"The taste of this golden blood was quite good." Herta spoke with lingering satisfaction, extending her soft pink tongue before Qianyi and the others to gently lick at nonexistent traces on the corner of her lips, savoring the flavor from earlier. "It really was a rare treasure."
"As long as you like it. Herta, take your time studying it. Call me if you need anything." Qianyi chose to give Herta some quiet space and did not intend to disturb the genius's research.
The key material capable of producing a Second Kind Perpetual Motion Machine had fallen into the hands of a genius. All it would take was a flash of inspiration from her, and perhaps another great technological explosion would arrive.
For all he knew, this might be the key for humanity to unlock a new branch of its technological tree and perhaps even ascend directly.
If things got even more exaggerated, humanity's technology might develop to the point where it could even kill Aeons.
Even if that really happened, though, it would probably only become possible after one ten-thousand-year era after another had passed—at least forty thousand years.
"Ah...?" Herta watched Qianyi turn to leave and slowly put a question mark over her head.
No, bro.
You were going to run after flirting with her?
She was unwilling to let Qianyi leave just like that and immediately tried to keep him here. "Wait, where are you going?"
"To confirm the Stellaris Train's exact situation." Qianyi stopped and patiently explained, "This time, we explored a world that even Akivili had never explored. We need to assess exactly how much Trailblaze Energy was gained and how much would be required to establish the nearest star rail. After all, this is crucial to determining whether star rails can be constructed in worlds