Gun and Cannon Era
Firearms and cannons operate on similar principles: gunpowder burns violently in a confined space, propelling a metal projectile.
This is something that ancient Pill Refining Master could create, so it's naturally no challenge for cultivators.
Within ten minutes, someone, guided by AI, managed to put the Explosive Flame Talisman into the metal casing.
With bullets, firearms became even simpler. This person imitated the firearms used by Zhang Chulan at the Li Han Grand Assembly, made some modifications, and created the first local firearm on the Tai Heng Star, naming it after himself: Wu Yi-style Bolt-Action Rifle.
However, since Zhang Chulan had used firearms before, he was no longer the inventor. In order to claim the title of first, he made the rifle bigger and the cannonball bigger, and eventually created the first cannon of Tai Heng Star, the Wu Yi-style Cannon.
These days, there are few people doing scientific research; it's still a niche field.
Since the community is niche, people naturally don't keep things to themselves. In the Deep Blue Group and on the forum, everyone likes to exchange ideas and hone their skills.
Furthermore, cultivators these days only feel that Divine Ability need to be kept secret, and they have no sense of secrecy when it comes to science and technology.
After Wu Yi created the cannon, he immediately went to chat groups and forums to brag about it. When he found that some people on the forum were questioning him, he first argued with them.
But normal people can't possibly argue with argumentative people.
Enraged to the point of a headache, Wu Yi simply filmed a video.
He not only explained the principles of firearms and cannons in detail, but also disassembled the two devices and explained the function of each part!
In less than half a day, more than four thousand small research workshops and weapon-making workshops around the world reproduced the firearms.
The next day, an improved version of the firearm was also developed.
Someone inscribed numerous runes on the bullets, transforming them into Spirit Artifact. This greatly increased their stealth capabilities, as well as their speed and penetrating power.
More importantly, when a bullet comes into contact with blood, it explodes instantly, causing not only greater damage, but also the highly toxic substance inside the bullet can spread into the victim's body at the moment of the explosion.
If the poison is potent enough, even a Qi Refining cultivator can be killed!
Some people replaced the Explosive Flame Talisman with ordinary gunpowder, so that it could be manufactured without the need for Qi Refining cultivators.
Someone added a recoil mechanism to a firearm, turning a single-shot weapon into a burst-fire weapon, and thus the automatic rifle was born.
On the fifth day, Qu Heng and his son, Qu Bai, Qi Refining Third Layer, were scouting the base at the front line when a Sniper Rifle bullet pierced their skull and killed them instantly!
This incident instantly went viral online, exposing the previously niche scientific research community to the public. For the first time, people discovered that killing a seemingly invincible Qi Refining cultivator was actually so simple.
No need for arduous training, no need for abundant resources, and no need for a large force to ambush; all you need is a gun and a bullet!
That afternoon, some of the people under the command of the Sun Sect bought firearms online and then killed the Qi Refining Stage cultivators stationed in his city.
The Qi Refining Stage cultivator was strolling down the street with a girl in his arms, surrounded by dozens of people. Countless onlookers were also live-streaming the incident on their phones, so the image of the Qi Refining cultivator collapsing was recorded by countless people from countless angles.
After the video was uploaded to the internet, the entire Sun Sect, and even the entire Tai Heng Star, was instantly in an uproar!
Before, people only thought about it, but when someone actually did it in real life, the public's enthusiasm was immediately ignited!
Is it only the Sun Sect that has Qi Refining cultivators oppressing ordinary people?
More than that!
Taiyin Sect, Taiheng Sect, Tianyi Sect, Yiyuan Pill Cauldron Sect, the Great Luo Sect of the Northern Myriad Saints Alliance, Diluo Temple, Jinxiang Sect, South Sea Man Family, South Sea Tan Family, North Sea Yuan Family North Sea Mu Family
From east to west, from south to north, wherever there are people and power, there will inevitably be oppression and cruelty.
Such incidents are all too common.
Moreover, because they wielded absolute power, these people were utterly fearless when oppressing and harming the common people. They would simply rob your wife if they wanted, or demand your land if they wanted!
It's because they're certain you have no power to resist.
Unlike now, where they have to hold a beauty pageant or set fire to your house, at least they had to do it subtly, so that you wouldn't even know who to seek revenge against.
Now, with the first example of resistance, the pent-up emotions within the public have been instantly awakened!
If he can do it, can't I too?
Even if I get caught, it's just death, so why should I be afraid of dying? What difference does it make whether I'm alive or dead?
There are so many desperate people in this world. Now that you've been given a one-for-one chance, how could you possibly hesitate!
Most excitingly, when people used their phones to find gun stores, they discovered that the guns were incredibly cheap!
The same gun used to kill Qu Bai, the Qu Bai Cutter, only costs 500 taels of silver. The bullets are a bit more expensive, but they only cost 60 taels!
This price is definitely unaffordable for ordinary people, but it's affordable for a small landowner with limited assets!
Ordinary farming families are not entitled to be bullied by Qi Refining cultivators. Even if they are bullied, it's because Devil Cultivator directly use the people of an entire city or region to cultivate. Back then, if someone dies, their whole family dies. Once everyone is dead, there are no enemies left.
Those who were bullied the most were actually landlords and merchants.
Qi Refining Stage disciples go on missions, they are responsible for receiving them.
If they encounter a lecherous man, they have to offer him their wife and daughter.
When they encounter someone with a lot of money, they have to offer them gold and silver jewelry.
When they were powerless to resist, they could only put on a smiling face, but what about now?
We now have the ability to resist!
If ordinary people can't Qu Bai Cutter, they can buy a regular firearm.
After all, they didn't need to kill Qi Refining cultivators; they only wanted to kill the tyrannical village chief at the village entrance. And a crudely made gun that could only kill ordinary people only cost 20 taels!
If the villagers pool their money, they can afford it!
The most difficult hurdle was originally the mobile phone, which cost 50,000 taels of silver. Without a mobile phone, how could you use the mall function or the teleportation function?
However, a group of the Taiheng Sect cultivators, in their efforts to promote the phone, found that no one was buying it. For the first two years, they lowered the price, and later they simply gave it away for free.
Yang Ning was also taking advantage of the situation, giving away phones as well.
Moreover, his output alone is more than a hundred times greater than the entire Taiheng Sect combined, which has led to at least one mobile phone per household in the entire Tai Heng Star, if not every person.
With a cell phone comes the ability to buy a gun; with a gun comes the ability to resist!
Now that we have the ability to resist, what are we waiting for!
Let's do it!
On the first day that the firearms were listed in the store, a staggering 480,000 were sold worldwide. There were a total of 330,000 shooting incidents and 690,000 deaths!
Is that all?
It's not over yet!
Nine days after the invention of the rifle, the Electromagnetic Rifle was also developed by scientists from the Tianyi Sect!
Zhang Chulan first used the Electromagnetic Cannon at the Li Han Grand Assembly, and then the principle was published online. However, at that time, the concept of firearms did not even exist, so naturally no one could create one.
Now that rifles are a prerequisite technology, Electromagnetic Rifle have naturally been invented.
The bullets fired from a regular rifle have a maximum speed of Mach 1.5, and even Sniper Rifle only reach Mach 3.
After adding rune arrays and transforming the bullets into Spirit Artifact, the bullet speed reached Mach 6.
Electromagnetic Rifle bullets can have an initial velocity of Mach 9!
If the Electromagnetic Rifle and bullets were forged into Spirit Artifact, the bullet speed could reach Mach 14!
Bullets of this speed, combined with the various spell-breaking, restriction-breaking, and Shield Breaking Rune runes engraved on them, are already capable of injuring cultivators at the Supernatural Power Realm!
If bullets equipped with Rune Chip are used, their speed can reach Mach 18. Not to mention cultivators in the Supernatural Power Realm, even those in the Talisman Realm will be killed without hesitation!
If civilians are using firearms, the military will certainly follow suit.
The entire rebel army within the Great Ming Kingdom changed their uniforms. In the morning, they were wearing armor and wielding spears for close combat, but by the afternoon they had changed into Bulletproof Vest and were carrying rifles, submachine guns, and Sniper Rifle.
Those who used catapults switched to cannons, and those who used chariots switched to driving cars and pulling cannons around.
In just one night, they went directly from the era of cold weapons to the era of World War I, and began to fight modern warfare.
The Outer Disciple Taiheng were a bit slow to react and were caught off guard, suffering a direct defeat.
In their panic, the 240,000-strong army was surrounded on an isolated mountain by 160,000 troops from the Great Peace Way.
If the Outer Disciple quickly purchase firearms, they will still have a chance to launch a counterattack.
But when they opened the online store, all they saw were three cold words at the bottom of the store page: Sold Out!
With the roar of artillery and the rain of gunfire, the Tai Heng Army was completely overwhelmed and unable to raise their heads.
Faced with life and death, he learned to dig trenches without any instruction!
The battle raged from night until morning, and then from morning until night again.
The Outer Disciple repeatedly tried to break out, but were all driven back.
The Flying Boat in the sky attempted to take away the Outer Disciple, but were repelled by the Great Peace Way Flying Boat equipped with Electromagnetic Cannon.
Qi Refining Stage disciples came to the rescue, but after two of them were sniped, they immediately dared not go up.
After all, it's not worth it to work so hard to cultivate to the Qi Refining Stage, which greatly increases lifespan and strength, only to die saving some Outer Disciple!
Heavenly Queen of this, exhausted and hungry, unable to break out and awaiting reinforcements, and still without supplies, the 190,000 Outer Disciple chose to lay down their weapons and surrender to the Great Peace Way!
The war between the Great Peace Way and the Taiheng Sect was a protracted struggle, with both sides experiencing victories and defeats.
But this is the first time since the start of the war that 240,000 have been defeated and 190,000 have been captured in a single battle!
Moreover, such a victory was not only unprecedented in the Great Peace Way, but it also did not occur in the Eastern Victory War when the Sun Sect attacked Taiheng!
During the Battle of Gushan, countless people watched the battle from various live streaming platforms.
After the victory, the causes and consequences of the war, the troop movements of both sides, and the confrontation were all reconstructed by netizens with Divine Abilities. Some even created animations to demonstrate it!
And anyone can see where the key to this war lies!
Before the advent of firearms, the war was in a state of equilibrium. After the advent of firearms, the Great Peace Way Dao defeated the Tai Heng Army with overwhelming force.
It goes without saying who deserves the credit!
Firearms, cannons!
This term, which was completely unfamiliar to the people of Taiheng, entered everyone's field of vision for the first time and became an indispensable topic of conversation.
Even Golden Core Stage cultivators, who might not be harmed by electromagnetic guns, and Spiritual Law Realm cultivators, who might not be harmed by Electromagnetic Cannon, have begun to take notice of these two emerging technologies.
After all, this thing is developing too fast!
When it was first born, it was difficult to even kill a wild boar, but in just five days, this thing was able to kill Qu Bai, who Qi Refining Third Layer.
In ten days, this thing will be able to threaten a cultivator at the Sixth Level of Body Refinement Talisman Realm.
If these scientists were given more time, to what extent could the power of this thing be increased?