Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

The Star Dou Great Forest seems like you can enter anywhere, but most Soul Masters who aren't mentally unstable and aren't particularly strong basically follow the well-trodden paths established by generations of people.

On these established routes, the distribution of soul beast strength is quite clear. Unless you're extremely unlucky, the probability of encountering a high-level soul beast suddenly taking a stroll on these routes is significantly lower.

Walking along a somewhat familiar path, past somewhat familiar wooden warning signs, the deep and dark Starry Sky Forest, with its gaping maw that exudes a mixture of fresh plant scents and decaying fallen leaves, awaits the fish that are willing to take the bait.

After passing the wooden warning sign, Long You checked the surroundings with his soul-detecting device to make sure there was no one else around before waving to signal the entire team to stop.

"Beibei, Xiaoya, you two start putting on your gear. Although this isn't the first time you've worn powered exoskeleton soul guide armor, this time, Senior Brother Caitou and I have added a lot of new functions to your exoskeleton soul guide armor based on combat-aid intelligent soul guide devices."

"You two take your time getting used to it. We'll also deploy our miniature soul-guided drones for reconnaissance."

As he spoke, Long You's hands moved quickly. First, he climbed into the soul-guided power armor, whose chest cockpit armor had already been activated by Bourne.

Immediately afterwards, the hands controlling the soul-guided power armor pulled out two metal boxes, roughly the size of A4 paper bags, from the storage soul-guided devices attached to the armor. The lids were opened, and from each box emerged one hundred fully lifelike, wasp-model soul-guided version unmanned reconnaissance drones.

On the other side, He Caitou did something similar. After these Hornet reconnaissance aircraft took off, they didn't rush to disperse. He Caitou and Long You each fired a red beam from the head of their soul-guided power armor, enveloping the Hornet reconnaissance aircraft released by the other side.

Those outside couldn't hear it, but He Caitou and Long You inside the cockpit could hear their respective combat support AIs saying, "Friendly unit, access granted, connection successful."

"Bourne (cigar), projecting images."

As Long You and He Caitou issued further instructions, the next moment, the cockpits of Long You and He Caitou displayed a panoramic projection image that was exactly the same as the outside environment.

"Bourne (cigar) connects to display helmets number one, two, and three for real-time video projection."

"Connection successful, video projection begins."

"Wasps disperse to explore, with the exploration distance being the furthest radius."

The Hornet-type Soul-guided Unmanned Reconnaissance Aircraft began to disperse, and exclamations came from outside the cockpit of the Soul-guided Power Armor.

With a mischievous smile playing on his lips, Long You turned on the speaker in the cockpit of the soul-guided power armor. "Teacher Xiaoya, Senior Brother Beibei, are you surprised? This is the power of technology."

"Damn it, Xiao You, why didn't you bring this out earlier so that Xiao Ya and I could get used to it? Now you're doing this, suddenly making us go from receiving external signals directly through our eyes to receiving signals through this panoramic image. How are we supposed to adapt?"

After Long You's devilish voice rang out, Bei Bei's rarely heard exasperated tone came out as expected. Long You originally wanted to tease Bei Bei a few more times, but there was also an "honest guy" named He Cai Tou who was eager for his soul ring.

"Senior Brother, don't be fooled by Xiao You. How could he do something with such an obvious loophole? Your exoskeleton's tactical helmet and tactical goggles are also loaded with low-level soul-guided intelligence. You can control the display mode of the tactical goggles with just a word."

This is the third mode, the panoramic imaging mode, which is mainly used for soul-guided powered armor.

Your tactical goggles don't have projection capabilities, so it takes time to get used to them. However, our soul-guided powered armor cockpit is equipped with a projection soul guide device, so we're now just like we're in a real jungle. We don't need to get used to them, and they're very suitable for use.

The first and second modes are truly suitable for tactical goggles. There's not much to say about the first mode; just treat it like a non-prescription goggle.

The key point is the second mode. In the second mode, the effect you see will be a blurred background in the form of a watermark.

These backgrounds won't prevent you from directly observing the outside world through your eyes and eyepiece lenses, but once our scattered scout planes discover hidden soul beasts or other dangers, those blurred backgrounds will look like this.

Wherever there is danger, that place will become clear and appear in front of your left eye. Bourne, or my cigar, will simultaneously deliver the type of danger and suggested solutions.

For example, imagine we've discovered a spirit beast that could pose a threat to us. You would then clearly see the spirit beast's hiding place, see the spirit beast itself, its name, its estimated age, and know its location relative to you and how far away it is.

He Caitou was still explaining the new features on their tactical helmets to Beibei and Tang Ya. Long You, on the other hand, took out a new tactical helmet and walked towards Zhang Lexuan, who had been vaguely detached from the small team.

"Senior Zhang, this is yours. You might not be used to or need these functions of the tactical helmet. But that's okay, it's never a bad thing to try something new. Once you have temporary access to the tactical helmet, as long as you don't want those images to distract you, just have the helmet's auxiliary intelligence switch to mode one."

I'm giving you this not to change your views or habits about soul tools, but mainly to facilitate communication after entering the forest.

When we set off again later, Senior Brother Caitou and I will use the area-wide silencing soul tool to completely eliminate the sound of our advance. After that, if anyone wants to communicate, they'll have to rely on the communicator built into this tactical helmet to communicate directly through the internal communication channels.

How do I obtain the temporary usage permissions you mentioned?

Long You had initially thought that a martial soul-type inner court disciple like Zhang Lexuan would be very resistant to the idea of ​​temporarily using a soul tool. However, after Long You's explanations, Zhang Lexuan's gaze remained fixed on the tactical helmet the entire time. Before he could even catch his breath and prepare to continue persuading her, she directly asked, "How do you use it?"

The result was a bit unexpected, and Longyou was slightly stumped.

"It's very simple. Just put it on first, and then simultaneously release your mental and spiritual power towards the visor of the helmet. At that time, the helmet will automatically adjust and fit your head shape and facial contours, ensuring that it will not interfere with normal vision and movement."