Chapter 57 Damon's Lecture

Professor Damon arrived, and the entire venue erupted in enthusiastic applause and cheers. The resurgence of the Armor system had made Damon a hero.

Professor Damon was in his fifties, but he looked to be only around forty, very handsome and refined. Dressed in a casual suit, he walked to the podium and smiled slightly. "This is my second time in Tianjing. The last time was to design the Black Night Saber. Is Li Hao here?"

Immediately, everyone's attention focused on Li Hao. Li Hao raised his hand, but two hands, one on each side, pushed Li Hao to his feet.

"Professor Damon, hello, I'm Li Hao."

Damon looked at Li Hao and smiled. "I want to thank you properly, Li Hao. You saved my career. Someone finally used the mech I designed. Tell me, why did you choose the Black Night Saber, besides the fact that it's cool?"

The audience burst into laughter. When it came to looks, the Black Night Saber had it nailed, especially the titanium black version, which was pure mech-hormone walking.

"I chose it the first time because it was cool, and later because it was useful," Li Hao said.

"Okay, my long-hidden doctorate in aesthetics has finally been discovered," Damon joked. As expected, it all started with being cool.

The audience laughed. With a simple opening, Damon had completely captivated the hearts and minds of the students of Tianjing Mech Academy. In reality, Damon had more than twenty doctoral degrees, one of which was in human aesthetics.

Those who could stand at the pinnacle of various industries were people with both high IQ and EQ. Damon had also come prepared. The main topic of today's discussion was the future trends of mechs.

"Overall, I believe that balanced mech types are the eternal king. The world is diverse, and mechs must satisfy this point. Of course, everyone will have questions about why the current lunar light mechs are so powerful. Actually, there's a matching issue here. The lunar environment and the genetic technology trends of that time have made them more suitable for light mechs, and the NUP has evolved this advantage into a unique style. But we can't imitate them. Imitation will only lead to backwardness. We must learn, and the purpose of learning is to find what suits us. Earthlings are always Earthlings," Damon said.

Tita listened attentively from beginning to end. Damon's various analyses were nothing short of incisive. In fact, the upper echelons of the NUP secretly hoped that Earth would change its ways and follow in the footsteps of the moon. The ultimate result of that would be losing oneself while forever following the moon people's lead. But there were always sober people on Earth.

The process of finding one's strongest point was bound to be filled with confusion and struggle. In the beginning, the moon was constantly imitating Earth, but the result of imitation was being dominated. But they broke free, overturned Earth's balanced model, and found the light mech route. Even so, the moon still maintained a certain number of heavy and medium mechs, and even dabbled in Titans. But these were for understanding and mastering, to better exert their own strength.

"The master leads you in, but the cultivation is up to you. I'm not a mech pilot, but everything is connected. Every industry is the same. You need a little bit of inspiration. Since I've come to Tianjing Mech Academy today, I still have to give you some solid stuff. In the time that follows, I want to solemnly introduce a person to everyone, and his three papers. Currently, they are mainly circulating within the academies of sciences of the four major federations, and they have also caused fierce debate. Personally, I believe that this will be an epoch-making theory that changes the development of mankind. This person is Shirian Morpheus from the moon, a super genius who has just turned eighteen." Damon's eyes actually showed a kind of fanaticism, not concealing his admiration for Shirian at all.

When talking about the development of mechs earlier, Damon had always maintained the Earthling's position, but when it came to theories that would change the course of human civilization, none of that mattered anymore.

Damon wrote on the blackboard, and the entire auditorium was filled with discussion. Shirian Morpheus...

Did the moon have such a person? The most familiar names right now were the Heavenly King Fan Leivitt and the War God Maxis.

Morpheus seemed to have been heard of. He seemed to be from a very wealthy family, but they hadn't been very active in recent years. They were one of the leading families of early lunar immigrants, and had produced several lunar federal council speakers.

First paper: "Dream Interpretation" in a Narrow Sense.

"Dream Interpretation. This article is the foundation of these three papers. We have assumed the multi-dimensional structure of the universe for hundreds of years, but even with the development of technology to this day, there is still no better way to set foot in dimensions. Shirian possesses the ability to communicate across dimensions, and the channel is our dream."

Immediately, there was a burst of discussion in the audience. "How much money did this guy spend to create such a sensation? Are the dreams of rich people different from ours?"

"I'm good at dreaming. Does that mean I'm also a genius?"

"I actually know something about this. It's flashy and feels unreliable."

Li Hao didn't laugh. Tita, on the other hand, smiled slightly. "The Earth side may not know it yet, but it has already caused widespread discussion on the moon. Dream Interpretation is actually a popular term. It can also be called soul theory or spiritual power theory. It provides theoretical imagination space for the expansion of the Golden Zone."

Damon on the stage gestured for the students to be quiet. "Time and space are controllable in dreams. The first half of Dream Interpretation is theoretical construction, and the second half is dream control. Once it's controllable, it's possible to achieve things like traveling thousands of miles in an instant and the soul breaking free from the shackles of the body. Of course, this is a very high stage."

"Professor, that's not scientific!"

"It's not scientific because our current theory is not enough to verify it. Also, it can't be proven. We're trying in this area, but it requires a certain opportunity. What's interesting is that Shirian hypothesized three stages in Dream Interpretation: Dream One, Dream Two, and Dream Three." Damon didn't argue. He was also one of the leading physicists in the alliance. His genetic traits were also in terms of intelligence. Like many top scientists, when exploring the universe to a certain extent, they would experience a kind of "design sense." Yes, humans were designed. The Earth and the solar system were like an invisible force arranging and controlling them, because it was just too ingenious. For example, like when we look at a TV, can we say that an object composed of such regular and meticulous logic and structure was created by accident?

Humans themselves were even more so.

Moreover, humans had been trying to replicate and imitate this "creativity"—artificial intelligence, virtual worlds.

Humans constructed the "virtual world," and the EMPs that humans constructed could also be confused with the real thing. We thought this was virtual, but was the world we existed in constructed?

Reality and virtuality were also relative.

Of course, there was no need to say these things here. Many things were just Damon's feelings, and they may also stem from the conflict caused by the inadequacy of human abilities and the expansion of desires. But humans possessed reason.

Dare to guess boldly, verify carefully.

"Dream One: People can control their own dreams and complete learning and training in them. The time and intensity depend on the strength of the soul, or, to put it simply, spiritual power. Shape your own virtual world. The time in the dream has no direct relationship with the time in reality. Slowing down and speeding up all depend on personal ability." Tita gently poked Li Hao. "The early shaping can only be of things you've seen. In the intermediate stage, you can shape illusory things. When you can completely master the Dream One stage, the dream can connect to places in reality."

"Is this connection real?" Li Hao asked.

Seeing that Li Hao was very serious, Tita smiled. She knew that Li Hao would be interested. How could someone with such strong spiritual power not be interested?

"No, it's still a dream, but it's no longer limited to your own field of vision. It's a bit like a local area network accessing the internet," Tita said with a bit of fascination. There was a huge possibility of exploring the unknown in it. You had to know that humans currently had to pay a huge price to explore the macro and micro universes.

"Shirian was recognized as a super genius by us on the moon very early on. Later, he was injured in an accident. I heard that he was beaten up by a group of people and was in a coma for three years. But during these three years, he underwent a transformation. After waking up, he lost interest in fighting and focused on research," Tita said with some regret. "Not that I'm looking down on you, but if he was here, you would have won the triple crown long ago."

Li Hao touched his nose and smiled awkwardly. "What about later?"

"The limitation of Dream One is that no matter how you imagine it, you're only changing yourself, and at the same time, you can't get rid of the dream itself. But in Dream Two, the soul is strong enough to break free from the limitations of the body. It's a bit similar to the ancient Tianjing's soul projection ability. You can use your soul to move across space to a certain extent, traveling thousands of miles in an instant. Corresponding to the theory of Dream Interpretation, human dreams are the channels that link to the fourth dimension. In this channel, the speed of the soul is faster than light. And once it exceeds the speed of light, it's not simply accelerating, but existing in another form of movement."

"Time travel?"