Chapter 206 "The Swarm"

The mirror problem was finally solved by Soraya.

Referring to the mercury taken from the laboratory, she directly painted a layer of shining coating on the back of the glass, similar to the effect of a mercury mirror, and also avoided the risk of mercury vapor poisoning.

Compared with mirrors pasted with silver flakes, the overall smeared mirror surface is more reflective. Roland simply freed up a batch of crystal glassware and made a small portable mirror for each witch. This little gift that could clearly see his own face made all the witches extremely happy. Even Scroll, who usually had a peaceful face, smiled, which made him feel that although witches are barren, they are still women in essence.

It is a pity that this convenient daily necessities cannot be sold to the public at a low price for the time being. The crystal glass used as the substrate is expensive, and the laboratory needs to consume a large amount of glass to produce colorless and transparent containers. Kaymer Squirrel knows how to make colorless glass, but the laboratory is full of tasks, and there is really no room. Most of the apprentices are busy purifying the two acids and soaking gunwool, while the chief alchemist brings two or three The disciple devoted himself to overcoming the mercury fulminate mark. Until the industrial acid production method is researched, they can't even think about making other things for the time being.

In addition to the mirror, the moving method of the object distance has also changed from finger-toggling the stage to a knob to control the movement of the barrel. These changes only need to be mentioned by Roland, and Anna can understand them. Under the black fire processing, the new fixing bracket was quickly processed, and two sets of lens barrels with the highest magnification were selected, and the first batch of complete optical microscopes were obtained.

Taking advantage of the sunny afternoon, Roland summoned all the members of the Witch Union to the backyard of the castle, and the first natural biology class officially started.

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When Lily walked into the backyard, she found that the plants here were more lush.

The grapes on the wooden rack had turned a bright purple-red color, and she remembered that it had been less than a week since the last time they ripened. Lightning flew up from time to time, picking off a bunch of ripe grapes and throwing them to everyone. And that big stupid bird that had just joined Border Town simply stood on the shelf, picked up grapes one by one, and swallowed them with its head raised.

Under the green shade in the middle of the backyard, His Highness the Prince was chatting with Anna. They looked like a close couple, but Lily knew that they were definitely not talking about love. If you listen closely, you will definitely hear a bunch of inexplicable nouns and confusing debates... For example, what does a small ball look like, a cat that is dead and alive, matter becomes a wave, etc. Nightingale is probably two years away. This is also the reason why people keep a distance of more than five meters. Listening to it for a long time will definitely make people drowsy!

Wendy always stays with Scroll, always smiling and gentle. Sometimes she even felt that the other party looked at her as if she was looking at a child. Lily sighed helplessly, glanced at Wendy's chest, and then lowered her head to look at her own. There was indeed a world of difference.

When can you become like that, you won't be considered a child.

After all the witches arrived, His Royal Highness Roland placed two gray-black metal utensils on the table, which should be the microscope that he claimed could see the subtle world. Lily thought, maybe the objects will indeed become different after being enlarged, but everything in the world is made of small balls? She still couldn't believe this point, how could a round sphere form a solid rock?

His Highness asked the guards to bring a bucket of water, took out a few drops and put it under the microscope. Unlike what Lily had expected, the bucket of water was neither cloudy nor dirty, and it was crystal clear under the light, as if there was nothing in it. Could it be... Can you really see the flowing balls under the microscope?

"There's something moving in the water!" To her surprise, the sisters exclaimed one after another, "Ah, it's gone!"

"Not just one, it seems there are many more."

"Oh my god, is this a bug? They don't all look alike!"

"This one looks like a transparent crab..."

Lily's heart was suddenly suspended, was it a small ball or a bug? Your Highness is indeed lying! But... it's strange to have bugs, just now I saw that there was nothing in the water! When it was her turn, the little girl could no longer pretend to be indifferent, and could not wait to squint her eyes and put her head close to the microscope.

Then she saw an incredible scene.

In the narrow aperture, many strange-shaped objects are swimming wantonly, some are square, with soft hair growing all over, some are like a hybrid of beetle and crab, and some are similar to wheat grains with feet. No matter how strange the shape is, most of them are transparent, as if there is no shell or skin, and the inside of the body can be seen clearly. Of course, the stomachs of these insects are almost empty.

"Your Highness, are these really bugs?" Shujuan asked.

"What you see should be some protists or single-celled algae. It is not appropriate to say that they are bugs. They should be classified as microorganisms." Prince explained.

"microorganism?"

"Yes, they are also an independent life form, but they are much smaller. In addition to the two you see, there are also smaller bacteria and viruses. The magnification of the current microscope is not enough to observe these Two kinds of microorganisms, and they are also the cause of food corruption and various diseases.” His Royal Highness Roland became more interested as he explained, “These tiny life forms are everywhere and there are a large number of them. Boil it and drink it, fish should be cooked and eaten, and bath water should not be reused for this reason.”

Although it was hard to imagine that there were creatures smaller than this, Lily couldn't help getting goosebumps when she thought that she swallowed a whole bunch of bugs into her stomach when she drank water.

And His Highness said that these inconspicuous little things are the culprits of food corruption?

If bread and meat porridge can keep fresh, then water...should be fine too.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help releasing her magic power to cover the water droplets under the microscope.

Unexpected changes have taken place.

Some of the "worms" trembled, and then quickly changed their appearance. Their skin was no longer transparent, like wearing purple armor, and tentacles grew out of their bodies, and they began to devour the surrounding bugs that had not changed. No...not devouring, Lily saw that they were assimilating each other at an alarming speed. The tentacles are like sharp rapiers. After piercing into the body of other microorganisms, they can turn them into their own appearance.

She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she felt that these mutant swarms were still changing the invisible life forms, and soon, purple spots appeared in the water. After a few breaths, more and more light spots gradually connected together, as if a lavender carpet was laid in the field of vision. Tentacle worms are arranged one by one on the floor, neatly like an army. As if sensing their own attention, all their tentacles raised upwards, as if saluting.

For the first time, she saw the true face of her abilities. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to read.)