Wizard of science

"boom!"

Explosive sounds came from inside the modified rifle "Ambition".

The internal firing pin assembly successfully struck the primer of the black bullet. Under the influence of the impact, trace amounts of mercury fulminate, a primer made of nitric acid and mercury, exploded.

The flame generated by the explosion enters the cartridge case along the flame hole.

The cartridge case is filled with a full 2 ​​ml of cellulose nitrate, which is made by immersing cotton lint fiber and wood pulp in a mixture of concentrated nitric acid and concentrated sulfuric acid. Under the action of flame, cellulose nitrate produces a larger explosion, generating a large amount of high-temperature and high-pressure gas in a very short time.

The gas expands rapidly and the cartridge case and warhead separate. The cartridge case is pushed out of the gun chamber, and the bullet moves forward rapidly and enters the barrel.

The spiral raised rifling in the barrel comes into play, causing the bullet to start rotating as it advances along the barrel.

The special paint inside the barrel began to glow when stimulated by the high temperature, releasing an orange-yellow light that illuminated the jet-black warhead.

The warhead lost its original color and turned scarlet.

This is because when the trigger is pulled, the muzzle of the gun moves up a little. Finally, the scarlet bullet spins out of the muzzle, like a streak of blood, drawing an almost imperceptible diagonal upward arc and flying towards the target at extremely high speed.

Three hundredths of a second later, the bullet arrived in front of Mayfair.

Mayfair is raising the flame again, protecting her body tightly.

The next moment, the bullet hit the flames.

"Wow!"

The last time the invisible flame could block bullets like a tangible solid wall, this time it suddenly turned into fragile "glass". With a crisp sound, the flames instantly dissipated, and a fist-sized hole appeared.

The bullet penetrated the flame defense along the hole, drove straight in, and then... passed quickly over Mayfair's right shoulder.

Mayfair was not injured, but the hot warhead still made a small amount of her hair curl. The vibrating airflow generated during the flight poured into the depths of the ears and impacted the eardrums, making Mayfair feel the whole world buzzing. Coupled with the shock that the flame defense was instantly defeated, his mind went blank for a while.

The bullet passed by Mayfair, shot into the deliberately thickened bluestone wall and disappeared.

Fei'er stood there with eyes wide open and a look of surprise on her face. She looked at the dissipated flame defense and then at Li He. She was a little stunned and her eyes were a little blank.

"Fei'er!" Weier called from the side, a little afraid that something might happen to Fei'er.

Li He waved his hand to Weier to comfort her, saying there was nothing to worry about. He knew that Fei'er would be shocked at most and nothing would go wrong.

Speaking of which, based on the results of ordinary bullet shooting just now, he had already predicted the result this time.

Special bullets can indeed destroy spell defenses and can effectively deal with targets with spell power.

But having said that, after the bullet penetrated Mayfair's magic defense, it was still able to completely penetrate the wall. The penetration was a bit greater, but the actual damage caused was not maximized. If it were to really deal with the enemy, it might not be powerful enough.

Maybe you can consider modifying the warhead, reducing the warhead strength, and creating an expanding ammunition effect similar to the DUM bullet. But this has a disadvantage, that is, it may affect the ballistic stability of the bullet.

Maybe you can try to add a cavity to the tip of the bullet to make a tumbling ammunition... Li He thought... In this way, after the bullet enters the enemy's body, the tip part of the bullet will deform due to its low strength, which will cause the center of gravity of the bullet to shift, inducing instability, Rolling, thereby increasing the resistance of the bullet as it advances in the human body, fully releasing the kinetic energy.

In this case, the bullet will not penetrate the enemy's body and only cause penetrating wounds. If it hits the torso, it will cause a fist-sized wound on the front and a washbasin-sized wound on the back. Even if it hits the shoulder or limbs, it can cause serious damage.

However, the material processing is a little difficult, and it is too time-consuming to make it by hand alone. You can think of a way to trick Mayfair and use the other party's fire spell ability to make it...just like before.

Thinking of this, Li He looked at Feier.

At this time, Fei'er's eyes widened and she stood there blankly, obviously not recovering yet.

Li He couldn't help but shook his head, walked up to Feier, and rubbed the other person's head.

The stunned Fei'er just woke up as if from a dream. She jumped on the spot like a frightened rabbit. She looked at Li He and said with some fear: "You...what method did you use just now? Why can't I stop it at all?" Come on... I have a feeling that if it hits me, it will really hurt..."

"I've said before, if you get hit, you'll either die or the pain will be beyond imagination. I just controlled it and deliberately missed it. Otherwise, if I really hit you, even if Wei'er can treat you, it would be enough to make you suffer. ." Li He said, taking the opportunity to educate, "So next time you come to my place to cause trouble, think clearly before speaking."

"I..." Fei'er pouted and said as if she was a loser, "The worst thing I can do is pay attention to a little bit. All equipment can't be so dangerous... But why is it like this... It's the first time you use it It was clear that nothing was wrong when this iron rod hit me."

"Because the first time I used ordinary bullets, the second time I used special bullets."

"What's so special? Why doesn't my spell work again? You didn't spray the same powder this time..."

Li He chuckled after hearing this: "Of course it's not dry powder, it's a drop of your blood."

"My blood?" Feier was surprised.

"Fei'er's blood?" Weier couldn't figure it out for a moment.

"Remember when you made trouble before, I punished you by drawing your blood for research." Li He explained, "I refined the blood and extracted a substance that was different from normal blood. I temporarily named it 'Wizard' 'Blood'. Melt a drop of 'Wizard's Blood' into the warhead and make it active in a specific way. The energy released can easily break the flame protection you created and injure your body."

In fact, the real principle is much more complicated, involving dozens of biochemical reactions and metal production processes. Li He knew that Wei'er and Feier wouldn't understand, so he simply spoke simply.

Even so, the two of them were confused.

After a long while, Fei'er said with some vague understanding: "So, I was defeated by a drop of my blood? I alone can't beat a drop of my blood?"

"That's because you haven't fully mastered your power yet. When you grow up and become more powerful, it will be different."

"So, if I become as old as you, or even as old as Third Sister, I won't be defeated by a drop of blood?"

"Yeah." Li He nodded, "At that time, at least two drops of blood will be enough."

Mayfair: "..."

At this time, Li He glanced at the metal drawer next to him that he had opened earlier.

There are several neat rows of bullets inside, and the bullets are darker in color with each row.

The innermost row was the ultimate black color, and each bullet in that row was fused with five drops of wizard blood.

After hearing what Li He said, Feier was obviously a little bit shocked. She looked at Li He and said with a sad face: "According to you, even if you are not a wizard, it will be difficult for me to beat you?"

"So, you'd better be good and save yourself from hardship." Li He said, "By the way, since you were disobedient and tried to cause trouble today, although it failed, I still punish you with some work. In two days, use your fire spell power , process some parts for me."

"Ah!" Feier screamed.

Wei'er covered her mouth and laughed secretly.

…

In a blink of an eye, night comes.

The entire Blackstone Castle fell silent, the lights in the rooms were turned off one after another, and the owners of the rooms fell asleep one after another.

However, in the stone house in the castle grounds, the room named "Laboratory Zero" by Li He was brightly lit, and Li He was busy inside.

If the day time is used to experiment and explore something, the night time is used to think, analyze and organize.

Li He was sitting in front of a wooden table with papyrus on it. He was holding a quill, dipping it in ink and writing quickly.

"Shashasha..."

"Through tests No. 103, 104, and 105, it can be determined that the bullets of the 'Wizard's Blood' can function stably, but its principle needs to continue to be explored. Is it neutralizing the effect of the spell, causing the spell to fail, or destroying the stability of the spell? Causes the spell to fail and requires further testing...

In addition, the purification process of 'Wizard's Blood' needs to continue to be optimized to find ways to increase the productivity... In the later acidolysis reaction, the 'Wizard's Blood' semi-finished product showed high sensitivity to the pH value, which was higher than 1.4 or If it is lower than 1.6, subsequent reactions cannot proceed. Can the reactants be adjusted to improve...

also……"

"Shashasha..."

After writing for a long time, Li He put down the quill, browsed through it, decided on the next research direction, and put aside the papyrus paper full of words.

Simply put, his current research has two general directions.

One is to explore the principles of the magic mastered by Wei'er, Fei'er and others, what kind of rules it follows, what are its advantages and disadvantages, and what is its fundamental nature?

The other is how to absorb magic into the scientific field and how to analyze and utilize it with scientific means.

In other words, he wanted to figure out what the so-called wizard's magical power was, and how he, as an ordinary person, could control this power.

Of course, besides that, there were many other things he wanted to explore.

For example, the owner of Blackstone Castle, Blood Countess Elizabeth Gray, adopted seven children, six of whom are witches. Why is he the only one who is an ordinary person without any magical power? Is there any special reason?

For example, the Blood Countess almost never shows up or communicates with the outside world except for a daily family dinner. She also prohibits them from leaving at will. The entire Blackstone Castle is in a semi-closed state. Why? To guard against something, or to hide something?

For another example, half a year ago, "he", who had always been frail, withdrawn and indifferent, suddenly fell into a coma. Then he woke up. He was speechless for a long time, and then his behavior became weird - he started doing all kinds of weird research. The six sisters all expressed surprise at this, but the countess never expressed any opinions. Didn't you care? Or does it not matter?

There are too many doubts that need to be answered, but there are too few clues, so we can only be patient and find the answers.

You have to be patient... Li He said in his heart... Time is too precious, and I can't find the answer at the moment, so I can only do other things first.

He reached out and took out a thick stack of papyrus from the side of the table, with numbers written on it: 193 pounds of grain, 238 pounds of grain, 234 pounds of grain... 12 pounds of sugar... 47 pounds of iron... 67 copper coins in taxes... The tax is 1 silver coin and 32 copper coins... tax...

This is an account for Blackstone Castle to collect materials and taxes from the surrounding territories. It was originally the eldest sister Fiona who was in charge, and the other party was the countess' assistant and the chief steward of the entire castle.

But later he found a way to come over and be responsible for statistics and organization, which saved Fiona's energy. Accordingly, he could apply for some "unimportant" materials for research.

For Fiona, calculating these accounts is quite tedious, but for him, it can be clarified by using a simple formula.

"Shashasha..."

The tip of the quill was scratched on the papyrus, and all the data was sorted out in a short time.

Taking a breath, Li He secretly made a plan: "Tomorrow, I will find a way to apply for some more iron blocks. In addition, there are not many chemical reagents. I need to add some, which will require salt blocks, sulfur, lime... I hope Fei Ona can be more relaxed..."

…

Fast forward to the next day.

Li He found his eldest sister Fiona with a list of supplies to apply for.

Fiona was really happy this time, beyond imagination.

But it's not a promise, it's a rejection.

"I can't give you all the things you want?"

"for……"

"In addition, be prepared. The stone house you built must be dismantled and the contents inside the stone house must be disposed of. From tonight on, you must sleep in a room in the castle and cannot appear anywhere else."

"..." Li He was silent, and after a long time, he said, "Fiona, I need a reason."

"There is no reason, because..." Fiona paused and replied, "This is what the Earl meant."

Li He's eyes narrowed instantly: "Lord Earl?"

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