I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early-Chapter 636 - 461 Third-level Technology and Fourth-level Technology

Chapter 636 -461 Third-level Technology and Fourth-level Technology

Faced with Lu Yuan’s question, everyone didn’t quite know how to answer.

Human Civilization is not perfect, this is well understood by everyone.

Embezzlement and violent crimes do occasionally occur, as any society naturally produces a small number of antisocial personalities, which is determined by genetics.

Moreover, as the educational level of citizens continues to increase, the overall quality of soldiers may not be higher than that of the earlier two generations… Although the combat capability of soldiers has indeed improved, there has been a decline at the spiritual level.

The reason is simple, as there has been a long period of peace and humans have not engaged in war for a long time. No matter how they train, it is impossible to match the previous generations who have truly been tempered through hardship.

The children of the new generation are also somewhat naïve and kind-hearted, seeing things in black and white with clear-cut edges… For technological development, this kind of pure thinking is very beneficial; but for survival and development, it often has its downsides.

Solving problems is far more difficult than identifying them, and you can’t have the best of both worlds.

“Just speak freely, as if you’re casually discussing politics online,” Lu Yuan tapped the table gently with his fingernail.

“I think that in the future, we still need to vigorously develop artificial intelligence. Not necessarily strong AI, but weak AI will do,” said Hai Zhiyun, “First, it can be used to monitor the circulation of financial data, after all with such a small population, any corruption can be easily caught.”

“Moreover, in matters like court precedents, using artificial intelligence is even more fair and just. Human judges only need to oversee and supervise the AI.”

“Datafication is the trend of the future, it’s just that our current computing power is still somewhat inadequate.”

Lu Yuan’s heart skipped a beat, how should he respond to this—what if the immense wealth of the Greedy Demon God is exposed?! That’s 43,000 Spirit Essence, not for the public eye!

Well, actually there’s not much of a problem.

The wealth of the Greedy Demon God does not circulate externally and is not skimmed from humans, so even the most powerful data analytics would not be able to uncover it.

As for the wealth that can be circulated, it can be accounted for by the Insect Clan Army. No matter how far the human hand stretches, it can’t reach into the domain of the Insect Clan Army.

Hai Zhiyun, unaware that the person in front of her is a magnate, continued to speak, “Secondly, if computing power and industrial capacity could be infinitely enhanced, we could build a Dyson Sphere and become an interstellar civilization. What would we have to fear from anomalies? On the military level, we would have drones, robotic dogs, unmanned submarines, and so on.”

“Datafication is indeed the future.”

Lu Yuan laughed and said, “That’s quite true… But higher level civilizations must also develop idealistic science, right? We have encountered quite a few interstellar civilizations before. If idealistic science doesn’t keep up, artificial intelligence will still have many flaws.”

That’s a fact indeed. Civilizations like the Great Lai Empire and the Gear Civilization, of such calibers, have long been capable of interstellar voyages but are still mucking around on the Pangu Continent.

The reason is that the idealistic resources of Pangu Continent are more abundant than those of other barren planets.

Clearly, it is more stable to walk on two legs rather than one.

When it came to the subject of interstellar civilization, everyone became more open and began to chat more freely. Another doctoral student asked, “Our Controlled Nuclear Fusion Engineering… why hasn’t it come to fruition yet?”

“Don’t we already have the blueprints? Can’t we just copy it exactly?”

“… I heard from Professor Desert that it’s due to the lack of a type of super-magnet material, simply put, this material can create a powerful magnetic field. A strong magnetic field is used to confine plasma.”

Hai Zhiyun explained, “Pure physical superconductor materials have various limitations. For example, they require an ultra-low temperature environment, and if the electrical current reaches a critical point, the material loses its superconductivity, making the produced magnetic field often insufficient, thus greatly increasing the difficulty of achieving controlled nuclear fusion.”

“Therefore, the Source Fire Civilization used an idealist material called ‘Ether Fiber’ to create a stronger magnetic field and further realize controlled nuclear fusion.”

“Is this substance… a kind of mineral found on the ground?” Lu Yuan heard this term for the first time.

“No, it might be a composite material, produced in factories.”

“The manufacturing method for ‘Ether Fiber’ has been lost, unfortunately. I was only able to analyze some of its general components through the remnants of the fusion device, but to discover the specific arrangement and combination of these elements requires extremely high computing power… our current computing power is not high enough yet.”

Hai Zhiyun, a true ‘Thought Upload’ and ‘Super-thinker’, understood a bit of everything in the realm of pure physics.

Human beings really need such talents. After all, talents in idealistic science are produced every year, but there have only been a few talents in physics over the years.

The barrier between pure physics and idealism isn’t as high as one might imagine.

Lu Yuan and others research idealism relying on inspiration.

As for Hai Zhiyun, he doesn’t count on inspiration; he directly calculates the results for many things, especially in the fields of materials science, protein science, weather forecasting, and city planning—essentially brute-forcing with high computational power.

So, indeed, there is a basis for the development of significant artificial intelligence.

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“What else? Everyone, feel free to share your opinions, relax and just chat.”

A female doctoral student named Hai Lanlan stated, “Actually, I think we should still consolidate the technology that a Third-level Civilization should have. At present, we barely meet the passing criteria, we need to continue to deepen the foundation.”

She was a bit nervous at first, but once the conversation turned to her area of expertise, she relaxed and spoke freely.

The young girl with short hair, who has been researching Spirit Language Technology under Lady Conch for many years, has contributed to the “Spiritual Language Stacking Technology”.

The typical hallmark of a Third-level Civilization is the use of [Civilization Points].

Money is meant to be spent, not just hoarded without use.

The Human 18th Civilization currently possesses two Third-level Technologies; the first is “Spiritual Language Stacking Technology,” capable of stacking spirit words like Lightning, Explosions, and Light Screen multiple times to achieve higher levels of power.

This technology provides an integrated offense and defense and is considered one of humanity’s strongest foundations.

Of course, this entire process requires the consumption of a small amount of “Luck” and a considerable amount of Spirit Essence; otherwise, it is very difficult to activate at once.

The other technology is naturally “Harvest Blessing,” which can accelerate the growth of plants, considered a technology inherited from the Green Grass Civilization.

As for other fancy innovations, such as Shell headphones, Engraving flashlights, Super Textiles, Spiritual Comfort Waves, etc.

Well, they indeed enrich life and expand productivity, but they’re at most considered Second-level Civilization technologies…

Other Second-level Civilizations could also come up with them; it’s just a matter of spending some time and resources.

So, humans currently have only two Third-level Civilization technologies. Indeed, in terms of their foundation, they are still somewhat lacking.

“So what’s next for development? Third-level technology…” Everyone is deep in thought.

“Copy the technology of the Source Fire Civilization? Control Volcanic Eruptions?” A male student suggested.

“That doesn’t seem to work…” Another doctor shook his head, “They had planned from the beginning to take refuge in volcanoes to avoid Epoch Disasters, hence they transformed their cities and developed corresponding technologies.

“For this technology alone, they paid a hefty cost, conservatively estimated at over twenty thousand.”

The figure of twenty thousand is still too large for humans at present.

“The cost you mentioned, is it for that Sealing Array on the volcano?” Lu Yuan’s eyes brightened.

“Exactly!” The male doctor nodded, “That thing is standard Third-level Civilization Technology, but it’s quite expensive to build, and without that array, you can’t seal the volcano. It’s not necessary for us to spend a lot of money to replicate a Sealing Array right now, is it?”

Lu Yuan nodded: “That Volcanic Eruption Technology, I think it’s pretty redundant… In the end, it’s just collecting some Fire Attribute Ore, which is not as practical as the Harvest Blessing… and it’s not too realistic for attacking enemies either.”

The male student quickly replied: “No no no, this technology should have further developments. This is actually a technology for controlling the ‘Power of Earth Veins’ in the Pangu Continent.”

“You guys should understand that the Pangu Continent itself is a super-large scale idealist unit. Technology that controls the Power of Earth Veins, if further explored, has a chance of becoming Fourth-level Technology!”

Everyone is a bit shocked; the civilization of the Mirage Dragon in the Source Fire Civilization is actually not so shabby…

Really didn’t expect that!

“What about the Green Grass Civilization then? They are a Fourth-level Civilization, right? What’s their Fourth-level Technology?”

Hai Lanlan spoke: “The Green Grass Paradise is a standard Third-level Technology, besides that, there’s a ‘True Dreams’ technology based on the Opium poppy tree, but it has been completely lost and cannot be restored.”

“Oh, the Green Grass Civilization also has a ‘Lightning Storm’ control technology which is also considered Third-level Technology with potential for advancement. However, that documentation has also been lost.”

Hai Ziyun voiced her confusion: “Does this mean that the definition of Fourth-level idealist technology is—having a broader impact on nature?”

“Maybe… but there’s no precise definition yet, we can only intuitively feel it.”

The discussion among these fifty-plus people is heated, each one eagerly contributing their thoughts.

Lu Yuan suddenly realized that he couldn’t even get a word in, making himself look like an illiterate—dammit, even as a Demon God, he found himself speechless, were they rebelling?!

Returning to the main topic, what could be the next possible Third-level Technology to develop?

After some debate, everyone agreed that the first key technology to research would be “Space-Time Tidal Harmonization Conversion Combination,” which is a very complex Engraved group, yet also a must-study for Third-level Civilizations.

Simply put, its function is to increase the accumulation efficiency of “Luck”!

“Luck,” an intangible and invisible element that gradually emerges within human productive activities, is a kind of energy that originates from history. The current academic term more aptly describes it as “Space-Time Tidal Energy,” a positive feedback given by the entire idealist space-time.

The more proactive the civilization, the more feedback it receives.

And the “Harmonization Conversion Engraved Combination,” can increase the weight of one’s own civilization in the Ninth Epoch space-time, thereby increasing the accumulation efficiency of “Luck.”

However, this thing… Is very troublesome, requiring a lot of work and consuming considerable resources, but it has no other function; it’s just plain labor-intensive.