The eyes of all the Yuanying and demon emperors glittered. Li Yao's words enlightened them.
Yes. Even if the supersonic fighters, missiles, and tanks could not deal with experts such as Jin Dan and the Yuanying, could they not hit and hurt the Immortal Cultivators in the Refinement Stage?
If a Yuanying -level Cultivator and a Yuanying -level Immortal Cultivator were engaged in a duel, and the Yuanying -level Cultivator could be assisted by a team of supersonic fighters, who could summon a missile five times the speed of sound with a cough? Who would win?
This was a very simple math problem.
After pondering for a long time, Professor Mo Xuan raised a critical question. "Li Yao, I've read your proposal carefully and found no technical difficulties. Therefore, if we can develop such a strength system, the Imperium of True Human Beings will certainly be able to, too!
"Do you think that the Imperium of True Human Beings has developed the same strength system and come up with countermeasures?"
"Professor, you've asked the most critical question."
Li Yao smiled and pointed at his temples. "I think the possibility is very low. It's not a matter of technology but a matter of ideology!
"A strength system based on oil and coal is not worth mentioning if we get to the bottom of it. The Imperium must have the relevant technological reserves! However, if such a system is really established, it will mean one thing. Compared to the Cultivators and the Immortal Cultivators, the strength of the ordinary people has been significantly improved, to the point where they may be able to hurt us!
"Since ancient times, in the training system of spiritual energy, the ordinary people who do not have spiritual roots cannot absorb the natural spiritual energy directly. There is a huge gap between them and the Cultivators!
"The powerful weapons of the ancient Cultivators did not have buffering devices and stabilizing units. It was impossible for ordinary people to even pick them up, much less use them freely. Thousands of soldiers waving common sabers, swords, and bows were out-and-out ants in the eyes of a Cultivator who was holding a flying sword.
"Therefore, in the age of the ancient Cultivators, the Cultivators enjoyed the high and mighty status like gods!
"In modern times, after our in-depth studies on the studies of spiritual energy, we have significantly improved all kinds of magical equipment and carved a lot of stabilization and buffer rune arrays. Finally, civil magical equipment has become a household item!
"However, for the military magical equipment with a high output of spiritual energy and high damage, it is still not easy for the ordinary people to make use of. Only the brawny men with solid souls can manage to use the weapons of spiritual energy of a relatively low level!
"If an old woman or child is asked to operate a storm bolter, a chainsword, or a crystal cannon, it is very possible that the 'recoil' caused by the dispersion of spiritual energy will blow apart her soul and make her lose her soul after the first shot is fired!"
"It means that to this day, in the training system of spiritual energy, the gap between the trainers and the ordinary people is still unbridgeable. It is almost impossible for the ordinary people to deal any effective damage to the trainers. So, they are destined to be in a weak and subordinate position!
"The Immortal Cultivators' brutal exploitation of the ordinary people and the Cultivators' protection of the ordinary people as if they were babies suggests that we believe that the ordinary people are incapable of deciding their own fate!
"But it is wrong!
"I realized it deeply in front of the parliament building of the Federation in the capital city. The ordinary people can boast intense feelings, tenacious willpower, and burning spirit. They can fight, too. They can defend their beliefs and their home with their hands. They can even protect a Cultivator!
"If the Cultivators are the sabers of the civilization of mankind, the ordinary people will be the arms that hold the saber! The power of the saber depends not only on the sharpness of the saber but also on the thickness and tenacity of the arm!
"This is why I came up with the idea of developing 'non-spiritual weapons'. The millions of ordinary people are a treasury of infinite potentials! Once such a war system is established, all the ordinary people will have the ability to decide their own fate!
"I've been talking about 'black hole bombs' just now. In fact, the black hole bombs are not important at all. The 'spiritless space' is not important at all, either! Even if the black hole bombs cannot be invented, so what? Even if the world is filled with spiritual energy, so what?
"As long as the 'army of ordinary people' takes shape, boasting hundreds of thousands of supersonic fighters and millions of tanks, with the old, the weak, the women, and the children holding assault rifles with minimal recoil and grenades that can be thrown out easily, the Cultivators will not be able to ignore their existence like they did in the past!
"Even if they are ants, they will still be ants with thorns and venom after being armed in such a way. They can be stomped to death by the Cultivators, but they will also hurt and numb the Cultivators' feet for a moment!
"If an ant can make a cultivator feel pain, then what about a hundred million? Ten billion? A hundred billion?"
"We don't have a hundred billion ordinary people," Professor Mo Xuan said subconsciously.
Li Yao smiled. "We don't, but the Imperium does. The number of ordinary people in the three Sectors is already in the tens of billions. The number of ordinary people in the dozens of core Sectors of the Imperium must be in the hundreds of billions!
"This is the greatest difference between the Federation and the Imperium. It is also our greatest advantage!
"We are one with the ordinary people. The Cultivators fight for the ordinary people, and the ordinary people absolutely support the Cultivators. The contradiction between us is minimal. We are a community of destiny and interests. The stronger the ordinary people are, the stronger our civilization will be!
"That is obviously not the case for the Imperium.
"The ruler regards the people as weeds, and the people regard the ruler as an enemy. The Imperium of True Human Beings regards the ordinary people as ants. They screen them the moment they are born and force the weak to mine at the core of the planet until they die. Even the newborn babies are not spared. The weak are not even regarded as' real human beings'!
"The ordinary people must've hated the Immortal Cultivators' guts for a long time. It's just that the gap between the two parties is too huge for them to resist!
"Is the Imperium of True Human Beings bold enough to arm hundreds of billions of ordinary people to the teeth? If they are really armed to the teeth, I'm afraid that the ordinary people will turn their guns to the Immortal Cultivators first!
"Therefore, I estimate that even if the Imperium of True Human Beings grasps the manufacturing methods of 'non-spiritual weapons', it will not be disseminated on a large scale. Instead, it will be completely locked and not allow any information to be leaked out!
"Distrust and even fear of the strength of the people at the bottom level is a common problem of every imperium in history. How can the Imperium of True Human Beings avoid it?
"However, no technology can be locked forever. As long as we win the first 'Imperium's counterattack' with the strength of the ordinary people, we will disseminate the technology to the various Sectors in the homeland of the Imperium of True Human Beings so that the miners who are struggling in the sunless mines and the ordinary people in the abyss of suffering will realize their strength and rise to resist. Then, no matter how enormous and dominating the Imperium of True Human Beings seems, it will likely collapse abruptly!
"My plan is named the 'Black Hole Plan'. But don't think that the 'black hole' I'm talking about is the 'black hole bomb'!
"The so-called 'black hole' is not the black hole bomb but the awakening of all the ordinary people in the Imperium of True Human Beings who have been exploited and enslaved. The ordinary people will be the masters of their own fate and turn into black holes that will swallow all the Immortal Cultivators!
"I firmly believe that, if we do win the war one day, it will not be the Cultivators who have defeated the Immortal Cultivators but the ordinary people, all the ordinary people living in the Federation, the Imperium, and the three thousand Sectors, who have defeated the Immortal Cultivators!"
Li Yao bowed elegantly and strode off the rostrum, leaving all the dumbfounded Yuanying experts in the hall.
It could not be helped. Li Yao's last words were too much of a stimulus for them.
A brand-new power system meant a world-shaking social change. In front of the overwhelming chemical and nuclear weapons, the Psionic Masters still had the absolute advantage, but the advantage was no longer as unshakable or unreachable as it was in the past!
The ordinary people would also boast the abilities to restrict the Cultivators to some extent, both the Cultivators and the Immortal Cultivators!
What did such a change mean for the civilization of mankind, for the world of Cultivators, and for the future?
Every Yuanying and demon emperor was deep in thought. They were even somewhat uneasy, as if thorny ants were really crawling all over their bodies.
Li Yao returned to his seat. He immediately received complicated looks from everywhere.
Even Professor Mo Xuan said with a bitter smile, "Li Yao, you are truly making breaking news wherever you go. You have given us another major conundrum!"
Li Yao smiled and said confidently, "As long as we truly believe in the strength of the ordinary people, there shouldn't be any problem, right? The history of the civilization of mankind has been the process of the Cultivators walking down the altar step by step and integrating with the ordinary people. Nothing can stop the process! "
Professor Mo Xuan hesitated and thought for a long time. In the end, he shook his head, not knowing how he should comment on Li Yao's plan.
According to the agenda of the meeting, there was no time to discuss every plan in detail. Li Yao's long speech was already an exception. But after five minutes, the next speaker was still not on the stage.
The whispers in the hall grew louder and louder.
Jiang Hailiu, the host, stood up and said something to his wrist crystal processor. Then, his eyes suddenly shivered, and he left the hall in a hurry.
Li Yao and Professor Mo Xuan looked at each other in bewilderment, both confused.
Li Yao's plan was indeed shocking, but it was not that unbelievable, was it?
A moment later, Jiang Hailiu strode back to the center of the hall. His face was half red and half pale. There was no telling whether he was excited or anxious. He said solemnly, "Fellow Cultivators, an unexpected message has come from the Flying Star Sector. The Yuanying Meeting has to be suspended!"
Before the Yuanying and demon emperors realized what was going on, he continued, "According to the news from the Flying Star Sector, Spider Den, and the Star Prier's House, they have probably discovered 'Kunlun', a relic of the Pangu civilization!"
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The Yuanying Meeting had finally come to an end. It was sort of a plan for the future. It was indeed a long one, but it was a stage for the second half of the book. Hahahaha!
Li Yao was about to go out again. What was the so-called 'Kunlun'? What kind of marvelous things were waiting for him?
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