Planet Master

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The Light Transfer Device became a thing of civilization. The Hinon Science Institute was spreading it and promoting it. The device was the same one that Charlene and Tatsumi created. Even they were sent the first complete product from the Institute.

With this device, the education of the younger generation had to be modified slightly. Learning could be done through the Light Transfer Device, which meant the only thing that remained was actually the practice, or the test, so to speak.

That was the hallmark of the Interstellar Era.

The first invention for this was actually this very device which changed the very way knowledge was transferred.

At this moment, most students were sitting in their chairs while using the Light Transfer Device. They closed their eyes while the device was used.

Giol City High School was the first experimental class where their students tried to use the device.

The students were experiencing something unlike their expectations. Several pieces of knowledge and a flash of light in front of their eyes let them know that the device was working.

“If you feel the flashing of lights in front of your eyes, it means that the device is working as intended. After all, the device used light as an information carrier to your brain, then to your Nafs.” The homeroom teacher said this while the students barely heard what he said.

One student felt that he started to know so many things, like complete knowledge of basic algebra. This was actually a free sample of the knowledge given. There were more, like additional history of Star Battles, prominent figures in history, as well as the invention of the century.

As for where the source of knowledge came from, it mostly came from Charlene as well as several seniors of the Federation.

After fifteen minutes of sitting on the chairs and absorbing the knowledge through the Light Transfer Device, the teacher spoke once again.

“Alright. You all can terminate the process and start to write what additional knowledge you have in your head on the blank papers on the tables in front of you.” The homeroom teacher said as he permitted the students to unequip the Light Transfer Device.

“Do you know that….”

“Hey, I know that. That’s in my head now.”

“Quick, write it down. This is for the experimental class’s good result.”

Quickly, the students wrote down what they remembered, absorbing it into their heads. They wrote as if they wanted to pour out all their thought but sadly, the blank paper was limited, and they even had to turn to the back of the paper to write more with their pen.

After another ten minutes, the homeroom teacher spoke once again.

“Time’s up. Please cease writing. This is for gathering data on the Light Transfer Device's effectiveness and efficiency in transferring information. Thank you for your cooperation.”

The students then did as told since they themselves wanted to know and were curious about the device that covered their eyes and circled their heads.

Then the homeroom teacher collected the papers one by one while the students were so happy. This was one moment when they thought that the knowledge was learned so quickly, and the only complaint they could say was about the headache due to the new information being instilled into their mind.

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“It needs some tweaking to be more effective and efficient. Also, there are complaints that they experienced headaches. Can we deal with that?” Annie was collecting the opinions from Giol High School in the late afternoon and asked Charlene about the Light Transfer Device.

“Headaches are expected. The cramming of knowledge is still at the early stages so they need to be patient. We can reduce the headache with some aromatherapy but to increase effectiveness and efficiency, that can be done.” Charlene was sitting on her designated chair when she replied.

She was also in the middle of processing the latest information and knew that the headache issue was actually because the information being transferred was through strong light that penetrated through the brain cells, causing a disruption in the neurons in the brain and causing a headache.

“Big Sis, I feel like you have a way to deal with the headache but still withhold it.” Annie blinked her eyes and looked at Charlene’s desk.

“Hmm, you know me best.” Charlene smiled mysteriously.

“But we need to really increase its effectiveness and the efficiency of each impartment.” Charlene added while continuing to draw the new model of the Light Transfer Device.

“So what are you going to do?” Annie asked as she moved behind Charlene and looked at the blueprint of the new model.

“Well, first we need to increase the way the light emitter can carry more information. That way, we can effectively parse the information on a larger scale.” Charlene put her index finger in front of her mouth.

Annie then grabbed a note and a pen to write things down. This was important information to be spread to the others in their department. This habit remained despite having a smartphone that could record or even text it down.

Sometimes, it was to train their brain so that it would not be rotting while they remained unaware. At least, that was the excuse Annie used when she wrote things down.

“Then, we need to make the device more comfortable. The way the light emits and transfers the information to your brain is still in the preliminary stage. The next step is to naturally make it as synchronized as possible to the electric current from the brain cells. Therefore, we need a material similar to the nerves of the body.” Charlene added.

“To do that…”

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That was the beginning of the revolutionized learning. Learning in the past required conveying things through body communication like speaking, showing, and other kinds. But with the Light Transfer Device, the students could learn many things directly without indirection which saved them a lot of trouble, provided that the information being transferred was accurate enough.

Years passed.

Year Three Hundred Thirty-Five of the Father God Calendar. The entire civilization, from Cerulean Planet to Solont and Rodentia, all had this device for learning. Even older people could learn through this device, starting a learning rush to become the most knowledgeable person in the entire civilization.

Sadly, they would soon face what was called a body limitation. Although being transcendent helped with expanding the mind and caused the brain to develop further but the limitation to store memory was there after all, and people could also forget things.

“There is nothing we can do. That is the natural state of being alive. You can forget and re-remember things again.” Tatsumi gave his honest opinion regarding this to Charlene.

Charlene nodded heavily.

Seeing her like that, Tatsumi felt that he might have hurt he feelings.

“I-I am sorry if that hurts you.” Tatsumi stammered.

Charlene looked up and saw that Tatsumi was looking guilty. She sighed before she went to hug him and buried her head in his chest.

“No. You just stated a fact that cannot be changed. Even if we increase the capacity to store information, in the end there is so much information on the internet alone that a brain of an individual would not be enough.” Charlene murmured.

“But I saw that you want to make everyone able to learn as much and as enjoyably as you are.” Tatsumi slowly raised his hand and patted her on the head. He felt that he had just dashed her expectation, which was a major mistake on his part.

Charlene shook her head and looked up at Tatsumi.

“But everyone’s different. They have something else they enjoyed. At least, I want the knowledge to get as far as possible and reach as many as possible. You told me that the students of today will become the future teachers for those in the Afterlife. I am just doing this for my own self-profit.” Charlene stuck her tongue out and smiled brilliantly.

Tatsumi then let out a soft smile. He let out a sigh of relief at the sight of Charlene going back to her previous self.

“I’d prefer to see you like this.” Tatsumi said. Then, when he realized what was going on, his lips felt wet.

Charlene’s hand was wrapped around his neck as she kissed him softly. Tatsumi blinked but allowed her to do that.

His hand then slowly rose and also wrapped around her waist. The two enjoyed the sensation for a while. They could feel and sense each other with clarity at this distance.

Then the two separated. Tatsumi just gave Charlene a look of curiosity while Charlene took a deep breath.

“Thank you for considering my emotions and feelings. But in the domain of science, rationality takes precedence. What you are saying is in consideration for others, which is not even wrong. It is me who was being a bit selfish.” Charlene opened her mouth.

Tatsumi shook his head. His eyes narrowed as he looked at his older wife in helplessness. From the looks of it, he did not need to remind her as she realized this point herself.

“If you say so, I won’t say anything anymore. Just make sure that you are well both in body and mind.” Tatsumi advised.

“Hmm.” Charlene nodded with happiness.

That became the most profound impact in the history of the Federation as Charlene successfully developed the Light Transfer Device fully. The new device could transfer a lot more information while keeping the user comfortable.

Even Tatsumi commented that the device worked like the process of getting knowledge from the people who had passed.

“This device will change everything related to the transfer of knowledge. Students will only need to use it in order to get knowledge. But the issue we have now is that the knowledge being transferred must be true or at the very least truthful.” Ame commented.

“That problem is something hard to decide. But with the right methodology, it should be possible to self-correct ourselves. I think we should make all of the races learn this methodology first before receiving a transfer of knowledge.” Tatsumi added.

Currently, the three discussed that the feasibility of the knowledge transfer could be wrong or misleading. Therefore, Tatsumi had an idea of letting the students learn the self-correcting methodology.

“And how are we going to do that?” Charlene looked at Tatsumi and realized what he wanted to do.

“Store my experience to the Lightcube in the Light Transfer Device. All my experience of getting things wrong or my errors and then correcting them. That should be enough to become a guiding principles for the others since I showed them the methodology through my own experience.” Tatsumi nodded and smiled with a resigned expression.

“Are you sure you want to do this?” Ame asked with concern. She knew that Tatsumi liked to do these kinds of offerings. On numerous occasions, he told her that this was also for his own self-interest, and she realized this to be true after communicating with the Nafs in the Afterlife.

But just as there were people who used the knowledge given for good, there would be misguided people who misguide and misuse the methodology, which worried her.

“I can only convey and warn them about this. That’s all I can do, wife.” Tatsumi comforted both of them when he saw the expression on their faces.

Ame and Charlene saw that Tatsumi had a determined look on his face.

“Alright. If you are so sure about it, then let’s begin.”

With that, Tatsumi’s knowledge and experience were copied from his brain to the Lightcube. Then the Lightcube was mass-produced and spread to the entire Federation Territory. It was then used to transfer the knowledge from the Lightcube to the Light Transfer Device which then emitted light to the brain of the user.

So many people did not expect that the beginning of the Federation’s Interstellar Era would be marked by such a rapid advancement of knowledge transfer. The historian then wrote the event in such grandeur that future generations knew that their knowledge came mostly from several knowledgeable people who gave their knowledge and experience to them.

At the same time, since everyone had the knowledge and experience from the Light Transfer Device, the test had to be changed from a test of knowledge to a test of understanding the knowledge given.

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Dian saw what was happening in the territory of his civilization and was astounded.

[Name: Light Transfer Device

Rank: 4

Description: The device that could transfer knowledge from one to another in the form of light at a certain intensity. The most developed kind has a perfect retainability of the knowledge being transferred. This is the hallmark of the Interstellar Era of your civilization.

Possible future technology: Mass Light Transfer Device, Superluminal Launcher]

Seeing the description in front of him, Dian became interested. But more than that, the possible future technology included a weapon called the Superluminal Launcher.

According to what he knew, this weapon was a Reality Breaker. Since it launched an object, or a projectile, at a speed surpassing light, it was very likely to destroy the fabric of reality as he knew it.

As for the Mass Light Transfer Device, that was just a common development. The function was to let the masses receive information as quickly as possible.

Of course, there would be concern about the usage of such device to be used as a crowd control. After all, the equipment was free from guilt but the user was responsible for the evil that happened in the world.

“But this is also part of the development of civilization. I guess we can try to develop in the safe direction where there are so few of those kinds of people.” Dian murmured while looking at another system panel showing the situation in the civilization, specifically, the three Star Children.

The whirl of fate and destiny now was like the storm that caught the civilization, centered around the three. That was why the three felt calm, because they were the eye of the storm.

The others, however, felt that this was going to change the way the knowledge was being taught and transferred forever. It was also a sign of technological advancement, but there was also the possibility of the Light Transfer Device being used to indoctrinate people with certain ideas.

In just a few years, the number of people who received the knowledge increased exponentially since the introduction of the Light Transfer Device.

There were actually restrictions to using the device. For example, it was prohibited to use it on people under eighteen since their brain and Nafs were undergoing rapid development on their own and did not need to add an unnecessary burden.

Second, it was prohibited to use the device as a brainwashing device since the effect would be mentally taxing and could permanently damage the neurons in the brain.

Dian reviewed the effect of these restrictions and found out that there were still cases of mishandling the device.

“In the end, it all depends on the executor of the Federation. I can’t interfere in this. But I think I can guide the flow in a certain direction.” Dian said slowly.

The direction he mentioned was actually using the Light Transfer Device as an interrogation tool. By using the technology of memory implant, the user would be subjected to the experience of pain and suffering.

The Light Transfer Device was perfected by integrating the technology of the memory implant. Thanks to it, the Lightcube could be developed and then used in the Light Transfer Device. The principle was actually almost similar so this was just perfecting what was available.

“Father God, wouldn’t that mean the technology is used to harm people?” Tatsumi asked while he was overseeing the entire process of making the Light Transfer Device Version 1.0 to be fully spread to the entire Federation territory, even to the other star system.

“Technology is neutral. It depends on the user that resulted in harm or the development of people. Please make sure that there are more benefits than harm from using this technology.” Dian conveyed his thoughts to Tatsumi.

Tatsumi agreed with what Dian had said.

“All right. Leave that part to us. We will not let this technology be largely misused.” Tatsumi made a promise to Dian.

Year Three Hundred Forty of the Father God Calendar.

It was five years since the Interstellar Era truly began for the Hinon Federation. They had spread to another three star systems and had been colonizing the planets around the stars too.

That meant Dian and the others had to work extra to identify each planet’s advantages and usage. Then Dian connected the other new planets with his established planet with Planet Spirit.

Now, the entire Virya Star System was filled with life-bearing planets. There were also other planets, but the number of life-bearing planets was larger than the other planets.

“Check the environment of the new planets. With the cooperation of the races under the Federation, make it so that the colonized planets turn into life-bearing ones or at least turn them into a military planet base.” Dian gave a directive.

“Please make sure that you all have received his order properly.” Frie said as a reminder.

“Yes.” Everyone else nodded and went about doing their own job.

“The hallmark of the Interstellar Era, huh.” Dian was reminded about it and saw that the technology of the Federation had barely reached T4, in accordance with the Planet Master System classification of the Interstellar Technology.

As for the Transcendent Tree, it had reached T3 long ago and was developing into the middle of the T3 Transcendent Tree.

Dian then switched to the Transcendent Tree and saw a discovery about the transcendent power.

[Name: Three Thousand Blade Intent

Rank: 3

Description: A transcendent (Tatsumi) has realized that there are so many blade intents that exploring all of them would be insufficient even if given time as vast as reality itself. But through this, he understands that at least there are three thousand blade intents he can perceive. He then comprehends and assimilates them all together with his original Violet Sun Blade Intent, creating a new blade intent altogether.]