A Hospital in Another World?-Chapter 804: High-Ranking Knight’s Lightning Treatment Rules

Chapter 804: High-Ranking Knight’s Lightning Treatment Rules

"1000 gold coins per unit..."

Archbishop Nogla glanced at the black, heavy machine by his desk, emitting an oily smell, and sighed in distress.

One thousand gold coins per unit, buying five would cost five thousand gold coins, and buying ten would cost ten thousand gold coins. The temple’s money didn’t come from the wind!

And this was just the initial purchase cost. The Archbishop looked at the rubber band, then at the motor on the machine’s head, feeling that this thing couldn’t withstand a knight’s full burst of power.

Just the rubber band alone, running once and breaking one, wouldn’t be surprising. Rubber was still a monopoly business of the Alchemy Guild, and to replace it, one had to buy from the Alchemy Guild.

Oh, and the motor, the real money-eater! The Temple of the God of War had installed some generators in recent years, and while they were indeed useful, maintaining them was extremely expensive.

Those vampires at the Alchemy Guild would never miss a chance to squeeze money out of them!

"Archbishop, I think we could use some substitutes," Bishop Seiren cautiously suggested after observing the situation:

"For example, casting a hollow big wheel and letting the warriors run inside; or like this machine, I’ve seen wooden ones in the countryside, where livestock run on them to drive machinery to grind flour or saw wood. We could make it bigger..."

"That’s impossible," Archbishop Nogla immediately shook his head:

"Seiren, you must understand that the core of this advanced method is not to make the warriors run, but to have them run steadily and at a uniform speed, increasing stage by stage, continuously speeding up."

To achieve this effect, it was necessary to use a motor for stable, precise control. A hollow wheel or a wooden flour-grinding saw couldn’t achieve gradual speed increases and maintaining a uniform speed.

The key to advancement wasn’t making them run! The Archbishop lamented:

"Making them run or fight, the Temple of the God of War has countless ways! But the key to advancement is to observe the electrocardiogram to ensure their safety during high-intensity exercise."

To observe the electrocardiogram, the temple’s only alternative method was using spiritual power to lock onto the advancing warrior and monitor their life signals at all times.

Compared to the precision of electrocardiogram magic, this alternative was much less detailed. Only priests of level 10 or higher could lock onto the warrior’s heart during intense combat; to accurately sense if the heart was failing...

Sorry, that required elite priests above level 10. However, Mage Nordmark’s invention could lower the precision threshold to a level 3 priest—

As long as you knew how to read an electrocardiogram.

Oh, the electrocardiogram. Archbishop Nogla rubbed his temples again, suppressing a groan of pain:

Reading today’s new paper on electrocardiogram interpretation required much higher proficiency than learning defibrillation or cardioversion. At least in rescue magic, one could judge whether to trigger the shock, with the caster only assisting;

But this new advancement method relied too heavily on the caster’s judgment. Frankly, Mage Nordmark’s electrocardiogram manual was something he had only memorized without fully understanding.

Rely on others to teach?

Oh, you expect others to teach you properly while you don’t use the mage tower’s invention and instead cobble together a crude wheel or wooden axle?

Even if Mage Nordmark was gentle and willing to teach for the sake of saving lives, the temple couldn’t afford to lose face!

"Right... ask them if the rubber band is too soft and breaks easily. See if it can be replaced with iron, even iron chains would do!"

A few days later, the mage tower sent a second prototype. After communicating with the Alchemy Guild, Mage Norwood referenced the guild’s technical reserves and replaced the rubber band with a metal track.

Garrett was happily sitting under the temple eaves, monitoring the warriors running in the courtyard, drenched in sweat, while clutching the electrocardiogram. So far, he had refined the steps for warriors advancing to knights several times, forming a complete process:

First step, static electrocardiogram, blood test, observe for heart disease, and check for illegal drug use. As for CT scans, they were extra expenses he had to remove later due to high costs.

Second step, treadmill electrocardiogram test, observing heart endurance under intense exercise. Lucky warriors could advance at this stage—though most weren’t so lucky.

Third step, warriors who didn’t advance in the previous stage could take medicine according to traditional procedures and advance under the healer’s supervision...

According to Bishop Seiren’s estimation, this process could increase the success rate of advancement by at least 10% compared to the temple’s previous methods. So far, no deaths had occurred, and the probability of severe injuries had decreased by over 50%.

This meant that warriors who failed to advance but didn’t die would suffer fewer injuries and could gather strength again to reach the brink of advancement in a shorter time. And a knight, compared to a fourth-level warrior—

His combat power, value, and influence, and the offerings and assistance he could provide to the temple, would more than double!

Isn’t this a win-win?

"Mage Nordmark," Bishop Seiren called, having a plate of berries brought over, placed on Garrett’s left side. Each one was fresh, just washed with spring water, still glistening with droplets.

In early spring, the plants were sprouting, and it would be at least two months before the berries bore fruit. These berries were grown in greenhouses, tended with divine spells. Even a bishop couldn’t eat them at will, only the Archbishop had a stable supply.

Mage Nordmark, this is already your second plate today!

He inwardly complained but showed no sign of it, smiling warmly and amicably:

"The Archbishop wants to ask if the same method can be applied to higher-ranking knights."

For instance, from level 5 to level 6, level 6 to level 7, level 7 to level 8... higher ranks, like knights advancing to grand knights. If success rates could be improved or the probabilities of severe injuries and deaths reduced, the temple’s gains would be much greater!

As for grand knights advancing to sky knights, that was too distant. Each family had their secrets and practices. Throughout the kingdom, producing one sky knight in ten years wasn’t guaranteed, so they wouldn’t allow anyone to research it.

"Higher ranks? Let them try!" Garrett said absentmindedly while grabbing a berry and tossing it into his mouth, staring at the electrocardiogram:

"Electrocardiogram, CT scan, cardiac ultrasound, treadmill test, all can be done. At least, it can pre-screen those knights with cardiovascular issues." 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

One berry, another, and another. Hmm, the berries supplied by the temple, sour and sweet with a hint of freshness, were truly delicious~~~

"By the way, how many high-ranking knights need to advance? Previously agreed for research were 50 level 5 knights, 30 level 6 knights, and 20 level 7 and 8 knights each, do they all need to advance?"

Bishop Seiren: "..."

Oops, the list needs to be adjusted again, more work...

The research on high-ranking knights, besides the electrocardiogram, CT scan, and cardiac ultrasound—treadmill tests couldn’t be done yet, as the treadmill needed further improvement—also included a new aspect. In fact, this aspect was the key to Garrett’s research:

Human body resistance tests.

"Relax," Garrett said after completing the cardiac ultrasound, casually casting a cleansing spell to remove the coupling agent from the knight’s chest. Then, he carefully fixed two electrodes, connecting them to the relevant instruments:

"Three, two, one, start! Hmm, this resistance..."

Thanks to Senior Sister Philby and her team, they had indeed developed instruments to measure voltage, current, resistance, and more. Garrett only needed to borrow them, and with his relationship with Senior Sister, he didn’t even need to purchase them...

Saved a lot of research funding!

Good news!

The human body’s resistance to electric shock was closely related to its impedance. Based on Garrett’s previous experience, the higher the knight’s rank, the stronger their resistance to electric shock, requiring more energy for defibrillation.

This resistance might be related to impedance, skin thickness, keratin layer thickness, or internal energy. Regardless, guesses were just guesses; he needed human experiments.

"Wait, why is this impedance so high? With this impedance, a 750-joule current can’t possibly achieve defibrillation!"

"Mage, should I completely relax my power?" The knight on the bed turned his head, smiling sheepishly:

"Even without activating our combat aura, knights aren’t easily knocked down by a single Electric Claw spell. If we fully activate our aura, we can withstand two or three first-level spells and still retain combat power."

Garrett: "..."

So it was indeed the density of internal energy? High-ranking knights, even when unconscious, still had residual energy resisting external electric shocks—

Indeed, a perfectly healthy level 8 knight wouldn’t fear an Electric Claw spell, let alone achieving a therapeutic effect!

"Keep this state and let me measure again, completely relax your power, and let me measure again! Cirella! Help me press the switch, record the data, and I’ll sense the spread of the electric energy..."

He sat by the bed, closing his eyes quietly. Indeed, as the electric energy entered the knight’s body, it moved through the body like traveling through solid rock, consuming a lot of energy. In contrast, entering an ordinary warrior’s body was like moving through loose soil or even a swamp...

"Let’s measure the impedance of every rank of knights! Test each person’s body impedance! Then compare to see if we can summarize a pattern—"