CHAPTER 301: CHAPTER 191: AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVEL UP

After bypassing some meaningless pleasantries, when Shen Shi saw the giant "ring" before him, he also felt a peculiar emotion.

This is a curvature engine completely produced independently by humans.

It has appeared years earlier than its original history.

This is a symbol.

A symbol that human civilization has officially reached the standards of an E-level civilization.

Worren’s development over hundreds of years was caught up by humans in just ten years.

Currently, the development of humanity is quite distorted; although with Shen Shi’s help, in terms of combat power, and in many other aspects, it is already on par with a D-level civilization, especially with Iwen’s arrival, they truly possess the power to threaten a C-level civilization.

However, to genuinely develop to the level of a C-level civilization, it is necessary to comprehensively reach the C-level in all fields. Only in this way can civilization continue to develop in the absence of trade, and can they possess the formidable power of future human civilization.

This is also what Shen Shi truly relies on.

"Good, very impressive," said Shen Shi.

Everyone could see that he was indeed in a good mood.

Along with him, those behind also breathed a sigh of relief.

"I still remember ten years ago, an excellent scientist personally told me that he felt very ashamed," Shen Shi turned around, looking at everyone. "Ashamed because, as a scientist, he could not play his due role in the future of human civilization, in the face of humanity’s crisis, he was powerless, which wasn’t the scenario he hoped to witness by immersing himself in scientific research."

Everyone present was silent.

But Shen Shi could still see a kind of suppressed emotion in some of the scientists.

Clearly, no matter what their reasons for engaging in scientific research were, since they made efforts to reach this degree, there was a persistence in their hearts, a pride—technology is the primary driving force of civilization’s development.

However, confronted with the enormous and terrifying interstellar realm, all of them actually felt quite frustrated.

Because the gap was too immense.

For this generation, and for many successors in the future, even in a prolonged period, their tasks were merely learning and catching up.

"But what I want to say today—" Shen Shi suddenly raised his tone a bit, "on the battlefield facing the Daike Civilization next, you are the true warriors, the actual main force; your efforts are no longer futile, but instead, you will determine the victory, become the key force shaping humanity’s future!"

Such words made some scientists freeze for a moment, then become openly excited.

It’s not that Shen Shi’s words inherently had such great inspirational power.

That’s only part of it.

The key lies in the fact that, given Shen Shi’s current status, saying such words on such occasions essentially means further elevating the status of the scientific field!

In the past ten years, although the scientific field has always been valued highly, with a strong emphasis on contribution, it has never formed a genuine craze within the civilization.

Why?

It’s because the status is awkward.

Everyone knows the importance of the scientific field, but look at what human civilization has nowadays?

On one hand, they have even begun large-scale construction of cosmic bases, building Space Cities, and various powerful devices dazzling people’s eyes.

On the other hand, these scientists are still diligently researching some of the most basic things.

Even if they work tirelessly, ignoring everything else, in just ten years, they truly conquered curvature engine technology and independently produced a complete curvature engine, but the news wouldn’t stir much commotion once released.

The first reaction of most people seeing this news would simply be "Oh."

And then there’d be nothing more.

Some might even say, "Curvature engine? Wasn’t this thing already here for a long time?" or "Why so slow?" "What’s thrilling about copying homework?" and the like.

Even those who understand the difficulties and the significance behind the curvature engine find it hard to show any excited reactions.

After all, human civilization had seized thousands of ships from the Worren.

With human civilization’s current population base, these ships would suffice for a long period.

Not to mention the base with teleportation ability Shen Shi captured from the Daike, and various C-level spaceships equipped with Jump Engines obtained by Shen Shi from the Future World trade.

In other words.

The conquest of the curvature engine doesn’t have visibly tangible benefits.

But behind this indeed lies the painstaking efforts of countless scientists.

This is the awkward status of scientists today.

However—

Shen Shi’s words revealed a completely different change.

It is recognition! It’s glory! It’s status!

Given Shen Shi’s identity, it’s not merely a statement, but also a trend of public opinion for the time to come—research personnel would hold the same status and glory akin to warriors during wartime!

The head of this curvature engine research institute couldn’t even speak due to excitement at the moment, looking at the young man before him who was actually decades younger than him, as if he was looking at a true "Sage Saint!"

However, Shen Shi merely made this statement without continuing further.

He still had to observe the reactions of others before proceeding with a series of more detailed actions.