A long history had its advantages: you could always find similar examples from the past in the news.
"We really haven't seen anything like this."
After thinking it over, the scene before them really did seem like an "exception."
After all, Lu PingAn had never seen a coup turn into an armed parade, go around in circles with repeated reversals, and shock all the know-it-alls—cough—and then, in a city with extremely strict superhuman laws, produce a "legal battle royale" in the refugee camps of various races.
What felt even more subtle was where the loophole had appeared.
"The underground pipes?"
This world's technological level had a distinctly steampunk flavor. Wherever you thought it ought to be advanced, it suddenly fell short; wherever you thought it should be lacking, it suddenly pulled off something remarkable.
For example, the underground pipe network, which was practically an Underground Labyrinth, also served as the city's water supply and Element Pool supply system.
The Element Pool was another eye-catching piece of black technology. It had been one of the benefits included when Lu PingAn bought his house: an inert "Pure Hot Element."
It was a strange element similar to "inert lava." Lu PingAn could sense a faint supernatural power within it. Even more absurdly, once it came into contact with water, its "inertness" could be removed.
Simply put, the miraculous technology of using water to boil water had been achieved through the most direct and brutal means.
As long as it was mixed with water, it could produce a boiling "pot." There was also a whole series of simple household devices powered by heat sources, based on the principle of hot water producing large amounts of steam to drive machinery.
"...Very punk. Very steampunk."
The simple application of deeper supernatural power had already become the