In the backyard of Qingniu Medical Hall, bizarre wooden frames were erected, draped with a banner that read: "Beating Dysentery Bacteria Takes Wild Imagination." Huwa had turned the place into a massive "Absurd Invention Exhibition." Wearing a helmet strung together with Abacus Beads and holding a megaphone that puffed out garlic-scented smoke, he shouted, "Attention all city inventors! Whoever comes up with an invention today that completely baffles the dysentery bacteria will win the secret recipe for Xiaotao Eatery's garlic-flavored hot pot base!"
As soon as his voice trailed off, the scene turned into an avalanche of wild ideas. Dawa, an apprentice from Tibet, rolled out a "Yak Jet Disinfection Cart." With a flick of the yak's tail, the bamboo tube at the back of the cart spewed out a mist mixed with the fragrance of Tibetan medicine, while the side of the cart bore the crookedly brushed words: "One spray chases germs away, two sprays make sickness stay!" An apprentice named Kim from Silla went even further, turning bamboo slips of *The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art* into an "Arithmetic Sprayer." Flipping the Abacus Beads allowed it to shoot out fluorescent streams of water carrying epidemic prevention formulas, though during calibration it accidentally squirted right into the face of the Protagonist, making him so angry he grabbed his ledger and chased him around, yelling, "Is this an invention or a prank?"
Garlic steamed buns had "come to life" in the inventio…
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