Chapter 199 - 196: Taboo
"Battleships? Flying boats?"
Zhang Lihuo, Si Tianyan, and Guan Xingyun all sighed in relief.
However...
"If we were to use the designs and materials of the Floating Island to build flying boats and battleships, their flying speed would inevitably be slow. Even if we supplemented them with other materials, it would still not be possible to exceed the speed of a Divinity Transformation Great Cultivator’s flying sword, let alone a Primordial Spirit True Monarch. In front of a Primordial Spirit True Monarch, these flying boats and battleships would just be sitting ducks..."
Zhang Lihuo said, pausing for a moment: "Back in the day, the reason for constructing floating islands was to use them as mobile air bases, the symbolic meaning outweighing their combat significance. Coupled with the mature Heavenly Dragon technology of the Holy Realm, each departure of the floating islands was surely accompanied by Heavenly Dragon escorts, hence the legend of the Twelve Floating Islands. But after that period, no Heavenly Master forces would go to great lengths to allocate resources towards producing floating islands again."
"Heavenly Dragon escort?"
Gu Jinlai laughed: "What if I were to install a dozen, or even several dozen short-range defense cannons on the flying boats or battleships? How would the flying swords of Primordial Spirit True Monarchs then break through the defenses and destroy the flying boats and battleships?"
"Installing short-range defense cannons?"
Si Tianyan’s mind stirred, quickly coming up with something: "Is Heavenly Monarch Gu trying to use this method to threaten the Primordial Spirit True Monarchs, to avoid being only defensively passive against those who can control swords and navigate the Void?"
"That’s the idea, but the specifics will depend on costs, feasibility, and various other factors."