Taiyi Zhenren put down his teacup with a cold expression.
"Some people are unwilling to see change," Taiyi Zhenren said. "They even regard change as a conspiracy!"
Taiyi Zhenren spoke cryptically, but Bai Ye understood. Not only did he understand, but Bai Ye also knew who felt there was a conspiracy.
Taiyi Zhenren and Taishang Laojun were both figures of high authority and power. If they were to promote technology and integrate it with immortal arts and formations, they would undoubtedly be crucial.
So, who would think that Taiyi Zhenren and Taishang Laojun were plotting a conspiracy?
Whoever held the reins, they would feel that way!
"Therefore, you are not wrong to call this a war," Taiyi Zhenren said. "The wheels of history are always cruel, because to move forward, one must always crush some people, or... gods?"
Bai Ye asked, "But I don't understand, what does this have to do with me?"
Taiyi Zhenren casually waved his hand, and a large screen appeared on the side.
The image on the screen was of the sky above Fanghu.
"Artificial satellite?"
Bai Ye asked with a question, as he didn't understand what it was.
It looked quite like an artificial satellite, a huge metal cylinder with a large dish at one end and grid-like structures on both sides, resembling wings.
However, could an artificial satellite float at low altitude?
Taiyi Zhenren said, "Look again."
Taiyi Zhenren waved his hand, and the surrounding walls moved aside, revealing rows upon rows of complete robots. To be precise...
They were mechanical Great Sages Equal to Heaven!
"Compared to the real Monkey King, there's still a gap, of course, but having sixty to seventy percent of his combat power isn't bragging," Taiyi Zhenren chuckled. "The most important thing is that there is only one Great Sage Equal to Heaven, but I can create hundreds of fakes!"
Bai Ye asked, "Power grab?"
Taiyi Zhenren said sternly, "It's reform."
"Alright!" Bai Ye said, "When do I come into play?"
Taiyi Zhenren smiled, then pointed at the screen and said, "If the reform fails, then we can only resort to the final measure, which is destruction and rebirth."
Bai Ye was stunned, then exclaimed in shock, "You want to destroy this place?"
Taiyi Zhenren said, "All endings lead to destruction, and all rebirths begin from destruction, which is what is meant by 'breaking the old to establish the new.' Otherwise, why do you think we are here?"
Bai Ye was confused, "Ah?"
Taiyi Zhenren asked, "Don't you know where you are?"
Bai Ye replied, "Fanghu?"
Taiyi Zhenren inquired, "Beyond Fanghu?"
Bai Ye responded, "World battlefield?"
"I see," Taiyi Zhenren smiled. "So you still don't know what kind of place you are in."
Bai Ye asked, "What kind of place is the world battlefield?"
"As I said, a place of destruction and rebirth," Taiyi Zhenren stated. "All endings lead to this place."
"I don't quite understand," Bai Ye frowned. "I want to know the truth!"
Did Li Jiayi say something?
What does that guy say!
Bai Ye's principle with Li Jiayi's words was to listen to seventy percent and believe thirty percent. Bai Ye didn't believe Li Jiayi would tell him everything, and judging by Li Jiayi's previous words, he was clearly hiding something.
"Truth?" Taiyi Zhenren smiled. "You are already touching upon the truth."
Bai Ye asked in confusion, "Huh?"
"If you truly want to know the truth, I can tell you, of course," Taiyi Zhenren pondered. "However, shall we first discuss the trouble you might bring me?"
Bai Ye nodded. "So, what trouble can I bring you?"
"Your ability," Taiyi Zhenren looked at his alchemy furnace. "This looks like an alchemy furnace..."
Bai Ye asked, "Actually?"
Taiyi Zhenren replied, "It is just an alchemy furnace."
Bai Ye: "..."
Brother Tai 2, you're quite humorous?
Taiyi Zhenren chuckled. "It's just that after I modified it, I used it as an energy furnace."
Bai Ye frowned, then asked, "That machine floating in the sky earlier?"
Taiyi Zhenren had two trump cards!
The first was the combat robot, which was likely the masterpiece of Taiyi Zhenren and Taishang Laojun.
There were no major issues with the robot's manufacturing; the core was energy supply.
Combat robots had a drawback: sustained combat capability. By maintaining the energy supply at a certain output power, combat robots could fight continuously.
However, increasing the energy output power would enhance the combat robots' fighting strength, but their sustained combat capability would decrease.
Secondly, the energy furnace was the weakness of all combat robots, and even most mechs and mobile suits. Destroying the energy furnace would render them dormant.
Taiyi Zhenren had perfectly solved these two problems. The outer shell was refined using methods for forging magic treasures, making it incredibly durable, no less than top-tier defensive magic treasures.
Formations and spirit stones replaced the energy furnace, allowing combat robots to be driven not only by the spiritual energy supply from spirit stones but also to absorb spiritual energy from the outside through formations.
With this dual approach, they could maintain high-power energy output while also sustaining continuous combat.
As for the weakness of the energy furnace, although it still existed, the spirit stones and formations split the disadvantage. It was ultimately more troublesome to destroy both the formations and the spirit stones than to destroy a single energy furnace.
And because spirit stones and mechs were used, those combat robots did not have energy furnaces.
Furthermore, the combat robots' energy furnaces could not be external, so that alchemy furnace should have nothing to do with the combat robots.
That must be Taiyi Zhenren's second trump card, the machine that appeared on the screen earlier.
Taiyi Zhenren asked, "Do you know about dark matter particles?"
Bai Ye was taken aback. "One of the five mysterious particles of the universe?"
Taiyi Zhenren nodded. "The invisible matter in the universe is called dark matter. Its gravitational pull is the reason why galaxies do not separate and disintegrate. So, if we extract a portion of dark matter and gather it, continuously compressing and increasing its concentration, what will happen?"
Bai Ye frowned.
Taiyi Zhenren offered a hint, "Gravity."
Bai Ye took a deep breath. "The entire area will shatter due to the pull?"
Taiyi Zhenren smiled and nodded, then took out a magic treasure. "This is an ancient supreme treasure called the Pangu Banner. Its marvel lies in its ability to gather the power of heaven and earth. Forget it, let's use a more scientific explanation: it can alter gravity."
"Whether it's compression or tension, it can crush a certain area. That machine was created by me based on the Pangu Banner, with dozens of times the power and range of the Pangu Banner. So, technology is truly an astonishing thing."