Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 734 - 727: The Predicament of High-Peak People

Chapter 734: Chapter 727: The Predicament of High-Peak People

"The magic technology instruments you’re using now, basically have this magic cable line running inside. After all, even though the Otherworld is in the feudal era, we are not from the feudal era. We come from a modern industrial civilization, which is naturally far more advanced than theirs," Li Si said.

"I’ve always been curious, what exactly is the principle behind the operation of the anti-gravity rune?" Hu Daoke scratched his head and asked.

"It’s somewhat complicated to explain, but essentially it’s one of the rules of the Magic World," Tangmo explained, "When magic exerts its effects within a rune, the rune generates a force opposite to gravity, repelling the existing gravity, thereby achieving an anti-gravity effect. This is somewhat similar to the repulsion phenomenon between like poles of a magnet, but the anti-gravity rune repels the earth’s gravitational pull."

"Wow, if we on Earth managed to research and develop this, wouldn’t we be stepping directly into the space age?" Hu Daoke asked excitedly.

"That doesn’t seem very likely at the moment," Li Si shrugged and said with a smile, "As Tangmo just mentioned, the anti-gravity rune adheres to the physical rules of the Magic World, not those of the scientific world. Therefore, it can’t be said that whatever the Magic World can do, the scientific world can do. Instead, the Magic World can only serve as a reference for the scientific world, not a model."

"I have a question, if I may ask?" Cheng Ziang raised his hand.

"Go ahead, you’re not outsiders," Li Si nodded.

"If I remember correctly, the anti-gravity rune is the ace in the hole for the High-peak people. So how come it was taught to us so easily?" Cheng Ziang asked.

"It wasn’t easy at all," Li Si smiled and shook his head, then seriously explained, "The main reason they were willing to reveal the secret of the anti-gravity rune so generously, is because their development in magic science has stalled quite noticeably."

"Stalled?" Hu Daoke and Luoer looked at each other. Then Hu Daoke said, "It doesn’t seem like it, their airboats are still flying all over the sky. They even helped us complete our task in the epidemic area. How can you tell they’ve stalled?"

"That’s because their applied science hasn’t stalled yet, so they can still produce these space battle airships. But in reality, their basic science has almost frozen, with virtually no progress over the last nearly ten years," Li Si explained.

"Uh, could you explain a bit more about these two types of science?" Hu Daoke asked, scratching his head.

"Basic science, as the name suggests, is the foundation of all technological progress. Although the Otherworld is researching magic, essentially speaking, magic is also a branch of science," Li Si paused for a moment, then continued to explain, "Applied science has a clear purpose and is directly related to people’s standard of living. Once new findings are discovered, they are immediately put into production and daily life. However, applied science must also build upon basic science. Once basic science comes to a standstill, after applied science exhausts all the achievements made in basic science, science as a whole will truly stagnate."

Li Si went on to ask: "Have you noticed the types of propulsion engines used by the High-peak people’s fleet in the air?"

"I have," Baiyue raised her hand and said softly, "The High-peak people have two types of propulsion engines. One is a propeller-type, and the other looks like a turbofan-type."

"That’s correct," Li Si nodded approvingly and then continued, "Their propeller engines initially relied on steam engines, then mainly on magic power furnaces later on, but fundamentally, they drove wind power to propel the airship."

"As for their turbofan engines," Li Si said and shook his head, "Rather than calling them turbofan engines, it would be more accurate to call them pseudo-turbofan engines, as they fundamentally operate on the same principle."

"Pseudo-turbofan?" Luoer asked.

"Yes, the representative of Earth’s turbofan engines would be different types of jet fighters. The emergence of turbofan engines has directly changed the structure of fighters. Although turbofan engines fundamentally rely on jet propulsion, they represent a revolutionary change compared to propeller engines."

Li Si continued after a brief pause, "However, the pseudo-turbofan engines of the High-peak people operate with a principle entirely different from Earth’s turbofan engines. Wind Sect runes are engraved on the inner wall of the conduit, and when activated, they cause air disturbance, thereby generating wind force that propels the engine backward. In other words, this engine is fundamentally no different from a propeller engine; both drive wind power to generate thrust. But compared to the propeller engine, this pseudo-turbofan engine is smaller in size and produces less noise, nothing more."

"Oh..." Li Si’s explanation left Hu Daoke dumbfounded, struggling to understand.

"So you should realize that the full speed of the airship fleet is actually not very fast. To increase speed, they have installed several of these pseudo-turbofan engines, but it’s too little to be effective and fails to address the root problem," Li Si said.

"I see!" Upon hearing Li Si’s explanation, Luoer had a sudden epiphany and noddingly responded.

"So, as long as Ronisca’s basic science does not progress, the speed of these pseudo-turbofan engines has already reached the High-peak people’s limit and can’t trend upward anymore."

"So, by showing goodwill and revealing the anti-gravity rune, are the High-peak people hoping that we’ll help them break free from the constraints of basic science?" Cheng Ziang asked composedly.

"Exactly. If they continue to operate in a vacuum, Ronisca’s most notable achievement in the end will likely just be this anti-gravity rune," Li Si shrugged and said.

"But can Earth people research better magic science than the Otherworld?" Hu Daoke asked again.

"As I mentioned earlier, the Otherworld is still in the feudal era, whereas Earth has already entered the information age. The most significant difference between these two eras lies in human thought and the pragmatic attitude towards science," Li Si explained, "The High-peak people’s research into magic science is indeed higher than that of others in the Otherworld, even reaching the level of the early industrial period. However, compared to Earth people, they are still far behind. Earth people’s involvement in the Otherworld for just over thirty years has already yielded astounding results. Otherworld scientists compared to Earth scientists only have an advantage in quantity. The theories they’ve innovated have long been outpaced by Earth scientists."

"Frankly speaking, in the past thirty years, all the magic-related technological achievements born in the Otherworld either come from Earth scientists or are closely related to Earth. As for the so-called magic scientific achievements accumulated by the Otherworld people over thousands of years, Earth people have long dismissed these as scrap metal," Li Si shrugged and said bluntly.

What Li Si said was not bluster. Earth people have indeed made tremendous contributions to the scientific development of the Otherworld. Since Earth’s intervention, within just 30 years, Ronisca has launched three generations of modern-class airships, each more advanced than the last, and looking more and more like a product of Earth.

Without the airframe structural research and design provided by Earth people, the High-peak people could not construct larger and larger airships, let alone realize lightweight fighter aircraft. Lacking the various types of cannons and machine guns supplied by Earth people, the High-peak people’s airships would have been far less lethal.

During the time of Ronisca’s airship fleet’s aerial attack on the armies of multiple countries on Earth, what really made a difference was the Magic Crystal Cannon energized by Magic Crystals. As for their backward front-loading solid shell cannons, they were downright laughable in front of the armies of many countries. It was net gain for the armies of multiple countries on the ground not to be ambushed and to deter Earth people.

Also, at that time, the size of the High-peak people’s airships was far smaller than today, so infantry on the ground could even threaten them with rifles. As a result, they had to resort to firing from high altitudes to attack the ground armies of multiple nations.

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