The interaction between the demon world and the human world was quickly noticed by Wang Qi's garrison.
It was not the foresight of the garrison, but the actions of the demons that caused continuous changes in the distribution of the demons in the entire northern region.
At the beginning, the high-density area expanded outwards. From the earlier radius of about 80 kilometers, it soon spread to over 100 kilometers.
During this diffusion process, many demons also entered a state of migration, which caused a certain impact on the camps in the northern region. However, without anyone's command, these random collisions did not cause significant losses to the camps.
The spread did not last long. When the sixth battalion (second regiment) took up the position of the first battalion for close reconnaissance, it was observed that the density of the demons was decreasing again.
It was more troublesome to confirm the reduction of the overall density. It was not confirmed until the third company of the first battalion (one regiment) completed training and returned to the front and had a large enough observation surface.
This situation was somewhat inconsistent with the fighting situation in the rear camps, so it attracted attention. Other units of the first battalion that completed training half a month later returned to their positions and conducted several special operations reconnaissance.
That is, taking platoon as a unit, more in-depth observation and investigation.
Although the equipment has been changed, the demons still have an absolute numerical advantage whether within a limited range or in a wider area. Even if there are no intermediate demons that can break the defense, the low-level demons can still be dragged to death by wheel battles.
In order to ensure that special reconnaissance does not turn into a kill operation, each platoon needs to cover each other to ensure that they can contact friendly forces at any time.
After several special reconnaissance operations, it was discovered that the density of demons in the original lava lake was lower than before the spread!
Based on the information from various departments, there are only two possibilities: the demons have evacuated, or they have rushed to the main world through the world gate. Obviously the latter is more reliable, because the reconnaissance did not observe any signs of a battle taking place in the lava lake, and the demons had no reason to withdraw as a whole.
As a kingdom that was too small in size and had no ability to disrupt a world war, it decided to proceed as planned.
According to the original plan, after completing the overall change of equipment, he would take the initiative to engage in small-scale battles with the demons, test the effectiveness of the equipment, and study tactics suitable for the new equipment system.
Of course, this plan also has the danger of stimulating the demons to react, but it cannot be avoided. It is better than waiting for them to rush out in an organized way and then using a lot of blood and lives to learn the lesson.
At least at this stage, there is still a relatively wide and deep area in the northern region.
If the demon clan, which relies entirely on individual strength, really wants to attack the rear, it can only use small-scale elite troops. In the environment of the northern area, it is impossible for large troops to avoid battalions and regiments and advance smoothly. And even if a small army has four-ring mages per capita, or even a few five-ring mages per capita, it is now difficult to threaten the security of Phoenix City.
Not counting Phoenix's own defensive magic array, new weapons will appear in the second half of this rotation, specifically used to deal with magic troops.
This weapon series was jointly developed by the research institute and the Redstone Magic Equipment Factory.
The anti-magic devices previously provided by the Magic Equipment Factory were very ineffective, especially the wooden casing, which was unpopular with soldiers. Half of the failures and damage came from daily handling.
After the garrison put forward the demand for improved procurement, the institute took the lead and the magic equipment factory provided the core magic array and produced a new magic-forbidden series named "Styx".
The River Styx is a real place. It is said that somewhere in the demon world, it has a natural ban on demons. Moreover, the water body is special and can easily drown creatures that can swim. It also has an effect. The drowned creature will be transformed into a spirit body if the body has a certain strength. This kind of spirit body evolves from absorbing magic power naturally. The spirit body is more stable and can be called the holy river of the necromantic system.
As a new weapon series, Styx learned the cat style, and there were two different models when it was released.
Styx is divided into individual soldier version and artillery version.
The individual version is actually a grenade, but its purpose is not to kill but to destroy the magic effect. The effect is instantaneous and does not have the previous function of continuously interfering with the source of magic casting.
For example, there is a freezing technique among the third-level spells, which can freeze the enemy and gradually form an ice coffin. It sounds very powerful at first, but in fact the process is quite slow. Even if it is used on people of ordinary size, it will take two seconds. It takes ten seconds for the human body to enter a state of hypothermia, and many mages will use it instead of slowness.
Magic is involved in the entire process of lowering the temperature and spreading of ice crystals in the freezing technique. At this time, as long as you throw a Styx grenade next to it, you can immediately remove the subsequent freezing. Of course, the premise is that the temperature and humidity will not allow the ice crystals to grow naturally. The solid ice that has been generated must be removed by the soldiers themselves or dried by the fire. If the soldiers have hypothermia, they still need first aid.
It's called a grenade, but it doesn't explode, and it's not disposable. It can be recharged when you pick it up. In order to ensure that it will work even if it is thrown out, there will be a small bright spot simulating a diode light when charging, indicating whether there is a fault in the magic circuit.
The artillery version is even more powerful, it’s a mortar!
There is no distinction between guns and guns, but mortars are the prettier ones.
Generally, guns and cannons using solid shells use the kinetic energy equation mv^2/2 to calculate kinetic energy, and even additional explosions must be related to kinetic energy.
In this series of mortars, the lethality caused by the kinetic energy of the shells is basically negligible, and it relies heavily on the fragmentation damage caused by the explosion. Regardless of production and combat, there are great differences between mortars and ordinary guns.
The manufacturing bureau affiliated with the institute is already able to make guns and machine cannons. There are only technological breakthroughs and related materials to make for cannons. Mortars are a relatively new field. With this weapon development and subsequent frontline feedback, It would be better to do some accumulation.
The effect of the artillery version of Styx is different from the hand-thrown version. It has a short-term range-type strong interference. The closer to the explosion center, the stronger the destructive power to magic. In theory, if you are close to its explosion point, you can directly Destroying a mage's magic circuit in his body would prevent him from casting spells for days or even months.
Unfortunately, because human experiments are prohibited, this effect cannot be directly verified with current technical capabilities.
The ban on human experimentation is not a case of Mary's disease, because it is a necessary rule to protect the lives of the people at the bottom.
As a hypothesis, if there is a project to digitize human consciousness now, and it is the only project that can determine its feasibility under the current technical strength, every time this project consumes a "living and thinking" human brain, it can By advancing the project to 1E-10, which means "only" consuming 10 billion human brains, countless humans will be able to live forever in the digital world in the future.
In this case, rich people all over the world who want to live forever will take action. If there are no rules related to human experimentation, the emergence of human brain traffickers can be said to be the inevitable result, and even multinational companies that train children to sell human brains will inevitably appear.
Therefore, there must be strict regulations on human experiments. Even if you volunteer, you can only participate in low-risk experiments. The Styx mortar is obviously not low-risk, because unlike grenades, it can really explode, even if it does not rely on it. Fragments can kill people even if they are close.
This series is replacing the previous wooden box directional magic-blocking device, and the real individual grenade is still under development.
Using magic to make a grenade is a pretty good match, but the initial cost is still a bit high.
Of course, for Wang Qi, who prints his own money, cost is not the main consideration. What really makes him abandon the magic grenade plan is production efficiency.
At this stage, at least half of the work in the production of magic circuits needs to be done manually. The tens of thousands of magic circuits such as guns and charging devices have almost squeezed the manufacturing bureau's production capacity of magic products. The magic ammunition of the Eagle pistol and the Styx mortar shells were all outsourced to the magic prop shops in Junction City and Blackwater City.
Guns and charging devices can be used repeatedly, and the warheads used have no magic properties. One round can last for several years, so that the manufacturing bureau has a certain amount of time to cooperate with the research institute and Xincheng Heavy Industries to improve the industrial processing system. If magic is added Once consumables like grenades are introduced, the Manufacturing Bureau, a relatively small organization, will basically be useless.
