Chapter 1687: Chapter 1687

1687: Chapter 1683: Technological Iteration 1687: Chapter 1683: Technological Iteration When the white light enveloped the world, even Lu Ping’an’s Eye of Truth felt a stinging pain.

As for the other middle-high tier unfortunate souls who stared directly at it, many of them fell to the ground with their eyes bleeding…

Fortunately, most mortals lost their sight immediately, which incidentally protected their fragile brains.

This thing, it seems that it really requires some Taboo knowledge.

The ignorant, likely cannot break its defenses.”

Lu Ping’an attempted to understand its existence but only received responses like “King of Water” and “Greedy Devourer”.

This probably can’t even be considered a Clone of the Octopus, yet it remains the most powerful entity Lu Ping’an has ever encountered.

At least, it showed its health bar.”

Lu Ping’an realized that this was actually a part of the Octopus’s “existence”, it’s the “claw” that linked the two worlds together.

Because of its presence, it could link several worlds and pinpoint locations, allowing many Plane Gates of the Octopus World to open here.

“The problem is, how to deal with this kind of thing…”

The sky continued to burn, and the sea was literally boiling.

Lu Ping’an didn’t want to know whether the ocean was really cooking or if it was merely an illusion created by this bizarre power.

However, Lu Ping’an felt a bit uncomfortable…

This distinct Otherworldly sensation made him feel as if he had entered into the malicious world of the Octopus.

“Looking at it now, the simulation from the Secret Realm was pure trash.”

It is only after coming into contact with the indescribable existence that he was more certain than ever, that the Sons of the Evil Gods replicated in the Redemption Secret Realm were just like those high-ranking Professionals, whose combat power had been reduced by at least three tiers, probably a weakened and modified version, nothing like the original.

The existence before him was likely just a small fraction of the many Avatars/Sons of the Evil God of the true Octopus, and yet the pressure it exerted on Lu Ping’an was still unprecedented.

This is not to say that the Firebird is weaker than the Octopus; in reality, adding up all the Octopus has, there’s still no comparison with the Ten-Pillar Firebird.

However, the Firebird harbors no malice, and that malice directed at countless worlds and life forms…

“Greed, the Devourer of worlds, all lives are but food to it…”

At this moment, Lu Ping’an was certain that he absolutely could not let this monster get its hands on the world.

It was an existence devoid of reason and civilization, its only thought when it comes to other life forms — to taste them.

If they can be saved, then save them.”

Glancing at the survivors in the sky, Lu Ping’an also sighed.

He was actually quite grateful to them; otherwise, it would’ve been his group facing this onslaught.

This was likely an automatically triggered mechanism, the remaining power reacting automatically when it felt the Plane Gate was threatened.

At least what Lu Ping’an saw was the reality of the “Contamination” showing a clear sign of decline.

The Huaqi People, or rather the forces of Europa, continued to fight.

Those remaining Airships now had no way back; they had already begun air dropping, and many small and medium-sized flying machines continued to attack the ground, with some choosing to paratroop.

In fact, some of the burning Airships were also attempting to land.

On the side of the Eastern Country, Dragon Moon Island was still far away, but some escort ships had already gone over to rescue.

Their technology, what kind of technology is this?”

Yet to Lu Ping’an’s surprise, it was his own military personnel who seemed to be quite interested in those Airships and flying machines.

After asking around, Lu Ping’an became increasingly certain that this was a new technology from the West.

In this world, the mainstream flying machines had previously been various large airships, which were slow and had a high carrying capacity, mostly used for cargo and passenger transport.

The reason actually had something to do with the superpowers.

Mainly because in the past, Magic Potion was used in oil refining, which produced an extraordinarily efficient Magic Power Engine.

This engine, with its shockingly high efficiency and no other drawbacks besides its size, was amazing for constructing floating platforms, resulting in higher and more stable operation, naturally limiting the development space for small airplanes.

It’s not that there were no planes at all, but they complemented airships, with one side being gliders relying on “wind power” and “low-energy” machinery, and the other side being missile-like solo competitive machines.

Lu Ping’an felt it was hard to say – after all, the ship cannons and several-hundred-meter artillery on those airships were also incredibly fearsome.

Now with the apparent emergence of the large aircraft carriers, the practical combat effect is definitely not bad.

“…Quite interesting, take a look at these small flying machines.”

Some strongmen have already made their move, retrieving some of the downed flying machines.

It seemed like new technology.

“Technology similar to Magnetic Resonance…

huh, quite interesting.

It’s like our Flying Boats, but the technology is clearly more advanced.

Wireless charging, isn’t it?”

Among a group of military decision-makers, Lu Ping’an instead became the technical expert.

He took a brief look.

With his craftsmanship that had reached the seventh-tier level, he easily made a judgment.

This was not the small aircraft and the aircraft carrier he remembered.

It looked more like parts of mother-child flying machines.

Each machine’s flight system was quite rudimentary, similar to glider mechanics in terms of design, with fairly average maneuverability, but the size was less than a quarter of the combat aircraft in Lu Ping’an’s memory…

about the size of a single-person glider.

It’s unrealistic to make this kind of plane equip a flight engine.

If you really want to install an independent engine and strengthen various aspects of the machine including the wings, then the final product might become an Otherworldly steel aircraft.

However, that machine is quite ill-suited for the current era’s battlefield requirements.

“…To create an independent machine body, the cost is too high, and it’s simply too expensive to maintain.”

Steel warplanes are expensive and have low production rates.

A nation might be able to produce a few hundred and assemble them into an army at best, but in an era where high-tier combat power can dismantle machines barehanded, they might be all destroyed in an afternoon, making the cost-performance ratio too low.

The current technology entailed “Remote Charging”, using a Magnetic Resonance-like technology to connect it to aircraft carriers, turning them into “remote-controlled paper airplanes” that perform limited flights within a certain range.

The performance is average, but the cost is reduced – even the weapons are simple machine guns equipped with incendiary rounds, emphasizing mass production of disposable units.

“This technology is pretty good, really good.

This must be the remote charging technology from the Foreign Domain, which can be applied to miniaturization of flying machines….”

With the Eastern Country’s intelligence capabilities, there was little understanding in this area; most likely, these are new things developed in recent years.

While the Eastern Country was fully engaged in drone development, other countries were not idle…

War is indeed a catalyst for technological bursts, and those who progress slowly are doomed.

Yet what surprised the Easterners was not just this.

Various technologies and equipment, some only heard of and some completely unknown, all made their appearance on the battlefield.

Even if the “Octopus’s” first wave of counterattacks nearly wiped out the first wave of the Western Group Army…

the second and third waves followed directly.

In the skies above, more and more “fighter planes” appeared.

These mother-child fleets created by the long-range charging technology, equipped with ultra-small combat flyers, could mean hundreds of fighters accompanying a single mother ship.

Even if the equipment was rudimentary and the speed was slow, such a number of Air Force attacks did indeed cause troubles for the Fishmen who still weren’t adept at dealing with aerial assaults.

In some sense, both the Western and Eastern Countries had similar strategic visions, both adopting the approach of winning through the quantity of small flying machines, which presented the most troublesome “air wolf pack” for many ocean dwellers forced ashore.

Dragon Moon Island continued moving ahead while also observing, and many Observers knew that this battle had just begun.

Within the main base of the guests from the Foreign Domain, there were still many hidden cards.