Within this special spacetime box.
Gao Gong saw the technology tree belonging to the Mechanic civilization.
It was colossal, reaching into the heavens and rooting itself in the earth!
Rather than a stationary tree, it was more like a grand mechanical compendium that never stopped moving and continued to grow.
Its trunk was a gigantic central power shaft. It was not made of a single metal, but of countless layers of alloy sleeves that constantly rotated and meshed, occasionally sliding automatically to adjust according to internal stress. Its surface was covered with hydraulic circuits and pneumatic pipelines that flickered between light and dark as the rotation speed changed, like surging blood and the channels of breathing.
The branches were the most variable part of this enormous compendium. They were not fixed limbs, but a dynamic network composed of dizzyingly complex planetary gear systems, cam mechanisms, and telescoping connecting rods. As the civilization's knowledge accumulated and changed, these branches slowly but firmly reconfigured themselves.
One could see enormous gear assemblies disengaging at a silent command, moving along rails, and meshing again with another set of larger gears with more complex teeth. They produced a heavy, precise "click," marking the breakthrough or extension of a technological node.
Gao Gong "saw" the twelve thickest sections of the tree.
They represented twelve professional knowledge chains—
"Advanced Armor Theory," "Starship Engineering," "Elementary Application of Galactic Energy," "Small- and Medium-Sized Celestial Body Modification," "Nanotechnology," "Advanced Machine Ecology," "Advanced Spatial Theory," "Planetary Mainframe," "Advanced Mechanics," "Differential Secret Institute," "Mech Sage," and "Mechanical Legion."
The six branches with completed blueprint accumulation were especially lush.
There was also one that was completely bare, such as the "Differential Secret Institute."
Gao Gong closed his eyes. The mechanical radiance evolved from the "Leader's Authority" resonated with this "Mechanical Giant Tree," completing