hank did indeed grab on to this opportunity to gain a huge profit for the Clara Group.

After that, Alfred passed down orders to find out who Mr. Clown was. However, it was not only Alfred, who was determined to get his hands on the enhanced Subatomic Serum tonight. The nobles and big enterprises and corporations of the State of Doyle also had their eyes on the enhanced Subatomic Serum, especially now that they knew that, as long as they could master the enhanced Subatomic Serum, they would be able to control the future!

Even if they could not discover its secrets, as long as their market values increased rapidly, it would still reap a huge profit for them. But, the crowd also knew that the reason the Clara Group had created such a stir was because they had been the ones who bought the very first bottle of enhanced Subatomic Serum. It would be hard to create such a stir about the second purchase.

The serum had caused quite a sensation in the State of Doyle. At the same time, news of the enhanced Subatomic Serum traveled to the other states.

However, the capitalists and the politicians would naturally not allow other states to interfere and try to take away any piece of their cake! Therefore, the other states only knew about the enhanced Subatomic Serum, but were unclear about any specific details.