When Tang Fan said he was taking Bibi Dong to the military exhibition hall, the people on Douluo Continent recalled the short video he had shown them before.
The terrifying firepower of those modern weapons had truly frightened them.
"A military exhibition hall? A place that promotes the military? This is a good chance to learn exactly what that world's military is like.
It would be even better if we could replicate that world's weapons."
Ning Fengzhi was still dreaming of using modern weapons to propel the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to power. He could only be said to be thinking too much.
The Star Luo Emperor and Xue Ye were also paying close attention. They actually had armies under their command, and they wanted to draw lessons from modern military development to improve their armies' fighting strength.
But they were destined to be disappointed. A modern military and an army under a feudal system were fundamentally different things.
Tang Fan and Bibi Dong arrived at the military exhibition hall. Before they even went inside, they saw an old fighter plane standing outside.
"Tang Fan, what's that? An iron bird?"
"That's a fighter plane. It's an antique from decades ago, put out here as an exhibit."
"Is that a weapon too?"
Tang Fan took a photo and searched for it. A video soon came up.
"Take a look. This is how old fighter planes fought. They mainly relied on their autocannons for firepower. There weren't any air-to-air missiles back then, after all."
The video Tang Fan showed her featured two fighter planes dogfighting in the air.
In the end, one plane's autocannon hit the other's fuel tank, and the damaged plane plunged to the ground trailing black smoke.
On Douluo Continent, Bai He of the Speed Clan stared wide-eyed. Even an old fighter plane's speed was measured in Mach.
The Speed Clan's Sharp-Tailed Swift Martial Soul was hailed as the fastest Martial Soul under heaven, but when it came to speed, it couldn't catch a fighter plane even on horseback.
It wasn't just the Speed Clan. Every Soul Master with a flying Martial Soul fell silent.
Even Qian Daoliu was no exception. Though he was a Peerless Douluo with the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, his top speed couldn't match an old fighter plane's.
And Tang Fan called this an antique. How formidable did that make the latest fighter planes?!
"This thing is so powerful, and they just leave it out here? Aren't they afraid someone will steal it?"
"Huh? Steal something here? You've got to be kidding! Besides, not just anyone can fly a fighter plane."
"Are there special requirements?"
"I wouldn't exactly call them special requirements. You just need to be physically fit, mentally healthy, have sufficient knowledge, and train for a while."
"It's that simple?"
"Simple? It's not simple at all, all right? Pilot selection is very strict. More importantly, our country has so many people that the competition is fierce, so the requirements are even higher."
"Mm, I did see a lot of people. How many are there exactly?"
"1.4 billion. We used to be first in the world, but the Indians next door have overtaken us now."
The population figure Tang Fan gave truly shocked the people of Douluo Continent.
"1.4 billion people! How is that possible?"
The entire population of Douluo Continent probably didn't even add up to a hundred million.
The Star Luo Emperor and Xue Ye couldn't imagine how, with so many people, that country could ensure everyone had enough food and clothing, or keep trouble from breaking out.
Bibi Dong was just as shocked.
"1.4 billion people? That's far too many. Won't there be trouble?"
"You're underestimating modern society's ability to govern. Come on, let's stop standing around here and go inside."
"Oh!"
Inside the exhibition hall, Bibi Dong saw more weapons, and people were giving explanations.
Seeing those weapons, each one brimming with killing power, everyone on Douluo Continent felt their scalps tingle.
Leaving everything else aside, a single heavy machine gun was enough to bring death to any Soul Master below the Soul Saint level. Even if a Soul Saint activated their Martial Soul Avatar, they would be torn apart if several heavy machine guns concentrated their fire on them.
The military exhibition hall was large enough to spend the whole afternoon exploring.
"Are you tired from walking? Let's sit over there for a while."
"Mm. Tang Fan, how were all these weapons made?"
"Huh? I don't know. I didn't study that. But each new generation of these weapons was developed because we were forced to."
"Mm?"
"Don't be fooled by how prosperous this place is now. A hundred years ago, we were still a weak country bullied by others.
Thankfully, through our predecessors' efforts, we drove out the foreign invaders and restored our country's might.
But external threats still very much exist, so these weapons are all necessary.
You should know that dignity rests only on the edge of a sword, and truth lies only within the range of a cannon. I've said a bit too much. Have a seat."
But when Tang Fan saw the "chair," his expression grew a little strange.
After Bibi Dong sat down, she noticed his expression too.
"Tang Fan, what's wrong?"
"I was wondering if the thing you're sitting on is real. This is a military exhibition hall, so there probably aren't any fakes."
"Mm?"
Bibi Dong looked at the cylinder, puzzled. She had seen other people sitting on it the same way.
"I think that's a torpedo."
"A torpedo?"
"It's this..."
Tang Fan found another video and handed it to Bibi Dong to watch.
In the video, a submarine beneath the sea locked onto a hostile target, then launched a torpedo.
The torpedo sped through the water and finally struck an enemy ship, exploding with a thunderous boom. The ship was instantly blasted in two.
Bibi Dong jumped in fright and sprang to her feet. She lost her balance and nearly fell, but luckily, Tang Fan was quick enough to catch her.
"Are you all right? Sorry, sorry, I scared you. This is just a shell. The warhead's already been removed, so it won't explode."
Bibi Dong breathed a sigh of relief and shot Tang Fan a sidelong glance.
"Did you do that on purpose?"
"No, no, you're reading too much into it."
Back on Douluo Continent, Xiao Bai of the Demon Soul Great White Sharks was frightened too.
"Human ships can actually go down to the bottom of the sea, and they can fire something that terrifying."
Xiao Bai didn't dare imagine what a horrific sight it would be if that torpedo exploded among the Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
Bo Saixi's brows were tightly furrowed as well. "Have the people of that world even conquered the sea? Is the power of ordinary people truly so terrifying? Then what are gods?"
Bo Saixi felt that even her faith had been shaken.
Bibi Dong sat back down on the torpedo, and Tang Fan sat beside her.
"Tang Fan, what was that thing underwater in the video just now?"
"That was a submarine. You can think of it as a kind of ship that can dive beneath the sea."
"You didn't even leave the bottom of the sea alone?"
"Hahaha, we climb to the highest heavens to pluck the moon and dive into the five oceans to catch turtles. Forget the bottom of the sea; we haven't left the heavens or the earth untouched.
Oh, right, let me teach you what a planet is."
Tang Fan found an educational video about Earth and showed it to Bibi Dong.
It opened with an image of Earth taken from outer space. Then the camera slowly descended, passing through the clouds before finally coming to rest in a city.
The scene appeared at the same time on the sky screen over Douluo Continent. It was easy to imagine how much it shocked the people there.