Struggle in the Steam Age

The fact that the elves once settled on the island of New Saure was the result of Lawrence's analysis, and it was not recorded in the history books or on the walls of the previous spiritual building. The reason for making such an analysis is that after Lawrence entered the spirit world and thoroughly understood the architectural style of the dark elves, he found that many of the ruins he was in were very similar to the decoration style of the dark elves at that time. like sprite building components.

If he hadn't seen the art style of the dark elves before their fall in the spirit world, Lawrence would not have discovered that the various carvings on these wreckages actually belonged to two groups of elves. It is even more impossible to extrapolate to such conclusions. After all, those elves now destroyed all traces of the dark elves on the ground, and kept silent about this matter. So much so that the young people in their race are not very clear about these things, let alone foreigners like humans.

As for why those elves want to garrison where the dark elves have been, it is very easy to understand. Taking care of these precious tea gardens is one aspect, but the most important thing is to garrison this node to prevent the dark elves from coming back again, and at the same time search for those past compatriots their hidden treasures.

Of course, analyzing this information is just a matter of convenience. For Lawrence and the others, the really important thing is to figure out what their spoils are. But the strange thing is that neither Lawrence nor Nora found any traces of traps on this most critical treasure.

"It's so strange!" Nora looked at the wooden box with a puzzled expression. After trying all the methods at her disposal, even some very ancient methods, she finally stopped casting spells. "Before, I hid things in the spirit world and set up a lot of traps. How come there are no traps at the most critical place? This is not in line with human nature at all."

"The other party is an elf, maybe it really lacks humanity." After telling a cold joke, Lawrence looked at the box seriously and said, "I think the other party probably thinks that the person who can break through the previous series of defenses is on the box. It shouldn’t be able to stop no amount of magic, so I just gave up.”

"But under normal circumstances, it's unreasonable to give up resistance completely." Nora answered at this time. After hearing what Lawrence said just now, the little puppet also thought of something. "So I guess there should be a final mechanism in this box, which is used to mark part of its own information to a large space around it."

"This is troublesome." Lawrence said slightly distressed. "I don't want the news that we got this treasure to spread all over the world. Let's not say that if the contents in the box are so precious, we might not be able to keep them. Even if we can keep them, this kind of life that has to face a lot of prying eyes is not enough. It's too bad."

"It's not that troublesome, my brother." The little puppet took the box and said with a smile. "The spirit world has a lot of chaos in time and space, and according to the pocket watch I left outside, it took us so long to enter the spirit world just now, and only minutes have passed in the outside world, so now we have enough time to resolve this issue.”

"It's not a matter of time—wait, do you mean...?" Lawrence thought of something just after the first sentence. "Do you think the Astral Plane can really isolate the signal that may be sent from it? It would be even worse if the location of the Astral Plane is exposed, so let me sacrifice it to Jianmu Space. "

"It's reasonable for you to say this, at least for safety reasons." The little puppet nodded slightly and said, "But doing so may not maximize our interests, after all, we have just experienced It would be a pity if I could not reap the full benefits of such a dangerous adventure! And I have great confidence in ensuring safety."

"If that's the case, let's take a little risk." After finishing speaking, Lawrence took Nora's hand, and then the two went to their own astral plane together. Now that Nora has fully grasped the reasons for this plane, this time the teleportation was successfully teleported to the gate of the largest settlement in the plane.

"It feels like this place is much more prosperous than the last time I came here." Lawrence looked at the jackals coming and going on the road and said to Nora, because the two people's identities in this plane, in order to avoid being used by Nora onlookers The magic concealed the figures of the two people, so they could see the changes in the world in a few months from a more objective perspective.

It has to be said that the changes in the world in the past few months are much greater than those in the previous thousands of years. At least from the perspective of productivity, they have been raised from the original copper and stone era to the iron age. Especially in addition to knowledge, the large amount of supplies that Lawrence sent in also greatly promoted the development of this plane.

After these things are combined, the most intuitive impression given to the jackals living in this world is that life suddenly becomes better: food gradually becomes more abundant, and fewer people die due to diseases and injuries Not a lot. At the same time, all kinds of new things have made everyone's life much better.

At the same time, after satisfying the most basic food and clothing, these jackals also began to have some leftover supplies for exchange. And Nora and Lawrence, who discovered these changes, did not hinder this trend, but set up markets in several settlements and dispatched professionals to solve possible problems in the transaction.

According to Nora, today is the day for the big fair in the city and the surrounding villages and towns. Lawrence saw that the outside of the market was crowded with jackals from surrounding villages and towns. Some of them carried all kinds of fresh or marinated meat, some carried animal fur, and some even looked like they came from a certain place. The jackals of the village drove pack animals and pulled a cart of furniture.

After walking around the noisy market, Lawrence and Nora held a small jar of ale with honey and dates in their hands and sipped it through a straw. At the other end of the market, A liquor seller looked puzzled as two of the small wine jars in a row turned into two jars of honey. He wondered who would pay such a high price for his own two jars of wine.

"It seems that these wooden utensils are selling well." Lawrence said to Nora, drinking the ale that tasted like sweet fermented glutinous rice. "I always feel that as soon as the goods are released, they will be sold out by everyone."

"That's for sure. Thinking about the past, they could only use tools made of softer brass or even stones to cut down trees. I guess they couldn't cut down a tree that couldn't be hugged by a single person. "As the owner of this space, Nora has been observing the lives of the jackals, so she naturally knows the reason. "But now with steel axes, hacksaws and even water conservancy circular saws, the price of wooden utensils has suddenly dropped to a level that ordinary people can afford."

"The same goes for these stalls." Nora pointed to the stalls of the jackals around her and said. "The tools we imported allowed them to successfully establish the first batch of large-scale workshops, and the series of production tools produced after the workshops were in operation successfully improved the productivity of the jackals of the entire plane. That's why they now have something to use trade."

With that said, the two walked to the center of the market. There are a lot of two-story buildings built with rammed earth and wood in this place. You can see many people coming in and out at the door of these buildings, which seems quite prosperous.

And in these shops, Lawrence also found the existence of the group of jackals who wore linen robes and served Nora. In other words, these shops belong directly to the temple. From the location of these shops, it can be seen that these shops belong to the most core group of shops in the market.

"They did a good job." Seeing this scene, Nora nodded in satisfaction.