The dragon just wants to stay at home, but the players are frantically upgrading their technology.

"Those can be handled by the goblins."

Zhan Shuai waved his hand dismissively, but his brows furrowed: "This quantity is wrong!"

"How could more than eighty combat personnel only have this many weapons, and not even a single piece of iron armor?"

Weapons are consumables, and this is far from enough; there should be at least three times the number of regular combat personnel.

"Yes! I find it strange too."

Baicaoyuan nodded, then pointed to the spears on the ground and said, "Moreover, these spears are very brittle, and are not as good as the spears forged from scrap iron that human merchants sell to us."

“We just tried it out. It broke after a few tries when we stuck it into the goblin chieftain’s armor.”

As he spoke, Baicaoyuan grabbed an iron spear and stabbed it into the deformable armor lying to the side.

Bang bang bang!

With three consecutive sounds, the tip of the iron spear snapped off.

"This……"

The warlord's expression darkened slightly.

These spears are more than enough for hunting, but completely useless for fighting.

"And I have another weird point!"

Baicaoyuan casually tossed the broken spear on the ground and pointed to the wooden spears and iron pickaxes.

"These goblins clearly control the mines and possess metallurgical technology, so why don't they equip themselves with iron spears and insist on using wooden spears?"

"I've also noticed these issues..."

"not only that."

As Zhan Shuai was speaking, suddenly, the person who had been writing and drawing on the wooden board, Guan Jizheng, spoke up.

Chapter 23 is expired.

"According to my calculations, the goblins' production efficiency is completely mismatched with the ores in front of us."

"besides."

As he spoke, the caliber of justice stepped forward, took a piece from the pile of ore, and placed it in front of the three men.

The ore is black overall, with yellow spots on the surface.

"The ore vein here is the same as what we deduced based on the information provided by the copper head belt; it is pyrite mixed with a small amount of hematite."

The three looked at each other, and then, with a sense of justice, weighed the ore in their hands.

“Pyrite, which is the piece I have here, is also known as ferrous disulfide in reality.”

“After smelting, ferrous sulfide will remain in the iron. This substance has a lower melting point than iron. Once it is forged at high temperature, the internal impurities will melt first, making it extremely brittle.”

"Therefore, it can only be forged at a low temperature below 988 degrees Celsius, or directly cast."

"Even if it is forged, this kind of weapon is very brittle and can easily break in high-intensity combat."

After the introduction, "Caliber is Justice" pointed to the spear on the ground, and then to the deformed armor beside it.

“These spears are a good match, but the armor is very strong and of almost the same quality as our spears, so it is obviously not forged from pyrite.”

Zhan Shuai frowned: "You mean these goblins trade with humans, or that they have superior lairs?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhan Shuai shook his head, denying the first guess.

I think it should be the latter.

Zhan Shuai explained his reasons.

"We didn't find many human artifacts. Humans probably wouldn't be interested in this kind of iron ore."

"If they were to engage in trade with humans, it would be impossible for them not to be armed."

"Only the existence of superior nests and their exploitation can explain this."

"There's another reason."

"Cutline is Justice" nodded, pointing behind Zhan Shuai amidst the puzzled gazes of Zhan Shuai and the other two.

The three of them looked in that direction.

There was a minecart made of iron bars and planks, parked on a wooden track.

Last night, players noticed the minecart.

Players would deliberately park their minecarts here to haul supplies up.

“I checked, and this kind of track and winch at the opening were roughly used in the real medieval period, which is similar to the human period in the game.”

"Accuracy is justice" he said, pointing to the mine shaft.

"The original surface veins here should have been hematite. After the humans mined them all out, they left, leaving only a very small amount of hematite and pyrite, which were then taken over by the goblins."

"We hadn't noticed until you pointed it out."

Zhan Shuai and the others suddenly realized.

That track was made of wood; it looked exactly like something a goblin could make.

“But didn’t our fellow villager Long say there’s only one nest of goblins here? He has no reason to lie to us.”

"Remembering something?" Baicaoyuan asked, puzzled.

"Perhaps the information given by my fellow villager Long is true, but..."

"Caliber is Justice" had a strange expression on his face as he slowly uttered a single word.

It's expired.

"Damn, I remember now, my fellow villager Long said he hasn't left his house in years!"

Zhan Shuai cursed, gritting his teeth.

"I thought he didn't go out because he didn't go far, but it turns out he didn't even leave the house."

They were all fooled by the expired information from their fellow villager, Long.

"That's very much in line with his personality."

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"And what about the rest he mentioned..."

Baicaoyuan hesitated, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by "righteousness is the ultimate sophistication."

"I think, at least the racial names haven't expired yet."

The tone was subtly suggestive, implying that justice is paramount.

For a moment, the cave fell silent.

My fellow villager Long did say that, but who would have thought he could be such a homebody!

"Ah~"

Suddenly, a sigh broke the silence.

Where did my body go?

The man with the copper-headed belt walked over dejectedly, muttering to himself.

"I think I should know where your body is."

"War Commander said."

"Huh? You hid it? I searched the entire goblin lair and couldn't find it. Give it back to me now."

The man with the copper-headed belt's eyes lit up, and he quickly ran over.

"What are you saying? How can you doubt your brother like that?"

Zhan Shuai's face darkened slightly, but he still recounted his speculation about the superior nest.

"Didn't you mine for two days and then suddenly get killed?"

The war commander asked and answered his own question.

"I think after you were discovered, they sent someone to consult with the higher-ups and at the same time devised a plan to capture you."

"Then, orders came from the superior lair, and they killed you and sent your body over."

"Damn, no wonder they whipped me first, questioned me, then made me mine, and then killed me."

The copper-headed belt suddenly realized that all these experiences were instantly connected.

"But what are they going to do with my body?"

A look of doubt appeared on the copper-tipped belt.

"I don't know about that."

Zhan Shuai shook his head.

He didn't understand this point either.