The human race gained their first victory on their first Star Battle. This was worthy of celebration so they made a rge banquet for the victory.

  As for the dwarves, they were the prisoners of war and their knowledge about their tools was useful for the three representatives so they were provided with decent living space.

  As for the three representatives, they realized that the victory this time was rgely due to the usage of the beast's stampede that there were no casualties from their army. Those beasts who were taken down by the dwarves' armament were horrible to look at and the three of them knew this.

  They realized that their victory this time was due to the factor of luck as well as the enemy entering their homefield first, giving them the chance to wipe most of their forces on their home turf.

  “We need to improve. At least to the same level as those invaders…” Kudungga was speaking first.

  “Not to mention that there is a possibility that another Star Battle will commence…” Chi You thought about the Star Battle and realized that this would not be the st, that was for certain.

  “Well, look at us now. Previously we were in a bitter battle against each other. Now, we are united under the threat of the external forces. Our Thebes will be the sign of our unification.” The third representative was actually someone in the middle-aged range. Some of his hair had turned white but it did not reduce the presence of his spirit for exploring things.

  “You’re right. If not for the fact that we heed the words said by Father God, we will be defeated in division. Fortunately, we give the warning some benefit of the doubt.” Chi You seriously replied that.

  “About Father God…” Kudungga wanted to speak more but was cut off by the middle-aged man.

  “Well, seeing that everything he revealed to us is real, we cannot dismiss his existence either. But so far the entity is not hostile toward us.” He replied calmly.

  “Enjoy the banquet for now. We will discuss this at a ter date.” The three of them looked at each other and chuckled softly.

  -

  The moment the Thebes was born out of the unification of the three rgest tribes, it was also marked as the first year of the Father God. This was done to pay respect to the Father God for his assistance and guidance.

  The humans started to speak to the dwarves but they did not understand a word the dwarves were saying. Dian then looked at Leif. Leif coughed and did something. It was actually the disappearance of the nguage barrier.

  Thus, Dian was able to learn the nguage of the dwarves and transmitted this to the three representatives.

  With this knowledge, the communication between the human race and the dwarf race began.The dwarves started to introduce the humans to their knowledge of everything they know of. Of course, the implementation took time so they began with the simplest agriculture.

  Of course, the dwarves did not teach the humans everything. They were afraid that their use would be up and they had nothing left to their name.

  So two years passed by and Thebes Kingdom was formed. This was also due to the influence of the dwarves affecting human race. Not only that but the technological leap happened for the first time for human civilization.

  Year Three of the Father God.

  They finally made the first long-range weapon like the dwarves. Although it was still the first one, subsequent production had already progressed. Other than that, the Thebes had increased in popution because of the new nd that was being used for residence.

  Other than that, the study of medicinal pnts and herbs also improved by leaps and bounds. The human race now could concoct the mixture of several pnts to create some other effect on their own or to the dwarves.

  The human race had reached five hundred thousand in popution while the dwarves’ popution was one hundred thousand.

  The Thebes had also managed to explore the entire continent for the first time and in the process of mapping the region in more detail.

  Their building was made from stone and bricks while the road was paved with a certain material that could withstand warm and cool temperatures. It was an incredible progress the human had in the three years.

  But to the three representatives, it was not enough. They had to surpass the dwarves if they wanted safety and security.

  Therefore, they promoted anything that could elevate technological progress while also developing a certain record regarding Father God Dian.

  It was due to his existence that the human race discovered the Star Battle and its meaning. The proof to serve its validity was the existence of the dwarves.

  The two races exchanged many things including the knowledge they had. From this, both discovered that their pce was indeed different and the environment they were in previously was not even the same.

  So the dwarves pnned to get used to living on the human race’s pnet. They faintly knew that they could not return to their pnet anymore.

  Year Seven of the Father God.

  The Thebes expanded once again due to the increase in demand for several resources. Not only that but the popution was also increasing every year. The dwarves while under subordination to the humans also lived their life fulfilled.

  Especially since they first restored their alcohol-making method. Not only that but humans had also discovered many uses for alcohol including for medical purposes.

  The human race had also formed an army with flintlocks as well as creating their first artillery unit. Some kind of explosive tools were starting to be spread to the popution in a limited number.

  Their everyday tools had been upgraded since the new knowledge they had acquired was being implemented. This made every activity involving the tool more at ease.

  Last, their interest in the knowledge of the dwarves elevated their understanding of the world, creating several institutions dedicated to research and the discovery of new things. This prompted them to create educational institution that was responsible for teaching the popution.

  -

  Dian was checking his Library of Consciousness. It was the pce where the dead from his pnet gathered. He wanted to connect it to the human race in a certain connection so that the human race gained something from it.

  “It is not easy since every attempt consumes energy points. Some of it has already been spent and most likely some more.” He kept trying to build a connection. It was actually a bit not physical since there was no way the human and the life forms on his pnet could ever touch the one in the Library of Consciousness.

  [Energy Points: 4900]

  Dian failed once again and the connection was severed at the st moment. He thought that he could do it since the humans were compatible with anything they encountered but something prevented the connection.

  “Then I will try the connection with their mental and consciousness indirectly. Direct connection is a bit too hard.”

  Dian once again built a connection from the Library of Consciousness to the human’s consciousness. This time, it went through each individual’s consciousness and adapted to it first before entering. Dian perceived that the connection was strengthened and connected.

  Each individual had a different mental construct and consciousness in Dian’s opinion so he wanted to ease the difference by adapting the connection to the Library of Consciousness. What he did not expect was that it was working.

  “I succeed. Looks like individual consciousness is really special and unique.”

  [Energy Points: 4850]

  Looking at his energy points reserve, Dian felt like he was a wastrel using so many at once. But for his pnet, he would do extra so that the life forms there could develop faster and better.

  “Now that the human race can access the Library of Consciousness, I can only watch and see.” Dian directed his gaze to one of the people on the Cerulean Pnet.

  This one person was the first person to be able to access the Library of Consciousness. Several consciousnesses approached this person and did some exchange of information.

  Dian who perceived this smiled in satisfaction. His idea of the afterlife model was that the dead could still affect the living. That was number one.

  Two, he wanted the living to improve further so the exchange of information, and potentially valuable knowledge through this would make the human civilization improve further.

  Since the pn was successful, he wanted to see how far the humans could use this.

  -

  “Excuse me. I wanted to report on a discovery. I hope that the Science Institute would hear me first.” The person who said this was the same person who had accessed the Library of Consciousness. He suddenly had the knowledge of a certain herb that the Thebes did not mention in their discovery.

  So he wanted to try his luck. Currently, it was Year Ten of the Father God and several elementary education institutes had been built. So far from his observation, his discovery was not mentioned there too.

  His current location was that he was in the lobby of the Science Institute. The one who greeted him was a dwarf who was working as a receptionist.

  “What is it?” the dwarf asked.

  “A certain herb called Haluka. It is a herb that is full of small thorns on the sml branches. It looked like…”

  He expined in detail the shape and form of the herb as well as bringing the specimen directly to confirm it. He also expined the effect of the herb to the dwarf.

  “Wait a minute. I will call someone to verify your cim.”

  Of course, the cim from the man turned out to be true. Several cases of people who cimed to have knowledge about certain things started to appear in quite a rge number. Of course, there was a filter in which some scammers got caught.

  As for the people who genuinely discovered some things, when asked, all of them told the Science Institute that they received it during their sleep or the moment they were thinking really hard.

  This caused the Science Institute to do some preliminary research into the domain of the mind and consciousness but there was only one theory and it could not go further.

  Year Twenty of the Father God.

  The human civilization had entered the steam age where the prevalent use of the steam engine as well as several developments of the study that the human race had acquired. Now they were starting to be in the same point as the dwarves who had invaded them.

  But at this time, the dwarves were scared to share their advanced knowledge due to the fact that the human had already reached their level in technology.

  This was also the problem that the three representatives faced.

  “It is actually simple. They are afraid that their value become nonexistent the moment they share such knowledge. We can actually release a certain decree regarding this.” The middle-aged man said this.

  “Goto, it is as you say.” Kudungga agreed with Goto’s words. He continued, “But fortunately they are not stupid enough to cause a rebellion. From my sources, I can confirm that their appointed leader is actually rather cooperative regarding this. It is the dwarves under him that make things difficult.”

  “They still have such a thought after all of the hospitality we have shown, huh? Might as well release some decree to ease their mind. Otherwise, we will never improve past this point.” Chi You also in the same mind.

  “But we are getting older. Twenty years have passed since the first Star Battle. We are not sure whether we can even witness another in our lifetime. If it happens in our descendant’s time, do you think they can handle it?” Goto asked.

  “We can only do so much, Goto. Whatever happens in the future is of no concern to us. We can only do our best to maintain the stability of the Thebes. We will let the dwarves relocate to a new location.” Kudungga said as he gave a piece of paper to Goto.

  “What about it? You know, that thing…” Chi You suddenly said which caused the other two to look at him. A moment ter, they understood what he implied.

  “It should be ready. But exploring the world beyond our continent is full of danger.” Kudungga replied in response.

  What they had talked about was the first unch of the steamship. It was the first for the human race so it was celebrated in the whole kingdom. Not only that but the creation of the steamship also opened a door of exploration to human civilization.

  “But we can discover new things too. Who knows, perhaps we can see another continent other than our own.” Chi You smiled at the prospect of exploring the unknown.

  “Right, you are the first one to appoint yourself to be the head of exploration group.” Goto said and nodded upon hearing Chi You.

  -

  Year Twenty-two of the Father God.

  Chi You became the head of the exploration group. The task was to explore the surrounding seas as well as to explore far. To achieve that, the Thebes needed a fleet of steamships. The current steamship was fast enough that it could travel from one part of the continent to the other side in twenty days.

  They departed from the port and went to the pce beyond the first continent they were in previously.

  Of course, they were going to chart their route so that future generations could use it as a reference. The knowledge of astronomy was extremely important as the exploration could only go on with that. Other than that, there was the discovery of the tool called compass.

  It could tell the explorer some direction like north and south. It was an important discovery that made the three representatives to unch the exploration group.

  The relocation of the dwarves went well. The decree which said that the dwarves had some rights like the human was released to the public.

  This caused some uproar since the dwarves were not part of the humans initially. But soon people started to accept it since their attitude toward them was not bad. Besides, they knew that the dwarves loved their alcohol more than the grudge from decades ago.

  -

  Three months after the exploration group departed, they finally managed to get somewhere on their journey.

  “Sir Chi You, do you see that?” one of the sailors asked for confirmation.

  Chi You nodded as he used the binocurs to see things far away. He could see a massive nd in the distance.

  “Is this the other continent?” Chi You pondered and then sent the order for the fleet to go to the discovered nd.

  After the fleet got closer, they discovered that it was indeed a massive continent spanning as far as the eye could see. But they also found that the nding would not be easy. Even so, they still discovered a pce for the fleet to anchor themselves.

  Upon nding, the scientist team was the first to explore the sand on the beaches. They were accompanied by the soldiers with their guns ready at the moment.

  Then they also send their scout which moved at around the radius of three kilometers away from the ships.

  Chi You, who was nding a bit ter was holding a small pistol along with his axe as a precaution. He saw the rge trees that could be seen beyond the sand. He felt the tree was slightly different from the first continent.

  Everything felt different.

  That was why he ordered some people to analyze the situation and the environment first before deciding whether to go deeper. He wanted to understand the new pce after all.

  “They have arrived at the second continent.” Dian who could see everything on the pnet noticed the exploration group. He did not expect them to discover the second continent so quickly but this was also good.

  “Master, would you like to do another Star Battle?” Leif asked from the side.

  “Not for now.” Dian replied quickly.

  Dian knew that Star Battle was a quick way to gather resources but it also came with a risk that he had to bear. He did not feel confident at the moment.

  Fortunately, after the first Star Battle the Pnet Master was not forced to participate anymore but could actively seek an opponent or refuse the battle. Of course, refusing could also bear some risk but compared to losing, it was much better.

  “Let them develop a bit further. Maybe they will be stronger during that time. Who knows.”