"Heavenly demons descending upon the world? It's all gone off the rails—the plot is completely wrecked..."
In the world of the Seize the Dragon Game, Han Jinyue frowned tightly as she looked at the hottest discussion on the forums.
In truth, the plot had already gone off course in some ways long ago.
In the original novel, Zhao Cheng took far longer than this to pacify the Southern Wasteland. The reason was the quantity of gunpowder—production capacity had been limited.
Under those circumstances, crossbows had actually seen greater use in the beginning.
Only after many problems had been resolved and the Daoists had been assigned to tend the furnaces did that happen—and by then, the Southern Wasteland had already been unified.
But in this game world, where the story had become reality, Zhao Cheng alone was comparable to an entire production line. Whenever he refined something, he did it by the ton. It barely took any time at all.
What actually limited the production of bullets and explosives were the craftsmen responsible for loading them.
Gunpowder was highly flammable and explosive; it had to be handled by people with nimble hands and meticulous skill.
Put someone clumsy and heavy-handed on the job, and accidents would surely happen every day.
Now, upon seeing the news of heavenly demons descending upon the world, Han Jinyue's thoughts were in turmoil, yet she seemed to vaguely grasp the root cause of the plot's derailment.
It was precisely because of the demonic corruption brought by the heavenly demons that Zhao Cheng's divine abilities had grown greater, creating this deviation in the timeline.
Take her, for instance. According to her original plan, she should have been fighting north and south within the army, steadily climbing the ranks, until at a critical moment she revealed her rebellious