Chapter 882 Vaccination

In the early morning of the next day, Qiao An accompanied the tutor to enjoy a sumptuous breakfast. Afterwards, the teacher and the student went to the wooden house in the backyard to inspect the group of slaves bought as experimental subjects.

Professor Moriarty found an open space near where the slaves lived, and cast a spell to create a temporary laboratory.

This 4-ring spell, called "Portable Laboratory", is actually the spell used by Midgard University's Austrian Law School to build an "underground testing ground".

Each of the laboratories that Joan rented at the school was created and stabilized by this spell, so they are no strangers.

In his opinion, the spell configuration of the "portable laboratory" combines the characteristics of the 2-ring "magic rope" and the 3-ring "shelter hut", and integrates the advantages of both.

From the appearance, the "portable laboratory" is very similar to the "refuge hut", the opaque hemispherical shield is buckled upside down on the ground, like a big turtle shell.

The shield is actually a complete sphere, the lower part is buried deep in the ground, and the whole has force field properties, which can block most weapons and magic attacks.

With curiosity, Joan followed her instructor into the "portable laboratory".

The shield is one-way transparent from the inside to the outside, and the inside is an independent demiplane. The interior space is much more spacious than it looks, and it is divided into three parts: "office area", "warehouse area" and "test area". The size and layout of the spellcaster, as well as the number of partitions, can be adjusted by the caster according to their own preferences and needs.

Professor Moriarty readjusted the interior layout, reduced the office area, canceled the warehouse area, reserved most of the occupied area for the test area, and divided the entire test area into 50 small rooms with transparent walls between each room. The force field wall partition is like a small cabin on a cruise ship for slaves to stay in.

While the instructor was busy reorganizing the interior layout and didn't pay attention to himself, Joan took out stationery and spell books, secretly painted the No. 4 rune "Ansuz" on the wall, and analyzed the spell configuration of the 4-ring "portable laboratory" , and quickly copied it into his spell book.

In the future, when he is promoted to a 7th-level mage and obtains a 4th-level spell slot, he can create a "portable laboratory" by himself, saving the cost of renting the school's laboratory.

Professor Moriarty arranged the interior layout, opened the storage bag, took out all the experimental instruments and medicines that he carried with him, and placed them in the office area.

The office area comes with a full set of desks, chairs and experimental benches, all of which are shaped by magic and look no different from real furniture.

After tidying up the laboratory, Professor Moriarty ordered the manor guards to drive the slaves out of the wooden house and relocate them to the laboratory, each occupying a small room.

From now on, the daily life of these Asa slaves, even eating and drinking, will be handled in the laboratory. Feces and domestic waste are decomposed by magic power.

The force field wall created by magic will not stop Professor Moriarty and his designated experimental assistants, and these slaves cannot pass through the force field wall, and can only stay in a small room from morning to night, waiting for the unknown destiny.

In addition to helping the tutor arrange the slaves, Qiao An also asked the tutor about the experimental schedule for the next half month.

Since Joann himself has not had pox, Professor Moriarty does not ask him to assist him in virus experiments, so as not to be infected with smallpox.

However, he always answers patiently when students ask for advice, and he knows everything.

Professor Moriarty's next work is mainly divided into four links.

The first is to prepare "vaccine".

The so-called "pox vaccine" is to use the scabs formed on smallpox infected persons as raw materials, grind the scabs into powder, and then blend several alchemy agents to make a solvent.

The main function of these agents is to reduce the toxicity of the smallpox virus carried in the "pox scab".

This step, in alchemy terminology, is called "attenuation".

After completing the initial attenuation of the acne scab solution, after repeated filtration and clarification, the clear liquid on the surface is taken and attenuated again, which is the "vaccinia" solvent.

The liquid obtained in this way still contained a small amount of smallpox virus, but the toxicity had been reduced to a controllable level. It cannot be said that it was absolutely harmless, but the lethal rate was much lower than that of the original virus.

Next, enter the second link of the virus experiment.

Professor Moriarty will divide the slaves as experimental subjects into two groups of twenty-five, called the "experimental group" and the "control group".

Twenty-five members of the "experimental group" will be injected with "vaccine".

Professor Moriarty called his original operation "inoculation".

The word "vaccination" sounds a bit strange at first, but after careful taste, Joan thinks it is very vivid.

Next is the third link.

Professor Moriarty had prepared fifty blankets contaminated with the smallpox virus in advance, and then distributed the blankets to all the slaves participating in the experiment, letting them sleep wrapped in blankets.

In this way, all slaves in the "experimental group" and "control group" will be exposed to the threat of smallpox infection.

In fact, in a laboratory environment, with some controls, it is possible to ensure that each of them must be infected with the virus.

Then there is the last link - waiting.

For the rest of the time, Professor Moriarty will pay close attention to the health status of the experimental subjects, and check the resistance of the members of the "experimental group" who were vaccinated with the "vaccine" and the members of the "control group" who were not vaccinated against the smallpox virus , is there any significant difference.

According to Professor Moriarty's virus theory, inoculation with vaccinia will greatly enhance the resistance of the experimental subjects to the smallpox virus.

If this prediction is verified in the experiment, it will show that vaccinia can prevent smallpox virus and provide an immediate anti-epidemic countermeasure against this severe infectious disease.

After listening to the instructor's discussion, Qiao An felt his eyes widened.

He thinks he has a lot of insight into both alchemy and medicine, but he only learned today that there is such a miraculous immunotherapy as "vaccine vaccination", so he has to admire his mentor's erudition and genius creativity.

Of course, academic research should not only focus on creativity. Whether creativity can be transformed into practical results still depends on experiments to prove it.

Joan had known for a long time that his mentor was entrusted by the military to develop virus weapons, and he had always been concerned about his work that violated academic ethics.

However, when he really participated in the tutor's work today, he realized that he had misunderstood the tutor's mind.

Professor Moriarty is indeed developing virus weapons for the military, but this is not all of his work. He focuses more on inventing a vaccine to prevent smallpox virus.

Judging from the tutor's implication, Joan suspects that he has carried out research on smallpox vaccine without telling the military, and has embezzled a part of the funds allocated to him by the military, which should have been used for the development of virus weapons. A secret study that the military intends to run counter to.

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