Chapter 312: Bringing Forth the New
However, this exchange was by no means a one-way output.
Ryo's logic core acted like the most efficient processor, greedily and madly absorbing everything in this feast of knowledge.
The complete scientific system demonstrated by the Federation scholars, built upon rigorous mathematics and reproducible experiments, continuously impacted and refreshed his existing knowledge structure with its clear, self-consistent, and elegant logical chains.
Those technological paths derived from the concept of peaceful development—focusing on efficiency, safety, and sustainability—formed a sharp contrast with the Warhammer tech tree he was familiar with, which tended to violently pile on energy, sacrifice stability for instantaneous power, and was filled with taboos and danger.
He was like a bone-dry sponge thrown into an ocean of knowledge.
The Federation theoretical physicists' exquisite descriptions of spacetime structures, the materials scientists' astonishing achievements in atomic-level manipulation, the biologists' in-depth interpretations of the codes of life...
All of this was being rapidly understood, absorbed, and integrated by him, then compared, verified, and iteratively updated against his existing knowledge.
He was even quietly "innovating and bringing forth the new" internally.
Some technological principles from the Warhammer universe that were originally taken for granted but were inefficient or had massive side effects were unhesitatingly marked by him as "Pending Optimization" or "Replaceable" after encountering the Federation's more optimized, more foundational solutions.
His knowledge base was undergoing a silent revolution, and the thickness of his accumulated knowledge and the depth of his academic understanding were climbing to a new level at a visible rate.
This exchange, for Ryo, was not merely a technological trade, but a comprehensive upgrade and reconstruction of his own knowledge system.
He was not only demonstrating the wisdom of another world to the Federation, but also utilizing the highly developed civilization achievements of the Federation to forge a more solid and advanced knowledge foundation for his future path of exploration.
The intensive academic exchange, lasting several weeks, was like a hearty storm of knowledge that swept through multiple disciplines.
Relying on his Magos-level cognitive processing capabilities and massive knowledge reserve, Ryo not only handled it with ease, but in the process, like the most precise scanner, deeply engraved into his database the framework system demonstrated by the Federation—from basic science to advanced theory—as well as numerous impressive application examples.
Although he had no way of knowing the top-secret cutting-edge weapon technologies, specific alien tech, or the details of top-secret projects like the "Genesis Device," for an explorer aiming to understand the main trunk and core principles of their tech tree, the harvest of these few weeks was already unimaginably rich.
The massive amount of information almost burst his original storage matrix, forcing him to apply for a batch of basic raw materials from the Federation on the spot. Then, under the curious gazes of many scholars, his dexterous mechanical tentacles operated as precisely as playing an instrument. Accompanied by faint arcs of energy and the sound of welding metal, he manually crafted a brand-new data storage device with a complex structure and an efficiency far exceeding his old models in just a few short hours.
He connected this temporarily manufactured metal cube, which smelled of coolant and ozone, into his system, instantly alleviating his storage pressure.
This scene made the Federation scholars present click their tongues in wonder, and even sparked some private discussions regarding human augmentation and auxiliary intelligence.
A young scholar muttered half-jokingly, half-seriously: "If we could just plug in an external hard drive like that, wouldn't literature reviews be done in minutes?"
Of course, for now, this was merely a novel reverie brought about by technological differences.
When the torrent of exchange finally converged on the field Ryo desired most—warp drive technology—his usually placid synthesized voice rarely took on a frequency fluctuation that could be identified as "fanatical."
The weeks of groundwork and accumulation seemed entirely for this moment.
"Now, we can delve into the warp drive." Ryo's crimson optical lenses locked onto the top experts present who were responsible for propulsion theory and warp dynamics research, including Mr. Scott, who knew the Enterprise's engines inside out. "My understanding of its principles has formed a framework based on our previous mathematical and physical exchanges, but I need deeper details.
"From the precise control logic of matter/antimatter injection, to the micro-structure and energy resonance patterns of the warp field generation coils, to the dynamic feedback algorithms for maintaining field stability under high warp factors."
The questions he posed were no longer generalities but pointed directly to the core difficulties and theoretical boundaries of engineering implementation.
He was no longer satisfied merely knowing "what it is," but urgently wanted to understand "why do it this way" and "how to do it better."
Seeing Ryo so focused and hitting the nail on the head, Engineer Scott's technician enthusiasm was completely ignited.
He pulled up design blueprints even more detailed than those in the Enterprise's engine room and began to speak torrentially: "Look here, Mr. Magos, the precision of the magnetic confinement for the antimatter pod must reach..."
He pointed at the complex distribution of magnetic field lines on the hologram.
"And the energy pass-through of the dilithium crystals, we found that after warp factor 5.5, nonlinear distortion begins..." He displayed simulation data of crystal stability under different energy loads.
"The most troublesome issue is the harmonic oscillation of the warp field when passing through regions with high gravity gradients. Our current solution is..." He even shared some tricky cases encountered during actual voyages and their temporary countermeasures.
Ryo listened extremely intently. His mechanical body remained motionless, but the data flow inside was surging at an unprecedented speed.
He cross-verified and deeply correlated every detail and every piece of experience described by Scott with the Federation's advanced physics, materials science, and energy dynamics knowledge he had just absorbed. He constantly asked follow-up questions:
"If a higher-order synthetic crystal matrix is used, can the energy threshold be raised?"
"Has the field stabilization algorithm considered introducing adaptive variables based on anticipating metric fluctuations in realspace?"
"Regarding the morphological optimization of the warp bubble, besides energy efficiency, has its long-term microscopic impact on subspace been evaluated?"
His questions were both in-depth and carried a unique perspective from a different technological background. Sometimes they would make Scott pause for a moment before plunging into fierce thought and discussion; other times, they would draw in other theoretical physicists, pushing the discussion to a more fundamental physical level.
This in-depth discussion on the warp drive had transcended simple technical exchange; it was more like a collision of wisdom between two civilizations on the ultimate proposition of faster-than-light travel.
Ryo was like a man who had trekked in the desert for too long and finally found a sweet spring, greedily absorbing every drop of knowledge regarding warp.
(End of Chapter)