Night falls.

Standing on the balcony at the top of the tower, Stephen looked down over the entire Arantir, a ruined city rebuilding from the ruins and migrated refugees toiling in the hope of a better life ahead. What ordinary people want is very simple, as long as they are given a home, they can live a relatively rich and peaceful life, which is very satisfying.

Not far away, a bonfire appeared, and the singing of the troubadour could be faintly heard, accompanied by the beautiful lyre that spread far away in the night.

Stephen watched it all silently before turning back to the room.

Everyone has their own pursuit of life, whether it is to live without heart and lungs like Yan, to eat and play without lungs, or to be keen on power like Countess Illya, as long as they feel happy to live. Stephen has had an ordinary life, and he may occasionally reminisce about it, but in the end, he has to move higher.

It is precisely because of his experience of living an ordinary life that he will be full of motivation for the future.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, Stephen was busy designing the first phase of the Floating Tower, which was now complete, which meant that he had to start planning for the Floating City.

A floating tower is at most the size of a small town, and there are still relatively few things that need to be planned.

But a floating city is different, not only in terms of the expansion of the area, but also in the hassle of various logistical needs. Stephen didn't want to build a floating city that just wandered around a planet, the floating city he wanted had to be a super floating city with the ability to roam the astral plane, and such a floating city had to be completely self-sufficient, and could even wander around the astral plane for hundreds of years without worrying about logistical supply problems.

"The population must be kept below 30,000 people. ”

"Otherwise, the area of the residential area occupied is too large!"

"The business district, the workshop, the town hall, the hall of followers...... Plantations, Ecological Gardens, Laboratories, Wizarding Academy......"

Stephen was writing and drawing on a drawing, and after being busy for a while, he rubbed his brow and said, "There are still too few people." It looks like it's going to have to recruit a few followers with special talents. ”

The greater the population, the greater the burden on the Floating City.

Moreover, the area of a floating city is directly linked to the energy supply, the larger the area, the more energy is consumed to maintain, in the absence of the Mither core, just relying on the energy of [Elemental Fusion], Stephen can maintain the population of the floating city at about 50,000 people at most.

If you want to build a floating city with a population of more than 100,000, then you must study [Elemental Annihilation] or obtain [Mithic Core].

Stephen was busy until the afternoon.

After designing the plan for the first phase of the Floating City, he immediately teleported it to the Empress of the Zela Ant Clan.

That's right.

Stephen's blueprint for the floating city was modeled after Arrantiel, and he was going to split a part of Arrantiel and stitch it to the floating city when the time was right. This must be done with the help of the Zera Ant Clan, otherwise it would be too much work for Stephen to do alone.

At present, the growth rate of the Zela ant colony is very fast, and now there is a population of nearly 50,000, of which the number of Zela worker ants has increased significantly, and a batch of Zela soldier ants can also be quickly hatched if needed.

But now it must be time to climb the technology to explode the population, and what Stephen needs most is also the Zela worker ant as a labor force.

In the evening.

Stephen met with the imprisoned underground gnomes again, who now looked much more honest, and looked at Stephen with awe in their eyes.

At first, the huge energy fluctuations outside frightened them.

"How many people do you have?" said Stephen, sitting on the couch, looking at the restless underground gnomes in front of him.

The underground gnome led by him hesitated for a moment and said, "There are probably more than three thousand people. ”

That's the kind of person you have?

Stephen was a little disappointed when he heard this, there are only a small number of people in total, and there are not many who really have combat effectiveness after deducting the old, weak, sick and disabled, no wonder these underground dwarfs are so miserable. The population of the underground world has always been small, even if it is a dark elf city, the population is about 50,000 to 100,000, but the population of these underground gnomes is too small.

"You guys are still of some use to me. ”

"Now I'll give you a choice, do I submit to me as a vassal race, or do I use you as slaves?"

For Stephen, who dominates the powerful zerg tribe of Zela Ant, the role of the underground gnome is really a bit of a chicken, but now the power of the Death Omen Star has become stronger and stronger, even if he kills the Eye of Death, it is impossible to stop his invasion, and the underground dwarf race can be regarded as a useful help for Stephen.

At this time, no resources can be spared.

The Underground World is an eternal slavery system, because the environment is much worse than the Surface World, whether it is the Dark Elves, Gray Dwarves, Eye Demons, etc., they are trying to capture as many slaves as possible for free labor, even the underground gnomes will also enslave other races.

Being a slave is still a better ending, and the most terrible thing is to fall into the hands of those monsters.

They would capture captives as a reserve of food.

As soon as Stephen's words fell, the underground gnomes led by him knelt down on one knee, and the others also knelt down, and he leaned over and said, "Pokobi is willing to serve his master." ”

Stephen nodded slightly, "Very good." ”

These underground gnomes in front of him are more knowledgeable about current affairs, and Stephen naturally will not embarrass them.

He waved his hand to disperse the restraints on these underground gnomes, and said slowly, "Take your people to prepare." Tomorrow we go underground. ”

The underworld is rich in minerals.

Moreover, the mineral of pure gold is basically in the deepest part of the ground, and it is completely impossible to mine it on the surface, and all the pure gold currently circulating on the market comes from the underground world. Since there was an ancient ruin and a piece of Adamanti beneath Yarantiel, Stephen would have to go down and see what happened.

The floating tower floats right on it.

When needed, Stephen can use the ley net to extract the energy of the Floating Tower, even if he encounters some powerful monsters deep underground.

The underground gnomes quickly retreated.

The guards brought by Countess Illya will arrange for them, Stephen turned and walked towards the wizard's tower, and after entering the hall, he looked at the gorgon-Elsara, who was lying on the sofa next to her, playing with daggers boringly, and said slowly, "Get ready." ”

"Come with me tomorrow to explore the underground. ”

The Gorgons are also a rare race in the Underworld, and Elshara is more at home in the Underworld than in the Overworld, so she should be a good helper.

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