Chapter 91 The Long-Legged Elf and the Seven Dwarfs

West Silverback Launch Center.

The snowflakes grew denser and denser, some of them unusually large, as if determined to bury this place.

Mia stood straight on the launch pad, watching as white reigned supreme.

This elven girl, who had a keen sense of everything new, had never seen snowflakes before, nor did she know that snow was so cold.

Several guards were patrolling in the snow. The one in the lead carried a shield decorated with a falcon, but he did not carry a gun, as if the shield was just for show.

The five people behind them followed closely, walking along the wide avenue.

Those who dare to risk their lives could break through from the front. West Silverback had no defensive facilities, and the provisional government's decision to build the launch tower in the snow was a secret and daring attempt.

If the snow continues, the satellite launch will have to be postponed.

Mia was still admiring the snowy scenery when she suddenly heard someone calling her from below the launch pad.

"Miss Consultant! We've delivered the safety ladder to you. Shall we set it up now?"

"The sooner the better!"

Mia was the security advisor to the provisional government, and she looked at the woman below the stage who was so different from herself. She was tall and fat, with a flat, bitter face, her hair buried under a bowl-shaped hood, and her muscles were patchy brown and black.

“If you don’t mind, I think we can get a different ladder. The distance between the top and bottom steps on this one is just too high!”

"This is exactly the height I want!"

The female bear spirit was puzzled by the safety consultant's design, but still had the safety ladder set up.

The satellite is tentatively scheduled to launch next week, and most of the launch pad has already been built.

Mia secretly replaced the safety ladder according to Billis's plan.

In the blink of an eye, another dwarf engineer appeared. This designer had originally invited Mia to dinner, but upon seeing the ladder, his attitude immediately turned sour!

"Miss Consultant! What's with this ladder?"

Mia climbed down from the launch pad in a few steps; the short man wasn't even as tall as her thigh when he was standing.

"Oh, is there a problem?"

"Hopefully you've seen the problem! Not everyone has legs as long as yours!"

"The maintenance work for that day can be handled by Xiong Ling."

"What about our seven engineers?"

"You can rest now. Oh, and by the way, you can take a telescope and watch from the observation deck."

"Hopefully, the provisional government has hired a reliable advisor!"

Mia followed the dwarf engineer back to the central hall, where they encountered six other dwarfs in the corridor. All six dwarfs had toad-like faces and freckled faces, with the first one being the most handsome.

Although they only brushed past each other, Mia could already sense a strange look in someone's eyes.

Based on the agent's experience, those were eyes that expected destruction.

Someone has already infiltrated the engineering team.

The seven dwarf engineers were to dine in the company of government advisors on the second floor of the central restaurant.

Today's lunch includes pork loin, a basket of vegetables and fruits, roasted meat with beets, plums drizzled with honey, and many other fruits I've never seen before. Of course, the most indispensable items are pots of steaming hot wine, each served in an iron vessel shaped like an animal.

Dwarves love to drink. Without alcohol, they cannot forge weapons. This has always been the case, and it remains so now. Without alcohol, these dwarves cannot devise any designs.

Mia dislikes men who smell of alcohol. She sits in the farthest seat because her legs are long, making the stool long and her seat high, like a princess in a fairy tale.

Besides drinking alcohol, dwarves also like to pour strong-flavored sauces over their food, which is considered a dietary habit after the Great Reboot.

One of the dwarves didn't like sauces much, preferring only sausages and bacon, and his method of using a fork was slightly different from the other six dwarves.

Mia kept staring at him, making him feel uneasy.

The first dwarf to enter was almost finished eating when he suddenly stood up, walked to the French windows, and tied his hands behind his back.

"We can consider changing the maintenance plan."

"Why change it?" asked the person who didn't like the sauce.

"You'll have to ask this safety consultant. She just replaced the safety ladder with a sturdier one, which is also much taller. It's so tall that we can't even get up there to inspect it!"

The dwarf, who disliked the sauce, blushed and said sternly, "Change it back!"

"No way!" Mia slammed her hand on the table, pushed the stool back with her long legs, and stood very high. "For safety reasons, you must stay in the hall. The pre-launch inspection will be handled by Engineer Xiong Ling."

The dwarf, who disliked the sauce, looked away and paced back and forth in the restaurant several times.

Finally, he stopped in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and, imitating him, tied his hands behind his back.

The snow stopped, and the metal, gleaming black like flint, steamed in the cold air. There were twenty-three barrels of wine, each as tall as an adult human, bound together by heavy iron rings.

The midday ceremony begins.

The man carrying it walked through the snow, a small gold ring hanging from his beard, a bell tied to his nose, his chest bare, yet dripping with hot sweat.

Twenty-three bronze shields clashed against each other, twenty-three axes sparked violently, and twenty-three burly men dressed in animal skins paced back and forth, clashing two identical swords against each other.

Everything is twenty-three.

Because the satellite launch is also on the 23rd.

About fifteen minutes later, the midday ceremony ended.

The dwarf, who disliked the sauce, turned his back to Mia and said, "For safety reasons, I have no objection to replacing the pre-launch maintenance personnel, but we must decide who should perform the maintenance."

“Each of us will be assigned one, making a total of seven Bear Spirit Engineers,” another dwarf chimed in.

"I have no objection."

"No objection."

At this point, the dwarf, who disliked sauce, glanced back at Mia and, seeing that she was still listening, continued, "The engineer's responsibility is to ensure the smooth progress of the launch project. We will decide on the personnel. Safety advisor, do you have any objections?"

Mia said she had no objection.

The dwarf who disliked the sauce breathed a sigh of relief.

He was unaware that he was being watched by secret agents.

After dinner, Mia received a large bag from Billis, which was full of scattered parts, but they all looked very fine.

Mia quickly assembled the parts and discovered that it was a sophisticated monitor connected to a surveillance location.

This surveillance area faces the launch pad, and the surveillance cameras can cover every corner.

It appears to be located on the highest level of the launch center, a lookout tower shaped like an eagle's beak, with a wooden totem carved with three animals prominently displayed.