Chapter 46: The Great Practice

After rallying the people’s passion, it’s time to move on to the actual arming phase.

Gunpowder weapons do not align with the Edenites’ current “green” ethos, and precision machinery is hard to quickly popularize with the Art of the Great — relying solely on physical laws falls short of power requirements, while using thought-projected laws can’t easily construct complex structures.

Directly applying the development of historical civilization to Edenite civilization would likely be impractical.

However, Adam had already shifted his thinking.

The concept he plans to demonstrate next will elevate the use of the Great Arts to a new level… provided the Edenites don’t regard it as “black technology” due to excessive external interference.

The first step is to obtain the first batch of printed paper from Leonardo da Vinci.

“Though I wouldn’t complain about you shortening the timeline as a genius, the final product has some flaws, and its long-term preservation needs improvement.”

Handing Adam a stack of rough-textured, faintly yellow-green paper, Leonardo waved her finger as she spoke.

Obviously, her initial plan was to perfect the paper using Edenites’ advanced directed plant cultivation technology to leap thousands of years ahead. However, the changed requirements led her to hastily produce a temporary solution.

“It’s okay, we only need it for the initial steps. Yes, that looks about right. Jeanne, could you and Leonardo go forge the corresponding bronze parts for the Sumerians based on these drawings?”

“Oh, is this… designed based on dinosaurs?”

Leonardo, who leaned in to look at the drawings with Jeanne d’Arc · Alter, exclaimed.

The drawings professionally depicted armor shells based on Ankylosaurus scales and plates, spires resembling Triceratops horns, and triple-mounted scythe blades akin to Velociraptor claws.

“I’m somewhat a military person, though not knowledgeable about crafts, but these designs seem to have no practical value.”

“Correct, Jeanne. If defined by physical laws, that would be the case, by physical laws.”

“Hmph, all secretive. Anyway, I’ll help with smelting the metals.”

Jeanne d’Arc · Alter, hiding her eagerness to immediately know the answer, firmly picked up Leonardo, who was still earnestly studying the design, and headed off despite her protests.

Remaining near the small Tree of Life and Adam were Jacob and his assistant, and Drake, who had not been assigned a task and was casually drinking Adam’s special malt beer. After all, her expertise in navigation wasn’t urgently needed yet.

“If you’re not planning to make firearms and cannons, how do you intend to resolve the issue of training? Sumerians aren’t like the Tyrannosaurus clan of Edenites who can spend nearly a century focusing on martial skills, and if you include the people of Larlag, they lack any tradition of studying combat techniques. Using them against summoned divine warriors and elite soldiers seems a bit forced.”

“Even if we were to create firearms, in this divine era where any physically trained man can jump several meters from a standstill, I really doubt someone could stop bullets with their pectoral muscles. Moreover, the Edenite system isn’t suited for explosions and flames; they often outsource metal smelting to Sumerians.”

Adam shrugged.

At least by Edenite standards, pre-WWII firearms would be somewhat ineffective, cannons might work, but not against dinosaur troops.

Sumerians would be much weaker, but in this war, with gods supporting the enemy, blessings and gifts would likely be generously bestowed.

Rather than clumsily applying ineffective methods, it’s better to properly arm the soldiers of Larlag city with the Great Arts, tailored to the current civilization.

While conversing with Drake, Adam didn’t idle.

He was inputting manufacturing templates into the small Tree of Life, changing the design of all newly made Kabbalah tree seeds and converting existing species.

A precision design currently beyond the Edenites’ technical ability.

Planting seeds named “Armed Tree Species” could directly grow armor linings of softwood, shield shapes with grooves of hard thick wood resembling Pachycephalosaurus heads, and long handles.

After setting everything, Edenites only need to follow the usual process to obtain seeds and use the Great Arts for rapid maturation.

For them to replicate a new production line on their own would likely require scholarly analysis and understanding, followed by spreading the zeitgeist over time. If deviations occur during this process, the entire technology might become a black box, damaging Edenites’ independence as a civilization.

Extra effort is indeed needed, but it’s a way to quickly equip a large number of units — the metal parts only need to be cast according to the template, and any issues can be resolved by Leonardo finding suitable solutions.

Finally, assembling both parts would produce the finished product.

Ankylosaurus-inspired armor, Triceratops-inspired shields, Velociraptor-inspired scythes, collectively called Eden Standard Bionic Armament.

These were not products of Adam’s sudden inspiration but part of his long-term planning.

From teaching martial arts to Edenites, he had already envisioned their future development path.

Edenites defined martial arts as an extension of the Art of the Great, its essence being to mimic the forms of all living beings and natural phenomena to align with corresponding concepts, ultimately drawing closer to Gaia (the planet) itself.

When they sufficiently understand “mimicry,” or when the entire community believes imitation can grant strength, they can move to extending “mimicry” to external objects.

Creating armor based on Ankylosaurus grants similar defensive capabilities.

Creating shields based on Triceratops provides strong charge and counter-charge bonuses.

Creating scythes based on Velociraptors ensures the ability to tear through anything and cause severe bleeding.

Fully arming oneself in imitation of dinosaurs also fills one with primal instincts, allowing even the weakest child to fight as if atop the food chain.

He hadn’t expected to use it for Sumerians first, especially when Edenites themselves hadn’t sufficiently accumulated experience in this area.

After manufacturing prototypes, Adam planned to use unconventional methods to anchor the rules in advance.

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