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"What should I do?"

Lillers put the monocular back in frustration.

Bellegas, who was standing next to him, thought for a while before spitting and snorting, "If humans invade our kingdom in the future, we will definitely be attacked from both sides, and the responsibility for the failure of diplomacy will fall on the two of us."

“Damn it, stupid, despicable Attila,” Lils cursed angrily. “Belergas, this is not the time to complain. If we go there, there’s a high chance we’ll be controlled by those people. What if we become their target to show off their power?”

Bellergas's face turned pale, then flushed red.

“We are messengers! They cannot…”

“An envoy?” Liers interrupted him. “Our small force attempted a surprise attack but failed and was completely annihilated! Now… hah, if you went up there and said, ‘Hey, I’m here to talk peace,’ would you believe it? I certainly wouldn’t. Humans don’t seem to be stupid.”

Bellergas slumped to the ground, clutching his head, feeling a wave of dizziness wash over him.

This mission to negotiate peace was originally assigned to him by his superiors.

However, this can be considered the most important step in his political career.

But now, his future has been ruined by that brainless brute, Attila.

Damn it, how could he be so useless? He failed to launch a sneak attack!
Seeing his dejected appearance, Liers sighed and raised his binoculars to look into the distance.

"Tsk, these humans are very different from those in the south. Their iron boxes can dig mountains faster than our magical excavators. These guys are something else. Bellegas, our future is definitely going to be very grim!"

Upon hearing this, Bellergas abruptly raised his head, a glint of madness flashing in his eyes.

“We can’t go back! Lills, we need more intelligence, at least to confirm whether Attila has inflicted any casualties on the enemy.”

"Attila is the most elite centurion of the Coast Hammer. Although his troops did not bring more powerful heavy weapons this time, given their ability to fight in mountainous terrain, they will surely inflict heavy casualties on the enemy!"

At this point, Bellergas laughed: "We can't expect Attila and his men to never even touch the enemy's backside, can we? If that's the case, we should just raise our hands and feet and become their slaves."

As he spoke, he stood up, brushed the dust and mud off his clothes, and his dejected expression vanished completely. In its place was a gambler's resolute determination.

"We must continue to go there as messengers!"

Liers raised an eyebrow, looking at him with some surprise: "And then they caught you and tortured you?"

"No, if they capture us and torture us, then it means they are not trustworthy and that humans have absolutely no goodwill! We must fight such enemies to the bitter end! They are no different from demons!"

Bellegas stuffed tobacco into his pipe, lit it, took a puff, and continued, "If we can use our lives to test the good and evil of humanity, then we will have died with honor! However, we must prepare the poison!"

Liers shook his head: "Suicide is a very cowardly act!"

“But it can minimize our risk of being tortured!” Bellegas’s eyes became complicated. “If humans question us, we can use this reason…”

"Yes, it was Attila's troops who detected the enemy's presence during a border patrol and suspected it was an invasion by demons! That's why they mobilized their troops to drive the enemy away... Everything Attila and his men did was simply fulfilling their duties."

"They are simply dwarf soldiers."

Liers was stunned, then he understood.

Bellergas wanted to definitively characterize Attila's reckless actions as a private, reckless advance by a border scout.

In this way, if the humans... no... if the humans adhere to principles, the dwarves could gain some initiative in negotiations later on, striving to extricate the kingdom from the danger of being attacked from both sides and to ensure peace on the border.

"Sure, but can Attila and his men confirm that they are telling the same story as us?"

“As long as they’re not that stupid, I think they will!” Bellegas handed a cigarette to the other man. “Use falcons to send messages back home. If the humans break through the disguise, then prepare for war!”

"Ok!"

……

The dwarves stayed on the mountaintop, watching the humans dig caves, unaware that their tracks had long been discovered by the humans.

"What are those guys doing?"

At the Ice River Base, in the information monitoring center, soldiers responsible for situational awareness in the surrounding area stare at their screens.

On the large screen, cameras deployed on the mountain easily spotted traces of dwarves more than ten kilometers away.

These dwarfs squatting on the hilltop had long been noticed by humans.

These military-grade composite lenses, once their focus is adjusted, can easily see moving targets 15 kilometers away. They were discovered by humans as early as when the dwarves went up the mountain.

At this moment, the dwarf was lying prone, and several Gru beasts were lying openly in the snow without any cover, looking like live targets under the infrared camera's beam.

"Do the dwarves think that because they're far away from us, they're safe from being discovered?" the warrior asked his companion with a grin.

"No need to think twice, it's definitely true." The comrade next to him popped a betel nut into his mouth, chewed it a couple of times, and asked, "Want one?"

"No, I'm afraid of getting oral cancer." The soldier waved his hand, then activated the camera to continue tracking. "The dwarves are quite cautious this time; they've been observing from the mountaintop for half a day!"

"Be cautious my ass, we've got it all clearly captured on camera." His comrade spat into the trash can and laughed, "But it's good this way, I like it this way! From now on, we can detect the enemy's information advantage from dozens of kilometers away, and we must maintain this advantage!"

"Okay, stop joking around and get down to business!" The warrior recorded the dwarves' movements and watched them begin to descend the mountain before preparing to compile the information and send it to the Time Gate's pioneering team headquarters.

"Hmm, these people don't look like soldiers. Could they be envoys?"

Some of my comrades from the next room came over to take a look at the screen.

"Whatever it is, let's keep a close eye on it first."

The news quickly reached Commander Man.

After reading the report, Brigade Commander Man frowned slightly: "Only two?"

“Yes, they weren’t wearing armor. Judging from their attire, they shouldn’t be combat personnel.” The staff officer handed over a tablet computer, which displayed real-time video feeds.

Commander Man zoomed in on the image and saw two dwarfs wearing heavy fur coats with tobacco pouches and water bags hanging from their waists. Their faces were not visible because they were covered by windproof covers, but they certainly did not look like they were there to fight.

But he didn't let his guard down. Last time, that dwarf named Attila launched a sneak attack from a cave. Who knew what kind of trick he would pull this time?

"Notify the monitoring center to closely monitor the movements of these two dwarves after they descend the mountain. Confirm if there are any dwarf caves nearby!" Commander Man put down his tablet. "Have the spy drones explore the area extensively and see if they can find any trace of a large-scale dwarf population!"

"it is good!"

"If they make any attack attempts, warn them immediately. Also, have the patrol team prepare to respond."

"Understood." The staff officer saluted and left.

Commander Man looked at the dwarfs on the tablet, then returned to the table and activated the surveillance network built in the mountains near the Ice River base.

To guard against potential attacks from dwarves who lurk from the caves, the troops specifically deployed detection radars and infrared composite camera arrays at some high points.

These things blend almost seamlessly into the mountainous environment, making them difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. If they detect enemy activity, they can provide a crucial warning to humans.

Last time, Attila's dwarves were discovered in advance by drones, which was lucky for humanity.

Otherwise, if the dwarves were to get close to the base, it could really cause casualties among humans.

"I wonder if these dwarves will still be so stubborn!" Commander Man muttered to himself.

If dwarves maintain their stubbornness and refusal to back down, then humans will have a real headache.

Based on current clues, the Gru beasts tamed by the dwarves can traverse mountainous terrain with ease, making them difficult to deal with.

Commander Man turned on his computer and looked at the dwarves walking on the mountain as if it were flat ground, a look of envy on his face.

Such elite mountain warfare troops, if they could be put to use by humans, would undoubtedly greatly enhance human combat capabilities.

Unfortunately, the opponent was a dwarf, and the opponent also had many powerful weapons!
"Hmm, what if we defeat the dwarves in the future and incorporate them into the fifty-eighth new race of Dongda University, what should we do..." Commander Man quickly put aside these unrealistic thoughts and then began to observe the pioneer team's defense work, ammunition and logistics supply system, and so on.
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In the modern world, at the Zhuhe Logistics Coordination Base, is Li Weiguo's office.

On the computer screen, a video of dwarves communicating in an abandoned underground base is playing.

The camera was shot from a very low angle, close to the ground, and it was footage recorded after the bionic spider had infiltrated the area.

In the scene, several dwarves, after waking up, sit together drinking and eating meat, shouting about how to attack the human camp. They even said they were all in the same boat, disobeying the orders of the Mithril Elders!
Among them was a dwarf with thick eyebrows and big eyes who patted his chest and said he would use human heads as chamber pots... The dwarf even wanted to eat people...

Li Weiguo stared at the screen, watching the entire video with a blank expression.

It was this video that ultimately led the University of Tokyo to approve the preemptive strike plan against the dwarves.

After all, the other party has made it clear that they want to take people's heads and use them as chamber pots, so why be polite to them?
He copied the video file and put it in a folder, which would then be reported to his superiors.

Although it is another world, key evidence related to decisions made by other races in this other world must be preserved for future reference.

Under normal circumstances, matters of principle cannot be violated.
After finishing that, Li Weiguo pulled up another document—the exploration report of the abandoned underground base of the dwarves.

Li Weiguo cared a lot about this.

Because this relates to whether the future relationship with the dwarves will be one of peace or war!
The screen displays a newly prepared 3D model of the underground base, a dense network that sends chills down one's spine.

Li Weiguo clicked to view and discovered that the underground trenches were crisscrossed, with various combat bunkers and traps scattered throughout.

Although many of the shallow passages built with boulders and bricks have collapsed, their original scale is still evident.

The settlements built by the dwarves in the deeper parts of the world are even more extravagant.

Judging from the remaining structure, this thing was definitely a super fortress in its heyday.

Li Weiguo turned to the next page, which contained survey data of a supply base in a mountain cave a few kilometers away.

Although the entrance to the cave was destroyed by the dwarves, the pioneering team still managed to figure out its details through ground radar and sonar detection—there were also a lot of tunnels inside the mountain, and if humans entered this cave, they would definitely crawl in and come out lying down.

Even if humans had a large number of robots, it would probably still cost a lot of money to destroy the enemy.

Seeing this, Li Weiguo recalled the scene of the dwarven magic cannonballs exploding earlier.

Its power is comparable to that of a human artillery shell.

Li Weiguo rubbed his temples.

"Dwarves are arrogant and probably quite cruel to humans! Their living environment is so dangerous, their trump cards are too strong! Even if we use starvation tactics to deal with them, it probably won't be easy."

The dwarves built a dense network of cave fortifications in the mountains. In the extremely harsh environment, they could survive on the food inside the caves. The probability of all the dwarves starving to death in the long term was very small.

He took a sip of tea, and then added a note at the end of the report: "Unless absolutely necessary, we should not wage a full-scale war against the dwarves."

Based on our current interactions with the dwarves, although they are short-tempered and seem rather cruel, they are still quite law-abiding; otherwise, they wouldn't be doing business with other races.

The dwarves don't seem to have the same kind of oppressive divine authority as the elves.

Since humans have the upper hand, we should talk if we can, and delay if we can.

Humans will not break off relations with each other unless absolutely necessary.

Otherwise, who knows how many soldiers would have been sacrificed in a fight.

After turning off the analysis of dwarves and reports on various regions, Li Weiguo then opened the various research progress reports of the scientists from the other world.

Research on the runic armor captured by humans has made absolutely no progress; the patterns in those dense magical runes have yet to be deciphered.

There's still little progress on the dwarves' three-eyed muskets and magic cannons, which possess magical identification capabilities.

They're all stuck on the identity verification system!

It was clearly a primitive firearm made from gunpowder mixed with magical particles, yet the musket possessed the ability to identify itself.

I really don't understand how dwarves bind their biological characteristics to their weapons.

Humans simply cannot use it in the short term.

However, if this is understood, humans could then install these same things on equipment in other worlds as well.

The report was full of various test data and analytical charts, making Li Weiguo's head throb. He quickly flipped to the conclusion section, only to see four large words: "Still needs time."

"Well, it's that same old excuse again."

Li Weiguo closed the folder, leaned back in his chair, and let out a long sigh.

He understood that scientific research couldn't be rushed. But the front lines couldn't wait much longer; Commander Man was constantly demanding more intelligence, and the dwarves might turn on him at any moment.

The teacup on the table had gone cold. Li Weiguo picked it up and took a sip; the bitter tea slid down his throat, just like his current predicament, making him feel miserable.

"At least it's still moving forward, which is better than no progress at all."

He muttered something to himself, opened the next document, and began reviewing the material allocation work at the Glacier Base.
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A research center for special energy particles and new equipment in another world.

Deng Dakang stuffed a piece of orange into his mouth, then looked at Professor Wen Min, who looked dejected!

"Have some oranges first. You've had a headache for so long, you need to take a break and try a new research approach."

"Damn dwarves," Professor Wenmin said, looking utterly dejected. "From the moment we obtained the weapons and explosives made by the dwarves until now, we still haven't been able to replicate their crafting formulas. This is really frustrating for us materials scientists!"

Deng Dakang, biting into an orange, mumbled, "If all else fails, let's just make TNT using our old production methods. Those things are powerful enough!"

"No!" Professor Wenmin shook her head. "The dwarves' explosives are cheaper, more powerful, and can be mass-produced! Moreover, I think they might have a powerful destructive effect on energy bodies, which would definitely come in handy if we encounter danger later. Besides, mastering this kind of thing would be of great significance." "Can't we use the process of elimination, taking it one step at a time?"

Ironically, since capturing Belialus and his companions and seizing their weapons, humans have had a long time with the dwarves' otherworldly gunpowder samples, but they have encountered numerous difficulties in synthesizing and replicating them.

The dwarves' gunpowder is mainly composed of sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter mixed with some sugar powder; humans have long mastered this formula.

The only thing Professor Wenmin and his team couldn't analyze was that these powders contained biological fat powder, extremely rare hemoglobin powder from unknown organisms, and some magic stone powder.

Wen Min speculated that these things were the key polymers that ensured the otherworldly gunpowder would not explode and that it was extremely powerful.

Unfortunately, analysis of these biological fats and hemoglobin powders confirmed that they were neither from the dwarves themselves nor from the Gru beasts.

“That’s the problem.” Professor Wen Min stood up and paced back and forth in front of the lab bench. “Although I’ve analyzed most of the raw material components and even determined the approximate material ratios, I just can’t synthesize it stably!”

Deng Dakang popped a piece of orange into his mouth before frowning and asking, "Why?"

"The energy particles from another dimension are too active! Most importantly, our understanding of these particles is far too superficial,"

Professor Wen Min accepted the oranges that Deng Dakang brought her, and while eating them, she sulked.

"I previously mixed the gunpowder according to the exact same proportions, but we didn't figure out how to safely incorporate the magic stone powder. Either the otherworldly gunpowder would explode out of control, or it wouldn't have much power, completely inferior to the explosive power of TNT!"

"So how do you think the dwarves did it?"

“Who knows!” Professor Wenmin grabbed a handful of hair mixed with gray. “I suspect that these dwarves used some kind of special energy control method during the production process, or that their physiological characteristics can activate these magical particles. But these are just guesses, there is no actual evidence.”

Deng Dakang was silent for a moment, then peeled another segment of orange: "How about we continue to pry open the mouths of the dwarf prisoners and see if they can tell us anything?"

“These things are the dwarves’ core secrets, how could they possibly tell us?” Professor Wenmin smiled wryly. “I even think that the dwarves’ artisans and warriors are completely separate, and that the warriors have no idea about the gunpowder-making process!”

"That's going to be difficult!" Deng Dakang also complained.

After eating a few pieces of orange, Professor Wen Min sat back down in her chair and stared blankly at the experimental records.

After a long while, Professor Wen Min suddenly looked up and said, "If all else fails, we'll use the old method!"

"The old method?" Deng Dakang stopped peeling the orange.

Professor Wen Min stared at the pile of experimental data on the table and tapped her fingers on the surface a few times.

"During this period of time, my team has tried many methods but has not been able to completely replicate the dwarves' craftsmanship. However, the dwarves have finished products of explosives! The solution is there. We just need to find those muscle and fat powders using human technology and we will be able to replicate them."

"In the end, it's still exhaustive search!" Deng Dakang frowned slightly.

"Yes, it's the only option! Since we're going to decipher it anyway, exhaustive search is the most suitable method!"

Professor Wen Min stood up from her chair, picked up a test report, and handed it to Deng Dakang.

"Look at this data. The energy release of magic stone powder at room temperature is disordered. We tried precise temperature control, pressure regulation, and even electromagnetic field intervention, but all of them failed. However, the dwarves, whose productivity should be relatively backward, have combined it with otherworldly gunpowder and other materials."

"The manufacturing process for this thing isn't complicated; I even think that the production of these things is accidental. The blood and dried fat powder are definitely the key. We can deduce it completely by playing a lottery!"

After listening, Deng Dakang threw the orange peel back into the plate and clapped his hands: "Your idea is sound! Our industrial precision is much higher than that of the dwarves. They have ways to control the polymer materials from exploding, and we definitely can too! But how can we get clues from those stubborn dwarves?"

Professor Wen Min opened her notebook: "That depends on Gong Pengfei and Tang Huanzhu's interrogation techniques. I'll mobilize our researchers first and use a rudimentary method to synthesize the recently discovered biological specimens to see if we can make some kind of otherworldly gunpowder."

"Alright, then I'll trouble you! I'll go check on the rune replication research and see if there have been any new breakthroughs over there."

Deng Dakang straightened his clothes, got up and left.

Professor Wen Min didn't even look up: "Okay, go ahead."

Seeing Wen Min's worried expression, Deng Dakang stopped at the door.

"By the way, Wen Min, don't work too hard. Your students have been saying you're working overtime lately. Remember to get some rest earlier."

"I understand, I understand." Professor Wen Min waved her hand, signaling him to leave quickly.

After Deng Dakang left, Professor Wen Min sat alone in the laboratory, staring at the pile of data and lost in thought.

She deeply agrees with the saying that materials science is like lottery theory.

The production of new materials is always accompanied by chance; sometimes an unintentional operational mistake can lead to an unexpected breakthrough.

Some stable and advanced industrial synthesis technologies are, in essence, just a thin layer of paper separating them from reality.

Just like that Nobel Prize in the new century, tearing graphene by hand sounds outrageous, but they actually succeeded.

"Luck..." Professor Wen Min muttered to herself, "Doing scientific research really does require a bit of luck. I've always considered myself to have pretty good luck!"

She was the first to spend a lot of effort and time replicating TNT.

Logically speaking, she should have been able to replicate this outdated but incredibly powerful alien version of gunpowder.

But this thing can trigger a reaction in energy particles, which disrupts the established chemical synthesis rules that humans have learned before.

Professor Wen Min rubbed her temples, picked up the now-cold teacup on the table, and took a sip.

The bitter tea went down her throat, but she felt her mind clear up considerably.

“Let’s start from the beginning.” She opened the lab log, turned to the first page, and said, “This time it has to work.”

……

As soon as Deng Dakang opened the door, he saw Wang Hu leaning against a chair outside, his eyes closed and his head nodding.

"Little Tiger, let's go!"

Wang Hu suddenly opened his eyes and almost slipped off his chair.

He rubbed his face and followed Deng Dakang outside: "Professor Deng, is there any progress on Professor Wen's side?"

“Materials research requires luck, it can’t be done so quickly,” Deng Dakang shook his head. “Let’s go check out our Rune Research Center. Maybe we can make some progress there. Commander Man and the others were talking about developing rune cannons last time!”

Wang Hu pursed his dry, chapped lips and hesitated for a moment: "Professor Deng, we've been researching the dwarves' magical industrial system. Could we be going down the wrong path? After all, this thing is so different from our original technological route. Commander Man keeps talking about rune cannons, isn't that...?"

"Haha, Little Tiger, Commander Man and the others were just saying it casually. We're doing it all with one hand! And we're making sure all the hands are strong!" Deng Dakang explained with a laugh. "Commander Man and the others were indeed deeply impressed by the scene after the dwarf cannonballs exploded."

"As you know, we're always particularly obsessed with firepower delivery and explosive power."

Wang Hu scratched his head and didn't ask any more questions.

"Unfortunately, what they crave most right now is the energy protection technology of the dwarves' armor!" Deng Dakang explained to Wang Hu with a smile.

Rune-equipped gear is a technology that makes raiding teams drool.

The runic equipment worn by dwarves already possesses strong physical protection capabilities, and the powerful protective capabilities they demonstrate during the explosion of thermal weapons make humans even more envious.

It's important to understand that if a grenade containing tens of grams of TNT were to explode at close range, a human soldier would either be instantly reduced to pieces or suffer internal organ damage.

Many casualties on the battlefield are caused by the shockwaves of explosions.

But those dwarves, wearing rune armor, only suffered mild concussions after taking the blast!
If humanity can master this technology and successfully apply it to various equipment, the battlefield environment in the other world will improve considerably.

Speaking of this, we have to mention the issue of attacking high and defending low.

High attack power and low defense have always been the most troublesome and urgent problems for military strategists in modern society.

If the dwarven inventions can be thoroughly studied and the principles of runic armor can be deciphered, then the full-coverage power armor that humans have been storing away in warehouses gathering dust can be brought out and used again.

The technological reserves of exoskeletons and power armor in the modern world are already sufficient. However, the endurance and protective performance of power armor have never met the standards for actual combat, and mass deployment cannot protect the safety and flexibility of combat soldiers.

On known battlefields, what reaps the lives of soldiers is never the bullets fired by soldiers, but rather shrapnel from artillery shells and the shockwaves of explosions.

No matter how high the protection level of your bulletproof vest, a grenade will still explode.

Some weapons that rely on the shockwave of an explosion to kill enemies can easily take lives.

Don't be fooled by soldiers who appear unharmed on the battlefield; their internal organs may have been shattered long ago.

Those who survived by sheer luck could only slowly breathe their last on a stretcher.

Internal organ damage caused by the blast wave is also one of the most difficult to treat on the battlefield.

Shrapnel wounds can at least be treated, but internal injuries caused by shockwaves can only be treated with IV drips, and the chances are largely left to fate.

If we can truly master the dwarven rune armor technology and apply it to power armor, the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers will increase exponentially.

If this approach is applied to armored vehicles, the problem of high attack but low defense, which plagues pioneering teams, can also be solved.

By then, any potential energy attacks or otherworldly magical creature attacks might all have to take a backseat.

Wang Hu followed behind Deng Dakang, already imagining the scene of charging forward in rune-enhanced power armor.

He grinned, and his steps became lighter.

The Rune Research Center is located next to the previous Special Equipment Research Institute; it's only a few minutes' walk away.

As soon as Deng Dakang and Wang Hu arrived at the door, they saw two cars parked outside.

Upon seeing the car model, Deng Dakang immediately stopped and asked, "Is this... President Su here too?"

Wang Hu, with his sharp eyes, pointed to a spot not far away: "Professor Deng, he is indeed the bodyguard protecting President Su."

Deng Dakang subconsciously wanted to go somewhere else.

Although Su Mingjin is not arrogant, she is, after all, the head of the otherworldly time-space portal base.

Every time Deng Dakang saw her, he felt a little scared.

This is probably a common problem for science students when facing administrative leaders. It has little to do with the size of the other party's position; it's purely a matter of personality.

Of course, the most important reason is that the project Deng Dakang is in charge of has encountered difficulties and has not been able to make a breakthrough.

This made him somewhat reluctant to see the high-ranking leader. He was afraid the leader would say something about the organization and the soldiers' earnest expectations again...

Anyway, I'm under a lot of psychological pressure.

Just as I was thinking about whether to find an excuse to slip away, a voice suddenly called out from the side.

"Professor Deng! You've arrived!"

Wang Ye jumped out of the car, carrying a sealed box, and his eyes lit up when he saw Deng Dakang.

Deng Dakang noticed that Su Mingjin's bodyguard was looking this way, sighed inwardly, and leaned over to Wang Ye: "Wang Ye, what's in the box?"

“Dragon dung!” Wang said with righteous indignation.

Deng Dakang was taken aback: "Why are you collecting dragon dung? What's it for?"

"Uh, didn't you see the application form I wrote?" Wang Ye scratched his head.

“We’ve been working on the patterns for runic armor, but they’re all similar in form but not in spirit. Didn’t we say we wanted to smelt an alloy metal that’s compatible with energy particles? So that’s where this comes in!”

Deng Dakang nodded as he looked at the storage box that Wang Ye was holding up.

The little dragon raised by Ming Yufei and Jiang Ruixuan is a particularly magical creature. When it eats, its metabolism and the actual amount of food it converts are completely disproportionate. It is also an energy source, and its feces contain a large amount of magic crystal powder.

The steel used in dwarven armor is highly efficient at absorbing energy particles.

Since the dwarven armor alloy is excellent at absorbing energy particles, adding some of this stuff to the furnace might just produce some amazing chemical reactions.

Deng Dakang nodded: "Good idea! How many applications were submitted this time?"

"200 grams, one-tenth of Tie Touwa's excrement today." Wang Ye weighed the box in his hand. "It's a pity it's too little; we went through a lot of trouble to get it approved."

Now a lot of people are studying these dragon droppings, and Wang was able to apply for so many because of the special energy protection equipment he and a group of special advisors had previously researched.

Deng Dakang pretended not to understand the subtext of Wang Ye's words and said with a smile, "I haven't gone to see Tie Touwa these past two days. How old is Tie Touwa now?"

"It's growing incredibly fast! These two heads have grown another two centimeters!" Wang Ye said with a smile. "Now it eats ten meals a day and can consume 30 kilograms of meat. Its excretion has also increased to once a day, and the amount is quite substantial."

“Ming Yufei and the others are so busy collecting dragon dung that they can’t keep up,” Deng Dakang laughed.

Wang Hu, listening from the side, chuckled: "Being a dragon's 'poop scooper' must be great! By the way, besides smelting, have any other uses for dragon dung been discovered?"

"Yes," Wang Ye said mysteriously, "Dragon dung has a very strong deterrent effect on those magical creatures from other worlds. The biological research institute is currently considering whether it can be developed into a beast-repelling agent to deal with the snakes, insects, and rodents in the forest!"

Although the clearing of the southern forests has been ongoing, strange and unusual things have frequently occurred there, causing harm to humans.

It's really a headache.

If we could extract the properties of dragon feces to create a super-powerful insect repellent, that would be a good idea.

Deng Dakang stroked his chin, glanced at the entrance of the research institute, and gestured for Wang Ye to follow.

(End of this chapter)