Chapter 3146: The Integrator
"One of the reasons that I have not been able to make great contributions is because I am, in many ways, the jack of all trades," Julian explained to Rui even as he was engrossed in his thoughts. "I haven’t been to pioneer the cutting edge of our understanding because I have not dedicated all my time to one field. Largely because I never felt great affinity with one field, whether it was Martial Science, potions, or esoteric material science or even the most recent MECHA engineering."
He gazed at Rui with a pointed expression. "I have achieved the highest level of knowledge and skill in these fields in the past ninety years, and that was it. It makes me extremely versatile and extremely useful, but I still have not made the kind of defining contribution to human civilization that I have wanted to my entire life."
Rui listened patiently as Julian explained his dilemma.
"Part of it is because I have had diverse interest," Julian remarked. "Even as a child in the house, I have enjoyed learning about anything I could without getting too obsessed or immersed in any one thing. And the same was true even in university and later higher education. Not even spending time with the Divine Doctor was enough to make me consider dedicating everything to medicine and biology. However..."
He stirred. "...while being a jack of all trades can be useful for an innovator, I still consider myself to be a researcher and a scientist. Someone who is in pursuit. It leaves me somewhat stuck, unable to contribute while also sticking to my own inclinations. I had almost given up recently until..."
His gaze shifted to Rui.
"Until the true world unfolded."
Rui’s eyes lit up with a hint of interest.
The public had slowly come to learn of the truth of the true world in the past one month after alien variants of human beings began colonizing and raiding the continent. Although the true explanation of what had happened and why was still not revealed, it had now become common knowledge that there was a world out there.