From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 679 Technology is a double-edged sword, and I am its wielder.

"In the original world, this planet had many dimensional portals, and all of them were one-way portals. This meant that the dragons could come through the dimensional portals, but those planes that were anchored could not come through the portals on their own."

"However, the world has changed since then. Many passages on this planet have been destroyed. Few people know about this abyss passage beneath the sea, making it more secretive than before. The dragon race has weakened too quickly, so they haven't noticed this place." The Deep Sea Demon Whale King continued to dive into the abyss beneath the deep sea. The surrounding seawater pressure was enough to crush a Limit Douluo, but it did not affect the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and Chen Hong.

"So one of your purposes in wreaking havoc in the deep sea was to cover up the dimensional tunnel here?" Chen Hong's strange eyes, one black and one gray, shone faintly in the dark depths of the sea, taking in everything around him.

"That's about right." The Deep Sea Demon Whale King didn't refute anything, because that was indeed what he thought at the time. Few people knew about the dimensional passage beneath the abyss, but the Deep Sea Demon Whale King didn't dare to gamble on anything, so he simply wiped out the deep sea in blood, either making them leave the deep sea or leaving them forever.

To outsiders, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King is an incredibly bloodthirsty and ferocious sea spirit beast, but only the Deep Sea Demon Whale King itself knows what it is really doing.

"Didn't you research the energy conversion problem of that food-based Soul Master before? Actually, Soul Beasts have a more complete understanding of this than you do." Although he's an old relic from a bygone era, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's knowledge of the Technological Federation surpasses that of the vast majority of people in the world. In the entire Douluo Continent, there are probably no more than a handful of people who can surpass the Deep Sea Demon Whale King in insight.

"Don't assume that just because the Soul Master system appeared later, it's necessarily more powerful than the ancient system. In fact, that kind of thinking is arrogant and flawed. I don't deny that the Soul Master system is more refined, but often the more refined something is, the less you can achieve self-transcendence. Only the ancient Soul Beast system, although seemingly full of flaws and unable to keep up with the times, is something you can't resist. It's willing to delegate authority to you." Chen Hong wasn't surprised that the Deep Sea Demon Whale King would use such seemingly modern terminology.

Because the Deep Sea Demon Whale King went to many places to study, such as the academy on Sea Soul Island and the Sun Moon Technology Academy that was established later, there was a student named Lan Yuan in the student records of both.

"Soul beasts were the first race to achieve 'eternal life through consuming Qi.' As long as the soul power of this world doesn't run out, high-level soul beasts won't starve. But even if they don't starve, they will still hunt and devour each other because devouring is a shortcut to accelerate cultivation. The criteria for judging a super soul beast, besides its powerful bloodline talent, also include the efficiency of its bloodline in converting energy. In other words, what percentage of the energy you can absorb from a soul beast you devour."

"I wouldn't dare say I'm the most talented soul beast in the Douluo Continent, but my energy conversion efficiency is among the best in the world, until I saw you. You're very smart and have great talent. From the moment you were able to fuse your martial souls at will, I knew your future was incredibly terrifying."

Since realizing his limitations, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King stopped killing indiscriminately. As long as no one provoked him, he wouldn't bother with murder. The soul energy in the Douluo Realm was abundant; even if the Deep Sea Demon Whale King did nothing, he could live indefinitely. The rumors in outside human civilizations about the Deep Sea Demon Whale King feeding periodically did not refer to the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, but to the Deep Sea Demon Whale Empress, the wife of Demon Whale King Lan Yuan, and the mother of Lan Fuzi—a Deep Sea Demon Whale weighing over 500,000 grams, the Demon Empress.

The outside world knows almost nothing about the existence of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and Blue Buddha, because the entire Demon Whale Sea is an extremely mysterious and terrifying place, and no one would be willing to come here to die.

Lan Yuan's strength has reached a point where it can no longer be improved. Therefore, in order to avoid causing panic among the outside world, the Demon Emperor will, on Lan Yuan's behalf, announce the existence of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to the outside world at regular intervals. At the same time, this is also to allow the Demon Emperor to accelerate his cultivation as sustainably as possible.

"In your words, or rather, in their human terms, cultivation is about enduring hardship. Enduring hardship is when resources are accumulated the slowest. Only by eating people can one become a superior being." The Deep Sea Demon Whale King suddenly remembered that Chen Hong was now a soul beast, so he changed his words.

However, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's words, though crude, are not without reason, revealing the true essence of the world's development.

"No pain, no gain"? No, you are what you eat. Suffering only leads to a miserable life; only by eating others can you become a superior person.

"The essence of this world is that you eat me and I eat you," Chen Hong pondered for a moment, then chuckled.

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King was silent for a moment, then affirmed, "That's the truth. Normal cultivation cannot succeed in a stable and rigid world; only utter madness can offer a glimmer of hope."

In the darkness, Chen Hong's lips curled into a slight smile upon hearing this. The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's words reminded him of a story whose core message was:

"It's easier to conquer Chang'an than to pass the imperial examinations to enter Chang'an."

As for what Chang'an was, Chen Hong didn't know; it was just information from another dimension that had inexplicably jumped into his head. However, Chen Hong also noticed a problem: his body had far fewer opportunities to come into contact with higher-dimensional information, far less intense than that of the God of Wisdom.

Of course, this could also be good news, proving that Chen Hong's connection with this world is becoming increasingly close.

"There is mutual devouring among soul beasts. Soul beasts can devour soul masters, and soul masters can accept sacrifices from soul beasts. In fact, the answer is right there. There are also signs of mutual devouring among soul masters, such as evil soul masters. What I didn't expect was that the breakthrough point you chose was martial soul fusion." In terms of surprise and shock, Chen Hong chose an unprecedented path of evil soul master, which made the Deep Sea Demon Whale King feel his whole soul tremble every time he thought about it.

In terms of how far Chen Hong has gone, he has reached a level that the Deep Sea Demon Whale King can never hope to reach or even imagine in his lifetime!

Chen Hong's response was simply: "Technology is a double-edged sword, and I am its wielder."

(End of this chapter)