Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

Gerbin was also trembling as he looked at the figure from his memory.

The two brothers looked at each other from five steps apart, as if they had a thousand words to say, but in the end it just turned into a big hug!

"You're back...you're finally back..." Lanfogo's voice trembled. "I thought you were dead...I thought I'd never see you again..."

Gerbin was a little breathless from his brother's embrace, but he didn't struggle. He simply patted his brother's back and said, "I'm not dead. I led my people to build a new city..."

Before the two could exchange more than a few pleasantries, Gerbin hurriedly introduced Liu Nian to his elder brother.

"Brother, this is Brother Liu Nian, an incredibly powerful adventurer. It was thanks to his help that I was able to find this place!"

Liu Nian nodded to Lan Fogo: "Hello, my name is Liu Nian."

Lanfogo looked at Liu Nian, his sharp gaze sweeping over him from head to toe: "Did you bring my brother back?"

Liu Nian nodded.

Just as Lanfogo was about to ask further, Gerbin's voice came from the side: "Brother, there's one more, you'd never guess who he is!"

All eyes turned to Mechagon at the same time.

The silver-white mechanical spider servant stood in the corner of the observation room, as quiet as a sculpture.

Eight mechanical limbs steadily supported the massive metal shell, while the eternal engine core in its abdomen emitted a warm golden light.

Lanfog looked at Mechagon, his brow furrowing. "A spider servant?"

Gelbin shook his head: "He's no ordinary spider servant; he's the ancestor Mechagon!"

"Who?"

Lanfogo thought he had misheard.

"One of the legendary Three Kings, the forefather Mechagon!"

All the dwarfs who had come with Lanfogo were stunned.

The legendary Three Kings??

"Mechagon...ancestor?!"

The air in the observation room seemed to freeze. Torger's mechanical glasses slipped off his nose and fell to the floor with a thud, but he didn't notice. The servants standing at the door exchanged bewildered glances, their expressions shifting from confusion to shock, and then to disbelief.

Lanfogo opened his mouth, then closed it, then opened it again; his expression changed drastically in just a few seconds.

"Excuse my intrusion, but how can you prove that you are...?"

Mechagon's compound eyes calmly gazed at Lanfogo, golden light flickering slowly.

"Proof? When I was in power, the first password to the Gnomeregan underground vault was..." Mechagon suddenly remembered something, so he stopped speaking and instead directly transmitted the text into Lanfog's consciousness, "'Anvil, Gear, Flame, Seven,' I don't know if you've changed it. Oh, and also, the password to my private storage room is..."

"besides……"

Mechagon revealed a lot of secrets, some of which even Ranfo didn't know, but Ranfo was still able to tell the truth from the falsehoods.

"You…" Lanfog's voice was hoarse, "...are you really the Mechagon ancestor…?"

Mechagon's compound eyes flickered: "I've been gone for centuries, in a different body, so it's normal that you don't recognize me. But if you need more concrete proof—I can reforge the Gnomere's Hammer's clockwork core right here. Or I can repair the 'Star Clock' that's stopped working at the top of your royal capital's main tower."

Lanfogo took a deep breath.

Then he bowed deeply:

"King Ranfog Nomor of Gnomeregan welcomes the return of our ancestors, the Mechagon!"

This time, his attendants and officials did not hesitate and knelt down in unison.

Mechagon looked at the kneeling dwarfs and remained silent for a moment.

"Get up, all of you," he said. "I don't like being forced to kneel."

Lanfogo raised his head, but did not immediately stand up: "Ancestor, you disappeared for hundreds of years, we all thought you had already..."

"Dead?" Mechagon let out a low, mechanical laugh. "Almost, but someone pulled me out."

He looked at Liu Nian.

Lanfog followed his gaze to Liu Nian, then stood up and walked to Liu Nian. He wanted to shake hands, but found that Liu Nian seemed to be a phantom, so he could only solemnly express his gratitude: "Leader of the Dragonborn, thank you for saving my brother, and thank you for saving our Mechagon ancestor. From today onwards, you are a friend of Gnomeregan forever."

Liu Nian also received a notification: Lanfogo's favorability towards you is rapidly increasing...

Liu Nian said, "You're too kind."

That afternoon, a grand welcoming ceremony was held in Gnomeregan.

The news spread like wildfire through the city's streets and alleys—the Mechagon ancestors have returned!

Prince Gerbin has returned!

In the city's central square, a large number of engineering dwarfs poured in from the twelve districts, crowding every corner of the square, as if celebrating a festival.

Mechagon stood on the platform of the main tower of the royal city, looking down at the dense crowd below.

His silver-white spider-like body shone brightly in the sunlight, and the eternal engine core in his abdomen slowly rotated amidst cheers.

At Lanfogo's repeated pleas, McCagon said two words, which elicited cheers from the entire city.

……

After the welcoming ceremony, Liu Nian toured the entire city with Lanfogo and Gerbin.

From the deep winter workshop area to the frigid winter machinery area, from the early spring experimental area to the agricultural production area, he saw countless huge furnaces and forging hammers, densely packed gear towers and steam pipes, and meticulously maintained farmland and breeding farms.

The city was indeed laid out as Gelbin had described, with twelve sectors surrounding the central capital, though there were many changes in the details—some districts were more prosperous than Gelbin remembered, while others had clearly shrunk.

"This number remains unchanged, no matter how many years have passed." Gelbin pointed to a tower in the distance. "Twelve sectors, twelve months, twelve guardians."

Liu Nian nodded, secretly calculating the size of the city in his mind.

The engineering capabilities here are astonishing, and Liu Nian has no reason not to take advantage of them!

With Mechagon involved, this matter shouldn't be difficult to discuss.

In addition, Liu Nian did not forget to take the opportunity to upgrade the Demon King Jellyfish.

Back in the days of the Omnic Vehicles, Morse mentioned that Gnomeregan had a technology that could upgrade fluid-type creatures.

Liu Nian's Demon King Jellyfish level was too low. Although he didn't expect it to fight, since there was a chance to upgrade it, he might as well upgrade it. Who knows when he might need it?

"King Lanfogo," Liu Nian walked to the king's side, "I have something I'd like to ask you."

"Please speak."

"I've heard that Gnomeregan has a technology that can upgrade fluid-type creatures—like jellyfish and slimes. Is that true?"

Lanfogo nodded. "Indeed. It's a 'fluid synchronization amplification device' that can elevate the life form of fluid-type organisms to a higher level. What, my friend, do you have such a pet?"

"Yes! I wonder if you could do me a favor?"

"Leave it to me!"

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