It turned out that after Edwin and his party entered the Swamp, they carefully avoided most of the dangers and collected many plant and mineral specimens unique to the Swamp. Everything was going well, but on their way back, they encountered a migrating tribe of lizardmen, and with the help of Black Feather, they managed to hide in a safe place and smeared mud on their bodies to prevent detection by the lizardmen with a keen sense of smell. However, a monster lurking underground raids them, it scratches a soldier, and although it is quickly killed by Bruce, the smell of blood catches the attention of the lizardman scouts, and the fight is inevitable.

After killing a few of the lizardman scouts who came to investigate, Bruce led the team to break out, and the lizardmen began to try to encircle them, but Black Feather always pointed out the right direction for Bruce to break out, and after losing most of the supplies, they also approached the exit of the swamp.

But the lizardmen clearly didn't want to let them go, and a team of fierce lizardmen warriors kept track of them and stopped them at the exit from the swamp. There are more than fifty lizardmen in this team, led by six ferocious lizardmen, and their strength is very strong.

Bruce alone faced three ferocious lizardmen, three servant knights against the other two, and Nicole began to fight back against ordinary lizardmen warriors after killing a ferocious lizardman warrior in order to prevent the lizardmen from harming the old scholar.

Although these lizardmen are the elite warriors of the tribe, they are still not enough in the face of well-equipped knights, and they were beheaded by Nicole more than a dozen in a row, and after the trainee knights killed their opponents, the lizardmen warriors finally collapsed, and finally they lost more than half of them and fled back to the swamp, and five of the six fierce lizardmen warriors were also killed, and one was captured alive at Edwin's request.

However, in order to protect the old scholar, four soldiers died at the hands of the lizardmen, and for fear of being pursued by the lizardmen tribe, Bruce had to bury the bodies of his companions on the spot and exit the swamp.

"Aren't the lizardmen all timid orcs, and why are they so fierce?" asked Victor, bewildered.

What happened to Bruce made Victor very scared, and this was a knight squad composed of two knights, three midshipmen, and twenty elite soldiers. Such force was enough to crush his current camp. (Bruce has four Servant Knights, one of whom guards the supply camp outside the swamp.)

"The lizardfolk we met were not ordinary lizardmen, they were the most ferocious of the lizardmen, and they were also known as half-drakes. Edwin took a sip of his coffee and said with a wry smile.

"The Half-Dragons are far superior to ordinary lizardmen in terms of intelligence, strength, size, and courage, and the Half-Dragons claim to have the blood of dragons! Edwin sighed with some smugness.

Although they discarded most of the specimens when they broke through, they still made him very satisfied with the capture of a half-dragon man.

Victor's face is as earthy as the color of the earth, and the half-dragon man is in my backyard?

"Don't worry! Half-drakes are a type of lizardmen, no matter how tough they are, and they won't leave the swamp. Seeing Victor's concern, Edwin comforted.

"That's good. Victor breathed a sigh of relief, the swamp was vast, and the lizardman had adapted to the swamp environment, and presumably would not be interested in his territory.

"Master, what is that monster? I've never seen such a strange beast so long. Victor asked Edwin curiously.

Even though he was so embarrassed to be chased by the half-dragon tribe that he couldn't even collect the corpse of his companion, Edwin never left this monster corpse, which shows its value.

"Hehe, that's a precious alien rat. Edwin said with a frown.

"Alien rats?!" Victor shouted in shock.

According to Victor's modern point of view, there are two mutation directions for creatures in this world, one is ferocity, and the other is alienation, which is also called alienation.

Ferocity does not change the physical characteristics of the creature, but only improves the elemental attributes of the creature in all aspects, that is, physique, spirit, perception, and life.

Alienation completely changes the appearance of the creature, and it can even be said that the alienated creature completely becomes another creature.

The direction of biological alienation is chaotic and disorderly, and no one knows what the alienated creatures will eventually look like, but the alienated creatures will become huge and ferocious, and the monster with a length of more than 2 meters is transformed from a rat the size of a palm.

The scholars of the White Tower have also discovered an interesting phenomenon that no sapient species will be alienated, not even the stupidest fish-men. Therefore, alienated creatures are all creatures without intelligence, and the lower the creatures, the greater the degree of alienation, and some even reach tens of thousands of times. In the mountains north of the Neville Kingdom, an alien spider was once found, which is said to be 8 meters high and 15 meters long, and was finally killed by a golden knight of the Neville Kingdom.

Unlike ferocity, which occurs randomly and cannot be inherited, alienation cannot be inherited but can be contagious! The flesh and blood of alienated organisms can cause other organisms to mutate as well, but this infection will become weaker and weaker, and eventually form a stable new species.

Humans have used the infectious characteristics of alienation to breed some powerful creatures, such as the dragon mount of the Swift Dragon Knights of the Kingdom of Gambis, which was bred by ground lizards.

Therefore, all the great nobles of the human race are eager for alienated creatures, but unfortunately, alienation is a phenomenon that is even rarer than ferocity, which is also the reason why alienated creatures are extremely precious.

It's no wonder that Bruce and his men, despite their losses, have hidden joy, and this alien rat will make them a rich reward for the family.

"It was the alien rat that exposed our tracks, cost us 4 soldiers, and I lost a lot of samples, but it became the biggest takeaway of our trip to the swamp. Victor, isn't that amazing, you say?" said Edwin, rubbing his beard, with a little crying and laughing.

"Master, if the specimen is lost, it can be collected again, but the value of the alienated creature is immeasurable. The first time you entered the Swamp, you captured an alien rat, and that luck would only make the other nobles blush!" Victor said enviously.

The value of alienated creatures is immeasurable, this is by no means a compliment! The Swift Dragon Knights of the Kingdom of Gambis can travel 600 kilometers a day, and they can still maintain their vigorous combat effectiveness after marching for three days in a row, which is a strategic armed force for this world, which guarantees the dominance of the Gambis royal family over the kingdom. And the cornerstone of the Swift Dragon Knights is the Swift Dragon, which is cultivated from alienated flesh and blood.

Of course, this kind of alienation takes decades to cultivate, and the results of alienation are also random, after all, this kind of mutation is inherently chaotic and disorderly.

But even so, for the Great Lords, alienated creatures are still the strategic materials they most crave to obtain.

"Speaking of which, this time I was able to break through smoothly thanks to your pet Black Feather. It can always point out the weak points in the lizardmen's encirclement, and in my opinion, Black Feather is of great military value!" Bruce said sincerely, if it weren't for Black Feather's guidance, they probably wouldn't have been able to bring the alien rats out of the swamp smoothly.

Victor smiled slightly, the alchemy crow was originally the best reconnaissance unit, it could fly thousands of meters into the air and observe the entire battlefield environment, and any big movement could not hide from its eyes.

"Victor, I don't think Black Feather is a crow, it may be a dust falcon recorded in the literature, this bird that resembles a crow is said to be a companion of the Night Elves, very intelligent, and has the ability to imitate sounds. Since the elves retreated to the Everfree Forest, this bird has not been seen again. However, the northern part of the Centaur Hills is close to the Everfree Forest, and it makes sense that the Dust Falcon would appear here. Maybe it's the blood of the High Elves in you that attracts Black Feather and makes it your pet. Edwin said.

"Dust Falcon, I think I'm lucky, too!" said Victor with a smile.

The old scholar's words made his heart move, the history of the Nairel Empire has no record in the human world, maybe the elves know the secret, after all, the elves have a lifespan of hundreds of years. If you have the opportunity in the future, you can try to find the elves.

"Master Edwin, do you have any other interesting discoveries in the swamp?" asked Victor curiously to Edwin.

"Most of the samples are missing, but I still have some interesting gadgets left. Edwin said with a frown.

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

"This crystal, which is the first time it has been discovered, has an interesting property of absorbing impurities from water. ”

As he spoke, Edwin took out a plate and poured some water into it, dripped a few drops of ink into the water, and finally threw the crystal into the plate.

Soon, the black water changed, and I saw the black flocculent condense towards the crystal, and the water color began to become clear, and the water on the plate turned into clear water again, and the milky white crystal was completely wrapped by the black flocculent substance, like a grain of obsidian quietly sinking in the water.

"When we took water from the swamp, we found that in the same pond the water was clear during the day and then muddy again at night. Eventually, we found this strange crystal at the bottom of the pool, which absorbs impurities in the water during the day and restores them to the water at night. How's that going? isn't this gadget amazing?" Edwin smirked to the stunned Victor.

At this time, Victor set off a monstrous wave in his heart!

Is this a gadget? It's priceless!

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.

Ever since the establishment of the hill camp, Victor has been experimenting with the use of purple cane to make cane sugar, which he juices, filters through gauze, and then heats and boils to obtain a syrup, which finally cools to form jaggery.

However, the jaggery made from purple cane is purple-black, and although it tastes good, it looks very bad. This is not the sucrose that Victor needs, because the human aristocracy will definitely not approve of this kind of jaggery.

Victor needed white sugar, and he was missing a crucial decolorization process.

It was this decolorization process that made Victor at a loss, and he vaguely remembered that when he was on Earth, he heard from a co-worker 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 obtain, so he asked his group of lords to burn all kinds of wood in the territory to make some charcoal, and after trial and error, he was disappointed to find that it didn't work.

Well, charcoal is not activated charcoal。。。。。。 Victor finally admits his shallowness in frustration.

After the piles of purple bagasse were pulled out of the upper camp, all the lords thought that their lord preferred purple cane juice, and they liked it very, very much, and they even thought that the lord bathed in purple cane juice... Otherwise, how could so many purple cane be used??

Victor had no intention of explaining that it coincided with his encouragement of innovation in the production of the people, and under the inducement of the division of labor, some people began to use purple bagasse to make wine, and the result was actually a well-received purple cane wine, which can be regarded as a crooked hit.

The success of the purple cane wine made the lords of Victor think that his lord was a wise lord, otherwise how could he have forbade the big guys to cultivate the purple cane forest early?

Everyone thinks that the sweet and sour purple cane wine will make everyone a lot of money, but Victor scoffs at it, because purple cane wine is too easy to imitate.

Victor doesn't know how the wine in this world is made. However, he saw that the people put purple bagasse and purple cane liquid in the jar, put it outside for a day and a night, then filled the jar with water, and finally sealed the jar tightly and buried it in the ground。。。。。。 It's really untechnical!

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 has brought in Busso, a master alchemy auxiliary, who he expects to help him make lime. But, as the king said, Busso was as ignorant as a baby except for the loaded skills and knowledge.

Now that there is no hope for lime, Victor simply uses a variety of materials for adsorption tests, clay, tree bark, blades of grass, swift bird feathers, ground lizard eggs, hair, silver ore, 。。。。。。

Eventually, he found out in despair, and then!

And now, there is an excellent test material in front of Victor, and he feels that the possibility of success this time is very great。。。。。。。