World-saving Plan: The Only Savior-Chapter 1460 - 340: Three Years (2)

This was a number far beyond Zhang Xiaoman’s expectations.

The repair of the space shuttle was more difficult than imagined.

Especially when the repairers were two nearly clueless Dark Spirits and a large group of primitive planet native undead, the repair work became even more challenging.

The gap in technology was not just a simple chasm; it was an insurmountable gulf, with innumerable fundamental knowledge barriers in between.

Even though the spacecraft’s main system provided a simplified one-click method for repair.

For people like Zhang Xiaoman and Ziwei, there was still a massive amount to learn.

Ziwei was better off, having formerly served in the navy and been in contact with such spacecraft, possessing a certain foundation.

But for Zhang Xiaoman, repairing the spacecraft was incredibly challenging.

He had to start from the basics of material specifications, learning their properties and usage methods.

Even something as simple as the use of a standard measure unit had to be mastered before moving on to other tasks.

This was a vast and magnificent project, and as someone born into a low-level civilization, it was knowledge Zhang Xiaoman inherently lacked.

So, even though he possessed Fingertip Quicksand Divine Power, even working tirelessly day and night opening dimensional rifts to study, the vast chasm in knowledge wasn’t something that could be bridged overnight.

As he continuously studied diligently, from having no foundation to being able to initially use tools for repair, a full year had passed.

Of course, this year was from others’ perspective.

If the time spent within the Fingertip Quicksand Divine Power were counted, Zhang Xiaoman couldn’t even remember how much time had passed—maybe ten years, maybe twenty.

Time was actually frozen in there, losing its meaning; all he could do was continuously research and learn.

The basic tutorials given by the intelligent mind were somewhat too advanced for him.

So, many times, Zhang Xiaoman had to ask Ziwei about some incredibly basic questions.

This made the latter lose patience, going crazy, and flailing about.

By combining his deduced theories with his own reasoning, Zhang Xiaoman finally got his learning path on track.

He began to understand the technical terms in the spacecraft repair manuals and learned how to properly use the high-tech machinery.

He could even perform some basic repairs on program systems.

Many things that were previously incomprehensible now had a preliminary understanding.

If all his acquired extraordinary power were stripped away, he still felt confident, based solely on the knowledge in his mind, to lead Water Blue Star into a new era.

Now, he had a completely new understanding and recognition of the Dark Spirit Star Domain Alliance that Ziwei spoke of.

It was somewhat different from the high-tech civilization he had imagined; it was not purely a world based on human-understood physics.

It was an interstellar alliance that utilized dark spiritual energy to the fullest.

Zhang Xiaoman called it Dark Spirit Technology.

Within the alliance, various dark spirit technologies were continuously emerging—spacecraft, energy, ecology, and even food, education, housing, and transportation all relied on dark spirit technology.

Ordinary people may not awaken dark spiritual power themselves, but that did not prevent them from using this technology to live.

The purely physical science that Zhang Xiaoman knew from Water Blue Star was, in the eyes of the Dark Spirit Star Domain Alliance, merely a manifestation of low-level technology.

Or perhaps, the physics he once knew was not the true essence and truth of this world.

Because it was a theorem established by humans based on their own discoveries, and there were more undiscovered things in this universe.

This was not to negate past physics.

On the contrary, it was an extension, an extension of the rules.

Physics was just a name; no one said that dark spiritual power couldn’t be considered physics.

Once you master the operation and rules of something, you can categorize it into your own understanding of the domain.

Zhang Xiaoman could now be said to have a basic grasp of some aspects of dark spirit technology, although these basic knowledge were somewhat "biased."

Because his goal for learning all this was to repair the spacecraft, his focus during learning was skewed in that direction.

In other words, regarding the mastery of dark spirit technology, Zhang Xiaoman’s understanding was not comprehensive.

But under the current conditions, he had no choice but to prioritize completing the spacecraft repair as the first breakthrough.

Initially, most of the work had to be done by Ziwei, the former Unified Department Navy soldier.

Zhang Xiaoman could only, like those undead, do assisting tasks and physical labor.

But with his application of the Fingertip Quicksand Divine Power, and as he mastered more knowledge, Zhang Xiaoman now had surpassed his prior limitations.

In most cases, he could work independently without Ziwei.

Sometimes, even this former Unified Department Navy soldier had to ask him for advice while repairing the spacecraft, which left Ziwei incredulous.

Zhang Xiaoman had no intention of revealing the Fingertip Quicksand Divine Power; he only claimed it was a realization from a year of diligent study.

After hearing this, Ziwei did not doubt him.

After all, his understanding of Zhang Xiaoman was very limited, unaware that he actually originated from a low-level civilization yet to leave its own planet for space.

Moreover, given Ziwei’s carefree nature, even if he did know, he wouldn’t ponder over such problems.

In this way, Zhang Xiaoman avoided a lot of trouble.

Following a year of intensive learning, Zhang Xiaoman began his hands-on spacecraft repair work.

He spent a year mastering the knowledge, and the next two years fully dedicated his energy to spacecraft repair.

Of course, this included a process of learning while practicing.

However, the two-year repair period indicated that assembling the spacecraft was far more challenging than imagined.

After all, it was a destroyer over 400 meters in length, having suffered major damage in previous battles, requiring repairs both internally with its programs and externally with its armor.

Moreover, the actual repairers were only Zhang Xiaoman and Ziwei.

Hence, the workload was immense.

Completing it within two years was considered remarkable.

Now, after relentless efforts by Zhang Xiaoman and Ziwei, the spacecraft repair work had essentially entered the final stage.

The entire spacecraft’s power system had been adjusted, and the next steps involved maintaining and refurbishing the external coating, followed by preliminary self-inspection and on-planet flight testing, before it was ready for action.

Thus, the prolonged repair work finally concluded, and Zhang Xiaoman had spent a full three years in this world.

Three years had gradually calmed his once anxious desire to return.

He understood that haste makes waste.

Since there was no way to go back immediately, he could only fully immerse himself in the current work.

Only by leaving this planet could he find a way back.

The appearance of dimensional rifts, although random, did have certain trends.

According to Zhang Xiaoman’s speculations, certain positions between the two universes were prioritized in the fusion.

In these zones, dimensional rifts are more likely to occur, and Water Blue Star near Hell seemed to be one such place.

Therefore, he needed to leave this planet for the Dark Spirit Star Domain Alliance, hoping to encounter more fusion points there.

Of course, the reason he didn’t rush back within these three years and instead plunged into the study of dark spirit technology was related to the information he received from the low universe.