God of Technology: Creating the Internet in Another World-Chapter 320: Port of Shadows

The next day, Lava General found the Wild Mage: "I received the god’s decree. I need to lead three thousand combat clerics to the Tulip Kingdom. For Foster Iron Mine, I’d like to entrust it to you to manage temporarily... Of course, for your safety, I’ll leave behind 1,000 combat clerics and lots of war weapons. That should be fine."

"The god’s decree? Tulip Kingdom? Entrust the mine to me?"

The Wild Mage was shocked by that short sentence... multiple times. After hesitating slightly, the Wild Mage finally spoke: "Actually, I was born in the Tulip Kingdom, but I’ve never entered the real Tulip Kingdom."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Lava General got interested and also a bit curious.

Born in the Tulip Kingdom but never joined the real Tulip Kingdom.

That kind of description was very... bizarre.

The Wild Mage either went silent or was organizing his words. After quite a while, he finally spoke:

"You can actually understand the Tulip Kingdom as the Goddess of Dreams’ divine realm. Part of it is in the real world, part is in the dream world. I was born in the real world part, but until I left, I never had the qualifications to enter the dream world."

"Actually, my illness wouldn’t be a disease anymore if I could enter the dream world. I tried countless times, but I never could get in..."

At this point, the Wild Mage suddenly stopped. After a brief pause, he continued: "Legend has it that in the dream world, people gain eternal life. Even the most serious injuries can heal. There are dozens of legendary magicians in there, nearly a hundred legendary supernatural beings from all professions..."

The Wild Mage went on and on about the Tulip Kingdom. After who knows how long, he finally shared all the information he knew.

"I’m sure you can understand—the Tulip Kingdom is the Goddess of Dreams’ territory. Their people have an almost immortal characteristic. Even if our Magic Conductors are really strong, facing a god... at least at this stage, we’re powerless."

"Especially since it’s a top-tier god who controls dreams."

Lava General listened carefully, his expression changing repeatedly.

He’d known before that the Tulip Kingdom was very powerful and had lots of legendary powerhouses, but he hadn’t expected it to have characteristics like this.

Forget everything else—just that immortal trait alone was enough to outlast any living being.

But thinking about the information he received last night, the confidence on Lava General’s face returned once again.

"The god said Lady Dream disappeared three thousand years ago and most likely died. Currently, the Goddess of Dreams’ authority has all been returned to the god. In the future, the god might even create a Magic Net world similar to the dream world for us."

"Huh?" Now it was the Wild Mage’s turn to be shocked.

The Goddess of Dreams had problems thousands of years ago?

Then for the first half of his life, when he prayed, what responses was he getting?

Other gods?

New gods?

Or were cultists guiding him?

If it was the latter, what was their purpose?!

The people who believed in the Goddess of Dreams don’t seem to have had any problems even now, right?

Could it be that the Tulip Kingdom as a country had problems?

Lava General roughly explained the situation, and only then did the Wild Mage learn that the Goddess of Dreams had been missing for many years, possibly losing contact three thousand years ago.

The Tulip Kingdom currently had huge risks, which is why he was deploying large numbers of combat clerics. Later, batch after batch of supplies would keep being sent over. They might even need countries all over the world to work together to solve the problem.

After listening, the Wild Mage was silent for quite a while before finally speaking: "Anyway, be careful. With your abilities, protecting yourself shouldn’t be a problem."

"Now let’s talk about other things. Leaving 1,000 combat clerics here won’t affect your operations, right?"

"No, our combat cleric numbers have reached 7,000. I’ll transfer some people from other places—it won’t have any impact. You can rest assured about that."

Lava General firmly denied it, very resolute.

"What exactly do I need to do to manage this mine?"

Lava General was straightforward and didn’t beat around the bush. He directly shared all the information about the mine, the steel mill, the new-style rooms being built, and listed out the daily tasks.

He really trusted the Wild Mage’s abilities. He could handle such a huge Roster territory with ease—this place wouldn’t be a problem. He might even help complete the final transformation.

That afternoon, after Lava General finished handing things over, he left by himself.

When he appeared in people’s view again, Lava General was already leading 3,000 combat clerics toward the Tulip Kingdom.

With technology’s support, three days later, they reached the Tulip Kingdom, taking a merchant ship to arrive at the Tulip Kingdom’s port.

The whole process went very smoothly, except the ship captain refused to take their money and left immediately after they disembarked. Everything was completely normal.

Looking at the port and buildings around him that were no different from outside, Lava General couldn’t help feeling a bit disappointed. This place seemed no different from some coastal ports in the Kingdom of Dawn or Gray Fort Empire.

"Let’s go see the real Tulip Kingdom."

Lava General murmured and walked forward. Countless people noticed this huge group, and many were talking about it.

In this era, forget 3,000 elite soldiers—even 300 would shock plenty of people. Most nobles couldn’t produce that many soldiers.

If you said you wanted to take over a country, people would believe it.

Not to mention, these combat clerics all wore masks and power armor, looking incredibly fierce...

Just when Lava General didn’t know how to enter the place where he’d be stationed, suddenly, a slightly aged voice rang out: "You must be the general of the Technology Combat Cleric Legion, right? I’ve heard so much about you. You’re younger than I imagined."

"Being remembered by a legendary powerhouse like you is worth celebrating for anyone."

Lava General paused slightly, sensing the surging magic power fluctuations in the other person’s body, but he relaxed a bit inside.

If he went all out, he was confident he could take them down in three moves.

"I heard you all completely converted to the god. Is that true?" Seeing this person focus attention on his faith, Lava General immediately spoke up.

"Yes, the entire Tulip Kingdom now consists entirely of believers in the God of Technology... The real Tulip Kingdom—this port doesn’t count. This is a window for external trade."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the other person directly led Lava General and his 3,000 combat clerics in a grand procession toward that small path from before.

It looked quite spectacular!