Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 259 Fractionated Petroleum
The group of people arrived in front of the dragon's lair. Even though they were wearing breathing masks, everyone still felt an indescribable rancid smell lingering on the tip of their noses, making them almost nauseous.

I have already understood before that the living habits of this giant dragon are closely related to the carrion. The dragon's body is covered with carrion, so you can imagine what this lair will look like.

The ground was covered with rotten, smelly, mud-like things that could no longer be described as corpses. Maggots were burrowing around in this puddle of mud.

This is formed by the decay, fermentation and siltation of corpses over many years.

Because of the dragon's activities, this area is in a sunken state, and these rotten materials naturally accumulate here and cannot flow away.

Coupled with the dragon's daily hunting, it can be said that fresh carrion is added almost every day.

After many years, one can imagine the power of this thing.

Before Purficott traveled through, the original world had been popular for a period of time to hunt for food and broadcast food. Among them, the pickled puffins from Norway were similar to these things to a large extent.

The organisms are allowed to rot to the point of a puddle of liquid, and the flavor they exude is at least ten times stronger than the canned herring that became popular at the same time and is more easily accepted by people.

At least Purficott now really feels that the respirator mask he made is still somewhat lacking in blocking this rancid smell.

And I have to take a good shower after I go back to avoid being contaminated with this stench.

If that were the case, she would really peel off all her skin. Anyway, there are related technologies in human body refining that allow her to peel off her skin and immediately grow a new layer.

There are a lot of germs and toxins lurking in this rotting sludge. You must be careful when coming into contact and avoid direct contact with the skin as much as possible. In addition, clothing contaminated with this sludge must be burned and disposed of together, and everyone must undergo sterilization. , to avoid bacterial infection. "

Faced with Samantha's persuasion and obstruction, Purficott nodded affirmatively without any persistence this time, and said to Samantha: "Let someone dig a trench first to lead out the toxic sludge. Find a place to set fire to or use other means to dispose of it.

Even though they were so far apart, they hadn't really set foot in that area yet, and Purficott felt as if his clothes were smelling of smoke.

A large number of white bones piled up a nest like a bird's nest in the rotten mud accumulated over the years, which seemed to be the habitat of the giant dragon.

If you don't want to run around with the smell of corpses, these clothes should be burned as soon as possible.

"My Lord Earl, you'd better not go forward. It's too dirty ahead! You'd better stay here and let others go up and explore!" Samantha persuaded Perfectcott, trying to stop her from stepping onto the road ahead. Dragon's Nest.

It was precisely because he was disgusted with this stench that Purficott did not continue to approach the dragon's nest, but stopped in front of the black mud.

Not only that, she also felt that after going back today, she would definitely not be able to keep her clothes.

Because Purficott has begun to popularize knowledge about modern medicine such as bacteria and viruses last year, most people in the north now know that cleanliness is an effective way to resist diseases.

Therefore, facing Purficott's request, the exploration captain and Samantha did not have any resistance or incomprehension.

Even the ordinary exploration team members who would be responsible for the work later fully understood why Purficott made such a request. Since the dragon's nest could not be entered, Purficott naturally turned around and came to the oil lake, looking at the "sparkling" lake.

Although the area of ​​​​this lake is not large, Purficott can still see the edge at a glance. Considering the depth of the "water", one can imagine how much oil is stored in the lake in front of him.

Purficott used alchemy to stir up some crude oil at the lakeside, and controlled it to float in front of him.

This is a drop of dark brown crude oil. It does not seem to be very viscous, and there are still some granular impurities in it. However, through the identification of the omniscient eye, Perficott can be sure that this is a very good oil. of crude oil.

She tried to pull up a ball of crude oil again and use alchemy to decompose it in her hands. She wanted to see if she could extract the refined oil and petrochemicals she wanted through alchemy.

As a top alchemist, it is extremely simple for Purficott to decompose a mass of matter.

However, the decomposition of crude oil cannot simply reduce it directly into a single substance, because the refined oil and various petrochemical products that Perficott wants to obtain are not single substances.

So when it comes to decomposition, it's not so much decomposition as it is separation.

The original world's petroleum fractionation technology used the different boiling points of different substances in crude oil to separate different substances into fractions through evaporation and condensation.

In this process, a series of products such as light oil gas, naphtha, gasoline, kerosene and diesel can be obtained.

So when Purficott faced the lump of crude oil in front of her, she did not directly use alchemy to decompose it. Instead, she designed an alchemy ritual based on the principle of fractionation to separate the lump of crude oil into various different product.

A pile of wide-mouth bottles were also made on site using sand and gravel from the ground, and these separated products were packed for display and preservation.

Seeing Purficott separate a ball of black crude oil into various products, some were clear, some were dark yellow, some were viscous, and some were as clear as water, this made Samantha beside her He showed a very surprised expression.

However, it has long been common knowledge in this world that alchemists have various abilities that others find incredible.

So when faced with what Purficott did, what really surprised her was that so many things could be separated from this lump of crude oil.

"Your Majesty, what are these things for?" Samantha asked curiously.

Purficott did not explain in detail. He directly opened the bottle of gasoline, sprinkled some of the clear gasoline inside on the ground, then asked for a fire starter from Samantha and lit it.

Then she explained: "This is an excellent fuel. It can burn efficiently and continuously, and the combustion process does not produce as much smoke as when coal is burned. It is an existence that can replace coal."

Hearing what Purficott said and looking at the small puddle of burning gasoline in front of her, Samantha finally understood why Purficott had said that after the oil lake was developed, the North could no longer be used. No more burning coal.

(End of this chapter)