Standing off to the side, Shi Lei remained completely unruffled, as though Mount Tai were collapsing before him.
Putting everything else aside, they probably didn't have anything like an elevator within Great Zhou... right?
Looking at Xie Liancheng's utterly confident expression, Shi Lei was no longer sure.
After all, he had been stationed in the New North District for many years. In terms of development, the New North District was only average in Great Zhou. It couldn't compare with the neighboring New South District, much less Black Moon City, the capital. Perhaps this thing called an elevator was already in use in other regions, and he simply didn't know because he was stationed at the border.
Of course, that wasn't the case at all! Xie Liancheng knew the truth perfectly well, but at a time like this, he naturally couldn't let himself be outdone by the other side.
As a modern man, an elevator was far too primitive in his eyes to intimidate him. But the dwarves of Copper Furnace Fortress had actually hollowed out this entire mountain and made their homes inside it. That genuinely startled him.
Once they stepped into the elevator and stood firm, the dwarf guarding the outside pulled down the mechanical lever. Amid a series of click-clack sounds, Xie Liancheng clearly felt them slowly descending.
The elevator moved very slowly, just as Xie Liancheng had expected. Considering the technological capabilities of this era, if this thing were fast, it wouldn't be safe. He understood that much.
As the elevator continued descending, Xie Liancheng could clearly feel the light inside growing dimmer.
When the elevator finally came to a stop, the group stepped out. They had completely entered the interior of Copper Furnace Fortress's mountain. Natural light could no longer reach this place at all, and