Reed Richards's talent for invention was undeniable. While other scientists were constrained by materials and environment, he had already moved beyond such limitations, developing technologies that surpassed the current world's scientific limits and bringing them into reality.
But technologies that directly skipped so many stages inevitably came with all sorts of accidents. Even if he had made the absolute most of the materials at hand, the weakest-link principle still applied to his inventions.
The technologies he developed could be realized and even manufactured, but most of them were unstable. The more unimaginable the technology, the greater the chance of instability. Some could only be used once before becoming scrap.
Of course, more often than not, all kinds of accidents would occur and produce all kinds of problems.
You could not see this from his technical theories, because his technology and theories were always impeccable, leaving everyone who listened unable to find a flaw. But compared to the rigor of his theories and techniques, the finished products were immature. Quite a few were like defective goods.
But at least they worked.
For research and inventions that surpassed the current technological levels, simply working was already quite remarkable.
If he did not let his imagination run wild and instead worked pragmatically according to the circumstances, many of his inventions could change the world. But he disdained researching things that, in his eyes, were overly technical or simply too easy. He liked challenges. He liked researching what interested him and inventing what obsessed him, and he could always successfully make those inventions.
In daily life, he might have been a relatively down-to-earth person, but in scientific research, he was an arrogant dictator.
The only thing that restricted him, in his eyes, was not materials, technology, or anything else. It was money!
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