Time is just a blink of an eye, more than half of the 18 years of the Dark Gate have passed, and the whole world has entered autumn, but due to the influence of the global magic tides, the temperature and various natural phenomena this autumn are not as normal as in previous years.

There are frequent small earthquakes throughout Kalimdor and the eastern continent, some dormant extinct volcanoes are showing signs of reactivation, and most importantly, there will be some sudden storms and storms on the originally safe routes of the Endless Sea, which once disturbed the entire world's commercial circulation with a complete trade order.

However, the discovery of Pandalia in the New World greatly compensated for the loss caused by the magic tides.

Take the South China Sea shipping route as an example, in the past, the merchant ships that departed from Zangbao Bay could only replenish on a few islands in the process of arriving at the hot sand port in Kalimdor.

And now, the emergence of the Pandaria continent, which is located in the middle of the eastern continent and Kalimdor, has completely made those arrogant forces fall off the altar, and this new continent with a considerable volume will inevitably become one of the most commercially developed regions in the entire Azeroth in the future, and the political and economic ties between the eastern continent and Kalimdor will also become closer because of the emergence of Pandaria.

In the past half month, the first batch of merchant ships with the permission of the panda people have completed the first round of trade, and the raw silk, silk and jade brought back from Pandalia are of unimaginably good quality, which has caused a sensation in both Kalimdor and the eastern continent, and more importantly, due to the existence of the Splendid Valley, Pandalia has caused a lot of grain on this continent, and the price is low enough to make all the grain merchants of the two continents bankrupt in a month.

The king and the councillors could not care about those extravagant pleasures, but whether it was elves or humans, they had to eat and grain, which was a big problem, so with the tacit cooperation of both sides, there were many more experienced grain merchants in the second batch of merchant ships... The official idea is the same, as is the approach of the upper echelons of the Empire and the Federation.

It is necessary to negotiate with the panda people about the sale of grain before the grain in Pandalia washes down the market.

Another thing related to Pandaria, which has been talked about for more than a month, is the rumor that the Empire and the Federation are deflated in Pandaria at the same time, and some well-informed pirates in the taverns of the two continents vividly describe the story of the invincible Armada and the Black Ark fleet falling in the waters of Pandaria, as if they had seen it with their own eyes.

And the story between Tamrid, the Prince of the Sea of Kurtilas, and Rear Admiral Valentine of the Federation, is full of man's fortitude and tenderness, which makes many ladies with unique tastes cry.

Although the people only regard this matter as a rumor, those who are really well-informed know that this matter is true, although the Darkblade Legion has begun to withdraw from Pandaria, this continent and the panda people have become the object of the Darkblade protection, which also makes the idea of the Empire and the Federation seizing land in Pandaria frustrated.

Obviously, the undead who supervise the world in the dark do not want to see the conflict between the two unfolded in the new continent, and this brutal intervention has once again sounded the alarm for both sides.

But the Federation is okay, there hasn't been much going on recently, but it's different on the Imperial side, in addition to Kul Tiras's plan to develop commerce in the New World, a new storm has begun to brew in Kalimdor's human empire.

"Blood King" Varian. Wrynn's reforms in the Kingdom of Stormwind even alarmed the people of the Eastern Continent, and countless Federation people applauded the king's actions of killing all the nobles overnight, which led to a strange phenomenon, not only did the people of Kalimdor worship Varian, but also many young people began to regard Varian as an idol in the Federation.

It is said that King Varian's reforms in the country have begun to bear fruit, and in the second half of this month, the first batch of industrial semi-finished products produced by the Stormwind Kingdom has been delivered to the Hot Sand Consortium, which means that the industrial reform of the Stormwind Kingdom has been unstoppable, and it is said that the stubborn king plans to open 4 large factories in the country at once next month.

Varian's meaningless reforms have touched the fears of the other nobles of the empire, and according to some one-sided sources, the nobles of the other three kingdoms have been secretly linked together, forming a political encirclement of the Stormwind Kingdom geographically, but the other three kings have maintained an indescribable tacit understanding on this matter.

In addition to the usual routine criticism of Varian's actions, the three young kings of Arthas, Garin, and Liam all responded with a tacit approval, even anticipation, of the reform of the Stormwind Kingdom.

This also made the political struggle within the three kingdoms more intense, and it is foreseeable that in a few years, as long as the Stormwind Kingdom hands over a not bad "answer sheet", then the burning fire of reform will inevitably sweep the entire ancient human empire.

And at this moment that countless melon-eating people are looking forward to it, an ordinary Kalimdor merchant ship slowly docked in the northern, almost forgotten by the civilized world, in the northerly tundra of the Northrend continent, which was almost forgotten by the civilized world, in the port of the Draenei.

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"Shhhhh

Zhou Zhuo, a traveling scholar who walked out of the cabin with his luggage, couldn't help but shake his body after taking the first breath of the cold wind of the Northrend continent, and the chubby panda man wrapped his hood tightly again, and then said to himself:

"It's cold!"

"I told you in advance to let you wear this!"

A sharp voice sounded behind Zhou Zhuo, it was a dwarf wearing black leather armor with a strange ghost face, it could be seen from her dyed pink hair, this was still a cute female dwarf.

She hid in the shadows and threw a heavy fluffy coat to Zhou Zhuo, who didn't speak, and draped the big coat on his body, the panda man was originally black and white hair, after putting on this gray fluffy coat, Zhou Zhuo looked like a fat panda with mixed colors, full of a strange sense of joy.

"Go ahead, I'll follow you."

The soft-spoken dwarf said to Zhou Zhuo:

"You don't need to worry about me hurting you or hurting others, we do what we do, and there are rules of conduct, so you just need to do your own thing, don't say anything else that shouldn't be said, understand?"

"How do I know what you want to do..."

The Panda Man Wandering Scholar complained silently, but a few days ago, the encounter in the treasure house of Mogu Mountain taught him not to argue with these undead, he lifted his wooden box full of various archaeological tools, and nodded to the dwarf behind him:

"Then Miss Ella, I'll go first."

"Go, go, Fat Panda, and... Thank you for the wine. ”

Darkblade Intelligence Agency's special unranked agent Ella. The magic line waved his hand to Zhou Zhuo indifferently, as one of the veterans who joined the Dark Blade Legion in the first place, Ella. Magic Thread hasn't been very active in recent years, but she's had a very good time, she didn't belong to the Darkblade Intelligence Bureau, but with her sister, the dwarf mage Julie. Magic Thread has opened a magic supply shop in Stormwind City, and occasionally goes to the Dark Temple to help the Blood Lord take care of her children.

Although Ella likes this salted fish life very much, as a bloodline with relatively pure blood, the Blood Lords of Salein will definitely not let her stay idle like this, and occasionally assign her a few tasks, such as this time, when the Dark Blade Intelligence Bureau asked the Blood Lord to give her mission cooperation, Ella was selected by the "honor" and sent to protect and monitor Zhou Zhuo until he found the location of Ulduar, the city of Titans.

Of course, on the surface, Zhou Zhuo's identity is a master of archaeology and exploration specially invited by the Barov family, the great nobles of the Human Empire, for the copperbearded dwarves.

The Explorers Association has been entrusting the Human Empire to help them find outstanding explorers in the past few years, so Zhou Zhuo's identity will not attract attention, because in addition to him, there are also 2 minotaur explorers, an orc explorer, and a high elf archaeologist.

The composition is very complex... And these archaeologists, who are well-known throughout the civilized world, were invited to participate in the "Ulduar Survey" operation of the Copperbeard Dwarves.

Since the Whisperport War a few years ago, the Human Empire has migrated to Kalimdor, but the Copperbeard Dwarves who have always been friends with humans did not migrate with their human friends this time, instead, under the leadership of the princess Moira and the two Copperbeard Princes, most of the Copperbeard Dwarves, with the help of the Kurtilas fleet, came to the Far North to Northrend, where they lived next to the friendly Draenei in the Borean Tundra.

And the Ulduar survey operation, which began at that time... This large-scale project hosted by the Explorers Guild has been going on for several years, and the dwarf discoveries are extremely amazing, and every time new news comes in, it directly shakes the entire world's archaeological community.

According to the Honorary President of the Explorers Guild, Brian Anderson. According to Mr. Copperbeard, Ulduar's survey will undoubtedly directly change the entire view of the history of civilization in Azeroth, but to be honest, underneath this high-sounding statement, there is also a hidden selfishness of the Copperbeard Dwarves, or their determination to save their own race.

"Excuse me... It's Zhou Zhuo... Master? ”

Just when the chubby Zhou Zhuo came to the beautiful dock repaired by the Draenei with difficulty, a female dwarf waiting on the dock stepped forward and said in a very awkward Pandarian language:

"I am... He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Explorers Guild... I'm here to pick you up and go to... Go to Mythril Castle..."

The pronunciation of Pandaria was a little different from that of the other civilizations of Azeroth, and it was clear that the dwarf with the two braids in front of her was speaking very hard, stammering, and using some words incorrectly, but she was no wonder about it.

Zhou Zhuo smiled, and said to the female dwarf in front of him in fluent lingua franca:

"It doesn't have to be like this, I can understand your words, yes, I am Zhou Zhuo, this is my invitation."

The panda man handed a scroll with several stamps to the female dwarf in front of him, who unfolded the scroll and saw the official seal of the Lordaeron Kingdom, as well as the seal of the Barov family, after confirming that it was correct, the talkative female dwarf returned the scroll to Zhou Zhuo, and then pointed to the strange black iron drilling machine beside him, and said to Zhou Zhuo:

"My name is Dahir. Panjiao, is the assistant of Master Brian, Count Barov has great respect for your archaeological skills and exploration experience, so I have been ordered to meet you, of course, also out of my personal curiosity, I have heard the story of the continent of Pandaria, but we have been busy with Ulduar in recent years, and there is no way to explore the New World... You're also the first panda person I've ever met. ”

As she spoke, the young female dwarf curiously led the black and white mane on Zhou Zhuo's face, and she said with a smile:

"Sure enough, it's not what I imagined, I thought you were clumsy like bear people, but now it seems that you are quite like humans."

"Well, I've gotten enough of the stares along the way."

Zhou Zhuo patted his stomach and said with a smile:

"It's true that my compatriots are reluctant to leave their beautiful hometown, but as a traveling scholar, I would like to see new stories, new adventures, new experiences... By the way, are we going straight to Storm Crags? Seriously, I can't wait to know the story of the mysterious and majestic Titans. ”

"No, let's go to Mythril Castle first."

Dahir invited Zhou Zhuo to sit in the modified black iron drilling machine, and while she skillfully activated the complex engineering instrument, she said to Zhou Zhuo, who was curious about looking left and right:

"It's your first time in Northrend, the climate on this continent is more harsh than you can imagine, let's go to Castle Mithril to prepare some necessary cold supplies, and when everything is ready, we will take a Draenei friend's airship to the Storm Crags, a towering mountain that cannot be reached by land, where the temperature is maintained at about -40-50°C all year round."

"Oh? Is it so cold? ”

Zhou Zhuo subconsciously shivered, the coldest place in the Pandaria Continent is in the depths of Kunlai Mountain, but even in the coldest place in Kunlai Mountain, the temperature has not reached such a terrifying level, to be honest, although the panda people living in the tropics have a very warm mane, they are also very afraid of the cold...

"That's the exaggeration."

Dahir started the drill machine, and with a rumbling sound, the side of the drill slowly sank into the ground, and galloped along the underground tunnel that had been opened, all the way in the direction of Mithril Castle.

"That hell place can't even stand the most hardy yak people in the area... Last month, there was an unlucky guy who got lost on a night out, and by the time we got him back, he was frozen into an ice sculpture, which is a shame..."

The two chatted like this, and in the middle of a somewhat boring journey, Zhou Zhuo suddenly asked:

"You just said Mythril Castle, is that the home of the dwarves?"

"No, that's not..."

Dahir, who loves to chat. Panjiao's voice became a little sad and dazed at this moment, she seemed to have lost interest in speaking, and holding the joystick, she replied in a low voice:

"Ironforge is our hometown... It's a pity that we've lost it forever. ”

"Mithril Castle, there... It's just where we live..."

"It's not home..."

Please remember that the first domain name of this book is:. Nine Heavenly God Emperors