However, this exchange was by no means a one-way output.
Osiris' logical core, like the most efficient processor, was also greedily and frantically absorbing everything in this feast of knowledge.
The complete scientific system presented by the Federation scholars, built upon rigorous mathematics and repeatable experiments, with its clear, self-consistent, and elegant logical chains, continuously challenged and updated his existing knowledge structure.
Those technological paths derived from the concept of peaceful development, focusing on efficiency, safety, and sustainability, formed a stark contrast with the Warhammer technology tree he was familiar with, which tended to violently stack energy, sacrifice stability for instantaneous power, and was full of taboos and dangers.
He was like a bone-dry sponge thrown into an ocean of knowledge.
The subtle descriptions of spacetime structure by Federation theoretical physicists, the astonishing achievements of material scientists in atomic-level manipulation, the in-depth deciphering of life's code by biologists... all of these were being rapidly understood, absorbed, and integrated by him, compared, verified, and iteratively updated with his original knowledge.
He was even conducting a silent "innovation" internally.
Some technical principles from the Warhammer Universe, originally considered self-evident but inefficient or with huge side effects, were unhesitatingly marked as "to be optimized" or "replaceable" after encountering the Federation' more optimized, more fundamental solutions.
His knowledge base was undergoing a silent revolution, and the thickness of his knowledge accumulation and the depth of his academic understanding were climbing to a new level at a visible pace.
For Osiris, this exchange was not merely a technical exchange, but a comprehensive upgrade and reconstruction of his own knowledge system.
He was not only showcasing the wisdom of another world to the Federation but also utilizing the highly developed civilization achievements of the Federation to forge a more solid and advanced knowledge foundation for his future explorations.
Weeks of intensive academic exchange swept across multiple disciplinary fields like a torrential knowledge storm.
With his Magos-level cognitive processing ability and vast knowledge reserves, Osiris not only handled it with ease but also, like the most precise scanner, deeply inscribed the framework system from basic science to advanced theories, as well as many impressive application examples, presented by the Federation, into his own database.
Although he had no access to the details of top-secret cutting-edge weapon technologies, specific alien technologies, or highly classified projects like the "Genesis Device," for an explorer aiming to understand the main trunk and core principles of its technology tree, the harvest of these weeks was unimaginably rich.
The massive amount of information almost burst his original storage matrix, forcing him to immediately request a batch of basic raw materials from the Federation.
Then, under the curious gaze of many scholars, his nimble mechanical tentacles operated with the precision of playing a musical instrument, accompanied by subtle energy arcs and metal welding sounds. In just a few hours, he "hand-crafted" a brand-new data storage device with a complex structure and efficiency far exceeding his old models.
He connected this temporarily manufactured metal cube, emitting the smell of coolant and ozone, to his system, instantly alleviating the storage pressure.
This scene amazed the Federation scholars present and even sparked some private discussions about human augmentation and auxiliary intelligence.
A young scholar half-jokingly, half-seriously muttered, "If we could also connect an external hard drive like this, wouldn't literature reviews be done in minutes?"
Of course, this was temporarily just a novel fantasy brought about by technological differences.
When the torrent of exchange finally converged on the field Osiris most yearned for—warp drive technology—his usually imperturbable synthetic voice rarely carried a frequency fluctuation that could be identified as "fanatical."
Weeks of groundwork and accumulation seemed to be for this moment.
"Now, we can delve deeper into warp drives," Osiris' crimson optical lens locked onto the top experts responsible for propulsion theory and warp dynamics research, including Mr. Scott, who knew the Enterprise's engine like the back of his hand. "My understanding of its principles is already framed based on previous mathematical and physical exchanges, but I need more in-depth details.
From the precise control logic of matter/antimatter injection to the microscopic structure and energy resonance mode of warp field generation coils, and then to the dynamic feedback algorithms for maintaining field stability at high warp factors."
His questions were no longer Captain but directly pointed to the core engineering difficulties and theoretical boundaries.
He was no longer content with merely knowing "what it is," but was eager to understand "why it's done this way" and "how to do it better."
Scott saw Osiris' focused and incisive questions, and his own enthusiasm as a technical professional was completely ignited.
He brought up design blueprints even more detailed than those in the Enterprise's engine room and began to explain voluminously: "Look here, Mr. Osiris, the magnetic field confinement precision of the antimatter container must reach..."
He pointed to the complex magnetic field line distribution on the holographic image.
"And the energy permeability of the dilithium crystals; we found that after the warp factor exceeds 5.5, nonlinear distortion begins..." He showed simulated data of crystal stability under different energy loads.
"The most troublesome issue is the harmonic oscillation problem of the warp field when traversing high-gravity gradient regions. Our current solution is..." He even shared some tricky cases encountered in actual voyages and their temporary countermeasures.
Osiris listened with extreme concentration. His mechanical body remained motionless, but the internal data flow surged at an unprecedented speed.
He cross-referenced and deeply correlated every detail and every piece of experience Scott described with the advanced physics, materials science, and energy dynamics knowledge of the Federation he had just absorbed. He continuously asked follow-up questions: "If a higher-order synthetic crystal matrix were used, could the energy threshold be increased?"
"Has the field stabilization algorithm considered introducing adaptive variables based on predicting fluctuations in real-space metrics?"
"Beyond energy efficiency, has the optimization of the warp bubble's shape been evaluated for its long-term microscopic impact on subspace?"
His questions were both profound and carried a unique perspective from a different technological background, sometimes making Scott pause, then fall into intense thought and discussion. Sometimes, other theoretical physicists would join in, pushing the discussion to a more fundamental physical level.
This in-depth discussion about warp drives had transcended simple technical exchange; it was more like a clash of wisdom between two civilizations on the ultimate proposition of faster-than-light travel.
Osiris was like a person who had wandered in the desert for too long and finally found a spring, greedily drawing every drop of knowledge about warp travel.