The Rise and Fall of National Fortune

The engineering product exhibition hosted by the Blackrock Syndicate concluded successfully, leaving everyone happy and making it a win-win situation.

The Goblin profiteers were grinning so hard their pants nearly split, while the Shaohao Dynasty government purchased vast quantities of weapons of every kind, from tanks and cannons down to pistols and grenades. Pandaren civilians bought large numbers of X-series Void Rockets, Mechanical Roadhog Motorcycles, and Goblin televisions.

Then Emperor Shaohao made a sweeping decision to fully arm the Great Wall Guards, striving to ensure every soldier had an energy rifle or submachine gun, while large-caliber artillery covered the entire Great Wall.

As for inland troops, they began equipping Spider Walking Tanks in large numbers, advancing alongside infantry armed with modern firearms.

Bows? Well, aside from the small number of high-end enchanted ones, all standard ordinary bows were completely phased out!

Of course, Monks remained the dynasty's core elite force. They simply had a far wider range of attack methods to choose from than before.

Monks favored small-caliber pistols and throwing bombs—commonly known as Goblin Iron Bombs. The former could launch unexpected fatal attacks, while the latter...

Some imaginative Monk brothers drew inspiration from the idea, sitting on the ground to meditate and attain enlightenment for a while. Then they slapped their foreheads. Got it—this was the way!

They incorporated these throwing bombs into their chi martial arts, using Chi energy to hurl bombs with tremendous force. Or they simply unleashed a Crane Kick, throwing every bomb out at once for a full 180-degree all-around explosion.

Well, whatever. Just blow them up.

Some particularly underhanded Monk brothers used the flow of chi to silently stuff grenades remotely into their enemies' crotches... ahem, inside their armor.

Could you be any more vicious? Have some wartime ethics, will you? Are Mantid not