They Had Underestimated It

As time went by, the Dog-Headed People in this group of Heaven's Gate Exploration Project gradually came to understand concepts such as biosensing, robots, and Operating System amidst endless reflections and immersive learning, thus gaining access to some things within the base.

The Dog-Headed People gradually gained some understanding of common knowledge questions such as how the base gate works, how spaceships take off, how the base operates, and the functions of various equipment in the base.

Of course, having a concept is not enough; they must thoroughly understand everything in the base, from small parts, steel plates, and patches to various equipment, mechanical structures, and spaceships.

However, they certainly can't learn it all at once, because many things are just too difficult for them. Even if there are clear operating instructions, they still can't learn it. The reason is simply that they lack basic knowledge.

The Dog-Headed People were merely Primitive Civilization. With Tier 1 Civilization a whole level above them, their creations were right in front of them. Even if all the instructions were clearly written, it wouldn't be so easy for them to learn. The kind of individual heroism in the movies, rushing into an alien warship to control the alien spaceship and learning it with just one touch, is impossible.

The technological gap wasn't easily bridged. After months of learning, the Dog-Headed People discovered that their group of three hundred or so Dog-Headed People simply couldn't learn everything in the base. Let alone everything in the base, even piloting a transport ship required thousands of Dog-Headed People working together in various positions.

When the head of the Heaven's Gate Exploration Project received this news, his face turned extremely ugly. It would take thousands of Dog-Headed People to control a spaceship, and these thousands of Dog-Headed People had to be professionally trained and have a very solid foundation in basic knowledge.

What does "solid basic knowledge" mean? It refers to the solid basic knowledge in the language of the 'God of Light Civilization', not the Dog-Headed People. This means that if we consider the current knowledge level of the Dog-Headed People, it would require a thousand scientists with world-class expertise who would also need to learn the knowledge of various positions on the transport ship.

At this moment, the Dog-Headed People once again felt the grandeur of the 'God of Light Civilization'; they had never imagined such a situation would arise. When they first began to understand the basic concepts of the various creations in the base, they thought that it wouldn't be long before they would be able to use all sorts of high-tech equipment and instruments, and even spaceships, within the base.

However, after gradually understanding the knowledge required for each creation and each position, they realized how naive they had been. All the scientists involved in the project felt their ignorance, especially after learning about the technical data stored in the base system. They deeply felt the sigh of "Life is finite, but knowledge is infinite." Every top scientist in their field realized that they probably couldn't learn all the knowledge related to their profession in the base in their lifetime.

Because learning is not just about rote memorization, but also requires people to truly understand and create the principles behind each technology.

This is undoubtedly a massive undertaking. The Dog-Headed People in charge of the project has received feedback from a group of scientists, and he is now very distressed because neither he nor the nation behind him expected this outcome.

The scientists told him that even if they, with their group of three hundred or so Dog-Headed People, spent their entire lives, they still couldn't learn all the science and technology within the base. The linguist complained the most, saying that even with ten times his lifespan, he and a few colleagues couldn't finish translating all the materials from the base.

Moreover, there are some scientific and technological documents that he cannot translate, because to understand scientific and technological documents in various fields, one must have professional knowledge in the corresponding fields. Therefore, unless he is proficient in all fields, it is impossible for him to complete the translation work.

Therefore, this linguistic Dog-Headed People and his colleagues suggested that the most efficient way would be for all scientists to first learn the 'God's Script' and at the same time learn the language of the God of Light.

This view was supported by all scientists, and at almost the same time, scientists from these different fields also suggested that the Exploration Team must be expanded.

When the Dog-Headed People in charge of exploring Tianmen asked how many people were needed, he was told that at least three million Dog-Headed People were required, with top scientists making up more than 10 percent of them, and the rest of the Dog-Headed People being highly educated intellectuals and researchers in various fields.

The minimum requirement is a degree from the Imperial Academy. Imperial Academy degree is the lowest entry standard, but it is only the entry standard. The graduate must be verified to ensure that he or she has real skills and knowledge, rather than being a half- Imperial Academy graduate.

Of course, the best candidates would be researchers with work experience in various fields, such as researchers in major laboratories and various scientific research projects.

But where can the Rockfire Nation, a mere Dog-Headed People Nation, find so many highly skilled individuals? Three million! And they need 10% top scientists. That's not like three million pigs! Where are they going to find so many talented people?

Although the Rockfire Nation is currently the world's leading technological power, it can't possibly produce that many highly skilled individuals. In fact, if the Dog-Headed People World's technological level and scientific development were more advanced, it wouldn't need that many Dog-Headed People either, but based on their current level of development, that's the number they would require.

To date, the group of over three hundred Dog-Headed People has been at the base for more than a year. Those with a talent for linguistics have learned Chinese characters and broken Chinese. After being authorized by the base's management AI, these Dog-Headed People have begun to access some of the technologies placed in the base by humans. It is precisely because these Dog-Headed People have learned about these technologies that they have uttered the lament, "Alas, my life is but a fleeting moment."

At first, they thought they were incredibly advanced and went straight to study the high-tech stuff. But later they had to turn back and start learning from the parts of technology that were on par with the Dog-Headed People'. Fortunately, the humans had a complete set of technological data; otherwise, they would have been completely lost.

Things weren't as simple as the Dog-Headed People had imagined. They thought that as time went on, the scientific and technological knowledge they acquired from the 'God of Light's Residence' would increase rapidly, and they should be able to learn it all in two or three years. After all, apart from Wei Shiba, Gou Erpang, and some administrative staff, these three hundred-plus Dog-Headed People were all high-end talents and the top scientists in the entire Rockfire Nation.

However, reality told them that it was far from enough. Their scientists needed multiple scientists plus their students to form a Research Team to be responsible for a specific branch of technology recorded in the base, and the base had more technological entries than the Dog-Headed People in this area.