The mining robots that had been destroyed by Egwynn fell to the ground and became experimental subjects for Kindy and the others.
Tang En and Aiguin stood to the side and watched the goblins and gnomes of the archeological team working on the mining robots. They suddenly felt that the scene was very funny.
Rather than archeology, it was more like scientific research because the technology of the mining robots was obviously several levels higher than the current Prandal technology.
A group of gnomes and goblins with medieval-level skills were trying to dismantle an autonomous intelligent mining robot that had already entered the space age. They were also trying to study the mysteries inside. To be honest, the difference in technology was so great that it was impossible!
It was like the Earth civilization suddenly giving you an alien mining spaceship that could travel through galaxies and asking you to dismantle it. Even if you dismantled it, you probably wouldn't be able to understand the structure inside.
The difference in technology was just too great.
Jindi and Dinger were in high spirits and did not think too much about it.
Speaking of which, the two races had already unearthed a lot of useful things from the various ruins. They even learned some things from the few words in the literature and restored a lot of strange equipment, such as the Gnomish Shrinking Ray, the Gravity Well, and so on.
Therefore, it was not that their archeological activities were useless. It was just that compared to scientific research, the expected benefits of digging up ancestral graves were relatively small. It was more of an unexpected gain.
After confirming that she would accompany Tang En for a few days, Aiguin had been very quiet. Most of the time, it was Tang En talking while she listened. However, Tang En did not mind. She just listened with a smile on her face, and that was enough to make Tang En very satisfied.
"There are many technologies in these mining robots that we can use, such as gyroscopes, navigation systems, power sources, furnaces, and so on …"
Tang En pointed at the mining robots and said with a smile, "The premise is that we can understand the technical principles inside. Jindi, did you find anything?"
Jindi shouted happily, "Of course! We have found something that seems to be an energy circuit. We are tracing it in reverse. Perhaps we can find the energy core of this robot! After we find the energy core, we can try to dismantle it and recycle it for other purposes. "
Tang En sighed. Until now, the dwarf's way of thinking had not changed. He only thought of dismantling the useful parts and reassembling them elsewhere for use. He had never considered studying the principles behind them.
Now, the dwarves had put together many pieces of equipment, and the energy used by these equipment was the energy left behind by the prehistoric civilization ten thousand years ago. They only knew how to dig it out and use it. They did not have the ability to produce this energy, and they did not even understand the principle behind it.
It wouldn't be easy to figure out the technical principles of this mining robot.
However, if they had paid attention to the accumulation of technical knowledge in this area from the beginning, they would have returned to the era of the Industrial Revolution.
Unfortunately, they were still stuck in the weird Middle Ages. On one hand, they were using the unimaginable Dwarf Shrinking Ray, Dwarf Gravity Well, and other advanced equipment that required an enormous amount of energy. On the other hand, they were still using the backward energy source of the steam engine.
Energy was the foundation of everything.
Jindi and the group of archaeologists, or rather engineers, were busy for a long time with all kinds of tools. After tracing the energy circuit, they really did find the energy core of this mining robot.
It was indeed just a core, and not a power furnace. This was because the energy module that powered the entire mining robot was only the size of an adult's head. It had a circular structure and was made of silver-grey metal. The outer shell was covered with extremely intricate patterns, and they did not know what was inside. Even though the central control system had been destroyed by Aiguin, this silver-grey metal ball was still suspended in mid-air.
The metal ball was surrounded by a layer of transparent special glass, which isolated it from the surroundings. Through the glass, they could see that there were two bases on the metal ball. The energy circuit that maintained the operation of the entire mining robot extended from here.
Tang En, who was following behind, began to think. He originally considered that the dwarves and goblins already had the ability to easily land on the moon, and even the technological level to modify satellites. In other words, the energy source they used was very likely controllable nuclear fusion, and it was the stable and efficient kind.
But …
This mining robot had been asleep for ten thousand years, but it could still wake up on its own to conduct a self-examination when it encountered an emergency. It could even continuously recover its energy. This really did not seem like nuclear fusion — Tang En had never heard of any nuclear fuel that could last for ten thousand years just by adding one nuclear fuel …
This meant that the energy technology used by the dwarves and goblins was very likely not on the path of nuclear technology — this was also very understandable. After all, they were different civilizations and different universes. It would be strange if they were on the path of nuclear physics.
Then, the question was — what kind of energy system could allow a robot to sleep for so long and still have 12% energy after ten thousand years of decay? It could even drive the robot to move and automatically recharge after it was activated?
Tang En did not know that this kind of thing was already beyond his level of knowledge. Even if the experts on Earth were to come, they would not be able to say anything.
Perhaps …
Tang En suddenly thought of the mysterious Astral Plane. Could the energy used by the prehistoric civilization of the dwarves and goblins have also been drawn from the Astral Plane?
He was not sure. Perhaps he had to find a way to dismantle an energy core to see the mystery inside — but whether he could understand it and whether it would explode after dismantling it was another matter.
Tang En leaned over and asked, "Jindy, have you dismantled an energy core before?"
"Dismantle?"
Jindy was stunned for a moment. "Why should we dismantle it? This thing is so precious! "
"It's very precious, but if you don't dismantle it, it will always be so scarce. If you can understand its principle after dismantling it and be able to produce it yourself, wouldn't it be much better?"
"This, it's not that we haven't thought about it before!"
Jindy said to Tang En as he directed the dismantling work. "But I heard that the master craftsman tried to dismantle the energy core before, but he found that we had no ability to dismantle the outer shell of this thing at all, no matter what method we used."
Oh?
Clotho tried it before?
"We even used destructive dismantling methods, but we couldn't destroy this thing. It's really too sturdy."
Jindy pointed to the energy core and said, "Later on, everyone gave up. It's enough as long as we can find a way to extract the energy in this thing."
"I see … Is the small energy module used by the dwarves similar to this large energy module?"
"Of course. Rather than saying it's similar, it's better to say that one is a large one and the other is a small one. They look exactly the same when they work."
Jindy sighed. "Sometimes I really admire our ancestors. How did they develop such a sophisticated instrument? It's really incredible."
You admire them just like that?
If you knew that there were hundreds of millions or billions of transistors integrated on a CPU that was a few square centimeters in size, wouldn't you explode on the spot?
"Speaking of which …"
Jindy suddenly looked at Tang En with a little doubt. "You actually know about the dwarven shrinking ray? Even the dwarves don't know about it. Where did you hear about it? "
Tang En smiled calmly and said, "I heard from the elves a long time ago that the dwarven shrinking ray played a very important role in the war of the Chaos invasion."
"Of course!"
The naive Jindy was immediately distracted by Tang En. He said proudly, "Although the dwarven shrinking ray didn't come in handy on the battlefield, it played a great role in the logistics of supplies. When spatial equipment was scarce, the dwarven shrinking ray could be used to miniaturize the supplies and then transport them. It saved a lot of time and improved the efficiency of transportation."
Tang En had just casually mentioned it, but he didn't expect to hear such interesting news.
"Since you knew that the dwarven shrinking ray was so useful, why didn't you research and develop it later?"
Tang En still couldn't figure out why the dwarves didn't focus on breaking through a key technology, but instead dug up ruins all over the world. Their technology was a mess.
"It's still the same reason from the beginning."
Jindy sighed. "Our current level of knowledge and skill is simply not enough for us to see the true mysteries of our ancestral technology. We can only learn bit by bit and work hard to accumulate more knowledge to improve our overall level."
Tang En nodded and fell into deep thought. The storage of knowledge was indeed important, but it would be a little troublesome if it could only be stored and not be converted into actual productivity.
After all, he didn't have much time left.
Perhaps it was time for Klotto to think of a way to study the technology of these ruins in depth. If he could convert a portion of it into usable technology, it would greatly improve their overall military strength.
Other things aside, once the gyroscope technology was mastered, the huge problem of the inertial navigation system would be solved. They could equip magic cars and airships with simple inertial navigation systems, which would greatly facilitate travel and effectively prevent deviation in flight paths.
If the Dongfeng series missiles were equipped with inertial navigation systems, they could further improve the accuracy of their shots.
Just as Tang En was deep in thought, the cries of the dwarven archeological team suddenly came from the entrance of the ruins in the distance. The archeological team seemed to have been alerted. They immediately put down their work and ran over.
"There's a discovery below!"
The archeological team member who went down to explore shouted excitedly. "It seems to be an ore refining center below!"
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