In fact, through certain strokes of chance, the Snake People Civilization had even gained a degree of control over a "World Hunter"!
Of course, this was also a trump card they could not replicate.
Trump cards were not to be revealed lightly.
"Everyone, we should neither belittle ourselves nor grow arrogant."
"Compared to the strongest civilization we have encountered, we Snake People still have quite a gap to close. You cannot overestimate a technological civilization's potential for war."
For instance, that technological civilization was terrifying, whether in terms of individual strength or its capacity for large-scale warfare...
It was far stronger than the Snake People.
Many of the technological products they possessed, such as electrical equipment and wind turbines, had been obtained through trade with that civilization. They had been fleeced badly, but they had to admit that some of those things were genuinely useful.
As the discussion reached this point, the snakefolk consul, Teng Ran, could not help turning to look at the token of civilization shaped like a "furnace"...
The furnace was a unique cultural symbol of the Macrosteel People, a culture that had all but seeped into their bones.
Long, long ago, in ancient times when small workshops were the primary means of production, living conditions for the Macrosteel People had been far from ideal. Monsters rampaged and fiends proliferated across vast mountain ranges.
The most crucial piece of equipment in every Macrosteel People household had been the furnace.
Those furnaces radiated terrifying heat and could draw energy from the earth, forge weapons, and produce tools. At critical moments, they could even spray out the hot coals inside to burn those fearsome magical beasts.
Furnaces had protected countless Macrosteel People. Boys and girls alike had to learn the craft of forging from childhood.
Even in