Rebel Demon King

Chapter 1026 Broken World (10)

Upon receiving the news of the successful operation, Colonel Tamer rushed back to the hospital, followed by two Queer German officers at the colonel level.The group discussed with the dean for a long time in the hospital, probably to ask the dean Athena's medical skills, and then asked Heller's opinion, and finally decided to ask Athena to see the leader of the Kurdish Freedom Army first. Dr. Zall's condition asked Athena to give a treatment plan first, and then decide what to do.

So Athena went down to Dr. Azar's ward surrounded by a group of people. The bored Cheng Mo began to think about how to make Coke for Athena.Her request is really too cheap. If she can't do it, Cheng Mo will feel bad conscience.

After careful consideration for a moment, Cheng Mo decided to make a feasible plan in his mind. Making Coke by hand is not a simple project, especially to make a similar taste requires a lot of trial and error.

Feeling that it was a bit tight to make it in the evening, Cheng Mo thought it was not too late and started to do it right away.At this time, a group of people all went to Dr. Azar's ward, only two female soldiers were still guarding the door of the dean's office.Cheng Mo got up and tried to communicate with the two female soldiers in Saudi for a while, but he didn't know whether they were rigid or a little stupid, he just shook his head, and finally a doctor ran to call Heller return.

"Mr. Reickzka, what's the matter?" Heller hurried into the dean's office and asked anxiously.

The change in Heller's attitude is too obvious, from not even being willing to call out his name, to now he is addressing him as "Sir", and his expression has become more vivid, unlike the indifferent look he had at the beginning.Cheng Mo doesn't mind Heller's arrogance at all. On the contrary, he also likes people like Heller who are happy and unhappy.

"Nothing, I just need something and I hope you can get it for me?"

"Need something?" Heller asked suspiciously.

Although Cheng Mo didn't think that Coke could be bought here, he still asked first, "Coke! Can you buy Coke here? Even if you buy it at a high price on the black market."

"Coke?" This strange request surprised Heller, "What do you want Coke for?"

"Well, Wendy likes to drink Coke very much. She will not be happy without Coke every day. Today she is so tired from surgery, I just want to buy a bottle of Coke to comfort her." For some reason, Cheng Mo's voice was slightly soft when he said this He spoke a little more, and it was not as mechanical as usual, and his cadence was a little bit frustrating.

Of course, a carefree girl like Heller couldn't notice the change in Cheng Mo's tone. She just remembered that she could agree to any request just now, and she suddenly looked a little embarrassed, "That's it! It shouldn't be available. I dare say it is There are not many places where you can buy Coke in Damascus, let alone our Ashura area. The main reason is that our relationship with the lighthouse is not very good now, you should know this!"

Things happened as Cheng Mo expected, and he was not disappointed, he shrugged his shoulders and said: "Then there is no other way, it seems that I can only do it myself."

"Do it yourself?" Heller's face was full of astonishment, "You mean you make Coke yourself?"

Cheng Mo nodded, "Yes, since I don't have one, I'll do it myself."

This idea seemed to break through Heller's cognition. She raised her hand and asked in an incredible tone: "My God, do you have the formula for Coke? It is said that the formula for Coke is priceless."

Cheng Mo smiled and said: "Are you talking about Coca-Cola? Did you also say that the formula was written on a piece of paper, which was locked in an underground vault in Atlanta. Not only is this underground vault heavily guarded, even the gate is closed There are three floors, and the keys to the gates on the three floors are kept by three people, and these three people cannot take the same plane."

"Yep!"

"This 'Secret of the Coca-Cola Formula' is just one of the most successful marketing campaigns in history. In fact, it is not worth much. What is worth it is the rice lifestyle and the Coca-Cola brand."

"How is that possible!" Heller questioned, "If everyone knows the formula of Coca-Cola, how can Coca-Cola make so much money?"

"Because Coca-Cola can achieve the lowest cost, and then occupy the market through dumping and advertising. Of course others can do it. In fact, there are many companies doing it, but there are not many companies as big as Coca-Cola and Pepsi."

"Really?" Heller looked disbelieving, "Even if there are other cola, I will always support Pepsi, its taste is unique!" Just finished speaking, Heller was a little frustrated, "No, I don't Support Coca-Cola! I hate all the lighthouse stuff."

Cheng Mo smiled, "Actually, not only do you believe in the rumor that Coca-Cola's formula is very valuable, many people all over the world believe that Coca-Cola's formula is the most valuable formula in the world, even Coca-Cola's employees believe it, and even He did something utterly stupid."

"whats the matter?"

"In 05, a senior manager of Coca-Cola collaborated with others to sell the formula to its old rival, Pepsi. The senior executives of Pepsi were not interested in the formula at all. Instead, they reported it to the police. As a result, the two senior managers of Coca-Cola were sent to federal prison by the FBI."

"Huh? Is there such a thing?"

"Of course, I don't have to lie about this kind of thing."

"Then you really know the formula of Coke?"

"It's just pasted on the bottle!" After a pause, Cheng Mo said, "Sugar, carbonated water, caramel, caffeine, phosphoric acid, etc."

Heller shook his head and said, "Isn't your thinking too simple? Knowing what's on the recipe list can make it?"

"Whether you can do it or not, you have to try it."

"Okay! If you insist!" Heller waved his hand, "Just tell me what you need, and I'll see if I can get it."

"First we need soda, and if we don't have soda, we need baking soda."

"Soda water definitely doesn't exist. As for sodium bicarbonate." Heller repeated the word "baking soda." "What's that? It's used to make soda water?"

Cheng Mo nodded, "Yes, it is the chemical substance used to make soda water."

"Where can I buy things like baking soda?"

"There is medical baking soda in the hospital, and it can also be eaten. Medical baking soda is purer than edible baking soda."

"Okay, I'll go ask."

Before Cheng Mo had time to call Heller to wait, she had already quickly ran out of the dean's office.After more than ten minutes, she came in with a large bag of white powder, handed it to Cheng Mo and said, "Sure enough, is this bag enough?"

Cheng Mo took the baking soda and glanced at the English logo printed on it, and said, "Enough, enough!"

"What do we need next?"

"First of all, we have to make a base for cola. The base of carbonated drinks is carbonated water. Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate. When it is washed out, it will be soda sparkling water, but the bubbles of soda water are not rich enough, so we need acetic acid. Soda water reacts with acetic acid. It can produce a lot of bubbles, and also produce the carbon dioxide needed for the unique taste of cola.”

Heller was a little stunned when she heard that, but she became excited again in an instant, and said happily: "Mr. "

"It's certainly not a waste of time to be unsure."

Heller clenched his fist and waved, "Okay! If you need anything else, just tell me, as long as we have it in Ashura City, I will definitely find it for you!"

"Thank you."

Heller said with a smile on her face: "No, I should be the one thanking you. The dean told me just now that if the surgical equipment is complete, it will definitely be no problem to let Sister Wendy perform the surgery."

"Let's talk about this after Sister Wendy has checked your father's condition! Let's make Coke first."

"Where do you get the acetic acid?"

"In fact, the hospital also has acetic acid, but the concentration of acetic acid in the hospital is too high, and it is still chemically synthesized. If you can find western vinegar, it is the best. It is made from the sap, juice and raisins of the coconut tree, and then fermented. Natural acetic acid (acetic acid is acetic acid), I think Western vinegar may taste better. But since we are in the hospital, we should get some acetic acid for preparation." Cheng Mo gestured at Haile, "A small bottle is enough enough."

"Okay! I'll get it now."

This time Cheng Mo grabbed Heller's arm in advance: "Wait a minute."

"What's the matter, Mr. Ryketska?"

"I also need a small electronic scale for weighing medicinal materials, a beaker, medical phosphoric acid, and medical glycerin." After a pause, Cheng Mo walked to the Dean's desk, picked up a pen and paper, "I just put all the necessary Write a list of everything for you, you can find what the hospital has, and ask your subordinates to help you find it if the hospital doesn’t have it.”

"Okay." Heller walked back to the desk, saw Cheng Mo bent down and wrote one word after another on the paper, densely written on the entire page, she inevitably felt a little scalp numb, "To make a Coke, it takes Are there so many things?"

Cheng Mo said without raising his head: "It's best if you have something, and it doesn't matter if you don't. It's just that I like to pursue perfection, so I also listed some things that may not be useful."

"Okay! For a perfect cup of Coke~~"

"You will have your share later." Cheng Mo said.

Heller smiled and said, "I hope you can do more! I have so many sisters!"

"No problem." Cheng Mo tore off the paper and handed it to Heller.

Heller swept it from the beginning to the end, "Let's just do this! I'm responsible for the things that the hospital can find. As for the other things, I'll call that kid over now. What's his name?"

"Khalid."

"Yes! Khaled, wait for him to come over as an interpreter and ask my subordinates to take you to the market to find them." After a pause, Heller explained, "None of them have read books. If I hand them over to buy them, I will I'm afraid they'll buy the wrong thing."

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When Khalid came over, Cheng Mo talked to Heller and walked out of the dean's room.When I walked to the entrance hall of the hospital, I happened to meet Athena.Athena, who was overwhelmed by the stars, stopped naturally. She stood in the center of the hall and stared at Cheng Mo intently, as if asking where Cheng Mo was going with her eyes.

Cheng Mo also stopped, and when the dean and doctors who followed Athena passed Athena's side, they waved goodbye to Athena one after another. With Cheng Mo.After a short time with Athena, everyone got used to Athena's arrogance and indifference, and no one thought it should be wrong, so the doctors still walked past Athena talking and laughing.

However, this atmosphere made Cheng Mo a little strange, he approached Athena and asked, "How is the situation?"

"The specific situation has to wait for the data from the comprehensive inspection tomorrow before we can make a judgment."

Athena's voice was lukewarm, based on what he knew about Athena, this was not a good thing.This made Cheng Mo wonder if it was his act of leaving early, which made her unhappy again. Instead of explaining in a hurry, he asked, "Then are you okay now?"

Athena nodded.

"I thought you were going to do it for a long time, so I called Khalid over and prepared to go to the street to buy spices for making Coca-Cola." Cheng Mo asked, "Are you going?"

"Whatever," said Athena.

Cheng Mo has no way of judging what Athena is thinking in her heart. She wears a human skin mask, and her emotions are hidden even deeper.Cheng Mo didn't know what was wrong with him, he probably couldn't see the subtle expression on Athena's face, and completely lost his judgment, which made him a little confused what to do, so he could only say with a pleasant face: "If you want to rest , I’ll ask someone to take you back to your room to rest.”

Athena put her hands into the pockets of her down jacket, and said coldly, "That's fine."

Cheng Mo asked Khalid to ask two female soldiers to come out and take Athena back to the camp.Athena didn't say anything, and followed Cheng Mo through the hall filled with the smell of disinfectant, from the shadows to the sunlight.

After leaving the hospital, the air became fresh immediately. The five people walked out of the hospital yard quickly and came to the street. Follow the path.

Cheng Mo said to Athena, "I'll be back soon." Athena didn't say anything, and walked straight towards the minaret not far away with the female soldier who led her.Cheng Mo first took a few steps to the left, but he had a strong feeling that he should turn around and catch up with Athena, and drag her to the market to buy spices.

He stopped in his tracks and looked back at Athena. Her tall back was like a pointer of time under the sun, allowing Cheng Mo to clearly see the passage of time every minute and every second.Cheng Mo's heart trembled, and he wanted to call her to stop, but the moment he was about to speak, he heard Khaled ask, "Mr. Reketska, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing." Cheng Mo replied, he withdrew his eyes and continued to walk forward, he walked very slowly, but he was thinking in his heart: we agreed to keep a good distance from her.After I get Ouroboros, I have to find a way to revive Xie Minyun, and my wife is still waiting for me.

Khalid followed Cheng Mo's footsteps and said in a low voice: "Why didn't you call Ms. Wendy? If I were in a strange environment and I couldn't bear to leave my sister far away from me, she would definitely cry of."

"That's right." Cheng Mo had mixed feelings in his mind. He thought that he was becoming more and more irrational, and he even ignored the issue of safety because he wanted to avoid it.He immediately turned around and waved at Athena, while shouting loudly: "Wendy, wait a minute."

Athena stood where she was, turned around and looked at Cheng Mo. She remained silent in her usual style, and just looked at Cheng Mo not far away.The sudden cold wind messed up her hair, and the golden hair stuck to her lips and cheeks, and she raised her hand to stroke it.

Cheng Mo put down his hands, his brain hadn't considered what he should say, and his body involuntarily walked towards Athena. He didn't know whether it was because the sun was too strong or Athena's blond hair was too dazzling. In short, Cheng Mo was captured by the gorgeous The light dazzled his head dizzily.

He walked up to Athena and said nonchalantly, "I think it's better for us not to act separately, it's safer."

"Safe?" Athena looked at Cheng Mo with a question mark in her blank eyes, probably because she felt that Cheng Mo's changing behavior was very strange, and she couldn't understand it.

Cheng Mo laughed, he felt that he was always thinking too much, Athena was too slow for feelings, maybe she didn't have so many twists and turns in her heart, and those vague and ambiguous things were all his own illusions.Perhaps it was the intimate contact on the "Mediterranean Overture" that gave him some unrealistic fantasies, but in fact that intimate contact was just a test.

Cheng Mo lowered his eyes, and he warned himself to have a normal heart, really treat Athena as a friend, be more generous, instead of treating Athena as an ambiguous object.He raised his hand and took Athena's elbow and walked back, "Come with me to buy spices."

Athena didn't resist, and let Cheng Mo pull her forward.

"The main reason is that I don't feel safe without you." Cheng Mo turned to look at Athena, "It is also a kind of happiness to have a doctor friend like you by my side. Save me."

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Athena and Cheng Mo went to the market together, and there was only this not-too-long commercial street in the whole town.It's much more lively here than he imagined.Looking around, this ancient market seems to bring Chengmo back thousands of years ago.Houses made of yellow rocks, tall stone arches, and shopkeepers set up felt awnings to place their goods under.People wearing traditional Surya costumes jostled one after another, and some people were leading donkeys with bells on them. There was a cargo box on the donkey's back. The bells swayed in the sun, as if reminding the people in front to give way.Men with bamboo plaques on their heads were hawking loudly, women standing in front of jewelry shops were bargaining, and the street market was extremely noisy.

A group of people followed the flow of people into the market. There were dozens of shops, large and small, on both sides of the street, with a strong medieval atmosphere.Cheng Mo looked around, most of them were for daily necessities, but also handicrafts, lamps, hookahs, gold and silver jewelry, copper plates, stone carvings, blankets, and occasionally dim sum shops, but there were not many customers at the door , presumably dim sum is a luxury here.

All kinds of people flow through the market, interpreting the true state of the traditional market life of the Querd people.Cheng Mo and Athena walked among them, quite eye-catching, but people just took a few extra glances when they saw the female soldier with a gun behind him, and no one came up to harass them.

The crowd was crowded, the two of them were very close, their shoulders had already touched each other, this kind of indistinct contact caused ripples in Cheng Mo's heart again.Cheng Mo felt that he should have nothing to say, and let the atmosphere return to the normal track. After thinking about it for a while, he said, "Do you know what Coke was first used for?"

Athena shook her head.

"The earliest Coke was a kind of medicine. In the 1985th century, there was a pharmacist named John Pemberton in the lighthouse. He had a lot of work experience. At that time, medicine was not well developed, and pharmacists just did whatever they wanted. In [-], he brewed a wine that added coca leaves to relieve headaches. Because it had a certain degree of addiction, the sales were very good. But the teacher was too lucky, and he didn’t make any money. Caught up with the Prohibition Movement. Seeing that this great business was going to die, he replaced the alcohol with soda water, and Coca-Cola was born.”

"Then Pepsi is stomach medicine?" [The word Pepsi (Pepsi) comes from pepsin]

"The response is really fast. At that time, Pepsi was used to treat indigestion." Cheng Mo seemed to remember something, "I know why you have a soft spot for Coca-Cola."

"why?"

"Did you like drinking coffee before because of the trace amount of caffeine in it?"

"I haven't drank."

"Haven't you ever drank coffee?"

"I don't need refreshment, time is too much for me."

Athena spoke plainly, but Cheng Mo felt an indescribable loneliness. He knew that Athena didn't need comfort, so he relaxed his tone, "In Huaxia Coke we call it 'Happy Fat House Water' , It really points to the core of Coke, caffeine makes people happy, high sugar makes people fat, and both caffeine and sugar are addictive." Cheng Mo flashed his head and turned to look at Athena, "I It feels like I have found a way to heal you!"

"what?"

"Calorie bomb! Such as chocolate, hot pot, fried chicken, cola, potato chips. And milk tea, you know? Our Huaxia milk tea is super delicious, it is really a source of happiness. Come on, let's be a happy fat house together, there is a saying How do you say it? The more depraved, the happier!"

"Didn't you live a self-disciplined life because of heart disease?"

Cheng Mo didn’t have the nerve to say that I’m willing to degenerate for you, just at this time they passed by a dessert vendor, and there were baklava full of bamboo plaques. This is the most famous and widely distributed dessert in the Middle East. The paper-thin puff pastry is layered with chopped nuts, topped with syrup and honey sauce. It is not exquisite in appearance, but it has a special flavor.Immediately he pointed to the baklava and said, "Forget it, let's start now."

Athena forgot her own question, and turned her eyes to the baklava. Cheng Mo immediately asked Khalid to buy a few cents, one for each, and everyone ate while walking.

After Athena finished eating, Cheng Mo asked, "Do you feel happy?"

"No." Athena replied honestly.

"That might not be depraved enough."

Cheng Mo took Athena to another snack shop, and took Athena to start the journey of eating and eating. Athena would not refuse anyone, and the group began to feast on the street.Fortunately, this street is not long, and it will soon come to an end.And at the end of the market, there is a rather large spice shop. Colorful spices are piled in sacks, and they are placed from under the felt to the inside of the shop.

At first, Cheng Mo thought that it would be difficult to collect all the things he wanted, but then he remembered that the Middle East is the world of spices, and he was also confused.

Entering the store, Cheng Mo felt like finding a treasure, and quickly collected all the spices he wanted. Even coriander seed oil, which he thought he might not be able to find, was sold here, but in the Middle East, coriander is called coriander.In addition, Cheng Mo also bought some possible spices such as mint leaves, dried rose petals, saffron, and turmeric.
After shopping for spices, they walked back.When passing by a jewelry store, Cheng Mo saw a moon hairpin inlaid with broken blue gemstones on the red velvet tray of the store. This hairpin was not so shiny in the sun, but exuded a lonely cold light, like A cold night in the desert.

Cheng Mo immediately thought of Athena's golden hair. He turned his head to look at Athena, thinking that this hairpin must look good in Athena's hair.He hesitated at the door of the store, and the boss came out immediately and greeted him warmly. Seeing Cheng Mo's eyes fell on the sapphire hairpin, he introduced it loudly in cadence, saying that it was an ancestral item, his grandmother Originally a princess from a certain tribe in Saudi Arabia, she was exiled to Syria during the war, but now her family has fallen, and she can only make a living by selling family heirlooms.

Khaled translated the legendary story of the store's grandmother with Cheng Mo and Athena and asked Cheng Mo if he wanted to buy it. Cheng Mo hesitated, he didn't know if Athena would refuse his gift.It is not Cheng Mo's style to look forward and backward. Thinking of Athena being burdened by him and living a hard life for so long, he still nodded and said "buy".

Seeing that Cheng Mo was a foreigner, the boss naturally opened his mouth. After hard bargaining between Khalid and Basma, he finally bought this sapphire moon card with 100 million Syrian liras. Remote locations are tantamount to sky-high prices.

But 100 million lire is a cheap gadget for both Cheng Mo and Athena.Khaled paid the money, and Cheng Mo took the card from the store. The boss also gave a beautiful silver jewelry box. He turned his head to look at Athena, and handed the hollowed-out silver jewelry box to Athena. He coughed and said, "Give it to you."

"Give it to me?" Athena had no idea that Cheng Mo bought it for her. She didn't reach out to take it. Since she was a child, she had never received a gift from anyone. She asked with some doubts, "Why?"

"Doesn't it look good?"

"I don't know if it looks good or not."

Cheng Mo scratched his head. He really didn't have much experience in giving gifts, so he said insincerely: "I just heard from the boss that this is the hairpin of the princess who ran away from Saudi Arabia, so I think it's suitable for you. You Isn't she also the Runaway Princess of France?"

"I don't have the title of princess," said Athena.

"Okay!" Cheng Mo shrugged his shoulders, took his hands back, and put the jewelry box into the inner pocket of his jacket, "If you don't like it, forget it."

Athena watched Cheng Mo's movements, "I can't say whether I like it or not, I don't have any feelings for clothes and jewelry."

Cheng Mo forced a smile and said, "It's better to cook for you."

After finishing his speech, he greeted Khaled and the two female soldiers to go back.When she returned to the camp, Heller had been waiting for a long time, and she put all the things Cheng Mo wanted in the living room.

Seeing that the sun was already westward, Cheng Mo started the arduous experiment without delaying a minute.Because of the need for a fire, there was no smoke exhaust system in the room, so Cheng Mo moved the table out and started a Coca-Cola experiment outdoors.Athena helped, and Khalid, Heller, and several female soldiers watched happily.

Cheng Mo only knows the general process, not the specific ratio, so he can only try slowly.The first is to boil the fragrance liquid and syrup.The so-called fragrance liquid is the soul of cola, and the taste stimulation like Chinese herbal medicine comes from the fragrance liquid, and the essence of the fragrance liquid is coriander seed oil, which of course uses coriander seed oil as the base.

Cocktails have been mixed countless times, and cola is actually an alcoholic beverage, but the alcohol content of cola is so small that it is almost negligible.Cheng Mo first poured 0.5 grams of coriander oil into the measuring cup, then poured the coriander oil into the beaker, and then poured in various spice oils he found, such as orange blossom oil, lemon oil, cardamom oil, etc. Athena recorded the dosage of various spices on the side, and then mixed a certain proportion of alcohol and water.

After preparing the sesame oil, the second step is to brew the syrup. The syrup needs caffeine, which is the most important thing. There is no ready-made caffeine. Chengmo can only extract it from coffee beans (the process cannot be written).After finishing the caffeine, Cheng Mo used a small iron pot to start making syrup on the fire, adding brown sugar into boiling water, then adding caramel, caffeine, pentavalent phosphoric acid and cocoa powder, and stirring it into a thick paste. The syrup is cooked successfully.

The third step is to add lime juice and glycerin to the syrup, then mix it with the secret fragrance liquid and stir well, and finally add the mixture of soda water and acetic acid to complete a cup of cola.

Cheng Mo picked up the beaker and looked at the bubbling dark brown liquid. He felt that he had used too much force, but he had no choice but to be a guinea pig to taste it.He closed his eyes and poured a small mouthful into his mouth, before he finished swallowing, he almost spit it out.The smell was really weird, like rotten Chinese medicine mixed with vomit.

"How?" Athena asked expectantly.

Cheng Mo felt uncomfortable from his head to his stomach, but he held back. He felt that he should not bear such a severe and cruel punishment alone.Remembering that Athena had rejected his hairpin in the afternoon, he wrinkled his face, swallowed the "Coke Slush" forcefully, and sighed pretending to be happy, "I didn't expect to succeed once! Although the taste is not enough Satisfied, but it's really a Coke!"

"Did it work just once!" Athena never thought that Cheng Mo would act, and sighed in a low voice.

"Try it if you don't believe me?" Cheng Mo picked up the beaker and handed it to Athena.

Athena could think that things like Cheng Mo would lie to her, and she hadn't tasted Coke for a long time, so she took a big gulp after taking the cup.

Cheng Mo held back a smirk, just about to watch Athena's joke.This feeling is very strange. He has never wanted to see a person's jokes, and he has never joked with other people, but now he is somewhat looking forward to seeing Athena embarrassed.Perhaps he wanted to see a more human side of Athena, rather than a lofty god, or a cold and ruthless machine.

But the development of the matter did not go according to Cheng Mo's script at all. Athena just poured the Coke into her mouth, and before she drank it, she spit it out in one gulp.

Cheng Mo's face and body were covered in sticky brown sugar water, even his hair was wet, and he looked embarrassed.

Athena squatted on the concrete floor and retched a few times, and said, "Why is it so bad?"

Khalid, Heller, and several queer female soldiers laughed together, each of them was out of breath.

(End of this chapter)