Technological practice: leading the human race to the stars

Chapter 38 The Meaning of Genius (I)

"You're such a fucking genius!"

Astra screamed in Yuanze's mind again: "You can think of this?"

"Can't you think of it?"

"How could I not think of it? This is all because Dr. Li restricted me. If there were no restrictions, I would have told you long ago."

Yuanze grabbed the dead Shadow Beast's ear and looked at it carefully.

The little thing is quite unique, and its appearance is just like a cute little rabbit, no wonder it is so fast. However, compared with the phantom bull of the same level, its strength is much inferior. Despite this, the Shadow Beast is more difficult to deal with than the phantom bull.

"You always use this trick, and I never get tired of it."

"As long as it works, it's fine. We need to retain our strength to continue advancing. I promise you, I'll try a different tactic next time."

"Dissect this rabbit and see how I can sense bioelectricity even when it's dead?" Astra added.

Yuanze took out a knife, removed the fur and a source crystal, and found a microchip in the brain.

"What kind of chip is this? It's smaller than my fingernail."

"Hmph, I told you, it's just a small chip, put it on the suit and let me feel it."

"It's a chip that stores the usage of Shadowbeast's fur. One of the uses is the phantom wall that it just created to confuse people."

"Damn it, why is there someone behind this again? There are already enough things going on."

Yuan Ze frowned slightly, swung his fist wrapped in his battle suit, and smashed the source beast's skull and the chip inside, cleverly disguising it as traces of damage in battle.

At the same time, the truth revealed by Li Haisheng and the secret hidden behind the old man in white robe emerged in his mind again.

He wondered if there was some subtle connection between the two, and he was also confused by the number of errors that occurred in the mission. Was it simple negligence, or was there something else going on?
"Don't think about it, little genius. My analysis must be correct. There must be two source beasts causing trouble. Someone must be hiding some information. There is no point in thinking about it. It is better to keep moving forward."

Afterwards, Yuanze passed through two more phantom walls and came to the warehouse on the fourth floor, which was a warehouse that was mostly destroyed.

However, the second source beast never appeared.

"You mean this layer of superconducting material? Is there any?"

"I can't see through things, why are you asking me?"

"You are not as good as me in this respect."

"Tsk, how can you ..."

Yuanze took out the X-ray glasses that Li Haisheng gave him last time and put them on to check what was going on inside.

"What's going on? Why don't you tell me? Don't forget to help me analyze the image. I don't recognize it."

"Hmph, you still have to rely on me, come and beg me." Astra put on that face again.

"That's fine. I've achieved my goal this time anyway."

"No, no, no, let me help you." Astra performed a mind transmission analysis of the image that Yuanze saw.

"Yes, there is a big intact box in the lower right corner. The password box has been broken for a long time. Just open the door and go in to take it."

Astra was projected using 3D imaging technology, and even its exact location was marked.

"Why do I feel that you are becoming smarter and more like a human being?" Yuanze used the battle suit that turned into a lever to pry the broken and dented door.

"No, I am a self-evolving AI designed by Dr. Li. I will gradually gain independent consciousness. This alone is something that those lousy creatures on the market cannot compare to."

"That's still saying how powerful my master is. Okay, I'm going in."

Yuanze knocked a hole in the door and took out the box of superconducting materials.

"The route to the core area has been planned for you."

"Aren't you quite considerate?"

"Hmph, this was all designed by your genius master." Astra seemed to be having a bad temper and cut off the connection with Yuanze for the first time. However, it was no big deal since the route was still projected on the mask.

After another round of more stringent security checks and identity verifications, Yuanze took the elevator to the core area carrying a box of superconducting materials.

As soon as the elevator door opened, Yuan Ze seemed to be standing at the entrance of another universe. His sight was captured by the huge suspended sphere in the distance. This technology completely exceeded his imagination.

Suspended in the air was an artificial star, a miracle condensed by human wisdom and technology. It was huge and so bright that it was impossible to look directly at it. Even through the thick transparent crystal plate, the blazing heat surged like a tide, almost melting people.

Inside the sphere, nuclear fusion reactions were ongoing. The energy was like a raging fire dragon, churning inside and outside the sphere, but was firmly bound by the precise structure and eventually transformed into a continuous flow of light and heat.

In the face of such technology, anyone will feel insignificant and powerless.

Yuanze stopped for a moment, then continued walking forward, and unexpectedly spotted Rick. He saw Rick staring at the screen, his fingers rapidly tapping on the keyboard, completely immersed in the world of electronic numbers.

"Hi~" Yuanze greeted Rick. Rick stared at him for a long time but couldn't tell who it was.

"Who are you? Can't you see I'm busy and don't have time to chat?"

Yuanze handed the box of superconducting materials to the robot and changed the mask to transparent.

“Now you recognize it.”

"Oh, why didn't you tell me earlier? Your battle suit is so cool, where did you buy it?" Rick looked at Yuanze with extremely envious eyes.

"Tell me first, why are you here?"

"Let's go talk in the lounge."

Then Rick thought of something, turned around and shouted to the other person, "Chris, the superconducting materials have arrived. I'm going to take a rest first."

Chris gave an OK sign and continued working.

The two came to the lounge.

Rick poured himself two glasses of ice water and pushed the glasses in front of Yuanze: "This is yours."

"I still prefer to drink hot tea. The Chinese habits are quite different from you Westerners." However, Yuanze still took the cup, and the two of them started to drink it.

"No, you just asked me why I'm here. The nuclear fusion facility of B03 was just developed by my company. I've learned these things a long time ago, and today I just happened to take on a mission to put them into practice."

"Hey, Shuang, then what are you doing here?" Rick asked while pouring the water.

"I also accepted this task. What do you think this is?"

Yuanze took the fur of the Shadowbeast out of his pocket and waved it in front of Rick.

"The fur of the Shadowbeast is a good material for stealth weapons. You have accomplished two goals. It's not surprising to think about it. You were able to kill the Phantom Bull more than half a month ago, so it's even easier to kill the Shadowbeast of the same level. You are worthy of being like this."

"Not really. This thing is still quite dangerous." Yuanze took another sip of water and slowly told the story of the battle.

It turned out that Yuanze deliberately gave this rabbit a flaw. The invisibility ability plus the almost complete disregard for thermal imaging was a bug. Yuanze had no means of range attack, so it was difficult to threaten it directly.

So when the rabbit attacked non-vital parts, Yuanze retracted his battle suit for protection, so that Yuanze's blood splashed directly on the rabbit. It didn't splash on the rabbit the first time, but after the next few times, he finally adjusted the angle and splashed on the rabbit. This time, the thermal imaging could see it clearly.

Then, the moment Yuan Ze fell, he used the "temptation" and "taunt" he had obtained at the same time, allowing the Shadow Beast to completely let down its guard.

He still did the same as usual, pretending to be defeated and killing the enemy with one blow when he was about to make a finishing blow.

"That is to say, you are good at walking on the edge of a knife. The same goes for Phantom Bull and Shadow Beast. You are really brave and skilled." Rick stretched, stood up, and put on his work clothes again.

"You are the same. You dare to repair the magnetic confinement system. You are a genius. I can't do it."

"You can't do anything. Not only do you brag about your business, but you also have to brag about yourself." Rick put on his work clothes and said, "I have to go back too. You can rest for a while."

Suddenly, the lounge shook, and Yuanze noticed that Rick's eyes were filled with fear and panic. He rushed out without saying a word.

Yuanze also entered combat mode and followed Rick to the central control room, where all the robots collapsed to the ground.

"Damn it!"

"Someone actually implanted a virus into the system. When did it happen?"

Rick's fingers flew quickly on the holographic keyboard. Chris and other staff members beside him were so nervous that they didn't stop and didn't even notice the existence of the two.

"This virus shouldn't have been implanted for long." Rick's voice was filled with anxiety. "We have to find a solution quickly, otherwise the entire system will collapse."

Chris pounded the table in frustration and yelled through gritted teeth.

"There's no other way. The firewall has been cracked, and the security system is collapsing. We can't keep up with the speed. We have to use brain-computer interface programming."

"What nonsense! Facing such a sudden virus, brain-computer interface programming is too risky." A staff member next to Chris retorted.

"No, this technology is not perfect yet. You are the leader of the brain-computer interface programming development team. You should know it better than us." Rick retorted, following up on what the previous person said.

"No, I have to try. Otherwise, the whole city will be buried with it and we will all die here." Chris took a deep breath, as if he had made a firm decision.

Yuanze watched the two of them lower their heads and talk about something, and Chris seemed to have given Rick something.

Rick used a hand that was not holding anything to pull Chris, but as a source warrior, he couldn't even catch an ordinary person like Juejue.

Chris then jumped onto the damping stabilization chair and put on the helmet for brain-computer interface programming.

Just one minute after the connection, the system gradually stabilized and everyone cheered.

"Yeah, Yuanze, look, the system is gradually recovering."

Rick hugged Yuanze, very excited. The invasion rate on the screen dropped from 99% to 80% very quickly. The system was turning around bit by bit. This was all thanks to Chris's genius. This was completely his stage.

(End of this chapter)