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

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At this point in the conversation, Liu Nian took the opportunity to tell Mekkatorque about how he had robbed the goblin caravan and the ore.

“By the way, Master Mekkatorque,” ​​Liu Nian said, “I ambushed a goblin transport caravan and stole several cartloads of ore, which I hid not far from the road we came from. Those ores… look very similar to the molten metal ore you mentioned.”

"What?!" Upon hearing this, Mekkatorque's eyes behind his goggles suddenly lit up like two small light bulbs. "You robbed a transport convoy? And how many truckloads of ore? Quick, tell me the exact location and quantity!"

Liu Nian gave a rough description of the hiding place and the amount of ore. Mekkatorque rubbed his hands together excitedly, his mustache practically sticking up to the sky: "Great! Liu Nian, you're truly our lucky star! Even just one cartload of high-quality raw ore, after being refined at the Heart of the Gear, will be enough to keep the Prince's City's teleportation array running at full power for several days! We must get them back immediately!"

As he spoke, Mekkatorque seemed to realize something: "Oh! Damn it, look at my brain, my friend, this requires your consent, after all, you stole it! If you're willing to hand it over to us, I can grant you access to the teleportation arrays in all our cities!"

[Ding! System notification: Accept Mekkatorque's suggestion?]

"yes!"

[Mission Update: Gather your companions (50 players) to escort the Gnome Engineering Recycling Team to your ore stash location and safely return all the ore.]

[Task Difficulty: High]

[Mission Rewards: Engineering Gnome Faction Relationship +3000, Level +3, Earth Humans gain access to all Gnome Faction teleportation arrays (must be physically present upon arrival to activate)]

Liu Nian felt that the reward for this mission was completely equivalent to those several truckloads of raw ore.

First of all, that thing needs to be refined, and this technique is not something that players on Earth can master in a short period of time.

Secondly, the increase in favorability and level.

Finally, all humans on Earth gained access to the dwarf teleportation array.

For example, when they were in Prince City of Gearheart, the teleportation array there wasn't open to them. Now, as long as this task is completed, all human players on Earth will be able to use the teleportation arrays in all the gnomes' cities!

Of course, the premise is that you have been to that place beforehand. For example, Liu Nian has been to Toothpick City, Gear Heart, and now the Anvil Base, so he can teleport freely between these three places.

Other players who haven't been to these three locations and haven't activated them can't teleport.

Mekkatorque quickly issued orders to the dwarf officers waiting in the command room: "I'm giving you half an hour to immediately assemble a crack engineering recovery team! I want you to follow Liu Nian to the hideout as fast as possible and transport all those precious ores back to the Anvil Base without leaving a single one!"

"Yes, sir!" The dwarf officer accepted the order and left.

Mekkatorque then looked at Liu Nian, his tone earnest: "Liu Nian, I'm counting on you!"

"No problem, leave it to me," Liu Nian readily agreed.

This task is difficult, and it is clear that it is quite dangerous.

This is understandable, as there are goblin players everywhere outside, especially near the Anvil Base, which is the front line of the battle between gnomes and goblins. The previous major battle has left many goblin players still lingering in the vicinity.

Therefore, Liu Nian dared not let his guard down.

He created a temporary chat room, invited Yun Xiangrong, Jiang Yi, Wu Zhan, Wang Mu, and others, explained the situation, and Wu Zhan also brought Ye Jielina in. After some discussion, everyone decided to start taking action on both sides at the same time.

Liu Nian, Yun Xiangrong, and Jiang Yi led the dwarf's engineering recovery team to the hiding place. There shouldn't be any danger there; they could leave quietly.

Meanwhile, apart from a few experts who were still figuring out how to upgrade the altar, Wu Zhan led Long Yuan, Long Xiang, and Ye Jielina's people toward the hiding place, where the two sides met up.

The real challenge of this mission lies in the journey back to the anvil base from the hiding place, because the convoy and minerals must be escorted, making stealth travel impossible.

Moreover, the closer you get to the anvil base, the greater the resistance you encounter!

Therefore, we must gather all our strength!

Although the task is said to involve 50 people, the more the merrier. What is a very difficult task for 50 people may not be so difficult for 300 people.

However, due to the limited number of participants for this task, only 50 people were able to receive the reward after the task was completed.

But it doesn't matter, since everyone else is coming to the anvil base anyway, so it's just a side trip.

Half an hour later, a recovery team of eight dwarfs assembled at the base entrance.

The squad consists of four fully armed dwarf musketeers (LV.48), three dwarf engineers with toolkits (LV.45), and a senior dwarf geological prospector (LV.50) as the team leader.

"Mr. Liu Nian, the team is assembled and ready to depart at any time!" The team leader saluted Liu Nian.

"Set off."

Without further ado, Liu Nian immediately led them on their way.

They quietly left the anvil base through a hidden passage, without attracting the attention of the surrounding goblin players.

But when they come back, they won't be able to use this road anymore because cars can't drive in; they'll have to use the main gate then.

They continued along the passage until they emerged, at which point they were quite far from the anvil base.

Liu Nian, acting as the guide, walked at the front side of the group.

Along the way, they encountered several small groups of scattered cave bats and underground lizards (LV.30-40), which were easily dealt with by the group.

After a smooth and uneventful journey, about an hour later, Liu Nian led his team to the vicinity of the depression surrounded by bushes.

"We're here, this is it." Liu checked beforehand.

Pushing aside the dead thorns and covering branches, the goblin vehicles and the bulging tarpaulin still lay quietly in the crater, showing no signs of being disturbed, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The dwarfs immediately sprang into action, and the engineers quickly sampled and tested the ore with analyzers.

"The energy readings are stable! The spatial fluctuation characteristics match! It's a high-quality molten ore, uncontaminated!" an engineer reported excitedly.

The other gnomes started tinkering with the goblins' vehicles. The usually logical gnomes all frowned when they saw the goblins' horrific creations.

Of course, goblins consider their creations to be "unconventional".

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