The old Fire Lizard tidied up for a while and finally organized all the materials. After finishing, he picked up a Black Gold Scimitar from the ground and calmly looked at Richard.
"Wizard, I haven't interfered with others' research, but everything I've been working on these years is here."
Richard stored the materials in his Magic Pocket and silently performed a Wizard salute to the old Fire Lizard.
The inheritance of knowledge is always worthy of respect.
Then, Richard hesitantly spoke up:
"Fire Lizard, don't be in such a hurry to die. I think you are very valuable. Would you be interested in working for me for a while? We can sign a fair employment agreement…"
"Wizard, are you insulting me?" the old Fire Lizard interrupted loudly. "You destroyed my country and enslaved my people. Although I'm a bastard, I'm not a bastard to that extent."
With that, the old Fire Lizard swung his curved blade, and the Dragon Beast knight's sharp scimitar effortlessly severed his neck.
Richard watched this scene, a lump of anger stuck in his chest, and it took a long time for him to exhale.
Afterward, Richard arrived at the core area of the cultivation base, but upon seeing the core area, he was dumbfounded.
The entire core area was occupied by several massive pits, and almost all the Dragon Beast cultivation machines had been destroyed.
Boom!
Richard suddenly looked up at the sky and noticed that the huge energy dome above the base had become significantly weaker since the last time he came.
The sound he heard earlier was the movement of the upper magma.
If some time passed, this energy dome would likely disappear.
At that time, millions of tons of magma would flood the entire Dragon Beast Breeding Base, erasing the last bit of value the base had.
Richard shook his head: "These Fire Lizards really went all out."
Richard then quickened his search, and within a few minutes, he had searched the entire core area along with the third level.
In the end, Richard found half a cultivation machine that had been blown away by the explosion's aftermath on the third level.
Most of the machine's components were damaged, but Richard still found something usable within it.
[Material: Dragon Alchemy Chip]
[Extractable Information: Half Elemental Creature Flesh Transformation Technique]
[Extraction Cost: 20 Mental Power]
Looking at the palm-sized metal plate covered in golden patterns in his hand, a glimmer of surprise flashed in Richard's eyes.
He didn't expect such an important component to be undamaged.
Without hesitation, Richard chose to extract it, and soon, he obtained this technology left behind by the pioneers.
The function of this technology was simple: it transformed the flesh of half Elemental Creatures like the Flame Behemoth into a special type of semi-elemental fire flesh.
Wizards have the technology to transform the flesh of half Elemental Creatures into active flesh, but Richard had never heard of this semi-elemental active flesh. According to the technical details, one kilogram of first-level half Elemental Creature flesh could produce ten grams of semi-elemental active flesh.
Although he didn't know how active this semi-elemental active flesh was, even the lowest level of first-level active flesh was much superior to Jorod's technology.
In Richard's understanding, the flesh of half Elemental Creatures was one of the worst materials for making active flesh, as the elemental bloodlines contained within polluted the flesh. To turn it into active flesh, one had to expend great effort to remove the elemental bloodlines.
Jorod's technology could only produce one gram of normal active flesh from one kilogram of half Elemental Creature flesh.
After putting away the Dragon Alchemy Chip, Richard immediately flew out of the base, collecting several Flame Behemoth corpses from the outer warehouse along the way.
As for the energy dome in the sky, Richard had no intention of investigating it at all.
The Fire Lizard couldn't destroy this thing, and it was most likely a remnant of the pioneers; he wouldn't be able to take anything from it. Moreover, the technology of this energy dome looked very complex at first glance. If he went up and found that he couldn't extract anything, he would be extremely frustrated.
Soon, Richard walked out of the entrance he had entered the base from. Just as he stepped out, he heard a thunderous sound echoing through the passage.
The energy dome disappeared, and millions of tons of magma crashed into the Dragon Beast Breeding Base, completely burying this once-treasured gem of the Linksa Empire.
Richard looked back at the faint firelight visible deep within the entrance and felt a bit relieved:
"Good thing I didn't go investigate that energy dome; if I had, I probably wouldn't have come back."
Below the World Master level, no one could withstand the impact of millions of tons of magma, not even a Wizard.
In the distance, Luxor had already been captured, and the White Wizard Legion began to skillfully loot the city.
Alchemical creations? Take them! Fire Elemental Gems? Take them! Flame artifacts? Those must be taken! The Wizards laughed as they looted treasures from room to room, casually branding the slave mark on the civilian Fire Lizards with their slave stamps.
Just as Barashar said, Fire Lizards are indeed wealth to Wizards; each Fire Lizard slave can be exchanged for varying amounts of Magic Stones from a Great Wizard.
Killing Fire Lizards is equivalent to destroying wealth.
But unfortunately, Barashar's idea was a bit too extreme; even he only said it casually. The Dragon Beast knights he once commanded wouldn't act this way. This group of elite soldiers from the Linksa Empire had now scattered into small teams, hiding in various deep mountains and forests under their commander's lead.
They still believed that as long as Fire Lizard King Morik returned, everything would be alright.
Looking at the distant city of Luxor, Richard chose not to go in and loot.
His gains had already been substantial; it seemed not worth it to fight over trivial gains.
Moreover, the tragic state of the Dragon Beast Breeding Base had indeed impacted his heart a bit, and he needed to find a place to calm his emotions.
Opening the rift to the Secret Realm, Richard entered, preparing to study the materials organized by the old Fire Lizard.
Not long after he entered the Secret Realm, two figures arrived beside the breeding base.
One figure was robust, like a stone giant, while the other was wrapped in flames, resembling a fire sprite.
These two were the two Third Circle Wizards who had attacked the Dragon Beast Breeding Base and managed to escape.
Noticing the magma continuously surging in the passage, Moffett said regretfully, "We're still too late."
The Dragon Beast Breeding Base had now been completely destroyed by the massive magma.
Compared to his calmness, the fire Wizard beside him was extremely agitated.
"Those damned natives, do they even know what they've destroyed! That was the knowledge of The Lost Ones!"
The fire Wizard shouted angrily, the flames on his body flickering with his rage.
"The things are already destroyed; no amount of anger will bring them back."
Moffett glanced at the volcano and then turned to fly toward Luxor.
Since the last time he was nearly killed by the Sacred Guard, Moffett had realized that his mindset had some issues.
As his strength grew, his mentality had become somewhat arrogant, which was not good for a Wizard.
For this reason, he had been focusing on self-cultivation during this time.
If it had been before, he might have been furious about the destruction of the Dragon Beast Breeding Base, but now, he could only sigh about his bad luck, even feeling a bit relieved.
If the base hadn't been destroyed, he would have definitely gone in to take a look; what if he encountered the Sacred Guard he met before inside? The Black Wizard must restrain his greed.
The fire Wizard watched Moffett's departing figure and angrily threw a few fireballs at the mountainside. But soon, he also changed direction and flew toward Luxor.
The Dragon Beast Breeding Base was already destroyed; venting his anger was meaningless; it was better to loot some treasures in Luxor.
However, the two Third Circle Wizards had no idea that before them, a Second Circle Wizard had already explored the Dragon Beast Breeding Base.
...
In the Secret Realm, Richard took out the materials that were taller than two people from his pocket and began to understand what Dragon Beasts really were.
According to the information, Dragon Beasts were actually a type of synthetic beast, but this synthetic beast was more stable than most synthetic beasts created by Wizards. Aside from being unable to reproduce, they were almost indistinguishable from normal creatures.
Generally, Dragon Beasts had a lifespan of one hundred to two hundred years, with physical attributes ranging from one hundred fifty to two hundred, and occasionally, Dragon Beasts with physical attributes in the third-level biological range could be cultivated.
According to the records left by the old Fire Lizard, in ancient times, they could even mass-produce third-level Dragon Beasts. However, these techniques were lost for various reasons, and the ancient documents, written in a lot of dragon language, were now unreadable… so these Fire Lizards burned those documents.
Richard felt a bit of a toothache upon seeing this.
What a waste! Knowledge of the dragon language is not difficult to obtain among Wizards; even if there are differences between languages, he could directly extract the information using the Miracle Furnace.
Continuing to read, the Fire Lizard's techniques for cultivating Dragon Beasts were numerous, and each recipe produced Dragon Beasts with different characteristics.
For instance, the Dragon Beasts used by the active Dragon Beast Knight Order were of a type with extremely balanced characteristics; speed, strength, endurance, and even intelligence were not outstanding but above average.
The old Fire Lizard was researching a new Dragon Beast technique; his Dragon Beasts had outstanding speed and endurance, and their strength was above average, but their intelligence was somewhat lacking, requiring long periods of training before they could be used as mounts.
Moreover, this type of Dragon Beast had relatively low defense, and even ordinary Fire Lizard warriors could easily break through their defenses.
"Hmm, the pros and cons are quite obvious."
Richard looked at the documents in his hand, his gaze inadvertently shifting to the armored hunting dog playing with the Holy Tree Sprite in the Secret Realm.
"Intelligence isn't a problem; just spend more time. If worse comes to worst, there's also soul magic to help. As for defense… a secondary modification of the Dragon Beast, along with these armor plates, should be feasible. But the choice of user is a bit of an issue."
Richard stroked his chin, his gaze landing on the last section of the document.
According to the document, making a Dragon Beast required the blood of a Fire Lizard, and the Dragon Beast would naturally be close to the Fire Lizard providing the blood. When fighting side by side, they could even achieve a mental integration, reaching a state of unity.
Looking at this passage, Richard suddenly remembered the Dragonization Magic Potion he had obtained earlier.
One of the ingredients for this Magic Potion was the blood of a Fire Lizard.
Richard murmured to himself, "It seems the heavens are not done with you Fire Lizards yet."
The author is a fool who forgot to set the timer.
(End of this chapter)