The production of the original microscope was a milestone in Todd's research on alien abilities.
In the past, Todd's clairvoyance ability could only use the naked eye to observe the conditions inside the bodies of aliens, such as the parasites in Little Jerry's adrenal glands. Even smaller microorganisms could only see the shadows of unknown organisms clustered together.
With the optical microscope, although the magnification is less than 400 times, and the chromatic aberration and temperature difference of the lens are not satisfactory, at least we can see in addition to parasites, the new source of supernatural powers - the body of bacteria, which includes
Huggins and Edgar's "eubacteria" and Todd's neural network system "archaea".
However, as more is discovered, the more questions arise.
The question that Todd is most concerned about is what harm the bacteria will do to the infected body.
Looking closely at Huggins' palm, the skin and tissues of this man's hand have been poisoned and discolored due to a heterogeneous bacteria called "weakness", and the internal bones and texture have been damaged to varying degrees, and this
This corruption phenomenon has begun to spread from the hands to the arms. If left alone, at this rate, half of the man's body will suffer from organ failure and tissue necrosis in the next five years.
Then use fluoroscopy to observe the nerves in Edgar's legs. Although the heterogeneous bacteria called "Speed" gave the boy super speed and agility, it caused varying degrees of atrophy of the terminal nerves in his lower body. The boy
He also admitted that he often loses feeling in his legs when sleeping at night. If this continues, once the bacteria invades the nerve center, only paralysis or even worse will be waiting for him.
For his own diagnosis, to be on the safe side, Todd also used the staining identification method of Danish bacteriologist Hans Gram in his previous life in 1884 to separately identify the bacteria extracted from the two people's bodies in the laboratory. Verification
"Weak bacteria" are exotoxin bacteria, and "fast bacteria" are endotoxin bacteria.
Looking at this result, Todd was finally able to understand the real reason for the decrease in the alien blood in the mouth of the throat bone.
Being hunted by the church is only a secondary reason. The slow killing of the infected by the pathogen is the main reason for the gradual decrease of the alien species!
With this discovery, Todd walked out of the laboratory with a heavy heart. Karin, who was wearing a monk's robe, followed him and saw that his face was ashen and silent. She rarely bothered him with questions.
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Todd found the trio of aliens who supervised the craftsmen refining silver at the foot of the monastery mountain.
Edgar wore a set of bright new clothes. He began to spend money to find children from nearby villages to complete the farm work in the monastery. Due to avoiding labor and eating and drinking, the child looked much fatter than before.
Huggins, on the other hand, has not changed much. He is still wearing the worn-out leather jacket, the patched boots on his feet are still not willing to throw away, and even the leather jug is still filled with unpalatable low-quality ale. What on earth did this guy spend so much money on?
Where did it go?
Todd didn't plan to tell them his findings for the time being, but instead turned his attention to Jerry, who had a silly smile on his face.
As early as when he was exorcising demons, he discovered that external stimulation could cause the adrenal parasite to secrete body fluids. At that time, he was thinking of ways to solve Jerry's violent problem, but a series of things that happened afterwards made him forget about it.
Todd gathered Huggins and Edgar around him. The former briefly explained the cause of Jerry's alien disease. The three discussed together for a while, and finally came up with a way to control the "violent power".
In fact, the method is very simple, and it only comes down to one word.
scare.
They tried their best to stimulate little Jerry's nerves, forcing him to adapt and control the activity of the adrenal parasite in his body.
After confirming that he could not help any more, Todd left room for the three people to perform. He chose to return to the laboratory and continue to think of ways to suppress the bacteria in Huggins and Edgar's bodies.
It was ten o'clock in the night. At Todd's repeated request, Karin went back to rest first. After having a simple dinner, he continued to conduct experiments under the faint light of the oil lamp.
I can't remember how many times I tried this.
The heterogeneous bacteria under the microscope eat away at the normal cells of the human body bit by bit, releasing toxins again. Todd pulled his hair tightly and let out an annoyed growl.
The antibacterial experiment failed again.
Natural antibiotics, organic acids, low temperature, active filters... Todd tried all the methods he could think of, but the heterogeneous bacteria in Huggins and Edgar still survived tenaciously.
Looking at the four glass petri dishes in front of him containing "Weak Bacteria", "Fast Bacteria", "Seeing Bacteria" and "Sutherland Archaea", Todd buried his face deeply in his hands, never
The self-blame and frustration I had experienced rose from the bottom of my heart.
This is different from the topics and research in the biochemical laboratory in his previous life. What he is doing now is trying to save two lives, the lives of two of his friends. Todd's knowledge leads the world for nearly a thousand years, and microbiology
It is his strongest academic field, but he is helpless when facing these bacteria that he has never seen before. This is painful and even more humiliating.
He stood up dejectedly, wanting to leave this place of frustration. Long-term fatigue and sitting for a long time made him just stand up, blood rushed to his brain, his vision went dark, he staggered under his feet, and waved his hands forward.
Bang.
The four petri dishes in front of him were knocked over together, and the culture fluid flowed everywhere along the stone table.
Todd, who hurriedly bent down to clean up the mess, discovered in despair that the bacterial samples in the other three petri dishes were all mixed into the Sutherland Archaea petri dish.
"Ah! Damn it, this is useless!" (Chinese)
Picking up the petri dish mixed with four kinds of bacteria, he exhaled and looked at the wooden barrel in the corner. He thought about going to Huggins and Edgar to take samples tomorrow, but his feet did not move.
Taking another look at the glass dish in his hand, a strange idea arose in Todd's mind.
otherwise?
Use a microscope to see what's going on here?
Just do it if you think of it.
After extracting the sample from the petri dish and placing it on the observation platform, Todd felt his heartbeat stop for a moment when his eyes met the eyepiece.
"How is this possible?"
The phagocytosis stopped and the toxins disappeared. The "Sutherland Archaea" were like miniature "safes", firmly "locking" the other three heterogeneous bacteria in the cell wall, stopping their "evil deeds"
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In the history of later generations, no one would have thought that it would actually be an experimental accident that would light up the way forward for the long dark night of alien redemption.