Star Forge Titan

"So, in other words, during this three-day, three-night elopement, the two adults not only brought back a super-ancient treasure of unknown rank, but also gained the highest friendship of the entire Lonely Mountain Kingdom?"

Faced with Heidi's impeccable 'inquiry' from tone to etiquette, the two men, who still smelled slightly of alcohol, couldn't help but show embarrassed expressions. They were surrounded by cats and insects holding banners and slogans, and all kinds of meows filled the air with... a sense of fun.

What on earth are these guys doing here? Alvin had no choice but to grab a cat bug, stroke it randomly, and then switch to another one. His hands started to stroke the cat in an industrial assembly line coldly and ruthlessly.

"Alas, although the harvest is considerable, as the tribal medicine man, I still hope that the respected Khan can pay more attention to his own safety and not always take risks alone like a lone wolf."

"Objection, Ivan is not taking this risk alone." Afrediya raised her right hand in protest like an elementary school student.

"So, Your Majesty, what have you done this time? You didn't gain weight, did you?" Heidi glanced at him sideways. The slight respect she had originally reserved for him due to his status as the Demon Lord Elrond had long since disappeared in the cute cries of "Ah, why can't I find the buckle? Has it grown again? Senior sister, help me~" and "Cat, please, another plate!"

"I didn't gain weight... a lot." Recalling her emotionless and efficient eating behavior at last night's banquet, Afrediya's voice quickly rose and fell like a shot-down Stuka.

But soon, she seemed to remember something and became confident again.

"I, I helped dig the tunnel! Don't underestimate the power of the ancient dragon's true form!"

"Then, who was it that caused the tunnel to collapse due to lack of knowledge of architecture, and was half-crushed with only the buttocks and tail exposed?" Although she was staying on the airship, Heidi acted as if she had witnessed the entire adventure with her own eyes, and she exposed Afrediya's boasting in one sentence.

"Chi!" The Demon King made a sound like a small animal in danger.

"How do you know?" Alvin was also curious about this, and then his eyes quickly fell on a pendant that Afrediya carried with her.

If he remembered correctly, it was the small object Heidi had calmly draped around the girl's waist before they set out. He could even guess why Afrediya herself hadn't noticed it. It was likely a concealed magical device that only passively recorded information but didn't emit any external magical energy.

"As expected of Lord Khan, you can find the answer immediately with just a little reminder." Heidi smiled and gave a compliment, but the sarcasm in her words was so strong that it was impossible for people to feel proud.

"After all, that's an entire kingdom. Although you two could definitely charge out directly with your strength, for safety reasons, I secretly attached a beast-fiber war puppet, which is adept at concealing its presence, to Your Majesty. Unexpectedly, I witnessed a very unexpected sight."

In an instant, Alvin realized very clearly from these words that the female mage is also a mage. No, it is possible that the female mage is even more dangerous than an ordinary mage.

Afredia, the person involved, was furious, but she ultimately sighed in understanding. As a fellow mage, after calming down and shaking off the debuff of her relationship-induced IQ drop, she quickly realized that this move would indeed serve as a safety net, or at least a means of emergency communication.

As for why the other party did not explain in advance, it was probably because a certain guy acted on impulse. As soon as he arrived at the Lonely Mountain Kingdom, he made a bold statement like "I will help you build a nuclear power plant", so Heidi had no time to prepare and could only use emergency measures.

"Next time you can just say it directly. Alvin and I are not the kind of tyrants who won't listen to advice." Afrediya's tone was very serious, which made Heidi put away the smile on her face and nodded seriously.

Then, as the female wizard looked on in astonishment, the Demon King grabbed the tortoise-shaped animal-fiber war doll, bit its head with one mouthful, and began to tear it apart.

The scene was so brutal that Ivan's eyes twitched, and he was shouting in his heart, "You still say you're not a tyrant!" and other complaints.

"This kind of dark history must not be preserved, and you should erase your memory as soon as possible!" After saying that, Afrediya immediately jumped towards Heidi, and the two women with good figures rolled into a ball on the ground.

Very quickly, in less than three seconds, the female mage was instantly defeated in the close combat with the ancient dragon, which fully demonstrated the truth that a weapon of criticism is not as good as the criticism of the weapon.

As for why Ivan didn't stop the workplace bullying in front of him? Just kidding, with such a turbulent scene, he didn't pull out his phone to take high-speed continuous photos. It was all because he was in a different world and forgot to bring his phone before crossing over.

After joking and playing, the two disheveled women glared at each other, panting with their chests heaving, and then they laughed out loud together. This made Ivan, who was watching next to them, confused. He really couldn't understand what kind of relationship women's friendship was.

"Let's talk about the World Forging Furnace." Heidi straightened her dress with the collar torn open and her tone became serious again.

Ivan withdrew his gaze, his expression looking very serious, which was certainly not because of the sharp look from Afrediya next to him.

"The World Forge is not an ordinary treasure. It shouldn't even appear on the surface of the planet." Recalling the information sent back by the lepton terminal, this serious descendant of the Titan couldn't help but sigh.

As someone who had seen the universe, Ivan felt that the World Forging Furnace's true purpose should be tossed directly into space, pulling in asteroids or uninhabited celestial bodies as raw materials for mass production. After all, just building a single combat surrogate consumes two-thirds of a planet. With such an outrageous material requirement, the World Forging Furnace shouldn't be used on the surface of a habitable planet.

"Then why don't you just take it away?" Heidi frowned slightly, feeling that things seemed to be different from what she expected.

"Yes, the Dwarf King clearly said that they are willing to give up the World Forge in exchange for a broader future." Afrediya was also puzzled.

"Too sudden changes are not necessarily good for any society." Alvin shook his head. Even the historical knowledge in textbooks was enough to teach him this.

"Besides, Oriogo has accepted my commission and will help maintain the World Forge to forge some handy equipment." The young Titan descendant raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

Although he is only at the third level now, his pursuit of "security" has led him to plan to completely eliminate the huge hidden dangers that could threaten the entire world.

Why can you only passively wait for the enemy to attack? There is a healing method called advance healing.

At this moment, the dwarves were piling a large amount of ore near the World Forging Furnace. The outer wall of the furnace, which could freely transform between solid and liquid states, flowed like slime and quickly swallowed up all the raw materials.

The originally dark space inside the furnace was completely filled with a large amount of flames. The reopened furnace converted geothermal heat into a continuous source of energy.

Through the blazing flames, one could vaguely see many mechanical devices as large as buildings floating quietly in the World Forging Furnace, which were taking shape.

And that sharp arc of light.

Chapter 78 News from the Forest

Steal the floating life for half a day.

Looking at the soft and fluffy clouds like marshmallows in the distance, Alvin leaned back comfortably in the recliner.

But in reality, he wasn't completely idle. Having just finished a battle simulation, his mind immediately began to ponder the conjecture that had arisen earlier.

At this moment, Alvin was on the top deck of the rigid airship Traveler. The sunlight shining from above was a bit dazzling and hot.

Fortunately, he possessed a body of steel that was invulnerable to swords and guns, invulnerable to magic, and capable of spacewalking. Even his outermost layer of skin had maximum resistance, so he wouldn't be sunburned by the light, which was far less powerful than the Heavenly Sin Tribulation Fire.

So, Alvin just put on a pair of sunglasses and faced the sun, as if he had made up his mind to make friends and have a chat with the fireball in the sky.

Contrary to his seemingly relaxed and laid-back attitude, the young Titan had other thoughts swirling in his mind.

The World Forge, or rather the Planetary Geothermal Automatic Portable Melting Machine, this super-ancient creation from the Titans possessed capabilities beyond imagination. However, after a few attempts, Ivan discovered its shortcomings.

Geothermal energy is an environmentally friendly and widespread resource, but this method of extracting it has certain limitations. Unless it penetrates deep into the planet's core, the World Forge's efficiency cannot be maximized. Conversely, finding a geothermal power source is straightforward; with the Titan's capabilities, creating one on the spot would be a snap. Perhaps this is where the term "portable" comes from. From this perspective, the so-called shortcomings are completely acceptable; sacrificing versatility for portability is a readily understandable trade-off.

Back to the point. Limited by the current operating power of the World Forging Furnace, Ivan hadn't been able to create anything too spectacular in just two or three days. However, through this machine, he had gained a deeper understanding of the capabilities of his core talent, [Reshaping the World]. He had also begun to dabble in developing and expanding his nascent soul abilities.

In short, now that he is working with Black Hammer Lemnos, he can try to create some relatively sophisticated creations.

such as……

"Meow——" A cold cat's meow without any emotion came from under the recliner.

"Move forward three meters, turn around, and then return to your position." Alvin gave voice commands using words that were as simple and easy to understand as possible.

Then, a cat-shaped robot made entirely of gold with gemstone-inlaid eyes stepped out from the shadows with stiff movements.

This is the prototype pure gold lucky cat MK1 that Alvin spent ten minutes to make, also known as the Little Golden Cat.

The little golden cat's body is made of metal, and its internal mechanical structure is made using a large amount of magical engineering knowledge. The "brain" that receives commands and controls the body is a ball of bright "light" trapped in a crystal ball.

This is the spirit-like body created by Alvin using his initially awakened soul power - the Creator of Light.

After some simple development and expansion, he discovered that his soul ability could not only make the light in the environment exhibit various physical properties, but also imitate some more ethereal things. Thus, he created this artificial imitation spirit body composed purely of light, without harming any experimental animals, and based on the consciousness fluctuations of the surrounding cats, cats and insects.

The reason why gold was chosen as the body material was because Alvin discovered that this metal was the most capable of conducting soul power, and its material would not change due to the type of magic contained in it. Perhaps it could be called the eternal nature of 'gold'.

After receiving the voice command, the metal lump that was "Bling Bling" in the sunlight was stunned for a moment, then immediately rushed forward for more than ten meters, and rushed straight out of the airship deck like a remote-controlled car that was running at full speed but lost control.

Obviously, this technology is not perfect. Even the simplest action instructions are not understood correctly by the current golden cat.

"Can't you accurately judge how far three meters is?" Alvin looked at the scene in front of him speechlessly, raised his hand and pulled him back to his side with his increasingly proficient boxing skills.

Looking at the little golden cat that was still moving its limbs after being picked up by him, he sighed in distress.

Simply imitating the fluctuations of consciousness is actually somewhat similar to building a large instruction library. This cannot create a truly thinking spirit-like body, and it cannot even reach the level of a low-level artificial mentally retarded assistant.

The road from nothing to something is indeed difficult, otherwise the upper planes would not regard the "Forged Steel Soul" that can provide soul power for legendary magical artifacts as the highest technological crystallization.

Perhaps, we can change our thinking...

"Shut down." Alvin gave a brief command, and this time the little golden cat understood it immediately. It stopped all actions instantly and returned to calm like a metal ornament.

"They can even create something that can think... by imitating the soul. The Titans are truly beyond imagination." Heidi's voice came from behind.

There was a sound of footsteps on the stairs made of lightweight alloy material, and the graceful figure of the female mage came onto the deck like a dolphin leaping out of the water.

"It wasn't successful." Alvin shook his head. At best, what he did was just copying three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional plane. Even the finished product was at most at the level of a senior kindergarten student.

Strictly speaking, this was a bold attempt, but not a successful experiment.

"Use perception to capture the fluctuations of consciousness and then observe the 'structure' of the soul. For most extraordinary people, this is already amazing enough." Heidi walked to Ivan with a smile, and then sat down on another recliner.

The sorceress was no longer wearing the golden gauze dress that resembled a desert dancer, but was wearing a loose robe modeled after the style of the ancient empire.

The elegant white gown left her left shoulder exposed, while the covered right shoulder was adorned with a jeweled brooch.

Other than that, the robe was bare of any other ornamentation. Yet, the satin shimmered in the sunlight, like soft, vaporous clouds on a sunny day, and at the same time, like the rolling ocean, undulating smoothly with the wearer's every movement.

This was undoubtedly a very expensive piece of clothing. It could be seen that although Heidi had not successfully found a suitable advancement ritual during the years in the Silent Desert, the Golden Sand Chamber of Commerce she ran was very successful, at least achieving basic freedom at the economic level.

"Where are you going next?" The sorceress, holding up a lock of black hair, her white neck seemed to glow in the sunlight. Although she hadn't been told about the Foundation of the Primordial Realm, she knew her Khan was searching for something important.

Ivan was stunned for a moment, then turned his gaze to the southwest.

"I've searched the ancient documents collected by the dwarves, but haven't found any useful information. So, I'm going to go to the area with the most ruins nearby."

"The Great Wilderness?" Heidi immediately understood the place he was talking about.

"Yeah." Alvin didn't say much.

The golden bracelet Ishtori had prepared millennia ago made him realize that the Foundation of the Great Mysteries was likely more important than he had anticipated. The exaggerated performance of his own awakened soul abilities also proved that the legendary King Uranus's soul must possess unimaginable power.

"If it's there, I heard some 'interesting' news through the Chamber of Commerce channels a few months ago."

"Oh?" Alvin showed an interested look.

"Simply put, Dahuanglin has experienced exceptionally bumper harvests of many crops this year, with quantities reaching levels that have seriously impacted their market value. However, other specialty products have also experienced exceptionally low production, also reaching levels that have severely impacted their market value."

The news Heidi said didn't seem to be a big deal at first. After all, fluctuations in crop yields are normal for most areas, even if the fluctuations are large.

But Alvin knew that this did not apply to the Great Wilderness Forest.

Because there are the best botanists in the whole of Palladia - a large group of druids.

These botanists who possess magical powers are extremely familiar with their surroundings and can make corresponding adjustments based on the major and minor changes that occur each year to achieve the most ideal balance.

This means that even if there are occasional changes in the areas specially designated by druids for growing crops or cash crops, it is unlikely that there will be too many special situations beyond expectations.

The only possible explanation is that the entire Dahuanglin area has been interfered with by some external factors this year.

Considering the astonishing area of ​​the Great Wilderness Forest, Alvin's eyes became sharp.

Chapter 79 Hiking

When he woke up in the morning, Alvin saw only darkness in front of him.

What is blocking my vision?

Oh, it turns out that it is the devil's growing evil.

Afrediya's sleeping posture is not good. Not only does she like to roll up the quilt, she also likes to grab something and stuff it into her arms, then clamp it tightly and strangle it like a python.

From a psychological perspective, this is said to be a sign of insecurity. However, considering the innate power of the ancient dragon beauty, it is the object she holds that should be insecure, or in other words, feel a huge threat to its life.

Ivan walked out rubbing his neck, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that if he didn't have this strong body taught by his ancestors, he would probably have to wear protective gear when sleeping in the future.

His mood was not as cheerful as before. The anticipation of using the World Forging Furnace to create "Great Bang Bang" and the joy of making new friends were all overshadowed by a bad omen.

The uncertain factors that could affect the vast land of the entire Great Wild Forest made Alvin recall a major event in a certain version of Virtual Paladin - the Black Forest Evil Birth.

While the Black Forest Unholy Creation incident was ultimately the result of a clash of conflicting ideologies within the Great Desolate Forest, a vicious competition within its upper echelons, and the resulting failure to fully resolve numerous issues, the long-accumulated conflicts culminated in a final explosion. As a time traveler who had been "enlightened" in many ways, Ivan knew that even more sinister and twisted forces lay hidden behind the incident.

The truth should become clearer the more it is debated. Even if there are conflicting opinions, as long as the general direction and starting point do not deviate and everyone knows the minimum self-restraint, things will not develop too badly.

But some bad guys were quietly exerting influence behind the scenes, so that the healthy competition that was originally confined to the rules got out of control and eventually evolved into a riot that no one expected.

Taking a deep breath, Alvin quickly adjusted his mood. A happy two (crossed out) or more people's trip shouldn't be disturbed by such things.

Then, he heard the sound of a cat and mouse singing from the cockpit of the airship. To others, it might have been just a series of meows, but Ivan could roughly understand the meaning of the lyrics, and the expression on his face gradually became subtle.

Everyone! Are you ready, meow? (The boatswain at the helm, Cat-Cat Worm, lets out a loud shout)

Yes! (Other cats and bugs responded)

Too quiet! (The cat-worm at the helm grips the steering wheel with both hands, then extends one of its middle appendages from its belly fur and places it on top of its head, tilting its head as if to listen attentively.)

Yes!!! (The other cats responded loudly)

Oh~ Who lives in the captain's cabin of the Fat Balloon Voyager in the Blue Sky? (The cat at the helm leads the singing and asks)

Big guy~Chief~! (The other cats answered immediately)

Being tall and strong can lift mountains, and a strong body will make you bigger. (The cat at the helm sings and jumps up, and when it is suspended in the air, it uses its hind legs to hit the soles of its feet to beat the rhythm)

Big guy~ Chief~! (The other cats and bugs respond loudly and stamp their feet vigorously)

If exploring is your dream~ (The cat at the helm stretches its neck, shakes its head, and twists its body to sing)

Big guy~ Chief~! (The other cats and bugs sing in harmony)

Then knock on the rice bowl to let the clouds make way~