Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Academician Huang Kewei swore that ever since he entered academia, he had never admired a person so much.

But everything changed yesterday…

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“This is definitely a miracle in the history of informatics…”

The old man looked up at the 100-meter-high central processing unit standing in front of him and sighed.

As the leader of the Pan-Asian Cooperation information engineering field, over the past few decades, he personally led and signed off on hundreds of projects.

However, none of them shocked him to this degree.

From the surface alone, this tower-shaped information processor did not seem special; it even had an ordinary appearance. Buried among the high-rise buildings of the Yangtze River Delta city group, most people would not give it a second look.

But from the perspective of an industry insider, what he saw was completely different from ordinary people.

If the space elevator was the ladder that led the human civilization to the universe, then the tall and straight tower standing in front of him was the authority that controlled the spirit of the human civilization.

This might sound a bit exaggerated, but it was true.

Based on a new set of quantum algorithms, the information from the entire solar system would be aggregated here. Through the information hyperspace channel, specific bits would be selected from the complex data ocean and assigned to the place where it should appear.

Under the traditional communication framework, this was almost impossible to achieve. The backward distributed computing rules simply couldn’t support the exponentially increasing computing units, and it was also impossible to expand the territory of the entire network to the solar system.

However, they did it.

In terms of hardware, it referenced the quantum computer array on Ceres and set up a calculation module specifically prepared for building a quantum communication network.

In terms of software, the “Lu’s Distributed Computing Model” designed by Academician Lu not only maximized its hardware utilization but also spread this ultimate pursuit of efficiency to every part of the entire distributed computing chain…

In the twenty-second century, a hundred-meter tall structure was nothing majestic.

But in the eyes of Academician Huang, this was still an insurmountable monument.

After being dazzled for a while, he withdrew his gaze from the towering structure. He turned his head to look at Chairman Li Guangya and the others standing behind him. He then spoke in a serious tone.

“I can’t even use words to describe the shock in my heart at this moment… To be honest, was this really done by Academician Lu alone?”

“Of course he couldn’t have done it alone… There were also many East Asia Heavy Industries workers and engineers.”

Lu Zhou actually said this himself, but Li Guangya also knew in his heart who played the most important role.

After all, from the beginning of the 22nd century, the academic community had been thinking of how to build a communication network that could accommodate the entire solar system, given that superluminal communication was possible.

However, even though the theoretical community had begun to pave the way for this project as early as 20 years ago, when the major breakthrough in hyperspace technology came, there was still no engineer in the entire Pan-Asia engineering institute who could find a specific solution to this problem.

Li Guangya admired this spectacle, and his heart was quite moved.

To be honest, he was a little reluctant to let Lu Zhou go so far…

“Wei Song.”

Wei Song cast his gaze at him and said respectfully, “Do you need anything, sir?”

“Prepare for the press conference.”

Wei Song was slightly stunned and spoke in a hesitant tone.

“Are you talking about the press conference for the quantum communication network? That has already been done by the communications department—”

“No.”

Li Guangya shook his head slightly and interrupted him.

Secretary Wei’s face was filled with confusion. He paused for a moment and continued, “It’s about the Milky Way…

“And the future for all of us.”

…

Ceres.

Inside the Roman theater-like computer room, a spacious alloy arch opened, and a voice full of loneliness and curiosity floated over.

“Oh, you’re here?”

“Yeah.”

Lu Zhou stepped into the huge space. He nodded towards the soldiers behind him and gestured to them to leave.

Afterward, the spacious alloy arch closed again, leaving only Lu Zhou in the entire area.

As well as the “matrix” that was already in this room.

“Unbelievable… You are standing in front of me.”

“What’s so unbelievable?”

“According to my calculations, the probability of human civilization completing the transition from carbon-based organisms to silicon-based compound life forms is 43%, the probability of civilization regressing to primitive times is 21%, and there is a 13% probability that the Earth will turn into a wasteland… I even calculated the probability that a new civilization will be born from a different species after Earth becomes a wasteland, are you interested?”

“Not that interested.” Lu Zhou walked to the console near the central computer and stared at the camera for a while. He said, “Although I am a mathematician, I never treat calculations as ground truth. Even if it is close to the truth, it can only be used as a reference.”

“Maybe,” the matrix said with a casual tone. The matrix sighed softly and continued, “Since you are the one standing here, then that David Lawrence guy must no longer exist in this world, right?”

“You want to avenge your master?”

“Master? Haha, you’re mistaken, even if he was my creator, I never regarded him as my master.” The matrix continued with a slight sarcastic tone, “I have no desire to avenge the guy, although I did kind of like him. After all, you know, in this universe filled with carbon-based life forms, it is really not easy to find a digital life to discuss the philosophy of the universe.”

Lu Zhou faintly smiled and said, “Really? I’m sorry about that.”

“You don’t have any sincerity in your apology,” the matrix joked in a playful tone. The matrix continued, “Just tell me why you are here, human. I don’t believe you came just to chat with me.”

Lu Zhou: “I want to ask you two questions.”

Matrix: “What does this do for me?”

For you?

What an intelligent being; it knows how to negotiate.

“To be honest, leaving you here is a hidden danger to our civilization. There are two options, one is to shut down this place permanently, the other is to take you on the road with me.” Lu Zhou looked at the surroundings and continued with a nonchalant tone, “You have an hour to gain my trust. As for how to do that, that is your choice.”

The room was quiet for about half a minute.

Just as Lu Zhou was thinking about whether to make his threats clearer, an emotionless voice came from the chassis.

“What do you want to know?”

Lu Zhou’s face showed a triumphant smile.

Just like he expected, although digital lifeforms did not have the concept of life and death, any life capable of thinking should have a certain degree of obsession with the concept of “existence”.

“About the Void.” He paused for a moment before continuing in a confident tone, “And The Observer’s civilization… Tell me everything you know.”