The study of the Garrison Commander Manor remained lit throughout the night.
Qin Lie sat upright behind the spacious Dark Iron Wood desk. Spread out before him were not military reports, but several meticulously drawn blueprints that bore clear signs of modification: the mechanism structure diagram of an improved Divine Machine Crossbow, a conceptual sketch of a small catapult sling mechanism, and... several simple yet practical layout maps for military agricultural irrigation and water conservancy.
The Ancient Bronze Mirror Fragment lay casually in a corner of the blueprints, its arcane dark gold patterns seeming to flow silently under the flickering candlelight.
Chapter 160