As time passed, the Divine Artisan Core, the super relic that Senior Moge had declared could change the human faction, finally began to reveal some of its extraordinary qualities.
Of course, Little Black had only uncovered some of its functions so far, and it was still far from fully unlocked.
For instance, the higher the grade of transcendent equipment, the greater the precision required when wielding artisan power to forge it.
At present, even the Divine Artisan Forge could, at most, forge machines capable of manufacturing C-rank equipment.
Anything higher was beyond it and would require Little Black to develop new functions.
This was also why Lin Yuan had been willing to put in the effort to bring East Pole Island's original artisans under his command.
Little Black's machines could industrialize and mass-produce transcendent equipment on East Pole Island, but the high-grade goods still had to be made by hand by the veteran artisans.
Fortunately, bringing the artisans into the fold had gone smoothly, allowing Lin Yuan to breathe a sigh of relief.
Next, he could finally focus on developing East Pole Island.
In the days that followed, Lin Yuan enjoyed a rare stretch of relative peace.
The Crawlers caused no disturbances. Presumably, under Red Anglerfish's leadership, they were continuing their plan to awaken Sin of the Fallen over at the Behemoth Graveyard.
The remnants of the Four Great Families' forces at sea did attempt to land and plunder, but Lin Yuan and Chi Yu, alerted by the Miniature Turrets, arrived in time and caught the whole lot in an instant.
After that, the remaining pirates dared not make another move.
Lin Yuan then turned his attention to East Pole Island's internal affairs.
After the artisans were brought into the fold, people in the other trades became much more