116: Chapter 116 Becoming the God of Technology

After digesting this for a moment, he suddenly looked up: "In that case, why do you still need me to provide air and water?"

"The most solid foundation of a civilization must be intelligent beings, not intelligent machinery! The miners in the Asteroid Belt are the most hardworking and enterprising group among humans. These people are the sparks of hope; I will do my best to preserve them!"

"And..."

"And what?"

Gao Yuan asked.

"If all the intelligent machinery fails... these people are the only ones we can rely on!"

All fail?

How is that possible?

Gao Yuan didn't believe it.

Gao Qiu gave Gao Yuan a meaningful look: "Everything is possible! Even a human brain can fail and turn into dementia, and the sophistication of machines is far inferior to the human brain..."

Gao Yuan felt that Gao Qiu definitely had other plans, but he didn't want to tell him.

He had actually come to see him in such a hurry just because he wanted an answer.

Now, he had obtained it.

So, it was time to leave.

Gao Yuan had just made a big move in the Real World. Where the world would go was actually up to his single thought, but he had to see Gao Qiu before he could be certain of that thought.

He stood up.

"Old man, what should I call you? Father or grandfather?"

"It's nothing more than a label; you can call me anything..."

"Then I'll call you Grand Marshal from now on!"

Gao Qiu's lips trembled upon hearing this title, but he didn't speak.

"Grand Marshal, I'm leaving. Send me out; I probably won't be able to find my way and might get lost... By the way, how did you know I was here?"

"I would know even if an extra earthworm appeared in these tunnels! Let alone a person? Go. Don't come to see me for three years. After three years, I will need enough water, air... and food for a billion people!"

Three years...

Why three years?

Gao Yuan nodded: "Grand Marshal, so be it! Three years from now, I'll bring a real grandson for you to see!"

"Before you leave, let me give you a gift!"

"What?"

"Another function of the Space-Time Gate!"

Ah?

Does the Space-Time Gate have other uses besides traveling between two worlds?

Gao Yuan looked puzzled.

"The Space-Time Gate is a wormhole linking two worlds. However, unlike physical wormholes in a three-dimensional world, this kind is called a space-time wormhole—a fragment of the four-dimensional world. In four-dimensional space, time is also a controllable variable. So... theoretically, the Space-Time Gate can control the flow of time!"

What does that mean?

Control time?

Gao Yuan didn't quite understand. He remembered Gao Gan saying before that time could be accelerated or slowed down, but it couldn't flow backward.

"Theoretically, any point in a four-dimensional world can expand into a three-dimensional world, but any world needs dark energy for support! You don't have enough dark energy, but I previously collected a lot of dark matter to cultivate this space-time node. Dark matter can release dark energy. This is a Dark matter reactor; I'm giving it to you now!"

"What is dark matter?"

Gao Yuan was somewhat confused.

"Dark matter is composed of 'Weakly Interacting Massive Particles'; it's an invisible substance..."

"Alright, I get it! How do I use this thing?"

Gao Yuan didn't want to listen anymore because he didn't understand. Why should he care what dark matter was? He just needed to know how to use it. When he used Wi-Fi, did he need to know the principles of how it worked?

"When using it, flip this switch. Once the switch is on, dark energy will emerge. At that point, you just need to summon the Space-Time Gate. Supported by dark energy, the Space-Time Gate will form a hypothetical three-dimensional world that overlaps with the world you are in. Within this hypothetical three-dimensional world, you can control the flow of time by adjusting the intensity of the dark energy!"

"The red button over here controls the range of coverage, and the green button controls the time flow rate! You can see that the green button has 36 scales; negative numbers slow down time, while positive numbers speed it up. The fastest is 18 times the flow rate, and the slowest is 1/18th! The red button also has 36 scales; 1 represents a coverage of a hundred meters, and 36 represents a coverage of 3,600 meters!"

Gao Yuan took the black box, feeling that it was simply a divine artifact from myths and legends.

He could control the flow of time within a certain area.

"Grand Marshal, will I be affected within the area?"

"You are the manifestation of the Space-Time Gate itself, so you won't be affected. Since you are a person of the three-dimensional world, the time flow you experience will always remain constant!"

"What use do I have for this?"

"To create a god... You are to become the God of Technology for both worlds! Perhaps in the future, the Space-Time Gate can be expanded into a fixed space-time passage, connecting the two worlds!"

Gao Yuan fell into a fantasy.

He could control the flow of time and travel between two worlds... it really might be achievable.

"Grand Marshal, I know what to do now."

"That's good. Go back then!"

"Grand Marshal, take care of yourself!"

"I won't die!"

When Gao Yuan left, he looked back. Gao Qiu was standing at the door of the stone house, just like when he used to see him off to school as a child.

"I'm leaving!"

Gao Qiu waved his hand...

Gao Yuan was escorted out of the mine and left Vesta. He put on his individual combat mecha, and by the time he ascended, the warship had returned. Gao Yuan boarded the warship and headed for Earth.

At the Earth Shangjing Development General Administration, a screen in front of Su Muyan showed the flight trajectory of Gao Yuan's warship.

"This Gao Yuan first went to the Far side of the Moon, then disappeared. When he reappeared, he flew to Ceres, then circled around Mars? And now he's coming back? What exactly is he trying to do?"

"Secretary-General, could there be something on the Far side of the Moon?"

"Regardless of what's there, the question is: what is Gao Yuan doing? Has the Inspection team sent to the Far side of the Moon found anything?"

"There's no news yet. If they found anything, the message should have been transmitted back by now!"

"Hmm. Keep Gao Yuan under close surveillance!"

...

Gao Yuan returned to the Longjing Spaceport. After the warship was docked, he went back to Longjing and arrived at the 2024 Club.

This time, Huangfu Shan was there waiting for Gao Yuan.

"What's wrong, Sister Shan?"

"Secretary-General Qin has been to the club!"

"Qin Fengsong? Qin Gang's son? What did he come for?"

"I'm not sure. However, he spent the entire morning on the 28th floor with Niu Lanshan, Liu Ziyu, and Qin Gang. When he left, he asked me if you were here... I said no, and then he left!"

Gao Yuan fell into deep thought. Niu Lanshan was also a member of the Human Federation Council, so it was normal for him to be close to Qin Fengsong. Although Liu Ziyu was part of the Administrative General Administration, the Mining Bureau was now just an appendage of the Development General Administration's Equipment Department; its power had been hollowed out. He had always been neutral. Now that he was having a secret talk with Qin Fengsong, could it be that he was going to publicly pick a side?

"I see. By the way, where is Nan Wu?"

"Nan Wu seems to have gone to pick up the robots; she said it was at your request!"

"Mhm... once the robots are picked up, put them in the warehouse. I still have things to do..."

Gao Yuan needed to return to the Real World. He had made a big move there, and it had been fermenting for a day now; everyone was likely waiting for him.

Then he would go back now and make his stance clear.