Chapter 69: An Efficient Charge

Touching the transit point immediately shifted the Collector to what was presumably the next layer. The psionic signature of the warp gate was much nearer now.

Good.

An indication that the Collector was on the correct path.

It assessed its surroundings.

The sights of tinkering were strong here. The ground on the tunnel paths were carved out to an even surface shingled with layers of smooth stone that reflected the blue light from lightstones above.

Significantly more developed than the prior tunnels.

The tunnels themselves were different, shaped in even circles that indicated that they were artificially carved from the earth. There were no presences of insectoids either, and as the Collector followed the psionic trail again, it noted that there were not even traps lining these paths.

This was a level of development that escaped the grasp of goblin civilization.

Stoneworking and the creation of artificial tunnels indicated as much.