Under One Person: The Puppet Immortal in the Tang Sect

After all, it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality, hehehe.

Liang Wu was responsible for the technical integration, and he was tasked with combining Guanyuan with existing communication earpieces and monoculars.

One purpose is to develop individual combat equipment that integrates communication and reconnaissance capabilities.

Secondly...

This device, when transformed, is essentially the prototype of a mobile phone.

Cui Ming had great ambitions, and he paved the way for the Tang Clan's future development long ago.

In essence, this series of actions divided the work among the alliance’s key core technology projects and identified the responsible persons.

Those present would later become the pillars of the Divine Machine Alliance.

Moreover, behind each of them are their fellow disciples from their respective sects who provide assistance.

This forms a talent development chain where one level drives the next.

Even if Cui Ming works tirelessly day and night, eliminating all external factors, how much can he achieve by 2025?

It would be better to use your own insight to set the general direction and guide these talents to quickly get on the right track.

Cui Ming also hoped to use this method to gradually change the entire Divine Machine Alliance, starting from within his small group.

This influence will gradually spread to surrounding towns, provinces, and cities, and eventually even the entire Eastern Kingdom.

While the younger generation was engaged in research and development, Cui Ming also ensured that the older generation within the alliance had no time to rest.

He had already prepared a series of plans and drawings for basic infrastructure construction related to people's livelihood, covering all aspects such as urban planning, road construction and repair, water conservancy facilities, and public buildings.

These tasks were assigned in an orderly manner and supervised by experienced senior members.

In addition, those basic tasks are now being handled by puppets.

The efficiency improvement was significant, and the original residents of Shenji Town were even happier.

After all, who wouldn't want their living space to become better, cleaner, and tidier?

Thus, the entire Divine Machine Alliance was like a wound-up spring, starting to operate at high speed.

Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye, ushering in November.

Significant changes have taken place in the entire town of Shenji during this month.

The houses were renovated and reinforced according to new standards, the town area was expanded outward from its original location, and new roads were paved.

Functional areas such as hospitals, schools, commercial markets, and standardized residential areas are being clearly defined and rapidly constructed.

These matters should have been led by the local government, but the Shenji Alliance demonstrated its strong technical capabilities and ability to genuinely improve people's lives.

This forces them to adopt an attitude of full cooperation, or even dependence.

Under the leadership of the alliance, Shenji Town has also been revitalized with unprecedented energy and vitality, attracting a continuous influx of people from the surrounding areas. After all, no one wants to live a life without stability.

With a large population, all industries naturally flourish.

Furthermore, everyone in the martial arts world knows that the Divine Mechanism Alliance is composed of several powerful sects and factions, and they have all come to cooperate with it.

There are even quite a few people who travel from other provinces specifically to relocate their factories near Shenji Town.

As a result, the economic center of Sichuan Province naturally began to shift there, and countless businessmen wanted to move closer to this area.

With people's lives becoming more stable and conditions gradually improving, the changes brought about by Cui Ming have begun to show initial signs.

Within the Divine Machine Alliance, which is at the core of all these changes, the changes are even more rapid.

Driven by several key inventions such as energy cores, sacs, and new communication equipment, the alliance has made rapid progress in the fields of military industry, people's livelihood, and trade.

It would be no exaggeration to say that they made a fortune every day, but all of this money was ultimately invested in supporting the resistance against Japan.

Under Cui Ming's arrangement, a large amount of supplies and equipment were secretly sent to the Red Army.

At the same time, they also supplied a lot of supplies to the other side. After all, everyone was fighting against the Japanese, but one side received more and the other received less, otherwise it would be embarrassing for everyone.

These things are just tacitly understood, and mainly no one dares to interfere.

Those cannon fodder who jumped out to shout all disappeared the next day without exception.

They were never seen alive, nor were their bodies ever found.

Ultimately, it can only be treated as a missing person case.

During this period, the residents of Shenji Town could hear deafening noises coming from outside the town every now and then. They went from being surprised and uncertain at first to getting used to it later.

It's been a while since I've heard from him, and it feels a bit strange.

These intermittent loud noises originated from Zhang Xuan's weapons tests.

The demand for weapons testing continued to increase as Zhang Xuan's research and development progressed.

The test site was moved repeatedly from the initial wasteland outside the town, and was finally selected in a mountain valley far away from Shenji Town.

Even so, the loud explosion caused by the failed experiment still caused a lot of inconvenience.

But for now, at least the problem of disturbing the peace has been solved.

Cui Ming also felt quite helpless about this, especially regarding Zhang Xuan's research style, which made him very worried.

After the initial few failures, Cui Ming was able to directly demonstrate his skills in front of her, thus mitigating the impact of the failures.

Zhang Xuan seemed to have opened Pandora's box, going further and further down the path of pursuing weapon power.

She firmly believed in the principle that "bigger is better! Stronger is better!" which led to frequent explosions during the research and development process.

According to Cui Ming's incomplete statistics, in just this one month...

Zhang Xuan lost as many as eight standard energy cores due to the failure of her experiment.

It's worth noting that a single standard energy core is enough to support the Divine Machine Alliance's regular energy consumption for three months, which gives a glimpse into Zhang Xuan's extravagant spending habits.

But this also reflects Zhang Xuan's persistent pursuit of ultimate power.

Fortunately, this relentless investment and repeated trial and error were not in vain, and a brand-new weapon was eventually born.

A simple yet powerful multi-barrel laser anti-aircraft gun has been developed.

Chapter 137 The Concept of Floating Cannons

The finalized multi-barreled energy anti-aircraft gun had six special alloy barrels that had been enhanced with runes.

Its firepower far exceeds the strength of the energy giant sword, and its single-shot power is astonishing!

However, this comes at a similarly staggering rate of energy consumption.

The energy stored in a standard-model energy core is only enough to power an anti-aircraft gun for one salvo.

This combination of long range, high power, and high consumption makes it difficult for even the Divine Machine Alliance, which has mastered the core energy technology, to operate effectively.

It can only be regarded as a strategic trump card, rather than a conventionally deployed weapon.

This is not just because of its excessive consumption.

The moment the energy projectile hits its target, in addition to causing direct penetrating damage, it also triggers a violent energy explosion, resulting in widespread devastation.

That is why Cui Ming was the most nervous person every time Zhang Xuan conducted an experiment.

To understand why, we have to go back to the very beginning.

In the early stages of research and development, due to immature design and insufficient material strength, the barrel could not withstand the instantaneous burst of energy and ruptured on the spot, which triggered a chain of explosions.

Only Cui Ming could cover for her. He manipulated the puppet to carry Zhang Xuan away, and once again, in front of Zhang Xuan, Cui Ming cosplayed as Doctor Octopus.

This reduced the power of the explosion to a minimum; otherwise, the entire Shenji Town would have trembled.

After that, explosions became commonplace at the testing site.

After Cui Ming realized how dangerous Zhang Xuan's experiment was, the testing site was moved again and again.

From the wasteland outside the town to the mountain valley more than 10 kilometers away from Shenji Town.

After several near-misses (mainly involving Zhang Xuan), Cui Ming had no choice but to intervene.

Zhang Xuan was deprived of the right to personally operate experimental weapons and conduct live-fire tests.

All test firings were then handed over to remotely controllable mechanical puppets.

What followed was a long and iterative adjustment process.

Do simple things repeatedly, and persist in doing repetitive things.

Cui Ming and Zhang Xuan continuously reduced the output of the energy core and optimized the magic array structure on the cannon body used for energy conduction and amplification.

Now, they are able to precisely control the energy output required for each shot, and the gun barrel structure has been further stabilized.

This is precisely because of the drawbacks brought about by technological leaps. If development proceeds normally, there will inevitably be materials that can withstand the load.

Unlike nowadays, it's like a bottle of water wrapped in a sugar coating, handled with utmost care for fear of breaking open.

Even with such careful adjustments, in just one month of testing, as many as eight energy cores were still destroyed in order to test the power of the anti-aircraft gun.

Until this final test.

A blinding white beam of light shot out from the cannon barrel and accurately hit a giant rock five kilometers away.

Immediately afterwards, a deafening roar was heard, and the rock was instantly shattered into pieces.

What's even more chilling is that the explosion's epicenter did not subside.

Instead, a white surge of energy erupted, scattering across the ground and crackling loudly before finally dissipating completely after a long time.

When Cui Ming led Zhang Xuan and some other people to the explosion site for investigation.

What came into view was a scorched black earth, the ground covered with pits of varying depths, so densely packed that it sent a chill down one's spine.

The direct impact and subsequent energy erosion range of this shot reached an astonishing two hundred meters, according to calculations.

It is foreseeable that within this range, there is virtually no chance of survival.

The firepower of anti-aircraft guns is undeniable, but their demanding operating conditions mean they can only be used as a last resort.

In conventional warfare, it is likely that only Cui Ming, with his powerful Qi and puppet army, could sustain the attrition, and no one else could withstand it.

However, the side effects of using this energy cannon are equally severe.

Because of this successful firing, the mechanical puppet responsible for operating the anti-aircraft gun was...