Gene Template

That was what they said, but Humanity had no idea whether the Orange Star Civilization was telling the truth. Then again, the reverse was true as well.

Civilizations were not individuals. Both had to consider the interests of their collective as a whole. Avoiding conflict at a time like this was already quite good.

As for the Dynamic Image Civilization, Humanity had actually overestimated them, and so had the Orange Star Civilization. Humanity had always assumed that possessing a flagship equipped with Third Generation Warp Engine Technology would grant them faster research progress. After all, following someone else across a river was vastly different from feeling one's way across the stones.

Yet because the Dynamic Image Civilization greatly cherished the Third Generation Warp Engine creation they had purchased at tremendous cost, they could not bear to dismantle it. Thus, they had chosen to rely on their own research capabilities.

The result was tragic. The Guerji had overestimated their own scientific capabilities. Perhaps it was also because an entire civilization had not entered the Rhomboid Lattice Maze. Even now, they had yet to achieve a breakthrough in Third Generation Warp Engine Technology.

Perhaps because they had been unable to break through the Technology Barrier for so long, they had finally been unable to resist tampering with the Warp Engine aboard their flagship. Yet they still overestimated their own abilities, and the situation became increasingly absurd.

The Dynamic Image Civilization discovered that even after dismantling the Third Generation Warp Engine, they could only use it as a template to replicate it. They found it difficult to understand the engine's various structures. They could imitate its appearance, but the engines they built always had problems here or there.

Sometimes, the new engines could not even be started. They knew something had gone wrong,