From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 325 The Terrifying Level 8 Soul-Guided Ship Cannon! [Please Subscribe! Please Vote!]

"So powerful?!" Qian Daoliu was startled by Chen Hong's description.

"So traditional, ingrained beliefs can be deadly. And anything you talk about efficacy without considering dosage is just playing dirty tricks."

The Sea Dragon ship sailed quietly on the Barak River. As dawn broke, Chen Hong looked at the magnificent scenery around him while explaining the difference between the Soul Guidance Cannon and the Soul Guidance Ship Cannon to Qian Daoliu.

"Some people say that wood fruit (a type of fruit on the mainland with mild toxins) is harmless to eat, but even that can't withstand eating several tons at once."

"It's like, senior, didn't you say that the Sea Dragon Ship is a giant soul tool? Well then, what if I said that this giant soul tool might not even meet the standards of a level 5 soul tool (the level of the weapon pattern and the energy efficiency are not up to standard), and then I said that it is a level 5 soul tool? Would you believe me?" As dawn broke and the cool river breeze blew, Chen Hong pointed to the Purple Emperor-class steel armored soul tool warship under his feet and said to Qian Daoliu.

"." Upon hearing this, Qian Daoliu's expression became complicated. He immediately recalled the level 5 soul tool he had come into contact with, as well as the "level 5 soul tool" that Chen Hong had mentioned. This showed the difference. The former would probably be too small to even be a screw for the latter.

"Before this, if someone had a level-five soul tool, I could stand still and no matter how they attacked with it, they couldn't break through my protective soul power. But... this 'level-five soul tool' of yours... even without activating it, just the fact that it's coming at me would probably leave me severely injured if I didn't dodge and take the hit head-on." Qian Daoliu smacked his lips, stretched out his hand, and kept gesturing the size difference between himself and the Purple Emperor-class soul tool warship.

"That's right, the same applies to soul-guided cannons and soul-guided naval cannons. A soul-guided cannon that a single soul master can normally activate requires the collective power of a soul-guided naval cannon to function." In Chen Hong's plan, the level-eight soul-guided naval cannon on the Sea Dragon ship needs to be connected to the Sea Dragon ship's giant soul-powered engine, charged by all the soul masters on the ship, and then powered by the giant soul-powered engine. Did Qian Daoliu really think he could just blindly accept this?

Level 8 Soul Guidance Ship Cannon: Senior, I'm big and thick, it will hurt a lot!

"I once said, 'Humans have limits, but matter does not.' This statement should actually have a qualifier. For example, before humans can escape the existence of matter, they all have limits and can be surpassed by stronger and more solid matter."

"Senior, you are a level 99 peerless Douluo, your physical body is probably comparable to refined iron (without the enhancement of soul power)? Then does this world have any divine weapons that can break through your defenses? Yes, there is, such as a soul power metal called Dragon Whisker Gold, and there are even more. Furthermore, the Technology Chamber of Commerce has also researched an alloy that is harder than refined iron, and this alloy is constantly being upgraded."

"Our predecessors transformed their flesh and blood into bodies of steel. Did they ever consider how many resources and how much effort they expended? Yet, we have achieved the ability to produce as much of an alloy as we need, even stronger than steel."

"Using tools to create tools, and using tools to nurture people, the operating logic of soul tools using soul power is almost no different from that of soul masters. Both use energy 'internal circulation' and then have it 'translated' into related skills by divine runes before being released."

"In this situation, if the physical body cannot withstand a higher intensity of energy operation, then it can be appropriately handed over to the equipment. Through the equipment, more energy can be gathered and then a more powerful attack with a higher upper limit can be unleashed."

"That's how an eighth-level soul-guided naval cannon works. It might take hundreds of soul masters several days to charge it once, but the energy gathered from this one shot is an energy intensity that even a titled Douluo cannot withstand with their physical body."

"Furthermore, even if the Level 8 Soul Guidance Ship Cannon test fails and explodes, it's just that one piece of standard equipment that can be mass-produced has been destroyed. But senior, if a Title Douluo that can rival the Level 8 Soul Guidance Ship Cannon were destroyed, how long would it take for the Soul Master civilization to cultivate a new one?" In the cool morning light, Chen Hong asked Qian Daoliu this question with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Qian Daoliu fell into deep thought, his mind following Chen Hong's train of thought. Finally, Qian Daoliu said with a somewhat serious expression, "Is this why your Technology Chamber of Commerce has never weaponized soul tools? Because in your view, weaponizing soul tools is too simple—so simple that your Technology Chamber of Commerce actually possessed the technology to manufacture soul tool weapons when it was just starting out?"

"Reality is always there, but there are always people who refuse to believe it, aren't there?" Chen Hong asked rhetorically, before sighing, "The simplest soul tool cannon is essentially a soul power compression device. Unfortunately, before I even came into contact with soul tool runes, at the age of ten, I had already figured out the high-pressure soul power technology (soul tool carving knife, and the soul power grenade that Chen Lin threw at Chen Hong). The next step was the soul tool cannon."

"But the cost of going any further was something the Technology Chamber of Commerce didn't have the power to bear at that time, so I gave up on weaponizing soul tools a long time ago. I had to wait until the Technology Chamber of Commerce was strong enough before making any plans," Chen Hong replied calmly.

Qian Daoliu gazed into the distance, his expression shifting constantly, before finally asking curiously, "You explained before that you didn't want the trend of using soul tools as weapons to gain momentum, to avoid causing too many casualties in the Douluo Continent later on. However, I still don't understand why you would start weaponizing soul tools at this time, something you've always been unwilling to do? And right off the bat, it's that soul-guided ship cannon thing..."

Speaking of this, Qian Daoliu couldn't help but complain, "What kind of Soul Master starts with a Soul Guidance Cannon? And theoretically, one shot can make a Title Douluo start a banquet on the spot? This theory is outrageous!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Hong looked northwards and said with a sigh, "Didn't you say before that there are terrifying soul beasts in this world that you wouldn't dare to provoke? They exist on the continent and in the sea. We don't need to consider the continent for now, but the sea is fraught with danger. Our fleet must have the ability to penetrate the armor of a 100,000-year-old sea soul beast when it's out there."

Chen Hong couldn't shell humans, but he could not only shell soul beasts, he was also incredibly daring.

Of course, there was one thing Chen Hong didn't mention: he was preparing for the worst-case scenario by accumulating technical expertise for the early stages of the "Nuclear Soul Guidance Device" project.

The destruction of the mysterious soul tool civilization remained a dark cloud hanging over Chen Hong's mind.

(End of this chapter)