In the overwhelming majority of cases, it is basically impossible for a world's civilization to simultaneously maintain very powerful technological development and a very powerful Extraordinary Level.

The two actually conflict with each other in the developmental process of a civilization.

Development in science and technology tends to take the entire civilization into account.

Whereas an Extraordinary System only considers the individual.

Under such circumstances, if a world possesses the potential to wield a powerful Extraordinary Power, then it is very difficult for it to form the path and environment required for technological development.

From the situation of that Human Civilization within the previous Primordial World, one can already see a thing or two.

Although the development of that Human Civilization was, to a large extent, affected by calamities, it also in fact represented the conflict between these two paths.

The stronger they are, the more this is the case.

In some worlds where Extraordinary Power is relatively weak, it is still possible to develop a powerful technological civilization, but in powerful worlds, this is basically impossible.

Yet an enemy like the one before them now seemed to have already appeared.

And the reason was easy to guess.

It was just as High-Level Martial Artist Shen Yu had said: even if Force One had really completely vanished, the legacy they left behind would still be enough to nurture an extraordinary civilization. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"The civilization in this Elemental World— even if it truly has no ability to travel to the All Heavens World— must still be a powerful civilization. To some extent, we should treat it as an All Heavens civilization. No one knows what kind of trump cards they might hold in their hands." Shen Yu looked at the others, in effect defining the level of importance this matter should be given.

The other Shen Yus all nodded in succession.

Each of them had already taken this seriously.

In a certain sense, this could also be regarded as a "large-scale field exercise."

At the very least, such an All Heavens Force was, after all, somewhat easier to deal with than a true All Heavens Force.

The mere fact that they were confined to a single world was enough to give the Association a considerable advantage.

"Our next step is still to focus on reconnaissance." Wizard Shen Yu said, "In wars among All Heavens Forces, intelligence is absolutely the most important factor. If we already know everything about this civilization at this point— even including the trump cards they might possess— then the remaining matters will be very simple, and our odds of victory can be said to go straight up to ninety percent."

The Wizard Civilization had indeed accumulated exceptionally rich experience in this kind of exploration and conquest Domain.

Even their technical methods for investigation were extremely impressive.

Of course, at this very moment, given the level they were facing, those technical methods were not even worth bringing up.

But the procedures were not all that different.

Everyone unanimously agreed to focus on reconnaissance.

After pondering for a moment, Shen Yu looked again at High-Level Martial Artist Shen Yu. "When you escaped using the Gray Mist back then, can you confirm in what direction the Gray Mist was exerting its effect?"

When using Gray Mist to realize some concrete function, it does not simply appear out of thin air.

It must conform to some actually existing, or at least potentially investigable, mechanism.

For example, in the previous Magicless World, if Shen Yu had enough Gray Mist to resurrect a person.

Then the Gray Mist would directly restore that person's body, including brain cells and the memory carriers within those brain cells, and it would even restore the technological-level self-awareness in one go.

Such a direction is understandable in terms of technical means.

Thus, when Shen Yu posed this question, he was essentially asking what kind of technical direction could ensure concealment within this Elemental World.

High-Level Martial Artist Shen Yu did not beat around the bush. He had long since understood the properties of the Gray Mist, so naturally he would not be unprepared.

So he had already made records in advance.

He now brought them out directly.

"Because the time was extremely short, I didn't have the chance for detailed thought and identification, but I believe this is a kind of hybrid technology that takes both Extraordinary Power and material-level spatial technology into account, and it seems to make use of a special Extraordinary Power that already exists in that world..."

After carefully distinguishing it, everyone discovered something that surprised them somewhat.

It was a special element they had not anticipated before.

—Space!

That's right, the Space element.

Previously, the Association had already discovered many Elemental Worlds related to Force One.

In these worlds, there often existed only a single Elemental Rule that had reached a level equivalent to a Saint. This was also why the many Shen Yus had always believed that Force One must have mastered a crucial Elemental Plane.

The elements they had already discovered had surpassed those of the most powerful Elemental World within the Association.

In addition to the conventional Light, Darkness, Wind, Water, Fire, Earth, and Thunder, there were also the four elements of Life, Death, Wood, and Metal.

This was already extremely powerful.

However, they had not expected that this world would actually possess the Space element as well!

"The Space element— this kind of concrete and single Extraordinary Rule— this is the first time we've ever seen it, isn't it?" Wizard Shen Yu's interest was immediately piqued.

The other Shen Yus all nodded slightly.

"In my world, there is also a portion of spatial Extraordinary Rules, but those only exist as a high-level Extraordinary Rule that can affect material-level space to a certain extent. They are far from reaching the level before our eyes..."