Ahhhhhhh

Yue Yuan's words made Yu Nanfeng frown. He was silent for a moment, then turned to look at the Experimental Thruster that had been shut down. "Could this be? Back then, in the eyes of the Silver Mist Consciousness,' we were a civilization that hadn't even achieved Controlled Nuclear Fusion, while this was a dignified creation of Level 3 Civilization, a Strong Artificial Intelligence with self-awareness. There's no reason for them to lie to us about the propulsion technology of Level 3 Civilization!"

Yu Nanfeng was a little confused. As an engineering scientist, he had focused all his attention on developing the new thruster and hadn't given much thought to other aspects.

If some scholars had heard Yue Yuan say this, they could probably have come up with a whole host of arguments.

After a pause, Yu Nanfeng made a thoughtful gesture, then spoke again, "Is it possible that the 'Silver Mist Consciousness' also doesn't know about the propulsion technology of Level 3 Civilization? After all, it's just an Artificial Intelligence Consciousness specifically used for mining."

Even Yu Nanfeng himself probably didn't believe what he was saying. However, apart from the research route mentioned by the Silver Mist Consciousness, he couldn't think of any other form of propulsion used by Level 3 Civilization for the time being.

Thinking about motivation, Yu Nanfeng frowned even more deeply.

The course of human development flashed through his mind, from primitive humans to the Stone Age, from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, then to the Iron Age, then bidding farewell to the age of cold weapons and entering the Firearm Age, the Atomic Energy age, the Information Age, and finally entering the starry sky, nuclear fission, Nuclear Fusion, and then cold nuclear Heavy Nuclear Fusion.

Each stage involved improvements in energy utilization or advancements in controllable energy levels, but by the time they reached Level 3 Civilization, they had become True Nano Technology.

Indeed, mastering true Nanotechnology has brought about revolutionary changes in all aspects of human life. Propulsion systems, once enhanced by True Nano Technology, have become significantly more efficient and powerful.

However, the foundation of propulsion technology remains at the level of Level 2 Civilization, and the energy level has not been fundamentally improved. Humanity still cannot obtain greater thrust to propel warships to greater speeds.

Admittedly, after accelerating to 30% of the speed of light, Ion Thruster can be used to further accelerate the spaceship to an even higher speed. However, the thrust of Ion Thruster is simply too small. The time required to further accelerate a spaceship from 30% of the speed of light would be enough to kill countless turtles.

But besides the hybrid power of Electron-Positron Annihilation combined with the propulsion technology of Level 2 Civilization, as mentioned by the Silver Mist Consciousness,' what other methods or routes could achieve greater thrust? Yu Nanfeng stared blankly at the thruster outside the isolation wall. He felt that the thruster was already a success; it had achieved a stable annihilation reaction between electrons and positrons within the thruster. However, judging from the data feedback, the thrust obtained could at most allow humanity's current propulsion technology to accelerate to 30% of the speed of light, which was far from meeting the standard of rapidly propelling larger warships and spaceships to 50% of the speed of light.

Is this path truly a dead end? Was all of this intentional on the Silver Mist Consciousness '? Deliberately leading Human Civilization into a dead end?

But given that humanity hadn't even reached Tier 1 Civilization at that time, how could the 'Silver Mist Consciousness' have thought so far ahead? How could it be so certain that humanity would definitely develop into Level 2 Civilization or Level 3 Civilization?

Seeing Yu Nanfeng, Yue Yuan seemed to sense that he was in a state of utter confusion.

It's truly painful to work hard for so many years and then suddenly accept that you've taken the wrong path.

"Old Yu, don't overthink it. That's how scientific research is. Maybe we really were misled by the 'Silver Mist Consciousness,' but it's okay. We have plenty of time. We can always start over."

Hearing Yue Yuan's voice, Yu Nanfeng pulled himself out of his reverie. "Commander Yue, I'm so sorry, I lost my composure."

Taking a deep breath, Yu Nanfeng suddenly felt that accepting this fact wasn't such a bad thing. At least, the moment he accepted deep down that this path was a dead end, he felt a sense of clarity.

It's not that Yu Nanfeng immediately thought of other research routes, but rather that he completely let go of his mental constraints, no longer believing that the route mentioned by the 'Silver Mist Consciousness' was the only correct one, and then buried himself in it.

This feeling is like the relief of suddenly seeing things clearly after realizing you've been stuck in a rut.

Then, with a more relaxed attitude, Yu Nanfeng gave Yue Yuan a detailed explanation of the various parameters of this Experimental Thruster device.

After listening to Yu Nanfeng's explanation, Yue Yuan also felt that there was a 90% chance that the route mentioned by the 'Silver Mist Consciousness' was a dead end.

But what exactly is the correct path for Level 3 Civilization propulsion technology? He felt a pang of unease; it was strange that humanity was so certain about the claim of an enemy. Even though he wasn't a scientist or a technician, Yue Yuan couldn't help but ask himself this question at that moment.

Perhaps, there is no such thing as Level 3 Civilization propulsion technology at all? Is the propulsion system of Level 3 Civilization the same as that of Level 2 Civilization? Could it be that Level 3 Civilization is more powerful than Level 2 Civilization, and the only technology that allows it to achieve an overwhelming advantage is a Polarization Shield and a swarm of Nanobots?

According to the explanation, Tier 1 Civilization, Level 2 Civilization, and Level 3 Civilization are classified as Aerospace Civilization, while only Level 4 Civilization can be called Interstellar Civilization. Could this be the reason? Yes, the distinction between Aerospace Civilization and Interstellar Civilization was confirmed by the Awakeners, and Yue Yuan believed that was correct. He now regretted trusting the 'Silver Mist Consciousness's' description of Level 3 Civilization propulsion technology so much that he didn't confirm it with the Awakeners when he encountered Awakeners.

Although the Awakeners may not explicitly tell humanity the truth according to their principles, humans might be able to deduce the answer from a few casual replies from an advanced civilization.

They don't directly say or give technology, but a casual remark from a top civilization can save humanity from many detours.

Humanity is no longer in the era when we were just fleeing from disaster. We know that technological development has many possibilities. However, the discovery of certain landmark technologies and theories is essential for scientific and technological civilization to jointly move towards a higher level.

Just like the Grand Unified Theory and the Theory of Everything.

Although humanity has not yet mastered or realized them, from the few words spoken by the Awakeners, humanity can guess that these two theories must be the theories that technological civilization must master at some later stage.

Just as Maxwell's Equations were essential for humanity to enter the electromagnetic age, the Mass-Energy Equivalence is necessary for advancing into the Atomic Energy age.

These are all advancements in fundamental theories and basic physics. Only with progress in theoretical physics can civilization discover a wide variety of applied technologies from these theories.

Does this mean that the navigation technology of Level 3 Civilization is also based on a set of physical theories? Like the Mass-Energy Equivalence for Controlled Nuclear Fusion, and the Quantum State Condensed Matter Physics Theory involved in the Cold Nuclear Fusion fuel of Level 2 Civilization?

If that's the case, then what is the theory behind it?

After Yue Yuan left the Research Spaceship No. 3, the news that propulsion technology had reached a dead end quickly spread in the scientific community. In the following days, almost all the relevant scientists were talking about this matter.

As a result, a Technology Seminar was held in the following days.

At the conference, Yu Nanfeng, a leading figure in propulsion dynamics, first gave a detailed introduction to the propulsion path he had been researching for many years, and then presented his findings and conclusions to all the scientists present.

Afterwards, Yu Nanfeng became a focal point of the conference, answering questions from scientists regarding Hybrid Propulsion Technology.

Thus, with Yu Nanfeng's detailed explanation and answers to questions, even those scientists who previously did not believe that human advancement technology had reached a dead end changed their views, because the solid data Yu Nanfeng provided could not be lied to.

Some scientists, even those who didn't believe in such theories, went to the conference site and, with the help of implanted chips, used their own methods to calculate the data, with the results being self-evident.

After the conference, many scientists concluded that the 'Silver Mist Consciousness' had lied, and that the hybrid propulsion system combining Electron-Positron Annihilation propulsion and Level 2 Civilization propulsion technology was a dead end. This path simply could not enable humanity to achieve higher travel speeds.