The entrance to this underground tunnel is quite peculiar. It seems to be only about two and a half meters high, but it is about fifty meters wide and has an overall flat rectangular shape, just like an enlarged mailbox opening.
Regarding this weird design, Lei Xiao saw the clues at a glance. It was obviously designed to prevent the dragon from entering by force.
At the entrance of the tunnel, there are still rows of alchemy puppet guards standing in succession. Each one is tall and tall, exuding a faint aura of vastness.
These alchemy puppets are covered in heavy black armor and look like stone structures. Their shapes are very similar to the alchemy puppet legion soldiers obtained by the Earth Guardian and Lei Xiao.
This is no wonder, after all, both the Guardian Defense Agency and the Alchemy Puppet Legion Soldiers were made by the ancient dwarves. It is not surprising that the two are of the same origin.
In addition, the entrance of the passage is still shining with a rich magical light, and it is obviously protected by an absolute defensive barrier.
"Is the guard at the door alone a squadron-sized fifth-level alchemy puppet? This easily surpasses all the high-level alchemy puppets created by human alchemists in the past three thousand years!"
A flash of surprise flashed across Yoniel's old eyes, and he muttered: "And from a technical point of view, it is obviously better than the strongest alchemy puppet of the human race. The forces from the outside world are indeed extraordinary!"
"Old man, it's not just that."
The gray old man narrowed his eyes slightly and looked deep into the entrance of the passage.
The sound of heavy footsteps was faintly heard, and a group of soldiers were striding towards the entrance, and a shocking turbulent force was also released.
As the footsteps gradually became clearer, Lei Xiao noticed.
I saw the short figure walking at the front wearing a robe. Judging from the outline of his body, he was exactly the same as Cornette who just guided us here.
"Different from the shadow illusion just now, it seems that this is the true identity of the dwarf patrol officer."
Lei Xiao thought about this and looked towards the short shadow phantom leading the way at the front of the team.
Sure enough, the shadow illusion had disappeared, and only three shadow dragons were still standing around our team.
As the other party got closer, Lei Xiao noticed further.
I saw that the leader of the dwarf was a middle-aged man, with a faint smile on his resolute face, and his eyebrows were somewhat similar to Vader's.
It's no wonder that for Lei Xiao, the emperor of the human race, the dwarfs do all look similar.
"Your Majesty the human race, we meet again."
Different from the hoarseness of the illusion just now, Cornet's real voice is much clearer, but the timbre and tone have not changed in any way.
"Thank you, Patrol Officer, for your guidance."
Lei Xiao also kept smiling and nodded slightly.
"Your Majesty the Human Race, I have already communicated with my king. Although the humans who visited last time were extremely rude, the Dwarf Kingdom still welcomes the arrival of His Majesty and his entourage."
After Cornet said this, the two groups standing behind him immediately lined up quickly to the left and right sides, forming a welcoming formation.
Looking closely, Lei Xiao found that these figures were quite special. They were all a combination of two, one tall and one short.
Needless to say, the short ones are naturally dwarf soldiers, while the tall ones who follow them are alchemy puppets, just like soldiers holding giant military dogs.
As for strength, Cornet himself is at the fifth level, the dwarf soldiers are all at the fourth level, and the equipment levels are all at the fifth level.
The alchemy puppets that followed them around were as powerful as towering mountains. They had obviously reached the sixth level and were the size of a small team. This was the source of the surging momentum just now.
"It is indeed an external force. These alone are enough to make the human world tremble."
Seeing this uncoordinated scene, Lei Xiao sighed in his heart, but his face remained calm.
As we all know, the dwarves' own cultivation talents are relatively limited. They do not have the affinity for magic of the elves, nor the strong physique of the dwarves. Due to their special physiques, even refining magic potions is difficult to achieve the desired effect, and is even far less effective.
The potential of humanity.
However, the lifespan and flexible mind that are comparable to half-elves still allow the dwarves to occupy a place in the outer world.
In order to learn from each other's strengths and make up for their weaknesses, the dwarfs have developed a completely different route from most races. Rather than cultivating themselves, they are better at using powerful technologies to improve their strength, such as the unique combination of steam engines and magic.
Technology, and in-depth research on alchemical puppets.
"It is precisely because of their limited strength that the dwarves have developed this unique technology tree. It is not surprising that such a strange combination of guards appears. After all, one person only controls one alchemy puppet. What he can do
Strength will also be maximized.”
After smoothing everything out in his mind, Lei Xiao continued to observe calmly.
However, compared to commander alchemy puppets such as John who have added command modules and can achieve intelligence to a certain extent, although these alchemy puppets are higher in strength, they are not intelligent.
From this, it is not difficult to see that after experiencing the blank era, the technological level of the dwarfs has also experienced gaps, making the current dwarfs far inferior to the ancient dwarves.
"Even so, if we can fully integrate the current dwarf technology into the human world with the efforts of the lords and talents, coupled with such outstanding alchemy puppet technology, the strength of the human world will surely advance by leaps and bounds."
"As for the lost ancient dwarf technologies, once cooperation can be successfully established, there will surely be a breakthrough soon."
"So, no matter from which aspect, becoming an ally with the dwarfs is a very crucial thing. As long as the human race becomes stronger, it will be a matter of course to conquer the dwarfs, just like the Iron Hand Islands."
Just when Lei Xiao thought of this, Cornette on the opposite side had already opened a piece of the absolute defense barrier, paving the way for our group to move forward.
"Thank you for your guidance."
Lei Xiao nodded to Cornette, and then took his own steps.
Seeing Lei Xiao take a step forward, other strong men from our side followed closely, not daring to show any signs of neglect. Everyone clearly understood that this step by His Majesty the Emperor would directly determine the future of the entire human race.
After passing the welcome queue, our group walked deeper into the tunnel under Cornet's further guidance.
It is worth mentioning that although this place is some distance away from the starting point of Ice Stone City, Bing Lao's range of activities has also been greatly increased after the energy-gathering array in Ice Stone City was further repaired, so he is still guarding Lei Xiao.
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With four sixth-level combatants in charge, and a series of trump cards on his side, Lei Xiao has a lot of confidence.
The footsteps of a group of people echoed back and forth in the empty and bright tunnel. This tunnel was not a straight line, but rather winding. Sometimes it was connected by downward stairs, sometimes magic lights flashed on the walls, and there were even
The movable cave wall moved out of the way under Cornet's command.
From this, it is not difficult to see that the dwarfs obviously spent a lot of effort to prevent the dragons from attacking here or being attacked by the dragon's breath.
After all, although the dragon's normal body shape cannot come in, Hong Si once appeared in human form, which means that there may be other red dragons with the same ability.
As the group of people walked deeper and deeper, the originally empty tunnel scene around them became more and more lively.
There are many dwarf barracks embedded in the walls on the left and right sides, and groups of dwarf soldiers are patrolling.
However, compared with the dwarf soldiers brought by Cornet, the strength of these dwarves is obviously much weaker. The alchemy puppets they carry are also between the fourth and fifth levels, and most of their equipment is at the fourth level.
"It seems that what Cornette brought should be the elite combat power of the dwarves, but even these ordinary dwarf soldiers are enough to easily match the most elite soldiers in the human world."
Lei Xiao observed calmly and nodded thoughtfully.
This is just the surface that I have seen. I am afraid that the dwarves must have other hidden cards and elite combat capabilities.
After all, it can be seen from the manager's description that although the dwarfs suffered a disastrous defeat back then, they were still able to compete with the huge group of dragons at the beginning.
While pondering, Lei Xiao was also keenly aware of another point that made people feel helpless.
That is, despite their very subtle behavior, the dwarf soldiers along the way did not look very welcoming to us. This was obviously the result of the previous group of mysterious human visitors.
"I'm really curious about what kind of group of people they are."
Lei Xiao looked away from the dwarf soldiers holding their helmets and smiled helplessly.
At the same time, Lei Xiao further noticed that Cornet's identity was not as simple as an ordinary patrol officer. This could be seen from the respectful attitude of the dwarf soldiers along the way.
Under the silent gaze of the dwarf soldiers, when Lei Xiao and his party came to the end of the tunnel through a downward staircase, their eyes finally opened up.
"This is……?"
Lei Xiao looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but marveled.
What comes into view is not the dark underground area as imagined, but the sun is shining brightly, the clouds are floating, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant everywhere.
Under the reflection of the two suns above our heads, a giant strange city with a decent layout appeared in front of everyone. On the periphery of the city, there was an endless forest river with no end as far as the eye could see.
Because the light was so strong, it even made the group of people who had just walked out of the passage feel like they were in another world.
"Lord, this is a scene illusion that combines sky illusion and mirror illusion, making the originally dark tunnel look like the outside world."
While Erza was in awe, she touched Lei Xiao's chest and saluted, "It is no exaggeration to say that this is the first time for me to see such an exquisite technique."
"Miss Dark Elf, thank you very much. This is just the result of the efforts of the dwarves. It's no big deal."
Cornette smiled slightly, then nodded to Lei Xiao and said, "Your Majesty the human race, my king is waiting for you in the palace."
Having said that, Cornet quickly guided us into this dwarf city.
Entering a strange city, Lei Xiao's eyes sparkled again.
Most of the buildings here are rare metal structures, with large and small gears everywhere, and sometimes the roar of steam engines can be heard one after another, giving it a steampunk feel.
In the center of the main road, there was even a rail-like metal train that sounded like a train and passed by with its whistle before stopping in front of the platform at the other end.
"As expected of the force that invented the space train."
Lei Xiao looked at the dwarf residents queuing up to get on the train not far away, as well as the metal train chimney that was emitting white smoke, and the surprise in his eyes became more obvious.
I have to say that this is very close to the scene of Blue Star's steam era.
Of course, in the technological system of the elves, this is called magic energy.
It is a special energy generated by the magic boiler. Not only can it consume ordinary resources such as ores as fuel, but also weapons and equipment can be used as fuel. The higher the level, the more abundant the energy generated.
"It seems that His Majesty the Human Race is quite interested in the Demonic Qi Train."
Cornette obviously noticed Lei Xiao's surprise and smiled: "After the last improvement of the magic gas boiler, the exhaust gas generated during the conversion process will be completely converted into normal energy particles under the blessing of the purification array in the chimney.
Just purify the formation eye stones in the magic circle faster at regular intervals."
“What an amazing achievement.”
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly and narrowed his eyes.
The medium and large cities of the human race are also extremely vast. If such a complete transportation system can be established in the city, it will undoubtedly promote the development of the human world to a great extent.
Not only that, if railways could be laid throughout the human world, it would also be an extremely great achievement.
Although with the blessing of the lord network, the transportation capacity of the human race has reached its peak, it is limited to the transportation of items, and only between terminals. There is still a distance in the middle. In this way, this distance can also be reduced
Maximize efficiency.
With faster efficiency and more manpower saved, more resources can naturally be invested in preparing for the future. The many benefits are self-evident.
With this in mind, Lei Xiao headed towards the center of the city under Cornet's introduction.
Although the train is extremely convenient for ordinary residents, for the extraordinary strength of Lei Xiao and his group, they can naturally easily surpass it in speed.
Not long after, under the guidance of Cornet, our group arrived in front of an imposing giant metal building.
This is a metal castle, which is also covered with rotating gears, bearings and springs, and it looks very distinctive.
"Your Majesty the Human Race, this is my king's palace."
Cornette nodded to Lei Xiao, lowered his head again and made a "please" gesture, and said with a smile: "Please come this way, my king has been waiting for a long time."
