The other eight, upon hearing Dong Cheng's words, were secretly shocked. On one hand, they were stunned that anyone attempting to convert to Shenhun Dao techniques would be so suicidal. On the other, they were amazed that Dong Cheng had actually managed to procure a Spiriton Foundation essence detection device. It was an artifact from the era of the previous Unified Government; almost no one in the current age was capable of manufacturing such a thing. Perhaps a few remained in the Blue Sea or the Military Government, but such technological expertise simply didn't exist elsewhere—let alone the fact that after the ban on technology, even using such a device was heavily restricted, let alone speaking of it as nonchalantly as Dong Cheng just had.
Dong Cheng observed their expressions and explained directly, "I have some connections left behind by my ancestors that allow me to locate similar artifacts from the time of the previous Unified Government. Previously, they couldn't be used, but you all must have noticed... with the Shenhun Dao completely taking control of Qinghai—I don't know about elsewhere, but within Qinghai, at least within this Cang Province where we are—the implicit ban on technology is weakening. Just in the past month, those with firm wills have been able to barely use detection devices, small-scale energy weapons, or scouting artifacts. The speed of this weakening is rapid."
The others nodded secretly. A middle-aged man said, "This is our monthly meeting, an…
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