After deciding to go to Western Wasteland Province, He Ping spent the next time refining and repairing the puppets.
He previously teamed up with Chixinzi to fight against "Undead Abomination" and damaged Paper Doll Spirit Puppet and Wood Demon Puppet, so of course they needed to be repaired or remade.
On the other hand, He Ping also plans to refining two new puppets for the sake of "Sanyuan Devil Palace" to fill his own weaknesses and flaws.
"Chixinzi's <Red-Scaled Earth-Armored Centipede Dragon> is quite good. It flies up with the magnetic force of the earth, is covered in red scales, and is invulnerable. It can also escape from the ground, drill shuttles, and open paths through gravel. It is extremely effective in both offense and defense."
Based on this, He Ping transformed and designed the original drawings of <Red-Scaled Earth-Armored Centipede Dragon> and adopted another set of plans.
<Red-Scaled Earth-Armored Centipede Dragon> The prototype of this puppet is a centipede. He Ping is not satisfied with this original form. In addition, he also thinks that the functions of the Earth Armored Centipede are too few.
"Red-Scaled Earth-Armored Centipede Dragon can penetrate the ground, but cannot enter water. The Sanyuan Devil Palace ruins I am going to next are a Narcissus Cave Abode. Since the ruins related to 'narcissus' must have the ability to travel through water..."
He changed the original design of <Red-Scaled Earth-Armored Centipede Dragon> into the shape of a pangolin. The scales and claws were made of silver steel and mixed with red copper. After the forging was completed, it could travel through mountains and burrow into the ground. This pangolin can also hide people in its belly. In times of crisis, it can roll into a ball, escape underwater, and escape by diving.
He Ping In order to name this new design <Red-Scaled Amphibious Earth Carp>, a line of unnecessary designs of the prototype Earth-Armored Centipede were abandoned, weakening the attack performance, reducing redundancy, and focusing on the characteristics of escaping through mountains and escaping through water.
"With the heart of 'Undead Abomination', my combat power is not too weak, but my ability to escape is still flawed. This 'Red-Scale Amphibious Ground-Scale Fish' can cooperate with my 'Nine-Death Substitute Witch Puppet'. If an unstoppable crisis occurs, I can use the witch puppet's ability to die as a substitute and teleport into the 'Red-Scale Amphibious Ground-Scale Fish', and then take refuge on the ground or in the water. The survival rate will be greatly improved."
<Red-Scaled Amphibious Earth Carp> is the first puppet he wants to refine, and it is also his first attempt to refine a large puppet. If the puppet is refined successfully, his attainments in puppetry will reach a higher level.
In addition to this puppet, he also plans to refine a new type of puppet called <Green-Winged Flying Bat>. This puppet is shaped like a bat and is extremely small. Its wings can flap like a bat, and it can also fly flexibly in the air.
"Green-Winged Flying Bat" usually requires four to be sacrificed at one time. They can cooperate with each other without deliberate manipulation and can also be used for simple coordination.
In He Ping's view, this small puppet is equivalent to a reconnaissance drone, and its biggest advantage is its flexibility in reconnaissance. For him who lacks reconnaissance capabilities, Green-Winged Flying Bat can fly a considerable distance for close reconnaissance, which can be regarded as making up for one of his shortcomings.
In addition to the reconnaissance ability of "Green-Winged Flying Bat", this kind of puppet also comes with a kind of Law Technique. This kind of Law Technique is called "Green Bat Thought Technique". It uses the power of the soul to vibrate the void and turn it into a wave. It searches for the target through high-frequency vibration. Its effect is as sensitive as a sonar radar.
"'Red-Scaled Amphibious Earth Carp' plus 'Green-Winged Flying Bat', the former is used for escaping, and the latter is used for reconnaissance. Only with both life-saving and reconnaissance skills enabled can I reduce my own shortcomings."
He Ping has always believed that among the skill options, "life-saving skills" are always more important than "attack skills", and "reconnaissance of the enemy" is the top priority. Preserving yourself is always the first priority, and only by reconnaissance of the enemy can you obtain more information before the battle.
Since he has decided to go to the ruins of the Sanyuan Devil Palace, he must at least be fully prepared in all aspects.
As for why you agreed to explore the ruins with Chixinzi? Hiding in Longhe County without going out is still a sound strategy... About this, He Ping naturally has careful considerations in his heart.
"This is a good opportunity. Chixinzi may have thought that he could use the environment of the Narcissus Cave Abode ruins to plot against me, but he never expected that through the heart of 'Undead Abomination', I had already obtained a small portion of Dao-level combat power. When the two sides turned against each other, I had every chance to kill Chixinzi and obtain the 'Puppet Sect Heart Oath' from him!"
On the one hand, He Ping thinks that he has a good chance of winning against Chixinzi. Narcissus Cave Abode and his party can act according to the situation. Chixinzi may think that he can use Narcissus Cave Abode's arrangement or advantage to calculate himself, and he can also use Chixinzi's mentality to defeat the opponent;
As for the other side, He Ping cannot sit back and watch Chixinzi explore Narcissus Cave Abode and his party to succeed. If Chixinzi really obtains Dongming Lineage's entrance to the dharma, or gets a huge opportunity and increases his strength again, it will add uncertainty to himself.
"Chixinzi is a man who is extremely scheming and good at planning. This man is cunning and cunning. He is very proud of his intelligence. This can be seen from his words and deeds -"
He talked to himself.
"Many smart people who are good at strategy will have the illusion that 'strategy' is their own strength... However, this idea is completely wrong. Strategy and calculation are not real wisdom in themselves. What they rely on is nothing more than using experience, information, and intelligence that far exceeds that of the enemy to set traps and traps. Without these things, strategy is just empty talk."
He Ping knows this very well. He himself will also use "strategy", but he will not think that his strategy can be successful because his resourcefulness is far superior to others. He is just good at leveraging strength and using the situation to his advantage.
"The power of resourcefulness itself is the result of lack of strength. It is a helpless choice to fall back and choose another. Just imagine, I can defeat the opponent and wipe out all enemies with one punch. What strategies do I need to help? In this world with extraordinary power, the real power is always one's own strength."
He raised one hand and clenched his fist, and the finger-metacarpal joints of his right prosthetic limb clicked.
"My strength has surpassed yours, Chixinzi."
At the same time that He Ping was in retreat, Longhe County's room was also in chaos.
The cause of the matter came from one person. That was Luo Zheng, the sworn brother of fast class catcher He Zhongheng.
The last time Head Constable Liu planned to murder He Zhongheng, Qi Baiyi secretly disrupted the situation. He suffered this loss and did not bother He Zhongheng for the time being.
However, Liu determined that the failure of the last plan was entirely due to Luo Zheng ruining his good deeds.
"Luo Zheng is a snake and a rat. On the one hand, he has taken refuge in me, but on the other hand, he has secretly helped He Zhongheng. He has ruined my major affairs. How can I let him off easily?"
That night, Luo Zheng's family was poisoned to death.
Luo Zheng was so distraught when he heard the news that he bought a pot of wine and sold it by the river. Unexpectedly, he accidentally slipped and fell into the river and drowned.
When He Zhongheng heard the news, he was like a thunderbolt. Although he was angry at Luo Zheng for betraying him, he still regarded him as his brother.
On this day, after he heard that Luo Zheng's whole family had been poisoned to death, and that Luo Zheng had lost his footing and drowned, he suddenly felt that his canthus was cracked, his teeth were gritting loudly, and the boy's middle was filled with red blood, like a mountain tiger lying on the rocks, looking like it wanted to bite people.