Chapter 131, Twin Cities

The Desolate Mountains have always been the center of the Rat Kingdom.

Even though the Underground Rat City has grown a bit too big as the rats have been tirelessly expanding underground.

But strictly speaking, the Rat Kingdom only had two cities before this great expedition.

The Underground Rat City, and the outpost that guarded the Underground Rat City.

However, as the expedition progressed, the scale of the cities in the Rat Kingdom doubled instantly.

From two to four.

And it is quite coincidental that the two newly built cities are related to the same thing.

Iron.

The Western Expeditionary Force and the Central Expeditionary Force, the Long Claws' spokesperson, Rope Seven, and the senior priests in the Underground Rat City, invested in the Wild Boar Industrial City and built a new city, the Waste Slag City.

Rat War also keenly realized the importance of iron weapons in the war with the Wetland Kingdom.

Those priests who awakened from the rat warriors during the sacrifice were left by him in the ruined Lizardman Blast Furnace City.

The only task given to these priests is to make those hard metals again.

This city is named Furnace City.

It is true that Furnace City and Slag City, before being captured by the ratmen, both assumed the responsibility of industrial cities.

But the two cities may not really be able to operate smoothly.

The towering furnace in Furnace City has been blown up, and the fire element inside is also annihilated in violent anger.

As for Slag City, well, it may be smoother here, as long as the subsequent coal mines from the vast plains can be delivered continuously.

Under the tinkering of the ratman priests who stayed in Slag City.

A large area of ​​blast furnaces that are not neat and quite messy, but look like they are standing in Slag City.

Even the hydraulic forging hammer has been roughly reproduced, although it is somewhat crooked and rough, which makes people doubt the reliability of these things made by the ratman priests.

But even if it is unreliable, such progress is undoubtedly faster than that of the opponent city.

The Furnace City is still a large ruin and a group of confused rat priests staring at each other in the ruins.

The Rat War made these new priests who had just awakened from the rat warriors to tinker with industry, which was really a bit difficult for them.

As long as there were no accidents, the Waste City would probably become the starting point of the rat industry.

As long as there were no accidents.

It was at this moment.

A team of priests set out from the Desolate Mountains, led by a member of the Rat Council, the temple messenger who had been running around in the Rat Empire for many years and worrying about the distribution and transportation of blood mushrooms.

The white rat had been watching this war all the time.

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Desolate Mountains.

The bottom of the underground rat city.

In the deep abyss.

Xiaochun's patience had gradually reached its limit, and he stared at the craftsman's heart in front of him.

The beating craftsman's heart was already half as weak as it was at the beginning.

Because of the continuous harvest of the increasingly crazy guy.

But the result was gratifying. A slowly beating miniature heart was held in the hands of the long claws.

He was fascinated by it.

It was as if he saw everything from this heart.

Carefully placed.

The vigorous ambition was ignited at this moment, accompanied by the crazy laughter.

"This is everything! The key to the long steps to heaven!

But it's not enough!

This key is too perfect!

He needs a lock!

Yes! It is a lock, a perfect lock, a lock between mortals and gods!

Only by locking Him can mortals accept His power!

Only in this way can I look up at the sky!"

The long claws looked at the slowly beating red heart in his hand, and spoke wildly and randomly.

At this moment, the flame of ambition was ignited in this deep abyss and began to burn.

A mouse hiding deep underground actually wanted to look up at the sky at this moment?

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The priest team that set out from the Desolate Mountains changed a lot of things.

On the empty surface of the desolate mountains, densely packed blast furnaces were built.

The slave rats left the dim underground after a long absence and began to dig on the surface of the mountains.

Soon, a winding deep gully was formed in the long mountains.

Until it was opened up underground.

Clear groundwater gushed out and covered the gully.

Bags of black stones arrived from far away on the backs of giant rats.

The flame was ignited in the blast furnace, and black smoke rose to the sky.

The boiling molten iron was introduced into the gully and cooled in the steaming water mist.

And was quickly scooped up by the slave rats.

The slave rats screamed because of the metal that had not yet completely cooled.

But the big claw priest not far away had already waved the whip in his hand.

Everything was going on quickly during the whipping.

The more advanced hydraulic forging hammer of the wild boar man was directly abandoned.

In this barren mountain range, even if the groundwater was drawn out, it was still not enough to drive the heavy hydraulic hammer like a rushing river.

Instead, high towers were built.

The heavy hammer was tied with thick hemp ropes and hung under the tower.

A large number of slave rats also gathered together, struggling to pull the heavy hammer amidst the whipping and scolding.

One after another.

In this dull sound, the rat people are rapidly entering the metal age.

Although no one expected that the first to promote this process was neither the Waste City supported by the senior priests nor the Furnace City under Rat War.

It was the underground rat city in the Desolate Mountains.

The wild boar man's coal mine completely changed its owner in just one priest's mission.

Even if everything in the Waste City is ready.

The underground rat city located in the Desolate Mountains is still the absolute center of the rat kingdom.

But whether it is the Waste City supported by the senior rat priests or the Furnace City in the hands of Rat War.

Neither of these two cities has been abandoned by both sides.

With the expansion of the kingdom, many things are rapidly becoming complicated. The original differences have not been healed, but are expanding rapidly.

This trend is difficult to suppress even for the white rat.

Rat War, who was excluded by the rat priests, is seeking a certain degree of independence. The Furnace City, which is slowly being built, is the embodiment of this difference.

Rat War needs a place of his own, a place that he can completely control.

The same is true for the Waste City. With the expansion of the Rat Kingdom, White Rat is gradually turning away from the Rat Priests he has supported.

When White Rat chooses the path of balance and chooses to share power with the Rat Warlords represented by Rat War.

Then differences arise.

Waste City is born.

These two cities will definitely be promoted and built.