Your war hammer is too fake

When she turned her attention back to the computer screen, several minutes of CG animation had just finished playing, and the content on the web page changed immediately.

[Would you like to travel to the Warhammer world? Yes/No]

"Don't!" she shouted subconsciously.

Thinking she was participating in a web-based running group, the girl with glasses was about to click "yes" and looked around in confusion, then turned her attention back to the computer. With a light click of the left mouse button, everything in front of Bing Ruolan collapsed, returning to the endless darkness before. She felt falling again, but this time it was obviously much more impatient than the last time, and she turned from a falling willow catkin to a falling meteorite.

After an unknown amount of time, the feeling of falling stopped. Bing Ruolan opened her eyes again, and she first heard the howling of the north wind, followed by the terrible cold that penetrated her bones and rushed from all directions, almost freezing her mind.

After calming down, Xiugenqing only needed to focus a little, and the coldness disappeared, along with the sharp and shrill sound of the wind. She looked forward, and the towering and majestic castle with a strange whistling sound came into view. "Go in!" she heard a voice roaring. Looking in the direction of the voice, she saw Constantine, who was covered in blood, holding a sword, roaring at Bing Ruolan, who was covered in scars: "Do what you should do!"

In front of the Howling Castle, two armies were fighting. The jade steel soldiers in green robes and silver armor, the Anxi iron soldiers in red robes and black armor, and the Kislevites in messy clothing fought side by side against the northerners who were pouring in like a tide. The Order camp was visibly at a disadvantage. The number of enemies was far greater than theirs, and there were all kinds of strange demons to help them. The warriors who had come all the way here were already exhausted, and now they were relying purely on perseverance or fanatical faith to grit their teeth and persevere.

The expeditionary army had their backs to the Howling Castle, and formed an uneven formation in front of the castle. Their number was less than a quarter of what it was when they set out, and the remaining people were about to be overwhelmed by the servants of the Dark Gods.

"Hold on!" she heard another of herself shouting. Then, the figure in torn armor stumbled into the castle, holding a sword he had picked up.

Bing Ruolan watched the other self go away, then looked back at the warriors who were still fighting, her eyes moving from one familiar figure to another. She saw Constantine chanting the teachings of Ersun loudly, rushing into a group of Chaos Warriors with a sword in hand; she saw the alchemists from the Anxi Army rushing into the place with the most enemies under the protection of several Ugor people, and then actively let the gathered magic wind go out of control, allowing the energy vortex to indiscriminately engulf everything around; she saw a crane gunner she brought from Weijing put his weapon on the body of his comrade, letting the javelin thrown by the plunderer cavalry pierce his chest, and he aimed at the Chaos Warlock in the distance and pulled the trigger without being moved.

Finally, Shugen-King forced himself to turn around and followed his other self into the castle. The gate slowly closed behind her, isolating all the noise, hesitation, and pain into another world.

Climbing up the stairs, she saw another self standing in front of the portal. One step further was the Soul Forge, a place that was mysterious even to most Chaos Demons, and was also the location of the Bear God Ersun.

She knew what she was thinking at this moment. Before the expeditionary army set out, An Jiyue had made an invitation to Bing Ruolan. As long as she accepted, she would be instantly transformed into a system unit under the Jiedushi. From then on, her life and soul would be under An Jiyue's control. The benefit was that she would be immune to chaos corruption from then on...

In fact, there are many benefits, but those things are not important to Bing Ruolan, who is only one step away from completing the task. Xiugenqing knew what choice she made at that time. She watched her other self standing in front of the portal for almost ten minutes, until the sound of fighting outside the castle gradually subsided, and the past self finally took a step.

When the other self completely disappeared into the portal, the entire scene collapsed and the familiar feeling of falling came over me again.

……

Bing Ruolan opened her eyes.

She twisted her neck and saw An Jiyue moving a chair and sitting next to the bed. For some reason, she was wearing Asrai-style clothes. If you look closely, there seems to be some dried cream on the collar?

"I'm back." Bing Ruolan said in a hoarse voice.

"Welcome back." An Jiyue looked at the Dragonborn lying on the bed, and a fleeting smile appeared on her face.

After getting the news from Dustan, An Jiyue rode the cloud at full speed, and managed to fly from the Orion Camp in the center of the Southland, along the World's Edge Mountains all the way to the Fortress on the edge of the Arctic Wasteland within 22 hours. When she landed, she was almost exhausted - no matter how strong her magic power and psychic power were, An Jiyue's body was still just that of an ordinary person.

"Besides me," Bing Ruolan swallowed, "is there anyone else?"

"Constantine also survived," An Jiyue said as she stood up, took an apple from the bedside table and slowly peeled it with a knife, "You did it. Ersun has been liberated, and next spring He will roar to break the winter on time."

"Where are the others?" Bing Ruolan asked half stubbornly and half unwillingly.

An Jiyue looked at her and sighed. "Ersun was quite loyal. Even though he was still very weak, he still used the little power he had left to send you back." The governor looked away as Xiuyanqing's eyes suddenly dimmed. "When the two of you fell out of a small crack, Dustan thought that the Chaos Demon had found a way to bypass the protective barrier. By the way, have you seen Bilak?"

"...I should actually accept your invitation," Shugen-King said after a long silence, "so that I can put an end to this oldest demon prince forever."

"That's not important. Anyway, after you and the person next to you are stable, I will take you back to Xuanshui for recuperation for a while," An Jiyue said, "You have been wandering in the wasteland for too long, and the power of chaos has begun to infect your souls. Until these corruptions are completely purified, you all have to stay in Xuanshui."

"It's fine. Just treat it as a holiday." Bing Ruolan turned her head to look at the other side. Constantine, who was lying on another bed, still looked like he hadn't woken up yet. "And that's it..." Xiugenqing considered his words, "I finally remembered it."

"I am also the Lord of the Holy Scripture."

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Author's note: There is still one chapter left, probably until tomorrow morning... I've tried to code as fast as possible...

Chapter 244 Memory, Truth

Bing Ruolan has a secret that she has never told anyone: she has memory loss.

To be more precise, her memory before the time travel was seriously lost. She clearly remembered that she was not an orphan in her previous life, but she could not remember the appearance of most of her relatives, including her parents, and even their names. As a result, she also forgot something that was more important to her now.

"I am also a member of the Thousand Pigeons' group. I was the first one to see the web link and send it to the group," said Xiugenqing, opening his mouth and taking a piece of the apple that was passed to him with the tip of a knife. "I chose the official Aurora faction, and then I encountered an accident when I came to this world... or maybe it wasn't an accident at all."

"How much of your memory have you recovered?" asked the Jiedushi, cutting off a piece of apple and handing it over.

"All of them. It's not one or a few specific evil gods that have deceived me, but the warp itself," Bing Ruolan narrated while enjoying An Jiyue's feeding. "The Chaos Realm may have some kind of pan-consciousness. Due to the particularity of the Warhammer world itself, I don't know what it's like for a traverser like Ke Shuzhan. Anyway, our process of traveling through time is actually to enter the warp first, and then enter the material universe. As Outer Gods, we are not complete. Well, it's probably a bit like the state of Old Man Huang sitting on the toilet, about to become a god but not yet."

"In other words," the governor stopped cutting an apple, "all the Lords of the Holy Scriptures are Outer Gods?"

"I think it's more accurate to describe it as 'quasi-outer god'," Shugenqing stared at the apple in the governor's hand. This thing was a spiritual fruit drawn from the entertainment pool. Not only did it taste great, it could also relieve the pain caused by soul trauma. "The subspace must have noticed my specialness, and it tried to 'squeeze' me out, causing my soul to suffer severe damage, and also causing the loss of a considerable part of my memory. I was just a little bit away from really dying."

"I don't have the false memories granted by the Holy Scripture of War. Now that I think about it, this may be the price I paid," An Jiyue connected all the clues in her mind. "It's a very small price, with almost no impact. It's probably because you and I serve as the benchmark for deploying power, the group members who came later have never encountered such a thing again."

An Jiyue remembered that when she first came, she had to wait for a whole month for the War Codex to be online. The second, no, the third group member, Dustan, had to wait for a week. For this reason, this unlucky mage was forced to play the real-life version of wilderness survival in the Dark Forest for a week... and the fourth group member, Barrel, had the War Codex activated from the beginning. The later the group members came, the better the treatment was. Morgan, who had just arrived, had a complete faction at the beginning.

Bing Ruolan, who was the first to travel through time, was undoubtedly the most miserable one, no doubt about it.

"The Holy Book of War is the embodiment of our power as Outer Gods. It is not an external object, it is a part of our soul," Bing Ruolan continued to introduce the information she knew, "Since my injuries on the soul level have only been controlled and are still far from being healed, I can't summon the Holy Book of War at all now."

"I will find a way to heal your injury. By the way, why do you know so much?" When asking this question, An Jiyue's eyes turned silver, which was an outward manifestation of her psychic power being exerted at full strength: "As the Lord of the Supreme War Scripture, I don't know this information at all. How did you get it from?"

"The rejection reaction of the subspace almost crushed my soul," Shugen-King calmly met the governor's gaze, "but it's not to say that there is no benefit at all. At least some of the originally sealed information has 'fallen' out."

Hearing this, the Jiedushi fell into deep thought. After a moment, she said, "Since you are also the Lord of the Holy Scripture, are you completely out of luck? So, which faction did you choose, the official Aurora?"

"I don't think so. I'm not even a quasi-Outer God right now, and the special abilities we all have don't work on me," Bing Ruolan answered as she took the apple from An Jiyue. "As for my faction, isn't that obvious?"

"The chat group has an invitation function. I was wondering what the use of this thing is," An Jiyue thought for a while and said, "After all, we can't let outsiders become the inner circle, even if they are other traversers who have been investigated and trusted."

The Jiedushi took out the Holy Book of War and operated it: "The invitation has been sent."

Shugenqing immediately chose to agree.

[System message #Bing Ruolan# joined the chat group]

"I guess it's because your Holy Scripture is frozen, so it's not recognized as a member of the chat group," An Jiyue analyzed. "Since this thing went online, all group members have automatically joined the chat group. Anyway, you should have a good rest first. Fighting is exhausting, not to mention a tough battle like yours where you are almost certain to die."

"Can you give me another room?" Shugenqing raised his hand: "I don't want to stay in the same ward with this half-bald guy."

"...You both died together once, so why do you still dislike each other so much?"

"Let's put this into context!" Bing Ruolan said as she took a bite of the apple: "This thing (chews), do you have any more?"

"Two kilograms in total. I put them all in your bedside table," An Jiyue stood up from the chair. "I've arranged a nanny for you. There are still a lot of troubles to deal with in the South. If you have anything to say, just say it in the group... Okay?"

The governor lowered his head and looked at Shugenqing who looked puzzled. "The matter in the Southland has been resolved. Barel sent me a private message just now. The Nest Clan generally agreed to our demands, but also proposed a price. Anyway, the two sides have almost reached an agreement now, and I need to go back to the Southland to sign a formal agreement."

Bing Ruolan asked directly: "What is the Nest Clan?"

"Go ask Barrel in the chat group. I only slept three hours a day on average in the past half month before I put your soul back together... I was wondering why your soul was so broken. The most outrageous thing is that even after it was broken into such pieces, you still have normal thinking consciousness." After saying that, An Jiyue waved her hand, "I'm going to rest too. Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

……

An Jiyue slept from morning until late at night before getting up.

The canteen in the fort is manned 24 hours a day, and their service targets are mainly air force and senior officers, both of whom have irregular work and rest schedules. An Jiyue got dressed and sat for a while, and Jin Zhifan came in with a bowl of steaming hot noodles, which was not surprisingly covered with a thick layer of toppings.

After finishing the noodles with the hot tea made by the deputy commander, the governor began to handle official business. It must be said that although Nishikori Shige's cooking skills were quite average, her tea-making skills were really good.

The first report was about the details of the battle of Kislev and its causes and consequences. When An Jiyue met with Aunt Ostankia, she asked the Ugors how they were prepared to face the anger of Kislev. The old witch mysteriously said that they didn't need to worry, but she didn't explain the reason. After the Jiedushi made a public appearance in Prager and signed a military assistance agreement with Prince Belov, "Red Tsar" Boris Bokaha almost immediately announced the blockade of all trade routes to Prager.

Historically, Prager had attempted independence three times, two of which were crushed by the Tsar's trade blockade, and the remaining one was crushed by the Ice and Snow Court's army. If there was a choice, the Chosen of Ursun would definitely prefer to resolve the matter with force, but in the current situation, it is obviously impossible to use large-scale military force, and the Red Tsar can only try options other than war.

The trade embargo did cause a lot of trouble for Praag, but Prince Belov gritted his teeth and persevered. Then, the greenskins from the World's Edge Mountains launched a WAAAGH! ! They invaded the southern states of Kislev and once besieged the capital city of Kislev. The Red Tsar asked the Empire for help, but Reikland was busy hurting the Paravons at the time, Middenland could not send troops because another Boris was autistic, and other provinces also had their own troubles, so no one had time to deal with this matter.

The siege lasted for about a month. At the critical moment, 4,000 Ugor cavalrymen, led by Prince Belov, suddenly appeared behind the greenskins with the supplies they had finally gathered. Boris Bokaha seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack. He personally faced the orc general who caused the invasion and killed him in battle, which turned the tide of the battle.

According to the intelligence gathered by the Imperial Guards, there was a huge controversy within Prager over whether to send troops to support the royal court, and there was a lot of opposition. In the end, Ostankia personally stepped in and persuaded the leaders of each Ugor tribe one by one.

In the end, the Ice and Snow Court, which had been suffocated by the two-year winter, could only reluctantly grant the Eastern State greater autonomy and publicly declare that the traditional beliefs represented by Sister Ostankiya were legitimate. Of course, Sister Ostankiya also promised the Tsar that she would be responsible for dealing with those who were stained with things that should not be touched.

In the final analysis, Boris Bokaha's original intention of establishing the Grand Orthodox Church was to regulate faith, eliminate those heretics who disguised themselves as legitimate sects, and prevent the infiltration of the power of destruction into the kingdom. Although he did not believe that the nun could do what she promised, but... there was no but, he had to believe it even if he did not want to.

Of course, as a kind of revenge, or simply because he was upset at being bullied by his own cabbage, Prince Belov's eldest son and heir, Yuri, was sent to the Griffin Corps amid Katarin's tearful protests and became a glorious legion recruit. For at least a few years, Yuri would not be able to see his family and Katarin again.

This is good, An Jiyue thought as she flipped through the report.

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Author's words: I finally finished writing... (spit out the soul from my mouth

Chapter 245: The Wolf Lord's Sorrow

The second report came from the Empire.

An Jiyue had her own plan for Boris Todbringer's problem. Originally, she was planning to wait until she visited the empire in her true form instead of in disguise, and solve the "curse" on Boris that she had released, and then take the opportunity to bring the two sides closer, laying a solid foundation for the Jiedushi to solve the ancient relics under Middenheim.

Under the White Wolf City, there is a portal left by the ancient saints. The portal itself is not rare. Before the Cataclysm, the temple cities of the Lizardmen relied on fixed portals to travel between each other, but after the Cataclysm, these facilities were all invalid, damaged, or forgotten by the Lizardmen; but the portal in Middenheim is different. This thing is on the same level as the bipolar portal that spiraled up to the sky eight thousand years ago. Once it is used by Chaos, the whole world will be doomed.

From An Jiyue's perspective, the things left by the ancient saints, whether it was the blue-skinned lizard swinging a maquawit to hit people, the giant bullfrog that acted as a riddler all day, or various messy devices, were all dangerous items that should be disposed of as soon as possible. However, some things were difficult to predict even for a Hammerman who was familiar with military books, such as a wolf lord suddenly going offline.

When Karl Franz conveyed through Evelyn his request that "Arwen Duskstar" come to the Empire as soon as possible to remove the "curse" on the Elector of Midden, An Jiyue was thinking about where the problem went wrong. According to the girl's plan, the current time node is not yet the time to remove the "curse" - anyway, as an excellent follower of Yurik, Boris could not have become decadent after being a cat man for a few months.

Middenland is now in a state of semi-out-of-control. Beastmen pouring out of Duncanwald Forest are wreaking havoc everywhere, and even the forest goblins have taken the opportunity to stir up trouble. Before the meeting of the electors, Ulric Castle in Middenland was besieged by beastmen, and now even in the suburbs of Middenheim, inferior horned beast raiders are attacking passers-by.

Almost every week, a village or farm was looted and the residents were massacred, but the Midden army was slow to act. Boris locked himself in the palace and refused to see anyone. He neither handled government affairs nor responded to requests to mobilize provincial infantry. The Elector's own idle behavior led to Midden's airspace being as powerful as Reikland's, but it could only watch as all kinds of monsters and demons destroyed Midden bit by bit.

To make matters worse, news came from the intelligence station of the Jinyiwei stationed in Altdorf that there have been recent changes in the Brass Fortress in the Central Mountains. Hunters in Hawke County claimed that a Chaos army was gathering here. Their specific target is still unclear, but it is very likely Middenheim.

As the Lord of the Holy Scripture who was in charge of the Empire and Bretonnia, Egwene was naturally responsible for collecting relevant intelligence. The witch hunters sent by Knight Ji soon found out the reason why the Wolf Lord was offline: his eldest son Heinrich was dead, and his second son Stefan was not dead yet but would soon be dead.

Boris Todblinger had two sons and one daughter. The eldest son Heinrich and the eldest daughter Katharina were both illegitimate children born to female courtiers. Only the second son Stefan was a legitimate child. Putting Katharina aside, Heinrich was a strong, smart, alert, and brave man, an outstanding follower of Yurik. He was very similar to his father in every way, but as an illegitimate child, Heinrich had no right of inheritance.

As for the second son, Stefan, "not looking like a king" is the most appropriate evaluation of this man. This guy is physically weak, often sick or injured, and suffers from severe mania, always neurotically alert to non-existent threats. Even if you only look at his appearance, Stefan does not look like he is capable of inheriting the throne of the Elector.

In the original history, both of Boris's sons were assassinated by a Nurgle follower. This incident caused the Wolf Lord to become depressed and lay low until the rise of the legendary Beast King Kazzak, which rekindled the Wolf Lord's fighting spirit.

Kazzak is probably still wandering around in some corner of Duncanwald Forest, and the Wolf Lord is almost extinct. According to the report of the witch hunter sent by Egwene to investigate the matter, not long after Boris returned from Altdorf, his eldest son Heinrich was poisoned to death in the tavern. The identity of the assassin is unknown, and it is not even certain whether he is human.

Not long after, the second son, Stefan, also had an accident. It was said that this mentally ill man suddenly used a fruit knife to cut himself, and when the servants held him down, he began to twitch, talk incoherently, and vomited whatever he ate. The Elector's personal doctor tried everything he could to stabilize the condition of his second son, and he was about to go to see More.

It is said that after the accident of his second son, Boris met with the courtiers and Eurik the Great and asked them to save his son, and then he retreated into the palace. He then ordered the second son to be taken to his residence and taken care of by himself, while the courtiers of the Elector searched for famous doctors everywhere to try to save their master's heir.

[Evan de Richelieu: Anyway, the situation is urgent now. There is no time to follow your script slowly. ]

[Group leader #An Jiyue: Tsk…]

[Group leader #An Jiyue: I will go there after I finish the most important things at hand. Also, send someone to investigate Katarina. From the point of view that whoever benefits the most is the suspect, this person looks quite suspicious. ]

[Dustan Falcon: ←_←But isn't she an illegitimate daughter? Doesn't she have no inheritance rights? ]

【Group leader #An Jiyue: Under normal circumstances, this is true. It is an iron rule of the Snow-Skinned Pig political rules that illegitimate children have no right of inheritance. As long as there is a legitimate child, it will never be the illegitimate child's turn to inherit the family. But what if all legitimate children are gone? I don't know if you have watched A Song of Ice and Fire. The king of the seven kingdoms in it has a privilege that he can order the legalization of illegitimate children. This is a backdoor specially set up to avoid the extinction of the family due to the death of legitimate children. 】

[Group leader #An Jiyue: In A Song of Ice and Fire, the young Flayer killed all his brothers and sisters, whether they were legitimate or illegitimate. As a result, the old Flayer had to ask the king to make the young Flayer legal so that he could inherit the Bolton family. The current situation is that as long as Stefan dies, Katarina will be the only remaining heir of the Wolf Lord. ]

[Ewen de Richelieu: No wonder Kagaba came to me and asked me to help him get someone. ]

After dealing with the Empire's affairs and some trivial political affairs at Xuanshui, An Jiyue opened a private chat with Barrel and Morgan. Recently, the frequency of the Nest Clan's activities has decreased a lot, but the spying and reconnaissance operations in secret have become more frequent. Since Barrel organized people to blow up a cave, the Nest Clan is now in a state of extreme panic and extreme mania, both fearful and crazy.

An Jiyue was originally going to blow up the cave herself, but Bing Ruolan happened to return at this time, so she had to try to save Xiuyanqing's life first, and also saved a half-bald man. So, Barel organized his own engineers to survey the environment and formulate a blasting plan. It took a full half month to finally blow up a small cave near the Reflection Fortress.

Even for the dwarven engineers, this was a very difficult task. The caves dug by the rift worms were so solid that they remained intact even after the super earthquake that affected the entire world. In order to dig holes in the top of the caves for placing explosives, the engineers who went with the army broke a lot of steam drills, and finally forced the rune blacksmiths to hand-roll a batch of star iron drills on the spot, which solved the problem.

Fortunately, it was all worth it. On the day when the unknown small cave was blown up, Nadel, who had been arguing with Barrel, immediately made a big concession and accepted the humiliating condition that "no hive node shall appear on the surface without the permission of the parties to the agreement." Of course, the hive also took the opportunity to propose their own price: the hive needed a group of dwarf blacksmiths to serve them and teach them basic iron smelting and forging techniques, and they would pay a suitable reward for this.

"If they are just some ordinary blacksmiths, I think it's acceptable," this was the first sentence An Jiyue said after meeting Barrel, "but rune blacksmiths are definitely not acceptable. Those bugs can't even think about it!"

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Author's words: Damn, I didn't make it... (lying down

Answer to reader "Reader1700870674":

But the magic lamp is not the master of the holy book. It also has a hang but it is very small and cannot be compared with the holy book of war.

Chapter 246 Agreement, Proposal

After Bing Ruolan's condition stabilized, An Jiyue immediately set off for the South.

Compared with the "feat" of flying for 22 hours straight on the way here, and leaping from the middle of the Southland to the edge of the Arctic wasteland in one breath, the girl was finally able to fly slowly at a normal speed on the way back - and she also took care of some things in Xuanshui in the middle.

There are many people named Boris in this world, some of them are the electors of the empire, some are the tsars of the Kingdom of Kislev, and some are just retired veterans. As a preventive measure, the bear god Ersun put part of his essence into the soul of a mortal believer named Boris before he disappeared. According to the agreement between An Jiyue and Ersun, if the worst happens, she needs to kill the veteran Boris, so that Ersun will fall and prevent the bear god's power from being used by the dark enemy.

This final measure was not used. Although the expeditionary force was completely wiped out, only Bing Ruolan and Constantine survived, but they finally accomplished this miraculous feat - Ursun successfully escaped, Be'lak was exiled in shadow form, and the guardian of Kislev was about to return. In other words, the mission of the old soldier Boris has come to an end.

In a corner of the Xuanshui military camp, An Jiyue saw the old soldier who had been entertaining her with good food and drink since he was placed here. After seeing the appearance of the visitor clearly, the old soldier Boris put down the bottle in his hand, stood up and bowed to the governor. "Good afternoon, sir," the old man's face was full of calmness, "I'm ready."

The old soldier Boris died, dying of soul exhaustion after the essence of the god was taken away. The old former Cossa had a high affinity with the power of Ersun, which was undoubtedly fortunate for a devout believer of the bear god, because he could do a lot for the god he believed in, much more than his comrades and tribesmen.

After taking the essence of the bear god from the soul of the veteran, An Jiyue immediately returned it to its true owner. Ersun is still very weak now, and being imprisoned in the soul forge is not a comfortable experience. Fortunately, Bilak was exiled before he had time to do anything. At least in the next few years, the oldest demon prince will not be able to come out and make trouble.

Boris was buried in the Martyrs Cemetery outside Xuanshui, and only here could he truly rest in peace. After doing this, An Jiyue, feeling much more heavy-hearted, continued to fly south.

When the Jiedushi came to the Reflection Fortress again, there was only one day left to sign the formal agreement. The Nest Clan was very efficient. After deciding to accept the harsh conditions proposed by the surface people, these smart bugs completed the detailed negotiations of the trade agreement with amazing mobility, and even prepared the first batch of goods: mainly various high-quality ores produced underground. There were special branches in the tunnel network left by the rift worms, leading to the areas rich in mineral veins in the earth's crust.