After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1869

Chapter 1869: Symposium

Althea knew that a lot of people had to be involved to maximize and expedite the use of a new resource.

They held a long meeting at the auditorium to discuss this new finding. Every Research Center scientist in all related fields came to join and watch, and most importantly—to contribute.

The way they’d do this was that someone who knew about the topic would deliberate everything they knew about the item. There would be questions and answers, and the speaker would answer if they knew, and they’d list it out to study if not.

There was absolutely no shame to admit that they did not know something here. Anyway, even if they didn’t, they eventually would.

There would also be plenty of debates, as there always were in a meeting between intellectuals who aimed to do something.

Some debates ended up causing tension, especially when the level of the scientist added pressure when they were angry, but with Althea there (and Mathilda, as one of the coordinators) calmed things down.

The best ’calming agent’ was the flowing tea and snacks, all of which were designed to calm and clear the mind. For example, chamomile-lemon tea and sweet tarts, among many others.

There were also more organized debates of course, though they didn’t have much time to prepare, because everyone was smart (and ready to argue), it still ended up being a productive debate.

They would often use the Socratic method, and sometimes a team would run down to the lab and try out some conjectures and then run back up with results. There were some lull times, but people just talked with each other or rested while waiting. Overall, the activity was fun and enlightening.

The aborigines, for one, certainly enjoyed it to heck.

For most of their lives, they kept to themselves. If they taught something, it was only to a select group of people. The exchange of ideas existed, especially for more open-minded scholars, but it was still limited.

Now, it felt like their minds were opened, squeezed, and spread many times. It was quite an interesting experience.

The symposium lasted well into the night, so there was an impromptu buffet for a late dinner in the entrance hall of the auditorium.

To summarize the discussions, they all decided that the nuclear cores could be a long life power source for their sensitive items.

They concluded that it was unlikely to be dangerous for basic uses, and if they wanted to push its use, they’d need to do a few more experiments. They assigned a team to do these experiments, and the results were open for everyone in the Research Center.

By now, everyone was aware that one team’s research could help out, expedite, improve, or even change the direction of the other research and projects. Publicizing it internally could save a large amount of time and resources, and they had seen this happen many times.

For something like the nuclear core—something that could be a potential power source—even more so.

There was plenty of research they could start with, stemming from this. Lin had more than once mentioned she needed a large amount of uninterrupted electricity to do her assignments.

Her main project, the portable gun, was still in the experimental stage, and using the old methods was insufficient. The criel was a difficult item to work with, too, so it was taking a while.

And even if she succeeded, she reckoned the power of the gun would only be stronger than Terran guns, which had limited effects on monsters above level 5.

They needed a few more things for it to be an actual weapon, and she had a feeling this new discovery could help out.

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