After the Destruction Divine Kingdom entered the field, the homeland civilizations inside Demon Cave Time-Space reacted in different ways.
Some were afraid.
Some were silent.
Some completely threw themselves toward a new backer.
The Stein Empire was the first Super Powers civilization to further lean toward the Mechanical Civilization.
This Technology Side Civilization had already opened a large amount of internal Demon Cave Time-Space information to the Mechanical Civilization over the past two thousand years, and had expressed more than once its intention to defect to the Mechanical Civilization.
That included the distribution of Origin Rifts, the coordinates of Old Era War Ruins, the production sites of Demon Cave Resource Dimensions, and the rule traces the Demon Cave Master had left behind when he had acted in the past.
Their performance satisfied Saine greatly, and these materials were indeed useful to Saine.
But what truly made Saine willing to accept the Stein Empire's approach was not merely these materials.
After arriving in this dimensional plane, what Saine was even more curious about was the Level-12 Combat Power possessed by the Stein Empire.
If a Super Powers civilization could be used by the Mechanical Civilization in Demon Cave Time-Space's subsequent layout, its value would naturally far surpass that of ordinary small and medium civilizations.
Of course, under Saine's protection, the Stein Empire also needed to pay more for it.
For example, their loyalty, their Level-12 Combat Power, and the fact that they needed to unconditionally agree to Saine's requests, cooperate with him in carrying out certain mechanical modifications, and allow Saine's Magic Cube and Skynet to thoroughly control the Stein Empire's technology.
This was not a simple defection. It was more like a gradually deepening relationship of dependence.
The Stein Empire did not have much room to bargain over this.
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