The Glitzers indeed knew the existence of electricity. With some tiny revelations given by the "Inspirator Civilization", they had the possibility of jumping directly from the Stone Age to the Electric Power Age.

But it is a pity that this step is very, very difficult.

For a full hundred thousand years, countless capable wise men launched attacks again and again, but none of them took this critical step.

Just because there is no oxygen...

When I saw this, the voices of discussion in the conference room became increasingly louder, some were suspicious and curious, and some were even questioning the correctness and reliability of this report.

"No technology was born? It took them so long but it still didn't produce real technology?"

"Is the real technology all given to them by the second batch of aliens!"

The professor on the stage smiled meaningfully, as if he expected everyone present to react like this: "Everyone, I have a question: If humans face this dilemma, without oxygen but with a certain amount of scientific thinking, can they jump directly from the Stone Age to the Electricity Age?"

Everyone gradually became silent and began to think seriously.

"...It's very difficult, incredible." Captain Zhao, who was sitting in front, shook his head gently.

The absence of oxygen means no natural combustion, which makes the development of science extremely difficult. In this case, it is almost impossible to smel copper or iron on a large scale.

For humans, the simplest way to smelify copper and iron is carbon reduction method. At higher temperatures, carbon is used as a reducing agent to smel metal minerals and smel out metal element.

But this method requires very high temperatures. For Glitzers who do not have combustion, it is undoubtedly difficult to reach a high temperature of thousands of degrees...

Unless a natural active volcano can be found and the temperature of the volcano can there be a slight possibility.

But when the Glitzers encountered a volcano and were too late to escape, how could they risk their lives to smelve iron? They didn't even know the so-called chemical reaction equation!

So, besides the carbon reduction method, is there any other way? Of course there is: electrolysis method! Most metals can be smelted by electrolysis, but electrolysis requires electricity first!

In other words, without the phenomenon of combustion, it is impossible to enter the bronze or the Black Iron Age. Their technological progress can only stay in the Stone Age, and it is difficult to improve productivity.

The development of science is gradual. Even if they already have relatively good scientific thinking, experiments are needed to support the proposed ideas.

Science is a methodology. If it is proposed, if it meets the experimental results, then it can be temporarily considered that this view is correct.

If it does not conform to the facts, this view will undoubtedly be abandoned.

But the question is, how to experiment?

To give a simple example, if you want to study biological cells, you have to have a microscope first. If you want to have a microscope, you have to learn to burn glass and make lenses? But without fire, how to burn glass?

Inventing new experimental tools is no less important than proposing new theories for scientific research.

There are too many similar difficulties. Even under the guidance of the Enlightener civilization, the Glitzer people already knew that the magical natural phenomenon of "electricity" exists and can be converted into huge power. But without iron, copper, and even conductors, how can they study electricity?

The scholar sitting in front of Zhang Yuan turned his head and discussed: "In this case, there are two ways I can think of. The first is to know clearly what electricity is. Just like our group of people, who have already mastered this knowledge, if they suddenly run into the Stone Age, they can jump directly to technology, skip bronze and black iron."

Zhang Yuan shook his head: "No, I don't know why, the enlightener civilization only told them the existence of electricity, but did not tell them the essence of electricity, nor did it tell them the phenomenon of electromagnetic induction, so they could only explore blindly in the fog."

"The second plan, with the whole country's efforts, put the priority of power research first, and rely on a large number of talents to impact these bottlenecks. Their planet has low oxygen content, iron, copper, magnets, and there are also elemental substances in nature... It is still a little possibility to rely on these natural materials."

"Professor, your statement is too difficult and idealistic..." Another expert questioned: "It can only be an authoritarian government... Only when the dictator goes crazy will he issue such an order. There is no such possibility for a democratic government, and the people have long been driven out of office."

Listening to these comments, Zhang Yuan sighed: "In other words, humans will most likely be stuck in that situation, and there is nothing to justify. If you only know the term electricity, how can they try to study wires, magnets, and electromagnetic induction?"

"Continue to deduce further. Is it difficult for planets without oxygen to develop real technology in the universe? This is really... strange."

"I thought of another way, biological smelting! The changes in life are infinite. On the earth, some bacteria have a good accumulation of soluble metals under high temperature conditions. Maybe the organisms on some planets can rely on themselves to smel metals?"

"This probability is not non-existent, but it is very low. You cannot require that all creatures on the aerobic planets evolve the ability to smelter the biological smelting..."

When he came to this conclusion, Zhang Yuan had to sigh at the good luck of mankind.

This condition is indeed a bit harsh. Planets with a large amount of oxygen must be a minority. Oxygen is produced by plant photosynthesis and cannot be born out of thin air. The active chemical properties of oxygen mean that if it cannot be produced continuously, it will quickly react with other substances and be consumed.

Anaerobic planets are the majority.

Because of this, the productivity of the Glitzer civilization has always been in the Stone Age, and there is no way to separate natural elements chemically, and there is no way to study electricity physically.

Lightning will occur when the wind and rain are strong, which is the only natural phenomenon they can observe related to electricity. Various physical models have been proposed one after another, and some even sacrificed their lives to touch the lightning!

However, when the production tools are still stone and wood, what is the point of all this?

This kind of tragedy and difficulty is really hard to be told by outsiders...

"I don't know, I don't know anything... We know nothing about the world, as if there is a layer of darkness covering our eyes and covering our way forward. We know that electricity exists and that it can exert magical power."

"But all attempts are nothing..."

This wise man, from young man to middle age, spent all his hard work, but achieved nothing. He wrote sadly in his diary: "What is the damn electricity?!"

At this moment, it has been... 30,000 years since the Enlightenment civilization left.

The moment I saw this passage, it seemed as if something hit Zhang Yuan’s heartstring. As a scientific researcher, didn’t he often express such feelings?

The universe is so ruthless that it only takes a little catalyst to be missing.

It's just because there is no oxygen.

There is no mockery. Compared with the Glitzer civilization, humans only have a little more good luck. At least they have developed their own technology and have understood the sporadic truths of the universe.

"Ah... the technology of the Earth civilization has been stuck for a long time. Is there something we don't know about? "

"The lack of some thinking, or the reason we don't know... or something else..."

The evolution of history continues and is not transferred for the will of any life...

With the long-term exploration fruitless, science has gradually lost the momentum to move forward. Physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine are all in a state of great stagnation, and no one is willing to study these things anymore.

Mathematics is booming. Because mathematics does not require experimental verification, is not limited to productivity, as long as it is logical.

Year after year, ten thousand years after ten thousand years...

The science and technology tree of Glitzer civilization began to produce serious deviations, mathematics took the lead, and other disciplines were in a mess!
Chapter completed!