Logically speaking, the original thoughts of those NPCs were not wrong. Considering the monster's situation, the possibility of using war weapons for a siege was almost nonexistent. Even if the monsters developed technology on that front, the NPCs could receive the news in advance. It wouldn't be too late for them to produce the corresponding defensive measures after learning that the monsters had taken action.
Yet those NPCs could never have anticipated Zhou Tian's tactics, which quickly assembled a group of monster artisans. These monster artisans, to their credit, had managed to produce a batch of war weapons for Zhou Tian with their diligence. Consequently, Zhou Tian used these weapons in his current attack.