The truth had finally been laid bare.
But since they had used it, they weren't afraid of people finding out.
In fact, the moment Shi Lei arrived, he had already guessed as much.
However, Bale's next words still caught Shi Lei slightly off guard.
"That was gunpowder, right?"
Shi Lei paused faintly.
"Lord Bale knows about gunpowder too?"
"To be honest, Copper Furnace Fortress has also been researching gunpowder all this time."
Upon hearing this, a glimmer of understanding flashed through Shi Lei's eyes. Judging from the military weapons Copper Furnace Fortress had displayed so far, their gunpowder research had clearly not succeeded.
And that was indeed the case. With the world's collapse and the destruction of the Old Civilization, many technologies and formulas had been lost. The dwarves were no exception. The gunpowder formula passed down to them had long been incomplete. The only thing they knew was that making gunpowder required Sulfur.
As for the other materials, let alone the exact proportions, they knew absolutely nothing.
This had forced the dwarves of Copper Furnace Fortress to invest even more time and energy into their research.
Yet even after researching all this time, they still had not achieved any results.
Now that Bale had witnessed the power of Great Zhou's Demolition Bombs, there was no way he could remain calm.
Shi Lei, however, had no intention of responding.
At this point, Bale had only two possible objectives. Either he wanted to obtain gunpowder from them, or, taking it a step further, he wanted to obtain the gunpowder formula directly from them.
And no matter which it was, the initiative lay in Great Zhou's hands.
Sure enough, seeing that Shi Lei remained silent, Bale could only shamelessly continue.
"Lord Shi Lei, on behalf of Copper Furnace Fortress, I hope to