"Sure enough, it failed again."
Lying before Lu PingAn was a "doll" shattered into wooden fragments. It had been constructed from premium Lamp Tree wood, a quality product made by Courtyard craftsmen.
To form a legion, one always had to start with individuals.
For Lu PingAn, the pioneer, the simplest soldier unit was instead the hardest beginning.
"Your requirements are too high. You demand not only intelligence, but also physical evolution, combat evolution traits, and even a Mind Network."
Professor Li Jihou from the expert team shook his head. After inspecting the "doll," he found that it had failed quite thoroughly. It simply could not bear Lu PingAn's excessive demands.
Puppeteers were not particularly rare professions. They existed as early as the second and third ranks, though at that stage they were fusion professions of Riders and craftsmen, with rather awkward strength.
In other words, after painstakingly exhausting all your resources to create a doll, it would not only be weaker than combat professions of the same rank, but would also require your full attention to control. In most people's eyes, it was a rare ornamental profession better suited for showing off and stage performances than actual combat.
However, when higher-ranked puppeteers fused with the Gardener profession and created "dolls with life," not only did the costs fall sharply, but they no longer needed to be distracted by control during battle. It also became possible to fight with multiple dolls at once.
Despite repeated failures, Lu PingAn did not give up. The more he tried, the more certain he became that Your Excellency Xiu Yi had been right. This really was a combat method that suited him well.
"Your demands are too numerous. Let's take it one step at a time first."
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