Genshin Impact: A Red Teyvat Life Starting from Zero

Well, with magnetic levitation and confirmation from the Thunder God's Eye, it's highly likely they can't escape it.

"To be honest, I probably wouldn't have paid attention to it before, thinking that a copper wire was enough. But looking at all those projects that were stalled because of substandard materials, I realized the importance of this material that has a unique role in electricity. This thing came at just the right time."

"Speaking of which, since this material can levitate metal, if we make it even bigger, could we send the entire island, or even the entire Fontaine, into the sky?"

Even though he had been forced to come to Haizhi Island, Sergei still couldn't forget about dealing with the prophetic crisis of Fontaine. He began to think about the feasibility of the superconducting magnetic levitation version of the Fontaine space launch plan.

For Sergei, his personal situation within the Fontainebleau Academy was one thing; finding a way to deal with the prophetic crisis was a different matter, something beyond his personal future.

The two are not even in the same dimension.

Jiang Ming didn't object; after all, he should get a share of the results.

However, it was undoubtedly premature to think about sending a country into space so soon after discovering superconducting materials, Jiang Ming interrupted his thoughts.

"Forget about your space travel plans for now. Tell me first, can you replicate this material on a large scale?"

"Not at the moment." Sergei shook his head decisively.

"According to the description sent back from Mondstadt, this is a product of alchemy, and the specific processing method is unknown. Whether it can be replicated depends on the alchemist's method. If it is not too rare or special, it should be feasible. We could let the scholars in the Council of the Order study it. I remember that some of them specialize in alchemy."

"I understand. Also, have you made any progress in your research on oil?"

Sergei tossed a small bottle to Jiang Ming, which contained a small amount of clear yellow liquid.

“Look, the sample produced by distillation does indeed have excellent combustion performance. However, if we use it as engine fuel as you suggested, hmm…” Sergei pondered for a moment.

"The kind of multi-cylinder design you described shouldn't be difficult to implement, but compared to an electric motor, it seems unnecessary, especially now that we have new materials. In addition, we have also found the characteristics of the residue after distillation to be very interesting, and its applications need further research."

"Asphalt can be used to make some industrial products and for paving roads. In addition, as fuel, it also has some other uses besides internal combustion engines..."

Jiang Ming was thinking about things like jet engines.

They seem to have all the necessary conditions.

The researchers at Fontainebleau possess exceptional mechanical design skills, and their latest experiment with high-carbon crystal steel has yielded phenomenal performance.

It seems to make sense when you think about it. Ordinary white iron with a little crystal is much stronger than high-carbon steel, which is widely used on Earth. If you replace it with a stronger base material, it would be incredible.

Although no one has figured out why adding crystals makes one stronger, as if it were a mystical question, the experimental results do show that this is indeed the case.

Anyway, it doesn't prevent them from using it.

He now seemed to understand a little better how Canry managed to create that one-eyed giant treasure that was the size of a mountain back then.

Energy comes from the Abyss, materials come from the incredible materials of Teyvat, and there might be enchanting techniques to add buffs. So the rest is just a matter of skill.

Sergei glanced at Jiang Ming with surprise.

Well, it's normal for this person to be knowledgeable; after all, he's the father of electricity, and his identity is mysterious.

"We plan to try using catalysts to increase production efficiency. After we set up the database in a couple of days, we'll search for it and see if we can find anything we can refer to in the data."

"database?"

Jiang Ming seemed to hear a word that shouldn't belong here.

"Yes, the Fontainebleau Academy of Sciences shared a batch of technologies with us. They modified a batch of disks, the electric ones, which are compatible with our interface. The technical data is stored on these disks, and they also gave us two terminals."

Jiang Ming looked at Sergei with a puzzled expression. He saw the man walk to a strangely shaped machine, press a few buttons, and then pull down a lever.

After a strange noise, the machine spat out a stack of papers riddled with holes.

Good heavens, this is like stepping back into the 1950s!

Chapter 137 Local Area Network & Internet

"...You rely on this thing?"

Jiang Ming remembered that he first learned about this kind of thing when he saw it at the Red Coast Base in the third season of the TV series.

Looking at the dense array of holes on it, one can't help but wonder how long it would take to print out a paper from this thing, and how long it would take to analyze and decipher it.

"Not really. In fact, I've added the latest image recognition, transcoding, and encoder to it, and I've also prepared the latest automatic typewriter. Once I've debugged it, I can connect it to these two machines, and it should only take half a minute to type out a regular paper."

Jiang Ming looked at the pile of punched paper on the ground and expressed his doubt.

Should he consider developing something like display devices?

The Celestial Arts from Liyue can be projected directly. Why don't we study the principles and see if we can use them directly?

I'll let Liyue know another day and they'll look into it.

"In short, as long as it works, that's fine. Turing's electrical signal transmission is quite good. We plan to connect these two terminals and all the equipment we need in the institute together so that they can transmit data to each other. This will make it easier for us to use. However, before that, I need to expand the transmission bandwidth, otherwise it may not be able to support so many project teams using it at the same time."

Meeting Jiang Ming's suspicious gaze, Sergei gave his answer.

Goodness, it's a local area network, right?

Have you considered making this a bit bigger?

"what?"

“Connect the devices together so they can transmit data to each other, and expand this scope to the entire Haiqi Island, and even include the neighboring Bayun Island.”

Sergei pondered for a moment.

"It's not that it can't be done, it's just a matter of adding a couple more lines. But what use is it outside the Academy of Sciences' database?"

"This will be very useful."

Sergei's views were limited by historical context.

Have you heard of the information revolution?

Jiang Ming suddenly remembered that Turing's group was researching wired signal transmission and had already achieved results.

So……

Do you research radio? Radio wave transmission?

Sergei paused for a moment before replying, "Yes, but it's very basic. It can only transmit one or two words per second within a range of less than three meters, so it's not very practical for now."

Okay, there really is one.

If this can be developed, wouldn't it be possible to enter the mobile internet market in one step?

"In addition, we also have a wireless power transmission project, which has achieved some results and passed the feasibility verification, but it has no practical value. We believe that in the short term, wireless power transmission may need to rely on the power of lightning, only in this way can it exhibit the characteristics of long distance and low loss."

Generally speaking, they believe that elemental power is a force that controls elements based on their existence. If elements are likened to the most basic hardware that constitutes operation, then elemental power is equivalent to the operating system, the Eye of God is equivalent to the operating permissions and input/output devices that control the operating system, and the Authority is equivalent to the administrator or developer permissions.

The first few points were preliminary conclusions drawn from their repeated experiments. The last point, which involved authority, was still just Jiang Ming's personal conjecture due to the lack of an observation subject.

They encountered problems directly operating the hardware and pinned their hopes on using an operating system to better utilize the hardware's performance, which is the Ganges River.

The problem is that they don't have that much operational authority, their input and output devices are limited, and they currently don't have the ability to manufacture these devices.

"Anyway, just keep trying and spend as much money as you want. We have money now, and I'll add more budget for you later."

Scientific research is a matter of either incredible luck or massive spending; if you spend enough, you're bound to win eventually.

"That's wonderful!" Sergei exclaimed, his face beaming with delight. "However, regarding the restrictions on overtime..."

"That's not negotiable."

“Alright.” Sergei’s expression remained unchanged, as if he had anticipated this outcome long ago.

However, this harvest was truly beyond his expectations.

He's been busy revising the plan lately, and only when he came here today did he realize that the internet is almost here.

Although most of it was still copied, it is still an amazing achievement to be able to understand it in such a short time.

Jiang Ming felt with absolute clarity that he was in an environment of explosive technological advancement.

There are also newly delivered materials and such; barring any unforeseen circumstances, this thing will make the explosion even more violent.

And the foundation of all this is the connection with the outside world.

Neither oil nor superconducting materials can be produced on Heisei Island, or even on the Inazuma mainland. These are hidden treasures on the entire Teyvat continent, and Inazuma alone is far from enough.

There were also exchanges with the Fontaine Academy of Sciences and the Order of the Nation. Although the upper echelons of the Order of the Nation did not attach much importance to it, and it is unknown whether this was due to Azar's desire to build Gundam, the exchanges with ordinary scholars of the Order of the Nation were quite effective.

Many scholars at the Academy of Education have a large number of research projects that have not been commercialized, and they accept them all through revenue-sharing agreements.

Literally, it means paying a small sum of money to license all kinds of technologies, useful or not, and then paying separately for whichever technology I use. This is a special policy designed for the special circumstances of the Council of the Church. A considerable number of scholars agree to this plan. Since they have Morana, they have licensed some technologies that they don't consider so important.

A large amount of paper documents are still being unloaded at the port.

The exchanges with the Fontainebleau Academy of Sciences were similar; they exchanged so many technologies that there were bound to be some that could be used.

The outside world is so wonderful; he needs to increase the connection between Haiqi Island and the outside world. Working in isolation is not a good habit.

Well, after going around in circles, we still have to go see Beidou.

Early the next morning, Beidou stood at the entrance of their hotel, watching the bustling crowds on the street heading to work.

"It's so lively! It gives me a sense of homecoming."

Although it is still far smaller than Liyue Harbor, the bustling scene in this small area is already no different from that in Liyue Harbor.

"The last time I came here, it was a desolate place, and there was no one else here except us. In just a few months, it has become so lively."

Beidou pulled up a chair at the stall in front of the shop and sat down, while Chongzuo followed and sat down on the other side.

“Indeed, I inquired yesterday and found out that most of the people in this area are villagers from Feimu Village on Bayun Island. Because of the war there, life was hard, so they moved here collectively. Haiqi Island seems to have a strong organizational ability. They completed the migration of so many villagers from Bayun Island to here in just a few days, and they also settled everyone in and arranged jobs for them.”

"Oh?"

Beidou leaned forward slightly.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

Such organizational and mobilization capabilities are quite impressive.

Just as they were about to discuss whether Haiqi Island's organizational and mobilization capabilities were stronger or weaker than those of Liyue, an unexpected figure appeared before them.

It's Jiang Ming.

"Captain Beidou, there's an extra business opportunity. Are you interested?"

Chapter 138 It should be so