Drones + Robot Dogs
Bibi Dong looked at the panda image that had already dispersed in the sky, then turned to Tang Fan. "I won't catch one. Surely I can at least see a real one?"
"That's fine. The zoo here has a panda enclosure, but if you want to see more pandas, you'd have to go to Bashu. There are panda bases there."
"Bashu? Is it far from here?"
"Pretty far. It's out of the question this time, but I'll take you next time if we have time."
"Fine~_~. Are pandas really as powerful as you say? Can they fight lions and tigers?"
"Of course. In ancient times, pandas were also called iron-eating beasts. They were true ferocious beasts.
"Not only that, according to legend, an iron-eating beast was also the mount of Chi You, the Lord of War.
"Chi You once fought the Yellow Emperor, whose mount was Yinglong."
Tang Fan found a few pictures of the Battle of Zhuolu on his phone and showed them to Bibi Dong.
In the pictures, the Yellow Emperor's side had Nüba and Yinglong, with the Mysterious Maiden of the Nine Heavens behind them.
Chi You's side had the Earl of Wind, the Master of Rain, and the iron-eating beast beneath him.
Although it looked like a panda, Chi You's iron-eating beast was not cute at all. Instead, it exuded a savage, murderous aura from the primordial wilds.
The picture was also transmitted to the Douluo Continent.
Whether it was Nüba and Yinglong on the Yellow Emperor's side or the Earl of Wind and the Master of Rain on Chi You's side, they all filled the Soul Masters of the Douluo Continent with fear and awe.
"These are all gods-gods of incomparable power!"
Qian Daoliu took a deep breath to calm himself. After experiencing so many shocks, his psychological threshold had risen accordingly, and it was no longer so easy for him to lose his composure.
At the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian could sense Yinglong's powerful draconic might in the picture.
Yinglong, with his golden feathered wings, possessed even greater draconic might than the five-clawed golden dragon that had appeared earlier.
As for Nüba beside Yinglong, just one extra glance made Di Tian feel as though his entire body was being scorched by waves of heat. He no longer dared look directly at her.
Xiong Jun had always been arrogant, and he did not even fully submit to Di Tian. Now, however, he was as docile as a kitten, not daring to breathe loudly.
There was no helping it. They were both bears, but the bloodline of Chi You's mount, the iron-eating beast, utterly crushed his.
Bibi Dong looked at the picture. "Pandas actually have such a fierce side?"
"I told you, pandas are bears at heart, not cats. These days, they only act cute to make a living."
"Make a living?"
"It's just a joke, saying that pandas live a life free from worries about food and clothing by acting cute for humans."
"What an interesting way to put it."
By then, the drone light show was drawing to a close. The drones finally formed the organizer's logo and spelled out a message of thanks.
"All right, it's over. We should head home too."
"It's over already? I haven't seen enough yet!"
"It's getting late. Aren't you sleepy?"
Bibi Dong shook her head. "I don't know why, but I'm not sleepy at all."
"Well, I am. We're going home!"
As they drove home again, Bibi Dong asked, "Tang Fan, can those drones be used as weapons too?"
"Of course. Drones actually used as weapons are far more powerful than these civilian drones.
"You've already seen how many drones were used in that light show. Imagine what it would be like if all of them were replaced with weaponized drones."
"Weaponized?"
"They carry high explosives, charge out, and explode. Although drones can't reach several times the speed of sound like missiles, they aren't slow either. Ordinary targets can't dodge them at those speeds."
Bibi Dong imagined hundreds or thousands of suicide drones charging toward her and immediately shuddered.
"That's far too terrifying!"
"Attacking with drone swarms is just one method. Because drones are small and easy to conceal, they can also often be used for surprise attacks.
"Imagine a drone suddenly darting out of the bushes and detonating right against you before you can react.
"Without time to defend yourself with Soul Power, relying on physical toughness alone, even a Titled Douluo could be blown to death on the spot."
"If drones are that powerful, is it really appropriate to openly use them in performances?"
"That's not a problem. These performances all have to be reported for approval in advance, and every drone is monitored.
"Our country also has extremely strict weapons controls. Converting a civilian drone into a weapon is very, very difficult.
"There are also robot dogs that work alongside drones. You could call them a modern net spread across heaven and earth."
Tang Fan used voice commands to have his phone play Bibi Dong a video of military robot dogs.
Immediately afterward, the video was also transmitted to the sky screen over the Douluo Continent.
The video showed an earthen slope. A four-legged robot dog poked its head up over the slope, an automatic rifle mounted on its body.
Just one robot dog like that looked rather silly.
But then a dense mass of robot dogs clambered up the slope.
These robot dogs were not all the same. Only a few carried rifles. Most of them actually had rocket launchers mounted on their backs.
As these robot dogs ran, the rocket launchers on their backs fired rockets at the same time.
In the blink of an eye, the area ahead of them was blasted beyond recognition by the rockets.
Not only that, a drone swarm following close behind the robot dogs also appeared.
Some drones dropped bombs from the air, while others plunged down at high speed and detonated themselves.
The unbroken chain of explosions made the scalps of those watching on the Douluo Continent tingle.
At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi turned to Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo and asked, "Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, if those robot dogs and drones on the sky screen attacked our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, could we hold them off?"
Sword Douluo shook his head. "If there were only a few, we could manage. But once their numbers grew, even Old Bones and I couldn't stop them all."
"Besides, if those drones charged straight at us and exploded, we'd have a hard time dodging them. It wouldn't take long for our Soul Power to run dry."
In truth, Ning Fengzhi had already known the answer when he asked the question.
If drones came charging toward their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in numbers that blotted out the sky-
They could flatten their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in the blink of an eye, or even blast it straight into a huge crater.
Against this tactic of detonating drone swarms alone, not a single force on the Douluo Continent could claim it could hold them off completely.
Spirit Hall could not. Sea God Island could not. The two great empires stood even less of a chance.
In other words, if modern society wanted to deal with the forces of their Douluo Continent, it would not even need to send a single real person. Unmanned devices like drones and robot dogs alone would be enough.
Tang Fan also joked with Bibi Dong, "If the armies of your Douluo Continent's two great empires didn't scatter and flee, these drones and robot dogs alone would be enough to wipe them all out."
"Tang Fan, are these really not future weapons like the ones in the exhibition? Do they really exist, and are there already enormous numbers of them?"
"Of course. Our soldiers' lives are precious. Unmanned battlefields are the inevitable trend of the future."