I Like This Dream!

What made matters worse, if it could have been worse, was the large number of people standing around the rack. Since the quarantine measures in Anxu began, the market has been suspended, and the most crowded place is the torture rack. People who kill rats every day go here. How can hard-working people find it tiring to purify? They were all very pious when they threw the mice into the fire, and they also had a sense of responsibility that "I have contributed to the safety of Thunder Castle today."

Therefore, when they heard that the one brought by the God's Favorite was a "wizard", pairs of eyes stared at the masked man with hatred and hostility.

An Xu regretted it. She shouldn't have thought about speaking with facts (for convenience). She should have explained it clearly to the new NPC on the road just now! If there was a prompt at this moment, countless "favorability -1" prompts might have started to flood the screen, and An Xu began to worry that the other party would become famous.

"It's not what it looks like!" she replied quickly, "that burning platform only burned rats!"

"Now is the time for it to truly perform its duties!" The foreign priests who had been shoveling ashes nearby and chanting scriptures to atone for their sins after the leader was burned shouted excitedly. After shouting, they looked at Anxu eagerly, looking for praise after flattering him. expression.

An Xu wanted to kick these pig teammates into the fire.

"Indeed, I am the wizard." The masked man said in a voice clear enough to be heard by people nearby, "I am the one who created this plague."

Damn it, An Xu thought, why is it so easy to recruit? Do you dare to love me here?

Everyone was in an uproar, and the people watching became angry. The border army had to work hard to maintain order in order to calm them down. The masked man looked at them unmoved, waited for the noise to subside, and continued: "But I obeyed the oracle!"

The crowd that had just been calmed down was in an uproar. The priests looked at each other, and even the border troops made a little commotion. Without saying a word, the God's Favored One flew up and made a quiet gesture to the crowd.

Orders and prohibitions.

The masked man looked up at the God's Favored One and nodded slightly to her. This man did not seem to be intimidated by the intimidation of God's Favored One, but instead seemed more calm.

"Here, I need to declare one thing, that is, I obey the oracle." He repeated again, "If anyone opposes the will of the gods, then burn me to death."

"How dare you speak falsely about the oracle?" A priest blushed and jumped out angrily, "A wizard! You are still wearing mourning clothes, a widow who died of an alpha! You vicious monster!"

"I wear black clothes," the masked man said coldly, "because it resists stains."

"puff!"

Everyone looked up at the God's Favored One who laughed out loud. The scene was very embarrassing.

The masked man must have great concentration. He easily broke free from the thick atmosphere and bowed to the favored one. "I have heard about your heroic deeds. Those favored by God, thunder will fall in your hands." He said slowly, "Please throw a test of thunder and lightning on me. If I am safe and sound, it will prove that I am What he said is true.”

Everyone cast strange looks at the masked man. They all knew how terrifying the thunder of the God's Favorite could be, and they didn't think it was a power that humans could withstand. Is this wizard making such a request because he is overestimating his abilities and wants to find a different way to die, or has he really received an oracle? Most of the people who were superstitious about the gods' favored ones quickly switched sides and began to doubt the possibility that the plague came from heaven.

"Are you serious?" An Xu's eyes widened.

"It's absolutely true." The masked man said calmly.

Countless pairs of expectant eyes turned to An Xu. For a moment, An Xu was worried that he would accidentally kill this guy. What kind of recruitment conditions are these? Is there such a thing as "not being struck to death by lightning"? She looked at the well-informed Jane and Charlotte, and from their expressions, there was nothing like that.

"You asked for it yourself." An Xu muttered, and let go of a small thunderbolt. The force could probably paralyze people to the point of falling over.

The electric arc flashed in the air, like a ray of light, disappearing on the masked man. He remained motionless. After a few seconds, he nodded to An Xu and said, "Are you satisfied with this level?"

This guy's stance, tone of voice, and content are all textbook-level taunts. He's also the type that looks polite but somehow makes people want to rush in and hit him. "No!" Jian blurted out, looking up at An Xu, eyes full of urging.

The second thunder and lightning came down, and the electric snake with thick arms rushed towards the masked man. The lightning flashed across his body and was extinguished silently.

An Xu blinked his eyes, seeming to realize something.

The third thunderbolt was as thick as a bucket, and the people around it who had already retreated a lot hurriedly moved further away. The strong flash of light engulfed the human figures, and people were stabbed so hard that they could not open their eyes. They waited until the crackling sound stopped before carefully removing their arms that were covering their faces. They saw a figure standing in the blackened clearing, like a shadow or a nail, without even the cloak removed.

The simultaneous gasps merged into one sound.

"Thank you for your help." The masked man said, "The task assigned to me by God has been completed, and it's time to leave."

He bowed to God's Favored One again, ignored the others, turned around and walked out of the city. But no one thought he was so arrogant at this time. In people's eyes, those who can get the oracle should ignore mortals.

But one person didn't think so.

An Xu descended and landed next to the masked man. As she flew down, she put her arm around the other person's shoulders, touched his hand all the way, and confirmed what she touched before being opened: it was not soft skin, but hard metal wire, somewhat like chainmail. Even the fingertips of the masked man were covered in soft armor.

An Xu smiled.

"Do you usually wear this outfit?" she said, scanning from the other person's mask to the boots exposed under the robe, "They are all made of iron... no, they are all made of silver, right?"

"Who doesn't like silver?" The masked man asked, "Besides, I'm still an old omega."

"It's okay, this is your freedom." Anxu shrugged and raised his voice, "But I must clarify that the plague is not an oracle, and you are not a wizard."

This twists and turns made many people look confused.

"How many times have I told you that the plague will appear because of unclean food or water or living environment! There are germs... evil spirits that cannot be controlled by anyone without self-awareness!" An Xu said loudly, "Isolation It’s to prevent people from being infected, not to expel guilty people! It’s not because of guilt that you get sick! Whoever tells you that again, throw him into an epidemic area to see if he gets sick!”

The priests shrank.

"So does a wizard. What is a wizard? Do you raise black cats? What about those who raise black dogs? Do you cook strange soups? Do you want to burn everyone who is a bad cook? There are people everywhere who use supernatural powers to light fires and release water. Yes, what kind of magic and witchcraft are you afraid of?" An Xu said with hatred, "I am looking for someone who can cure the disease, and you are still here to cause trouble for me! Forcing a person in the scientific branch to call himself He’s a messenger from God, is that true! Ah?”

People, you look at me, I look at you, each face looks like it has been scolded by the head teacher. The face under the silver mask twisted, not knowing what expression to show.

An Xu said it all, let out a sigh of relief, and finally felt relieved. She straightened her expression and said to the masked man: "I know how you avoid thunder and lightning. You are wearing silver armor and no part of your body is exposed, so the lightning will pass through these silver threads all the way to the ground without hurting you." You, what you rely on is not any divine favor or supernatural power, just 'knowledge'."

The masked man looked at her from two steps away, holding something in his cuffs with his hands.

"But, this is the reason why I want to find you." An Xu looked at the other party with his most sincere eyes, "If you rely on some oracle to avoid thunder and lightning, I will not care about you! But you After using this method, I think you can understand me... There is no need to rely on the 'mercy of God' that will come down at any time, or luck. The laws of this world can be discovered, and people can transform the world and save themselves. If not If you do this, what’s the difference between a human being and an animal to be slaughtered!”

This excitement was not fake. When he discovered what the masked man was wearing, Anxu felt elated, as if a time traveler trapped among apes had discovered the same kind of ape. Use an undamaged good conductor to create a "cage" so that the current can pass directly into the earth without the body being passed through by the current - this is a Faraday cage! Little middle school physics knowledge, manufacturing principles of high-voltage anti-electricity clothing! An Xu's eyes gleamed when he saw the masked man. He thought he was a medical talent, but it turned out that physics was hundreds of years advanced!

The masked man's fingers trembled at these words, and he could hardly hold the thing in his hand. He looked deeply into the eyes of God's Favored One, trying to judge whether these words were sincere or just rhetoric.

"It's not true." An Xu took out a copper plate from his pocket and handed it to the masked man, "I've heard that you can make medicine, but have you studied evil spirits? It's not a theological concept, I mean a real one. The source of disease.”

The masked man nodded and took the copper plate. There is a pinhole-sized hole in the center of the copper plate, which is blocked; a long needle is fixed on one side, and the tip of the needle is facing the hole. Anxu asked someone to bring a glass of water and put a drop on the tip of the needle.

The masked man watched her do this, looked at the copper plate thoughtfully for a few times, lifted it up, with the side without the pins facing down, and shined it into the light.

He suddenly froze in place, seeing the world through the glass beads.

Countless tiny creatures were swimming, in groups or alone. Things as small as spots were crowded together, and an extremely huge insect slowly swam past. Even its ugly claws were clearly visible. Most people might be frightened when they see it for the first time, but in his eyes, all this is as gorgeous as the starry sky, and suddenly many things that he couldn't understand got answers.

Leeuwenhoek's microscope was made of tiny glass beads. Years after leaving the classroom, Anxu only remembered this sentence. Fortunately, this is a world where people with powers who can control glass exist, so she doesn't need to spend decades polishing a lens.

Is this a success or not? An Xu became nervous when she saw the masked man standing stiffly. She was about to say something to add to the problem, but the masked man suddenly opened his cloak, took off his helmet, and put his eyes close to the small hole to look at it carefully. Anxu found that there was a very good-looking face under the mask, but what was more eye-catching was the man's focused expression. He stared at the glass beads as piously as he stared at the mysterious door.

"I have a lot of things, like this, but I lack someone who can use them," Ansu said.

The man turned to An Xu and stared at her like a hawk.

"Experimental environment, materials, equipment... I can provide you with everything I can provide. In my territory, you can accept apprentices and assistants openly." The God's Favorite said, "I need you for the mystery of the world. , for the present and future of mankind.”

"Mark your words, God's Favorite Anna Sullivan," the man hissed.

"I swear on my soul," Anxu said.

"Alchemist Alva, hereby offer my loyalty until the day you break your oath." Alva saluted, this time with much more sincerity than before.

The moment he straightened up, he raised his hand towards the burning platform, and something flew into the fire. There was a loud explosion in the air, flames shot up several meters high, and smoke columns rose from the ground and lingered for a long time. If people hadn't avoided the lightning just now, there would definitely have been casualties by now.

"Please also remember that I have the ability to demand liquidated damages." Alva said.

Jane and Charlotte cast fearful looks at Alva, and Anxu completely lost his calm. Her eyes were about to come out of their sockets, and the excessive fright and ecstasy in her heart were mixed into a garbled mess, causing her expression to be fixed on the "slightly surprised" level.

Who can tell me……

Why was the legendary pharmacist hundreds of years ahead not only in physics, but also in chemistry?

This is black gunpowder! !