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"Steam furnace?"

After listening to the boy's description, Jing Liuli finally pieced together the chaos that was happening in the steam city.

Although these stranded passengers only knew that something big had happened at the steam furnace and that a large number of association star envoys had rushed there.

But none of them could explain exactly what happened.

All that is known is that there was a great commotion over there not long ago, and some people even saw a high-level fighter jet from the Quantum Fortress roaring towards the direction of the steam furnace.

Something serious has clearly happened.

Knowing all this, and considering the unusual behavior of Dust Star, Mirror Glaze turned to Mei Ling beside her and said excitedly, "Aunt Mei, is the location of Star and her guardian in the direction of the steam furnace?"

Mei Ling closed her eyes, concentrated for a moment, and then nodded calmly.

"Hmm, the breath is very clear."

Upon receiving this information, the eyes behind the mirrored sunglasses immediately lit up.

"I knew she was up to something big!"

Jing Liuli clapped her hands and said with absolute certainty, "I bet what's happening here right now is definitely related to her!"

She had felt that something was off about Chen Xing before, and now it seems she was right.

If she had nothing to hide, why would she be running to the steam furnace at this time?
Thinking of this, Jing Liuli could no longer suppress her curiosity and immediately summoned her precious pillow.

The next second, a special pillow emitting a faint glow appeared out of thin air in front of her.

Jing Liuli leaped up and sat steadily on the Dream Pillow in a duck-like posture.

She then casually took off her sunglasses, revealing her bright, sparkling eyes, and gave the gathered fans a standard celebrity smile.

"Everyone, we'll do the autographs and photos later! Thank you all for your support!"

After saying that, Jing Liuli rode on the 'Dream Pillow' and transformed into a streak of light, flying out of the station, leaving behind a crowd of amazed people.

On the other side, Mei Ling watched her hurried figure and shook her head helplessly.

The company car had already arrived, but this little devil insisted on taking a different route.

But it doesn't matter, let her do as she pleases.

Without Mei Ling making any unnecessary movements, her body floated up and quickly caught up with Jing Liuli in mid-air.

As Jing Liuli's guardian and manager, this Calamity-level Star Envoy was already used to Jing Liuli's 'childish' personality.

And she doesn't particularly dislike it.

Outside the brass tower.

Chen Kong carried the unconscious Vivian out of the steam furnace.

Upon seeing this program, the branch president, Liam, immediately stepped forward.

"Chen Kong, what's the situation inside?"

Faced with Liam's question, Chen Kong thought for a moment, then shook his head, indicating that he was also unsure.

Liam frowned slightly, instinctively feeling that Chen Kong was hiding something.

But he ultimately didn't press the matter further, patted him on the shoulder, and told him to go and rest.

Then, he turned to look in the direction of the steam furnace, lost in thought.

For a fleeting moment, Liam clearly sensed a trace of 'divine aura' emanating from the furnace.

Although that aura didn't last long, combined with Ivan's recent entry into the furnace and his identity as a high-ranking priest of the Cult of Machines, it was a powerful presence.

Liam felt that the divine aura was most likely caused by his activation of the Mechanicus's 'Spell: Deus Exorcism'.

Now that the divine aura has disappeared, either Ivan has successfully dealt with the Heavenly Dao, or the Heavenly Dao has turned the tide and won.

But whatever the outcome, he will have to wait until the steam furnace is completely stable before he can know.

After all, the furnace was currently enveloped by a strange power, and some unknown changes were visibly taking place.

He dared not send anyone to investigate the current state of the steam furnace at this time.

As the president of the Steam Branch, he had to be responsible for his subordinates. Tiandao Siming had already humiliated the Steam Branch once; they couldn't let him do it a second time.

Not to mention, he also sensed a new natural disaster that had arrived in the Steam City.

Thinking about this, Liam couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

Including the guardian beside the demon sword, the Steam City is now home to three calamities.

If we also include the young master of the Yu family from Martial Arts Capital who came here not long ago.

The number of natural disasters that have struck the Steam City during this period has reached an astonishing three.

Such a situation is uncommon, let alone in a small steam city.

Even among the seven floating cities, this is extremely rare.

Meanwhile, inside the steam furnace.

"No, Danica needs to rest!"

Danica lay sprawled on the ground, her body spread out in a tiny "big" shape, too exhausted to move a single finger.

Seeing Danica, who at such a young age has already avoided many detours and transformed into an excellent working woman, the viewers couldn't help but tease her.

'Danica is definitely a workaholic! She used up all her mana modifying the furnace.'

Does the Stellaris universe have laws protecting child labor? It feels like this is exploiting underage people like cattle.

Liu Ma: Who's calling me?

The comments were scrolling, and the anime briefly showed a close-up of the surrounding environment.

After Danica and Tiandao's extensive modifications, the steam furnace has been precisely divided into twelve areas, each corresponding to one of the twelve gear guardians within the furnace.

Although the maximum power of the modified steam furnace during forging is reduced by about 50% compared to the original, the number of pieces of equipment that can be forged at the same time has achieved a qualitative leap.

It can also be used by up to twelve people at the same time.

All these changes are due to the fact that the Heavenly Dao has gained full control over the furnace and can freely regulate the core rules, and also to the new 'laws' that Danica reshaped here; otherwise, the transformation could never have been so smooth.

As a price for modifying the steam furnace, Tiandao had Danica set a rule called 'handling fee' within it.

In other words, everyone who uses the steam furnace must pay a handling fee to the Heavenly Dao.

The more people use it, the more money Heaven earns.

Although Tiandao did this seemingly to make money, his real reason for doing so was to bind himself closely to the steam furnace.

Protecting it is equivalent to protecting the steam furnace.

Therefore, once the Grand Master, Ennett, learns about the new steam furnace, he will inevitably weigh the pros and cons and step forward to support the Heavenly Dao.

With such a powerful figure endorsing him.

Even those iron-willed members of the Iron Dome family couldn't openly obstruct him anymore.

And that's all that Heaven needs.

After resting for a sufficient amount of time, Danica propped herself up and sat up, looking curiously at the Heavenly Path not far away.

"Mr. Tiandao, what are you researching?"

Strands of pale blue electricity were wrapped around Tiandao's arm. These currents flowed continuously about one millimeter above his skin, neither touching but closely connected.

"Nothing much, just thinking about something new."

Although Tiandao didn't say it explicitly, the viewers on the 13th station keenly noticed the changes in Tiandao through the screen.

'Is it lightning power?!'

Is Lao Tian about to unlock a new skill?

"Dude, what does vector control have to do with electricity? The Stellaris production team is adding more settings again!"

(End of this chapter)