64: Chapter 64 A Leap Forward in Upgrades—It Couldn't Be an Explosion!

Regarding weapons, first were the weapons for the Armored Elite Soldiers.

The broad-bladed bronze swords were fully upgraded to broad-bladed iron alloy swords, and their attack power was further increased.

The steam power unit located at the pommel of the bronze sword was moved to the crossguard, and the original one-way jet device was converted into a four-way jet device.

This allowed the Elite Soldiers to gain powerful steam power support during various sword techniques, whether swinging, stabbing, or slashing.

After talking about the swords, it was time for the most important part of this upgrade—the shields.

Unlike the heavy shields that ancient soldiers had to hold in their hands or carry on their backs, the shields of the Armored Elite Soldiers were iron hand shields located on their left arms.

When the shield was not in use, it retracted into a diamond-shaped device placed on the left side of the arm.

Once activated, the iron shield would immediately expand to a size slightly longer than the arm.

The activation of the shields would undoubtedly allow the Armored Elite Soldiers to achieve a massive leap in their defensive attributes.

Previously, the defense of the Armored Elite Soldiers could only rely on blocking with swords or tanking with their armor.

Facing a dual offensive from melee and ranged units, such defensive fault tolerance was extremely low.

Now with the shields, whether facing melee or ranged attacks while in a defensive stance, they could handle it with ease.

Su Yang was very satisfied with this upgrade and circled Armored Elite Warrior Chen Wu and Armored Elite Warrior Zhao Zhang several times to admire them.

Touching here and there, he made the two young generals feel shy.

After looking at the Armored Elite Soldiers, the upgrade for the Armored Crossbowman on the other side was also a leapfrog improvement.

The comprehensive upgrade of the Imperial Armor will not be repeated; what was most important for the Crossbowman was their firepower.

After upgrading to Level 3, the original bronze crossbows and bolts were all upgraded to iron.

The changes to the crossbows were not huge; the main thing was the upgrade to the bolts.

Now the Crossbowman could fire three types of bolts depending on the situation.

One type was the standard iron bolt, which did not require gunpowder consumption.

The other two required gunpowder, but produced different effects.

One was the Armor-piercing Arrow, with a micro-explosive stone installed at the tail of the bolt.

When the crossbow fired the bolt, the explosive stone would detonate, giving the projectile an extra boost of energy, turning it into a high-speed Armor-piercing Arrow.

It could be used when facing high-armor units or when penetration effects were needed.

The other was the explosive arrow, with a micro-explosive stone installed at the tip of the bolt.

When the bolt hit an enemy, the explosive stone at the tip would detonate, causing small-area explosive damage.

It was used when facing large targets or when area-of-effect damage was needed.

Two types of special bolts, one for single targets, one for multiple.

In the future, when dealing with units like the Burrowing Giant Insect, they might not even need General Li Xin; the Crossbowman could handle it directly.

This upgrade was also a leapfrog improvement for the Crossbowman; the Level 3 Main Base was truly a cross-era upgrade.

Whether it was the hero building, iron ore, saltpeter, various technologies, or troop units, the effects brought by every upgrade were extremely powerful.

Now, as long as all personnel were upgraded and the saltpeter mine was secured.

What was there to fear from the highest-level third-generation Heart of the Hive in the ruins?

After completing the various upgrades, the sky had already darkened.

Under the command of General Li Xin, the soldiers climbed the new city walls to stand guard.

The upgradeable parts within the territory were almost finished; his task was already complete.

Next was to quietly wait for intelligence from the Salt Flats and launch an attack on the Insect Swarm!

Su Yang left the city wall, returned to the lords residence, and opened the Lords Hall to check.

He had many tasks during the day and hadn't opened the Lords Hall, fearing he might miss some important information.

He quickly scrolled through for a while, but no important news appeared.

Apart from the daily chatter, the only important thing was that the overall situation was currently in a three-legged standoff.

All surviving Lords slowly formed an Alliance around several core countries.

Among them, the most powerful in terms of panel strength was the Alliance led by the US Lord.

The US Lord, relying on his powerful military strength and the assistance of Afghanistan, had roped in almost two-thirds of the countries.

The second largest Alliance was the one led by England, which included himself.

Most of these countries had suffered difficulties in the early stages and had received help from England; their overall strength was not high.

The third Alliance was formed by Japan and Germany.

Old teammates reuniting, huh, Su Yang's eyes flashed.

Although this Alliance did not have many members, their national strength was formidable, and the Lords were all war maniacs.

In the upcoming progression, they would definitely launch crazy attacks on non-Alliance countries.

Currently, only Japan was on Su Yang's must-kill list, but if other countries actually allied with Japan, he wouldn't mind adding a few more.

Apart from the three major Alliances, there were several powerful countries led by Bear Country that had not chosen to ally and belonged to independent factions.

Actually, Su Yang couldn't really be considered allied, he just had trade dealings with England.

Allies should be quality over quantity; at this stage, having one England and the neighbor Spain was about enough.

Speaking of Spain, this guy's post had actually sparked a discussion in the hall.

Su Yang clicked on that section and read it carefully.

"Lord of Spain: Is anyone else experiencing issues? My radio intercom suddenly had a lot of static just now?"

"Lord of India: Is radio interference not normal? Co-channel interference, Universe radiation, thermal noise... even bird calls are possible."

"Lord of Spain: It wasn't that kind of accidental one; it happened twice with an interval, and the form of interference was the same."

"Lord of India: Two identical interferences in a row? If you didn't take the wrong medicine, then it's very likely human factors."

"Lord of England: Infrasound waves? If it's human factors, the transmission range of infrasound waves is very wide."

"US Lord: The distance between territories starts at a hundred kilometers; such a wide range of infrasound transmission can only be a high-yield missile explosion."

"Korean Lord: That's too ridiculous. We have missiles already? How is that possible?"

"Lord of India: By the way, isn't there an anonymous big shot in the Heart of the Hive? How do you know it wasn't him?"

"Korean Lord: High-yield, high-yield! A hundred kilometers means at least a ton-class missile. If they can build such awesome stuff, why aren't they taking a spot in the Lord rankings, and why was it snatched by the Lord of Dragon Kingdom? Shibal Mom!"

"Lord of India: F*** your dog, you little bastard, wait for death."

"Korean Lord: Little Shibal, go f*** your lizard..."

Su Yang closed the panel; comparing it with the time of the Lord of Spain's post, it indeed coincided with the time he blew up the Heart of the Hive.

To think they detected the explosion using radio equipment; that was quite a coincidence.

However, it seemed that these Lords hadn't suspected him yet.

This group of people had already defaulted to assuming the Lord of Dragon Kingdom's spawn point was very simple, so they couldn't connect him with the anonymous big shot of the Heart of the Hive.

After all, no one would believe that a Bronze Age country could chase and kill the Tyranid Swarm at the start.

In this way, he could have two identities in the Lords Hall.

One as the Lord of Dragon Kingdom, one as the Heart of the Hive big shot.

Dual identities would definitely be of great help to future development.

Closing the panel, Su Yang received a message sent back by a Scout.

"The designated area has been explored; requesting permission to return..."