Merchant From Earth in the Magical World-Chapter 467 - 382 In the Rainy Season_2
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Far in the Eternal Domain, Yan Xing was unaware of the meeting between Anderson and Theodore.
A truce hadn’t significantly reduced his workload; the arrival of the rainy season had brought a host of new problems. The first issue was storing the harvested grain. There was simply too much of it.
Not only had the wheat from the rented fields of Nuta City yielded a bumper harvest, but the rice widely planted in the Thunderous Swamp had also seen a massive increase in yield due to Demonization mutations. The granaries in Eternal City and Bloodcrown Mountain City were now filled to bursting. They had to urgently construct additional granaries to barely manage storing all the harvested grain before the rainy season began.
Next came damp-proofing and pest control, followed by the orderly secondary processing of the grains to make them easier to store and use. The entire labor force of the Eternal Domain and the Thunderous Swamp was mobilized, working overtime whenever a clear day permitted to process the grain.
The Swamp Tribe, having endured hunger for years, had never known such prosperity; they had never imagined a day when their biggest worry would be how to store surplus food. If Yan Xing had previously unified the Thunderous Swamp through force and cunning, he had now truly won the hearts of the Swamp Tribe.
Heaven and earth may be vast, but nothing is more important than a full stomach. The Swamp Tribe was very straightforward: anyone who opposed Master Yan Xing was, in their eyes, opposing their own full stomachs. And they wouldn’t let anyone who threatened their meals get away with it.
To ensure their descendants could eat their fill for generations, the Swamp Tribe actively cooperated with the Eternal Domain’s conscription efforts. The Clan Leaders personally selected warriors from their tribes to send to Bloodcrown Mountain, allowing the Eternal Domain to easily expand its main force to 150,000.
There was no pressure of war during the rainy season. Yan Xing used this rare downtime to reorganize the army he had recruited.
The five infantry divisions that had participated in the Outpost Fort War were reduced to 3,000 personnel each and reorganized into five armored brigades.
During the war, the truck research institute, led by the Goblin Gaga and utilizing information provided by Chui Chui, had finally completed the development of armored vehicles. The first-generation tank of the Eternal Domain was named the Roarer, modeled after the classic Type 59 tank design diagrams provided by the Renlun Investment Bank. The engine was a steam implosion engine, specially modified by Goblins for tanks, delivering 750 horsepower. It had five pairs of road wheels, weighed 36 tons, and had a maximum weight of 40 tons. Testing showed it could achieve speeds of up to 60 kilometers per hour on conventional roads.
Due to the unique nature of their anticipated adversaries, the Roarer was not heavily armored; the thickest point on its frontal armor was merely 100 millimeters. The Roarer tank emphasized magic resistance, which was also why the development of this armored vehicle series had taken so long. The tank needed to withstand fire, ice, water, electricity, and rock impacts; it had to traverse magically created obstacles like quicksand, fire walls, and ice sheets; and it required a psychic isolation layer to protect the crew from mental magic attacks. Various alchemical materials and equipment were incorporated, making the Roarer tanks appear taller and bulkier than a standard Type 59. However, since resistance to armor-piercing shells wasn’t a primary design concern, their larger size also made them look more imposing.
Instead of more expensive specialized tank guns, they were equipped with a 130-caliber short-barreled howitzer—which the Eternal Domain could produce itself—mounted in the turret. Armor-piercing capability was not a priority; the destructive power of large-caliber High-Explosive Shells was deemed more important. If the turret design had permitted, Yan Xing would have even considered installing a 150-caliber gun.
Developed alongside the Roarer tanks were infantry fighting vehicles, magic support vehicles equipped with magic disk launchers, logistical support vehicles, maintenance vehicles with alchemical robots, command vehicles, drone launcher vehicles, self-propelled guns, anti-aircraft armored vehicles, all-terrain vehicles, and reconnaissance vehicles...
Yan Xing equipped each armored brigade with 110 Roarer tanks. Including other assorted vehicles, the total number of armored vehicles per brigade reached 500. Additionally, each armored brigade would be accompanied by 2,000 alchemical robots. After all, such advanced weaponry couldn’t be operated by soldiers with only two months of training; technical roles had to be filled by alchemical robots.
Personnel cut from the original five main divisions were dispersed and integrated into ten newly recruited and trained motorized infantry divisions. Since the production capacity for armored vehicles was still insufficient for the needs of the armored brigades, the infantry divisions were not yet outfitted with them. However, trucks, motorcycles, and all-terrain military vehicles were supplied in abundance. After all, the next phase was offensive combat, and the mobility of the entire army had to be ensured.
Then there were the strategic heavy artillery division, cavalry division, special operations groups... and three engineer divisions.
In the air force, the Gryphon Type III, their first jet engine model, was in the final stages of test flights. Once the rainy season ended, the first batch of fifty aircraft could be produced and commissioned. The Gryphon Type III, equipped with turbocharged jet engines, possessed subsonic combat capabilities, reaching a maximum speed of Mach 0.88. Its armament consisted of a 32mm autocannon and could carry four "Bee" air-to-air missiles, designed specifically for high-maneuverability flying creatures like Divine Beasts.
The "Bee" air-to-air missiles didn’t use conventional missile fuel; their propulsion systems were developed from mature turbocharged jet engine technology, augmented with steam implosion technology. A "Bee" air-to-air missile, only fifteen centimeters in diameter, had one main propulsion engine and four auxiliary engines. Additionally, the missile’s fuselage featured thirty-four steam jet nozzles. The radar chip inside the missile contained a smart program capable of active guidance using both radar waves and visual probes. Once launched, the smart program in the radar chip automatically acquired and locked onto the target. The main engine would ignite for acceleration, while auxiliary engines assisted in pursuing highly maneuverable targets. If a target executed a super-maneuverable turn while being approached, the smart program would activate the steam implosion nozzles, using the instantaneous burst of gas to perform a similar super-maneuverable counter-turn. Finally, upon reaching the target, the missile would detonate the explosives in its warhead.
Chui Chui had conducted countless simulated missile attacks against Divine Beasts, achieving a seventy percent hit rate. In actual air combat, with Divine Beasts encountering this weapon for the first time, the hit rate was expected to be even higher. As long as the "Bee" air-to-air missiles could effectively neutralize the Divine Beasts, the aerial fortresses could then confidently approach the airships of the Wildwind Principality and shoot them down one by one with close-range bombardment.
Of course, deploying these weapons depended on the Eternal Domain Alchemy Laboratory successfully developing the planned Magic Weapons and super armaments.
「Beneath Heize City.」
The cavern sealing the Nine-Headed Dragon was a hive of activity. The Elves and Jackalman Shamans who had been working there were "asked" to leave. Now, a group of alchemical robots in white lab coats bustled around the Nine-Headed Dragon, setting up instruments. Pipelines crisscrossed the ground, one end attached to the Nine-Headed Dragon’s body, the other connected to multiple devices flashing lights frantically. An alchemical robot navigated the web of pipelines, each step landing precisely in the gaps between them.
"Pause the Nine-Headed Dragon Illusion Realm." The command, judging by its tone, came from Chui Chui’s secondary computing core, which was primarily responsible for the Nine-Headed Dragon research and development.
Another alchemical robot rapidly operated a device and responded, "Lord Chui Chui, executing the pause command on the virtual engine for the Nine-Headed Dragon Illusion Realm. Olaf, Donna, and Arlanda are logging out from the Nine-Headed Dragon Illusion Realm... 3, 2, 1. Logout complete. Service robots are escorting them to rest. Please, Lord Chui Chui, proceed with the next phase of operations."
"Open the database for the Nine-Headed Dragon Illusion Realm for me."
"As you command, Lord Chui Chui. The database for the Nine-Headed Dragon Illusion Realm is now accessible. All data is read-only. If modifications are required, please provide higher authorization."
Read-only is fine... Her secondary computing core lacked the authority to edit the Nine-Headed Dragon Illusion Realm’s database, so it quickly scanned the information within.
"Designated character data cultivation: complete."
"Designated character soul nurturing: complete."
"Designated character strength development: complete."
"Designated character defense development: complete."
"Designated character Magic Power nurturing: complete."
"Designated character talent nurturing: complete."
"Designated character hero ability development: complete."
"Designated character hero talent development: complete."
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"All life indicators for designated character development: complete. Life bestowal can proceed. Preparing for life creation."
"Yes, Lord Chui Chui!"
A cultivation pod filled with nutrient fluid was wheeled in. Inside the crystal chamber lay a naked woman. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
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