Chapter 48: Looking to the Future – Spiritual Energy
Technology
After returning to the dormitory and washing up, Feng Qi laid on the bed leisurely.
Mo Fei, who was sitting at the desk and studying hard, couldn’t help but say sourly, “I’m jealous. Why should I study hard while you can lie in bed and think about your future life in the academy?”
"What’s there to be jealous about? Do you want the guaranteed spot for Star City Academy?” Feng Qi rolled his eyes.
"No, my goal is the Technology Academy. I yearn for the sea of stars.” Mo Fei grinned.
Feng Qi did not mock him when he heard this.
He had seen Mo Fei’s future information and knew that he had really achieved it.
Although he was not a technology research genius who left his name in history, he had many achievements in his field.
In the future, it was also thanks to Mo Fei for providing the invisible reconnaissance robot that he would be able to find useful information in the Scarlet Research Inst.i.tute.
"When you graduate from the Technology Academy in the future, are you planning to work in the Science and Technology Research Inst.i.tute?”
"That’s right. In the research field, only the Science and Technology Research Inst.i.tute and the Scarlet Research Inst.i.tute have caught my eye. You know that 1 like mechanical science, so the most suitable one for me is the Science and Technology Research Inst.i.tute.”
Upon hearing this, Feng Qi’s expression changed.
"You know about the Scarlet Research Inst.i.tute?”
"Not really. When you weren’t around, a teacher from the Technology Academy came to our school to give a lecture. He told us that the best in the field of mechanical science is undoubtedly the Science and Technology Research Inst.i.tute, but the strongest in the biological sciences is the Scarlet Research Inst.i.tute.
"It’s just that the special privileges and confidentiality level of the Scarlet Research Inst.i.tute are relatively high, so it’s very difficult for ordinary people to come into contact with them. Those who can join the Scarlet Research Inst.i.tute are generally veteran seniors who have made achievements in the biotechnology field. They won’t directly recruit graduates.”
Biotechnology?
This was the first time Feng Qi had some understanding of the core research direction of the Scarlet Research Inst.i.tute.
Thinking of the Rune Transformers Project, he came to a realization. This aspect was clearly related to biotechnology.
"Why are you interested in the Scarlet Research Inst.i.tute? I thought you weren’t interested in this aspect?” Mo Fei asked curiously, interrupting Feng Qi’s thoughts.
"I’m just asking casually. Actually, I’ve always been quite curious about a question. Why are you so interested in the technology field? The people around you have all chosen cultivation studies.”
Upon hearing this, Mo Fei pondered for a moment and said, “Would you believe me if 1 said that this era is the most suitable for technological development?”
"I don’t believe it. Even powerful nuclear weapons have no effect on the domain fields at all. Other than providing convenience in our lives and driving the rapid development of society, 1 can’t think of any role technology can play in resisting the invasion of the domain fields.”
"You’re wrong. The reason why nuclear weapons can’t have an effect on the domain fields is that the rules in the domain field are different from the world we’re in. Therefore, nuclear weapons can’t cause the necessary lethality to the domain field with different rules.
"Cultivators are able to cause damage to domain creatures is that we rely on cultivation to put Spiritual Qi in our bodies. Spiritual Qi is one of the nomological powers that is connected to all domain fields.”
Glancing at Feng Qi, who was deep in thought, Mo Fei continued, “At this stage, the direction of technology development has changed. We’re researching how to combine Spiritual Qi with technology to create spiritual energy weapons and spiritual energy equipment with Spiritual Qi to fight against domain creatures.
"This direction is also the core direction of modern mechanical science. As the era develops, there are bound to be radical changes. At that time, all kinds of technological weapons that can cause damage to domain monsters or even domain fields will be born. That’s why 1 said that technology will lead the future.”
Feng Qi was puzzled when he heard this.
Since spiritual energy weapons combined with Spiritual Qi and technology can cause damage to domain creatures, why didn’t 1 see such content in the future database?
"Although 1 have a direction, I can’t guarantee how long it will take to succeed in the future. It might be decades later, hundreds of years later, or tens of thousands of years later.” As Mo Fei spoke, he couldn’t help but sigh.
"Why would it take so long? Isn’t there no approximate definite duration?” Feng Qi couldn’t help but ask.
Faced with his question, Mo Fei nodded and said, “The development of technology is different from cultivation. There are many bottlenecks, but every time you break through a bottleneck, technology will welcome a leap in development.”
"It took human civilization millions of years to move from the Stone Age to the agricultural era. However, from improving the steam engine to announcing the arrival of the industrial era to discovering electromagnetic induction and entering the age of electricity, it only took us 300 years. Therefore, breaking through the bottleneck will allow us to welcome the rapid development of technology.
"However, no one knows when the next bottleneck will be broken through. The only thing we can be sure of is that when that happens, human civilization will definitely see a leap in progress.
"Is there no limit to technological research and development?”
"Who knows? But at least history has proven that we’re far from the limit. There was a scientist called Kelvin in history who said that the edifice of physics had been completed. All that was left was for future generations to patch it up. As a result, someone later proposed quantum mechanics, and then another proposed relativity, completely destroying the theory that physics had reached the limit.”
Looking at Feng Qi, who nodded in understanding, Mo Fei continued, “Let’s return to the original topic. Let’s talk about why this era is the best era for technological development.
"The growth of the scientific field mainly comes from the acc.u.mulation of knowledge. Back then, scientists could grasp physics knowledge completely in their twenties and introduce new concepts and knowledge for future generations to learn. Later generations needed to continue to open up a new path on this basis. By the time they finished learning the knowledge from their predecessors and proposed their concepts and theories, they might already be in their thirties.
"To put it simply, scientific development is like constructing a building. Future generations have to climb up the floors built by their predecessors before they can continue to build new floors unless they open up a brand new scientific field.
"Therefore, lifespan restricts the development of science. To this day, the average age after one finishes learning physics is 53 years old, 33 years longer than before.
"As technology continues to improve and knowledge continues to acc.u.mulate, a person will not be able to finish learning the knowledge acc.u.mulated by his predecessors even until his death, let alone develop and innovate.”
Hearing this, Feng Qi suddenly understood what Mo Fei wanted to express.
"So what you mean is that in a new era filled with Spiritual Qi, the lifespan of humans will increase and they can live to more than a hundred years old. Cultivators can even live to more than 200 years old. Scientific development will hence also see new development opportunities.”
Mo Fei nodded and smiled.
"This is why 1 say that this is the best era for the development of science. Spiritual Qi can help us extend our lifespan, and when Spiritual Qi is combined with technology, it can give birth to infinitely powerful spiritual energy weapons and equipment. The future development of science is a blue sea with endless possibilities.”
Looking at the yearning in Mo Fei’s eyes, Feng Qi’s heart was touched.
Originally, he only wanted to drive the development of the human civilization’s cultivation and have all of humanity complete the evolution of life to obtain the power to resist domain creatures.
After hearing Mo Fei’s words, he felt that the development of the scientific field could not be underestimated.
The bottleneck now was how to combine science with Spiritual Qi.
If this bottleneck was broken through, all kinds of new technological weapons would appear in the future, such as spiritual energy armor, spiritual energy guns, spiritual energy weapons, and so on.
After a conversation with Mo Fei, Feng Qi had a new idea about the future development of human civilization.
It would take time to break through the bottleneck, and he had plenty of time.
Every time, it was 1,500 years of technology acc.u.mulation. He did not believe that he could not break through this bottleneck of technological development.
Of course, it was definitely not right now.
Just the thought of it was complicated.
Even if he found relevant information in the future database, it would be very troublesome to bring it back.
Before obtaining the “infinite memory” function mentioned by the narrator, he would not consider promoting the technological development of human civilization for the time being.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to, but while the will was there, the memory was lacking..