Chapter 13: Parasites
Todd staggered and struggled to get out of bed, and when little Jerry saw it, he quickly walked over and helped him to stand on the ground.
After standing still, the boy motioned for the tall young man to lie down on the bed.
The other party's lack of movement and his puzzled face made him have to pat the edge of the bed again, and said, "Lie down." ”
Jerry complied.
In the midst of the puzzled gaze of the others, Todd lifted the clothes on his abdomen and used his clairvoyance to look at the other party's kidneys.
The parasite that looked like a "leech" was still there, but its size was only half the size of yesterday, about 7 centimeters, and its frequency of activity was much lower, so it looked a lot quieter.
Bringing his face up, close up and static, Todd can observe the insect body more closely. If you look closely, this parasite is different from a "leech". Its mouthparts are connected to multiple segments of the body, and below each segment are two organs similar to "shalvefeet", which are directly inserted into the renal fascia.
No matter in terms of appearance, body, and feeding habits, this form of parasite has never been discovered in the medical world in previous lives, and it is a completely new species.
After a period of physiological observation, Todd found that every once in a while, this adrenal parasite adopts the method of "physiological stimulation" - the worm body peristalsis, uses the "satibe" to stimulate the adrenal glands, obtains adrenaline secretion from the host, and then uses the mouthparts to absorb the secreted adrenaline into the worm cavity and store it in the body. After the amount of insect acquisition exceeds the upper limit of the insect stock, the secretion will be spewed out at one time, forming an intermittent reaction of the host, causing Jerry's regular "rage" time.
Todd motioned for Jerry Jerry to turn sideways and look at the insect from a different angle.
While using Perspective, he thought of a solution.
If it is in a previous life, the worm can be removed by means of surgery, local anesthesia. However, under the current conditions, it is impossible to perform surgery in an anesthetic environment.
Straightening up, Todd touched the bridge of his nose with his hand and closed his eyes with a headache.
Or, if you have a complete set of equipment in the biochemical laboratory, such as a "nucleic acid protein chromatograph" or a "DNA sequence analysis tank", you can determine the corresponding microRNA of the parasite and make a "gene suppression drug" after the biopsy test of the living body.
But now in this broken place, let alone biochemical equipment, I can't even find a dropper!
What to do?
Huggins and Edgar exchanged glances, the former leaning closer to Todd and saying carefully, "Do you have a way to cure little Jerry?"
The apprentice was silent for a few moments, then said, "I need to think about it......"
After thinking about it for a long time, still not having a clue, Todd let out a long breath and motioned for Jerry to get up from the bed.
The Slavic man looked a little disappointed, but quickly changed the subject: "Let's put Jerry's matter aside, I found a few reliable people about the matter of refining silver earlier......"
Listening to each other's words in his ears, but thinking of the xenomorphism mentioned by Huggins, Todd suddenly remembered that this man and Edgar both had xenomorph abilities, could it be because of the parasites in their bodies?
Looking through with the clairvoyant ability, Huggins' hands could faintly see "black particles" constantly dissociating, and there was a hazy "gray mist" in the neural tube of Edgar's lower body.
The xenomorphic matter in these two human bodies does not look like parasites, perhaps smaller creatures than parasites?
Giving up the idea of exploration for the time being, thinking that it happened that Master Myris had given himself a vacation in the past few days, Todd nodded: "You're right, let's focus on the transformation of the 'Ash Blowing Furnace' first." ”
Pulling out the drawings from under the bed, the boy explained to Huggins several important works for the renovation of the furnace body.
Since there is already a "farmer's furnace" as a basic equipment, it is only necessary to renovate the furnace top, stove tray and furnace tunnel on top of this.
The furnace top should be made of high-alumina bricks or refractory bricks, but due to the constraints of conditions, it can only be difficult to use limestone bricks; the furnace plate is the most critical equipment, it needs to be built into a rectangle with high-temperature resistant materials, generally using magnesia bricks or cement refractory bricks, but it is barely usable to replace with wrought iron; the furnace tunnel needs to be processed with laminated materials, and air and heavy oil need to be blown in to ensure the removal of impurities and the smooth flow of gas, and the furnace body with a depth of 1.5 meters generally needs to make more than four furnace channels, and the material can be made with wrought iron and stone.
It's not that I don't know, but after careful calculation, the "furnace body transformation" alone will cost a lot of money in terms of material costs and labor costs.
Just when Todd, who was penniless, was in a dilemma, Huggins was willing to take out all his belongings to support him, and Edgar also stepped forward and was willing to contribute all his pocket money.
Looking at the painful appearance of the two, Todd really had some doubts, and he didn't even dare to say anything about it, why did these two guys have such great enthusiasm.
He didn't know that Master Myris's words about his "Son's Blessing" had penetrated deep into the hearts of those two.
Huggins then made a suggestion to divide the drawings into several parts according to the amount of work and entrust them to different craftsmen.
After a little thought, Todd understood what he meant, and took the processed products apart and made them separately, and each craftsman did not know what he was making for what he was doing, but if he commissioned it to one person, it was difficult to ensure that a clever person would be able to see the inner way. In the final analysis, it is for the sake of "technical secrecy".
After agreeing to such a suggestion, the three of them soon began to divide the labor.
Huggins was in charge of taking the disassembled drawings and traveling to different villages to find someone to process the equipment.
Todd went to the smelter at the foot of the mountain to prepare for the silver re-refining work.
Edgar went to the bazaar to buy consumable materials such as wood, charcoal and oil.
The three of them immediately set off and began to work in earnest that morning.
Rushing to the smelter, he first gave the craftsmen an ideological and political lesson with the principle of "serving the Heavenly Father", and then took them to transform the furnace body to adapt to the next equipment installation, and dug out some of the silver ore waste from the mountain and piled it up on the open field.
After finishing all this, Todd sat down among the craftsmen and chatted with everyone without a word, but his eyes caught a glimpse of little Jerry who was squatting beside him not far away, stunned.
This guy, who is nearly two meters tall, is a conspicuous presence wherever he goes.
Todd thought it strange that since he woke up, the tall and thin young man had been following him, not leaving an inch.
In Huggins' words, he wants to be your personal bodyguard, and this is his own way of "atoning for his sins."
The apprentice monk scoffed at this statement, remembering that this guy might go berserk one day, and this kind of intimate behavior seemed to him more like "asking for help".
At about one o'clock in the afternoon, Edgar returned in a wagon full of consumables.
At around five o'clock in the evening, Huggins arrived at the scene with the first batch of furnace equipment.
Directing the craftsmen to install and adjust the "Ash Blowing Furnace", Todd rubbed his hands together and lit the charcoal in the furnace with a torch, and the red flames instantly illuminated his face.
"Let's get started. ”