Chapter 56 Firearms

Xie Qinjian walked past the bodies lying on the roadside without any reluctance and entered the dense forest beside the road.

He ran very fast and soon he had walked more than ten miles. Even if someone came to chase him, they would probably not be able to catch up with him even if they rode a horse.

Suddenly, Xie Qinjian heard the gurgling sound of flowing water. He stopped and walked towards the direction of the sound.

I saw a clear stream under the shade of the trees. When I walked to the shore, I saw a pale and thin face reflected on the water. There was a big word "prisoner" tattooed on the forehead, which was particularly glaring.

Xie Qinjian sneered, raised his hand, and pointed at the air. Ripples appeared on the water, and an ethereal voice echoed through the silent and deserted forest. "The Lord God System is at your service."

Then, a data panel emitting a faint blue light unfolded in front of him.

Player: Song Yu

Level: Lv5 (Maximum level: 9. You're already halfway on the path to godhood. Go conquer more novel worlds!)

Energy Points: 56954310... (Points can be redeemed for anything in the system store, but be careful not to arouse suspicion from characters in your original world. Use with caution!)

Worlds Cleared: 46 (You have successfully played 46 outstanding protagonists and won the love of thousands of readers. Please keep up the good work!)

Song Yu is a heavy otaku game fan. Ever since he got the Lord God System one day, he began his magical adventure of traveling to different novel worlds to play the protagonist.

As long as he can clear one hundred worlds, he can completely leave the original low-level, false and ugly world, become a god in this perfect virtual world, and gain eternal life.

In order to ensure that the protagonist's status in the novel will not be threatened by the awakeners after successfully completing the game, he can only spend more points to copy some functions of the main god system and create a subsystem to bind the cleaners for maintenance.

Unfortunately, those cleaners were either too stupid or too incompetent, and would often die before completing a few tasks. The probability of being scrapped was particularly high, wasting his points in vain.

Except Chi Li.

This is the cleaner he is most satisfied with. He never makes mistakes and completes every task perfectly.

But he never expected that this cleaner would actually want to kill him.

He only has one life before completing the final mission of becoming a god. Once he dies in the game, his dream of escaping the mediocre life in reality and becoming a god in the virtual world will be completely shattered!

He would never allow it!

For this reason, he spent a lot of points without thinking to resist Chi Li's attack.

He originally had hundreds of millions of points, but when he came to his senses he found that he had used up more than half of his points, and only more than 50 million were left on the panel.

He was so angry that he vomited blood, and in a fit of rage he packed up Chi Li and her subsystem and threw them into the punishment world.

Just killing Chi Lan would be too easy for her.

This punishment world was carefully selected by him. Just thinking about the vicious stepmother who was torn into pieces by the protagonist is exciting enough.

Xie Qinjian looked at the points on the panel, a sinister smile appearing on the corner of his mouth. When he realized that his smile was too ugly, he immediately restrained himself.

He is the protagonist now, so he cannot act like a villain, otherwise readers will dislike him.

Xie Qinjian used his points to buy a beauty cream. After removing the tattoo, he washed his face with the stream water to make himself look handsome again.

Then he changed his clothes and admired the stream for a long time. Only then was he satisfied and began to think about what to do next.

According to the original plot, he should have fought in the army continuously for the past two years, earned meritorious service and advanced to the rank of general. However, now that the court is controlled by Empress Dowager Chi, this path is probably not feasible.

Then just rebel.

He remembered that in the original plot, there were many forces that were dissatisfied with the rule of Queen Mother Chi, and Prince Yu, who was the governor of Yanzhou, was the largest one. He could go and join him for the time being.

If he then used a trick to take over Yanzhou and officially became the king, wouldn't that make him appear extremely resourceful? He would also be able to gain more energy points.

Thinking of this, Xie Qinjian stood up, looked back in the direction of the capital, and narrowed his eyes. Chi Li, Zhao Mingyue... just wait, I have arranged the most perfect ending for you.

He turned around and strode towards Yanzhou.

However, what Xie Qinjian did not notice was that there was an almost invisible water film on his right eye, which only flickered with a barely perceptible light under the sunlight.

That was the invisible camera that Chi Lan specially prepared for him.

The setting is that it can be broken down into countless water molecules and mixed into rice soup, enter the human body, and then swim to the position of the eyes and condense into shape, thereby capturing the image seen by the eyes.

The image is received by a palm-sized bronze mirror.

Chi Li leaned back on the soft couch in the bedroom, looked at the data panel appearing in the mirror, and instantly sat up straight.

It turns out that the so-called main god is just an ordinary person with a system. He must play the role of a perfect protagonist to become a god. It's really surprising.

No wonder there were only male protagonists in the past mission worlds, because only by becoming the only protagonist in this world can you gain the most energy.

Chi Qi curled the corners of her mouth slightly, but unfortunately this time, the Lord God's mission was doomed to fail.

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Late at night, Zhao Mingyue, who had been busy all day, was called to Zhao Yuzhang's tent without even having a sip of water. The other nine generals were also there.

Zhao Yuzhang sat behind a desk covered with military books and scrolls. He glanced at them and asked in a deep voice, "Is everyone here?"

Yu Zhao, who was standing at the head of the team, responded, "General, we're all here!"

Zhao Yuzhang stood up and handed over a stack of booklets. "Let's talk about the future training plan. This is the daily schedule. I've already had it printed."

Zhao Mingyue took it and looked at it, and almost fainted.

They have to get up at 11:00 AM and go to bed at 12:00 PM, and have only a quarter of an hour for meals in the morning and evening. In addition to marching in formations, they also have to arrange battle formations, as well as weight-bearing exercises and martial arts training. The martial arts are divided into firearms, archery, wrestling, swordsmanship, swordsmanship, and stickmanship... She feels like she is not qualified for the position of coach, so why not pull Liu Shen'ai over from the Yiluansi!

Zhao Yuzhang continued, "In addition, officers and soldiers will be rewarded and punished equally. Those who fail to show up for duty or disobey orders will first be punished, then tied up and beaten..."

As he was speaking, someone raised an objection, "General, this training is bearable for us, but isn't it too harsh for the new recruits? Their physical fitness isn't as good as the male soldiers, and even the male soldiers only train for half a day each day. I'm afraid they won't be able to persist."

Zhao Yuzhang raised his eyebrows. "It's precisely because of our poor quality that we have to work harder to catch up. If we only think about taking it easy, then why train? Just go home!"

The man immediately lowered his head and stopped talking.

Zhao Mingyue nodded secretly. She had promised her mother that she would win. If she didn't train hard, it would be embarrassing if she lost.

Moreover, no matter what, we cannot lose to those male soldiers and make a fool of ourselves!

Zhao Yuzhang remained expressionless as he continued, "You've been training for the past few days, and you should be familiar with the capabilities of your soldiers. Team training will begin tomorrow."

Zhao Mingyue immediately pricked up her ears and listened carefully to her talk about how to select and train soldiers.

The first step is to select a team leader. Each person selects nine smart and capable people to serve as team leader, and then the team leader selects eleven team members.

Upon hearing this, the first name Zhao Mingyue thought of was Mei Junrong. This person was a natural born soldier, with strong martial arts skills, great endurance, intelligence, and the ability to memorize military orders. She was the perfect fit for captain!

Next came the arrangement of the team members: two firearmsmen, two spearmen, two sword and stickmen, two rattan shieldmen, and two archers. Each of them practiced martial arts, focusing on mobility and flexibility.

There is one last one, and that is to pick the one who has neither ability nor strength and arrange him to make fire and cook.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mingyue's eyes lit up. Liu Xiangyi was the laziest in training. It would not be good for her to practice with the sword or knife. Cooking would be more suitable for her.

After Zhao Yuzhang finished explaining the training schedule for tomorrow, everyone left. Zhao Mingyue was about to leave when Zhao Yuzhang stopped her, "Mingyue, wait a minute."

Zhao Mingyue had no choice but to turn around and asked, "General, do you have any other instructions?"

Zhao Yuzhang looked at her, his expression softening slightly. "We can talk privately, there's no need for this. I just want to hear what you think of this training arrangement."

Zhao Mingyue smiled. "Aunt has been in Tangzhou for so many years, she must know more about training troops than I do. This kind of formation can be used for both attack and defense. If it is well trained, it may be possible to fight against the Imperial Guards. But why does Aunt have two firearmsmen?"

Zhao Yuzhang's eyes lit up slightly. "Oh? Have you ever come into contact with firearms?"

Zhao Mingyue shook her head. "No, it's just that I heard from my father some time ago that firearms are not good. Gunpowder takes a long time to load, is difficult to store, and is expensive. It's nowhere near as convenient as a bow and arrow. Plus, if you tie gunpowder to a bow and arrow, the damage is even greater. I think it would be better to have two more archers!"

Zhao Yuzhang simply smiled. "Once you've seen the power of firearms, you'll understand how powerful they are. I once suggested to my brother the Emperor that we vigorously research and develop firearms, but unfortunately, those corrupt officials dismissed them as gimmicky tricks and would rather spend the money on building city walls than on improving firearms."

"Are firearms really that powerful?" Zhao Mingyue blinked, full of curiosity.

Zhao Yuzhang smiled broadly. "I've already applied to Queen Mother Chi for permission to manufacture firearms. You should go and whisper in her ear and ask her to approve more money. I'm not only going to have two firearms operators per team, I'm also going to set up a special firearms bureau. When the military parade comes—"

"When the military parade begins, those male soldiers will definitely lose!" Zhao Mingyue said excitedly.

Although she didn't know how powerful these firearms were, just thinking about an entire firearms battalion was a grand scene enough.

"I'll go talk to my mother tomorrow." Zhao Mingyue agreed readily, then said goodbye and left the tent.

Yawning, she returned to her residence and was about to have a good sleep. When she entered the door, she found a person sitting under the oil lamp. She was startled. "Who?"

The man turned around with a gentle smile, "Princess, do you still remember your promise to me to study history and classics every day?"

It turned out to be Xue Qi!

This person knew that she was staying in Shanglin Garden and not returning to the palace, so he actually followed her.

Zhao Mingyue was extremely impressed, but unfortunately she was so sleepy that she couldn't even open her eyes. She clasped her hands together and begged, "Master Xue, how about tomorrow?"

Xue Qi's smile immediately turned cold. "It seems the princess doesn't need my guidance. I'd better resign and go home."

Zhao Mingyue hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I'll learn. Is it not okay for me to learn?" She quickly walked to the table and sat down to listen to Xue Qi's lecture.