[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-the-king-of-technology":3,"chapter-i-m-the-king-of-technology-i-m-the-king-of-technology-chapter-1081":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I'm the King Of Technology",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},973785,1270,"Chapter 1081 - Testing Grounds!","i-m-the-king-of-technology-chapter-1081",1081,"\u003Cp>At this very moment, the entire place fell into a deep silence as many clutched their hearts anxiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes. It was indeed the winter season, but everyone’s hearts were on fire as if it were summer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lead military researcher raised God and majestically while pointing at the contraptions before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, I bring you our latest creations of war, the Ballista and the Catapult!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~Clap! Clap! Clap!~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone clapped at the mighty names chosen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, the lead researcher turned to the soldiers standing by the contractions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Up first, we shall begin by testing the Ballistas. Soldiers! Start Mounting the arrows immediately!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\" The soldiers tried before saluting in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, some began moving, aiming for the target 500 yards (460m) away from them, while others targeted the ones very close by instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had created several wooden stick men and placed them about in all sorts of directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Adjust the direction and height to a 45-degree angle towards the targets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Place arrows in the center!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Move the levers anti-clockwise to draw the arrow backwards.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The men hurriedly did as they were told, submerging themselves into their own little world, heightening the audience’s expectation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when they were finally ready for action, all units around the many Ballistas made their move!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hold... Hold... Fire!!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~Swish!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several huge and thick metal arrows swiftly whistled through the air in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~Boom!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bullseye!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The poor wooden figures couldn’t survive at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What???!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This...this... how could this be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(°0°)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-silence-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire place fell into a deep silence as they imagined what would’ve happened if they were the ones to take on such an attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their hearts pounded uncontrollably as fear quickly inched its way into their very souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>F***!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than taking it head-on, they would prefer to get shot by a normal arrow, alright?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was just too gruesome!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the all-star before them, they now had a whole new level of respect for these devices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What else could they say?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything that could produce such damage was a deadly one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the wooden corpses very close by, they had shattered into tiny pieces, literally splitting into half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the human body had a little more hold, but they still felt like the results would be fairly close too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One should know that the researchers had tested the massive arrows used here until they found a substantial balance to it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the arrow was too heavy, it might not be able to fly too far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the arrow couldn’t be light because it had to have a certain weight that could do the damage it was supposed to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>F***!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there were humans there, they would’ve been picked by the arrows like meat on sticks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No! They might not even have gotten picked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no doubt about it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That arrow might have torn half of a person’s waist off cleanly as if a beast had taken a chunk out of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it pierced someone’s neck, the sheer force and everything else alone would’ve severed the neck off the head as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the most amazing thing was that if it got shot into a crowd, at least 6~7 people would get injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ballista had been made in several sizes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were even some that could take arrows as long as spears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again, the longer the arrows weighed slightly more than the arm-lengthed ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked at the practice field filled with shattered pieces and couldn’t help gulping down their saliva in awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Penelope and the Royals were also satisfied as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, it was time to test it on live targets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Move on to phase 2!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, the scene became livelier again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t think that everyone here was blind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the field, apart from several wooden stick men scattered around, there were also several fenced areas made with sticks too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For today’s show, It was essential for these soldiers to fully understand how the weapons would affect their enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wooden objects could shatter from cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the body had good, elastic skin and other things that wouldn’t make it break like glass or wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soldiers who would be the ones risking their lives out there, it was good for them to understand the bite-size of these arrows too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The researchers knew that these arrows could chunk out half of a person’s waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the soldiers didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was to show them to the full might of these weapons!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone’s hearts raced nonstop as they watched their contacts mount another round of arrows on the ballistas, ready to make their moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh my God!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were nervous as hell as if they were the ones getting shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This... Will the injured rabbits survive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would the situation be similar to their guesses?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the biggest mystery to them now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian clenched his seat in excitement, leaning forward as hard as he could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire body was boiling and surging in expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it did what the researchers said it would, then how great would that be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling his early days when he was younger, he couldn’t help but wish that their generation had done something amazing like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To think that all these youngsters, who were now Monarchs or future monarchs (Astar), would team up and do something like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, this was no longer his era but that of his grandchildren!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was their time to shine!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~Vuum!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Levers pulled and steady, target locked!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Release arrows in 3... 2... 1... Fire!!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",934,"2026-06-03T07:55:41.120Z","2026-06-03T07:55:45.346Z",1,"novelbin.me","83bfcd1195efeb0afaa0c09fa2f2e511b2d9192aa220f76e7dd7b4898a1f1998","i-m-the-king-of-technology-chapter-1082","i-m-the-king-of-technology-chapter-1080",1977,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-the-king-of-technology-cover.jpg"]