Chapter 1156
Chapter 1156 - 1142: The Battle Laws of the New World
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"Half a month already?"
Even though this was one of the highest intensity battlefield worlds, because Lu Ping’an chose a safe zone in the far rear as their landing spot, they instead spent what resembled a vacation over the last half month.
But in Lu Ping’an’s eyes, this was necessary...
"How is everyone’s condition? Has the combat power mostly recovered? How are you adapting to the unique combat techniques here?"
After so many trips to exotic realms, Lu Ping’an knew all too well that the most dangerous aspect for outsiders was the local environment.
If one could withstand the unfamiliar atmosphere and water sources, then the unique "rules" of each world must be something the professionals had to adapt to on their own.
"Now, the combat personnel in our team practice diving for four hours every day, and the logistics staff also need half an hour, which is already the limit. Based on the latest live combat tests... it’ll take at least another half month."
Some things simply can’t be rushed.
Even though Lu Ping’an’s team had already taken diving and underwater combat courses in Dragon Moon Island, they were still far from the live combat standards of this world.
The reason Lu Ping’an took the little girls and the others to play in the water was not by accident, but rather because adapting to underwater combat had become the top priority of every professional’s combat power in these recent days.
And this was not as simple as just knowing how to swim.
"The survival three-piece set, actually, is also the underwater combat three-piece set..."
Some things can only be understood through firsthand experience. The previously touted essential three blessings, Lu Ping’an and his group still found somewhat incomprehensible.
"Environmental adaptation" was undoubtedly required, but why did everyone need "underwater breathing" when one could just stay on top of the Floating Wood City? Not to mention, the "biological reconnaissance" at the end... Inside the city, it’s full of living beings and once you turn on the radar, it’s all red dots—a nearly universal ability.
"Bottom left, tilting thirty degrees, 300... about 275 meters..."
"Above me, six hundred... about 530 meters... too far, perception is not clear..."
Underwater, the warriors were practicing "reporting numbers" and "perception."
This is Mercury 42, where most life forms are actually aquatic, and battle as well as the battlefield is often underwater.
Under the water, "adapting to the environment" enables you to move as if wearing a "diving suit," "underwater breathing" is your oxygen tank, and "reconnaissance life" is your underwater radar.
Just relying on mortal sight is practically useless underwater; after repeated tests with various abilities, "reconnaissance life" turned out to be the best form of underwater vision.
Without these three, you’d be a mere target the moment you enter the water.
But just possessing them is not enough, they need to be refined through real combat...
"Not enough, still not enough! The response is too slow, you must treat it as your own eyes, the pseudo Divine Grace is far more reliable than your twin eyes most of the time!"
Lu Ping’an hired local old stagers to polish and train his people.
In the ocean, even though this ocean’s visibility far exceeds Earth’s deep sea, you still can’t entrust your safety to your own eyes, and the reason is quite simple...
"Move, keep moving, how much of a field of view can your twin eyes see, can you see the top of your head? Can you see below your feet? Can you see behind you? Underwater your enemies are omnipresent, without gravity and space restrictions, they can emerge from any blind spot..."
When your opponents are Fishmen or strange creatures that can breathe underwater, mere human standard underwater combat capabilities are far from sufficient. You need not only to possess their "natation," but also the "eyes" to detect them in advance.
The old stagers were training the newcomers, teaching them not to rely too much on their twin eyes, and to become accustomed to continually using Divine Grace to perceive the "position" of life forms around them.
At the same time, they developed good battlefield habits, quickly providing "battlefield reports" for their comrades and themselves, completing "category/quantity estimation" and "battlefield response" within a set timeframe.
And these, were merely the basic abilities required to survive on the battlefields of this world.
Lu Ping’an’s choice wasn’t wrong. Warriors who were not accustomed to the environment being thrown into such battlefields could be killed by an ordinary Fishman, even if they were third-tier land combat veterans.
A blind spot harpoon, an upward assault from a riding fish, could result in a Strongman dying extremely frustratingly... They needed to master the "hand," "eyes," and "feet" of the New Era...
"I really didn’t expect our factory’s products to be so useful..."
At this time, the warriors also had an additional extra course, training and mastering the "underwater shuttle".
Underwater, relying solely on one’s swimming abilities, it’s simply impossible to outpace the true Aquatic Clan and marine life forms.
And the Human response is actually still Divine Grace....
"We can never have too many water control ability users—those without other Elements control can go learn it. It can serve as a foundation for Mastery later on. If you want to give up and take a different path, leaving this world, it will naturally disappear...."
That water control ability like big cabbage can be used for underwater acceleration and defense.
But truth be told, the effect is quite average. It’s not that the water control ability isn’t strong; after all, underwater a water control Abnormal Ability User can do so much—attack, defense, speed up, nearly omnipotent.
"Training a true water manipulator is too troublesome...."
An outside pseudo-Divine Grace is always someone else’s "Blessing"; its strength is quite limited and hard to improve.
Water control itself is Elemental control, and it’s on the list of Career Abilities that Lu Ping’an needs to hone as a Professional Skill.
He himself is an extraordinary saint, a lv20 fire control master, but to train an equivalent water control master? Most professionals simply don’t have the talent for it, nor could they afford such an intensive investment.
With all their effort and training, they could only reach level 2 or level 3—an impressive feat for water control acceleration and such. Such level can enhance their underwater maneuverability, but almost ineffective in real combat and lacking the capacity to cope with high-order combat power.
"Perhaps It did this to select good seeds for water control. In this world, we can never have too many water control users...."
The results show that previous attempts were clearly unsuccessful; the cost was not low, the effects too slow to appear, and the limits too low—it was a failure among failures.
𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
Now, everyone holds an underwater shuttle (shaped like a fish) about half their size; sometimes they use it to tow themselves and speed up, sometimes they ride it to save effort, and sometimes they unleash full throttle to avoid an attack....
After feeling the vibration from the explosion, Lu Ping’an turned around only to see another unfortunate soul, covered in blood lying still while starving marine life forms were already swarming towards them....
"Deferred payment...."
Lu Ping’an rushed over to save the person and casually turned the marine life forms into an ocean snack.
"What caused the explosion?"
"... I don’t know."
The unlucky person who was saved was also clueless, truly unaware of how his "torpedo speedboat" had suddenly turned into a real torpedo.
Clearly, not only did Lu Ping’an’s people need to polish their skills and adapt to the Local Environment, but their weapons and equipment did as well.
"... Get the report out as quickly as possible."
Each self-explosion was actually a good thing. With the involvement of engineers, the models of "Flying Shuttles" were constantly being updated and becoming increasingly user-friendly.
New weapons need a process, and the resources consumed and products made are within expectations.
It’s just a bit...
"... Don’t be afraid, aren’t I here? Hasn’t anyone died so far? My deferred payment means that even if you have only a breath left, I can still fish you out."
Uh, it’s just a little "wasteful".
"But the injuries that should happen will still happen, super painful, Meow!"
So, the Cat that dared tell the truth, received the "Reward" of double-training.
— End of Chapter 1156 —