"I know shields are for defense, of course, but I wonder if there's any significance to the combination of a shield and an axe?" Wang Yao asked, shaking his head.
"Hehe, this is the Ganqi (a type of ancient Chinese weapon). Its function is not simply passive defense; it can also be used to kill enemies." The divine general chuckled and pointed to the shields being installed on the city wall.
"You, immortal, are unaware of this. In my divine realm, there are six divine lords who govern six divine domains. Each divine domain has its own divine power mark depending on the divine lord, and its functions are also different."
"Our War God Domain's shield and axe mark has the greatest effect among the six God Domains, enhancing our basic combat capabilities in both offense and defense. Back then, when the God Lord wielded the shield and axe to slaughter all sides, this shield and axe were used for both offense and defense," the God General explained with considerable pride.
"Oh, I see." This shield and axe design actually has a name called Gan Qi, which can increase the attack and defense attributes of the divine weapons and generals of this divine realm. Wang Yao finally understands this thing that has been puzzling him for so long.
With his hands behind his back, Wang Yao carefully observed the city from below for a while. He felt that the front of Gale Fortress was as if it was putting on a golden scale armor, gradually exuding an inexplicable and awe-inspiring aura.
"Go, brothers!"
He called out to the busy soldiers, then turned and continued strolling forward. Not far past the suspension bridge, a large section of the forest that had once been ravaged by demons had been cleared. A military camp was being built in this clearing, which stood right across the road leading to Gale Keep.
Wang Yao saw the soldiers in the camp bustling about. Some were setting up tents, some were setting up deer pens in front of the camp, and others were digging trenches behind the deer pens.
Furthermore, many divine soldiers placed all sorts of strange machines throughout the camp, and Wang Yao discovered that those strange machines were also engraved with the shape of a halberd and axe.
One of them resembles a multi-barrel rocket launcher in the human world, with five rows and a total of 50 launch ports. However, this thing is not as complicated as a multi-barrel rocket launcher. The entire piece of equipment only has these 50 launch ports, lying face up on the ground, somewhat like an open ammunition box.
Wang Yao circled it for a long time, but still couldn't figure out how to launch this thing.
There was also a piece of equipment that was extremely similar to the heavy machine gun in the human world that Wang Yao had seen in a movie before he transmigrated. However, the heavy machine gun in the human world usually only had one muzzle, while this thing had more than a dozen muzzles, arranged in a circle, not much different from honeycomb briquettes.
Wang Yao noticed that there were two handles on the back of the heavy machine gun and thought that this was probably the firing mechanism. However, when he looked closely at the handles, he did not find any trigger or similar mechanism, which puzzled him for a long time.
In the camp, there were also huge iron bows pointing skyward. Wang Yao recognized them, of course, and knew that they were prepared to defend against high-level demons attacking from the sky. But... what use were these iron bows if they were drawn and placed on the ground?
Could it be that there's a sharpshooter in this military camp, and these bows are given to him to use in turn during battle?
Wang Yao became increasingly confused as he walked forward, his mind a jumble of guesses. The trees ahead grew lush and green, but just a hundred meters away from the road, hidden among the trees, he saw a large group of divine soldiers busily working in the woods on his left.
If it weren't for Wang Yao's sharp eyesight, he almost wouldn't have noticed them.
These divine soldiers also seemed to be building camps, but their camps were different from those Wang Yao had seen before. They actually built their camps on big trees, with small hammocks hanging between the thick branches, which were not easy to spot under normal circumstances.
On the ground and on the tree trunks, divine soldiers were also making various arrangements. The equipment was similar to the multi-barreled rocket launchers, heavy machine guns, and giant bows that Wang Yao had seen before. They were all strange things that Wang Yao couldn't name.
When he saw the divine soldiers burying a long, snake-shaped black object into the ground, Wang Yao finally couldn't hold back any longer. He stepped forward and gently nudged a low-ranking divine general standing under a tree nearby, who seemed to be supervising the divine soldiers' work.
"What...is this?" Wang Yao asked.
"Divine power guiding the thread." The divine general was a burly man with a rough appearance. He glanced coldly at Wang Yao and mumbled indistinctly.
"Divine power thread? What's that for?" Wang Yao asked curiously.
"Transmit divine power." The divine general was clearly impatient. He simply replied to Wang Yao with four words, then suddenly widened his eyes and shouted at the divine soldiers working on the site, "It's buried too shallow! Deeper! We can even dig out inferior demons! What's the point of playing around like this?!"
He ran to the divine soldiers while shouting, gesturing with his hands to show them the depth to which the divine power threads had been buried, seemingly very serious.
"Transmitting divine power? What is that used for?" Wang Yao felt a lot of questions in his mind, but seeing the god's attitude, he was too embarrassed to ask any further, so he turned around and continued forward.
Further ahead, the Divine Race military camps appeared intermittently. Wang Yao noticed that it seemed that every three camps were relatively close together, forming a mutually supportive defensive position.
After the three military camps, there will be a gap of several kilometers to more than ten kilometers, and then there will be three more military camps standing in a triangular formation.
As Wang Yao walked and stopped, he was astonished to discover that for hundreds of miles outside Gale Fortress, the main roads and both sides were lined with these three military camps.
It seems that this is the main method used by the gods to protect Gale Keep. Although these three military camps cover a considerable area, they are far from cutting off all routes to Gale Keep. What if the demons bypass these military camps and defenses?
With questions in mind, Wang Yao saw the divine soldiers and generals emerging from Gale Fortress still advancing. Clearly, the military camps he had seen were only part of the defensive line in front of Gale Fortress, and these advancing follow-up troops must have other tasks.
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