"A young office woman grows bored of her adult life until her fictional crush from her early high school days appears right at her doorstep."

Emily Rose is obsessed with the animated Mafia show, "Mob Boy Order". She is convinced that the only guy she will love is the main character, Gareth, a noble Protector of the new mafia order. If only he was real. Frustrated with her stale job eating up all her hours and her unaccomplished social life, Emily suddenly meets a young man who resembles her fictional crush. Perhaps a little too much...

Could it be?

What happens when all the things we thought didn't exist, were actually real? 
From movies, games, animes, novels, manga, etc. - All we humans have imagined were just living in a far corner of the universe.

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A young man from the countryside was having ordinary day in his life. On his way back home from the school, he suddenly caught a sight of a huge meteor dropping fast to his position. "WHAT THE F*CK!!??" - that is the last words of the man.....

Follow the youth as he arise from bed of the hospital to his journey in becoming much better than a "Lacky" to an ALMIGHTY BEING.

Seeing the wonder on Lu Jia'er's face, Jason was very proud. "I have finally received a sense of accomplishment in this lab!"
Lu Jia'er, on hearing his words, turned around and glanced at Jason. "From what?"
"From you!" Jason replied with a laugh.
Lu Jia'er's curious eyes blinked a few times.
Jason smiled and said, "The entire R&D team is almost all men, and occasionally women participate. But you can't experience this sense of accomplishment from showing them!"
Lu Jia'er instantly had a pretty good idea. Even if these high-intelligence men could completely disdain other people's compliments, they were men after all. They still hoped to be worshipped by the opposite sex. As a matter of course, the opposite sex members were graded. The more or less knowledgeable the female worshippers were, the stronger sense of pride they would have in their work.
"One knows little about trades other than his own! In the future, I, as a kindergarten student, will have to bother all of you doctoral tutors for advice and guidance!" said Lu Jia'er.
"Professor Lu, you are being humble. There is expertise involved in every profession. Let's help each other in our work in the future!" Li Zheng replied.
Lu Jia'er smiled faintly and turned her head right ahead when she noticed several staff members in an area to the right of them doing a set of experiments. She became curious. "What tests are they doing?"
Jason looked in the direction where Lu Jia'er's gaze was fixed and then said, "Face recognition!"
"Face recognition?" Lu Jia'er repeated Jason's answer. "It seems like something I've only seen done for technology in Hollywood blockbusters!"
"Yes, science fiction movies are usually the predictors of human science, but the face recognition technology is relatively mature now and no longer merely science fiction!" Jason said.
"Is the physical attractiveness tester we use also based on this technology?" Lu Jia'er asked.
"That is only a shallow application. The facial recognition system developed by our company is currently the most advanced mass face recognition system." Jason said.
As a liberal arts student, Lu Jia'er knew little about these technologies.
However, Li Zheng, who was next to her, continued. "We're going to upgrade it very soon!"
"An upgraded version?" Lu Jia'er was a perfect example of a curious kid today.
Li Zheng was enthusiastic to explain, "The upgraded version is called 'The Eye of Sauron', aka 'The Magic Eye'!"
"The magic eye? As in Sauron in The Lord of the Rings?" asked Lu Jia'er.
"Yes, it is just like Sauron in The Lord of the Rings. After the upgrade, the system can draw data from any terminal video system as well as from any camera in the world. Any person or thing you want to search has nowhere to hide!" Li Zheng relished talking about it with Lu Jia'er.
Lu Jia'er was completely shocked by his words. They had turned the technology that could only be imagined in science fiction movies into reality.
Lu Jia'er's admiration for them had multiplied, but Lu Jia'er also had some worries. The advancement of science and technology so far brought a lot of convenience to human beings, but at the same time one couldn't ignore that human beings were also controlled by it.
For example, if the system of "The Eye of Sauron" was really like the scene in the movie The Lord of the Rings—it would stand lofty above all, reaching the ends of the earth with its light, day and night, closely watching you, leaving one with nowhere to hide. A thing of nightmares!


This is a therapeutic romance novel that mixes psychology and science fiction.

Lu Jia'er is a professor in psychology who is able to read the minds of anyone in the world. One day, she meets a special man, a legendary genius in the IT world rumored to be ugly—Jin Xiangdong.

In fact, he's not ugly, and it's love at first sight for Lu Jia'er. This is compounded by the fact that she can't read his mind. To figure out what's so "special" about him, Lu Jia'er accepts his invitation to join an artificial intelligence research team. In her spare time, she would pursue him.

She: "Can I chase after you?"
He considers for a few seconds. "It wouldn't be easy!"
She: "That's what I call a challenge!"
He gives her a friendly reminder. "Time is precious. Don't waste it."

Turns out that he was right. Not only is he difficult to chase, but he is also mysterious.

When the secrets slowly unravel, what kind of ending could it be?

The author had an idea when he ate delicious Italian pasta. But the pasta came from Arabistan? Although others say that the Arabs borrowed the idea from China along the Silk Road. One way or another, it would be great if Dara could use pasta as a subject for trade! But in the modern world, hundreds of pasta variants of different shapes, contents, taste and color have already been created and are known. Few can surprise them ?!

But if ... if ..yu Daru move to another place and time?

Place for example, parallel fun! After all, astronomers say that there are 22,000 worlds in the world! But it sounds too fantastic, the genre is a fiction of history ... and not science fiction. Although consciousness could temporarily go to Nirvana ... or begin to travel through the universes ... but this is already from Chinese philosophy and Integral Yoga ... Little scientific. In addition, Dara is not fond of science fiction.

Therefore, as one of our design engineers says, it's better to bomb (that is, work) on your subject. So there must be a story ?! So this world, place Earth, but what time to choose? Paleolithic? This is 48,000 years ago. Then, for sure, there was no wheat ... and probably rice ... Then maybe in the Bronze Age? 3000 years ago? The era of the Late Holocene ... it's cold, the glacier has not yet been ravaged ... Although, wait a minute, the very last glaciation of the Earth itself was the Würezke, and this is 35,000 years ago ?! Or maybe Dara would end up in Sogd or Bactria. The language is more or less like Farsi ?! And it looks like the language of Small-An, Esperanto of the Silk Road, a mixture of Arabic, Monogol, Persian, Chinese, Turkic ...

For example, in the 6-7th century? Or immediately during the battle of the Arabs and the Chinese, who had the main Korean commander? The famous Talas battle ?!

It seems best to send Dara, in the era of antiquity, the first settlement of a modern, straight-walking person, that is, the time began to develop mountain valleys, floodplains, terraces, and foothill valleys. Sowing them with walnut trees and bushes. The beginning of a grandiose project on irrigation of the steppe ... the creation of irrigation canals. Visit of the Chinese monks ... the first century AD and as 5 centuries of the functioning of the Silk Road ...

But here I, as an author, already understand that there are so many different versions of such events - rebirth, getting into another world, a parallel world, into the past or the future ... that is, it turns out, again the plot can become a cliché or cliché. That is not original. On the other hand, in the 21st century it is naive to think that after the masters of the genre of writing short stories, geniuses and just masters who have gotten their hands on the writing of works of art, a new genre can be created.

One way or another, I will not endow the main character with super powers, only those that were in the novel "Magic Coin Jiang." It can be with a part of truncated functions.

Or maybe he'll send Dar to the 7th century ... a couple of years before Li-Ban's trip or while sending Li-Ban to the desert ... but then, it will be difficult for the Chinese, who know a lot about cooking noodles, to surprise them and make your business successful.

Therefore, it may be worth sending Dar nevertheless to the "Light" mountains. To not be too fantastic, his knowledge of a foreign language for him. And where will Dara find the money for her business? In those places that the Historian told him about? Will he be able to make a metal detector himself? Or, nevertheless, let the plot be borrowed from Japanese authors with their purchase of equipment on the Internet site or just a selection of goods in a shopping center? Or is it easier to equip Dar with the ability of his eyes and glasses to temporarily work in the ground scanning mode to detect gold coins and silver, copper, bronze, and precious stones. Like a superhero, Maytimaus?

I should think. In total, I plan to write 5 or 10 chapters on this volume. How Dara applies her knowledge from the modern world to become a merchant, open her own trading business, open her own farm store or become a speculator - a reseller. There are many options.

Tomorrow I will write the first chapter.

And along the way, you will have to work on the remaining chapters, Gifts, somewhat abandoned due to the arch with treasure hunters, but I will return to it later. Since there is still new information on this topic.

Thank you, my laconic readers, thank you for reading, this gives an incentive to write further! With respect and appreciation.

COMPLETED

The Silk Road ... it is inevitable the emergence of wells, caravanserais, guard fortresses, postal stations, local bazaars, regional bazaars, the emergence of new jobs:
- robbers (there were whole settlements)
- caravan guards
- changed
- merchants

Just about them and will be discussed.


About their life, tricks.

Alas, English is still the same ... there are mistakes, I am sure of it.

I hope over time I will be able to fix them.

I just wanted to share information about such an interesting topic as the history of the development of the Silk Road.

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And also a series of stories about treasures, treasure hunters.

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This is a work of art. Any resemblance to real people or real events is purely coincidental.

This novel is a work of fiction. Names,characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiosly. Any resemblance to actual people, dead or alive, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. 

Now, let me tell you what this novel is about. Basically, it is a fan fiction of the new version of  Beyblade Burst Evolution characters Free De la Hoya and Kristina Kuroda. Ever since I first saw the anime show, I've shipped those two. And now I will share my imaginations with you, although it might be a bit exaggerated. For example, Kristina will be the head of Greece's deadliest mafia gang,T.L.C., which also stands for The Lost Colony. In this novel, she will still be the manager of BC Sol, but her white lotus image will just be an act by her to convince her enemies she wasn't the head of T.L.C. Of course, deep down she cares for her team and all she did for them was true, it's just she was acting innocent. 
  Free will be one of the members under her gang, known as Agent 006, as he was the sixth person to get recruited for his expertise in shooting. But Kristina doesn't know Free was Agent 006. Free will be like her too, acting like he was bored of everything. You know, the blank look he wore everyday when you watched Beyblade Burst Evolution. As a matter of fact, he and Kristina will both only be themselves when in front of each other as they grew up together, so they already know the other's true colours.
  There will be a contract marriage too. Oh, and also Sasha will be Kristina's bestie and also Agent 042. Plus there will probably be no Beyblade matches as this is a Romance novel.  I know it's a lot to wrap your head around, so I won't blame you if you drop the novel halfway... Just kidding, I will find you and tear you into pieces. Ciao!

Kiara wants a new life. She flips the world over in order to find a way to relive her life, a way to change her destiny.

Hello everyone.

I've always wanted to do something like this, the afterwords of a fanfiction/fiction I wrote.

An Immortal's Tales of Demons and Gods is a perfect example of what I don't want to do while writing.

It's nowhere perfect, but neither is it the worst. Why did I say that above?

From ch.50 something to ch.120 something, there is basically no relation to the original story. I deviated badly. I never focused on the actual characters like Li Piao(Lu Piao? I later found out I messed up his name for like 100 ch T-T) or Du Ze.

Heck, even Ye Ziyun was basically never MENTIONED.

For me, the journey I went through the months of writing this novel was extraordinary. October,November,December.

I peaked somewhere around October/November where I was so excited to write.

 I remember many occasions were I was weirded by my readers. Some complained about a vase, some about 'harem'. I can safely say I got rid of the latter discussions by ch.150...

Yes, the ending is extremely rushed.

I missed many details by simply shrugging everything, ignoring all the background I wrote. NEVER did the Abyssal Void Lord make an appearance.

If I were to be serious, I could've easily pushed the novel to ch.300, including the revelation of the Abyssal Void Lord, an epic battle with the Sage Emperor, experts from the Divine Realm, ascending there, battling... Exploring...

Yet I didn't do any of this.

Why?

You might all have looked forward, but I didn't. I get nothing from writing, writing while having a writer's block is not my ideal condition.

Especially when I earn nothing.

To be fair I find a rushed ending after 250k words much better than simply dropping it halfway or just ch.5 and disappearing from the world.

Thanks for all the support through these 3 months, I definitely did appreciate all of this. Hopefully you will be able to carry this support to my future works.

-MGA Fanfiction
-DMWG Fanfiction
-Original Fiction. 

AVL.

He died in his first life, as an ordinary human inside an ordinary planet.

In his second life, he swore to live a life of supreme power, and so he did. He reached the apex and exterminated his enemies to oblivion.

Dying, he was reincarnated in a world which could use Chakra. He became The Overlord Of Every Being, Ruler Of 6 Universe.

Unfortunately, he died. Using a mysterious method, he was reincarnated once again inside the world of Tales of Demons and Gods.



P.S I don't own Book Cover, all rights go to the proper artist of this image who made it for me!

A popular aspect in the naruto verse, and many stories like that people like to focus on are summons.

But how do you:
- Avoid clichés
- Choose a good summons for your character
- Add substance to said summon animals

These three things are often neglected despite being such obvious things to consider. So let's take a closer look at these things, look at examples of how it has been done well and the most important aspect of all. Why?

...... 
Avoid clichés

The easiest way to avoid choosing a cliché animal summon is by using a search engine to search for these terms: Naruto "yourSummonAnimal" summons

The most often animals used, aside from those of the 3 legendary sannin are:

- Panda's / Pandaran
Ft. Cliché tropes such as kungfu, staff fighting, inborn sages / nature energy specialists, qi / ki, monks. 

- Dragons
Ft. Nuke sized ninjutsu, kungfu, qi / ki

- Wolves
Ft. Inuzuka clan ripoff abilities, often times with a permanent partner treated like a ninken.

- Spiders
Ft. Intelligence gathering, trapping, venom and free clothes of cheat quality and comfort. Imagine all spiderman variations for a better understanding. 

- Foxes
Ft. Ninjutsu, Genjutsu and tracking


Those are some of the most used ones and their most used tropes.  There are plenty more but if you want your fic to stand out. Then it's best to avoid such obvious choices and go for something unique.

A great example of this is a fiction named "Walk on the Moon by SixPerfections". Here a the SI sister of Yamanaka Ino contracts the Rat clan as her summons.

She has to face life threatening trials to get accepted as their summoner, and in turn gets the viscous killer rats at her beck and call. Rats that use poisons, infiltration and assassination techniques along with ruthless tactics to brutally murder their opposition.

They aren't the typical kind summon, which we see in a variety of novels and fanfics, they are quite the opposite in fact, which makes them stand out from the crowd and spring to the front of my mind the moment someone asks what a good example is in how to go about summon animal in a naruto fanfic, or story with a simular system

But. They have been done now. So how do you choose something unique? 

...... 
Choose a good summons

I think that the best you can do is ask yourself the following questions:

- Do I want to use my summons to cover weaknesses my character has?

Or

- Do I want to use summons to train my character?  

When choosing the first option it's important to focus on the weaknesses your character has, what he can't do and what the animal in question has and does to cover these. 

Another point to focus on are elements. What element do you associate with the animal and your summoner and how do they work together? How would they fight together?

This is quite a bit harder to figure out than the other option which is why it's a rare choice. Often when it's chosen, it's because the summon isn't a fighting type and thus tends to bring intelligence gathering to the table as their unique selling point. 

In other words the most used summon type used for this are Utility summons. Because most people find it hard to write a complementary combat summon.

That is why, In most circumstances, people choose to use their summons for training and summon battles only. 

In that case it is best to look for animals with aspects or mythology in real life that reflect the build you want for your character. 

Thus, if you want a kenjusu specialist, with illusions and wicked fire elemental attacks, then perhaps choosing that panda ain't that good an idea.

Especially when it's so overdone that it became one of the animals not to choose if you don't want to loose a large portion of your fanbase. 

What you want to look for instead are predatory animals with sharp claws, that you can easily imagine using those fire and illusion type of attacks. (in case of this example) 

For their fighting style, you look at how they fight irl and extrapolate from there. Cats for example scratch and slash a lot mixed with wrestling when they fight among themselves. They rely on ambush tactics on the hunt to pounce, where as a Martyr will try to rip the others throat out, as its sole focus turns into one ultimate murder command. rip and maim. 

A Wolverine on the other hand is a jumped up family member of martyr with a warrior tank mentality. It behaves bigger than it is, is thrilled to fight bigger creatures and rip them apart and even a bear or lynx thinks twice about crossing one! 

If you like poison animals however, but don't want the typical poison cliché, you can also go the bacterial disease route of things like komodo dragons. Or toxin like many salamander species. 

Whatever you are looking for as a combo, I assure you it's there with plenty of alternatives. Just turn on Natgeo wild or other such channels on once in a while or look at your countries lists of dangerous or rare animals. there is likely already a perfectly unique candidate on that list. 

...... 
Add substance to summon animals

Once you have the prior points figured out, you're going to want to use that good look at the real animals in question to add that substance to your summons. 

Like the animals such as wolverines that I mentioned before.

Look at the info you find on the animal you choose a s ask yourself:
 - What is their social dynamic like? 
- Are they loners or pack animals?
- What would their summon clan society look like? (Based on the prior questions.) 

- What do such animals do when they confront each other and what would they do to establish dominance or gain respect? 

- What do they hunt? 
- Who is their natural enemy? 

Asking yourself this will allow you to come up with a challenge and resultant plot points that they might ask a potential summoner to do, which will add more substance to your story. 

Combined with the prior topics, it will also allow you to shape distinct impressions of the teachings they will give your summoner, and in turn help you add substance and presence to your summon animal.

After all, do you really want to be that author that finds a Panda or Fox cub in the forest and has the greatful parent offer their clan as your personal summons? 

Do you really want to be that author that has the Royal Emperor Super Duper Majestic Galactic and whatever other big word Pheonix or Dragon or dragon pheonix Summon? 

...... 

I hope this helps people who are stuck on choosing a summon animal when writing a naruto fiction or story with simular systems in place and help them to find something to help them stand out. 

Often, you will find everything you needed within mere minutes of searching the Internet so don't be afraid to do so.

After all, a little research along the way never hurts!

Let me know what you think, pitch your favorite animals or add your own tips in the comments! 

Have fun!

Thoughts and Idea's with regards to fanfictions, builds for characters, weapons and more.

I'm not an author, my interests in a concept don't last long enough to write it and I am admittedly not the strongest in writing a decent dialog.

I'm someone who is Hyper Aware of a lot of things, and one of them is if something severely lacks. Whilst I can do art Inspite of that, I just can't bring myself to write dialog that doesn't feel perfectly natural.

That said, I do often write drafts for stories, sometimes I even manage a chapter worth of dialog that any author would be proud to own, but when it's about the baseline that I achieve for my dialogs, then I prefer not to publish.

However, I do have ideas, so many ideas and thoughts on things that I feel the need to express them. Hopefully, they will be of help for authors, who are feeling stuck or unsure how to develop their story, or want to write one but are unsure about what to write.

So, long story short. What follows are drafts for fics and stories. Ideas on how to build a convincingly strong character without needing all those rediculously overpowered bloodlines and abilities.

Ideas on how to develop abilities and exploit them, that you might not have thought to try.

Because let's face it, a creative mind can make even the simplest of abilities into a versatile master piece.

All of those things, you will find here, sooner or later. So have fun, be inspired or horrified at what you read. ;p

???: Ugh, where am I? The last thing I remember is going to a fan meet-up and… Oh yeah... I was stabbed. So, I guess this is the heaven? …Or possibly hell?
Goddess: Child why are you here?
???: You are?
Goddess: Ara Ara, where are my manners. I'm the goddess of Creation, Beauty and Time.
???: I'm… Well it doesn't really matter anymore, does it?
Goddess: (Frowns) Well I guess you're right.
???: So, what happens now? Am I supposed to be judged for my sins or something like that?
Goddess: Well that's up to you. No matter what you will be reincarnated with a system that allows you to travel to an infinite number of worlds.
???: Infinite Number of worlds?
Goddess: The parallel world theory in your last life is real. Every sentient creature which makes a choice creates another world. All works of fiction in your previous world also exist and with different timelines or plot lines if that's what you want. So, for example, you could have the world of Overlord where Momonga wasn't the one teleported but instead, it was Lelouch from Code Geass or a world where Bell from Danmachi was instead a girl named "Bella". Every possible incarnation is real and will be at your fingertips.
???: What am I meant to do in these worlds?
Goddess: Whatever you desire.
???: 'This sounds way too good to be true'
Goddess: Aren't gods meant to be benevolent?
???: 'Telepathy?' You said it's up to me, what's exactly up to me?
Goddess: You have 3 options:
1)    Reincarnate with all your memories intact
2)    Reincarnate with half your memories and 3 wishes
3)    Reincarnate with all your memories wiped and 5 wishes
???: Easy. Option 3.
Goddess: Shouldn't you spend more time thinking about it?
???: No need, you told me I'm going to the world of fiction, right? Doesn't everyone wish they can watch their favourite movies for the first time again? *Mutters* Plus my past life wasn't exactly pleasant.
The goddess heard what the girl muttered and looked visibly upset about it.
Goddess: So, what are your 5 wishes then?
???: Before I start can I pick my what appearance will be without using a wish? It seems wasteful to use one.
Goddess: As a goddess of beauty I'll allow it.
???: Can I have the appearance of Lightning from Final Fantasy 13, but can you as the Goddess of Beauty make her more into your likeness. 
Goddess: Of course, that's not a problem
???: My 5 wishes are:
1)    The Gamer ability and an infinite INT stat
Goddess: No "and's". If you want them it's two wishes
???: Tch.
1)    The Gamer ability
2)    Infinite INT
3)    Instant Skill Mastery
4)    The ability to copy skills, abilities and Status of other people for myself but I gain an enhanced version of the skills.
5)    The powers of Saiki-k but all of them are under my complete control.
Goddess: Mind explaining why you picked what you did? Isn't having The Gamer ability and Infinite INT being wasted when you have Saiki-k's abilities?
???: I picked The Gamer ability to keep track of all my skills and know exactly what each skill does. I won't have any memories, so I'll have to learn all of them from scratch. Plus being able to see another person's level I assume in any world will be important.
Goddess: Infinite INT?
???: With The Gamer system Infinite INT will give me unlimited Mana and I'll be a super prodigy it's a two for one.
Goddess: Instant Skill Mastery?
???: Every single skill I copy from others or learn via the Gamer will max out. Pretty self-explanatory.
Goddess: I guess the other two also don't need explanations.
???: I have a question.  If I won't have memories how am I meant to know what worlds to go to?
Goddess: (Smiles) The system will give minor summaries of the worlds it recommends. For example, Highschool DXD's will be something like "A world with Humans, Angels, Fallen Angels, Devils, Dragons and gods with the additional of beautiful women"
???: I see.   
Goddess: Any ideas where you want to start your next life?
???: I would like a world where I'll be the strongest being but isn't peaceful like earth, so I can mature before travelling to other worlds.
Goddess: How about the world of Remnant (RWBY)?
???: Sure, why not.
Goddess: Okay while I'm making your body, I need your input about two things from you.
???: Go on
Goddess: What do you want your name to be in your next life and what sexuality?
???: Hmm, name huh? Let's go with Lightning and sexuality I'll be a girl so lesbian.
Goddess: I expected as much. Goodbye Light
Lightning's soul begins to take form and is launched across the void towards a portal

Goddess: *Sigh*
Another woman comes through a different portal behind the Goddess
Goddess 2: You know you'll get in trouble if people find out you helped her, right?
Goddess: Yea, I know. But I couldn't just watch her live another pain-filled life. She does share the same soul as my ex-wife after all.
Goddess 2: How long has her divinity been stripped for now? Must be about 10000 years. Are you ever going to tell me what she did to be exiled? I've been your best friend since the start of time itself it's a little strange that you aren't telling me.
Goddess: Sorry but I can't that's between just the two of us.
Goddess 2: (Sigh) Also, shouldn't you have told her that her powers won't activate until her 15th birthday?
Goddess: She wouldn't have remembered my warning anyway, but I should have told her she'll start from a baby again.

Goddess: You have 3 options:
1)    Reincarnate with all your memories intact
2)    Reincarnate with half your memories and 3 wishes
3)    Reincarnate with all your memories wiped and 5 wishes
???: Easy. Option 3.

	The sound of the music box was replaced by a heavy silence. The people recorded might've been from another species, but the fear inherent in a child’s keening for her parent was something that was instinctual. The child’s mewling understandably pulled a few heartstrings. 
	10 seconds later, Yao Yuan said firmly, "Alright, let’s all first collect our feelings. I know what we’ve heard is difficult to stomach, but we need to understand that this might have happened thousands of years ago… It shouldn’t weigh us down. If anything, we should be that much more wary if we don’t want the devastation that happened in the recording to happen to us."
	Yao Yuan continued, in a measured voice, "Continue analyzing this music box. I want to know everything there is to know about this music box. There is no detail that is too small."
	Before Yao Yuan could finish, a scientist stepped forth. "Captain, it is my belief that this music box is no less valuable than say a weapon blueprint or a computer chip. Of course, we need more analysis to be precise, but for starters, this music box has an incredibly powerful battery.
	"As you’ve said, this music box might be from thousands of years ago, but as we’ve seen for ourselves, it’s still fully functional. The only plausible rationale is that it is supported by a powerful battery, and the battery itself must be small, because the whole music box is only so big. With that theory in mind, one can’t help but draw a parallel to the lights emanating from the spaceship carcasses. Why do you think the lights on the spaceship pieces are still functional?"
	Yao Yuan turned back to the music box and concluded, "Yes, a small power system that could store an impressive amount of energy for an extended period of time. That would be a valuable technology for us to learn… What else?"
	With fear of being overshadowed, another scientist came forth and uttered excitedly, "Captain, there is also a small software program that we could study. Even though we already have a certain degree of mastery over sound-operated technology, there are still ways to go until we reach perfection. For example, we can turn lights on and off using our voices, but that is limited by volume and accents. Furthermore, because this function is directed by a written software program, the intended device has to be connected to a computer."
	Pointing at the music box, he continued, "Our analysis showed that the sound trigger for this music box is not influenced by conventional nuances like volume. It also responds to recorded clapping sounds. Such high sensitivity could only be explained by the presence of a highly effective sound recognition program. In other words, there exists a computer within this fist-sized object, one that is as powerful as our common home PC!"
	Yao Yuan started to view the music box in a new light. He was surprised to realize that this unassuming object of a child’s fist-size could harbor so many valuable technological marvels. He couldn’t help but feel delighted at the discovery. 
	"The technology for this civilization is, as expected, far more advanced than ours, but…" Yao Yuan hesitated before adding, "These are imaginable technologies… They’re not science fiction-esque technologies like the ones on U…" he caught himself and coughed, "Like the ones we have on the Hope, like the space-warping and anti-gravitational technologies."
	Yao Yuan almost blurted out the word ‘UFO,’ but thankfully he was quick to realize his mistake, because most of the people in the room had no inkling of its existence. 
	A girl among the scientists caught Yao Yuan’s verbal faux pas, and that girl was Bo Li. She narrowed her eyes at Yao Yuan as if admonishing him for almost accidentally spilling top secret information. Cornered into an uncomfortable position, Yao Yuan hacked out a few dry coughs. 
	In an attempt to divert attention, Bo Li said, "Further analysis could be done on this music box’s structural construction, raw materials, and even internal circuits. This reminds me. The metallic planks that Captain brought back were identified as a type of feather-weight alloy. Its light weight aside, it also has a tensile strength and melting point that is greater than all known metals. We’ve only managed to melt a tiny section of it by using plasma rays. We’ve learned of its empirical formula, but we still can’t manufacture this alloy because its atomic arrangement is one that we’re not familiar with."
	Recovered from his previous faux pas, Yao Yuan continued after some serious consideration. "Then could anyone ballpark for me how far ahead is this civilization’s technology from ours? We don’t need to go into something as detailed as how many years because too many factors could play into that, so describe it instead in terms of revolution. This civilization would represent which of our industrial revolutions?"
	"The fourth!"
	"The end of the fourth revolution!"
	"The middle of the fourth…"
	"The early fifth…"
	There were multiple answers, but they fell within the general duration from the late middle of the fourth industrial revolution to the cusp of the fifth. 
	Yao Yuan had studied plenty of scientific treatises ever since he got on the Hope, but he was ultimately not a trained scientist, so he asked, "Why are all of you so sure? Is there a huge difference between the end of the fourth revolution to the start of the fifth that there needs a distinction? Also, could such a huge fleet of warships really be created during the fourth revolution?"
	The leading scientist, Silewei, stepped forth to answer. "Captain, to understand all that, you first have to fix a misconception, one about industrial revolution… First, did you know that the advancement from the 20th century to the early 21st century is several hundred times greater than the total scientific advancement for the whole history of humanity? And the scientific progress achieved in the 10 years after the start of the 3rd revolution was about 100 times greater than the progress accumulated by man throughout both the first and second industrial revolutions?
	"Industrial or scientific revolutions are scientific progress calculated in exponential and not incremental increase. For example, if the first revolution is represented by the multiplier of 1, the second revolution would not be 2, instead it could 20 or even 200, and when it reaches the third revolution, the multiplier could be in the thousands or millions!"
	Silewei continued firmly, "Traditionally speaking, we can only predict what will happen in the next revolution. It is impossible to predict the one after that. Take the first revolution for an example, people in the 18th and 19th century couldn’t possibly imagine what things would look like in the third revolution. Important events like the moon landing, personal computers, and genetic engineering were for them stuff of science fiction. In contrast, they managed to predict the promises our second revolution would usher in, most notably being the discovery of electricity. This proves once more that my theory that man could only correctly predict the discoveries in the approaching scientific revolution but not the ones after that."
	Silewei stopped before pointing straight at the music box. "Captain, it is undeniable that this music box has opened a door for us. Instead of technologies like space-warping and anti-gravitational systems that we couldn’t wrap our heads around, this music box provides us with familiar but decidedly far more advanced technologies in fields of electrical systems, manufacturing, and computer science. This is definite proof that this alien civilization, with this music box as an example of its scientific product, is at the end of our fourth industrial revolution!"
	Yao Yuan sighed in relief. "That’s definitely good to know… I’ll be frank, I’ve been afraid the technology from this civilization would be far too advanced for us to study. Just like how it was with the space-warping technology, we couldn’t make headway into understanding it even though it is technically in our possession. That would also seriously deter our exploratory plans because its defensive system would probably be powerful enough to annihilate us with just one hit.
	So thank you for relieving me of my worries. This also confirms my suspicion that we will enter the fourth revolution after we acquire more of this civilization’s technologies. That will prove invaluable to our overall survival in space. Knowing this, I’m also less worried about sending our men into the junkyard."
	Pausing for thought, Yao Yuan breathed in and out several times before stressing adamantly, "The mission to scour the outer perimeter of the junkyard will resume tomorrow. Please do not stop with your analyses and experiments, because after we’ve acquired several more pieces of the alien product to ascertain its technological level…
	"We shall venture into one of the warship husks!"


Endless sky and infinite space, the cosmos isn’t some paradise waiting to be found, it is full of darkness and danger, death and terror of the great unknown. However, for that glittering swath of blue, we have no fear! For the longevity of men, we have no regrets! Nothing shall stand in our way because it is finally our time, our age! The age of cosmos exploration! 


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