Chapter 465 The Secret of the Fifth Era

Lu Yuan had also studied "space-time tidal harmony and conversion" in the past, and found that it was just a pure physical job. He would have to work on it for hundreds of years to get a little bit of luck, so he was too lazy to do it.

It is also equivalent to using Hua Lingyun as well as human and material resources to obtain a small amount of "luck".

“Sounds a bit like… Bitcoin?”

"Spending a lot of energy to make something that has no practical use, but is inexplicably valuable?" Lu Yuan was speechless, "Pangu Continent's blockchain?"

Hai Zhiyun said: "It is indeed possible that there is a blockchain system at the idealistic level... This thing is useful for Pangu Continent, but it is useless to us."

But no matter what, this inexplicable thing called "Tidal Harmony Conversion" does need to be studied. If it can be more efficient, it can be used.

The second key research direction is "emotional coordination and transformation".

A long time ago, when Lu Yuan completed a certain civilization milestone, the reward he received was a "Magic Cube-level energy", a large light blue cube.

This extraordinary item can generate 40-50 spiritual auras out of thin air every year, helping humans overcome many difficult stages of development.

Even from today's perspective, a productivity of 40-50% per year is still not low.

Its principle was simply illusory in the past, but now, after analysis by scientists, it has been discovered that it can collect emotional fluctuations, fire energy, a small amount of space-time tidal energy, etc. emitted by humans, and transform them into spiritual charm.

It is a very sophisticated technique, possibly even a technology of level 4 or even level 5 civilization, called "Emotion Harmony and Conversion".

But this "magic cube-level energy" only needs 50,000 to 100,000 people to operate at full capacity, and even with a population of one million, there is no way to continue to increase output.

Humans do need to study their own spiritual energy harmony and conversion equations. Even if the efficiency is not as good as "magic cube-level energy", it is a good thing to collect a few more spiritual energy every year.

"The times are changing, and the technologies that seemed incomprehensible in the past are also slowly being deciphered." Lu Yuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

These seemingly advanced technologies were too high for him to even think about on his own.

Now it is slowly being deciphered.

As for further development directions, it is difficult to think of them.

"I think our biomedical technology can be considered a Level 3 civilization technology, and it is more likely to reach a higher level. Although it does not involve civilization points, it is indeed a very clever method, containing the wisdom of countless people."

"The Universal Factory... It might be a Level 4 technology. We can't decipher it yet."

"The flying saucers of quantum civilization... are incomprehensible."

"The spatial glyphs of the Dalai Empire... are incomprehensible."

"Some gear debris from the gear civilization... I still can't understand it."

Everyone expressed their opinions and the office was very lively.

When Lu Yuan heard all those "incomprehensible" words, he couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Ahem, don't dwell on that, be down-to-earth. Aside from open-source and cost-saving technologies, is there nothing else you can research?"

Hai Zhiyun came to a conclusion: "Yes, there is, but it is very difficult in the short term. Technologies that mobilize the power of heaven and earth, such as lightning storms and volcanic eruptions, require a lot of resources to manufacture large-scale control devices. We don't have so many resources at the moment."

"Level 3 technology, the research cost of those developed from anomalies will be relatively low."

"If we develop our own technology, we will need a lot of resources to build it up, the cost will be quite high, and the difficulty will also be relatively high."

"From this perspective, we are indeed a rookie civilization. We don't even have the resources for independent research..."

"Of course, we can only think of ways to use the Little Mirage Dragon and the Indestructible Giant Turtle, and perhaps we can develop a new low-cost technology route. As far as I know, the most likely third-level technology to be realized is the [Iron Curtain of All Things], which comes from the Indestructible Giant Turtle. Its specific function is to greatly increase the defense of mechanical units and achieve a short-term 'indestructible' effect."

Hearing him say this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but rub his nose: "Ahem, why does it sound a bit like the iron curtain device in a certain game?"

“Yes, that’s where the inspiration came from.”

People couldn't help but laugh again.

But then again, the Source Fire Civilization survived until the end of the era and had its own adventures, so it's normal that they are richer than humans.

The history of human civilization is only about two hundred years, so it is impossible to compare with the old civilizations. Besides, isn’t the current number of level three technologies acceptable?

We talked a lot during this closed-door meeting.

Every generation of young people has its own ideas and expectations.

Occasionally there is some bookish arrogance and impracticality.

But their starting point is always good, they have not suffered too much hardship, and they have a little glimmer of idealism.

I have to admit that the world belongs to the young! Even Lu Yuan feels that he is still very young and is at the right age to make a career.

"That's it for now. The key research and development directions in the future are the third-level technologies related to 'increasing revenue and reducing expenditure', the research of high-performance computers, the further development of Lingyan technology, the exploration of composite idealistic materials, weak artificial intelligence, unmanned detection... and the Iron Curtain of All Things!"

"Comrades, if you encounter any difficulties, you can tell me directly. Don't be afraid. I will always support you."

"Okay, it's getting late, disband!"

The young people left one after another with anticipation and smiles on their faces.

…

After the crowd left, only Hai Zhiyun stayed in the office, looking around, as if he wanted to find out confidential information - he had perfectly inherited Lu Yuan's personality.

"Why? You want me to treat you to dinner?" Lu Yuan's heart tightened and he covered his wallet.

Lu Yuan's salary is actually quite good, but the benefits alone are a bit too much to bear, so he can only scrimp and save.

"Dad Lu, I have an important discovery, but I can't tell you in front of everyone..."

"Tell me about it."

"I analyzed a large amount of ancient documents and calculated the development process over the years. I found that there are actually many inexplicable and unexplainable things in our Green City."

"So I think there are many unknown secrets that have not yet been made public. For example, why was the spaceship of the Dalai Empire placed in the tiankeng? The area of ​​the tiankeng is so valuable, and there must be a reason for stuffing a broken spaceship in it, right?"

"Brother Yun, you know too much." Lu Yuan said unhappily, "If a civilization wants to develop, it must have secrets. You don't want me to tell you, do you?"

"When you grow to a certain level, you will naturally know. The Dalai spacecraft is very dangerous, so don't study it."

Being called "Brother Yun" by Lu Yuan, the young man couldn't help but blush.

There are indeed many secrets of the 18 human civilizations.

Not to mention Lu Yuan’s own secrets, like the “real paradise” in the “Green Paradise”, the fruit of life, the [blood vampire] and the mirror [devil] in the laboratory of the Dalai Empire.

There are even remnants of [Devil's Shadow], all of which are terrifying secrets!

But no matter how good the confidentiality is, there are always some clues, and it is normal for this smart person to analyze some of them.

"Since you say so, I won't know for now."

Hai Zhiyun regained his composure: "But there is one more important thing. When I was looking up information, I found that the development path of the ancient era was different from the current one."

"In the era long ago, idealism was the main approach. Natural disaster-level phenomena were all born in the ancient times. There were many myths at that time, and the number of giant beasts and phenomena was also countless, including the immortal giant turtle old man who lived for a long time, who was also born in the ancient era."

"But since a certain era, the emergence of the materialistic path has led to a change in the development paths of major civilizations... The number of new anomalies has decreased. What I mean is that the number of new species has decreased, but the old species will still be born naturally."

"Okay, I want to hear what you have analyzed..."

Lu Yuan brought the young man to the Big Rice Bucket Canteen and ordered an expensive meal for two.

The robot's eyes lit up.

"Ding! You have paid for the deluxe meal for two, 288 yuan!"

His heart was bleeding. This big glutton canteen was becoming more and more expensive. It was said that it was run by a novelist with the pen name "Eternal Furnace". He was such a greedy person.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Hai Zhiyun was naturally very happy to be a freeloader, and continued: "First of all, the first conclusion is that the old gentleman, the immortal giant turtle, has a very special point, which is wisdom. The subsequent visions that were born are often not wise, and the wise ones seem to be all old things..."

"Maybe the samples are not rich enough...and doesn't the little mirage dragon have intelligence?" Lu Yuan took a sip of the soup.

"No, the little mirage dragon was born through nirvana, which is different."

"We can boldly assume that in a certain era, the probability of the birth of wisdom visions dropped significantly. And this era happened to be the era when the materialist path appeared."

Hai Zhiyun drew a horizontal line on the table.

“Before this time, there were many visions of wisdom.”

"After this, visions of wisdom became rare..."

Lu Yuan was just listening casually, but as he listened, his brows furrowed: "Which era?"

"The fifth era... suspected, not sure."

Lu Yuan instinctively felt a little uneasy. The number of the fifth era... was a bit sensitive.

Ghosts, demons, monsters, and monsters, if the four great natural disasters distinguish an era, wouldn’t the subsequent one be the fifth one?

He looked around for a while, thinking that this information should be meaningless, and motioned for the other party to continue.

Hai Zhiyun took a few bites of mushroom and chicken rice and drank a mouthful of soup. "There is no extraordinary level in the pure materialistic route. Even if some idealistic technology is combined, the extraordinary level of the items will be greatly reduced."

"Just like the superconducting composite material, 'ether fiber', in theory it is just a low-quality material. But in practice it has a wide range of uses. It is the precursor technology for controlled nuclear fusion..."

"Even if controlled nuclear fusion is really achieved, I think the entire power generation device may only be rare level, and it is unlikely to exceed the excellent level. But its function is much stronger than a legendary axe."

Hai Zhiyun talked freely: "Pandora's crystal is awesome, but it is also of low quality. It is actually a natural composite material... Pandora's crystal was produced after the emergence of the materialistic route."

"So we can assume that since the birth of this line combining materialism and idealism in the fifth era, the rules of the entire Pangu Continent have been changed."

"In the following eras, this approach became popular, and the combination of idealism and materialism became the real mainstream."

“This route is economical and practical.”

"Simpler than pure materialism, more economical than pure idealism."

Lu Yuan nodded, it sounded reasonable.

Hai Zhiyun changed the subject: "But could it be that the civilization before the Fifth Era could not think of this route?"

"I think it's impossible. There are too many civilizations, like the sands of the Ganges. There must be some innate technological civilizations. Before they came to Pangu Continent, they already had pure materialistic technology and corresponding development concepts."

"There is only one possibility. Before the Fifth Era, the physical laws of Pangu Continent were interfered with so badly that they couldn't even generate a stable electric current. Therefore, they could only take the idealistic route."

"In that world, idealism was the norm. I wouldn't be surprised if people could do things like fantasy and cultivating immortals."

"We can even think that it is a fantasy world!"

"But in a certain era in the middle, that is... the fifth era, pure physics suddenly rose again, idealism and materialism began to balance, and everyone could take a new path again."

"Why did this happen? There must have been a huge turning point in the middle. I have consulted a lot of documents of the Green Civilization and found some clues. There must have been a large-scale prehistoric war that changed..."

"Okay, I can't say any more." Suddenly, a red light flashed in Lu Yuan's eyes.

This is the spiritual shock from [Control].

It wasn't to control the young man, but to make him stop talking.

The depth of this information is already toxic.

With a "bang", the spoon in Hai Zhiyun's hand fell on the table.

His mind was in a daze after being hit like this, and it took him several seconds to come back to his senses. He looked at the commander-in-chief in a daze.

Lu Yuan sighed and said, "Secrets are secrets because the eyes of the world are everywhere... We are all birds in a cage."

"Even speculation is dangerous."

"Humans are a little stronger than you think, but the Epochal Disaster is a hundred million times stronger than you think."

Hai Zhiyun was stunned. Smart people can often think of many things quickly.

His brain started to work furiously and sweat began to break out on his forehead.

My thoughts started from the disaster of ghost fog...

Finally, he sighed and said, "I understand a little bit. This world is really scary."

"The pit that the civilization before us dug was too big. What kind of mess did they leave for us?"

"Not really. Without the previous civilizations, there would be no us... We have indeed benefited from the legacy of our predecessors."

The two of them ate in silence. Hai Zhiyun felt under great mental pressure. The more he ate, the less tasty it seemed to him. He wanted to study it immediately.

(End of this chapter)