Chapter 37: The Second Ability

Leaving the fabrication of glass antiques to Huggins and Karin, Todd went headlong into the lab.

During this time, the pressure from the outside world and the uneasiness in his heart prompted him to start looking for ways to improve his chances of survival in another world.

The crazy plan of the Twilight Seaport, because there are too many links involved, he is not very sure. Any mistake in any step will cause the entire plan to collapse completely.

Once the plan fails, finding a way to survive becomes a top priority. Besides, putting all his eggs in one basket is not his style.

Therefore, designing and completing a backup survival plan has become the top priority of the current work.

Todd's alternative was to expand the ability.

The idea was inspired by that experimental accident.

Since Sutherland bacteria can block xenobacteria and reduce their poisoning effect. So why not inject a few more bacteria into your body to get more abnormal abilities in order to protect yourself?

There are two options at hand, Huggins' "Debilitating Bacteria" and Edgar's "Rapid Bacteria".

In contrast, Todd prefers the latter.

Although debilitating abilities can play a great role in hand-to-hand combat, a research-oriented character like Todd has very few opportunities to fight hand-to-hand with people, and it is not practical.

And the ability to speed is much more important.

Thirty-six plans are the best plan, but if you can't beat it, you must always be able to run. Increasing your speed is very beneficial to your life.

But how to inject the bacteria in Edgar's body into his own body is another difficult problem.

First of all, if the number of rapid bacteria entering the body is too small, not only will it not be able to acquire abnormal powers, but it will even disappear directly under the attack of the body's immune function.

Secondly, in the medieval world, there was no way to make syringes for modern medicine. Without a syringe, could it be possible to dig a small hole in your leg with a knife and pour the bacterial liquid into it?

In the end, the disinfection conditions are too backward. Although you can block the germs with Sutherland bacteria in your body, it is difficult to ensure that there will be no other messy pathogens in this era. Todd didn't want to have his leg amputated or even lose his life because of a single injection.

First of all, the idea of extracting more pathogenic bacteria from Edgar's body was completely rejected as soon as Todd's mind appeared. He didn't want to see the pitiful appearance of the little kid with a handful of snot and tears during the last live sample.

Of the remaining options, the best option is bacterial culture.

The so-called bacterial culture is to inject the culture medium into the petri dish where the bacteria are placed, adjust the temperature, pressure and pH value in time to create the most suitable culture environment for bacteria and achieve the purpose of artificial reproduction of bacteria.

The broth medium commonly used in bacterial culture experiments was selected for the culture medium. The formula is as follows: 3g of beef paste, 10g of peptone, 5g of sodium chloride, dissolved in an appropriate amount of water, fixed to 1000mL, and then adjusted pH to 7.0~7.2.

With the petri dish in place, Todd set to work on the syringe. Due to the low technology of medieval micro-instrumentation, syringes did not appear until the seventeenth century when they were made of brass (Todd did not know that in the Middle Ages, Islamic countries actually had the rudiments of hypodermic syringes).

The liquid medicine chamber and thruster are very simple, the former can be made of sterling silver or brass into a round tube, and the latter can be made of a leather ball balloon or a wooden pusher.

The biggest trouble is the needle.

In the medical equipment of the previous life, the thinnest medical needle tube was 0.33 mm, and the thicker 0.55 and 0.6 were available, but precision machine tools were needed to make them, which was obviously unrealistic at this stage.

Todd thought about it for a long time, and finally remembered that he had watched a program on the Discovery Channel that mentioned natural hollow syringes.

The spines of sea urchins.

The spines on the surface of sea urchins are generally about 1-2 cm long and 1 or 2 mm thick, conical in shape, hollow and brittle in themselves. However, after the lumen is cleaned, plasticization is carried out to make the spines flexible and difficult to break, so they can be used as needles for syringes.

After solving the first two problems, the third problem seems to be simpler.

Medical alcohol and high-temperature sterilization can fully meet the needs of disinfection.

When everything was ready, Todd sat down on the floor, rolled up his trouser legs, and used his clairvoyance ability to look at the blood vessels and nerves in his calves, picking up the syringe with one hand and pressing with the other to help the tense leg muscles fully relax.

When the needle was lowered, the monk hesitated.

The next thing to do is to conduct a bacterial experiment on your own body.

Moreover, the pathogen of a copper tube is actively injected into the body, which is far beyond the scope of scientific research. Say something nice, dare to try, say something unpleasant, and have water in your brain.

Taking a deep breath, Todd muttered, "I might be really crazy......"

The needle punctured the skin, blood splattered out, and pushed the wooden push rod forward, and the clear liquid filled with bacteria slowly entered the skin.

Pain and burning came from the wound at the same time, and Todd gritted his teeth as he watched as Mutui slowly sank into the brass tube, looking at his lower body with perspective.

The bacteria travel down the calf into the thigh, into the pelvis, and then into the lower limb on the other side.

The muscles in the legs began to tremble violently, the nerves slowly lost their function, and the calves seemed to disappear from the body out of thin air.

Todd covered the wound with a disinfectant cloth soaked in medical alcohol, and his lips became pale and bloodless from excessive tension.

I don't know how long it took, but the paralysis in my legs dissipated like a low tide, and the nerves came online again and brought sensations.

Todd looked at the rocks on the roof, tried to move his toes, and slowly stood up against the wall.

He looked inside his leg again, and the rapid bacteria formed a gray torrent that slowly flowed through his body.

"Success, or failure?"

Trying to walk forward with his legs, the soles of his feet kicked the ground, and the huge reaction force caused Todd's body to rush forward four or five meters, directly hitting the table in front of him.

Covering his aching chest, Todd opened his eyes, and he suddenly realized that the xenobacterial experiment was ...... It worked.

Your body already has both abilities.

Opening the door to the laboratory, Todd was in a happy mood and wanted to sing loudly, and with a little force under his feet, his body could bounce into the distance. It's as if the Earth's gravity has completely moved away from itself, and every step feels like walking in space.

Ignoring the astonished eyes of the monks, he ran through the underground passage and through the abban's corridor, the sight around him speeding towards him, and the path under his feet seemed to be infinitely shortened.

Running all the way to the smelter, he found the other people, and just wanted to speak.

Huggins released a carrier pigeon and handed over a note, his face solemn: "The pirates have appeared." ”