It turned out that after Edwin and his party entered the Everglades, they carefully avoided most dangers and collected many plant specimens and mineral specimens unique to the Everglades. Everything went smoothly at first, but when they returned

, but encountered a migrating lizard-man tribe. With the help of Black Feather, they successfully hid in a safe place and smeared mud on their bodies to prevent them from being discovered by the lizard-men with a keen sense of smell. However, a lurking

A monster underground attacked them, and it scratched a soldier. Although it was quickly killed by Bruce, the smell of blood still attracted the attention of the lizardman scouts, and the battle was inevitable.

After killing several lizard man scouts who came to investigate, Bruce led the team to break out, and the lizard man tribe also began to try to encircle and suppress them. Fortunately, Black Feather could always point out the correct direction for Bruce and the others to break out, even after losing most of them.

After collecting supplies, they also approached the exit of the swamp.

But the lizard men obviously didn't want to let them go like this. A team of capable lizard man warriors tracked them persistently and intercepted them at the exit of the swamp. There were more than fifty lizard man warriors in this team.

Led by six ferocious lizardmen, they are very powerful.

Bruce faced three ferocious lizard men alone, and three retinue knights dealt with the other two. In order to prevent the lizard men from harming the old scholar, Nicole, after killing a ferocious lizard man warrior, began to attack ordinary lizard man warriors.

Fight back.

Although these lizardmen were all elite warriors of the tribe, they were still not enough to face the well-equipped knights. Nicole killed more than ten of them in a row. After the trainee knights killed their opponents, the lizardmen warriors finally collapsed.

In the end, more than half of them were lost and fled back to the Great Swamp. Five of the six ferocious lizard warriors were also killed, and one was captured alive at Edwin's request.

However, in order to protect the old scholar, four soldiers still died in the hands of the lizardmen. Fearing that the lizardmen tribe would pursue them, Bruce and the others had no choice but to bury their companions' bodies on the spot and exit the swamp.

"Aren't lizardmen just timid and weak orcs? Why are they so fierce?" Victor asked in surprise.

Victor was frightened by the encounter between Bruce and the others. This was a knightly team composed of two knights, three trainee knights, and twenty elite soldiers. This kind of force was enough to crush his current camp. (Bruce had four.

One of the retinue knights is guarding the supply camp outside the swamp)

"The lizard people we met are not ordinary lizard people. They are the most ferocious kind of lizard people. They are also called half-dragons." Edwin took a sip of coffee and said with a wry smile.

"Half-dragons are far superior to ordinary lizard-men in terms of wisdom, strength, size, and courage. Half-dragons claim that they have the blood of dragons! I never thought that there would be thousands of half-dragons in the swamp.

Dragon Tribe." Edwin sighed with some pride.

Although they discarded most of the specimens during the breakout, they still caught a living half-dragon, which still made him very satisfied.

Victor's face was pale. Half-dragons? Thousands? In my backyard?

"Don't worry! No matter how powerful the half-dragons are, they are still a type of lizard people. They will not leave the swamp." Seeing Victor's worry, Edwin comforted him.

"That's good." Victor breathed a sigh of relief. The swamp was vast and boundless, and the lizard people had adapted to the swamp environment, so they probably wouldn't be interested in his territory.

"Master, what is that monster? I have never seen such a long and weird beast." Victor asked Edwin curiously.

Even though he was hunted down so embarrassingly by the half-dragon tribe and couldn't even contain the corpse of his companion, Edwin never left the monster corpse behind, which shows its value.

"Hey, that's a precious alienated rat." Edwin said with excitement.

"Alienated rat?!" Victor shouted in shock.

From Victor's modern point of view, there are two directions of mutation for creatures in this world, one is ferocious transformation, and the other is alienation, also known as alienation.

Violent transformation will not change the appearance characteristics of the creature, but will only improve the elemental attributes of the creature in all aspects, that is, body, spirit, perception, and life.

Alienation will completely change the appearance of the creature, and it can even be said that the alienated creature has completely transformed into another creature.

The direction of biological alienation is chaotic and disorderly. No one knows what the alienated creatures will eventually look like, but most of the alienated creatures will become huge and ferocious. The monster that is more than 2 meters long is made up of a palm-sized rat.

became.

White Tower scholars also discovered an interesting phenomenon. No intelligent species will undergo alienation, not even the stupidest fish-men. Therefore, alienated creatures are all creatures without intelligence, and the lower the level of the creature,

The greater the degree of alienation, some even reaching tens of thousands of times. In the mountainous area in the northern part of the Kingdom of Naville, an alienated spider was once discovered. It was said to be 8 meters high and 15 meters long. It was finally killed by a golden knight of the Kingdom of Naville.

Behead.

Unlike violent transformation, which occurs randomly and cannot be inherited, alienation cannot be inherited but can be contagious! The flesh and blood of alienated organisms can mutate other organisms, but this infection will become weaker and weaker, eventually forming a stable new species.

Human beings have used the infectious characteristics of alienation to cultivate some powerful creatures. For example, the Velociraptor mount of the Velociraptor Knights of the Kingdom of Cambis was cultivated from ground lizards.

Therefore, all the great human nobles are flocking to alienated creatures. Unfortunately, alienation is a rarer phenomenon than ferocious transformation. This is also the reason why alienated creatures are extremely precious.

No wonder Bruce and his men were secretly happy despite the loss of their troops. This alienated rat would allow them to receive rich rewards from the family.

"It was the alienated rat that exposed our traces, costing us four soldiers, and causing me to lose many samples, but it became the biggest gain of our trip to the swamp. Victor, tell me,

Isn't this amazing?" Edwin said, stroking his beard, somewhat dumbfounded.

"Master, if the specimens are lost, they can be collected again, but the value of the alienated creatures is immeasurable. You captured an alienated rat the first time you entered the swamp. Such luck will only make other nobles jealous!" Vic!

Said so enviously.

The value of alienated creatures is immeasurable, and this is by no means a compliment! The Velociraptor Knights of the Kingdom of Cambis can travel 600 kilometers a day, and can maintain strong combat effectiveness while marching for three consecutive days. For this world, this is a strategic force

It is a unique armed force that ensures the dominance of the Cambys royal family over the kingdom. The cornerstone of the Velociraptor Knights is the Velociraptor cultivated from alienated flesh and blood.

Of course, this kind of alienation cultivation takes decades, and the results of alienation are also random. After all, this kind of mutation is inherently chaotic.

But even so, for the big lords, alienated creatures are still the strategic materials they most desire.

"Speaking of which, we were able to successfully break through this time thanks to your pet Black Feather. It can point out the weak points of the lizard people's encirclement for us every time. In my opinion, Black Feather's military value is extremely great!" Bruce said sincerely!

Said, if it weren't for Black Feather's guidance, they probably wouldn't have been able to successfully bring the alienated rat out of the swamp.

Victor smiled slightly. The Alchemy Crow was originally the best reconnaissance unit. It could fly to an altitude of several thousand meters and observe the entire battlefield environment. Any larger movements would not be hidden from its eyes.

"Victor, I think Black Feather is not a crow. It may be the dust falcon recorded in the literature. It is said that this crow-like bird is the partner of the night elves. It is very smart and has the ability to imitate sounds. Since the elves,

After retreating to the Everfree Forest, this bird has never appeared again. However, the northern part of Centaur Hills is close to the Everfree Forest, so it is reasonable for the Dust Falcon to appear here. Maybe it is the blood of the high elves in you that attracts

Black Feather made it your pet." Edwin said.

"Dust Falcon? It seems that I have good luck too!" Victor said with a smile.

The words of the old scholar moved his heart. There is no record of the history of the Nairel Empire in the human world. Maybe the elves know the secrets. After all, the lifespan of elves is as long as hundreds of years. If there is a chance in the future, you can try to find the elves.

clan.

"Master Edwin, have you found anything interesting in the swamp?" Victor asked Edwin curiously.

"Although most of the samples were lost, I still left some interesting gadgets." Edwin said with excitement.

"For example, this crystal." Edwin took out a milky white crystal the size of a fingernail from his pocket.

"This is the first time this kind of crystal has been discovered. It has an interesting property, which is that it can absorb impurities in water."

Edwin said, took out a plate, poured some water into it, dropped a few drops of ink into the water, and finally threw the crystal into the plate.

Soon, the black water changed, and the black flocs condensed towards the crystal, and the color of the water began to become clear. After a cup of tea, the water on the plate turned into clear water again, and the milky white crystal

It was completely wrapped in black flocculent material, like an obsidian quietly sinking in the water.

"When we were collecting water in the swamp, we found that the water in the same pond was clear during the day, but turned turbid at night. Finally, we found this strange crystal under the pond, which can absorb impurities in the water during the day.

At night, the absorbed impurities will be restored to the water. How about it? Isn't this gadget amazing?" Edwin proudly showed off to the stunned Victor.

At this time, Victor felt a huge wave in his heart!

Is this a gadget? This is a priceless treasure!

Victor's territory is rich in purple cane resources, and he has always believed that purple cane will become a core product for the development of the territory.

Since the establishment of the hill camp, Victor has been trying to make cane sugar from purple cane. He squeezed the juice from the purple cane, filtered it through gauze, and then heated and boiled it to obtain syrup. Finally, the syrup cooled to form jaggery.

However, the jaggery made from purple cane is purple-black. Although it tastes good, it looks very poor. This is not the cane sugar that Victor needs, because the human aristocracy will never recognize this kind of jaggery.

What Victor needs is white sugar, and he is missing a crucial decolorization process.

It was this decolorization process that left Victor at a loss. He vaguely remembered that when he was on Earth, he heard from his coworkers that lime or activated carbon was needed to decolorize sucrose.

He didn't know if there was lime in the world, but charcoal was easy to get, so he asked his team of territorial residents to burn all types of wood in the territory to produce some charcoal. After repeated experiments, he was disappointed.

Found it to be of no use.

Well! In fact, charcoal is not activated carbon... Victor finally admitted his shallowness in frustration.

When piles of purple cane bagasse were pulled out from the upper camp, all the people thought that their lord preferred purple cane juice and liked it very much. They even thought that the lord used purple cane juice to bathe... otherwise what?

How can you use so much purple cane??

Victor had no intention of explaining that it happened that he was encouraging the people in his territory to innovate in production. Under the inducement of work points, some people began to use purple cane bagasse to make wine. As a result, they actually brewed the well-received purple cane wine. This can be regarded as a mistake.

The success of purple cane wine made Victor's people think that their lord was a wise lord. Otherwise, why would he have banned everyone from reclaiming the purple cane forest so early? You know, the land of the purple cane forest is full of

The most fertile!

Everyone thought that the sweet and sour purple cane wine would make everyone a lot of money, but Victor scoffed at this because purple cane wine was too easy to imitate.

Victor didn't know how wine was brewed in this world. But he saw the people in the territory put purple bagasse and purple sugar cane liquid in jars, left them outside for a day and night, and then filled the jars with water.

Finally, seal the jar tightly and bury it in the ground and that’s it…it’s really no technical content!

Therefore, if you really want to get rich, you still need sucrose, you need snow-white sucrose!

There is no hope for activated carbon, so consider lime. Victor found the master alchemy auxiliary Buso, and he counted on this all-round craftsman to help him make lime. However, as the king said, in addition to loading

Apart from his skills and knowledge, Buso is as ignorant as a baby.

Now that there was no hope for lime, Victor simply used various materials to conduct adsorption experiments, including clay, bark, grass blades, velociraptor feathers, ground lizard eggs, hair, thorium ore...

Finally, he desperately discovered that Ran! and! Egg!
Chapter completed!