NOVPUBAs his understanding of this world deepened, as the Emperor of the Huaxia Empire, the highest decision-maker, his will was the future direction of the Empire.
And regardless of why his game empire appeared in such a posture.
What Lin Qian had to consider now was that, at this moment, he and the Huaxia Empire were facing not a game world, but a living, breathing world.
Within the Huaxia Empire, quite a few units had acquired real lives.
Those from the outside world, naturally, also thought of experiencing the Empire for themselves, and in the future, there would undoubtedly be territory belonging to the Huaxia Empire in this world.
As the Huaxia Empire transitioned into this era of Soul Power, the life of the Empire began to possess life itself, also possessing Martial Souls, creating Primordial Weapons and Soul Devices, and upgrading the military.
However, the Huaxia Empire also had its unique aspects. The collision of different cultivation civilizations certainly required a decision, deciding which culture should dominate.
Lin Qian’s philosophy was survival of the fittest!
However, the Coastal State where he resided could only be considered a remote and insignificant place, and the cultivation civilizations witnessed there could not be compared with those of the peak Huaxia Empire, they could not serve as a reference.
In Lin Qian’s eyes, his master Wei Wushuang was a reference.
Wei Wushuang knew that beyond the Coastal State, top forces possessed warships of the Cloud Boat class.
From the fact Wei Wushuang was not surprised by such warships initially, Lin Qian understood that his master had probably not just seen this class of Cloud Boats on the Light and Shadow Crystals.
Seeing his master’s surprise at the internal structure of the warships, Lin Qian speculated that the structure of the warships must be much more advanced than the Cloud Boats of the same class that Wei Wushuang had seen.
Furthermore, considering Wei Wushuang’s initial indifference to such huge warships, it was probable that there were even higher-level warships in this world.
Just like the warship Lin Qian had now taken out, it was just the lowest-level warship of the Huaxia Empire, not the highest quality.
In this way, this world’s Cloud Boats and his warships had become comparable.
The Huaxia Empire was clearly the victor!
Thus, Lin Qian had already decided in his heart that future developments of the Empire would be based on the original cultivation civilization of Huaxia, absorbing the characteristics of this world’s cultivation civilizations to complement and enhance its own.
"How impressive!" he walked back and forth in the command room, curiously examining everything.
Upon Lin Qian’s arrival, the scholars in the command room all bowed in salute and then continued to earnestly control the warship.
The command room ceiling was inlaid with Fluorite Ore, and rune-enhanced Arrays were branded on it, amplifying the light and illuminating the entire spacious room.
On the tactical mirrors of various sizes, all sorts of images emerged, along with constantly changing data formed by runes.
On the tactical mirrors, connected by Array runes, a continuous flow of runes followed the pattern of the Arrays, moving across the various mirrors, transmitting data.
And Ye Xin also noticed from a square tactical mirror that on the third layer of the cabin, there were the same huge cannons seen previously on the exterior of the warship.
At this moment, these Soul Power cannons were coldly stationed on the third level.
"How strange, why are some of these bizarre mirrors round, while others are distinctly rectangular?" Ye Xin returned to Lin Qian’s side, unable to hide her curiosity.
"These aren’t mirrors; they’re Tactical Mirrors, Arrays set up on battleships that continuously observe various states of the warship and store the data in the center of the Array. And these scholars extract the data to display on the Tactical Mirrors."
"Scholars observe the state of the battleship based on this information and adjust controls accordingly. There are many unpredictable factors; such battleships must always maintain a balanced state; otherwise, it will affect their service life and combat ability during engagements."
"As for why some Tactical Mirrors are round and others square, it’s because the round ones are the old version of the Tactical Mirrors, while the square ones have been newly refined."
In his previous life’s game world, a Tactical Mirror was merely a decorative item that made it seem like the Empire’s scholars were really using them to analyze data and enhance the technological level of the game Empire.
But the real data was on the central server that ran the game.
Therefore, as a player in his past life, Lin Qian had no way to change something like the Tactical Mirror.
But now it was different; Tactical Mirrors had become actual screens. The round ones were highly inconvenient, and Lin Qian, who was the absolute ruler of the Huaxia Empire, thus ordered them to be changed to square.
The Fire Department, responsible for Artifact Refining, had a heavy task on their shoulders. Therefore, the overhaul of the Tactical Mirrors wasn’t fully complete, and they had to make do with both old and new.
"So, the strange Soul Device on the third level below, which you call a Soul Power Cannon, how does that operate?" Wei Wushuang pointed to a Tactical Mirror, which was displaying the third level.
"Seeing his mentor’s question, Lin Qian was also astonished, "What, do you mean to say the Cloud Boats outside of Coastal State don’t have these kinds of large-scale long-distance attack Soul Devices?"
Wei Wushuang shook his head and looked at Lin Qian, "Cloud Boats, even those the same size as this battleship, are just used to transport personnel. In combat, it’s the onboard Soul Martial Artists who take action, and aside from ramming, the Cloud Boats themselves have no other means of attack."
"That’s why they are Cloud Boats, not ’battleships’ like you, my disciple, call the thing we’re riding on!"
Now it was Lin Qian’s turn to be surprised. In the game world of his previous life, the Soul Power Cannon was called Energy Cannon, which emitted energy in the form of a light beam for bombardment, a Heat Weapon that carried fantastical colors.
He really hadn’t expected that this world didn’t even have cannons.
"The Soul Power Cannon is controlled and fired from the command center. The power of the blasts should equate to the full force of a Sky Breaking Realm, Sky Crossing Stage Soul Martial Artist. However, each attack requires the accumulation of Soul Power with ten breaths between each shot. On this battleship, there are a total of two thousand six hundred Soul Power Cannons."
After hearing the description, Wei Wushuang’s pupils contracted and she exclaimed after a moment, "No wonder these battleships are monsters made for fighting!"
Coming to this command center, Wei Wushuang truly felt shocked.
Wei Qingqing also stared around in alarm, then gazed intently at Lin Qian as if trying to discern what kind of extraordinary person he was.
"Your Majesty, we are now at the closest safe distance," at this moment, a scholar in charge of the command center approached Lin Qian to report.
"Project the current situation of the Wanxiang Sect," Lin Qian nodded, commanding the other party.
"Yes!" The scholar agreed, and with hands channeling Soul Power, he levitated a rectangular Tactical Mirror in front of Lin Qian and the others.
At that moment, the mirror’s surface began to slowly reveal a clear scene.
When the current scenery of the Wanxiang Sect was fully displayed, Ye Xin suddenly pointed at the image on the Mirror, "Little Qian, what is that?"
Following the direction of Ye Xin’s finger, Lin Qian’s face changed, "Quick, zoom in!"
