"That's right." Fan Lang gave an affirmative answer. "The Gongshu Qiao I mentioned is your founding master, from the same lineage as you."
"He has been missing for tens of thousands of years. Most people believe he died long ago, but no one can say for certain how he died," Mister Iron Hand said.
"As far as I know, Gongshu Qiao died alone of old age, which could be considered a peaceful end. He was solitary by nature and poor at socializing. In his later years, he hid away alone inside a mechanical city he had built with his own hands. His only companions were those cold mechanical creations. He remained in seclusion there until his death, finally dying within that mechanical city. The cube Lu Qingqing discovered was precisely the mechanical city where he lived in seclusion. Its True Name was actually 'Magic Square City.'"
"How did you know all that?"
"That's a question I won't answer. Let's talk about something I'm willing to discuss instead. Gongshu Qiao created many mechanical products in his day, the most numerous of which were all kinds of Mechanical Puppets. He disliked interacting with people, yet enjoyed spending time with his puppets. After he died, those puppets lost their master and became ownerless. They remained in Magic Square City day after day, year after year. Over time, divisions gradually emerged among them. Some advocated leaving Magic Square City, while others believed they should remain forever beside their dead former master and keep vigil for him. Where there were differences, there was conflict. The puppets of the two factions started a war within Magic Square City, and they fought for many years, continuing to this day. Magic Square City had originally remained hidden, difficult for even Upper Gods to discover. It was only because