Chapter 1009 Virus Research, Gretel’s Best Experimental Assistant (Strong Sea Monster with Ten Thousand Rewards)
"Sister Jasmine, when you went into the jungle, what method did you use to prevent mosquitoes from biting you?"
Grete had asked this question as he saw the Hawthornes off before they set off for the port to open a store. Mosquito prevention and vaccines are two different technical routes and cannot replace each other:
A vaccine, if successfully developed, can provide 100%, or at least 95%, protection against yellow fever. And it’s cheap. According to Grete’s estimation, after mass production, the price per person can be less than 1 gold coin, or even less than 1 silver coin;
If mosquito repellent is 100% successful, it will not only protect against yellow fever. Malaria, Japanese encephalitis, dengue fever, Zika virus, everything can be prevented. This is beyond the reach of vaccines.
But it's expensive. Magical expulsion is too expensive, and ordinary expulsion methods are unreliable. Gretel also placed his hope on other races. For example, if the elves have any special methods——
"Mosquitoes will definitely not bite me!"
The half-elf landlady who came over with a plate of roasted rabbit tilted her head and smiled, looking cute and cute. She put down the plate and Mr. Hawthorne immediately took over, cutting the rabbit legs one by one and placing them on the guests' plates.
And Ms. Jasmine was lying on the back of her husband's chair, looking at her husband's generous back, and smiled slightly:
"He is a bit more troublesome. We went on a mission together, and the mosquitoes ignored me at all. Instead, they chased after him like a black cloud. He was so frightened that he rushed into my tent - otherwise, I How could you hit him with an ice pick?"
"Who knew there would be so many mosquitoes in that place!"
Mr. Hawthorne finished cutting the four rabbit legs and distributed them to Grete, Cerira, Lynn and Bernard. The legs of the second rabbit were divided between Valensimo, Jasmine and himself. He lifted the dinner plate and poured the two rabbit trunks into Bernard's plate.
After handing back the plate and watching Jasmine leave the table briskly to take down a dish, the former mercenary nicknamed "Firestone" shrugged and looked back at his wife tenderly, his ears a little red:
"Isn't it generally true that the farther south you go, the hotter the weather, and the more water and swamps there are, the more mosquitoes there are and the more poisonous they are! Who knew that so far north, the mosquitoes are like exploding, like a black cloud? Come to me!"
He demonstrated to everyone with gestures:
"Aren't mosquitoes usually buzzing, buzzing, buzzing, and you can just hear them buzzing, but you can't see where they are? One can buzz for half a day, and two can buzz for a whole night?"
Grete nodded. Mr. Hawthorne's voice suddenly sounded higher, and he finally remembered to tilt his head slightly to prevent his saliva from spraying onto the dinner plate on the table:
"That's not the place! I saw that the momentum was not going well, so I took off my big-brimmed hat and slapped it on my face. Good guy, the sound on the hat was crackling! It was like a hailstorm! With a touch of my hand, It's thick and greasy, like a layer of mud..."
Grete's head exploded upon hearing this. It’s not like he’s never traveled to the Black Gate Peninsula or walked through the Great Wilderness, so he’s never seen such a spectacular mosquito. However, next to him, Bernard and Barensimo nodded together:
"It's like that in some places."
"It's like this in the north. Some places have no mosquitoes, and some places have a lot of mosquitoes. Not only are they numerous, but they're also big and dense!"
So that's it... Gretel thought for a moment and shuddered: Fortunately, he didn't encounter such a scene. He asked curiously:
"Then what?"
"Then I panicked." Mr. Hawthorne sighed:
"The back of my hand hurts and is a little numb - forget the pain, numbness is not a good sign; the hat is covering my face, crackling, and I can't see anything. I just try to fan and fan, and I can see through the gaps. If there is no mosquito-free area, just rush over!"
"And that place without mosquitoes is my tent." Mrs. Hawthorne came over carrying a large and deep earthenware pot and placed it in the middle of the long table with a bang:
"There aren't even pigs or sheep in this place... I'll tell the caravan later to bring some more piglets and lambs. There are also cows, how can we live without steaks! Do you eat crocodile tails every day?"
Lifting the lid of the pot, it turned out to be a big crocodile tail, together with a few stewed crocodile claws, simmering hot in the pot. Ms. Jasmine took matters into her own hands, filled a bowl for Grete, leaned over and pushed it in front of him:
"Going back to the previous question, mosquitoes will not bite me, but they will bite him. So in the wild, I will pick some flowers and plants, crush them and apply them on him. ...Which flowers and plants? There are different flowers and plants in different places. !”
This half-elf, plant master, nature's darling, smiles and takes it for granted:
"I don't know what their names are... Take a walk and see which plants mosquitoes don't approach, and see which plants animals roll on to avoid mosquitoes. Why don't you just use them? What's so difficult about this? ?”
"Uh...this..."
Gretel sweated. Serira on the left and Valensimo on the right both turned their heads silently and squinted at him from the corners of their eyes:
It seems like someone is a level 10 nature priest?
It seems that someone is also nature's favorite, right?
It seems that someone should go for a walk in the forest, chat with flowers, plants, and trees, and then they will naturally know what plants should be used to repel mosquitoes, right?
So why do you have to ask others about this kind of thing? After asking, others will point out the route, why can't you just follow the plan?
"Cough, cough...→_→"
Gretel lowered his head, filled his mouth with a spoonful of crocodile soup, and then coughed violently. After coughing, his eyes were filled with tears, and he looked at Ms. Jasmine accusingly:
"Sister Jasmine, what did you add to the soup?"
"A little spice!" Ms. Jasmine replied confidently:
"The taste of crocodile meat is so strong, it won't taste good without adding spices!"
Grete lowered his head and picked out spice seeds from the soup one by one. Ms. Jasmine sighed, turned around and poured him a glass of ice water:
"Okay, I know you want to find a cheap way to save adventurers from mosquito problems. Back to the port, we will also send a task to ask them to bring some plants from the jungle and help you identify them one by one, okay? good?"
"Then...then I'll put a bounty on the mage tower!" Gretel geared up:
"Senior brother came here this time and repainted my badge! I have another amount of money in my account!"
"No need..." Ms. Jasmine smiled and waved:
"We are already cooperating with the council to identify plants in mosquito repellent equipment. Don't worry, we also want to get it done early - when the first batch of adventurers arrive, it's best to have something useful so that they can get us money. Get stuff done!”
It would be best if the council is responsible for repelling mosquitoes. Gretel sent the Hawthornes away and plunged into his work. We need to work hard to repel mosquitoes, and we need to work hard on vaccines!
"Ah - what exactly should the vaccine be made of?"
Grete passed through the experimental area of the institute—more specifically, the subject holding area—and came to the research area. Different from the test area, the research area strictly follows the standards of the P4 laboratory, with three areas, two passages, and one airtight door.
Different from Gretel's previous life and the hand-made monkey version of the laboratory when Gretel first arrived in this world, in this P4 laboratory, every wall, every ceiling, and every inch of space above and below the laboratory are Shrouded by anti-teleportation magic:
If you want to go out, you must take the passage from the contaminated area to the semi-contaminated area to the clean area, and strictly disinfect each one. Not to mention the wizard, not even a mosquito can fly out!
Whether it's opening any door, teleporting, or entering and exiting through stone walking, jumping in fire, jumping through lightning, etc., don't even think about it!
Well, what happened last time, where someone sneaked into the core area of the laboratory with a [Shadow Leap] and caused a huge stir, will never happen again...
Gretel took a shower, changed clothes, put on protective clothing, applied a bubble technique on herself to maintain fresh air, and applied a [cold and heat resistant] technique on herself to prevent sweating. Emma, without magic, I really can’t stand it in this outfit...
He took a deep breath, pulled on the protective suit and sealed it, and quickly stepped inside. Squatting down in front of the experimental table, facing a refrigerator with a test tube blessed with blood preservation spells, he held his chin in one hand and frowned:
"First of all, how to isolate the virus... You can't directly inject human blood into animals... In which part of the blood is the virus? Blood cells? Serum?"
The answer to this question is actually very simple. The centrifuge spins quickly to separate the blood cells and serum of yellow fever patients. The blood cells are injected into a healthy person, and the serum is injected into another healthy person to see who will be infected.
Helplessly, Gretel did not expect this when he verified the infection method previously. Now we have to go back and capture two more healthy people to verify, he...
Grete touched his own moral integrity, a little reluctant to let it break to such an extent. No choice, take the long way!
"Oniakim!" he shouted:
"Start the centrifuge at 3,000 rpm for 3 minutes to separate blood cells and serum! Dilute them 10 times with normal saline!"
O'Neagin went to work clicking away. Gretel looked at them with envy:
I don’t have to wear a protective suit, I don’t have to endure the dirty air, I don’t have to sweat profusely in protective clothing, I’m so happy!
"Skeleton No. 1! Take 20 mice and inject 0.5 ml of blood cell diluent intraperitoneally into each mouse!"
"Skeleton No. 2! Take 20 mice and subcutaneously inject each with 0.5 ml of blood cell dilution solution!"
"Skeleton No. 3... Intraperitoneal injection of serum diluent..."
"Skeleton No. 4...subcutaneous injection of serum diluent..."
"Skeleton No. 5! Get 20 rabbits..."
Complete all injection experiments in one go, and move the experimental animals to a special area to wait for dedicated supervision. Gretel waved his hand:
"Okay! The experiment is over, O'Neajin, take everyone out!"
The skeletons collectively turned back, lined up, and left the contaminated area. Grete was busy by himself for a while, then went out to take a breather, rinse and take off his protective clothing.
Emerging from the wet rubber protective suit, he turned his head and saw the boss in the corner next to the door. He had a bucket of disinfectant water, the water surface was rippling, and there were a dozen skulls piled under the water...
"Ao Nie Jin!" Gretel had a headache and held his forehead:
"If there are not enough buckets, just tell me and I will make new ones! You don't need to take apart the bones, all the skeletons are piled in one bucket!"
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