Lan Mu returned to his temporary residence, which was actually the home of Captain Amon who had invited him earlier.
Of course, there was also a mass-energy conversion device in this house.
Lan Mu had wanted to take a scalpel and steal the memories of the captain's friend several times.
However, he did not know which cell stored all the knowledge. Even the captain himself did not know.
In theory, only a level-5 civilization could find that special brain cell like other brain cells … and the knowledge of the Amons was actually not of much use to a level-5 civilization.
Also, because that brain cell was also the medium of the mental network, all Amons would know the moment they were affected abnormally. Then, depending on the situation, they would isolate them or deal with them in other ways.
If Lan Mu wanted to use this brain cell, not only would the other party treat him extremely well, just the fact that it was equivalent to a declaration of war would make him give up on this idea. After all, the Amon civilization knew where Earth was.
After thinking about it, Lan Mu realized that if he wanted to learn the technology, he would have to rely on other people's willingness.
Without a doubt, just relying on the origin of Earth was definitely not enough.
"Nubis, are you interested in being a guest on my spaceship?"
Lan Mu called the captain's name and asked.
He did not choose to transform here. After all, he had to consider the worst case scenario, so it was better to return to his spaceship first.
"Okay." Nubis agreed casually. The Amons were generous and never doubted their friends. In fact, even if there was danger, he did not care. The difference in technology was there, and this was also the confidence of a level-5 civilization.
After all, every Amon had experienced a godlike life in the virtual universe. That state of mind was not something an Earthling could understand. Only a special existence like Lan Mu would find it reasonable.
The two of them directly went through the wormhole and arrived near the asteroid belt. Then, they took a small spaceship the size of a house and headed towards Wanderer.
As for this small spaceship, it was made by Nubis single-handedly.
It was an unbelievable technology. It seemed to be creating something out of thin air, but it actually consumed energy to convert it. The entire process only took five minutes.
Lan Mu tried his best to understand it, but he also knew that it was due to the device in Nubis' hands. If this device was placed on Earth, it would be a living anomaly.
It was not hard to imagine that most of the anomalies defined by CANC were actually powerful technological products.
Only a small number of things that science fiction couldn't explain were the real anomalies of unknown origin that used the [Origin] algorithm.
"Lan Mu, are you curious how it was done?" Nubis asked as he brought Lan Mu into the newly built spaceship.
Lan Mu retracted his gaze and said calmly, "It's alright."
"Haha, curiosity is the nature of almost all intelligent creatures. There isn't a civilization that doesn't want to step into Level Five. You don't have to hide your thoughts. I think you've already tried to explore our technology today, right? Did you notice anything? "Nubis smiled.
Lan Mu was alarmed before he realized that the other party wasn't monitoring him. It was just a guess. Otherwise, he would definitely ask why he could become a creature like Truth Listener.
In the eyes of the Amons, it was normal for someone from a level-4 civilization to want to steal their technology.
Therefore, Lan Mu said generously, "Yes, I would like to learn your Ami technology and Unified Field Theory."
As soon as he finished speaking, Nubis took off the device in his hand and handed it to Lan Mu.
Lan Mu was stunned. What was the meaning of this? Giving it to me?
Nubis smiled. "Take it and study it. It's fine to leave it with you while I'm here as a guest."
Lan Mu was dumbfounded by the strong confidence in his words.
Now wasn't the time to be pretentious. Lan Mu reached out and took it.
After entering the Wanderer, he directly handed it to Zhuo Yue and asked her to quickly gather the research power of the Lan Bai Society to cooperate with Feifu to analyze it.
As for himself, he accompanied Nubis and tried to make him stay as a guest for as long as possible.
They talked about the history of Earth's civilization and the characteristics of each culture. These were all things that Nubis was more interested in.
Of course, the leap in technology of the modern Lan Bai Society was changed by him to a technological explosion of nearly a hundred years.
In the end, he even bragged that there were alien apostle life forms that invaded Earth, causing their technology to explode.
Who didn't know how to brag? It was all to buy time.
Lan Mu even used the Gourmet Dining Table to entertain Nubis. This time, the side effects of the Gourmet Dining Table came in handy.
The awakening of his gluttony immediately made Nubis decide to stay for a while longer.
This was different from the addiction of the Gourmet Cauldron. Instead, it made the user taste good and love food. As a result, Nubis did not request to learn this cooking technique. After all, in his eyes, there was nothing special about the cooking technique even though it was top-notch. He just felt like he just 'happened' to want to enjoy food.
It was a kind of whim, just like how the Amonians had wanted to play a game of gods on Earth on a whim.
"It's been a very long time since I've eaten so happily. To be honest, we've already lost a lot of desire for material things. I never thought that I'd have that feeling again after a few thousand years."
"The enjoyment of food blooming on the taste buds, the satisfaction of tasting it with all the senses in my body … How nostalgic. I can actually still feel that kind of enjoyment that people in ancient times pursued."
Nubis' gluttony was stimulated by the food on the Gourmet Dining Table, making his almost numb desire for material things return to his body. He enjoyed the joy of food like an earthling.
Lan Mu was secretly overjoyed. The anomaly of the Gourmet Dining Table did not seem to have much use, but it had already helped him greatly twice.
The first time was its positive characteristic, and the second time was its side effect.
The positive characteristic was that it could collect ingredients out of thin air to create food. The Amons could do this too, breaking down matter into elementary particles and then reconstructing it into food. As long as the data was perfect enough, delicacies could be created. Even though it might lack a sense of natural beauty, it was actually not that far off.
The side effect was that as a true anomaly, it directly activated a special characteristic that had been buried in the depths of the Amons' hearts for who knew how many years.
That was the most primitive instinct of living beings — to eat.
Another day passed. Lan Mu had the backstage deliver different kinds of delicacies, while Zhuo Yue also sent the research report to Lan Mu.
"Master, we can't do it. Our basic conditions are too lacking. Continuing the research will only be a waste of time. This thing … is an anomaly? "Zhuo Yue had already regarded it as an anomaly.
Lan Mu shook his head. Of course not, there were plenty of such things in the Amon civilization.
"Master, it's better if you do the research yourself. Feifu said that you might be able to find some clues."
Lan Mu shook his head again. "No need. I'm sure now that I can't understand it."
Nubis wiped his mouth and smiled. "Do you understand now? At this point in the development of science and technology, the bottleneck is not something that can be solved by reverse analysis. The mass-energy conversion device … Well, I like to call it the Hand of Creation. "
"The foundation of this thing is the Unified Field, but it's not that simple. Only by unifying the power of the universe can one then unify energy and matter, and finally break the boundary between energy and matter. Only then can one achieve the true mass-energy conversion. This involves too much knowledge, the theoretical foundation of the Amon microscopic domain, the mathematical foundation … You can't meet any of these conditions. It's impossible to research the technology contained in a finished product. "
Lan Mu nodded. Even if this thing was given to him, other than for use, it was unrealistic to want to replicate it. He could not even understand the foundation of a level-4 civilization …
"Don't be discouraged," Nubis said. "I'm only helping you see yourself clearly and improve steadily. In the past, many level-4 civilizations purposely stepped into our blockade zone in order to explore the path to level-5 through the Unified Field that imprisoned the stars there. "
"But I'm very responsible to say that until now, not a single civilization has been able to research anything important through it. We'll just place the Unified Field there openly, and any level-4 civilization can study it at close range, but that's useless. "
Lan Mu nodded again. The fact that the Unified Field was placed there clearly meant that they were not afraid of others learning from it. This kind of confidence came from this gap that had few shortcuts.
The knowledge of the characteristics of dark matter, the theoretical knowledge that could be used, and the mathematical model were all part of the foundation.
The mathematical model of the structure of neutron stars, the force field model, the generation conditions, and so on were also part of the foundation.
This was a foundation that required many people to spend a lot of time to establish. Only by mastering this could a model of the Unified Field be built.
However, to use it, one still needed the Amon technology, which was at the microscopic level. It also required a long period of exploration and development before one could walk step by step.
Directly facing a mass-energy converter was like putting a computer in the hands of an ancient person. He might be able to figure out how to use it, but would he be able to understand the theory behind it?
"Do you still need to continue researching?" Nubis asked.
Lan Mu smiled. "No need."
Nubis nodded in relief. He stood up and prepared to leave, but Lan Mu wanted to give him the device.
"I'll go get it myself. Please wait a moment."
As he said that, Lan Mu stood up and walked to the research room. He took the Hand of Creation and played with it, but he did not leave immediately.
Feifu thought that Lan Mu wanted to take this thing for himself, so she hurriedly reminded him, "We'll only be able to research some small techniques after obtaining this thing. It'll only help us create better things at most. It's not wise to offend a level-5 civilization over this. Master, please reconsider."
"We'll create it ourselves in the future. The Amon civilization is our friend, so of course I won't go overboard."
Hearing that, Feifu finally relaxed. "That's right. Having a level-5 friend is definitely better than having a level-5 enemy. We can't rush to steal it. "
However, Lan Mu said, "How can it be called stealing?"
Feifu did not understand. "What else can we do if we don't steal it?"
However, the next moment, he saw a beautiful creature suddenly appear.
Nine snow-white tails that were as beautiful as a canopy.
"He's a friend, so of course he'll be more self-aware … I'm really determined to get it."
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