Spark of Wisdom, this is the most technological place inside the Titan City of Ulduar.

This is the laboratory of the mechanical guardian Mimiron, which was once a research station the size of a small town, but with Dick's approval, the Spark of Wisdom was rapidly expanded to its current size.

That's the size of three Stormwinds!

And that's just the scale of the surface, when you actually enter it, you will find that this place is much bigger than your eyes, this is a whole starship workshop, and the whole of Azeroth is only the engineering level here in Ulduar, which can complete the process of making a 2 kilometer long starship from start to finish.

The blueprints for the 13 Starship engines obtained from the Ethereal have been completely deciphered, but unfortunately, with Azeroth's current level of engineering, only three of the low-level engines can be copied, and the First Fleet is the product of this duplication, while the Third and Fourth Fleets, which are about to retire, are made with more advanced engines.

There is still no ability to fly faster than light and leap in the void, but the starship with a new engine has increased its speed by two-thirds and its energy power by 80%, which can be called a big leap, and the physical model of the void contract and faster-than-light flight is also a technology node that Quel'Salas, Dalaran, and Sulama are desperately researching in the place where the three magicians have come out.

Once one of them is broken, the Azeroth Starfield can be regarded as truly having the power to protect itself, after all, the range of the Wall of Stars is 100 light years, within this range, if you use a starship with traditional speed, even if Azeroth tosses to the ground, you don't want to take a look at the scenery beyond the border.

As for the appearance of the new starship and the functions of each module, it was transferred to Nomorigen and the Hot Sand Group, who were responsible for the design, and then the first model ship was completed by Ulduar, and after the first voyage test in the outer region of Char Star Harbor, it could be upgraded to the production process.

It's a very secret process, the ultimate secret for an entire century, and while Mimiron is better suited for the job than all of Azeroth's master engineers, it's a shame that all of the Guardian's wisdom has been used to open weapons of destruction since he was attacked tens of thousands of years ago.

Yes, it's not that he can't do it, it's that he doesn't want to do it... Even Dick couldn't force him to do this, but from a soul level, Dick and Mimiron were just like each other, and he couldn't force the engineer to do what he didn't like, and more importantly, Dick felt that this kind of thing should be left to the natives of Azeroth.

Allowing these smartest guys to enter this epoch-making project is conducive to the stability of the world, just as the steel of all starships is developed by the best blacksmiths in Ironforge, all the porthole materials inside the ship are provided by the Torvels, all the wood inside the ship is provided by the Night Elves, and all the magic products are provided by Quel'Thalas.

In these details, the manager does not hesitate to let all the forces join, in fact, this kind of big event, if she excludes one of the forces, it will definitely cause the other party to feel uneasy, which is also conducive to world stability.

And once all the forces of a world are used for the same thing, the world has entered the road of super-rapid development, and now there is still about a month before the third and fourth fleets go offline, and the first batch of trained officers have gathered in Char Star Harbor, where they will receive a month and a half of fully enclosed training, which is said to include several old marshals.

They have to adapt to the new mode of warfare, although for the elderly, it is inevitable that there will be great discomfort for the old man to enter the war mode of interstellar civilization from the magic war of the Middle Ages, but they must go through this level, and no one who can sit in that position will be stupid, and they know better than anyone what Dick's series of actions represent.

A new era has arrived, and people who can't keep up with the development of the times... Eventually, it will be eliminated.

But now, while Dick was walking around the busy, completely mechanical gnome-run assembly plant, almost indistinguishable from the modern assembly line production he remembered, something else was on his mind.

Mimiron sat on a special floating operating table in the shape of a disc, and followed Dick, chattering to Dick about the factory.

"After talking to those interesting mortal creatures last time, I changed this place to this large-scale production line, which can assemble 4 starships at the same time, and the construction period is about 15 days, and now it seems to be working well, but anyway, I have asked XT-002 to move all the steel that can be used in Ulduar, but it is still a little stretched. ”

The Mechanical Guardian reached out and pressed his finger on the edge of the craft, then grumbled with some dissatisfaction, "After this assembly, we will most likely face an embarrassing situation..."

"Huh?"

Dick looked back at him, Mimirlon's funny steel eyebrows raised, and then said with some regret, "The Third and Fourth Fleet, a full 30 starships, have used up 80% of the steel reserves of the current Azeroth civilization, of course, I'm talking about those that have been smelted, that is, this world will be plagued by a lack of steel for at least 5 years." ”

“… If that's the case, I have a less mature idea. ”

Dick's eyes lit up, and with a wave of his hand, Mimiron led him into his makeshift laboratory, which was filled with all sorts of strange engineering artifacts, but neither of them cared, on the contrary, after sitting down, Dick spoke of his plans with great interest.

"I'm going to open up the blueprints of the low-level engines and some starships to various forces..."

"Wait!"

The first sentence he started made Mimiron almost squirt out the sulfuric acid drink that he had drunk into his mouth, and the mechanical guardian hurriedly wiped the sulfuric acid liquid that had been spilled on the table, and then said in a bit of a rage,

"Are you crazy? Do you think they can make engineering artifacts of this level at their current level?! Even if they do, you dare to let them drive a homemade starship into the void?

"No, no, no, don't think about it from a technical point of view, Mimiron, we, as guardians, need to look at this from a higher level. ”

Dick stretched out a finger and said in a deep voice, "No matter how powerful Ulduar is, it is impossible for us to drag the entire civilization into the interstellar age by ourselves, and the future trend must be that each kingdom has its own set of colonization plans and systems, rather than let them go to great lengths to steal the blueprints from us, it is better for us to send them out generously." ”

"What's more, you also said that in the next five years, they won't have enough steel to make such attempts far beyond the current level of engineering, but I believe that as long as there is a chance, the kingdoms will not give up these attempts, and once they succeed, it will also be a disguised enhancement to the strength of the entire Azeroth Star Field. ”

Dick looked at the mechanical manager,

"Also, Mimiron, what do you think is a civilization that is really strong, is Azeroth strong enough now? The Node Prince of the Ethereal Spirit once commented that Azeroth is a false space civilization, because all the interstellar forces in this world are actually concentrated in the Ulduar system. ”

"Once we collapse, the whole world will quickly revert back to a feudal magical civilization. ”

Mimiron wasn't a fool, he immediately understood what Dick meant, and his funny brow slackened, "You mean, take this opportunity to let them experience the process of entering the starry sky from the earth to the stars?"

"Yes!"

Dick nodded, the world manager stood up, walked around the office, and said with some emotion, "We can't protect this world to the end of time, and the main body of civilization in this world is not us, children always have to grow up, instead of letting them face everything helplessly when the situation collapses, it is better to give them a chance now, I will give them what they need, and where to go, it depends on their potential." ”

This sentence dispels Mimiron's last objection, but the Mechanical Guardian asks another question a few minutes later,

"But you have to think about it, Administrator, you don't want to be Azeroth itself between the star fields, with your speed, you can rush to any corner of this world in 1 hour at most, once some of them are not very sensible, declare their independence from Azeroth in another world, or even worse, surrender to the enemy in the war between this world and other civilizations... That's a big problem. ”

"So we must develop a set of practical management methods in advance!"

Dick nodded, obviously also aware of this problem, "In addition to the internal management of each country, the guardians of Ulduar also need to carry out more macro management, don't forget, our ultimate goal is to build the Pantheon, although this goal is likely to be calculated in 10,000 years, but now, we have to use the power of this world to pave the way for the rebuilt Pantheon." ”

"Of course, the most important thing is that we must guarantee the suppressive superiority of the Ulduar fleet over the fleets of other powers at all times... So my thinking is, generational difference!"

Dick's hands waved slightly, expounding his thoughts vividly,

"At least in the last hundred years, the civilization level of the entire world cannot be within 10 light years of Azeroth itself, more similar to the civilization of near-Earth space, and we have the Sagrete Keystone, which can reach any place, this is the first stage. ”

"In the second stage, when the faster-than-light engine is successfully developed, we will open the second-order engine to the mortal forces, and wait until the development of the Void Leap engine is completed, and then open the blueprints of the faster-light engine... With this kind of technical means, at least for thousands of years, there will be no counterattack by mortal forces against Ulduar, and of course, I don't think that will happen. ”

"We have no conflict of interest with them, and thousands of years is enough time for an ancient and effective set of rules to be established and passed on. ”

Speaking of this, Dick blinked,

"If that realm has the ability to research faster-than-light and void migration engines faster than us, it means that they have great potential and are more promising than us!

Mimiron chuckled,

"I don't think any mortal civilization can grow to this point, I've seen the drawings of the Void Engine, it's a complex process of processing the Void Power that requires special thinking organs to understand, and they have to evolve two more generations to do it besides us... But what you're saying makes a lot of sense, I think we can give it a try, how are we going to give it to them?

"No, no, no!"

Dick shook his head,

"Your idea is too simple, for the things that are easy to obtain, mortals will not cherish too much, I am from the mortal world step by step, so, just judge by this war, those races who are willing to follow us on an expedition against Argus, who are willing to give everything for this world, those who will help the progress of this world, those who are willing to live and die with this world... Ulduar's family... Yes, let's use that name in the future. ”

"I will take the laurel of soaring into the stars as a reward for glory and wear it on their heads with my own hands. ”