Chapter 1369: The Death of Science

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
A magnificent scene appeared before Meng Chao’s eyes.

In the deep and boundless universe, when the cold interstellar dust gathered into a storm of destruction and rained down on the Hope, countless ancient Turans left the warm, comfortable, and safe cabin. They crawled out of the shell of the ship and fought a tenacious battle against the universe that had
almost swallowed them.

In their supermagnetic armor, they were like moths to a flame, except these moths were formed by magnetic fluid.
However, it was these little insects that protected the Turan civilization’s last hope from being swallowed by the vast universe.

At that time, all the Turan people on the Hope, be it the spaceship designers, the welding engineers, the resource gatherers, or the developers of magnetic fluid materials, were in the same boat. They worked tirelessly for the advancement of their civilization.
However, after coming to the Other World, the situation changed subtly, especially in the face of the onslaught of Totem Beasts and Fusion Beasts.

Many professions were not used to the demands of high-intensity warfare. They were either gradually eliminated, or they eventually went extinct.

On the contrary, “warrior” and “fighter” became the mainstream professions in the Turan civilization.
In the beginning, many experts, scholars, and researchers also tried to establish a large-scale industrial system in Picturesque Orchid Lake or at least a military industrial system. They invested a lot of resources into it and developed high-tech war machines just as they had done on their mother planet.
However, the ancient Turan people soon discovered that firstly, they had just arrived in Picturesque Orchid Lake not long ago and their population was relatively insufficient. They lacked the foundation to develop large-scale industries.

Secondly, their limited resources had to be thrown at the seemingly endless number of Totem Beasts and Fusion Beasts. The battle situation was constantly changing, and it was difficult to give them ten, twenty years, or even longer, to develop high-level and sophisticated technologies with extremely
high failure rates…

Thirdly, the appearance of the spirit magnet had greatly improved the ancient Turan people’s physical fitness and combat strength. It had partially alleviated the pressure on food, but as a result, the urgency to develop high-tech projects and build a large-scale industrial system did not seem to be
enough.

‘Whether in Picturesque Orchid Lake or Dragon City, when the researchers wanted to start a brand new, epoch-making, and great research that could completely change the face of civilization, technical problems would never be the main problem.
It was, who would pay for it?
Also, what in the hell would it be useful for?

Fourthly and most importantly, the space in Picturesque Orchid Lake was still unstable at that time. It had not recovered from the spatial shock caused by the Turan civilization’s crossing, The entire Turan River basin was filled with spatial cracks, so Totem Beasts and Fusion Beasts could easily infiltrate
the interior of Turan towns and factories through the cracks. Before they were destroyed, they would rampage, wreak havoc, and even self-destruct during their dying breath, turning all the high-energy substances in their bodies into radioactive pollutants. That caused the Turan people to throw down
astronomical resources and destroy painstaking scientific research projects as well as industrial facilities.

Facing their unpredictable, extremely tenacious vitality and ridiculous speed, it was likely that the Totem Beasts and Fusion Beasts attempted to drill into the inner parts of Picturesque Orchid Lake’s town. Although traditional thermal weapons were powerful, they required a large amount of resources.
They moved relatively slowly, and their size was also relatively bulky, so it was highly difficult for the people to display 100% combat effectiveness.

The simplest example would be if the Totem Beasts and Fusion Beasts were to drill into a tall building, would the Turan people be able to mobilize heavy cannons and blast the ferocious beasts and the survivors in the buildings into the sky?
In such a situation, the ancient Turan people could only rely on their ever-increasing physical fighting ability, cold weapons condensed from spirit magnets, or thermal weapons with the simplest structure, and close combat methods to deal with the damned beasts.
Since Dragon City had just experienced the Monster War, Meng Chao understood the voice very well.

In his own city, fighting in the streets with opponents like monsters and using powerful thermal weapons felt like “shooting mosquitoes with anti-aircraft guns.”

Fighting with fists against fangs, fighting with swords against claws, fighting with the hardest fists, and blowing up the hardest shells were hard principles.

But there was a problem.

Resources were limited.

If the limited resources were invested in warriors and fighters, they would not be able to invest in long-term scientific research projects and the construction of industrial systems.

The appearance of the spirit magnet, especially, had almost solved the most pressing and important problems of the Turan civilization.

The spirit magnet was simply perfect.

It was so perfect that it overshadowed all other scientific research projects.

At least, that was how it seemed.

Back then, it was difficult for the researchers to convince all their compatriots to take part of their resources out of the arduous war and invest them in their research. In the early stages, it was impossible for them to be more efficient than the spirit magnet. It was unknown whether their research projects
or even “useless” basic theoretical research in later stages would have been successful or not.

That portion of their resources would definitely increase the strength of a warrior who had been through hundreds of battles. It would make the spirit magnets on his body stronger and more active, enabling him to kill a few more Totem Beasts or even Fusion Beasts on the battlefield.
If the same resource were to be used on a researcher, the sound produced would probably not even be as loud as a fart.

At the moment of life and death, the answer to what the ancient Turan people would choose was self-evident.

As a result, the number of researchers in the Turan civilization gradually decreased.

Thinking about it carefully, it was easy to understand.

‘Whether it was the Earthlings or the Turan people, whether it was the advanced Homo sapiens or the Neanderthals, as long as it was an intelligent carbon-based humanoid… No, there was no need for a “human form,” or even “intelligence.” They all understood the principle of “seeking benefits while
avoiding harm.”

Since they had become warriors and fighters, they could enjoy glory, display their might, and gain the admiration and worship of all their compatriots. They could rightfully get the biggest piece of the cake—including, but not limited to, their lofty social status, the right to prioritize the distribution of
spoils of war, the chance to hold important positions in all levels and fields, and the most important right to reproduce, spreading the seeds of their own life as much as possible to produce the greatest number of descendants and gain power to create a huge family.

Naturally, everybody was eager when it came to warriors and fighters.

After all, on their mother planet, almost all the Turan people had faced a flood and fierce beasts when the civilization had just been born.

Deep in their genes, they naturally had the instinct to fight.

As long as they smelled the scent of death, this instinct could be easily released through “Haka,” allowing anyone from builders, repairmen, navigators, spacecraft designers, and astrophysicists to warriors to awaken their ancient combat techniques.
If they could not activate “Haka” and adapt to the trend and change their class, they would just die.

Those who remained alive had naturally managed to change their class and grasp more powerful combat techniques with success. They had also perfectly integrated their combat techniques with the increasingly active spirit magnets.
In the wave of “cultivation” and “everyone joining the army,” even if there was still a small number of scientific researchers, who were willing to be poor and sit on the bench, they continued to work on their research silently in the extremely harsh environment.
They were also easy targets for Totem Beasts and Fusion Beasts.

The biggest difference between monsters and beasts was not their sharp claws and hard shells, or even the ability to use spirit energy and spirit magnets.

It was their extraordinary intelligence and calculation that was not inferior to that of humans.

High-level totem beasts that had swallowed a large amount of spirit energy and possessed spirit magnets to help them reconstruct their brain tissues were particularly intelligent.

They understood the principle of “targeted elimination” when it came to important enemy figures.

In the seemingly unexpected beast hordes, along with the destruction of scientific research centers and industrial bases, a large number of scientific researchers had died one after another.

These scientific researchers had either allocated the few resources that were allocated to them into projects that they regarded as valuable, or…

They used precious spirit power and cultivation resources to strengthen their brains and greatly improve their computational and logical thinking abilities.

However, they were unwilling to spend even a tiny bit of resources to strengthen their increasingly weak bodies.

Once the beast horde suddenly arrived, how could these dedicated researchers escape the inescapable net of death?

It was not accurate to say that the ancient Turan people were indifferent to the deaths of an increasing number of researchers.

The warriors and fighters, who continued to temper their martial strength and charge into the beast horde while they howled, killed more Totem Beasts and Fusion Beasts to avenge the researchers. However, apart from that, it seemed like they were not able to do much.
What about distributing more spoils of war to the researchers to ensure their safety and research progress after killing the Totem Beasts and Fusion Beasts?

Stop joking!

The warriors and fighters were the pillars of the Turan civilization!

If it were not for their bloody battles on the front line, everyone would have died!

Only by distributing the biggest cake to them could they kill all the damn ferocious beasts as soon as possible, end the damn war as soon as possible, and start traveling on the path to civilization reconstruction as soon as possible!

By then, everyone, including the researchers, would have a good life and a future to speak of!

Was that not something that even a three-year-old child would understand?

In the long war, all the Turan people had to do their best. Since the researchers were not of much use for the time being, they should at least grit their teeth and silently endure with all their compatriots, should they not?

Just like that, the scientific researchers, except for the specialists in the research and development of spirit energy and magnetic materials, gradually disappeared within the Turan civilization.

The specialists in spirit magnets obviously could not be compared with ordinary scientific researchers.

After all, spirit magnets had become the industrial cornerstone of the Turan civilization.

To put it simply, spirit magnets represented all the industries and technologies of the Turan civilization.

All the soul magnet specialists were sent underground under the protection of the warriors.

They spent their days together with the mother in the newly renovated Hope and the advanced bio-chemical laboratory below the Hope, continuing to carry out higher-level research on the soul magnets.