Chapter 1689
Chapter 1689 - 1685: Unchanging War
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Lu Ping’an originally thought that with the onset of the Extraordinary Era, the nature of war would change.
But upon truly arriving at the battlefield, from one war zone to another, he became even more certain...
"The essence of war has never changed, whether weapons are blades, firearms, or drones; the exchange ultimately centers on resources and life...."
Rule-level is dubbed a human-shaped nuclear warhead, but try detonating them on the battlefield.
Before you can kill many, an enemy’s nuclear warhead will crash directly into you.
Until all Rule-levels on both sides are completely utilized, such a top-tier power slaughtering Mortals en masse is basically impossible... The reality on the battlefield is the opposite, many top-tier powers are actually fearful of mass slaughtering Mortals.
It’s not about some divine benevolence, but that mass slaughter will draw the enemy’s attention, and on a large battlefield, there is always an existence that can restrain you, can kill you. Such actions essentially equates to painting a "fire at me" sign on your face.
On the other hand, this is the main reason top combat powers are restricted.
When you casually use your power, not only will your abilities be exposed, but mass slaughter is also typically the most energy-consuming method.
Top combat power can easily lead to a war of attrition. The extreme use of abilities forms a crucial strategic resource. If you show signs of fatigue first, or even signs of losing control, you naturally become the most valuable prey to be targeted for the kill.
This is also why the more people there are, the more these top-tier powers tend to hold back.
If there were only two or three individuals above Rule-level, battling it out might still result in a victor by real strength. Calculations can sometimes produce a winner.
But if both sides possess double or triple digits of Rule-level nuclear warheads, even a Quasi-God taking action blindly at this time runs the risk of falling.
Naturally, war returns to its perpetual state, competing on every level of consumption, whether that consumption be life or money, it’s all about draining each other’s comprehensive national strength.
Loser is destined to lose everything, while the victor can replenish their expenditures by scavenging the "corpses" of the losers.
"Buzz buzz buzz!"
It has to be acknowledged that the drone swarm tactics of Eastern Country are quite effective.
The numerous yet small drones are terrifyingly efficient in hunting unarmored units,
Dozens of them focus on one target, hunting from all angles... Even if the main drone is destroyed, adjusting the control pipeline makes the support drone the new main drone.
Even if a portion is forcibly destroyed... The remaining drones can reorganize into formation and resume hunting.
When human wisdom and technology are fully utilized for slaughtering, the transformations it has brought in just three short years are too numerous.
It’s hard to say whether Huaqi, who almost followed the same path as Eastern Country, has obtained Eastern Country’s development strategies through some means, but from practical results, the tactical advantages exhibited by both are very similar.
As long as the mothership/Controller Island isn’t sunk, the frontline units can regenerate indefinitely, allowing them to fight a war of attrition against the nearly infinite population of Foreign Invaders.
Against outsiders, who have a slight advantage in individual combat power and number, and whose high-level power reserves are also nearly infinite (relative to humans), Earth’s civilization’s biggest strengths are always technology, resources, and local physical laws.
"Boom boom boom!"
The mother ship has a unique advantage in ground bombing, the larger vessels carry a large amount of ground explosives, and in terms of explosives reserves, Huaqi is probably truly the first in the world.
However, this method of fighting is a bit wasteful... But after the designers calculated the pension of ordinary newbies and the cost of higher-tech weaponry, they found this mode of combat to be more cost-effective.
Huaqi’s approach is quite stable, maintaining a safe distance, letting its fleets rotate continuously, and using aircraft to cleanse the ground.
Eastern Country’s approach isn’t in a rush... First, send out hundreds of thousands of drones to test the waters.
Many drones were destroyed, yet the frontline did not retreat; for this day, Dragon Moon Island had truly prepared too much.
As a true industrial powerhouse, three years after transitioning to a wartime state, only heaven knows how many drones it had stockpiled.
At least for now, Lu Ping’an has not seen anyone repairing them... For those drones costing merely thousands of Yuan, instead of letting engineers and craftsmen waste resources and manpower on the battlefield to diagnose the issues and repair using spare parts and energy, it’s more economical to simply produce new ones.
Within Lu Ping’an’s line of sight on Dragon Moon Island, numerous Secret Realm factories are frantically mass-producing various war machines, while the minerals previously obtained from the Mountainous Kingdom are rapidly becoming the combat power on the frontline.
"If money can solve the problem, don’t use human lives..."
In some sense, a subtle difference has re-emerged between the East and the West, but from a tactical outcome point of view, the War Zone frontline is quite effective.
This time, the Octopus’s phantom flickered and vanished again.
On the frontline, a large number of drones and single-person flyers were destroyed... In the next moment, a force of overwhelmingly armed drones was deployed in multiple folds.
However, the descent of the will of the great existence also signified that some people’s lazy times came to an end.
In the sky, slowly appeared eerie phantoms, be it aquatic monsters, sky-blocking Giant Bodies, or space-devouring giant fishes... These top combat powers were driven into action by their master.
Their killing was simple and bounded; more casualties appeared in the sky.
However, judging from the outcomes observed through various detection devices, their expressions were quite grim.
Apparently, the failure of low-level forces under the push of the great will made it necessary for them to take the stage earlier... which typically also signaled being targeted and consumed.
The human side remained still, with at least the Eastern Country still maintaining stability, merely using some drones to force out the opponent’s trump cards, which was extremely cost-effective.
"Nineteen.....twenty-one...twenty Quasi-God level energy fluctuations. Apart from unstable readings, there are also strong entities shuttling back and forth in the Otherworldly, calling for reinforcements."
A large number of drones continued to be replenished, but this time, the specifications have significantly increased.
The drones that took off this time were generally between 1.5 to 2 meters tall, equipped with more threatening and lethal weapons... Just the cost alone was over a hundred times that of previous machine gun/self-destruct drones.
𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
But it seems, there was no difference.
The drones were fast, but still could not block those high-tier professionals indulging in wanton killing.
They were quickly detonated, turning into puffs of smoke and dust.
Seemingly, the spreading fog that began was a bit odd...
A Quasi-God began to rampage.
It seems, within these drones, there were more devices that posed a threat to advanced combat powers.
Observer Lu Ping’an did not know exactly what it was, but he was also somewhat shocked.
Clearly, the Eastern Country had prepared many first-time-used "surprises" for this war.
From the results, of course, it was highly cost-effective: just some materials and resources could eliminate the opponent’s advanced combat power.
The Quasi-God level being, guarded by his comrades, landed, but the gaps left in the battlefield by his allies were also targeted... Some advanced combat powers, due to the unexpected withdrawal of their comrades, also showed intentions of retreat.
When the human side’s advanced combat powers also began to enter the fray, the skirmishing between them moved to the next phase.
— End of Chapter 1689 —