Located southeast of the underground stronghold where Gao Yuan lives, about 900 miles away, there is a small mountain range that stretches for dozens of miles.
In early spring in the northern region, even now during the day, the temperature is below freezing.
Therefore, this long-uninhabited mountain range is still covered by endless white snow.
At this moment, a small black dot quietly appeared at the end of the sky somewhere in the northwest.
As soon as the latter appeared, they flew towards the mountain range from far to near at high speed.
Not long after, this small dot came to the sky above the mountain range, and a tall figure appeared, all wrapped in a wide black cloak.
The sun had just risen at this time, spreading countless golden rays of light.
The golden sunlight shines on the face of this tall figure, and the shiny metallic luster can be vaguely reflected from it.
I saw this figure, stopping awkwardly and quietly floating in mid-air, a hundred feet above the ground.
After a slight pause, it suddenly began to accelerate, circling a small hill below and circling several times quickly.
Then, as if he had found the right target, he slowed down and stopped, paused for a breath or two, and then fell straight down into a relatively empty open space.
…
After this figure landed on the ground, he paused for a moment, and then quickly became busy.
What's a little weird is that although this figure performs every action, it is very fast.
But after each action, there is always a short pause of about one breath.
Therefore, although his body posture and movements are vigorous, there is always a faint sense of stiffness and disharmony in the connection.
He first took out a dozen straight pillars with pointed bottoms, about ten feet long, from the storage bag on his waist.
These sharp-bottomed pillars were firmly inserted into the ground in the hands of the figure. They were separated by a distance of seven to eight feet and formed a neat horizontal row.
Then I saw the figure put his hand on his waist again, and directly took out a thick stack of various talismans.
I saw the figures holding these talismans in their hands and activating each one, and then attached them to the middle area of these pillars one by one.
In an instant, along with the vibrations in the void caused by the disturbance of the surrounding heaven and earth's vitality, talismans of different colors emerged out of thin air with these pointed pillars as the center.
Each transformed into layers of mask-shaped energy fields of different shapes, covering these stone pillars.
After doing all this, the figure stood there and paused for a moment.
Then his body flashed a few times and he flew back several feet away.
He was seen standing still in place, and paused briefly for about a breath.
Then he saw two slender arms sticking out from his wide cloak, pointing in the direction of the first pointed pillar on the opposite side.
What's a little strange is that the arms of this figure are not only too long, but also too long.
On its surface, it shows a strange blue-black color.
Under the surrounding sunlight, the latter still has a faint metallic luster.
"Buzz!"
At this moment, a low "Weng" sound was heard, coming from under the figure's broad cloak.
In less than two breaths, a fiery red flash of light suddenly erupted from the front of the figure's two arms raised flatly.
Along with the surrounding void, there was a faint vibration.
Then a dazzling crimson light pillar was seen shooting out from the front of the figure's arm.
It hit directly in the direction of his finger, which covered the fuzzy energy field around the pointed pillar.
"boom!"
A loud, faintly vibrating sound was heard coming from the direction of the pointed pillar.
Countless violently churning flames expanded from the crimson light pillar.
It turned into streaks of fire that soared into the sky, swallowing and submerging the space around the pointed pillar in an instant.
"puff!"
"Crack!"
Just listen to a series of slight energy explosions, covered by brilliant firelight.
The surface of the energy fields protecting the pointed pillar shook violently like water waves, and then dispersed.
And this pointed pillar, which had lost the protection of these energy fields and was completely exposed, was naturally not immune. It exploded into pieces under the agitation of violent energy turbulence.
"Wow~!"
"Buzz..."
Accompanied by a small crashing sound, a translucent shock wave visible to the naked eye spread out in all directions with the exploded sharp-bottomed column as the center.
It spread to hundreds of meters away before completely dissipating.
After a brief pause, the tops of the surrounding hills were affected by the shock wave.
The white snow covering everything began to shake slightly, as if being shaken.
In the blink of an eye, these small-scale vibrations gradually expanded, and eventually turned into vibrations that affected the entire mountain.
There's an avalanche!
Countless amounts of snow, like surging waves, swarmed down from the tops of these peaks.
They all piled up towards the open space under the mountain peak, stirring up snowflakes and dust all over the sky.
However, the tall figure who was the initiator of all this seemed not to care about what was happening around him.
From the front of its dark and shiny palm, beams of light of different colors burst out from time to time.
One after another, they bombarded away in the direction of several other sharp-bottomed pillars.
In just a few breaths, these pillars covered with talisman energy fields were turned into debris all over the ground.
The resulting shock caused avalanches to expand on the surrounding mountains.
A large amount of snow rolled down from the top of the mountain. After being piled up repeatedly, it finally converged into several white and gray rolling torrents, all rushing towards the direction of the tall figure.
However, the latter still seemed to have not seen the change.
I saw him blasting out light pillars of different colors one after another, smashing each of these sharp-bottomed pillars, and then stood there and paused for another breath or so.
Then, before the surrounding gray-white snow surged into the surroundings, it suddenly flew into the air, and then quietly suspended in mid-air about a foot above the ground.
"Qiang! Qiang!"
"Qiang! Qiang!"
At this moment, a few overlapping sounds were heard, the crisp sound of gold and iron rubbing against each other.
At the same time, on each of the hands and feet of this figure, a sharp blade about five feet long with a cold light on the surface was seen popping out from the ends of his limbs.
After another brief pause, I saw the figure's body suddenly spinning and dancing with some strange rhythm, like a top.
And the four sharp blades extending from the ends of its limbs each reflected the bright light of the sword under the sunlight.
As the figure dances, the latter appears as bright spots of light flashing at high speeds on the surrounding ground.
I saw this figure dancing on the spot for a moment, and then suddenly rushed out with accelerating speed.
Moving at high speed, his entire body turned into a black phantom.
Facing the gray-white snow waves rolling down from the mountain peaks on the side, formed by countless collapsed snow blocks, it rushed away and was instantly submerged by the latter.
In an instant, it was like waves hitting a rock.
I saw countless snowflakes, each flying in the opposite direction under the dance of the figure's sword.
Wherever the human figure goes, whether it is a huge rock as hard as iron or a giant tree towering into the clouds.
Under the slashing strikes of the dancing figures' swords, they were easily cut into countless pieces, as if they were devastating.
Each of them flew away into the distance accompanied by scattered snowflakes.
After a moment, the figure's high-speed dancing movement suddenly stopped.
The snowflakes that were originally thrown high following his movements suddenly fell around the figure like raindrops.
The latter paused on the spot for another breath, then suddenly rose into the sky.
In an instant, it turned into a black light and shadow, flying away at high speed towards the northwest.
…
Underground stronghold.
In the weapon refining workshop.
Gao Yuanzheng's eyes were slightly closed, and he was sitting back in the large stone high-backed chair behind him.
On the table in front of him, there was a jade-white disc-shaped object about two feet in size.
The surface and extended parts of the latter are each imprinted with mysterious lines.
In the center of it is an energy supply base module forged from the top-quality 'Elemental Power Affinity Device Embryos'.
At this time, there are five brand new intermediate spirit stones, firmly placed in the five grooves in the middle of the energy supply base module.
I saw bright streams of light pouring out from this energy supply base module from time to time.
It is continuously integrated into the mysterious lines densely surrounding it.
Eventually it turned into waves of obscure fluctuations and dissipated into the surrounding void.
…
I don't know how long it took, but in a passage to the outside of the underground stronghold, there was a sudden rumble of the external stone door being opened.
After a while, a figure shrouded in a black cloak quickly walked through the halls and rooms, entered the weapon refining workshop in a flash, and stood two meters in front of Gao Yuan.
Surprisingly, it was the tall figure who was making all kinds of incredible moves in the depths of the wild forest just now.
Gao Yuan opened his eyes and glanced at the latter slightly.
This puppet he seized from the 'Deacon of Feilong City' was also included in the jade slip that recorded more than ten kinds of puppet drawings. It was called the 'No. 4 Humanoid Comprehensive Combat Puppet'.
Compared with before going out in the morning, the appearance of this puppet, except for some dirt on the outer cloak, had almost no changes.
Gao Yuan nodded with satisfaction, then he leaned forward slightly and took off the cloak covering the puppet and the storage bag on his waist.
Then he squeezed the secrets with his right hand and tapped lightly on the puppet.
Following his movements, the puppet's body trembled slightly and suddenly began to shrink rapidly toward its chest.
In an instant, it turned into a metal sphere less than a foot in diameter.
After a slight pause, the metal sphere flew up lightly and sank directly into the storage bag on Gao Yuan's waist.
"Based on the power test we just conducted, the power of the several six-level attack talisman arrays integrated inside this puppet is pretty good even if you look at the entire Kaiyuan Realm!"
"It only takes less than three breaths of preparation time to condense these talisman arrays into attacks that are as powerful as the spells I used to cast instantly in the 'Heart Curse' mode when I was in the Kaiyuan Realm."
"Although an attack of this level, if taken alone, can only be said to be average among monks in the late Kaiyuan realm, and it does not have much deterrent effect."
"But if we use the puppet control techniques recorded in the captured "Hua Nian Jue" to activate more than ten such puppets at the same time."
"Once these puppets can form effective cooperation with each other and launch systematic and continuous cluster attacks, their lethality will be greatly improved on the original basis!"
"Especially according to the planned attack rhythm, we take advantage of the cluster attack to make the attack continuous without interruption!"
"Then its value in actual combat will undoubtedly be greatly improved!"
"Even the 'Flying Dragon City Deacons' who were hunted by me before, or the 'pious people' of 'Ember', if they were unprepared and rashly encountered this level of siege, they would have to bear a lot of pressure.
If you don’t pay attention, you will suffer big losses!”
"It's just that in this way, the cost of each battle will inevitably increase significantly!"
"It's okay to just use it to deal with ordinary opponents. Once you encounter such a strong opponent, the puppet cannot be as flexible as a human. In the process of fighting against each other, if the reaction is a little slower, the puppet will inevitably be destroyed.
Case!"
"Take this puppet as an example. Even if I refine all the embryos myself, the cumulative cost of all materials will be at least 20,000 intermediate spirit stones!"
"In this case, it would be better to use the 'Excellent Talisman' to fight directly, which will be more labor-saving and efficient."
Recalling the synchronized images in his mind that had just passed through the 'message' talisman array, Gao Yuan softly commented a few words.
When he thought of the words 'top quality talisman', his heart suddenly moved.
"yes!"
"The power of the sixth-level attack talisman array is indeed not very high, but this problem can be directly replaced by the 'top quality talisman'!"
"Just like the 'Spherical Combat Puppet' I refined before, when the talisman array is scarce, I directly use various talismans to indirectly replace the talisman array that cannot be drawn, so as to achieve the corresponding function!"
"Well, this is a good idea!"
"You might as well follow this idea later and extend it further!"
"It's okay for the prototype to be simple. We just need to build a simple prototype platform based on the 'Spirit Mapping Array'."
"Once we can achieve the purpose of activating the talisman from a long distance with the help of the 'spiritual mapping talisman array', it will be considered a great success!"
"With the strength of my spiritual consciousness that has undergone qualitative changes now, even if I am distracted and control twenty puppets to launch attacks at the same time, it will not have much impact on my own battle."
"And if we can use the hands of puppets to mobilize twenty "top-quality talismans" to attack at the same time..."
"Hiss~!"
When he thought of this, Gao Yuan suddenly took a breath.
He has never fought against other Hunyuan realm monks and has no specific idea yet about their strength.
But as far as he is concerned, if he is faced with the bombardment of twenty "top quality talismans" at the same time, even if he uses all his methods, he has little confidence that he can escape unscathed!
"Well, you have to give this route a try!"
"If possible, it will be able to greatly make up for the huge gap in combat effectiveness when I first entered the Hunyuan Realm!"
The more Gao Yuan thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, and the more excited he became.
…
He shook his head and forced his scattered thoughts back.
Gao Yuan finally focused his attention on the disc-shaped object on the table in front of him.
This is because he was inspired by several newly captured talisman arrays, and also borrowed some of the communication principles of talismans such as the 'Wanli Talisman'.
A self-designed and refined 'spiritual thought/spiritual consciousness long-distance delivery and reception device'.
In short, this device is an alien version of a remote control device.
The only difference is that the 'source' of this device is changed from the common electronic signals on the earth to the fluctuations of the monk's 'spiritual consciousness'.
The transmission medium of the 'signal' has also been changed from the electromagnetic waves on the earth to the vitality of the world.
According to early tests, this 'remote control device' can convert the user's spiritual thoughts or consciousness signals through several internal talisman arrays, and then 'broadcast' them to the surroundings in a special form.
Only terminals equipped with corresponding symbol arrays can receive and process this special 'signal', and ultimately realize the remote control function.
According to the test just now with the help of this puppet, the intended functions of this device in the early testing stage have basically been realized.
Regardless of whether it was thousands of miles away, a distance far beyond the coverage of his spiritual consciousness, through this remote control device, he issued various action instructions to the 'Humanoid Comprehensive Combat Puppet No. 4'.
At the same time, with the help of the 'transmission array' installed inside the puppet, various on-site images received by it through various sensing modules can be transmitted back to Gaoyuan thousands of miles away.
"Overall, the effects in all aspects are pretty good."
He whispered to himself in conclusion, and then as if he remembered something, he added with a slight frown:
“Except for the lag being a bit big!”
That's right, during the test just now, he encountered an unexpected situation.
That is the corresponding communication delay problem when remote control is performed.
Moreover, this delay is a little bit large, almost one breath, maybe less than two seconds.
And if he uses the environmental parameters returned by the puppet and issues corresponding action instructions to it, this delay will double again, reaching about three to four seconds.
And it is precisely because of this higher delay that when he controlled the puppet's actions from a distance before, the latter would always experience an inconsistent lag in the connection of various actions.
In fact, if it weren't for this 'Humanoid Comprehensive Combat Puppet No. 4', its design would have been very perfect.
For many simple actions such as walking, flying, and close-range continuous attacks, very simple command modules have been preset through the talisman array.
If this were not the case, then his performance would only be even worse when he performed remote control just now.
And if this delay problem cannot be solved, then the "unmanned puppet" combat plan he had conceived in a flash of inspiration will not be implemented.
After all, with a delay of nearly four seconds, even playing games on Earth in the previous life would have been extremely uncomfortable.
Not to mention that he wants to apply this function in actual combat that requires rapid and continuous response!
"Well, this delay problem, as well as the problem of using puppets to activate the 'Excellent Talisman', both have great practical value."
"It just so happens that I have some time right now, so I have to study it carefully and solve it."
Gao Yuan sat back on the high-backed chair, adjusted his sitting posture slightly, then touched his chin thoughtfully, and whispered to himself.
"However, even if the delay problem cannot be solved in the end and the 'unmanned puppet' combat plan cannot be implemented, this 'spiritual consciousness long-distance delivery device' still has great merits."
"At least until the delay problem is solved, there is no problem in installing a complete monitoring system near the home!"
“This way, every time I go out, I don’t have to worry about being robbed without knowing it!”
"At the same time, it also saves me the work of doing all kinds of reconnaissance around the house and being careful about ambushes every time I come back!"
While his mind was spinning, Gao Yuan took out the jade slip that recorded various 'talisman formations' and began to study it carefully.