Something's Wrong, We Found 12 Rookie Civilizations!

Underground Alliance.

Shi Tong Fortress was brightly lit.

Thousands of computers filled a large room, where soldiers feverishly operated drones to gather mushrooms.

This opportunity was rare and would last no more than a month. The Insectoid Army would soon return in force.

Suddenly, a soldier shouted at the top of his lungs, "Report, sir! Our D-12213 Drone has discovered a mechanical construct from an unknown civilization!"

"I asked our allied civilizations, but none of them have this model."

"They seem to be writing?"

Several military leaders leaned over the screen, staring wide-eyed at one another as they discussed it for quite a while.

"This means... an unknown civilization may have left the Safe Zone and appeared underground!"

The Underground Alliance consisted of three major races and nine smaller ones.

The strongest among them was the Dark Steel Civilization, the civilization that had discovered the "Cave Heaven" and possessed the "Gear Inheritance"!

Its individuals looked somewhat like short humanoids. The males were roughly five feet tall, over three feet wide, and weighed around 165 pounds. They looked like compact lumps of muscle.

The females, on the other hand, were slender and graceful. They averaged around five foot three, with bluish-green skin, somewhat resembling the Dark Elves said to dwell underground in fantasy novels.

"A completely new underground race? Or a technological civilization... Could they have just opened their Safe Zone?"

"Sigh, they missed their chance to develop. The insects have grown stronger now, and within a month, they'll breed again. Those newcomers will be finished then!"

The leader of the Dark Steel Civilization furrowed his brow deeply. His first thought was: should they accept this alien civilization and develop together?

The Cave Heaven—the relic of the Gear Civilization!

The powerful Gear Civilization had buried treasures throughout Pangu Continent, and one