The Stupid Goblins Who Only Know Explosions

After eating the pastries Alice made, Kraft didn't rush to build a remote-controlled robot. While it would guarantee safety, it lacked direct experience. Pure data couldn't reveal everything, especially since these engineering creations might not adhere to Earth's physics. So, he wanted to find a method that offered the best of both worlds.

Maybe encase myself in an iron shell?

Kraft thought of an exoskeleton, but quickly dismissed it. Exoskeletons would block his sense of touch, making them no better than remote-controlled robots.

Wait... sense of touch?

Kraft suddenly remembered the pain feedback system on Alice. Although it was just simulated feedback from a program, it was clearly very realistic, no different from a normal person's.

So, if he made a robot identical to Alice's, replaced its thought core with a manual control device, and projected its tactile feedback onto a computer to convert it into data, that should be enough for Kraft to conduct his tests.

Kraft, who had been sitting cross-legged on the floor, leaped up and rushed to the workbench to start operating.

It was a shame his god-tier manual engineering skills couldn't be used for manufacturing other things. Otherwise, Kraft could have saved a lot of money. But even so, it saved him a lot of time when making some accessories.

To prevent the test robot from being easily blown up, Kraft spared no expense on good materials.

A special alloy learned from his dreams – Moon God Titanium -阉割版.

This was because one of its rare metals was not found on Earth. The information from his dreams indicated it was a specialty from an asteroid in the belt between Mars and Jupiter. Setting aside whether this asteroid even existed in reality, Kraft currently lacked the means to build a spaceship. Even if he could build one, he didn't have precise star charts.

So, in the end, he used existing metals on Earth as a substitute. Although this significantly reduced the strength of the Moon God Titanium alloy, it was still more than capable of crushing other alloys.

Of course, if Captain America's shield from the comics was also real, then it wouldn't be so certain.

A flash of inspiration struck Kraft. He instructed the Haro beside him, "Search for information about Captain America's shield, and make a backup. I'll look at it after I'm done here."

"Roger, roger," Haro, who was being rolled around like a toy by Bear, extended its limbs and scurried to its dedicated base. "Work begins, work begins."

"Meow~~~"

Bear, whose game was interrupted, let out an unhappy meow at Kraft. However, Kraft was busy with his research and didn't notice at all.

Bear knew that when Kraft entered his research state, he was like this. So, she suppressed her instinct to go bother him. But the anger in her heart had to be vented somewhere. Thus, the little black cat turned its gaze to the foolish dog who was currently running in circles with a mechanical squirrel.

Bear crouched low, silently approaching Quinn, who was blissfully unaware and still frolicking. Then, she suddenly pounced and swatted his nose.

"RUA!"

By the time Kraft finished his work, he saw Quinn's tearful doggy face.

"...What's wrong again?"

Kraft stretched, looking somewhat helplessly at Quinn, who was squatting by his feet, wagging his tail incessantly.

Compared to Bear, who defied the setting of the three most foolish cats, Quinn's intelligence hadn't disappointed his ranking outside the top 79. He wasn't one or two days old in doing foolish things. Yet, after being disciplined for them, he would often put on an innocent look and run to Kraft to defend him.

"Bear bullied me again! Big brother, you have to stand up for me!"

Quinn loudly complained about the little black cat's brutal actions... Kraft was used to it.

He glanced at Bear, who was lying beside them, flicking her tail. She looked so relaxed and confident.

"You provoked her first again, didn't you?"

Kraft tugged on Quinn's ear and questioned him.

"I didn't!"

Quinn frantically circled in place, but he had no substantial evidence.

"I didn't!"

This was strange. Kraft scratched his head in confusion. Quinn didn't look like he was lying, but Bear looked so self-righteous...

Have these two little guys learned to act?

"Check the surveillance! Big brother, you can check the surveillance!"

Quinn suddenly remembered how he was caught by the surveillance cameras after secretly causing trouble before.

"Hmm?"

Seeing how confident Quinn sounded, perhaps he had wronged him?

Kraft glanced at Bear again. Seeing that she still looked so calm and unperturbed, he became even more confused.

So, he simply had Haro bring up the previous surveillance footage and project it onto the wall.

"...Speechless."

After watching the surveillance, Quinn turned to look at Kraft.

Kraft chuckled and rubbed his nose. Quinn was being scapegoated because of him.

He reached out and ruffled Quinn's doggy head to comfort him. "I'll have Alice make you a big bone tonight."

"Hooray!"

Quinn immediately cheered up and wagged his tail happily.

Then, Kraft looked helplessly at Bear, who was grooming herself. "After I finish my tests, I'll make you some toys. Stop bothering Haro and Quinn."

The mechanical squirrel Kraft made himself would actively follow people, so Bear had no desire to catch it. The mechanical squirrels made in the factory also had usage time limits, which was why Bear had been pestering Haro for fun.

"Got it, meow~"

Bear flipped over and wagged her tail in response.

After dealing with the two pets, Kraft sat down at the computer and began operating the robot he had just finished.

Since it was just a test robot, its appearance was very rudimentary. It had a human shape but no fingers or toes. The whole thing looked like a gasoline barrel with sticks and balls attached, covered with artificial skin for tactile feedback. It didn't have any facial features either; a camera was simply shoved into its head.

Controlling the test robot, Kraft equipped it with a pair of Gnome Rocket Boots and made it run around the workshop's open space.

Putting aside everything else, the Gnome Rocket Boots were quite effective.

According to Haro's monitoring, the robot's movement speed increased by 37.6%. This was significantly worse than the original effect from the dream, and the duration was only 16 seconds.

He also checked the tactile feedback. The leg's condition was good, and it didn't seem to cause any discomfort to the body.

However, he still needed to test it a few more times.

Kraft refilled the Gnome Rocket Boots with gunpowder and began the test again.

For the next while, he was basically testing the performance of these rocket boots. Of course, Kraft also took some time to finish the toys he had promised Bear.

After some testing, Kraft found that the selected alloy was even slightly better than Mithril. It was a material from an alien spaceship, but the raw materials could all be found on Earth. Its original name was a string of characters, which Kraft directly renamed to Mithril Alloy.

Furthermore, during the repeated testing of these alloys, although the Gnome Rocket Boots malfunctioned and went on strike, they never exploded once.

Kraft recalled the engineering books from his dream…

So, everything written in that book, "The Stupid Goblins Who Only Know Explosions," was actually tr