Him and their stars.

Chapter 2197: Have you mastered shipbuilding techniques?

That being said, this unexpected surprise wasn't really that surprising.

King Velent and the snake sat together chatting and laughing. What's so interesting about such trivial matters?

Yu Lian's spirit transformed into a gust of wind and drifted past them.

"...Therefore, Your Highness need not worry about the silence of 'Lady of the Past.' We have used the rise of 'The Origin' to incite the struggle of separatists and laborers within the Alliance. Our comrades have personally participated, buying the Empire nearly two years. We have done right by our friends," said the Lawbreaker.

Very well, that deceased former Alliance Congresswoman, Ms. Parodine, was indeed the snake's head!
Although I'm still not surprised at all.

"If we continue to stir up trouble in the Alliance Congress, it will be a losing proposition. It's difficult to recruit members of the Congress as members of the organization, and it's even more costly to recruit members of the organization as members of the Congress. After all, our funds are limited." The snake-headed man, who looked no more than a middle school student, described everything in a mature tone: "In comparison, the research on 'Fire Makers' has made new progress. However, if we really want the Arc Cannon to be completed within two years, we need more data."

Very good, the thirteen aspects that the Snake Organization was responsible for researching have been returned to their proper places!

On another note, did even the snake heads themselves not know that Mr. Trend, this "Zigong," was actually a top-notch researcher?
“I am also waiting for a new key. But without a key, one is not qualified to open the door, and therefore not qualified to discuss progress.” The King’s voice was slightly hoarse, but very loud.

You could tell that he had a tough but fulfilling time lately.

"Progress is the theme of the future universe. Including me, including the Empire, including the Serpent of the Ring." The Elector toyed with a crystal glass, his face half-lit and half-shadowed in the dim blue light of the room: "I just want to know, in the future upheavals, what kind of support can I get from my former comrades? Certain support."

"In any case, it will give you the upper hand. In this situation, the longer the imperial election ceremony drags on, the more advantageous it is for you, isn't it?" The Lawbreaker chuckled, his appearance as a bright and handsome young man always carrying a gloomy air.

“Perhaps I will lose even more miserably, but I have no other choice.” King Werrent sighed heavily.

This must be what His Majesty the Emperor feels when he can freely monitor everything in the heavens.
Yu Lian's consciousness merely swept over this scene indifferently before continuing forward.

The King's connection with the snake, and the specific conspiracies and schemes, were no longer his primary concern at the moment. Yu Lian felt that even if he were to completely replicate this scene and present it to Brunhilde, she would probably just give an "oh" in response.

He searched for the final point of the information thread that guided him, which was certainly not here, but pointed to a more core area of ​​the Palace of Wisdom.

Yu Lian's consciousness did not linger for a moment, like an unrelated breeze, passing over the two people talking, and like mist, seeping into the spiritual links contained in the ancient runes on the wall.

This is a feeling of freedom that is greater than that of an elemental body or an etheric body.

No wonder emperors enjoyed playing this game so much, and no wonder that throughout history, deities have preferred to invoke spirits through divine intervention!

So, how far am I from reaching that realm on the edge of truth?

He passed through layer after layer of barriers. The protective barriers composed of alloy barriers, spiritual contracts, bloodline codes, and informational concepts were all useless in front of him.

Yu Lian's "vision" suddenly opened up again. He entered the lowest level of the Wisdom Palace Grand Library.

Countless memory crystals hold books, documents, and materials. History, memories, and knowledge hang suspended in this vast hall. They are not suspended in the air, of course, but rather operate slowly according to some profound logic, as if transforming into vortexes and nebulae of a universe of knowledge.

Yu Lian distinctly smelled the unique fragrance emanating from a blend of time, wisdom, and secrets. That heavy fragrance was awe-inspiring. The vast flow of information, like a dazzling starlight, flowed silently through the void.

This place seems to be the universe of knowledge itself.

...Well, the above is just poetic sentiment.

In fact, this vast arrangement is also a kind of psionic array. The Galactic Empire unearthed an artifact called the "Inscription Device" from the ruins of the Enlightened, gaining the ability to produce memory crystals. By burying the Inscription Device beneath the hall and then arranging the memory crystals within it, which float and rotate in a certain pattern, the spiritual rhythm will form an indestructible shield as it moves.

In this way, a firewall that cannot be cracked remotely from the outside can be obtained.

This is actually a rule-based defense.

Thus, the layout of the lowest level of the Wisdom Palace Library was formed.

It is said that the Alliance has an even larger "Inscription Device", which led to the legendary "Infinite Library".

"It's truly spectacular, but it seems incredibly stagnant," Yu Lian commented, gazing at the suspended memory crystal.

Then, he saw the data array cabinets with artificial lights flashing in the corner of the hall and immediately felt a sense of familiarity: "Although it's uncivilized, it's still progress."

Although compared to the crystal starry sky that seemed like an ocean of knowledge, the row of illuminated display cases looked as simple as primitive stone carvings, they were still carved by themselves.

Yu Lian's gaze shifted once more to the slowly rotating vortex of memory crystals. Normally, this should be the empire's top-secret storage facility.

It is also said that in order to access such a psionic library to find information, one needs a dual connection in both physical and psionic terms.

The former refers to a person personally coming before the inscription device and directly confronting the knowledge universe composed of its memory crystals. As for the latter, without some advanced occult encryption reading methods, it is even impossible to extract usable information from the memory crystals.

So, I am now standing here in spirit form. Shouldn't that be considered a physical arrival? Yu Lian thought to himself.

Then, his consciousness gently reached out like tentacles to the nearest cluster of crystals, making contact with it, preparing to meet the possible torrent of technology or forbidden knowledge.

However, he quickly withdrew his senses.

The information that flooded into my understanding was not the sophisticated scientific data, design manuscripts, or profound psionic diagrams that I had imagined.

A periodic report on soil composition over the past fifty years on an agricultural planet?
Statistical analysis of passenger traffic and spending habits on a remote interplanetary tourism route?
Summary of teaching feedback on the Imperial general textbook "Basic Physics (Seventh Revised Edition)" in the eleven outer star sectors?
A follow-up survey on the acceptance of a certain popular beverage among young aristocrats and citizens.
Evaluation of the consumption of Category 7 military field rations after pilot testing in six grenadier divisions?
Oh, right, what about the detailed quarterly financial reports for all 172 administrative offices under the Central districts?

The above is only the information that Yu Lian came into contact with in a fleeting moment. In fact, similar information is hidden within the ever-swirling vortex of the memory crystal.

They are vast and all-encompassing, with a level of detail that would make any specialized statistics department's scalp tingle.

Yu Lian immediately fell into a brief state of thought.

"So, for the empire, these massive and complex data on people's livelihoods are the most important... But isn't that just obvious?"

For any normal country, pursuing the truthfulness and comprehensiveness of this information is the most important task.

They are the capillaries and peripheral nerves of national governance, the information foundation for maintaining the operation of the regime, and the basic basis for adjusting and formulating policies.

They are important, they are confidential, but they shouldn't be confidential to this extent. Why are they "enshrined" at the heart of the Great Library of Wisdom?

Surely it couldn't be that this magnificent nebula of knowledge, this vast ocean of data and information, would overwhelm the intruders? Yu Lian thought about it and actually realized it was quite possible. If he rashly entered the vortex of this memory crystal, he might indeed linger among the books "Postpartum Care of the Mother Cabinet Beast" and "Restoration of Fertility in Radiation-Induced Soil," neglecting his true objective.

His gaze shifted to the neatly arranged alloy array cabinets in the corner of the hall.

They stood silently, a group of efficient but tedious industrial backup facilities. Compared to the crystals hovering in the air, they certainly seemed too ordinary and too uncivilized.

Yet, somehow, he was certain that the threads of fate were pointing towards this row of silver-gray cabinets. The faint, flickering light seemed to be winking at him.

In the past, even with such ordinary and normal technology, it would still have taken Yu Dashuai some tools to hack in.

However, he is now an omnipresent heroic spirit.

His consciousness flowed through the silver-gray physical barrier like ripples on water.

The security here is equally robust. It features multiple independent physical electronic locks, dynamic genetic keys, and sophisticated program locks embedded within the information structure itself. These automatically redirect unauthorized access to internal data without a specific program into an infinite loop of erroneous data branches.

The imperialists' true strength was never limited to the realm of mysticism.

If a novice were here, this kind of programming alone would be enough to keep that tech-savvy kid engrossed for years.

However, for him now, as long as he is physically present here, these precautions are meaningless. No matter how sophisticated and meticulous the array cabinet's protection is, it is still a construct of information.

In his heroic spirit form, Yu Lian is the master of information!
No, he is the information.

Instantly, a torrent of information, unlike anything before, surged into his memory once again.

Yu Lian now understands that the Empire did indeed consider overwhelming the "invaders" with a massive amount of information. Of course, he wouldn't fall for that.

He knows when to stop while he's ahead.

The formation of spiritual heroes is the unification of information, so the amount of additional information they can carry is also limited.

Or rather, all his actions this time were "fulfilling a vow," and all the gains were actually unexpected surprises.

His intuition led him to find the information he truly needed in this vast database, which may also be the most valuable information for the people of Earth and the new China.

It was a highly structured and rigorous document, along with a tight and precise model structure and data chain.

Yu Lian quickly forgot about "Postpartum Care of Mother Cabinet Beasts" and "Restoration of Fertility in Radiation Soil"—to be honest, it would have been very difficult to do this without the help of psionic energy—and began to memorize the core construction and maintenance technologies of the main battleship.

"The Framework of Psionic and Material Stability on a Macroscale"?
Well, alchemical methods can solve the problem, but the difficulty lies in applying them to large ships and engineering structures.

"Megastructure Weaving"?
This seems to be the case when building larger keels and main frames, where, while using traditional processes, special equipment is needed to guide energy and intervene in the material formation process at the subatomic level.

"Nodal Resonance Maintenance System"?
This is not just a technology, but also a very comprehensive process guide.

It requires the coordinated work of millions of engineering nodes, a composite of high-tech alloy materials and a small amount of spiritual crystals, and precise tuning during construction. Only in this way can the main bearing shaft of the Titan, also known as its keel, be completed.

Furthermore, it's evident that this process has been continuously refined over the millennia. The Empire and the Alliance also engaged in numerous shipbuilding exchanges.

...Okay, so you're outwardly competing for supremacy while secretly colluding to monopolize technology, right? Very well, that perfectly fits the stereotypical image of "two extremes".

Then comes the "Design of the Construction Equipment." For Earthlings today, this is perhaps the most important.

After the Martian shipyard was destroyed by the fire dragon, the Commonwealth never mastered the technology to build dreadnoughts again; what they lacked was the concept of building such equipment.

Perhaps we can rebuild the Mars shipyard in the new Shenzhou, provided we have sufficient funds and resources.

Yu Lian quickly found a long list of professional documents, including "High-Dimensional Materials Science", "Deep Integration of Psionic Theory and Engineering", and "Manufacturing Process of Nodal Materials and Energy Resonance Cores", which also included various formulas and design drawings.

If these things were actually printed out as paper, they could probably fill an entire cruiser.

If we can digest all the information above, Earthlings might be able to build their own Titan. However, this digestion process might take decades, but as long as it's a start and points the way for possible future independent construction and design, the trip will be worthwhile.

In comparison, the final result, "Deep Deciphering and Re-innovation of the Enlightened Legacy," was the Empire's reverse engineering of certain macroscopic structural relics of the Enlightened. It also involved a lot of communication and even joint research with the opposing alliance, still displaying the inhuman imperialist attitude of blocking knowledge.

However, it must be said that their research in this area is very in-depth.

Yu Lian's mind scanned these documents at lightning speed. Even with his abilities, he couldn't guarantee memorization, but he could guarantee recording.

He is dominating the information!
Yu Lian finally understood why his emperor and those "deities" from the past liked to play the role of ghosts behind the scenes.

I hope my master won't develop this bad habit.

Of course, just to be on the safe side, he carefully encapsulated these core parameters, diagrams, code, and some underlying basic principles into his real memory.

This process was probably the most difficult, and it really made Yu Lian feel dizzy and disoriented—although he was a spirit and didn't have ears or eyes, the feeling was real.

Fortunately, he still managed to finish it.

His gaze swept over the magnificent memory crystal nebula and the silent array cabinet one last time, and he felt that he had vaguely understood something again.

At the same moment, he also heard footsteps.

That was the aura of King Velent. Did he sense something? Or was he simply checking information?
Although the lowest level of this great library is confidential, it is only partially open to the chosen king, the Privy Council members, the Grand Secretaries of the Wisdom Palace and the Heavenly Palace, and even some high-ranking officials.

Of course, only King Velent was eligible.

Although this guy wasn't exactly a loyal and wise ruler, he wasn't so thick-skinned as to bring in a snake's head.

Yu Lian allowed his consciousness to quietly rewind; his deep sleep was about to end. His soul quietly retreated, returning to its original form within the Sacred Tree Palace.