Sometimes, the byproducts generated in the process of proving a mathematical problem can lead to a force even more significant than the problem itself.
Take Earth's history as an example. Alan Turing, in order to prove the undecidability theorem, developed a magical machine, the Turing machine. To the mathematicians of that time, the significance of the Turing machine wasn't as great as the undecidability theorem. It was merely a byproduct of the undecidability theorem.
However, this byproduct ultimately led to the later development of computers and the advent of the Information Age.
There are many other examples like this. Many mathematical tools were developed just to prove certain problems, but they eventually evolved to serve even more powerful functions.
The Cellular Automata is equivalent to the Turing machine; for the Mathematics Lord, it was just a temporary learning of an opponent's skill for some banter, and a tool to make his theories easier to understand.
