Much of the actual lesson content in the first lecture was not academically challenging. Ves did not hold this class in order to teach the nuts and bolts of ch design such as how to calculate loads or how to add as many plasma weapons to their ch as possible without causing it to explode.
The Eden Institute of Business & Technology already employed professors that could do a much better job at teaching those subjects than him. The school did not hire him based on his ager academic accomplishnts, but because it wanted to enrich the vision of its students by exposing them to alternative perspectives.
This was exactly what Ves tried to do during the first lecture of his main passion. He could tell so many stories about living chs that he could literally keep talking for an entire week!
It was a pity that the schedule and the attention span of his audience did not support such an endeavor. The more ti he spent on unloading his own vision to his students, the greater the extent they beca indoctrinated to regard chs as living objects!
As it was, Ves had to keep it rather short in order to make sure he addressed all of the points of today's agenda. Introduction to Living ch Design was not a heavy course, so he only had a limited amount of hours to make sure that his students comprehended the essence of these subjects by the ti the sester ca to an end.
One helpful circumstance that massively assisted his lesson plan was that Ves could openly speak about E energy radiation.
Now that the Red Two pretty much pulled the cat out of the bag in relation to psionic power, Ves had no compulsions about ntioning anything related to spirituality and spiritual energy.
He just had to remind himself to use the politically correct terminology to make sure he spoke in the sa language as every other ch designer.
"Have any of you attended any classes related to E energy radiation?"
All 14 students shook their heads.
"Has the Eden Institute set up any classes related to this topic?"
"Master Laila Devos has briefly spoken about this." Alexa Striker spoke up. "The Eden Institute has beco part of a joint project that is uniting all of the higher technical institutions of the Terran Alliance. The overall goal is to pool all relevant research and discoveries together in order to form a foundational course on E energy radiation and its imdiate implications for chs. This is ant to ensure that every Terran ch design student and ch designer can quickly master what they urgently need to know."
Ves nodded in understanding. "A common base of understanding can promote a lot of innovation, especially in collaboration. The sooner you people master the common rules and traits of E energy radiation, the sooner you can try to exceed your rivals. This is a race for innovation. How long will it take for those people to publish their theories?"
" It won't be made available until the start of the next sester."
What the Terrans were doing was not unique. The Rubarthan Pact and the Red Two were probably hard at work in trying to do the sa.
In fact, the Red Association was being the most generous of all by freely publishing much of its findings. The chers also put a lot of effort into setting up a public forum where other independent researchers could freely contribute their results.
While this initiative helped a lot with raising red humanity's overall understanding of E energy radiation, it did not give the Terrans a chance to gain any competitive advantage over their rivals.
In order to prevent the Red Association from becoming the sole authority on all matters concerning E energy radiation, the Terran Alliance's academic community had to band together and produce its own results!
Given that systematic knowledge on E energy radiation wouldn't be made available for roughly half a year, Ves had little choice but to take a step ahead and share his insights about it in advance.
While tedious, the advantage of doing so was that he could ensure his students adopted his own perspective on spiritual energy!
"Living chs are intrinsically related to E energy radiation." Ves began. "chs cannot be alive without E energy sustaining the invisible and intangible quality that grants them additional properties and enable them to develop their own consciousness, enable them to make autonomous decisions and help them grow stronger over ti."
"Wait, professor. Does that an that living chs are controlled by self-learning and self-evolving AIs?"
"No." Ves shook his head. He reached down to his tool belt and pulled out his Hamr of Brilliance. "Let give you an example. Look at this hamr. Can you feel its glow through the connection of my Hyper Chamber? Can you sense how it is a little bit more special than an ordinary alloy hamr? It is able to possess all of these traits despite the fact that it is solely made out of solid tal parts. That is because it is alive in a similar fashion to how my chs are alive."
Although the Hyper Chamber was not that good at conveying the full majesty of the Hamr of Brilliance, the high-quality connection at least allowed a fraction of it to go through.
Even the students who did not possess any significant spiritual potential could still sense the difference between the hamr and any other ordinary object.
Ves calmly put his hamr back in its place. "E energy makes up for the building blocks of living chs. When a ch designer shapes it with purpose, they can imbue their chs and ch designs with additional attributes that are difficult to explain through normal science. You only need a little bit of it to design a functional living ch that possesses all of the basic traits of life."
He continued to explain his basic model of living chs to his audience. All of his students were incredibly smart, so Ves did not have to repeat himself or worry too much that he moved too quickly.
The greatest challenge when it ca to learning the essence of living chs was to accept that it was possible in the first place.
In the past, Ves had to put a lot more effort into convincing people that chs could be alive even though it sounded paradoxical.
Nowadays, Ves could attribute everything that sounded weird and counterintuitive to E energy. None of the 14 students showed any indication of rejection or disbelief because of the existence of this powerful factor.
"What is E energy exactly, professor?" Klaus asked with genuine curiosity. "What is it exactly made of and where does it co from? If E energy is so essential to living chs, why have you been able to design them when E energy radiation is not available in the Milky Way?"
Ves directed an approving smile at the young man. "All good questions, Mr. Robar-Fulton. This is the skepticism and inquisitiveness that a ch designer should possess. While this is not a class on E energy radiation, I will try to explain it as best as I can. As far as I am aware of, there are actually two broad strains of E energy."
"Two?"
"Yes, two. There is E energy that is generated by a high energy environnt such as ssier 87 that you can vaguely observe in the skies. You can ignore this for now as it is not a part of the basic model on living chs. What truly enables living chs to co into being and sustain themselves is the E energy radiation that is produced in small quantities by the ntal activity of sentient living beings."
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What Ves just shared to his students sounded incredulous to most if not all of them. Aside from sketchy individuals who may have co into contact with cultivation before such as Gabriel Sekkar, it sounded rather crazy that the power of human thought could actually contribute to the strengthening of chs!
"I am sure that many of you would like to see proof of this. If I was standing in front of you in person, I can easily do so, but since I'm teaching this class from remote, you will just have to take my word for it. There are higher dinsions than the known material ones where E energy radiation mainly resides. It is there where all of the interesting activity takes place. While I do not exactly know why, our higher thoughts and emotions can not only affect what is happening in that invisible realm, but generate E energy that can be used for many purposes. The art of designing a living ch is to shape it into a specific energy foundation in relation to a ch before bringing it to life."
This ti, not even Gabriel could hold in his curiosity anymore.
"Professor Larkinson, that sounds as if you are creating life out of nothing. How is that possible? It is impossible to make living organisms by putting together different materials. The only known process that can do so is through organic reproduction."
"What you have just ntioned is the greatest challenge to designing a living ch, Mr. Sekkar. It is the only condition that prevents many of my subordinates from replicating my work. The act of creating a living ch is... well, a miracle for a lack of a better word. It requires you to have a strong motivation and passion for making chs alive. I will expand on this subject in a future lecture, but you should all be aware that the threshold is high. This introductory course can help you understand the essential theories and help you prepare for this endeavor as best as possible, but you will ultimately have to complete this journey by relying on your own effort."
"Does that an we have to specialize in living chs in order to gain the qualifications to design them?" Polina Devonshire asked.
"Not necessarily." Ves replied. "It certainly helps, but I have a couple of ch designers working in my departnt that are capable of designing basic living chs despite possessing drastically different specializations. Their conditions are a little abnormal, so their approaches will not necessarily work for you. The most proper thod to design living chs is to beco passionate about them to the point where you are willing to incorporate it into your design philosophy. Living chs do not necessarily have to be your main focus, but it has to beco a significant component of your creative vision."
The ch design students did not show any obvious indications whether they were interested in doing this. It was too early for them to make up their minds, and even if they held a notable interest in this capability, the Terrans were not in a hurry to express their stances.
The only exception was his own teaching assistant. Alexa Striker had already heard quite a bit about living chs from Ves. She was also able to spend a significant amount of ti on the living chs imported by the Eden Institute.
Ves clapped his hands. "There is no need for any of you to make any definite decisions about your future. This course has only just begun, so there is still plenty of ti for you to learn more and digest all of my lessons. Whether you are only here to broaden your horizons or truly co to love the endless possibilities that living chs can add to your work, 1 will try to accommodate all of your needs."
The rest of the class ended in a fairly mundane fashion. Ves could still share plenty of exciting knowledge, but Ves reserved that for the future.
He ended his first lecture for this course with an optimistic ssage.
"The Age of Dawn is an exciting ti for the ch industry. The existence of exotic radiation has not made chs obsolete. It complents our work. chs that are especially active in their usage of E energy are able to derive greater benefits from the changing circumstances than others. I believe you have already witnessed how much stronger living chs can be in my earlier lecture for my Frontier Wisdom course. E energy is at the heart of it all, and if you are willing to delve deeper into designing living chs, I will help you harness this powerful energy type so that you can empower your own chs as well."
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