webnovelfull Chapter 357: Arms Race and the Orc Legion
Chapter 357: Arms Race and the Orc Legion
After Bai Hao successfully made a life-saving magic stone, he discussed many constructive optimization plans with Yang Wei, and finally left Qiankun Peak late at night.
Before leaving, Bai Hao couldn't help but ask Yang Wei a question: The Destiny Cult, which manages the Shenyin Ancient City and also owns the patent rights to the Jie Ming Magic Stone, why don't they seem to take the Jie Ming Magic Stone seriously?
You know, the Jie Ming Magic Stone is a great invention that can change the entire continent's military system. Almost at the first sight of the Jie Ming Magic Stone, Bai Hao thought of using the Jie Ming Magic Stone to make a variety of weapons, thereby deriving a variety of new types of soldiers.
However, Yang Wei said as a matter of course: "Rather than using the Life Stone to make weapons and throw it into war, I think the Fate Priests would prefer to use it for other meaningful things, such as investing in people's livelihood and the economy... But in the final analysis, it is because this peaceful land of the East has not seen a war for tens of thousands of years!"
What Yang Wei said was very objective. The genes engraved in the bones of the people of Eastland are to love peace. Although the Destiny Church is not the only one in power in Eastland, there are still many countries with different philosophies of governance, but it is also an objective fact that there has been no war for thousands of years.
However, Bai Hao knew that rather than going to war in the East, the people of the East would be more likely to unite and face the outside world together, such as fighting against the Baiyang sect from Beixu, or the eastward expeditionary forces of some Central Plains kingdoms.
But from the moment the Life-Saving Magic Stone was born, the Walterlan Continent will no longer be able to remain peaceful. This fragile balance will be broken sooner or later, even if the Life-Saving Magic Stone was born in a peace-loving land.
In a sense, this is a top irony that a magical invention technology that can plunge the entire continent into war was born in the peace-loving East.
Bai Hao had been thinking about future changes on his way back to the bedroom. The news of the successful development of the Life-Saving Magic Stone could never be blocked.
After all, even Yang Xiaoyun, the second-in-command of the Divine Religion, did not think much of the military power of the Destiny Magic Stone, not to mention those researchers who knew more details. Almost everyone regarded the Destiny Magic Stone as a great invention for the people's livelihood.
Bai Hao once asked Yang Wei about the confidentiality agreement of the Divine Religion. Except that the development secrets of the Jie Ming Magic Stone must not be leaked, there were no restrictions on the blockade of news about the Jie Ming Magic Stone.
Presumably, the spies planted in Shenshan Court by other regional organizations have already known about the existence of the Jie Ming Magic Stone. This terrifying war technology will soon be known to the world.
In fact, it is not that troublesome. Yang Wei told Bai Hao that in a few weeks, their Qiankun Peak will hold a press conference for the entire continent to promote the Jie Ming Magic Stone in an official manner.
Bai Hao believed that the vast majority of people in the East were peace-loving people, and that they would use the Life-Saving Magic Stone to make consumer products other than weapons, but the powerful people in other regions might not be so honest.
The Central Plains that Bai Hao was familiar with, his own Omo Empire, and even his own Campbell Territory would never be like this, especially the Seth Empire that advocated conquest by force.
The Seth Empire will definitely be the first to invest the life-saving magic stone technology in the development of war weapons, which will then trigger a series of chain reactions.
Omo, Swat and the small countries in the Central Plains will know the news first, and then an arms race between countries will begin. This is an inevitable development.
This is also an old question. Your neighbor is developing the latest weapons, developing armaments, reforming and expanding its military. Although it is still your ally, should you be panicked?
It is certain that you will panic, because there are no eternal allies in this world!
This will cause other countries to imitate the Seth Empire and focus on developing weapons with technologies related to the Life Magic Stone. This is an arms race and also a preparation period for war!
The revolutionary feature of the Life-saving Magic Stone allows ordinary people to use magic, which means that the traditional wizard army will become a combination of "mortals + wizards", and even mortals will make up the majority.
Most mages are unable to become high-level mages, so on the current battlefield, mid-level mages are the backbone, and the Life-saving Magic Stone can allow more people to become the cornerstone of such war.
Therefore, when magical weapons made of the Life-defining Magic Stone are successfully developed, each country will immediately begin to reform its military system and expand its military forces.
When this step is completed, the war will break out completely, and peace on the Walterland continent will be gone forever.
Bai Hao didn't think he was a great man. He was too lazy to pray or feel sorry for strangers he had never met across the continent. Most importantly, he could not stop the wheel of world development from moving forward.
Bai Hao just wanted to take good care of his own little piece of land, Campbell Territory, and his relatives and friends, at least to prevent them from being crushed by the torrent of war.
On this basis, Bai Hao is selfish, but who is not selfish in troubled times? Those so-called good guys and great saints are all dead.
Bai Hao currently possesses the most advanced information and magical technology, and he can easily make the Campbell army far ahead of any other army on the continent.
Bai Hao can build the Campbell army into the strongest lion on land. This is the best way to gain a foothold in the turbulent times, but Bai Hao does not mind using this to expand the Campbell family's sphere of influence.
There have long been undercurrents within the Seth, Omo and Swart empires: superficial peace, false harmony among the nobles, increasingly fierce class contradictions... and most importantly, the long-lurking power of the orcs.
Orcs who cannot use magic have always lived an extremely miserable life, especially in the Central Plains Human Empire, where they are treated as the lowest level of slaves and restricted by the shackles of magic.
In the near future, they will be able to use magic power. They can use intermediate magic through the life-saving magic stone, which puts them on the same level as most wizards.
Not to mention, the orcs also possess unparalleled physical advantages, and their unreasonable magic resistance is the best physical body for a soldier!
Thinking of this, Bai Hao, who was flying in the air, couldn't help but pause for a moment.
That’s right, at this moment the lowest orcs are the protagonists of the future Walterlan War. The big picture and long-term vision allow Bai Hao to see the key to a corner of the future. That is the iron army composed of orcs. They are indestructible, and no grass will grow wherever they pass!
Now you can buy a strong orc slave for two gold coins. If you are lucky, you can also get some physical enhancements. Such orc slaves will become very popular in the next few decades, and their value may increase a hundred times!
As for the best quality half-orcs like Xing Lili who have extraordinary talents and noble blood, they are now very difficult to find on the market. Only at auctions can one buy them at extremely high prices with a small chance.
If an orc like Xing Lili were to appear in the future, she would probably only be described as a priceless treasure. However, compared to Xing Lili's own value, Bai Hao would rather treat her as his own family, and family members cannot be measured by money.
Bai Hao secretly made up his mind to make Xing Lili the strongest orc in Walterland, with the best equipment, so that she could dominate the continent.