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The abilities of fourth-tier transcendents are evident to all.

One person can be comparable to a modern army.

This power should not be underestimated.

If we're going to get a more precise definition, then it's the fourth-tier transcendent.

It can crush a modern army company.

It is a modern unit of about 100 to 150 people.

When three to five companies are combined, they form the combat power of a battalion.

When there are approximately 500 to 800 people.

A fourth-tier transcendent being can only contend with one battalion and may be defeated.

The odds of winning are roughly 60/40.

Six fourth-tier transcendents on one side, and four on the other side of the army.

This is the result of their simulation, calculation, and rehearsal.

Because human resources and social organizations need to know and quantify.

Just how powerful is a superhuman?

Otherwise, they would have wasted their personnel and funds.

Keep in mind that a modern battalion-level unit has around 800 people.

Take, for example, a battalion-level unit in the United States, currently the world's only superpower.

A modern combined arms battalion is a fusion of firepower, mobility, and information.

There are 42 main battle tanks, each equipped with a 120mm smoothbore gun and AI fire control.

It can penetrate 800mm of homogeneous steel from 3km away.

The unit has 16 infantry fighting vehicles and 6 self-propelled artillery pieces with a caliber of 155mm and a range of 70km.

Six rapid shots per minute are enough to riddle a person with bullets.

This is the strength of a modern military.

This only includes the main military equipment; it doesn't even include the individual weapons carried by soldiers or the information systems that support them.

This fighting power is countless times stronger than in the last century.

But this is precisely what constitutes a modern combined arms battalion.

It is comparable to a fourth-tier transcendent being.

One person is enough to fight against an entire battalion.

If it were a company, it would be crushed.

It's important to understand how much maintenance and wear and tear there is with over 800 people involved.

Humans eating and horses chewing are all forms of consumption.

And what about equipment maintenance?

Now, one person can replace all of this.

How much cost does this save? How many times more convenient is it?

These are all advantages of fourth-tier extraordinary individuals.

Keep in mind that maintaining a single synthetic brigade can cost between $2 million and $4 million a year.

This is the cost each year.

In terms of price, a modern combined arms battalion is enough to launch a coup in some small countries.

However, the cost of a fourth-tier transcendent being is actually no less than that of a synthetic battalion.

It should be noted that, to date, there are no more than 12 known fourth-order transcendents.

Each and every one of them is precious.

A single bottle of gene-editing agent is now being sold for a billion dollars.

The People's Union can produce 100,000 bottles a month.

If they were all sold, that would be 100 trillion US dollars!

The US GDP last year was only $29 trillion.

In just one month, it generated three times the annual GDP of the United States—what an astonishing amount of wealth!

In fact, every country is currently at a point of economic decline.

No matter which country it is, it is not as good as it used to be.

The world is in a state of economic recession.

Every country is struggling.

They all urgently need a new growth point.

Whether it's the metaverse from before or the artificial intelligence (AI) of today.

The development of modern humankind can be said to have gone through three industrial revolutions.

These three industrial revolutions were simply destined to happen.

It is precisely because of these three industrial revolutions.

That's how we came to have the modern world we see today. Every step in that process was crucial.

The third revolution under the Communist Party occurred in the 1940s and 50s.

The Third Technological Revolution is characterized by the invention and application of atomic energy, electronic computers, space technology, and bioengineering.

This is an information control technology revolution involving many fields such as information technology, new energy technology, new materials technology, biotechnology, space technology, and marine technology.

These are some of the technologies that were developed during World War II and the Cold War.

Humanity has experienced three industrial revolutions, reaching a stage of unprecedented prosperity.

The First Industrial Revolution marked the birth of the British Empire and the beginning of capitalism.

Germany and the United States were beneficiaries of the Second Industrial Revolution.

my country and the United States were the biggest beneficiaries of the Third Industrial Revolution.

It was precisely because of the Third Industrial Revolution that my country has achieved such rapid development.

But after the Third Industrial Revolution.

Everyone seems to have lost their way; there's no longer any room for growth.

For humanity to achieve a breakthrough, it must reach the next industrial revolution.

This refers to the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

This is closely related to the fate of every human being.

Therefore, countries around the world are constantly searching for the key to the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The concept of Industry 4.0 was first proposed by Germany in 2013.

They believe that the Fourth Industrial Revolution should take clean energy as the breakthrough point.

It is the integration of technologies from various fields.

The Internet of Things, artificial intelligence (AI), and biotechnology are being integrated.

Simply put, it can be divided into three systems: physical system, digital system, and biological system.

The physical system consists of various sensors and robots, which is at the hardware level.

Digital systems are at the software and data level, such as artificial intelligence training, big data, and cloud computing.

Then there are the final biological systems, such as gene transformation, synthetic organisms, and so on.

The deep interaction of these three elements is what is known as Industry 4.0, or the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Connect everything, all things.

What are the benefits of this?

All industrial efficiency will increase, and consumption will decrease.

It is predicted that global supply chain optimization will reduce trade costs by 30%.

Let me give you a very simple example.

The car production we see now.

What would be the outcome if it were the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

First, there's the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), which allows for real-time monitoring of the production line status in automotive factories, using various sensors to obtain all the data.

The maintenance status of industrial robots and robotic arms is all under control.

Next comes artificial intelligence performing various machine learning processes, through computer vision.

Intelligent quality inspection using various surveillance cameras can reduce the defect rate by 60%, directly optimizing production capacity.

At this point, the car factory can also conduct virtual simulations to simulate the production process and reduce the probability of downtime due to malfunctions.

Finally, cloud computing and big data can be used to analyze sales and market conditions in each region of the world over the years.

It can predict risks in the global supply chain.

See which regions need to expand production in the short term.

Whether or not it is necessary to stockpile some cheap raw materials to reduce production costs due to a country's policies.

Another option is clean energy sources such as nuclear fusion, which allow companies to achieve carbon neutrality.

If everything above works correctly.

What used to take weeks to produce can now be reduced to just a few days, and the speed can be increased several times over.

The quality can be improved by 10% because the yield rate is increased, and energy consumption can be reduced.

Maintenance costs are also greatly reduced, extending the machine's lifespan.

It can be said that this is based on the premise that everything we have now remains unchanged.

The resulting dramatic improvement in efficiency is something no one dared to imagine.

Some of these technologies include using AR glasses to guide others in fitting or performing surgery.

Using 3D printing materials to manufacture biomedical materials.

This is the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

This was the path we were originally going to take.

Whether it's the metaverse from before, or artificial intelligence and nuclear fusion now, they are all moving in this direction.

But now, gene-editing agents have appeared, shattering all of that. (End of Chapter)