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Chapter 320 - 30: Yes, General Li! (Subscription and monthly pass requested)

Chapter 320: Chapter 30: Yes, General Li! (Subscription and monthly pass requested)

If the three forces on the island were categorized, there would be the World War II force with technological advantage, and the martial arts force with transcendent abilities.

Then there is the hybrid steam-powered Great Tang force, which seemed to be a combination of the two, making it somewhat indefinable.

To say they lack transcendental strength is wrong, as Father Xia is an exceptional mastermind.

He is significantly stronger than the extraordinary individuals like Huang You. He could take on ten Huang Yous without a problem.

But to say he has technological advantage, yes, they’ve already built steam-powered armor, but there are only three units, one of which is defunct.

The regular soldiers don’t even have a proper gun... Faced with a concentrated attack by World War II soldiers, they would be wiped out.

"Who said we don’t have guns? Take a look at our latest weapon research." Father Xia, furious, snatches a long...halberd? from a nearby soldier.

Or perhaps it would be more accurate to call it a bizarre chainsaw with a long handle.

The blade of the halberd has been redesigned to be twice as long as originally intended.

The blade has also been replaced with a chainsaw. There is a hole where the spearhead used to be.

Pointing the halberd at a large tree not too far off, Father Xia twisted the handle, causing sparks to fly out of the hole in the spearhead.

The tree fifty meters away... was untouched...

"Hmm..." Li Changhe, who was watching from the side, snorted quietly, having already blockaded himself with the plain knife he had been holding.

There were now several pits on the smooth side of the knife.

Three steel bullets fell to the ground...

He Feng crouched down with his hands over his head, while Moon God had already pulled Cangyue Ming to a position a dozen meters away.

So the halberd is actually a shotgun? From Li Changhe’s perspective, the shotgun’s muzzle spread out into fireworks. If used in an area densely packed with enemies, it would certainly be effective.

But the range is too short.

And Li Changhe and others, who were standing at a forty-degree angle to the left of Father Xia, were also affected. This weapon seems to be designed to kill its own people, doesn’t it?

"There is no invincible martial arts in the world, but only the fastest ones! After all, it’s indeed a good weapon!" Li Changhe thought about it and decided not to mock anymore.

If he hadn’t felt something was wrong and activated his [Hawkeye Demon Eyes] to trace the track of the bullets, he might have been really injured...

That would be a dream start for a "Kind Father and Filial Son".

Father Xia choked when he saw those three steel bullets.

"Like I said, the researchers are utterly useless! They can’t even do it right when they are told how to!"

He threw the halberd back to the soldier, swearing all the while, and walked into the military camp.

The Tang soldiers in black armor looked at each other in bewilderment.

They didn’t know why Father Xia had suddenly brought back four martial artists. And nobody dared to ask. Father Xia was in a foul mood right now.

The Tang soldiers, holding their weapons, watched the four newcomers with suspicion and wariness.

Li Changhe and the others quickly followed Father Xia.

"That makes sense, a feudal society suddenly receiving so much knowledge. They must take each step, research and promote carefully, or it could disrupt the power of the emperor," analysed He Feng.

Li Changhe nodded, as the power of the Great Tang was already impressive at the moment.

The long halberd armed with chainsaws and shotgun shells alone made it quite surreal.

If in that era of the Tang Dynasty, all soldiers were equipped with these kinds of weapons, they would be near invincible in hand-to-hand combat.

It’s only been a few years...

"That’s true, but the technology tree of the Tang Dynasty must have branched off in a weird way. I can’t figure out how they managed to develop the steam-powered armor first," Cangyue Ming pondered before adding, "Speaking of which, Father Xia mentioned experimental subjects earlier. I have a feeling... they might have already been experimenting with biological technology."

"Don’t blame me, I only gave them a steam engine," Moon God said, trying to absolve herself of any responsibility.

Li Changhe frowned and thought about it. In [Chang’an Plague], Li Changhe had killed the rat-people’s leader and destroyed the teleportation gate.

However, there were still a significant number of rat-people alive, including some elite rat-people like the Gatling Rat and Fire-Spraying Rat.

If the Tang were ambitious enough to eye the high-tech of the rat-people.

In extending an olive branch or arranging a defection.

Perhaps they managed to snatch some tech from the rat-people. Li Changhe glanced at the Great Tang military camp. His gaze swept over those Tang soldiers who were vigilantly watching them.

Besides the strange weapons, he didn’t notice anything unusual. At least there were no Gatling Rats that would suddenly pop out and say to Li Changhe and his companions: "yes yes, human contraptions, die die."

Turning his sight away, he said in the [friends] channel: "Let’s just take it one step at a time. After all, we have a Tang general and a Dali Temple official on our side. At least we can trust them."

Moon God nodded, though [Players] should always be cautious about emerging forces in the plot.

But their relationship with the Tang force was undeniably strong, and the likelihood of the Tang turning against them was slim.

Along with Father Xia, they entered a large military tent.

Upon looking up, they saw three enormous iron chairs with devices that looked like coils and pipes installed on them.

There were also a few Tang soldiers in light white robes adjusting something next to the iron chairs.

Just as they were wondering what they were, they saw the two steam soldiers sitting on two of the iron chairs, the gears on their armors gradually stopping and the lights disappearing.

Those Tang soldiers surrounded them, attaching the pipes and coils to their armor. It looked like charging or feeding. Anyway, the guys in the armor didn’t come out.

"Who are these four?" Inside the tent was also a soldier wearing Mountain Pattern Armor.

Without a helmet on, he appeared to be under thirty judging by his face.

He wasn’t robust, likely not a Transcendent, but he didn’t seem far off, either.

"Exotic people," Father Xia said softly.

The soldier’s face stiffened. After nodding slightly to Li Changhe and the others, he sent those white-robed soldiers away from the tent.