Qin Yiwei rubbed his temples and shook his head. "Hard to say. According to our current research, it's just an ordinary snowflake close to absolute zero. At least, that's what our observations show so far. But that snowflake hasn't matured yet, and no one knows whether it will undergo some qualitative change once it does."
"Our laboratories can achieve temperatures close to absolute zero too, can't they?" Old Wang immediately felt frustrated. What... what unique technology could this possibly lead to?!
It was just a slightly lower temperature.
His heart sank to the bottom of the sea. If the Gaia Consciousness proved useless, humanity would have to explore unique technologies on its own. That road... was far too difficult!
Humans weren't any more intelligent than other civilizations. What qualified them to discover a unique technology tree?
Even if Zhang Ming successfully returned to Earth, he wouldn't be much help. Advancing technology required collective effort; an individual's combat strength was no use.
"Don't get worked up yet. Ultralow temperatures do count as a unique technology. If we can develop a cheap way to achieve them, fields like superconductivity will gain an advantage." Qin Yiwei took out another report, which described several supernatural technological paths.
Things like the Freezing Ray, novel optoelectric phenomena, new condensed matter materials, and even the ultimate material of fantasy-a material made using the strong interaction. In other words, the "Droplet" from the science fiction novel The Three-Body Problem, the kind that could pass straight through the sun without suffering any wear!
The report made Old Wang's scalp prickle. Scientists might be good at spouting nonsense to secure funding, but this report was far too ridiculous!
He simply couldn't believe it!
Unique technologies required long-term research and study. They weren't gifts the world simply handed out!
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