Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

“Interesting. ”

Standing in the ship, General Reinhardt, made up of holographic light, was looking up at the chandelier on the ceiling. But from the state of focus of his pupils, it doesn't look like he's looking at a ceiling, it looks like he's looking somewhere on the planet through a ship and a dozen kilometers deep.

Hearing the muttering, the ark stopped its holographic motion and cast a curious gaze at General Reinhardt, who looked up at the ceiling.

“What's so funny? ”

“Nothing, you don't have to worry...” There was no loss of interest in his face, General Reinhardt continued with a chitchat tone, “There seemed to be a fight outside. ”

Fighting?

What the hell is that?

When General Reinhardt answered, the heart of the Ark became even more confused.

“… fighting? ”

“Hmm...” General Reinhardt said with some thought, "the noise seems to be quite minor... but compared to my hometown, it's not that big of a deal. ”

The last battle, even now, was fresh in his heart.

The Imperial fleet's guns razed mountains, rivers and endless farmland, turning rich agricultural planets into lava worlds with lava raging around them, and the Revolutionary Army's final defense forces collapsed between them.

Now, it was a miracle to be able to escape from there and float to the center of the universe, guided by the Oracle.

Watching this guy seems to be caught in some sort of nostalgia, and the Ark doesn't know how to take that sentence for a while. But he understands what this guy calls a little punch.

After all, Earth's civilization, which is still swaddling, is too small compared to the size of the Coke Empire. Even the largest war in human history, the battlefield is nothing more than a planetary scale.

Looking at the holographic model suspended in his hand, the ark pondered for a long time and suddenly asked.

“… By the way, can you perceive the outside world? ”

“Are you referring to the world on Mars?” Reinhardt smiled lightly, “What's so hard about it, otherwise how do you think I've spent billions of years? ”

At this point, the ship suddenly remembered the memories of Mars civilization that it had seen during its frozen dormancy. It was at this very moment that he realized that he seemed to ask a very stupid question.

“… I don't understand, how did you do it? ”

“Analysis of electromagnetic waves, changes in planetary gravity distribution, geothermal temperatures, and so on… many things do not necessarily have to be looked at with eyes, but can also be heard with ears or felt with the mind. ”

While saying this, General Reinhardt's voice carries with it a hint of arrogance characteristic of a higher civilization. That feeling, though faint, can still be easily read from the changes in his facial expression.

Even standing in a holographic beam is a blue skinned human “alien creature”.

“Looks like the ship is more powerful than I thought," said the ark thoughtfully, looking around the cabin in a minimalist style, "at least the sensor part is beyond my imagination. By simply changing some simple parameters, it can be inferred that a military conflict is erupting over our heads. ”

“Of course, electromagnetic wave conduction is not just information, it's human emotion.” General Reinhardt smiled slightly and his expression continued unchanged, "One group rushed angrily at the other, exhaling each other's anger with electromagnetic projectiles of shells and explosives… it was too similar. ”

Somehow, it was so similar that it gave rise to an uneasy emotion in the heart of the ark.

It always felt like something terrible had happened on the surface during the time I had left.

An air thief attacking a colony?

Impossible...

There's no such bullshit as an air thief.

In his impression, those "pirate ships” that were active between asteroid belts were, at best, responsible for robbing mining stations, intercepting transport vessels and so on. How dare you reach out to the colony and teach them how to be men with the first-fleet guns in minutes?

Just as he was thinking about what was really going on out there, General Reinhardt, who had not spoken for a while, suddenly spoke.

“Speaking of which, you've seen my memories of the Empire in void memories. ”

“Yes… it was a beautiful place in my mind. ”

Whether it's the endless circle of the world or the frontier planet full of beautiful scenery, if you have to look for a paradigm as a utopian standard, the ark thinks that's probably the limit he can imagine right now.

General Reinhardt laughed and continued when he heard this assertion.

“Thank you for the compliment, and I think it's such a beautiful place that I can't find another place to rival it after so many years of drifting from one of the galaxies of the old universe. ”

“Later I learned from the observers that few civilizations, even if they look at the entire galaxy, are as obsessed with the transformation of the parent galaxy as we are. Had it not been for the magnificent miracle, they would have been more than happy to host it in the Museum of Old Universe Civilizations… but unfortunately, all that remained was a tiny memory. ”

Ark: “It's such a shame. ”

“Yeah,” General Reinhardt sighed softly, "we used centuries of miracles to torch it ourselves in less than a century. And this is also the most heartbreaking part, which ultimately does not end up in the hands of natural disasters, but in our own expansion. ”

As he spoke, General Reinhardt retracted his gaze from the ceiling and looked to the ark, saying in a profound tone.

“So if you can learn that little lesson from our history, perhaps it will be a much more precious asset than technology. ”

If thoughtful place goes down, the ark says solemnly.

“I will remember your advice. ”

“It's advice, not really,” General Reinhardt laughed and continued, "not to mention that history has its own inertia, and there are things that you and I can't control. ”

Speaking of which, for a moment, General Reinhardt suddenly changed the subject.

“Forget it. Speaking of which, are you done with your research? I feel like you've copied the entire warp engine completely into an electronic version. If it doesn't work, you can imitate one like a gourd drawing lady. ”

Hearing this senseless statement, the ark shook its head.

“… it's not as simple as you say, even with exactly the same drawings, with the industrial foundation of Earth's civilization, it's hard to make exactly the same thing. I have to figure out how this works, and then I have to choose what materials I can substitute, and then I have to try to replicate a similar one. ”

“You guys are a pain in the ass. ”

“There is no way, not only history, scientific and technological development also has its own inertia, the previous research inevitably encounters resistance” made a helpless expression, the ark put its gaze back on the holographic model in hand and continued, “Just a moment longer, I'm very close to the last part. ”

“Well, I shouldn't have asked,” General Reinhardt sighed, "that's what you did to me 25 hours and 21 minutes ago. ”

“I'm sorry. ”

“Nothing, you don't have to be sorry, I don't care about the little time. Besides, this is actually fine,” Tong, General Reinhardt standing in the holographic beam, suddenly means a lot, "and when you're done researching it, you should split the wins and losses outside. ”

Ark: “…? ”