"This technology really is incredible. There's a reason their equipment is so well made."
"According to the Macrosteel People, these forging machines have stood the test of time and are extremely durable. The core component is a mass of flame modified using world will. With proper maintenance, it won't disappear for a hundred years. They can also provide blueprints for some standard spare parts so we can manufacture them ourselves. How reliable do you think that claim is?"
"For now, I can't tell."
"Also, their research into material properties is outstanding. But they're asking a very high price for that knowledge... Do you think the price is worth it?"
The scientist, the foremost authority with the ability to "appraise," shook his head. He had no way of appraising knowledge this complex.
Listening to their discussion, Old Wang felt a little more assured. Fortunately, humanity had developed ultra-low-temperature etching, giving them a little bargaining power.
The "snowflakes" produced by Earth's Gaia consciousness were beautiful hexagons.
Each snowflake could be divided into six segments, and each segment had forty-two ice crystal points. In other words, a snowflake could be divided into 252 ice crystal points.
They were as hard as diamonds.
These snowflake "ice crystal points" could generate ultralow temperatures approaching absolute zero, allowing materials to undergo ultra-low-temperature etching.
Combined with humanity's existing chip manufacturing processes, the "ice crystal points" could perform micron-scale etching at the microscopic level. That was actually quite impressive.
More importantly, the "snowflakes" could keep their surroundings at a constant low temperature and possessed the ability to "instantly absorb heat."
Conventional heat dissipation cooled things from the outside in.
For example, when a piece of red-hot steel was placed in water, large amounts of water would evaporate into steam, carrying away heat.
The vast majority of civilizations could