A Little Better Than Illiteracy

Fang Zheng naturally knew what was going on with the UNSC, but he had no intention of forming overly deep ties with them. This was a support mission, and once it was complete, he would leave this world. So he could not possibly engage in any overly in-depth exchanges with the UNSC. Under those circumstances, wasting time was clearly not a good choice.

Therefore, Fang Zheng had already decided that unless the Chief Petty Officer ran into danger again, he would not appear before the UNSC.

For now, Fang Zheng followed Nymph as she packaged and sorted the Forerunners' intelligence and records, determining what was useful, what could be used, and what was worthless...

Originally, Fang Zheng had thought that if he could comprehend Forerunner technology through his own abilities, he might truly become the greatest under heaven. But after reading less than two lines of the Forerunners' general overview of their cosmic orbital construction system... he realized he was only slightly better than illiterate.

Slightly better meant that he recognized every word, but once they were put together, he had no idea what the hell they meant.

It looked like Fang Zheng should not expect to become a scientist in this lifetime... Fortunately, he had never dreamed of becoming one as a child.

Fang Zheng had originally hoped to regain some confidence through programming, only to discover in horror that if he kept reading, he might forget everything he had learned in his previous life...

This showed that learning had always been a gradual process. Reaching the heavens in a single step was impossible.

As for Forerunner art and music, Fang Zheng felt that it was like looking at Egyptian pyramid murals. The exotic flavor was quite interesting, but asking them to create such things themselves? No, thank you.