The New Empire had always had an obvious imbalance in its combat strength: a severe disparity between technological and mystic combat power. This was no secret. Many people knew that we had a massive space fleet, Planet Warships—never mind whether they were knockoffs for now—high-tech weapons of every grade, and a Macro World chain built with World Gate technology. Every one of the New Empire's strongest assets was supported by technological power, and in the military, ninety percent of our combat strength belonged to the technological side. Of course, we also had Ravens and the magic-wielding Minion Army, but the former, though powerful, were only a limited troop type. Hero Combat Soldiers could not be used like ordinary infantrymen, while the latter could not be considered a regular army at all...
That imbalance had unconsciously given me a very bad impression: technological power was the dominant force, while the mystic side could only ever serve as an unconventional force on the battlefield... Of course, that was not wrong for the New Empire, but I had clearly forgotten one thing. During the Old Empire era, there had been no such hierarchy between the Shilin Apostles' technological and mystic powers—they had been equally powerful in both fields. In fact, the distinction between technology and mysticism was only one of habit and convenience to the Shilin Apostles. Whether technological means or mystic techniques, both were methods of explaining and applying the origins and truths of all things. Having researched both fields to near their limits, the Shilin Apostles hardly cared about the difference between technology and mysticism. In many cutting-edge fields, the Old Empire had even fused the two together, simply explaining and applying truth, with everything attributed to knowledge. That alone proved that at any level, the mystic power they commanded was