Exit Passage
Those who understood Yue Yuan's meaning also perked up their ears.
What's displayed on the big screen is a genuine creation of a Level Six Civilization. On the screen, humans can't see any connection ports or doors; from a distance, it looks like a coffin.
"You can think of this as a device located in the spatial rift of your Great Fleet. It can only be used after you reach Level 4 Civilization. This refers not only to your Mental Consciousness but also to the technological creations of Level 4 Civilization," the Intelligent System's voice slowly drifted into the ears of everyone present. "Now, you only need to leave enough space in the blueprints of your new spaceship. Then, place this device within your New Warship, and it will automatically connect to your warship's systems."
Those present listened quietly to the explanation from the Intelligent System.
As the Intelligent System explained, everyone gradually came to understand this 'Awakener's Gift'. Its appearance was the same as what was seen on the big screen, but its size was much larger than people imagined.
Its longest side is a full ten kilometers long, a length that is completely incompatible with any current human transport ship. Human ships do exist that are longer than ten kilometers, but external length and internal capacity are not the same thing. For example, the spaceships previously built by humans for Warp experiments were very large, but they were filled with all sorts of equipment, leaving absolutely no extra space.
This time, the Awakeners didn't resort to any tricks like "you'll find out when the time comes" or "we'll show you later." Instead, the creation appeared right after the Intelligent System finished its introduction.
It appeared out of nowhere in the human Great Fleet and then hovered there quietly.
However, the appearance of this creation has put humanity in a difficult position, because this thing is really too big. The only way that humanity can think of to transport it is to add Warp Engine or a conventional propulsion system to it. After all, the Intelligent System said that this thing is actually a technological creation for use inside warships, and it does not have a power system.
However, to everyone's surprise, the Intelligent System's next words stunned them. "It is a Consciousness Linking Device, and also the key to the exit of this space. As a way to open the passage, once you are familiar with how to use this device and complete the consciousness linking, you will be able to open the Exit Passage."
"Ah?"
These words made everyone's hearts sink. They understood what the Intelligent System meant: the passage would only appear after humans learned how to use the equipment. Well, this might seem like a redundant statement, but it wasn't. The so-called "learning how to use it to open it" meant that humans needed to enter Third-Person Perspective driving mode centered on the warship.
In other words, if humanity wants to go abroad, it must build a New Warship capable of housing this technological creation.
This presents humanity with a dilemma, because the Awakeners has only given one gift: according to the Intelligent System, it is the main unit of a complete set of equipment. Only by activating it with Level 4 Civilization warship can humanity obtain its subsystem kits.
In other words, only if one warship can use this thing can humans install its sub-modules on other warships.
As for which warship the "main unit" will be installed on, it goes without saying that it will definitely be the new flagship.
Yes, this technological creation is the "main unit" of a complete system. Once humans activate this "main unit," many sub-systems will appear, which can be used on other warships.
There are a total of 2,990 sets of sub-equipment.
In other words, with the main equipment included, humans can arm three thousand warships. Once fully equipped, humans will have three thousand warships that can be piloted and operated from Third-Person Perspective.
After carefully reading the instructions transmitted by the Intelligent System, the humans also learned that, given their current level of Mental Consciousness, in order to control this device and enter Third-Person Piloting Mode, at least eight thousand people would need to be connected to the main device to share the mental burden brought about by the operation of the device.
Of course, this number will decrease as humanity advances in the field of Mental Consciousness technology and as the strength of human Mental Consciousness further increases, eventually reaching a point where only one person is needed to pilot a warship, like the Awakeners.
In other words, each spaceship requires at least eight thousand pilots, with one Main Consciousness acting as the Main Pilot and the others as co-pilots. It's worth noting that the other pilots will also have the same perspective when connected to the equipment, and can communicate their commands to the Main Pilot during flight, allowing the Main Pilot to control the warship and make various responses.
This driving mode reminds us of a science fiction movie from Earth Era, except that piloting that mech only required two people working together, while now it requires eight thousand.
Fortunately, every human being is a third-person dreamer; otherwise, achieving this number of pilots alone would have been impossible.
What truly troubles humanity is not the driving method, but the construction of a new flagship.
Humanity originally planned to leave this space and build a new flagship, but now the Intelligent System tells humanity that New Flagship must be built first and then this Synchronized Consciousness device must be loaded before the channel can be opened.
It's not that humans don't trust the Awakeners; after all, the Awakeners have gone to such lengths. If they truly wanted to harm humanity, they could have simply abducted humans to use as their warriors. Rather, the resources in this space are indeed dwindling. They're unsure if the remaining Heavy Metal resources are enough to build a New Flagship.
Whether it's enough or not, that's what the Intelligent System said, and as far as humans know, this is a condition set by the Awakener 'Illusion',' which the Intelligent System cannot change.
What else can we do but gather resources and roll up our sleeves to build New Flagship?
Humans actually have data on the resources in this space, so at Yue Yuan's command, the compiled data on the materials required for the new flagship was quickly transmitted to him.
The New Warship is 300 kilometers long and 100 kilometers wide and high. Its frame is made of the most advanced Strong Material, which shows how difficult it is to manufacture and how much material is used.
As expected, the statistical results were insufficient.
After careful consideration, experts proposed that dismantling part of the Astronomical-Level Particle Collider, remelting it, and extracting the necessary Heavy Metal for use in the manufacture of alloys for warships would certainly be sufficient.
That's right. The reason this space has become so resource-scarce is entirely due to the Astronomical-Level Particle Collider. Basically, most of the metals have been used for it. The problem of lacking various metals can definitely be solved by targeting the Astronomical-Level Particle Collider.
Yue Yuan did not hesitate to accept the proposal. He didn't even invite a large number of people to a meeting before making the decision: demolish it!
Anyway, now that the Grand Unified Theory has been found, there shouldn't be a need to completely dismantle and rebuild everything. The most urgent task is to accept the gifts from the Awakener Civilization and then leave this resource-scarce space. Yue Yuan can tell what's more important.
Even if this Astronomical-Level Particle Collider is needed again in the future, we can simply manufacture some replacement parts after it's deployed. This Astronomical-Level Particle Collider was designed modularly when it was built, so as long as it's not a core component that's removed, replacement is not difficult.