Human Civilization had once studied the Divine Matrix Civilization and the Awakener Civilization and knew that their Characteristic Technologies had more than one application. Take the Divine Matrix Civilization, for example: their Characteristic Technology was not actually the Neutron War Star seen on the surface. The Neutron War Star was merely an application of their Characteristic Technology in the field of strike weapons.
In reality, the thing they understood that other races could not was gravity-related technology. That was their true Characteristic Technology. Based on that Characteristic Technology, they had developed the Neutron War Star and the various applications the Neutron War Star displayed.
For example, using the Neutron War Star to assist in creating new elements, flinging stars, spatial elastic jumps, and so on.
The scientists of Human Civilization believed that a mature Characteristic Technology should be like that of the Divine Matrix Civilization. Although some civilizations only ever had a single application, Human Civilization firmly believed that it could develop new uses, and that it had to develop new uses.
Within the Great Voyage Organization, humanity's history ranked dead last in length, but that also proved that humanity's pace of development was the fastest.
So after learning that the Precursor Artifact had developed a bug they did not know how to repair, Human Civilization's scientific team felt a sense of urgency, as well as a refusal to admit defeat.
Of course, humanity's research into its own Characteristic Technology had never actually stopped. It was just that now, everyone felt time was even more pressing.
At present, Human Civilization's Characteristic Technology should be humanity's understanding of the Microscopic High Dimension, which differed from that of other races, and the Quantum Exile Strike was one of its products. As for the ability to observe the Microscopic High Dimension, that came