Even so, Hao Qi took things in stride and traveled all over the various cities of the Blue Sea. This was a fascinating era—the Primordial Era had already ended, and the Ancient Era had yet to begin. It was an era where technology and martial artists flourished side by side. To be honest, had the descent of the Anti-Scientists not occurred during this period, it would have been uncertain whether the future Ancient Era could even begin, and the future might not have turned out nearly as vibrant. Just consider Zhuge Ming's proposal to partition the realm into three; the mere thought of a hundred schools of thought shining brilliantly together felt truly magnificent.
Compared to Qinghai, where Hao Qi had arrived, the Blue Sea was different in many ways. The baseline level of technology, for instance, was completely distinct. If Qinghai's technological level was mostly rooted in the twentieth century for most regions, with only a few major cities surpassing the twenty-first century, then the Blue Sea's technology generally hovered around the near-future level. There were single-person or family-style flying devices powered by levitation technology, as well as large-scale orbital spatial shuttles that allowed a person to travel from one city to another in a matter of mere seconds.
It was a pity, however, that the technological prohibition order still remained in effect. Aside from these basic infrastructures and civilian products, more advanced technological items failed to appea…
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