Although the Red Queen possesses many energy weapons and has transformed them into conventional equipment, she is essentially still at the stage of mechanical technology.
The distinction between mechanical technology and energy technology lies not in advanced weaponry, but in the most fundamental energy source.
Anything that uses electricity and machinery falls under the category of mechanical technology.
Those that utilize the primordial energy of heaven and earth and formations belong to energy technology.
As mechanical technology develops, it will inevitably transition to energy technology, and cultivation directly begins with energy technology.
Electricity is also a form of energy, but as the lowest and most basic form of energy, its limitations are too great.
For example, the interference we encountered this time would rarely happen with energy technology, and even if it did occur, we could find a way to resolve it.
"Seniors, please come inside with me."
Xu Long spoke up, and Zhang Sanfeng and Dong Tianbao did not refuse.
They had never encountered such a deity before, so they decided to go inside and see what it was.
After parking the spaceship outside, Xu Long, Zhang Sanfeng, and Dong Tianbao went inside together.
The further they went in, the stronger the madness in the air became, to the point that it could already affect E-rank cultivators.
The surroundings were deathly silent; no living creatures could be seen, as if this were a forbidden zone for life.
"This is really difficult."
Xu Long muttered something, and then a rune appeared in the air. As it flashed with golden light, a mysterious aura entered Xu Long's senses.
This is Divination Talisman, a C-rank talisman that can be drawn directly in the air using mental power.
"As expected, it's in the direction of Dadu. What exactly does that thing want to do?"
Without the slightest hesitation, Xu Long immediately changed direction.
After traveling several hundred miles further, Xu Long finally spotted some people.
It was an old woman with a basket hanging from her arm. She immediately walked over when she saw Xu Long and his two companions.
"Young man, would you like to buy some oranges?"
The old woman looked to be in her sixties, but she was in very good spirits.
Unhurried, unhurried, with a smile on his face.
If it weren't for the strong fishy smell emanating from him, Xu Long would have really thought he was just an ordinary old man.
"Tangerine?"
Xu Long looked into the basket; it was brightly colored, quite large, and looked rather nice.
But something's a bit strange; these oranges are huge, almost the size of pomelos.
"It's so big, could it be an irradiated orange from Japan?"
Xu Long asked.
"No, it's just a regular orange."
The old lady's answer was very firm.
"Yeah, it's really just a regular orange!"
The orange stirred and chimed in.
Xu Long: "???"
The scene before us was a bit strange; the orange was actually speaking.
But then again, what can you do about what Orange says? Aren't there plenty of strange and unusual things happening in this world?
"Looks like you don't want to buy my oranges!"
Seeing that Xu Long and the other two were a little stunned, the old woman's face suddenly twisted.
His eyes rolled upwards, his nose stretched out, and his tongue stuck out of his mouth.
The wrinkled skin was suddenly torn open, and countless mouths bit through the clothes, revealing a monstrous, twisted body.
"Don't buy my oranges... Don't buy my oranges..."
The old woman's mouth kept muttering, and strange fluctuations spread outwards.
Any mortal who touches it will immediately be twisted into various insane monsters.
"Broken!"
Xu Long uttered a single word, and the old woman before him instantly turned into countless fragments.
The air transformed into sharp blades, slicing the old woman to pieces like knives.
Xu Long did not use the Extreme Yang, Absolute Yin True Qi, nor did he use the power of his soul.
He wanted to see if ordinary people could deal with this monster, and tried to gather as much information as possible.
Xu Long will have to face all living beings in the entire Great Wilderness Main World: gods, deities, spirits, demons, monsters, spirits, immortals, and countless other strange and monstrous races.
Sufficient information allows Xu Long to be more composed when facing the enemy, preventing him from becoming flustered and disorganized.
"Don't buy my oranges... Don't buy my oranges..."
The old woman's body shattered, but her voice still lingered in my ears.
This is not a sound produced by the vibration of the vocal cords, but a roar from the soul.
"When a soul is distorted, it also acquires certain characteristics."
Xu Long looked into the distance and realized that this god was even more troublesome than he had imagined.
I don't know about their individual combat strength, but their destructive power is truly terrifying.
He casually crushed the old woman's completely twisted and deformed soul, and the orange that was hiding nearby, seemingly plotting something, also crumbled along with it.
The orange is actually part of the old woman's body. If you eat it, you will most likely become a puppet controlled by the old woman.
After walking for a while longer, Xu Long encountered another person.
The strong smell of the sea emanating from him was nauseating, but he seemed oblivious to it as he greeted Xu Long.
"There's no need to continue. The entire Southern Allied Army should be dead. All we'll see are these kinds of things."
Xu Long looked towards Dadu when his left wrist suddenly split open, and crimson blood gushed out like a fountain.
The blood, upon hitting the ground, did not stain the soil; instead, it transformed into tiny, bee-sized particles that scattered in all directions.
After S-rank powerhouse undergoes physical transformation, they can regenerate flesh and blood and Rebirth Divine Hall from a drop of blood.
Genetic erosion of plants, leading to the emergence of various viruses, as seen in Xu Hu's case, is only the most basic level of capability.
Xu Long no longer needs the Chaotic Mutation Agent; with a single thought, he can cause the organisms that have been infected with his genes to mutate.
If he were to relinquish control over his genes, any single cell could evolve into a monster like the Goddess of the Night.
Blood gushed out, reaching thousands of times his own size in the blink of an Kung Fu Hustle.
This does not violate the law of conservation of mass-energy, because energy is transformed into matter.
As countless bees flew in all directions, the cut on Xu Long's wrist healed quickly, leaving no trace.
These little things are like his clones, carrying a portion of his power, and can transmit all their senses back to his main body.
Xu Long used these things to explore, which was much better than micro-robots; the only drawback was that they were relatively close-range.
"Talented people emerge in every generation, and new talents replace the old!"
Zhang Sanfeng and Dong Tianbao exchanged a glance, both deeply moved.
They can also transform flesh and blood, but they can never control it as perfectly as Xu Long.
Once the flesh and blood separate from the body, it will gradually lose control and eventually turn into a monster like the Goddess of the Night.
The tiny bees formed from blood were incredibly fast, and Xu Long was able to gather all the information about their surroundings.
Just as he had predicted, the entire Southern Allied Army had been annihilated, transformed into those twisted monsters.
Except for a very few individuals who were left behind for unknown reasons, all the monsters headed towards the Dadu, as if something there was drawing them in.
As for that unknown god...
Xu Long couldn't find any trace of him, and didn't even know his approximate location.