At the normal cruising speed of a Source Energy Boat, it takes approximately an entire day to fly from Gu Castle Fortress to Central City.
Lin Lin’s airship is the smallest model, but with only two passengers, the interior space feels exceptionally spacious.
Previously, during the voyage with Aluer, Gu Shen was immersed in meditation and cultivation.
But traveling with Lin Lin, he found no need to put on a façade, nor was there a need for politeness.
Gu Shen walked straight to the armory, contemplating the "cutting-edge technological products" of the North Continent Army.
"Wow... this thing is somewhat novel."
Gu Shen’s gaze was fixed on the "new weapon" hanging on the wall.
"Source Energy Hand Cannon, limited to medium to short distance use. It has much greater lethality than a Source Energy Pistol, but the recoil is also significantly stronger," Lin Lin said calmly. "Haven’t you seen this in the East Continent?"
Gu Shen honestly shook his head. In the battles he had witnessed at the Eastern Continent Transcendent, they were more personalized, a combat style fostered by the "Three Institutes" system, controlled by command posts, cooperating with each other to execute missions.
He had seen military Source Energy Weapons a few times.
But a "Hand Cannon"... this was the first time.
"If you get the chance, you should try it," Lin Lin said. "But not on the boat. If you aim well, this thing can gravely injure a third-stage Transcendent."
Gu Shen put the Hand Cannon back.
He scrutinized for a moment, the weapons developed by the North Continent Army were diverse and exceptionally lethal. Each Source Energy Boat was a moving armory, equipped with these Source Energy Weapons, Strong Logic Weapons... after seeing all this, a confusion arose in Gu Shen’s mind instead.
He had not participated in the last "Storm Resistance Battle."
But Chu Ling later sent back images of the giant wall.
Thousands of Source Energy Boats arrived, an endless barrage of firepower shattered the storm!
This battle was "clean and decisive," entirely a suppression through firepower.
If the purpose of the giant wall is to resist the "Source Wave," then why deploy so many soldiers? It seemed that such a war could be won by [Deep Sea] alone.
Lin Lin glanced at Gu Shen, this guy seemed to have the Mind Reading Technique, and said: "Many years ago, when the Iron Dome Emperor resisted the storm, there was no such thing as [Deep Sea], and even further back, we didn’t even have a fortress, we could only pile the ’giant wall’ with flesh and blood."
Gu Shen instantly understood Lin Lin’s meaning.
In recent years, humanity has welcomed rapid technological growth, and the weapons of the North Continent Army, the Transcendents, and the quality of the corps have all experienced explosive growth!
But guarding the giant wall is a discipline and habit ingrained for hundreds of years.
"The proposal for developing and popularizing fully automatic weapons was put forth over twenty years ago," Lin Lin said softly. "Imagine, atop the giant wall, countless [Heavenly Eyes] floating, countless Source Energy Cannons towering, with another buffer zone behind the buffer zone. If a ’Source Wave’ occurred, we wouldn’t need to panic... we just need to press a button, wait for [Deep Sea] to resolve the crisis. The entire process would require doing nothing but staying away and reloading ammunition. Doesn’t such a future sound wonderful?"
Gu Shen fell into deep thought.
He slowly shook his head.
"No... such a future is not wonderful."
The vast majority of the Five Continents’ populace already believes that humanity’s future will become more beautiful because of [Deep Sea].
The truth is indeed so.
[Deep Sea] has brought a new evolution to humanity.
However, if the North Continent Fortress implemented such a system, it would mean handing the button of fate over to AI.
This race always needs someone willing to walk between life and death, on the front lines, battling wind, snow, and darkness. They are the whistleblowers of humanity’s destiny, the fighters gripping the line between life and death.
"North Continent is using [Deep Sea], but North Continent doesn’t believe in [Deep Sea]." The young Quasi-General sipped tea, sitting in the main pilot’s seat of the airship, activated the automatic posture of [Deep Sea], with feet propped on the large screen, and said with a hint of irony, "Handing our fate to a piece of code, a Superbrain with an untraceable subject, would mean pointing a gun at our own heads... Men of the North Continent defend this land with blood, not just for humanity as a whole, but also, selfishly, for ourselves."
Gu Shen did not think this was selfish.
Nowadays in the Five Continents, each operates independently, with its own "system."
North Continent resists the storm and defends against the encroachment of the [Old World]. From any angle... it is a noble act of safeguarding the fate of all humanity.
So every year, many Transcendents join the North Continent Army.
They swear, they grow, they die.
Blood spills, the giant wall stands forever.
"So... that proposal?"
"Of course, it was rejected." Lin Lin took a sip of tea, paused slightly as he spoke, and said with lowered eyes: "By me... by the great Her Majesty the Empress."
If the Divine Throne intervenes.
Then... such a proposal indeed cannot be pushed forward.
Members of the highest seat possess the right to a unilateral veto.
"Of course, aside from this reason... there are other factors as well." Lin Lin’s expression turned serious, he looked at Gu Shen and asked earnestly: "Do you think on the other side of the [Old World]... there really is only frost, snow, and storms?"
With that question, Gu Shen fell silent.
Before setting out for the North Continent.
His answer was affirmative.