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The portal to another world, the headquarters of the human pioneering team.

Inside the massive command center, over a hundred staff members were busy at their respective posts in an orderly manner. The sounds of keyboards clicking, equipment humming, various frontline intelligence gatherings, and even the sounds of frontline operations could be heard!

In the very center, a huge electronic screen was playing live footage of the Battle of Tranquil Harbor, which was nearing the end of the war.

"Radar warning: Three high-speed flying targets detected at the three o'clock position."

"Switch to infrared mode and begin analysis."

On the big screen, three inconspicuous black dots were rapidly magnified, revealing the outline of black crows.

They are huddled close to the mountainside, cunningly evading conventional detection.

"These petty spies again," a young officer scoffed, his tone laced with disdain. "Authorize laser weapons to clean them up. Don't waste energy."

"clear."

The moment the command was given, three beams of light, as thin as hair and invisible to the naked eye, silently descended from some hillsides.

There was no explosion, no loud noise.

On the screen, the three black crows suddenly burst into flames!

"Kill confirmed."

"Well done, a bit faster than last time."

"They flew in from the east, so they're probably elves! They always send birds over; I'm getting tired of roasting them."

Listening to the operators' darkly humorous chatter, Su Mingjin, in the distance, picked up the teacup on the table and took a leisurely sip.

The tea is Longjing tea, weighing 99.1 taels, and the water is purified water from another world. It's a great way to refresh yourself during a busy day.

At this moment, the battle for Tranquil Harbor has been going on for eight hours, and night has already fallen.

The battle went more smoothly than expected.

Brigade Commander Man handed over an electronic battle report: "Commander Su, the latest casualty statistics from the front."

Su Mingjin took the tactical tablet and looked at it.

1 dead.

Seriously injured: 2 people.

Minor injuries: 5 people.

She lightly swiped her finger across the screen, paused for a moment, and then sighed.

War inevitably involves sacrifices, but compared to the devastation at Pangula Fortress, the numbers in this operation were nothing short of miraculous.

"Let's follow the old rules! The wounded must receive the best treatment," Su Mingjin said calmly.

"yes!"

"The soldiers are growing faster than we imagined." Su Mingjin put down the tablet and turned her gaze back to the sand table. "Of course, we also have to thank our opponents for their cooperation."

Commander Man wholeheartedly agreed: "Indeed."

Those corrupted dwarves have gone completely mad. In order to complete some bullshit bloody sacrifice, they actually drove hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians into the fortress.

In an effort to rescue people, humans began using a frontal assault tactic to rush in and save them.

This left the dwarves, who had divided their forces into several locations, with no time to react.

If the more than two thousand dwarves at the Tranquil Harbor military base were all staying in one place, the cleanup on the human side would probably take more than 20 hours.

"We've also roughly investigated the situation at Tranquil Harbor," Commander Man pointed to another report. "Because Tranquil Harbor is a major dwarven port, although the Mithril clan makes up a large portion of the population, the sheer number of people and their diverse backgrounds have slowed the rate of corruption and infiltration far below expectations. Two days ago, our mysterious friend Gaizul launched a preemptive attack on the dwarven military base and exposed the Corruptors' conspiracy, causing considerable alarm within the dwarves. This is the fundamental reason for our successful operation! Besides this, the class system within the dwarves is more serious than we thought!"

"Oh?"

"Our investigation has confirmed that the dwarves have an extremely sophisticated system for upward mobility, and the lives of the lower classes are extremely miserable! Well, in comparison, it's very similar to our situation before the founding of our nation."

"That bald guy?"

"Well, it's just about the lives of ordinary people. In reality, dwarves possess a lot of technology, and their nobles are technology monopolists. These people control the transmission of knowledge in civilization and occupy high positions by relying on bloodlines and technology. If you want to break through their ranks, you can only follow their rules."

"Our operation went so smoothly this time, thanks to the dwarves' faith, and especially to the mysterious Gazul!"

"Gaizuer," Su Mingjin murmured, a smile flickering in her eyes, "has the information he provided been confirmed?"

"The Butcher is leading his troops to accept the challenge!"

Just then, an exciting voice came through the communication channel.

"Report! The Butcher Squad has brought good news! They have successfully captured the dwarven secret armory and ammunition depot! A considerable spoils have been seized!"

A suppressed cheer erupted from the command center.

Su Mingjin also showed a genuine smile.

The biggest gain from this war is about to be secured.

"Connect to the command post!"

Bi Shengli's voice came through the communication channel.

"Reporting to Commander Su, Commander Man! Butcher's troops have fulfilled their mission! They have successfully found the dwarves' greatest treasure. It's exactly what that mysterious man described! The contents are very interesting."

As soon as he finished speaking, a few cheers and laughter came from the command center.

Many staff officers and officers turned their attention to the main screen.

"What did he say? Let's take a look!"

Deng Dakang pressed him for answers.

"Yes, connect the video call first," Su Mingjin said.

"Signal is being established, Commander! The network environment at the front is complex, please wait—"

After a few seconds of flashing snow, the high-definition video signal suddenly switched in.

The moment the image stabilized, hundreds of people in the command center seemed to be put on pause, their breathing even stopping.

The noisy keyboard typing seemed to have disappeared.

The screen showed an incredibly vast underground space.

The space is constructed of steel, over a hundred meters high and more than three hundred meters wide. It is entirely made of magical materials and steel covered with runes and energy patterns. While being incredibly sturdy, it can also block detection from numerous devices and possesses corrosion resistance.

In the center of the video, a colossal object, thirty meters high and wide, stands silently.

It is made entirely of a black metal box unlike any seen before, with most of the surface smooth and some areas covered with countless grooves and interfaces, giving it a cold, industrial feel.

A semi-transparent energy shield completely enveloped it.

On the surface of the energy shield, countless pale white energies flowed slowly like water, flickering and changing, looking incredibly beautiful.

Around this behemoth, several huge concave bases remain empty. Judging from the remaining fixtures and energy transmission lines, many of the dwarves' proud war machines—the machines of the gods—once stood there.

Not far from the video, the dwarven god's machines, which had once been destroyed by the Linli people, now lay helplessly piled up here.

It activated a magical static field, and from the outside, one could still see the sealed coffin, which was actually the life support chamber, from which blood and life support fluids were seeping out.

Upon closer inspection, the interior of that Titan machine appeared to have just been destroyed.

"Static field—this is the dwarves' special energy stasis field, very similar to the collapsed area we found in Pangula Fortress before." An old scientist specializing in microscopic energy adjusted his glasses, his voice trembling. "Such a massive energy matrix, unimaginable energy output—they definitely used this to preserve their most important things."

"These things from the dwarves look pretty good!"

"But how do we take these things with us?"

"Um, Mr. Su, Commander Man, the mysterious person left us some information before leaving, saying that if needed, they could help us move them to a safe area."

"Right, don't get too close, step back and keep a safe distance!" Deng Dakang suddenly realized, "Could this thing have a defense mechanism?"

"Report! The message left by our dwarf friend indicates that this perimeter is only set up with a self-destruct mechanism and has no counterattack capability! We can look around freely!" Butcher's voice came from the front line.

"It's still Geizul—"

Su Mingjin repeated the name softly, and another piece of the puzzle in her heart was completed.

She looked up and ordered, "Shoot it around to see the details, and see if we can move it quickly."

Regardless of what the dwarves do in the future, now that they have been discovered by humans, this thing belongs to humans.

The high-definition drone camera slowly zoomed in, passing over the shimmering energy shield.

There's no need to elaborate on that dwarf Titan.

He was the dwarves' massive technological creation, powerful, but destroyed.

Humans can disassemble it and transport it away.

But it's hard to say about things made of steel.

Because it appears to be a single unit.

As the details are shown, even more details are revealed.

One side of its surface is covered with joints, and upon closer inspection, other parts are not without damage, with many places covered with repaired scratches.

Parts of the outer shell look different from the original whole, as if they have been replaced with other materials.

Although the welding marks are very fine, they all prove that it has been destroyed and painstakingly repaired.

"This structure—does it look like a super-large maintenance platform?" A mechanical engineering expert frowned and offered his first guess.

"No, look at those extending conduits and matrix interfaces," another scientist immediately countered. "It's more like—a closed industrial machine!"

"Don't you guys think—" a young technician muttered under his breath, staring at the screen, "this thing looks a bit like a C template from a science fiction novel?"

"C?" The technician next to him glared at him, annoyed. "Standard template construction system? Have you been playing too many games?"

Even so, the technician could no longer take his eyes off the screen.

That seemingly absurd term, like a key, suddenly pierced the lock in everyone's heart.

"The dwarven Titans have this thing, and considering what that mysterious dwarven friend said—" The old scientist who spoke first slammed his hand on the table, his cloudy eyes flashing with astonishing light, "Their civilization has been disrupted, their technology lost, and the dwarves can no longer produce new Titans! So how do they maintain their current Titan strength? Through maintenance! What if—what if they had a device that could continuously maintain, and even—replicate, key components?"

His voice grew louder and louder.

"So this thing is definitely related to maintenance! I estimate it's the foundation for maintaining the dwarves' large machinery, and of course, it might have other functions as well. I believe it's a sacred relic of the dwarves!"

When these words were spoken, many people showed interest.

If worshipping the dwarves was a beginning, then this item obtained after winning the battle means that humanity will have the opportunity to go further.

Su Mingjin, who had been leaning back in her chair, was now sitting upright.

She clasped her hands together and leaned against the control panel, her previously relaxed posture completely gone.

Those usually calm and collected eyes were now burning with a fierce fire, staring intently at the massive black object on the screen.

"We must move it away as quickly as possible without damaging it!"

Technological progress is a systemic process.

With the help of teachers and their techniques to learn from, humans can quickly absorb and digest the information.

In just half a year in this other world, human technology has made great strides forward.

The weapons and equipment that the pioneering team is showing off now are just the tip of the iceberg.

For example, at the very beginning, the strong electromagnetic interference when entering the other world was a problem that the pioneering team had to overcome.

People discovered that the more concentrated and active a place is in terms of special magical energy, the stronger the electromagnetic interference becomes.

To overcome this problem, humanity has conducted numerous studies and discovered that using mithril from another world, along with a specially designed signal amplification device, can stabilize electromagnetic signals.

Although it can't compare to the hundreds of kilometers of wireless signals on Earth, it can already deploy robot troops in the combat zone.

Since acquiring technology from another world, humanity has seen many technological advancements accelerate rapidly.

Let me reiterate this new achievement of humankind!

During the initial three months of exploration of the alien world by the pioneering team, humans mainly laid the foundation and conducted a series of tests on the new materials.

For example, aircraft engines with performance two generations stronger, more powerful aircraft main structure, various heat insulation materials, gun barrels and cannon barrels steel, more powerful and more interference-resistant supercapacitors, and special superconducting materials for nuclear fusion.

These are all achievements.

However, this is due to performance improvements achieved through new materials.

These are all technological fields that were already mature before.

After many key areas have been upgraded, new areas have also begun to use new materials to overcome performance challenges.

For example, quantum computers!

A more powerful radar system.

Directed energy weapons.

All-solid-state, high-density, high-energy batteries have already been put into use.

Besides this, advancements are also being made in aerospace, where semiconductor components with higher precision and the ability to operate in harsher environments are being developed, as well as in numerous scientific instruments.

However, due to the scarcity of materials available in many fields, these products are currently only manufactured in modern laboratories and have not yet been widely put into the market.

The pioneering team is now accelerating mining while employing a dual-track scientific research and replication strategy to conduct reverse engineering and replication of materials, attempting to produce these things without relying on the other world.

Currently, some cutting-edge, classified units within modern scientific teams are researching new materials to raise the material ceiling of this alternate world as much as possible.

Another large group of scientists are trying to replicate the high-performance materials of another world.

Well, how should I put it!

While the rabbit is grazing, it is also thinking about planting more delicious and abundant ingredients on the land behind it.

This is an instinctive reaction of a sense of crisis.

Perhaps having two research systems might seem like a duplication of resources.

However, this backup plan is a key guarantee that technology will not completely stagnate after humanity loses the other world.

Securing strategic opportunities and jobs has always been their core strategy.

Of course, the main reason is that there are too many college graduates now, leading to great employment pressure.

The various new materials obtained from another world need to be transformed into research results. With two teams, the employment of scientific researchers can be greatly improved.

Since spending more money can achieve multiple benefits, why not do it?

It's worth noting that their recent releases of various scientific research findings have already caused several major upheavals in the Earth science community.

The scientific progress at the University of Tokyo is accelerating like a rocket.

These efforts will pay off.

Scientific research is inherently about discovering new functions.

This approach of increasing scientific investment and generating substantial output can yield significant scientific returns.

When some research teams remelted copper, they discovered a copper alloy structure that was similar to that of another world.

Although the newly synthesized copper alloys are relatively expensive, these actions demonstrate the foresight and strategic planning of the upper-level industries.

In the near future, even if the portal to another world suddenly closes, as long as the replication plan is completed, the modern world won't have to worry about running out of raw materials for industrial products!

After discussing how to take these items away, the troops continued to discuss other matters.

Now that the war is almost over, and since it's been confirmed that the dwarves have many problems, the humans can do things their way.

For example, treating civilians, publicizing their achievements, and informing them why troops were deployed.

These things may seem small, but they are key projects that will shake up the dwarves' inner workings in the future.

They absolutely have to do it!

The second day of air operations against Tranquil Harbor.

The fourth batch of reinforcements, who rushed from Pangula Fortress via the hastily constructed road, were also the first human land-based pioneering teams to arrive via the land route. After arriving at Tranquil Harbor, the total number of pioneering teams increased to five thousand!

As their numbers increased, their actions became bolder.

What was originally just simple food assistance has now been transformed into the open construction of soup kitchens, with large-scale supply being provided.

A few kilometers away, in the human rescue area of ​​Tranquil Harbor.

Although the smell of gunpowder from the war has not yet dissipated, the aroma of food already permeates the air.

With the help of word-of-mouth from the rescued dwarves, humans quickly informed hundreds of thousands of terrified and impoverished dwarves of the situation.

Human actions proved them right, which prevented the unrest and riots in Tranquil Harbor from escalating into a major disaster.

Previously, the corrupted dwarves, in order to induce a large number of dwarves to voluntarily enter the refuge, directly used the excuse of insufficient troops and a defensive posture to forcefully requisition the food that the poor dwarves depended on for survival and send it into the interior of the dwarven military base. This was intended to drive the dwarves to join voluntarily.

During the war, they also burned down grain warehouses.

Food is scarce in Tranquil Harbor, and humans have to take on the responsibility of feeding the dwarf refugees.

At this moment, dozens of long lines had formed in the relief zone. The dwarven civilians of Tranquil Harbor were holding all sorts of containers, from broken bowls to broken basins, and were looking longingly at the human soldiers who were distributing food.

This is the second time they have eaten food given to them by humans.

Well, how should I put it!

very delicious.

The dwarf liked it very much.

Of course, it would be even better if the twenty-odd dwarf corpses of the troublemakers weren't here.

The bloody corpses of the wreaking havoc hanging in public were the best tranquilizer.

Besides them, there were dozens of other captured dwarven thugs hanging from wooden poles, groaning weakly.

They wore ridiculously large hats on their heads and signs around their necks that read "Disruptive Scoundrel" in dwarven script.

These were all those blind dwarf bastards who took advantage of the war.

After dealing with the Corruptors, the humans discovered that the dwarves here had run out of food, so they announced that food would be distributed.

Some audacious dwarves even dared to incite other dwarves to be hostile to humans, attempting to storm the camp and plunder and attack humans.

Then, after the metal storm swept away a large area, the restless dwarves suddenly turned into cute and simple dwarf friends!

After this operation, all the troublemakers were caught as examples, and the dwarves' eyes became clearer and more friendly.

A timid dwarf, in his haste, took half a step forward, but the moment his toes touched the white line drawn on the ground, he recoiled as if electrocuted.

He glanced at the humans in the distance with alarm, and only breathed a sigh of relief after realizing he hadn't been discovered.

The dwarves receive their meals for free.

But the dwarves had to queue, and they had to queue up properly.

These are the rules set by humans. Anyone who dares to misbehave will be dragged out and forced to start over at the very back of the line.

In the middle of the group, Rotten Fish, a dockworker from Tranquil Harbor, was twitching his bulbous nose, trying to inhale the domineering aroma of fish and rice into his lungs.

He had already lined up for food, but he wasn't full, so he lined up again for more.

The aroma was so enticing that his stomach rumbled loudly, so loudly that the dwarf in front of him turned around to look.

Rotten Fish is only thirty years old this year. Among dwarves who generally live long lives, with a theoretical limit of 200 years and a normal lifespan of 150 years, he is still a complete minor.

Long-term malnutrition made him exceptionally thin and small, less than one meter tall, about the same height as many female dwarfs, and completely unlike the sturdy and robust physique of his kind.

From a young age, he dreamed of one day becoming a great craftsman and proudly bearing the surname of his craftsman father, Lavrov.

Well, Rotten Fish is a dwarf bastard who has a father, but is not recognized by his father.

Because his mother was a lowly woman from the dwarf race.

She once got pregnant by climbing into the artisan's bed.

Unfortunately, she didn't achieve that life-changing milestone. After raising him with great difficulty until he was ten years old, she passed away due to illness.

In his memory, his mother smelled very fishy, ​​but she always protected him.

Even when his clansmen and childhood friends called him Rotten Fish, he never got angry; on the contrary, he was very proud.

He felt he had a special connection with rotten fish and shrimp.

More than a decade ago, the Mithril clan elders responded to the king's call and took most of the able-bodied men to fight. The clansmen who stayed behind were left to feed the soldiers and kill the monsters that converged in the sky, leaving most of the poor people in a state of hunger.

At that time, many elderly people starved to death.

It was he who, by sheer luck, discovered a large number of rotting, stinking fish that had been swept ashore by the storm.

It was those rotten fish that saved more than a dozen of his companions who were about to starve to death.

From that day on, they all called him "Great Rotten Fish".

Rotten Fish thought his life would proceed in an orderly fashion: work hard, participate in the selection held every five years, be chosen by a great craftsman, become an apprentice, eventually become a trainee apprentice, then be promoted to a great craftsman, become a dwarf noble lord, and then take revenge on the other lowly people who looked down on him.

Who knew that the corrupt madmen would suddenly turn on him and almost trick him and everyone else into becoming sacrifices.

If it weren't for his ancestral friends—these human warriors—arriving in time, he would have lost his life in the slaughterhouse long ago.

Thinking of how the rescued dwarves denounced the Corruptors' cruelty, Rotten Fish felt a chill run down his spine.

That damned corruptor almost brought the great Rotten Fish Lavro to an early end to his legendary life!

If I ever see those guys again, I'll definitely give them a good whack!

Lost in thought, it was finally his turn in line.

"Hey, it's you again!" The human warrior looked at the dirty little dwarf in front of him, his voice coming through the translator beside him, "This is the second time."

Rotten Fish's face flushed red instantly, and he almost buried his head in his chest, unable to look at the other person.

Just then, his stomach began to rumble in protest.

Glug glug—!

Done!

Just as Rotten Fish was filled with anxiety, thinking he was about to be driven away, new words came through the translator.

"Friend, you've been malnourished for a long time, you can't eat too much at once." The human warrior had a helpless yet amused expression on his face, but he still scooped up a large spoonful of thick fish soup rice. "This is the last time, you hear me? Your body needs to adapt first, or something bad will happen."

A spoonful of rice fell into the bowl, and the soldier was about to wave him away.

But when he saw the rotten fish raise its head, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, grinning foolishly, the purity and longing in its eyes softened his heart.

"Oh well, never mind."

The soldier muttered something, then flicked his wrist and added another half spoonful to his bowl.

"Let's go, let's go! I really can't let you call me again today!"

Rotten Fish didn't quite understand what adaptation meant; all he knew was that there was more food in his bowl. He grinned, flashing what he considered his brightest smile at the human warrior, then hugged the bowl, which was bigger than his head, and strode away like it was a precious treasure.

The smile was something his mother taught him before she passed away.

My mother said that dwarfs who smile a lot have good luck!

He was very lucky today.

"Rotten Fish, you're really something!" Her childhood friend immediately chimed in, eyes full of envy. "These humans actually gave it to you again!"

"Of course!" Rotten Fish puffed out its little chest proudly. "I think these humans are pretty good!"

"Yes, I wish I could keep eating their food for free," a dwarf said wistfully.

"Are you stupid? How could humans possibly feed us forever?" another dwarf immediately retorted. "But—they are indeed much better off than those noble lords. The lords have never fed us this much."

"That's right! Humans are servants of our ancestors, otherwise they wouldn't have treated us so well."

"So you think it's only right for humans to be good to us!"

As the group was chatting, a well-informed dwarf leaned over in a low voice.

"That's right!" he said mysteriously. "I heard from a servant who escaped from the core area that our ancestors appeared to us! They led humanity to save us. So humanity is our ancestors' servant."

"But I heard that our ancestors said humans were their friends. So we should be their servants!"

"You fool! How can a noble dwarf serve as a human's servant? Have some self-respect! If you're going to be a servant, be a servant of a great master!"

"I want to be a human's dog!"

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"Just like Pear, she became a nobleman's lackey, and then lived a life of luxury!"

"You idiot, those noble lords are too ruthless, Li Ji will probably be kicked out in a couple of years."

"She's dead. Someone said yesterday that the Corruptors were making sacrifices in the sanctuary, and she's been killed."

The argumentative exchange suddenly fell silent.

"Well, I think humans are pretty good, because those noble lords are terrified of them right now."

Why?

"They're strong! Those people killed our soldiers like fish and shrimp! Those soldiers are too weak in combat. I'm afraid of those soldiers, so the soldiers must be afraid of humans."

"How about we find a human to fight? If we lose, we'll become their servants. The human will feed us well, and humans are really nice to us!!!"

"I'd rather be a dog!"

"You fool! Noble dwarves would never be slaves, servants, or dogs!"

"What difference is there between those who rely on noble lords and slaves?"

The conversation fell silent once again.

"By the way, have you heard? Humans have freed all those slaves. They said slavery is not allowed by humans."

"Huh? The slaves have been freed? Then we're out of fun. Who are we going to bully now?"

"Who knows!"

"I heard some of the flowers say that those people live in a world where everyone is equal!"

"Little Flower? She's just bragging! Humans don't like dwarf women at all."

"Yeah, Xiaohua just brags."

Xiao Hua is a street belle on a certain street in the dwarf area. She is only twenty-five years old this year. Because she is involved in some prostitution, she is very well-informed!

"Maybe Xiaohua is exaggerating, but our ancestors told us to be friends with humans."

"Shut up, dwarf lord! It's Master Craftsman Glory Hammer!"

The dwarves who had been whispering just moments before stood up and bowed to the Dwarven Glory Hammer.

"Fellow countrymen, I see you are all receiving food from humans?"

The dwarves cowered and did not answer him.

Because everyone else did it.

As for this Glory Hammer, he's not an easy character to get along with.

Fifty years ago, he was the pride of the dwarven slums. With his skillful hands, he became a master dwarven shipwright and passed the dwarven leap test, becoming a noble lord and taking the potion.

Later, this guy even became a military police officer in charge of the slums.

This guy looks kind and friendly on the surface, but he's ruthless.

There was a time when a high-ranking official was being questioned about his governance, and two men who were trying to expose his corruption mysteriously disappeared when they appeared in court.

Besides this, the Honor Hammer also once adored a famously beautiful wife.

In the eyes of many dwarves, this guy was a heartless monster who would eat people alive.