Alien Knights

Strands of dry hair fell from the top of the head with the sound of scissors clicking.

With no mirror and no help, Todd carefully trims his hair while fumbling with blistered hands on the top of his head.

Looking at the curly yellow hair in his hands that was burned by the high temperature, and feeling the pain from the scalded blisters on his skin, Todd thought of the fire the night before, and couldn't help shivering from the depths of his body.

It's too risky!

I will never do such a thing again next time!

However, judging from the effect, yesterday's well-planned performance was considered to have deceived everyone, and successfully resolved the crisis of lead poisoning.

Speaking of the various visions in those exorcism ceremonies, it looks creepy and sounds thrilling, but it is actually just some basic chemical reactions. In the previous life, even middle and high school students could easily do it in the laboratory.

The reddish-brown "blood" on the linen, paper and roof is the reaction of ferric chloride solution and sodium hydroxide to produce ferric hydroxide solution (reddish-brown) and sodium chloride.

Todd originally wanted to use ferric chloride solution and potassium thiocyanate to react to produce ferric dichloride (blood red) for real effects. However, the deployment of thiocyanate required the use of ammonia gas (invented in 1909, for which Fritz Haber won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry), and the production of the latter was extremely difficult and could not be carried out under the existing conditions in a different world.

So, the next best thing is to use sodium hydroxide. Fortunately, it was dark at the time, and no one noticed the difference in color.

In the explosion in the room, black powder was used, but the proportion of chemicals was slightly changed to ensure the characteristics of strong sound and light effects and low killing effect.

The detonation mechanism of the gunpowder adopts the "sulfuric acid detonation method", which is inspired by the land mines during the Anti-Japanese War in the previous life. A piece of wax paper is placed on the explosive, and a few drops of concentrated sulfuric acid are dripped on the wax paper. Any shaking would trigger sulfuric acid to drip into the explosives, which would then trigger a chain explosion.

As for the "Sky Fire" ignited all over his body, although the effect looked cool, it almost killed him.

This was originally a whim of Todd's idea, which came from a jar of fibrous silicate minerals placed in the laboratory.

This mineral is also commonly known as "asbestos".

The loose monk's clothing and the dim environment provide the best cover. The thick fiber asbestos sewn inside the clothes can block high temperature and flames, and can also play a role in explosion protection.

Even so, when the flame ignited, the worried Todd hid a lot of salt on his sleeve and sprinkled it on his body when he held his head high, which lowered the surface temperature of the flame and restrained the speed of the fire from spreading on his body.

The last and most thrilling scene is how to survive the fire after others escaped from the cabin.

The principle is actually very simple. Todd prepared a number of wooden cylinders in advance, which were divided into two layers. One layer was filled with vinegar and wax powder, and the other layer was filled with sodium bicarbonate (baking soda). When the flame is approaching, as long as the wooden cylinder is smashed under the feet, a large amount of carbon dioxide and foam will be generated, which will play the role of extinguishing and blocking the fire.

As for the scenes of the sackcloth flying up and the demon screaming, they are all simpler magic tricks, let alone.

For the two craftsmen of "acute lead poisoning".

After the exorcism, Todd prepared a 1% sodium sulfate solution and performed gastric lavage for the two to expel the insoluble lead sulfate from their bodies, and supplemented it with egg white and goat milk for conditioning. Now, the patient has regained consciousness, but the body has been permanently damaged.

Therefore, Todd simply threw some production safety regulations from his previous life to Huggins, craftsmen, and apprentices, and strictly ordered them to abide by them.

Judging from their obedient expressions, such an accident should never happen again.

Boom boom boom.

There was a knock on the door of the laboratory.

Todd put down the scissors in his hand and blinked suspiciously.

Usually, only Huggins, Edgar, and Jerry would come to this hidden place, but any one of these three always pushed the door directly to come in. How could there be a knock on the door?

After yelling to come in, the door was pushed open a crack, and Edgar, a kid, stuck his head in.

Looking at Todd cautiously, he whispered, "Mr. Todd, you'd better come out and have a look..."

What do you call me? ! gentlemen? !

Todd, who was called by name, glanced at Edgar speechlessly, and thought to himself, when did you learn to speak politely? In the past, when I was in a good mood, I called Todd, and when I was in a bad mood, I called you directly.

Follow Edgar through the underground corridor to the above-ground cemetery, then through the nave of the cathedral to the antechamber of the monastery where guests are received.

The increasingly noisy voices made Todd suspicious.

The San Sidro Monastery is located in a remote place, and there are very few visitors, so there is no such noise.

Climbing up the steps of the front hall, Todd gasped in shock at the sight in front of him.

The small hall was packed to the brim with people coming from all directions, and everyone looked at the inner courtyard of the monastery with an expression of expectation and excitement.

Outside the hall, there was a lot of traffic and hustle and bustle, with the sound of conversation, prayer, and hawking one after another. The small square was already tightly blocked by carts and livestock.

A sharp-eyed believer saw Todd approaching the hall, and shouted loudly: "Look! Look! The Holy Son is traveling!"

Immediately, hundreds of pairs of eyes turned to Todd's direction. People bent their knees and knelt on the ground. Some prayed for the highest protection, some asked for the forgiveness of the gods, and some begged the Holy Son to exorcise them.

The believers outside the door who heard about Todd's appearance desperately tried to squeeze forward. Those who stood close even wanted to climb over the railing, touch the body of the Holy Son, and receive God's blessing, and the scene became chaotic.

Just when Todd was at a loss, Huggins came to his side. First, he shrugged helplessly towards the former, then assumed the role of the order officer in the front hall, commanded several people, and drove the worshipers into a straight line.

For a whole afternoon, Todd sat on a gorgeous chair that he didn't know where to find, with a stiff smile on his face, he didn't know how many believers he had comforted with patterned prayers, and he didn't know how many times his feet were kissed.

The sun is setting to the west, and the afterglow is fading away.

When Todd heard someone yelling "today is late, please come back", his nose was sore and tears almost fell down.

He couldn't wait to get up, but found that his lower body was numb and unconscious. With the support of Huggins and Jerry, he finally had the strength to step into the backyard.

After eating the food and water handed over by the man, Todd found a clean space without any image, and asked others while gobbling it up, "Why are there so many people?!"

Glancing at Edgar and Jerry Jerry who were standing upright beside him, Huggins smiled and sat next to Todd, and said in a teasing tone, "You don't know? You're famous!"

"famous?"

"The story of your exorcism has spread. Yesterday, believers came to the gate of the monastery, hoping to worship the Holy Son, but today there are more people."

Todd opened his eyes wide, desperately swallowed the food in his mouth, took another sip of water and said, "A believer? Worship? Holy Son?"

"Forcing out demons with one person's strength, fearless in the face of danger when exorcism fails, willing to sacrifice himself in order not to hurt innocent people, dying in the fire and being reborn. Tell me, is it not too much to say that you are the Son of God?"

Sitting there, speechless for a long time.

Todd knew that the exorcism would have a big impact, but he didn't expect such a big uproar.

Standing up and patting the dust off his body, Huggins watched the sky slowly darken, and said to him: "After you finish eating, we set off to meet someone."

"who?"

The man turned his head, looked at the flames in the distance, and said calmly: "A member of our heterogeneous family, today is the day she returns..."

""Black Sheep"."