Early the next morning, the two headed deep into the wilderness and set out thirty-six primitive Flying Discs in a suitable clearing.
These were the quadrotor Rotary-Wing Aircraft Li Chen knew best. Each cost no more than a hundred Talisman Coins, but carried Mechanism Device components he had specially refined the day before.
He had named that component the "Heavenly Net." It was a special sensor capable of remotely detecting energy signatures and transmitting and receiving information.
People in this world favored large, all-purpose magical treasures, insisting that every Mechanism Puppet or creation possess a complete set of functions. Li Chen, however, came from Earth in his previous life and had inherited the principles of a technological civilization.
That had led him to devise a method of using simple mechanical creations as nodes to distribute information centrally, spreading a net across heaven and earth.
A single Heavenly Net or Reconnaissance Flying Disc might not be particularly useful, nor could it handle overly complicated tasks.
Even if someone happened to shoot one down and dismantle it, they would only conclude that someone nearby was controlling it. They would hardly imagine that it was merely one of the "Swarm of Bees."
The true secret hidden within, sealed inside a Sealed Box, was Li Chen's unique Secret Art, the "Swarm of Bees Technique."
Through this Secret Art, it could establish a cellular network and form collective intelligence, thereby solving numerous difficulties involving control range, the number of units controlled, and so on.
It was like the ordinary people of Earth in his previous life. Taken individually, each was merely a screw in the machinery of civilization, displaying neither supernatural power nor wisdom capable of surpassing the entire civilization.
Yet when those utterly unremarkable people united, they could still ascend to the heavens to