After Nagus returned home, he immediately took out his personal synchronized analyzer, an earpiece-like device with a monocle attached.
He settled cross-legged into a woven hanging basket in the living room. His personal device scanned the gem with a rapid series of clicks, and green text appeared on the lens: [Unable to analyze].
This exceeded the capabilities of his personal instrument. The device sent the information it had collected back to the Smart Terminal, which offered a new recommendation for a situation it could not handle.
[Recommendation: apply to use a professional-grade laboratory]
Nagus thought for a moment, then pressed a button on his personal device. His mind entered the virtual Data World directly.
Data exchange through brain waves occurred at the level of consciousness, far faster than visual information reaching the brain and then being interpreted by brain cells.
He searched frantically through the Data World for information about gems, starting with their basic structures.
After looking up the basic molecular structure of gems, Nagus applied for a materials research laboratory. He checked the time. It was already noon.
On the fifth planet of the Stellar System, each day lasted twenty-three hours by Water Blue Star's units, but each year contained 1,349 days.
Taking off his personal device, Nagus left the residential building and stood on the lawn, waving toward the antigravity vehicles flying in orderly streams between the high-rises.
The ubiquitous cameras and the sensors in his nanosuit pooled their data, feeding information upstream to the intelligent traffic management system.
A silver-white, capsule-shaped antigravity vehicle descended. Hovering ten centimeters above the ground, it opened its door. Through the transparent glass, Nagus saw a young man occupying one of four seats arranged to face each other.
The man was probably heading to a laboratory too. Nagus climbed