The protagonist sitting in the main lair [Qingqiu City] soon received the experimental report from Xiao Mi II on the liquid in the mysterious ball. This liquid will be referred to as the mysterious liquid from now on.
The protagonist did not expect that the scientific research team would produce results so quickly. He thought he would have to wait until he was free to go to [Dongyang City] to participate in the experiment in person to achieve results.
This is a good thing, at least the scientific research team that the protagonist values has the ability to operate smoothly and achieve results when the protagonist is absent. Although the protagonist also gave a lot of guidance, the progress of the scientific research team is still obvious.
The protagonist slightly complained about Xiao Mi II's experimental method of disregarding the life and death of worker ants, but after living in this world for a long time, he also accepted such differences in levels. For the sake of experiment or combat goals, sacrificing a few worker ants is always better than sacrificing male ants or larger ants. Worker ants are a bargain.
The scientific research team has discovered that liquid grease or solid ant glue coagulation can be used to preserve the light blue mysterious liquid, so that this liquid has the conditions to be stored and used without the mysterious ball.
The protagonist is curious about the composition of this light blue liquid. He has some basic chemical knowledge in his mind, but it is not enough to help him judge its composition solely by color and properties without the help of instruments and reagents.
For example, there are many substances that will spontaneously ignite in the air, such as yellow phosphorus, white phosphorus, sodium, etc.
There are many liquids with a density greater than water and less than oil, such as vinegar.
Light blue liquids include liquid oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, etc.
But no one substance can meet all the properties of the mysterious liquid at the same time. Perhaps it is a complex mixed substance.
It is difficult to determine the composition of the mysterious liquid with current technical means, and the protagonist has temporarily given up the idea of exploring.
He noticed another finding in the lab report. After preliminary judgment, the extracted liquid in the fluorescent bacteria was actually the same substance as the liquid in the waste mystery ball.
The protagonist looked up at the glowing fluorescent bacteria in the nest. Indeed, the luster and color were similar, but he had never connected the common fluorescent bacteria with the mysterious ball liquid in the Destroyer's body before.
He believes that the preliminary judgment of scientific research is correct. It is not only a rational analysis after reading the research report, but also a kind of emotional intuition. The protagonist has always felt that his intuition is quite accurate.
If the mysterious liquid and the fluorescent bacteria extract are really the same substance, it means that this substance can be biosynthesized in nature, and the origin of the mysterious ball in the Destroyer's body will become somewhat clearer.
The protagonist had previously suspected that the Destroyer was an artificially created biochemical ant. After discovering the skull stone in the swamp area, he became more convinced that humans existed in this world, at least in history, and left traces behind.
But the latest experiment has shaken the protagonist's conjecture. Nature is magical. Many animals can evolve some functions that use chemistry, such as insects that emit stench, insects that can spray acid or even corrosive liquids. Is it possible to destroy them? Is this a miraculous work of nature? Has nothing to do with humans?
Putting aside this speculation, the protagonist thought of something else. Since the fluorescent bacteria can extract the liquid in the waste mysterious ball, can this liquid be converted into the kind of light blue liquid that will spontaneously ignite and explode?
If possible, the Divine Envoy King's Legion would be able to obtain a stable source of liquid without relying on the dissection of the Destroyer's corpse. Those used trash mystery balls are no longer trash.
Whether it is a warm baby or an explosive, the source of the mysterious liquid will be more stable. After all, self-reliance is the way to go, and there is no need to rely on fighting to capture such an unstable source.
Therefore, the Eighth Route Army had to establish arsenals under extremely difficult conditions. If it only relied on seizures, it would not be able to develop and grow.
The protagonist asked the flying knight to give an order to the scientific research team, asking them to focus their next research on how to convert the fluorescent bacteria extract into a mysterious liquid, and gave some of his conjectures.
I am the dividing line
With the deepening of the research on the mysterious liquid and the smooth implementation of "Operation New River", the protagonist has realized that the mysterious ball and mysterious liquid can be applied to new weapons.
The protagonist had already had some ideas before, but because at that time the method of preserving the mysterious liquid after it left the mysterious ball had not yet been discovered, the application methods were also quite limited.
For example, the protagonist imagined a giant crossbow arrow. The arrowhead was not simply a sharpened wooden arrowhead, or a stone arrowhead, a pottery arrowhead, or a copper arrowhead. Instead, a mysterious ball was tied and fixed on the wooden arrowhead.
When the crossbow arrow hits the target, the huge force will cause the wooden arrow to pierce the mysterious ball, and then cause an explosion.
The shooting power of such a crossbow will be much greater than that of ordinary crossbows and stone bullets, and it can also achieve range damage.
The protagonist also asked his subordinates to experiment with using the mysterious ball as a cannonball to fire it directly with a ballistae. However, the detonation rate of this method was very low. The shell of the mysterious ball is still relatively hard. If it is fired directly, it will not hit a solid place. It will break and is not as reliable as the previous method.
With the successful experience of blasting to open rivers, the mystery ball can also be combined with the tinder shell to be used as an explosive pack, which can come in handy in city defense, mining, and construction.
The storage safety and power of this kind of explosive are much stronger than black gunpowder. Even before the Legion of the God Envoy King has entered the Iron Age, they already have suitable explosives. When facing the rampant offensive of the Destroyer, they have such a new weapon. Weapons have to be said to be a blessing.
Now, after the mysterious liquid can be stored and used without the mysterious ball, its application methods will be more flexible and extensive.
After assigning the task to the scientific research team, the protagonist immediately organized the ant-hands to conduct some experiments in [Qingqiu City], and he had new inspiration.
Anyway, the army is gathering now, and there are no big combat missions in a day or two. The protagonist can make full use of this time.
The protagonist hides in a safe place and relies on the messenger to remotely control the worker ants in a remote and safe place. He first builds a simple gravity stone hammer that requires ten worker ants to pull.
The mystery ball is then smashed open and the liquid is preserved in a clay pot filled with liquid grease.
Then apply the mixture of grease and mysterious liquid on the crossbow arrow, and you can see that the oil film covers the surface, and the light blue mysterious liquid sinks to the inside, and no spontaneous combustion occurs.
The protagonist asked the worker ants to go outdoors, and the crossbow team cooperated to launch the crossbow.
As the protagonist expected, after the crossbow was fired, due to inertia and friction, part of the blue liquid under the grease was exposed and contacted the air, and began to burn violently, turning the crossbow into a terrifying rocket.
However, a lot of mixed liquid was left on the crossbow arm of the crossbow. As a result, part of the crossbow arm was burned, so the crossbow had to be returned to the factory for overhaul...
