Chapter 141: The City of the Stuo Civilization

The impact of this exchange between Human Civilization and Stuo Civilization in the realm of theoretical physics and mathematics far exceeded the simple idea of “1+1=2” for Human Civilization.

It had to be admitted that in many areas, Human Civilization might have research approaches the Stuo Civilization hadn’t recognized before.

But Stuo Civilization, as that ‘long-standing Stellar Civilization,’ was actually delving deeper in most areas than Human Civilization.

At the same time, because Stuo Civilization had already engaged in this kind of theoretical exchange with multiple other civilizations before,

for problems in many fields, aside from its own research approaches, Stuo Civilization could also offer approaches used by other research civilizations it had previously encountered.

This truly broadened the minds of researchers in Human Civilization’s related fields.

Under the collision of these new different research ideas, the gifted researchers already gathered at Human Civilization’s Negentropy Research Institute also gained fresh insights.

Of course,

Stuo Civilization definitely didn’t lose out either.

In the period following their meeting, both civilizations were largely busy digesting the new knowledge, new theories they had acquired from each other.

During this period, Qin Yu even took an active interest,

diving into some research in mathematics and physics.

He optimized some earlier turbulence theories he had developed during controllable nuclear fusion research,

and provided a conclusion for most problems in fluid dynamics within classical mechanics.

As for mathematics, QIn Yu had never fully left the field of mathematics for various research projects in this life, from artificial intelligence to subsequent materials research.

Taking inspiration from the exchange currently happening between Human Civilization and Stuo Civilization,

Qin Yu pushed forward the progress towards a Grand Unified Theory across multiple fields like algebraic geometry within Human Civilization’s mathematics,

solved some remaining problems within the Langlands program, and incorporated it into a larger theoretical framework.

Apart from Qin Yu,

during this time, all sorts of papers in theoretical physics and mathematics within Human Civilization were also coming out like never before.

Papers that before could have made the cover of HCC’s top journals were now squeezed into thick, multi-paper issues alongside others of similar importance.

Only papers with truly groundbreaking significance could appear on the covers of those top journals.

But even papers at that level struggled at this time to capture the full attention of researchers in their field.

Because within the same period, often multiple other papers of equal importance would appear.

As for ordinary papers of regular importance,

they were generally just put into the HCC’s paper repository for researchers working in related fields within Human Civilization to search out and read themselves.

After all, for researchers in theoretical physics and mathematics, across all their specialized branches, even just reading the titles of all the papers coming out in this period made their hearts race with excitement.

In this theoretical exchange,

both Human Civilization and Stuo Civilization obtained theoretical knowledge and research approaches unique to the other civilization, or previously unknown to their own.

Just this represented an enormous volume of knowledge.

And then, particularly in entirely new fields that hadn’t been recognized before, but were brought to attention thanks to the other civilization,

differences in thinking patterns often made it relatively easy to keep finding new things within those fresh domains.

Throughout this period,

exchanges in theoretical physics and mathematics continued between Human Civilization and Stuo Civilization via electromagnetic communication.

As the exchanges went on and trust deepened, the communication gradually touched upon more advanced, cutting-edge areas within both civilizations’ theories.

It could be expected that this explosive period of theoretical output for both civilizations would continue for some time,

until both sides had fully absorbed the new knowledge, new ideas, and new inspiration gained from the other civilization.

But by that time, they could likely move on to deeper cooperation.

It really could only be said, echoing the previous thought.

The risks of exchange between two unfamiliar civilizations in the universe are immense,

but beneath that immense risk lies astonishing potential reward.

…

While both sides maintained this exchange on theoretical topics like physics and mathematics,

the time for them to meet once more was also approaching.

For several reasons, the time set for their next meeting, to be held in a Stuo Civilization city,

was fixed for a little later, still two months away.

But amidst all the busy activity, even two months passed quickly.

Moreover, this time, the Human Civilization delegation traveling to the location of the Stuo Civilization’s Interstellar Fleet,

also needed to consider travel time and depart a bit earlier.

This time,

the Human Civilization delegation still did not include Qin Yu.

Qin Yu himself, as an Absolute Immortal, wasn’t afraid of the risk.

But others couldn’t know that, making it very hard for them to relax letting Qin Yu take such a chance.

Previously, when the Stuo Civilization delegation visited, Qin Yu wasn’t made the Human Civilization delegation leader.

This time, needing to venture deep into the Stuo Civilization’s territory, it was even less likely Qin Yu would be made the delegation leader.

The leader of the Human Civilization delegation remained Professor Qiu Yiming, head of Research Institute 011. Other members partly included researchers who had participated in the previous meeting with Stuo Civilization,

and partly other newly selected researchers and research team leaders.

The total number was larger than before, roughly matching the size of the previous Stuo Civilization delegation, over a hundred people.

This time,

the meeting between Human Civilization and Stuo Civilization within a city of Stuo Civilization,

though no longer their first meeting,

was still something Human Civilization anticipated.

People had always been quite curious about the social structures and overall situation within Stuo Civilization.

This meeting being held on the Stuo Civilization’s own turf,

even if the host made some arrangements beforehand, would still offer glimpses into the Stuo’s internal state.

Furthermore,

regarding the other civilization’s ‘Sacred Decider’,

Qin Yu himself held some curiosity and speculations.

This trip for the Human Civilization delegation should help verify some of Qin Yu’s guesses.

…

Early February, Year 60 of the Human United Era (HUE),

The Human Civilization delegation, departing over twenty days ahead of time,

boarded the starship “Nine Provinces,” equipped with a DT04 propulsion system, formally lifting off from the Lunar Surface, heading towards the Kuiper Belt’s outer edge in the Solar System, where Stuo Civilization’s Interstellar Fleet was anchored.

Qin Yu kept a loose watch on the progress of this renewed meeting.

Within the scheduled time,

the “Nine Provinces” carrying the Human Civilization delegation arrived at the target location.

Stuo Civilization welcomed them within its spherical starship, or rather, Stellar City, five hundred kilometers in diameter, which orbited its Planetary Fortress.

The “Nine Provinces” docked at the Stellar Port of this Stuo Civilization’s Stellar City.

Members of the Human Civilization delegation, wearing spacesuits for outside the ship, entered the Stuo Civilization City.

The interior of this Stuo Stellar City maintained rotation, seemingly creating a gravity-like effect.

The gravity was slightly higher than Earth’s, but still within the manageable range for people of this era.

“Friends of Human Civilization, welcome to our city.”

“As per the agreed plan, we will now lead our friends from Human Civilization to visit Stuo Civilization’s Civilization Museum.”

Welcoming the Human Civilization delegation was still that Sies individual.

While human eyes couldn’t easily tell apart Stuo individuals,

intelligent programs could detect the subtle differences between them.

The Human Civilization delegation did not immediately see Stuo Civilization’s ‘Sacred Decider’ here.