The marker's brightness had not even reached half its normal level, but it had exceeded that most basic "threshold."
That meant he could use overclocking to analyze it directly!
Even a moment's hesitation would have been an insult to science!
Upon discovering this, Lü Yongchang focused all his attention on the Dim Marker at the very top of the technology tree without hesitation!
In his fully quantized brain, inspiration began surging at breakneck speed.
It was, after all, a foundational technology of a level eight civilization. Even with its brightness approaching 50%, analyzing it was far harder than Lü Yongchang had imagined!
Even his body, modified several times and poised between a quantum state and a normal state, struggled to bear the strain of his quantum brain.
But...
Clearly, Lü Yongchang could not possibly give up such an opportunity.
He fought through the dizziness in his head, sustaining this burst of inspiration.
Over an hour later.
Seated in his chair, Lü Yongchang slowly opened his eyes.
Despite his exhaustion, a faint excitement still shone in them.
With difficulty, he raised a hand and recorded every bit of his inspiration in the holographic projection before him.
Line after line of theory and equations describing vacuum zero-point energy appeared in an unending stream.
After several days of organizing his theories and resting, Lü Yongchang stood before the assembled academicians, brimming with energy.
To his right were holographic images covered in symbols.
"..."
"Everyone, that concludes the basic theory of vacuum zero-point energy."
"We can now say with near certainty that vacuum zero-point energy is the source of the unknown energy released by quasars!"
"In the extreme conditions around a quasar, this energy is briefly retained. The greater the quasar's mass, the more pronounced this phenomenon becomes."
"Of course, as time passes,