Grand Elder Kela said with some difficulty, "Grand Elder Shen, there are probably fewer than ten thousand second-tier warriors in the entire military. Isn't that requirement a little too high? Personally, I think even first-tier warriors are far stronger than our former elite special forces soldiers. With our weapons as well, dealing with these Azureans shouldn't be too difficult, should it?"
Shen Ming shook his head. "The kinetic weapons currently in widespread use do negligible damage to Azureans. Take firearms, for example. Even a direct hit would struggle to inflict a fatal wound on a warrior who has just entered the second tier, unless it came from an anti-materiel weapon—and even then, there would only be a slight chance. Azureans are definitely tougher than humans. As for energy weapons, although we've developed a Charged Particle Cannon, we still have a long way to go before we can miniaturize it into a Charged Particle Gun. At least during the initial operations, don't count on weapons like that." Grand Elder Kela fell silent.
At present, Phantom Immortal Technology was the only organization that had fought the Azure Empire head-on. Consequently, of everyone present, Grand Elder Shen Ming alone was best qualified to speak on the subject.
Since Shen Ming said ordinary firearms could not hurt Azureans, they must indeed be formidable.
This was not good news for humanity. After all, before this, hadn't firearms been humanity's primary weapons? Even artillery shells relied on kinetic energy to kill. Without the shrapnel, how many people could the blast wave alone kill?
"For now, infiltration and harassment missions are all we need. That will be enough in the early stages. Besides, as people gradually grow stronger in Firmament, large numbers of second-tier warriors will soon emerge, and even third- and fourth-tier warriors! By then, we'll