My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 172 We are the masters, the rulers of cyberpunk!
"Speaking of which, you must be wondering why I didn't mention track and field, right? There was a small mishap there, you'll have to experience it for yourself when you get back. I can only say it was pretty disgusting! But not fatal. I'm not going to get involved in sports anymore! It's pointless."

Chu Zhu: "?"

Can the Riddler die first? Oh, my good buddy on this timeline is already dead, so it's alright.

Chu Zhu pondered silently: "However, although it seems unlikely that becoming a sports superstar will earn me as much money as the companies I own... I don't think I gave up track and field for money!"

Chu Zhu knew he wasn't the kind of irresponsible person, but after struggling to understand, he could only shake his head: "Never mind, even if we don't know this time, we should be able to see it in the future."

Keep looking down.

"In 2006, with sufficient financial support, both companies C and Z faced no further obstacles. They developed, expanded, and increased their value at an alarming rate!"

Just like a living behemoth of capital, it greedily devours everything.

The dramatic transformation of the energy battery industry has not only greatly benefited civilian industries such as electric vehicles and mobile phones, but has also significantly impacted the military industry.

Thanks to this, I was granted the right, as is customary, to start a security company.

"In February, I saw Howard again. This guy... deliberately bumped into me unintentionally! Then he quickly apologized to me."

Unbeknownst to him, the strange device in his arms, the moment it touched me, I used my divine sense to roughly discern its form! It seemed to be a device for detecting extraordinary abilities… but it was probably a tiny one! And it required actual contact with me to produce any results?

"Interesting. It seems that even with Z covering for me at the police station, he eventually figured out, through various channels, that there might be something wrong with me!"

"I was prepared to kill him if he found out... but I sensed his disappointment! He probably didn't find out?"
Never mind, let's prepare for the worst! My only condition for cooperating with the military industry is that my parents be protected! So I have nothing to fear.

"Of course, I also hope that in the future, Take, you can understand me... if this really leads to the Ruins Line..."

"...I see." Chu Zhu said thoughtfully, "Indeed, as long as it's not a complete surrender and revealing all the future details... this limited cooperation, along with having the military protect my parents, can maintain the current stable future! That's good!"

A look of joy appeared between Chu Zhu's brows, which greatly reduced his hesitation.

"June was still peaceful and calm, with no Golden Dawn disturbing my normal life! It was as if this strange organization had never existed in this world. This is what normal life is like!"

Yes, this means that Howard didn't find any problems before.

"In October, utilizing batteries and Z, we completed a strategic partnership with Dajiang Company. We put our brand-new intelligent drones into production in Shanghai!"
This once again alarmed the military.

I've made up my mind to stockpile a large number of drones, and prepare to build a base there... um, fifty meters below the Nuwa base?
I can roughly estimate the location of Nuwa's base. If the location is slightly off, then you can dig around within a kilometer radius..."

Chu Zhu: "..."

Chu Zhu fell into deep thought. He had initially wondered why there were so many drones outside. Now it seemed that it was probably a butterfly effect caused by his good friend's decision!
It seems there are more drone-related relics appearing near Jinghai City!

"...However!" Chu Zhu glanced at the ground subconsciously, pinched his brow, and his face contorted in a grimace. Fifty meters underground? How was he supposed to see that? Dig it out with his bare hands?
If they used ancient artifacts, engineering machines, or steam engines to dig, it might be easier... but even then, don't expect to be able to keep it a secret! Chu Zhu didn't believe that if he dug them up in public, those things would really belong to him.

"Damn it!" Chu Zhu belatedly realized, his lips twitching wildly. "Thousands of years, while it's not quite a complete transformation... it's still a huge change. A base that can still preserve some drones or other industrial products after such a long time... that's definitely not easy to open!"

"So, when this decision was first made... it was difficult for me to get all of these things out at once..."

"And... even my good brother isn't guaranteeing it's underground!" Chu Zhu didn't know what expression to make. "What do you mean by 'definitely within a kilometer radius'? Nuwa is fifty meters below! Nuwa has already gone at least fifty meters underground! Doesn't that mean it's at least a hundred meters underground? What's the point of me digging then?!"

Chu Zhu laughed in exasperation. He didn't think his good brother wouldn't realize this... So, this was a protest against him, or perhaps a deliberate attempt to mess with him across time and space?

The next sentence he saw confirmed this to him.

"Oh right, that's also possible! The drones might be dug up ahead of time... But if I really manage to dig up a whole bunch of drones... emmm, you might see a lot of drones on the streets?"

Chu Zhu recalled what she had seen at the police station entrance and tried her best to keep a straight face. After calming herself for a while, she continued… “December: Perhaps influenced by our butterfly effect, Skynet Group was established ahead of schedule in the Free Country! Skynet One was launched!”
This event was publicized in the West as a "great victory against Company Z!"

"February 2027: A highly virulent avian flu suddenly swept across the entire world! It was called highly virulent because this avian flu was far more severe than imagined..."

Around 90% of chickens worldwide are dying from disease! Egg prices have skyrocketed. How to evaluate these egg prices? Even gold wouldn't be worth this much.

Moreover, this highly virulent avian flu is different from the ordinary avian flu of the past; it can be transmitted to humans! The situation is quite serious.

You need to understand the importance of chickens in human society! And this widespread disease... the chain reaction it causes...

I suspect it might be a conspiracy by the Golden Dawn! It's a pity, in the previous timeline, 'I' died far too young, otherwise the information I received would have been helpful.

Chu Zhu's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. Bird flu that killed 90% of the chickens. And it could be transmitted to humans... This! It was rather frightening.

"By 2029, the SkyNet Group's global expansion had reached an unimaginable level!"

Lin Xia, Zhao Shao, and I held a meeting! We finally made a decision... to go out into the world! We can't just limit ourselves to China.

Indeed, as long as their superhuman identities remain undiscovered, the Golden Dawn has no intention of using unimaginable methods against us!
However, Shenzhou at its current scale can only nurture companies of our current size!
What is the current standard of Skynet?

Skynet, which has only been developing for two years, has already reached a level of strength and scale that even China is wary of! This is a force capable of overthrowing a medium-sized country.

Many people in society are spreading the message: This is a sign of cyberpunk!
And my friend, you know very well... this is just because people in China are too well protected! In reality, this is cyberpunk in itself abroad—

Because on that previous timeline, we were the dominant force in cyberpunk! The rulers!

Chu Zhu remained silent.

"In January of 1930, our secret research into the details of the star system yielded tremendous results. The study of room-temperature superconductors was officially completed!"
As a result, Lu Keke became an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences that year.

Chu Zhu was momentarily speechless. 30 years... that means it took Lu Keke a full five years to grow up? Well, five years is actually a short growth period for a scientist of this level!
"But my sense of time... I actually think this is a long time!" Chu Zhu shook his head with a wry smile.

"In April of 1932, the number of academicians trained by the two major companies, C and Z, exceeded thirteen! Shocking, right? There's something even more shocking... If we really followed the normal evaluation standards, the number of academicians we trained would be far more than that. However, there are only so many academician slots in total! They're all full... so we can only wait our turn."

Chu Zhu: "..."

How can these words possibly form such a sentence? What does it mean that the number of academician positions is completely filled?!

Chu Zhu suspected that his good brother was showing off, but his words were so calm that it was frightening! This only made him more suspicious.

"One more thing, I've discovered something very interesting, which I've named the 'Law of Technological Balance'."

Generally speaking, after I achieve a technological breakthrough, Skynet will also follow suit with a technological breakthrough... It's a race between the two sides!

I'm only doing this because I'm cheating, so what gives him the right? I seriously suspect that their special room might be able to contact aliens... and they could use it to bargain with the aliens, offering to support whatever development we make.

Although it's just a guess, I feel it's pretty close!

However, this also made me realize something—the interests of the Golden Dawn and the extraterrestrial civilization are not entirely the same! The extraterrestrial civilization is clearly also considering the Golden Dawn's interests…

Otherwise, it's impossible for us to develop a little here and receive a little there in return. Wouldn't it be better if they just gave us unimaginable technology and wiped us out?

Furthermore, I've also discovered that although the Golden Dawn consistently portrays itself as the dark side of the Western world, dominating the entire Western world, they are not entirely equivalent to the West!

(End of this chapter)