175: The qualitative change triggered by the paper and the nascent form of the "research community"

The Golden Koi's astonishing 'bubble paper' was like a piece of dry ice dropped into a boiling cauldron of research, instantly cooling all the impetuousness and clamor, bringing about deeper thought and… qualitative change.

After the initial shock and self-doubt, the scientists of the Logic Federation quickly adjusted their mindset. They no longer viewed this 'paper' as the achievement of a competitor, but rather as an unprecedented, high-value research sample and data treasure trove from within the Cloud Court!

Dr. Li personally led the establishment of the 'Koi Paper Special Research Group', mobilizing the Federation's most powerful super-brain computing power to fully analyze the massive information contained in this 'bubble paper'. They no longer tried to fully understand the Koi's unique 'fish-like thinking' and expression methods, but focused on extracting core data models and observation results regarding rule interaction, energy flow, and material evolution.

The results were astonishing!

Many micro-rule descriptions and energy gradient models concerning the local ecology of the pond in the paper, their precision and accuracy, far exceeded the limits of any detection method currently achievable by the Federation! Some optimization schemes for 'fertilizing' inert Chaos energy regions to promote the growth of aquatic plants even directly inspired Breakthroughs in several key technical Bottlenecks of the Federation's 'Dao Rhyme Engine' project!

"We were wrong… terribly wrong!" an old scientist responsible for energy models exclaimed, tears streaming down his face. "We have always tried to impose external logic to understand, but ignored the wisdom naturally emerging from within the System! This fish… no, this 'Koi Scholar', it provides the most authentic 'user manual' and 'optimization guide' from within the System!"

The research direction of the Logic Federation thus underwent a profound shift. They began to pay more attention to observing and learning from the natural phenomena and existing 'intelligent products' (including spirit tools, Koi, etc.) within the Cloud Court, instead of blindly trying to apply their own frameworks. This 'humble' attitude, on the contrary, allowed their research to make rapid progress.

On the Holy Land Alliance side, the reaction was even more direct and… 'practical'.

After repeatedly 'studying' (mainly by perceiving and touching the Dao Rhyme information contained in the paper bubbles with their spiritual senses), although they could not perform quantitative analysis like the Federation, they also gained great inspiration from it.

The Master of Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, referring to the description of rule node resonance in the paper, improved the 'Universe in the Palm' model, significantly enhancing its stability; the Master of Wan Cao Gu, based on the 'energy gradient fertilization method' mentioned in the paper, successfully cultivated several 'super spirit plants' whose efficiency in absorbing Chaos Dao Rhyme doubled; the Thousand Illusions Sound and Rhythm Mansion even comprehended a new method of 'rule encoding' chaotic 'Dao sounds' from the rigorous (for a fish) structure of the paper, significantly enhancing its 'Heavenly Sound Shaping' effect.

The most amusing thing was Savage Bone of the Fierce Beast Star Domain. He actually comprehended a new 'group combat training method' suitable for his Star Domain warriors from the paper's suggestion of 'feeding by size and speed', which is said to effectively improve training efficiency and reduce internal friction… A 'paper' by a Golden Koi actually simultaneously pushed the research levels of both the scientific and mystical camps to a new level!

This wonderful, shared progress brought about by a 'fish paper' quietly dissolved much of the invisible barrier and competitive mentality between the Logic Federation and the Holy Land Alliance. They began to realize that on the long road of exploring the mysteries of the Cloud Court, they might not be opponents, but rather… complementary companions.

An unprecedented atmosphere of cooperation began to sprout.

The Logic Federation proactively shared some desensitized general rule model data parsed from the 'paper' with the Holy Land Alliance; and the Holy Land Alliance, relying on its unique perceptive abilities and understanding of the Dao, helped the Federation interpret some 'mystical parameters' in the models that could not be explained by pure logic.

The two sides even attempted to hold a small-scale 'Cross-Civilization Research Methodology Exchange Conference' under the framework of the 'Cloud Study Research Alliance'. At the conference, Federation scientists used holographic projections to display the latest 'Dao Rhyme Engine' simulation results, while Holy Land Leaders demonstrated on the spot how to guide local Chaos Qi Flow with their own Dao Rhyme… Although the exchange process was still full of the awkwardness of 'talking past each other', at least, both sides were willing to reach out and touch and understand another completely different world.

A loose but profoundly significant 'Cloud Court Research Community' seemed to be quietly forming under this strange Star Domain. And one of the 'spiritual leaders' of this community was none other than the Golden Koi, still napping in the pond, completely unaware of all this.

Long Qianyuan watched the profound changes in the outside world, triggered by a 'fish paper', feeling both absurd and gratified.

"I never thought, never thought, that what ultimately brought about world peace… uh, the harmony of the research community, would be an essay written by my fish?" He stroked his chin, marveling, "Is this the ultimate manifestation of 'knowledge changing destiny'?"

He felt this matter was worth encouraging, and even considered whether to regularly hold 'Cloud Court Outstanding Research Achievement Awards' in the future, specifically setting up a 'Special Contribution Award' for this Koi, with prizes being more fun 'interaction crystals' and special fish food.

Inside the Star Gazing Hall, Yun Feng seemed pleased to see the trend of external forces uniting due to a 'bubble paper'.

"All streams return to the source, starting from droplets," he whispered, his gaze seemingly piercing through the Void Realm, seeing the scientists and cultivators who were struggling to communicate.

A wisp of Chaos qi separated from his fingertip, not cast towards any side, but quietly merged into the floating 'bubble paper'.

The paper trembled slightly, and some vague descriptions of rule 'compatibility' and 'interfaces' contained within it instantly became clearer, as if inadvertently lighting a small guiding lamp for the nascent 'Research Community'.

In the pond, the napping Golden Koi seemed to dream of something, its tail unconsciously swayed, and the golden spot on its forehead flickered. Another nascent bubble of a new 'research topic', with a more complex structure and seemingly involving 'multidimensional rule mapping', slowly formed in its dream-like breath… The qualitative change triggered by a 'fish paper' was pushing the research waves inside and outside the Cloud Court into a deeper and more cooperative new era. And the instigator of all this was still in its pond, dreaming its incomprehensible dreams about rules and truth. No one knew what earth-shattering 'achievements' it would bring to this world when it awoke from its dream.