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Chapter 843 - 843 63 Rice Cake

Chapter 843: Chapter 63 Rice Cake Chapter 843: Chapter 63 Rice Cake The three major projects of the previous life’s Spiritual Energy Resurgence were Europe’s “Shroud Barrier Project,” Lu Country’s “Mortal Warrior Plan,” and Chongying’s “Orochi Project.”

The Shroud Barrier can defend against external attacks and suppress non-clerical Transcendents within the barrier, but its disadvantage is that it is powerless against enemies outside the barrier; the Mortal Warrior Plan allows ordinary people to temporarily possess the combat power of Transcendents through wearing equipment, but both quantitative growth and quality enhancement are difficult to match Transcendents who rely on talent; the Orochi Project attempted to create a “National Guardian Beast,” but later found out that the Divine Beast they grew needed to consume more people daily than the enemies it killed…

Overall, the three major projects did not achieve the expected effects, but to say they were completely devoid of positive meaning would also be untrue.

After having dinner at the Yan Family home, the girls set off for the East Sea of Lu Country, planning for a night fishing trip.

Li Weiguo waved his hand, allowing the navy to dispatch a frigate to take the girls out to sea for fishing.

Yan Yu and Li Minghu carried special missions, and thus they split from the team and headed to a nearby secret base.

The location of the secret base cannot be divulged, one can only say it is within a deep mountain, beneath the earth, landing in the dense forest through Sword Flight and trekking about 1 kilometer before entering a tunnel and continuing for another 2.4 kilometers to arrive. On the way, Li Minghu, having been authorized, briefly introduced Yan Yu to the Mortal Warrior Plan.

Although Yan Yu was already crystal clear on the ins and outs of this plan from his past life, he still pretended as though he had just heard about it, nodding continuously to show his understanding.

“…In short, this project has encountered some problems.” Li Minghu succinctly stated, “The higher-ups sent the two of us Cultivators here, on one hand, because they have enough trust in us, and on the other hand, they want to hear our opinions.”

“Other’s stones can polish one’s jade.” Yan Yu nodded.

“You are the jade; I am merely the brick that brings jade to others’ attention,” Li Minghu laughed behind her hand.

The two passed through the long corridor, going through at least a dozen checkpoints before finally officially entering the Mortal Warrior training base.

The base director is a Major General named Zhang, who, along with all scientific personnel, held a welcome meeting near the entrance and then brought the two into a large conference room, where Major General himself personally gave a project briefing.

Currently, there are over 400 trained ordinary people within the base, all capable of skillfully using the Sword Control Technique to eliminate enemies. The flaw lies in the low True Yuan utilization rate and the cumbersome external storage equipment (which is roughly the size of a refrigerator), severely constraining the improvement of the Mortal Warriors’ strength.

The scientific personnel proposed two solutions: the first is to position the True Yuan external storage device on a large mobile platform similar to a mothership, with Mortal Warriors acting like small aircraft on the mothership, flying out to fight using their internal True Yuan, then returning to replenish it.

This solution has the advantage that it does not require the compression of the size of the external storage device, as it can simply be carried on the mothership. Mortal Warriors can also go into battle lightly equipped, without any heavy burden. Naturally, the downside is that the Mortal Warriors’ range of movement is limited to the vicinity of the mothership; it is sufficient for fixed-point security battles, but chasing down enemies over long distances won’t work.

The second is to minimize the size of the external storage device, allowing Mortal Warriors to move with it. The benefit is that the individual combat power of the Mortal Warriors could come closer to that of Cultivators, but the downside is that reducing the size of the equipment requires long-term technological breakthroughs, which cannot be completed overnight.

“I support the second solution,” Yan Yu stated directly.

“Me too,” Li Minghu echoed, “If the combat range of Mortal Warriors is restricted to the vicinity of the mothership, then Mortal Warriors will never be able to match Cultivators. What about if hostile Cultivators concentrate their attacks on the mothership? The mothership is not capable of dodging attacks like a Cultivator’s Sword Flight; such a large platform would only be a sitting duck in a battlefield.”

“Indeed,” General Zhang pondered, “To what extent Transcendents can exert their combat power is certainly our core concern. But we currently cannot reduce the external storage devices to a scale suitable for individual soldiers to carry, and the unit volume storage of True Yuan is also exceedingly limited, barely supporting professions other than Sword Immortals. In contrast, the mothership solution could bypass these issues.”

From a previous life perspective, it is possible to reduce the external storage devices, eventually becoming a roughly 20-pound canister, which would not affect actual combat when carried. However, increasing the storage of True Yuan is difficult to achieve; Mortal Warriors still have only Sword Immortals as an option. The reason is that positions like Ghost Summoners and Assistant Officers require a large amount of Cultivation resources, and the True Yuan needed by Magic Cultivators is far too great; no matter how the canister technology is improved, it’s nearly impossible to achieve the combat standards of Magic Cultivators.

Of course, today’s Lu Country does not have the advantage of foresight. If they choose the second path and later find that technology is not feasible, it will be utterly unacceptable to the leadership. In comparison, the first path has no significant technological barriers, the mothership can be modified from heavy helicopter technology, and it is expected to be put into use in a short time, thus the consideration of the mothership route can be understood.

“I personally believe that the first solution is not worth attempting,” Yan Yu cut straight to the conclusion, “Putting it plainly, though the mothership tactic is viable for now, what about later? The enemies will definitely concentrate their attacks on the mothership, forcing you to focus on improving the mothership’s mobility as much as possible. Whether it’s flight speed or the flexibility of maneuvering, it can’t fall too far behind a Cultivator’s Sword Flight, only then can it hold real value in combat.”