Rebirth of the Super Battleship

Chapter 463: War Between Scientists

At this moment, within the Divine Ark Civilization, ordinary intelligent beings were still living step by step, day after day. Whether they had reached a new star system was completely irrelevant to them. In contrast stood the mood of the more than two hundred thousand scientists.

At this moment, their spirits had already reached a peak of excitement.

The reason was simple. During that long five-hundred-year flight of escape, because resupply was impossible and materials were increasingly depleted, Xiao Yu had no way to let these scientists conduct scientific experiments without restraint. Scientific experiments consume vast amounts of energy and materials, which Xiao Yu could not afford. This led to a great many questions that could have been experimentally verified or answered being piled up.

Questions that clearly could be answered were left unresolved due to practical constraints. For scientists with a frenzied thirst for knowledge, this was a tremendous torment. So upon learning that in just a little over one year they would be able to research these questions without scruples, how could the scientists not be exhilarated?

The day of arrival came as scheduled. At a location 27 billion kilometers from the primary star of this star system, Xiao Yu’s fleet disengaged from curvature flight, transitioning from faster-than-light travel to conventional navigation, proceeding at roughly 160,000 kilometers per second.

“Master, our Space Academy of Sciences has the following application. After arriving in the new star system, we request to build a high-energy physics laboratory. We need to study what changes space undergoes under extremely high energies. The list of equipment required for the high-energy physics laboratory is as follows…”

The submitted list gave Xiao Yu quite a shock.

“This, is this still a laboratory? Calling it a research city would not be an exaggeration. You are studying spatial changes. What do you want a tachyon generator for? Hm? And circumstellar large particle colliders? That part is fine. I still have the previous one preserved and can bring it out directly, but you want three? Three circumstellar large particle colliders. Can you even use them all? Also, you are applying for the allocation of an entire moon as the Space Academy of Sciences’ research planet? An entire moon. Can you even make full use of it? No. Your demands are far too excessive. Even with the support of the new computers, fulfilling your construction requirements would take at least ten years of my time. During those ten years, will the other disciplines develop or not?”

Xiao Yu flatly rejected the demands of the scientists from the Space Academy of Sciences. Yet the group of scientists refused to leave and began to plead earnestly.

“Master, as you surely know, as a superluminal particle, the tachyon generator holds crucial importance for researching spatial properties, and the large particle collider is even more critical. Only in such high-energy environments will space itself reveal its mysteries. Moreover, as a signature technology of a Level 6 Civilization, our Space Academy of Sciences is laying the groundwork for the future system of space science. For such an important discipline, applying for one moon, just one moon, is not excessive, is it?”“Are the current construction tasks so heavy? For the sake of space science, what harm is there in temporarily slowing other disciplines a bit? I believe the correct course is to give priority to ensuring the Space Academy of Sciences’ construction requirements. Also, Master, please do not look at the number of construction tasks and the large footprint and reject them outright. These instruments are all vitally important to research in space science. If even one is missing, it could affect the research mission.”

“Master…”

The flurry of scientists rushing to speak left Xiao Yu in the conference room somewhat overwhelmed. Xiao Yu did not doubt the scientific enthusiasm of these researchers in the least, and he also knew that their results would ultimately benefit him. But as the one in the highest position, what was required was comprehensive consideration. Just as Xiao Yu had said before, if the construction requirements of the Space Academy of Sciences were fully met, would the other disciplines still develop or not?

“The old fellows from the Space Academy of Sciences, do you dare say your Space Academy of Sciences is more important than our Computational Academy of Sciences?” Just as Xiao Yu was carefully considering how to trim the construction list submitted by the scientists of the Space Academy of Sciences, yet another group of scientists barged in. They were scientists from the Computational Academy of Sciences. The moment this group rushed in, they aggressively opened fire on the scientists of the Space Academy of Sciences.

“To say nothing of the fact that the Master’s form of existence is based on a supercomputer, and that operating any spaceship in battle or flight consumes computing power, let us speak only of your Space Academy of Sciences. Without more advanced computing modules as support, where would you get the tools to carry out complex analyses of spatial fluctuations? If that is not enough, then among the Home ships, the ecological maintenance systems, the weather circulation systems, and even the operation of the virtual suns, which of these can do without computational science? Even the construction tasks you are now requesting cannot be carried out at all without computational science.”

“It is still a distant prospect for your Space Academy of Sciences to produce research results, but it is different for us at the Computational Academy of Sciences. The blueprint for the latest computer architecture already exists. So long as there is sufficient material support, within thirty years we are confident we can raise the computing speed of the current computing modules by more than twenty times. We do not need to spell out the benefits that will bring, do we?”

“So, Master, computational science is the cornerstone of our entire civilization. The development of computational science will propel the development of all other disciplines. Giving priority to computational science is the most correct course. Ahem, here are some modest construction requirements of ours. Our Computational Academy of Sciences requests the following construction tasks…”

Before Xiao Yu had even managed to send off the scientists of the Space Academy of Sciences, the scientists of the Computational Academy of Sciences burst in and presented a series of construction requests to Xiao Yu.

This construction list left Xiao Yu even more dumbfounded.

“You, what did you say? You request the construction of a space-based Computational Science Research Institute? Fine, the space environment does indeed have some benefits for research in computational science, but your demands are a bit too exaggerated. This Computational Science Research Institute is far too large, is it not? You should know that in my plan, even a Continent-Class spaceship is only on the order of several dozen kilometers in size, yet you dare to request a space-based structure one hundred sixty kilometers in length? That is impossible. My computing power is insufficient to shoulder such a construction task.”

Almost without thinking, Xiao Yu spoke words of refusal. Unexpectedly, the scientists of the Computational Academy of Sciences were not anxious. One by one, they showed slightly uncanny smiles.

“Master, the other scientists do not understand your current computing capacity. We are different. We are scientists of the Computational Academy of Sciences, and we know perfectly well what performance your main computer possesses. According to our calculations, if you go all out, at most five years would be enough to complete this construction task. Master, please grant our construction request. You must know that so long as there is ample computing power, everything else in development ceases to be a problem.”

Xiao Yu furrowed his brow slightly. In fact, it was just as these scientists said. His computing power data held basically no secrets before these scientists. After all, the central computer that Xiao Yu now occupied had been built with the participation of these very scientists.

Xiao Yu was just thinking about what wording to use to refuse them when yet another group of scientists rushed in.

“What Space Academy of Sciences, what Computational Academy of Sciences. Are any of you more important than our Military Academy of Sciences? Yes, we admit that without the support of computational science, our weapons cannot perform to effect. But without the protection of military equipment, can you all feel at ease enough to focus on research? The most important task now is neither to build the Space Academy of Sciences nor to build the Computational Academy of Sciences. The most important task is to construct the defense system of this star system. Only then will we have the power to strike back in the face of invading enemies. Uh, also, the scientists under our Military Academy of Sciences have come up with some novel ideas on how to improve negative matter cannons and antimatter bombs. These urgently need experimental verification. At the same time, there have been breakthroughs in research on the multi-layer shield system and the modular shield system. All these things need to be carried out as soon as possible to raise the strength of our Divine Ark Civilization. Therefore, Master, our Military Academy of Sciences applies for the following construction tasks…”

“Stop this nonsense.” Just as the representative scientists of the Military Academy of Sciences were prattling on, yet another group of scientists arrived. The foremost among them was none other than Luka Four, an authority in life sciences. The moment Luka Four entered the conference room, he scolded the other scientists, “Space technology? Computational technology? Military technology? Are they more important than life science? Without the Life Academy of Sciences, you would have been dead who knows how many years ago. Would you still be here babbling about these things?”

No one dared challenge Luka Four’s authority. For a moment, all the scientists responded meekly, not daring to meet Luka Four’s gaze. What Luka Four said was indeed the truth. It was precisely because of the arduous work of the scientists of the Life Academy of Sciences that the average lifespan of the intelligent beings under the Divine Ark Civilization had broken through one thousand years, and the lifespan of scientists enjoying special treatment had even broken through the five thousand year mark. From this perspective, the contribution of the Life Academy of Sciences was indeed the greatest.

“Master, at any time, the Life Academy of Sciences is the most important. I believe you are well aware of this. This is the construction task list of our Life Academy of Sciences. Please look it over. If possible, please place life science research first.” Luka Four spoke respectfully and sent a list to Xiao Yu via his personal computing terminal.

“Life science is the most important? Is it, Number four?” At this moment, Luka Three’s voice came over.