And yet, such a thing was a breakthrough from nothing into existence for the real world.
At the same time, every researcher was now filled with confidence in the project.
When computers were first developed, after all, they had been the size of an entire room.
Yet a little over a century later, a chip the size of a fingernail could outperform those earliest computers countless times over.
In the eyes of many researchers, runes were like highly versatile "components." With enough quantity and enough variety, they could be combined into machines with all manner of specialized functions.
Some could spew fire, some gather water, some create ice, and some could even unleash flashes of lightning and thunder, soar through the heavens, or burrow through the earth. They appeared supernatural, but in truth, they were all within nature.
Some researchers had even indulged in fantasies about the prospects of rune technology.
If, one day, this technology could be applied to nanobots, and nanobots used to replace all matter in the world, then by relying entirely on supreme control permissions over those machines, could one become a "god"?!
In Zhao Cheng's view, such an idea was feasible.
The only issue was that if the technology truly reached that level, there would be no need to obtain near-godlike power in such a manner.
Becoming a god was still far too distant, in the end.
For now, the greatest use of the achievements in rune technology research was still the expansion of the field of basic materials.
As for why they had chosen a tower-like shape, it was because that form was relatively stable.
Zhao Cheng stayed there for a while, exchanged a few words with the relevant personnel, and only then left.
Everything before his eyes was merely the tip of the