Chapter 2979: Golden Dragon Fighter Jets, Local Advantage

After resting, Xia Duo continued to review Saville's shared memories, but since it was over four years of memory, even if the time spent in the Library only accounted for a small portion, it was still a very vast duration.

By the time it was almost dawn, Xia Duo hadn't even finished half of it, but through reviewing the books in the Library within Saville's memories, his understanding of the Holy Golden Dragon Empire became much deeper.

That was indeed a very powerful opponent, or rather, an enemy.

The only thing to be thankful for was that, perhaps due to the strength of the individual, the development of Magic in the Holy Golden Dragon Empire did not head in the direction of Main Plane War Spells, but instead continued to strengthen individual Spellcasting ability.

Of course, it could also be that the small city Library where Saville stayed had limited materials and did not mention content regarding War Spells.

When it came to war, the most common scene in those books was "gold filling the sky"; Golden Dragons were not a minority in that Plane, and they often moved in groups, somewhat similar to the feeling of fighter jets on Earth.

Proficient in both long-range and close-range combat, they had not encountered an enemy capable of putting up a fight ever since the Elves submitted.

Through Saville's memories, Xia Duo had seen many war records from the perspective of a Golden Dragon; the combat process was indeed like a fighter jet, first receiving orders to take off toward the target area.

During the flight, they would receive more detailed target intelligence and strike orders, and upon reaching the target area, they could launch an attack on the target, usually medium-range beam strikes.

If there were special requirements, they could also close in for an attack, but these were still primarily based on Spells, with the dragon body used only for maneuvering during Spellcasting.

Of course, comprehensive strength is not just a parameter of whether one possesses cutting-edge power; there are also factors such as power regeneration speed and other aspects of war potential.

This type of portable War Spell Platform should definitely be considered an advanced cutting-edge industrial product, but in the Main Plane, as long as the number of Mages is sufficient, one can still offset the advantage of such advanced industry.

Although Saville did not discover any Strategic Weapon beyond the norm during his seven-plus years in the Holy Golden Dragon Empire, they had already developed true Magic Industry; Xia Duo really found it hard to believe that such a powerful civilization would not have any Strategic Weapons at all, as that did not conform to reason.

Or rather, whether it be a Floating City or a 【Thought Robe】, while they are indeed more advanced than the current Main Plane, they are not advanced to the point of creating an absolute generational gap.

The Main Plane has gods!

That is to say, as long as the theoretical level is comparable, even if the Holy Golden Dragon Empire's technical level is higher, it is impossible to cause a crushing effect on the Main Plane in terms of cutting-edge power.

Yet, the Main Plane side cannot attack the opponent's home territory and can only be beaten passively.

The Holy Golden Dragon Empire is the same; it is more that they are a large step ahead of the Main Plane in terms of technical application, but in terms of Magic Theory, they may not be much higher than the Main Plane.

Not to mention anything else, just the Main Plane's efficient apprentice-based Mage cultivation mechanism, how could it compare to others batch-cultivating them in groups through Magic Academies.

Fortunately, in the Magic world, individual power easily reaches the limit that industry can achieve, just like the 【Thought Robe】 Xia Duo manufactured in the Red Heart Alliance Projection Plane.

Therefore, in the Holy Golden Dragon Empire, flight vehicles are very popular; this initially stemmed from the Elves' need for the war against dragons, and later, after the dragons won, they did not reject humanoid forms, so these flight vehicles were preserved and further developed.

Of course, besides the currently uncertain local advantage, the Main Plane actually has an advantage that can almost be called absolute, and that is—

It is just that long-term defense is bound to fail; the war potential of an industrial nation is clearly higher than that of a classical agricultural nation, and even if the Holy Golden Dragon Empire fails to conquer after a long time, as long as it drags on for a period, the Main Plane side might collapse on its own.

By daytime, the Snow Melting Competition did not pause because of the Tower wanting to capture the existence suspected to be an alien dragon; Xia Duo and Niya continued to observe the competition.

The only chance of survival is to take advantage of the war to integrate all the power of the Main Plane and carry out industrialization; only an industrial nation can resist an industrial nation. (Improving resource production and mobilization efficiency, including Spellcaster resources)

Besides close-range and medium-range, there are also long-range strikes; the long-range here is completely different from the long-range of the Main Plane, more closely resembling the "beyond-visual-range" concept on Earth.

Of course, having them does not mean they can immediately be used to invade the Main Plane; the Holy Golden Dragon Empire has after all been at peace for a long time, and military preparedness may inevitably be lax, not to mention cross-Plane war; once they cannot get supplies, then even the most advanced technology may be offset by the local rapid recovery advantage.

At the same time, he himself was also pondering how the Main Plane should respond if that Holy Golden Dragon Empire really attacked.

Like the small city where Saville was initially located, the sky above the city at night often had Golden Dragons conducting flight competitions; in humanoid form, the competition naturally cannot do without the support of vehicles, but even in dragon form, vehicles are still needed.

From this perspective, the local advantage is even more obvious.

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Golden Dragons will equip external armor on their bodies; those armors have various functions, and besides basic Protection functions, they are almost all auxiliary flight functions.

Thinking it over, the Main Plane's only advantage might be the local advantage; in all other aspects, it is highly probable that it is inferior to the Holy Golden Dragon Empire.

These have already developed into a very complete and vast system, with a large number of Golden Dragon Mages engaged in related research; the paint material factory where Saville was initially located was merely a very small branch within this system.

The Floating City is the same principle; perhaps it possesses absolute crushing power on a local battlefield, but when placed in a total war between nations, there is no way to sweep everything away.

Such as reducing air resistance, accelerating propulsion, adjusting flight posture, and so on.

It is just like a classical agricultural nation on Earth facing an advanced industrial nation.

If it is only a one-strike power, as long as it is used up, and others recover while you do not, then it is useless.

Similar to the Lighthouse Nation and other countries on Earth, theories are actually shared by everyone, and only technology is individually possessed.

On Earth, with the same theory, the level of technical proficiency might be vastly different, but in the Magic world, Magic Theory can to a certain extent be directly converted into power, and converting power is actually the category of technology.

Based on the principle of preparing for the worst, Xia Duo also tended to believe that the other side possessed Strategic Weapons, only that the non-citizenry did not have the Permission Level and channels to know of the existence of such weapons.

Therefore, total war is far from something that one or two weapons can decide, unless those one or two weapons can settle everything for the opponent.

It was just that during the competition, he still maintained a Mind Link with Saville, continuing to receive the other party's memories regarding the Holy Golden Dragon Empire.