Li Yao's words stunned all the Yuanying and demon emperors. What did 'become as weak as us' mean?
"It is certainly a correct idea to develop the technology in a certain field to surpass that of the Imperium of True Human Beings," Li Yao explained. "But the problem is that we do not know the potential and the speed of development of the Imperium of True Human Beings. While we are developing, the Imperium of True Human Beings is developing, too. How can we be so sure that we will certainly surpass the Imperium in a certain field?
"Even if we do surpass the Imperium in a certain field, the Imperium will certainly be ahead of us in the dozens or even hundreds of other fields. It is an undeniable fact. Otherwise, wouldn't their development in the past thousand years have been for nothing?
"All in all, to surpass the Imperium in a comprehensive way requires enormous investments, high difficulties, and slim hopes. Even if we do surpass the Imperium in the end, it might not be a decisive factor!
"Here's what I'm thinking. We don't know how strong the Imperium is, but we know very well what we are capable of. If we can figure out a way to limit the war ability of the expedition army of the Imperium to our level, won't we be able to completely crush the Imperium's army with our advantages in experience and numbers?"
The Yuanying and demon emperors nodded quickly, but then they shook their heads quickly, not thinking it was a good idea.
It was not a bad idea, but it was a correct one. The key was how to achieve it!
"By common sense," Li Yao said, "the Imperium is stronger than us in two aspects. Firstly, they have more experts and higher levels than us, such as the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators. Secondly, the Imperium boasts more advanced magical equipment and a marvelous utilization of spiritual energy!
"These two advantages share a common foundation, and that is spirit energy! “
"The unparalleled experts need to inhale and exhale spiritual energy as vast as an ocean in order to maintain their peak state and unleash destructive power. Even the most powerful magical equipment requires astronomical crystals to be driven. You can't cook without rice. Energy is conserved. 'Perpetual motion machines' do not exist. Do you agree with that?"
"Then, what if there is no spiritual energy?
"What if we can create a temporary space around the expedition army of the Imperium that is absolutely devoid of spiritual energy?"
The moment Li Yao's words left his mouth, the entire audience was shocked!
Many Yuanying and demon emperors were dumbfounded. They looked at each other in bewilderment. They understood every word that Li Yao said, but they could not understand the whole sentence at all.
Ever since they were born, they had been living in a universe filled with psionic energy. The only difference was that the psionic energy varied in strength.
Even the demon emperors who cultivated their physical bodies needed to breathe in the spiritual energy of the world and participate in the cultivation. It was just that the consumption of spiritual energy was relatively small.
Asking them to imagine a world without spiritual energy was like asking a fish in the deep sea to imagine a world without water. Their worldview was utterly shattered!
"If it is a world absolutely devoid of spiritual energy, the technological advantages and the advantages of experts of the expedition army of the Imperium will be suppressed to the minimum!"
Li Yao said solemnly. "In the world of 'absolute vacuum', the Yuanying and the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators of the Imperium of True Human Beings cannot absorb spiritual energy from the outside world. They can only replenish themselves with the crystals that they carry in their Cosmos Rings.
"It's true that the brains and abdomens of the Yuanying and the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators are as vast as oceans. They can store enormous spiritual energy. But by the same logic, their consumption is hundreds if not thousands of times higher than that of the low-level Cultivators! How much spiritual energy will it take to blow up a starship with an ultimate move? I'm afraid that one tenth of the reserves in their body will be consumed, right? Another tenth of their spiritual energy will be consumed when they resist another barrage of our main guns! Then, how much spiritual energy will it take to calculate the trajectories and the distribution of soldiers hundreds of thousands of times per second when their computational ability is increased to the maximum?
"However abundant their spiritual energy is, how long can it last?
"Of course, a lot of crystals can be stored inside the Cosmos Rings. But it will take a long time to digest the crystals and convert them into spiritual energy. It's like an ordinary person who has a feast will need hours to digest, absorb, and transform the food into energy. They cannot be transformed into strength the moment they are swallowed! “
"If they do strenuous exercise during the process, chances are that they will suffer from indigestion!
"Based on my personal experience, it will take me more than half a day to fully absorb the spiritual energy inside a 'special' marrow crystal the size of a finger. However powerful the techniques of the Cultivators of the Imperium are, it is impossible for them to absorb the spiritual energy inside a marrow crystal in only a few minutes, right?
"Even if their absorption time is half of mine, three hours will be enough. How can the Cultivators of the Imperium be given three hours to digest the spiritual energy on a battlefield where the bombardment of cannons is overwhelming? They would've been blown into smithereens by the barrage of cannons!
"It is the same for magical equipment. Many magical equipment can only be activated to the maximum when it is activated by the spiritual energy around! The spiritual energy is like lubricant that keeps the stable operation of the units!
"In an 'absolute vacuum' world without spiritual energy, the stronger the magical equipment is, the less likely it is that it will be activated to the maximum. Also, it will be exhausted or even scrapped after it is activated twice!
"Both the experts and the magical equipment are restricted. Even if the expedition army of the Imperium has thousands of methods and techniques, they will not be able to perform any of them. They will be nothing more than dragons swimming in shallow water or tigers on the plains. They will be at our mercy!"
Li Yao paused on purpose as he spoke, allowing the unprecedented silence in the hall to ferment for a while longer.
Professor Mo Xuan was quite close to him. After hearing such an … unbelievable plan, he rose up and asked without caring about the rules, "Li Yao, is the absolute vacuum without spiritual energy that you mentioned … technically achievable?"
"Of course it is. Also, in terms of technical difficulty, it is definitely the least difficult of all the plans just now!"
Li Yao smiled confidently. "Theoretically speaking, as long as the spiritual energy in a certain area is consumed instantly and the spiritual energy in the areas nearby is prevented from flowing in, it will work!
"It is not easy to absorb spiritual energy from a certain area, but it is easy to consume all the spiritual energy, isn't it? Many of the crystal bombs we have right now are based on the principle of destroying the stability of the floating spiritual energy in the air with the explosive force of the crystals themselves, thereby achieving the effect of a large-scale explosion!
"There is also the more famous' Five Thunders Above the Head ', which is also triggered by the spiritual energy of the lightning inside the clouds through artificial means and instantly detonated on a large scale. A long time after the Five Thunders Above the Head, the spiritual energy of the lightning inside the clouds will be drained, and there will be no more lightning!
"Those are all very mature techniques and magical equipment technologies. There is nothing complicated about them. I am only thinking of enlarging the scale of such crystal bombs … by hundreds or thousands of times!
"The 'black hole bomb' in my imagination is exactly such a thing. Once it is projected and detonated, it will swallow all the spiritual energy in a certain area like a real black hole. After being transformed by the rune arrays, it will be transformed into chaotic spiritual waves with high interference, which will interfere with the spiritual energy in the entire space. In the meantime, a magnetic field or material similar to a 'thin film' will be formed outside of the area to prevent the spiritual energy from the outside world from flowing in!
"Absorption of spiritual energy, interference of waves, and blockage of the thin film. With the three approaches, even if an 'absolute vacuum' where not a single drop of spiritual energy is left cannot be created, at least the spiritual waves will be suppressed to the minimum! The expedition army of the Imperium will be mired in the swamp of emptiness!
"This is a drastic measure that limits the greatest advantage of the Imperium from the very beginning!"
The humming in the hall was getting noisier and noisier. After pondering for a long time, Professor Mo Xuan could not help but ask, "Li Yao, has it ever occurred to you that, even if your 'black hole bomb' succeeds and you can really create 'absolute vacuums' where there is no spiritual energy temporarily, the expedition army of the Imperium will be mired in the swamp, and so will we! If the Immortal Cultivators of the Imperium and the Cultivators of the Federation cannot carry out their combat ability, what's the point? "
Li Yao opened his hands and smiled. "It is not absolutely impossible for them to carry out their combat ability. We have the home field advantage, and we certainly have more soldiers. After our Cultivators finish a round of battle, they can retreat from the 'absolute vacuum' unhurriedly and train themselves in the rear to refill their spiritual energy. Then, new Cultivators will come up incessantly! The expedition army of the Imperium has come after such a long journey. They must be elite soldiers with fewer numbers. Without a logistics base, where can they rest and refill?
"In such a war of attrition under such harsh conditions, how can they outlast us?
"More importantly, didn't I say just now? Drag the opponent down to our level, then use our rich experience to defeat him!"
"We have abundant experience in large-scale wars in a world without spiritual energy. We know what weapons, tactics, and strategies we should use in such an environment, but the Imperium will never know them. That is our greatest advantage!"
Professor Mo Xuan frowned. "Li Yao, the more I listen, the more confused I am. What do you mean by abundant experience in large-scale wars in a world without spiritual energy? We don't have such experience! A world without spiritual energy? That's unimaginable! How can we fight in such a world? How can we fight? Bash each other with sticks and stones? Isn't it a bit absurd? "
Li Yao smiled. "Professor, that's where you are wrong. I assure you that even in a world without spiritual energy and without knowing what crystals are, powerful weapons and remarkable combat ability can still be developed to deal serious damage to Jin Dan and even Yuanying!
"Right now, we don't have such experience, but there are still a hundred years to go. We can deduce and accumulate knowledge slowly!"
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