Chapter 86: God's Eye View, Bird's-Eye Perspective

Third floor of the Keji Bolan Zhongxin.

Outdoor extended terrace.

A massive safety net enclosed a patch of open ground.

A long queue formed outside the net.

Lin Xuan held Xiao Sizi's hand, stopping at the entrance to the experience zone.

Scan the code, pay.

A staff member handed over a black semi-enclosed head-mounted display.

Two thick liquid crystal lenses were mounted at the front, with a rugged appearance.

Lin Xuan took the headset, squatting down halfway.

He placed the device over Xiao Sizi's head, fastened the strap at the back of her head, and turned the knob to tighten it.

"This is called VR glasses, do you remember?"

Xiao Sizi thought for a moment before answering: "Is it the toy from that 'Out-of-Body Soul Projection' technique before?"

"That's right, except this one connects to the eyes of that machine in the sky."

"The higher it flies, the farther you can see."

Xiao Sizi held the somewhat heavy headset with both hands and nodded.

Inside the net, an FPV Chuanyuanji with an extremely short axle distance sat on a takeoff pad.

Four carbon fiber propeller blades shimmered with cold light in the sunlight.

A staff member stood aside, gripping a complex professional Remote Control with both hands.

His thumb hooked onto the throttle stick.

"Ready... take off!" the staff member called out.

His thumb shoved upward suddenly.

Vroom—!

The Chuanyuanji shot up from the ground, like an arrow leaving the bowstring, piercing straight into the clouds.

Darkness filled Xiao Sizi's vision, then the screen lit up instantly.

A strong sensation of visual weightlessness surged, and her body swayed along with it.

Lin Xuan steadied her shoulders firmly with both hands.

The view inside the headset rose rapidly.

The grand cityscape unfolded layer by layer beneath the line of sight.

Piercing through the clouds, soaring over the skyscrapers.

Those Glass curtain walls reaching into the sky, the crisscrossing overpasses, all turned into tiny geometric shapes beneath their feet in this moment.

Cars on the roads moved slowly like beetles.

A wide bridge spanning the river stretched across the far end of the view.

"Brother!" Xiao Sizi gripped Lin Xuan's arm tightly, lifting her face.

Her childish voice held uncontrollable excitement and agitation.

"Sizi is flying! Flying in the sky!"

Great Tang Taiji Hall.

The Sky Screen image synchronized, cutting into the first-person view of the Chuanyuanji.

The entire court exhaled a collective sharp intake of breath.

Several elderly civil officials felt a wave of intense dizziness, their legs went weak, and they collapsed directly onto the bluestone floor.

Li Jing rushed out from the ranks of the martial generals.

The Great Tang God of War completely ignored the prosperity of the future city.

In his mind, only one extremely ruthless military simulation remained.

"Bird's-eye view! This is a bird's-eye view from Jiutian!"

He strode a few steps to the sand table in the center of the hall.

He pressed both hands on the edge of the sand table, unaware that wood splinters had pierced his palms.

"The Art of War says, if one does not know the form of mountains, forests, dangerous obstacles, and marshes, one cannot march an army."

Li Jing pointed at the mountain model on the sand table, "We arrange troops and formations, guarding against ambushes in deep mountains, fearing hidden sentries in dense forests."

"Mountains block the line of sight; a single river can hide thousands of soldiers and ten thousand horses."

"But if such a divine object ascends into the sky, what secrets of the world's terrain remain?"

"Where the enemy's main camp is hidden in a mountain hollow, where grain and fodder are stockpiled, how troops are deployed—all visible at a single glance."

"In this world, where cannot we go! Which city cannot be broken!"

Hearing this, Cheng Yaojin swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"Good heavens... if we could put this up for a look before a battle."

"The Turkic Khan's yurt would be like a woman stripped of her clothes, fully exposed beneath our blades."

Great Han Weiyang Palace.

Han Xin, the God of War, stood in the vast plaza before the hall.

Suddenly, he burst into loud laughter, the sound radiating wild abandon.

"Fighting with one's back to the river, openly repairing the plank roads while secretly crossing Chencang."

"Before the eyes of Heaven, all stratagems are but jokes."

"See it clearly, then just crush right over it."

"This is the ultimate method of the military!"

Great Tang.

Upon the Danbi.

Li Shimin walked to Li Jing's side.

He looked at the sand table, then raised his head to gaze at the Sky Screen.

"Scouts to clear the path: ten go, two return."

"Lying in the grass, filling the enemy's hidden arrows with our lives, still cannot ascertain the truth a hundred li away."

"Because the eyes of mortals grow too low."

Li Shimin turned around, facing the full court of civil and military officials.

In the documentary Lin Xuan had played earlier, one term now exploded brightly in the Eternal Emperor's mind.

"Air superiority!" Li Shimin spat out three words.

Silence filled the great hall.

"Stand high, see all."

"Whoever controls the eyes in the sky can unilaterally slaughter the blind on the ground."

Though drones cannot be built yet, there are plenty of other ways to seize air superiority.

As long as we can obtain low-altitude vision.

Thus, Li Shimin shouted: "Issue the Ministry of War's order!"

Li Ji, Minister of the Ministry of War, stepped out of the ranks and knelt on one knee.

"From this day forward, when the Great Tang marches and fights, do not detour around mountains; the priority is to seize the peaks!"

"When setting up camp, you must choose the highest ground in the surrounding area!"

Li Shimin waved his arm, decisively, "For the entire army's scout camps, add the position of 'Climbing High'."

"Meet a mountain, climb to the summit; meet a tree, climb the tree."

"We must place the eyes at the highest point!"

Li Shimin shifted his gaze to the Minister of the Ministry of Works.

"Ministry of Works!"

"Your subject is here." The Minister of the Ministry of Works sweated profusely.

"Research and build watchtowers for me! Watchtowers higher than city walls! Construct giant paper kites capable of lifting scouts into the sky!"

Li Shimin was ambitious: "Later generations use mechanisms to fly; even if the Great Tang must pile up wood, we will send the scouts up."

"No matter how much money and grain it costs, I want the Great Tang's eyes to be one zhang higher than the enemy's!"

The terrace of the Exhibition Center.

Beep—!

The Remote Control in the staff member's hand emitted a low-battery warning.

The terrace of the Exhibition Center.

Beep—!

The Remote Control in the staff member's hand emitted a low-battery warning.

He pushed the joystick.

The FPV drone completed a beautiful roll in the air.

Cutting the power, it plummeted rapidly from hundreds of meters high.

As it neared the ground, the motors restarted, and the propellers reversed to slow down.

The machine landed steadily on the takeoff pad, kicking up a gust of air.

Lin Xuan pressed the latch behind the headset, unfastening the straps.

He took the heavy VR glasses off Xiao Sizi's head and handed them back to the staff member.

Sunlight stabbed into his eyes again.

Xiao Sizi squinted.

Her cheeks were flushed, and a layer of fine sweat seeped from her nose tip.

"Are you dizzy?" Lin Xuan took out a tissue and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

This first-person perspective high-speed flight would cause intense dizziness even for adults on their first experience.

Xiao Sizi shook her head.

She breathed in the air deeply.

She looked at the blue sky.

The extreme visual impact of looking down on all beings and controlling everything just now was deeply imprinted in her mind.

Xiao Sizi grabbed the hem of Lin Xuan's clothes.

"Brother, in the future, can I fly again?"

Lin Xuan crumpled the used tissue into a ball and accurately threw it into the trash can three meters away.

"Of course you can."

"Study hard, understand the formulas inside those machines, and later I'll take you to fly a real plane."

Xiao Sizi nodded vigorously.

The evening wind blew across the terrace.

Tourists inside the exhibition hall began to surge outward.

Lin Xuan glanced at the time on his Mobile Phone.

He took Xiao Sizi's hand and walked toward the main gate of the exhibition hall.

"Let's go, we'll have dinner outside."

"After eating, I'll take you to see an even better lantern festival."