A Genius's Line of Thought

Zhuang Mengdie had always lived in Black Moon City, and for the sake of facilitating future expansion and construction, Black Moon City had never erected walls like these to restrict its own development.

As a result, Zhuang Mengdie had basically never seen defensive walls like these.

Now standing atop Yellow Sand City's walls, the fresh novelty of something she had never encountered before stirred considerable interest in Zhuang Mengdie.

Zhou Xu did not rush to speak. While Zhuang Mengdie was interested in the battlements, he first let her observe them on her own, waiting until she had seen enough before saying anything.

After all, Zhuang Mengdie was an intelligent person with four-star intelligence potential. Intelligent people often had their own thoughts, and every so often, flashes of genius would even dart through their minds.

If he interrupted her carelessly and, by some twist of fate, caused the inspiration she had finally grasped to slip through her fingers, that would be a tremendous loss.

With that in mind, Zhou Xu quietly waited until Zhuang Mengdie finished examining the battlements. Only after she looked toward him did he begin explaining his thoughts.

"The space atop the walls is limited. Since troops have to be deployed there, the Three-bow Ballista is simply too large. There's no room to set it up here."

Leading Zhuang Mengdie along the battlements, Zhou Xu walked, gestured, and spoke at the same time.

"There's also the problem of recoil. On these brick-and-stone walls, unless we specially build a fixed platform, there's simply no way to secure it."

"But the Three-bow Ballista already has a limited aiming range. If we add a fixed platform, then it'll probably lock the Three-bow Ballista completely in place, robbing it of the ability to adjust its firing angle—or even its direction."

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