"The Oceanic Civilization valued theory and essence, pursuing the roots of things. In the early and middle stages, it was inferior to the Barbarian Nation and the Han Nation, because pursuing essence and establishing theory required the efforts of countless people across generations. Although their progress would accelerate greatly with my help, there would still be no hope in sight in the short term."
"Unless something unexpected happened, the three nations' growth curves would be different."
"The Barbarian Nation would be the fastest at the beginning, forming a sharply rising curve and becoming virtually invincible in the current age. But once it reached its limit, it would flatten into a horizontal line and become difficult to develop further."
"The Han Nation would follow a steadily rising curve. It would be slower than the Barbarian Nation at first, but it would inevitably surpass it in the middle stage and continue growing in the later stage."
"The Oceanic Civilization's growth curve would basically have two possibilities."
"One possibility would be a slope even gentler than the Han Nation's curve. It would crawl forward slowly in the early and middle stages until, in the later stage, it discovered the essence and theory behind things and began expanding its technology. Then it would rise sharply, surpassing the Barbarian Nation and the Han Nation in a very short time and leaving them far behind for many years, until the Han Nation absorbed those essences, theories, and technologies and slowly caught up."
"The other possibility would be that, because its development was too slow in the early and middle stages, it would fail to survive until the later stage, or discover the essence but be unable to apply it, resulting in the destruction of the nation. However, the nation's theories and knowledge would spread in twists