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Although the interpretation was not necessarily correct, at least it could still be interpreted rather than remaining completely unknown. That was enough. Once it could be interpreted, regardless of whether it was right or wrong, humanity could always use the old method—brute-force enumeration—to filter the results.

Of course, such filtering was likewise founded on humanity's own understanding. In other words, it meant values derived from humanity's understanding of the universe, such as 299792458.458, 6.67430×10^-11, and 6.62607015×10^-34.

There were also things like electron charge, the temperature of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, even the diameter of an atom, Planck Time, Planck Length, and so on. They were all the same.

Well, after several billion years, the temperature of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation might differ somewhat.

And the values would certainly be different, since every civilization defined its own units differently. But they could all be compared by analogy. For instance, one could define the speed of light as 1, then build an entire mathematical and physical system around that, producing a different set of numbers. Or one could define the Planck Length as 1, then develop a set of physical constant expressions and mathematics based on it.

The values would certainly differ, but after conversion, they could be matched with humanity's own numerical system. That way, humanity could determine what physical quantities the values discovered in this Precursor maze corresponded to.

And as long as they understood one physical quantity, humanity could move from point to surface and gradually uncover the information contained within.

Clearly, because physical laws and mathematics were universal, the common languages of civilizations throughout the universe were inevitably based on these two things. Every civilization capable of reaching the stars was proficient in those laws. They were the foundations of all foundations.

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