Genius is just the threshold for me!

Northwestern Polytechnical University, Chang'an Campus, Doctoral Dormitory.

A cold wind swept in from the north, blowing towards the Qinling Mountains, dozens of kilometers away.

Compared to the weather in the southwest, the winters here are much colder. In late November, the highest temperature was only 10 degrees Celsius, and Wang Rui and others had already put on sweaters or light down jackets.

"Comrades, I'm finally going to find love! After 23 years, I'm finally ending my single life!"

That day, Wang Rui returned from outside and excitedly pushed open the door to Zhang Yue's dormitory next door.

They cheered and announced to Cai Wei and Zhang Yue, who had come over to discuss the issue, that they were about to find partners.

"Oh, close the door, it's quite windy outside." Zhang Yue looked up and pointed to the open door.

"Have you finished your doctoral thesis?" Cai Wei looked up, adjusted his glasses, and asked calmly.

Compared to graduate school, we all ended up sharing a dormitory.

Now that they've successfully passed the graduate school hurdle and entered the doctoral stage, their benefits have improved, and everyone has started to have their own single dormitory room.

"no."

Wang Rui walked in, looking displeased, and closed the door behind him: "Is this all your reaction?"

"What else can we do?"

Cai Wei said casually, "Last semester, I asked Xiaomei to introduce you to a classmate in the Department of Power and Energy, but you refused no matter what when you heard that she was only half a year younger than you and a PhD student... Originally, the girl was quite fond of you."

"A PhD student a year younger than me, bro, what does that mean?"

I'm only 23 years old, and you don't even know how we got our PhDs... She's half a year younger than me, which is practically a year younger. Is she even human?

Wang Rui quickly waved his hand and said, "No, absolutely not."

When looking for a girlfriend or wife, it's okay to find someone smarter than yourself, but never someone too much smarter... This is a profound lesson I've learned from observing the Wang family.

"I saw you video chatting with Aunt Su, and you seemed to be having a good time," Zhang Yue said curiously, putting down his thesis materials.

"She's my mom, it's different," Wang Rui replied.

"Tell me about your soon-to-be girlfriend."

Cai Wei could tell that Wang Rui wasn't going to give up until he shared something today, so he pulled out a chair for Wang Rui and asked, "Where did you find this?"

"It wasn't something I looked for; it was fate that brought us together!"

Wang Rui sat down, smiling broadly, and said, "Two weeks ago, I was on the bus at the Friendship Campus delivering something to my advisor when I met a girl from Northwest University."

It suddenly started raining when I got there, and I didn't have an umbrella. She gave me a ride to the bus stop. Later, I bought her a milk tea and added her as a friend, but nothing came of it.

Then last week when I went there, I happened to run into her outside buying food and she forgot to bring money, so I helped her pay.

The two felt a connection and started chatting, and their relationship developed gradually...

"Holy crap! Is there really such a coincidental, mystical event?"

Cai Wei stared wide-eyed in surprise: "Isn't this all secretly planned? That's the same method I used to woo Xiaomei..."

"Wang Rui, you didn't run into a spy, did you? This is a deliberately orchestrated encounter, isn't it?"

Zhang Yue was also somewhat surprised, then suddenly remembered something and reminded him, "Didn't your dad call you a couple of days ago and tell you to be careful?"

"A spy? How could that be!"

Wang Rui paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "The Chang'an campus is 40 kilometers away from the Youyi campus, and it's Northwest University, which is not in the same school as us."

Both times I went to the Friendship Campus, it was only after my advisor notified me; she didn't know I was there. I can't exactly accuse my advisor of being a spy and helping her with this scheme.

Northwestern Polytechnical University has two campuses: Chang'an Campus and Youyi Campus, which are several tens of kilometers apart.

Wang Rui and his classmates' majors are all located on the Chang'an campus, and they are not usually on the Youyi campus. They only go there when there is something to do.

"Since Wang Rui's teacher gave a last-minute notice, it's not a big problem."

Cai Wei analyzed from the side, "I treated my Xiaomei's roommate to a few meals, but afterwards my Xiaomei said she already knew my tricks..."

Hearing this, Zhang Yue felt a little relieved, but still reminded Wang Rui, "In short, be careful, keep your mouth shut about things you shouldn't say, and don't end up in the dark room."

Don't worry!

Wang Rui said confidently, "I grew up at the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group base. When I was a child, Comrade Wang Xingguo gave me constant instructions. You can question my academic level, but you can't question my sense of secrecy..."

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Chengdu Shishi Middle School.

In the afternoon, a group of friends braved the cold wind and walked home.

Starting from the second year of junior high school, the afternoon dismissal time was extended from around 4:00 PM to 5:20 PM.

In addition, it gets dark earlier and people eat earlier in winter, so the interval between school and mealtime is shorter.

Lin Dong didn't leave the lab early. Instead, he went back with all his friends and decided to go back after dinner or stay home to handle things.

Wow, that's amazing...

At that moment, Li Tao, holding his phone, seemed to have come across some news and exclaimed, "There's been a breakthrough in brain-computer interface technology!"

An American team completed a human "brain-to-brain" experiment, remotely controlling the movement of another person's arm via a brain-computer interface over a network...

There's a lot of talk online now that in the future, we won't need control buttons; humans will be able to control fighter jets and drones simply with their thoughts.

"Tch! You get this excited over a simple EEG signal transmission..."

Su Yue walked over and glanced at it a few times, then said disdainfully, "Why don't you say that the brain-computer interface has made a breakthrough, compiling a virtual world, so that everyone can truly enjoy the virtual world in the future?"

"It's not impossible, it just requires continuous research."

Li Tao said confidently, "We can take it step by step, interacting with real-world devices through brain-computer interfaces, such as controlling fighter jets and drones. The next step is to create a virtual network world..."

"Li Tao, can your plan be completed within fifty years?"

Huang Qingyao chimed in beside Su Yue, "By then, when we're seventy or eighty and have lost all our teeth, we won't be interested in the virtual world anymore."

"What Brother Tao said might not be true at all; technology is advancing faster and faster these days."

Lin Dong smiled and said, "Perhaps in less than ten years, paralyzed patients will be able to stand up using exoskeleton armor with this technology."

The foundation of brain-computer interface technology consists of three parts: research on brain neural signals, high-sensitivity signal materials, and brain neural algorithms.

In 2013, brain-computer interface technology was still in its early stages of development.

But in less than fifteen years, by 2026, the BeiNao-1 project in China will be able to enable paralyzed patients to stand up and walk.

Because of breakthroughs in AI technology, the limits of big data processing have been broken, and the progress of many technologies is now several times or even ten times faster than before.

Experimental data that would normally take a team months or even years to analyze can now be processed in just a few days or ten days using high-performance AI.

Data that would otherwise be impossible for humans to process with their own information processing capabilities can be tackled by AI, revealing clues and technical directions hidden within the massive amounts of data.

This is also why, more than a decade later, AI technology was hailed as a new productive force, leading to a massive development of computing power and AI.

It's not about AI generating images or videos, or AI compiling programs; it's about AI processing of big data, pushing the limits of human capabilities.

Furthermore, through different training iterations, AI can adapt to almost all scenarios, making previously sci-fi robots, unmanned intelligent fighter jets, and other technologies a reality.

"Is it really that amazing?"

Huang Qingyao dismissed Li Tao's fantasies as mere conjecture, but she trusted Lin Dong's words more readily.

"I am the son of the richest man, trust me," Lin Dong replied confidently.

Huang Qingyao was taken aback upon hearing this, and subconsciously asked, "What causal relationship does this technological breakthrough have with you being the son of the richest man?"

"Yaoyao, Lin Dong is saying that all research is related to funding."

Standing next to Lin Dong, Xu Qingling smiled and said in a cooperative manner, "Research projects like those at Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group all require research funding; without funding, research cannot be carried out."

"Yes! My Qingling is right..."

As Lin Dong spoke, he shook his head pitifully at Huang Qingyao: "Forget it, you wouldn't understand if I talked to a poor person like you about this."

"Lin Dong, you son of a bitch!"

Huang Qingyao immediately lost her composure and charged forward, yelling, "I'll tear you two apart..."

"Run!"

Lin Dong shouted and pulled Xu Qingling forward.

Xu Qingling was pulled along for a couple of steps by him, then realized what was happening, laughed out loud, and quickly followed. The two of them cheered and chased after the wind ahead.

"You son of a bitch, don't you dare run away!"

Huang Qingyao chased after them for a few meters, bent down, picked up a small twig, and threw it at them, but the twig spun and flew several meters away before landing on the ground.

The next second, she turned to look at Su Yue, then at Xia Ran: "Xia Ran, it's one thing that Shiwu Yue can't keep up with my train of thought, but you didn't even help me refute those two..."

"I had no choice. The moment you subconsciously questioned Lin Dong, you fell into his trap and had no choice but to go along with him."

Xia Ran watched Lin Dong and Qing Ling's retreating figures, then spread her hands and smiled at Huang Qingyao, saying, "Because Lin Dong and Qing Ling are right, technological breakthroughs are strongly related to money."

"If the money is in place, the technology can potentially be in place; if the money isn't in place, the technology will absolutely not be in place... I can't turn a reasonable argument into an unreasonable one."

"Aaaaaah!"

Huang Qingyao couldn't hold back any longer: "I hate people like you who always have to beat around the bush and set traps in your words..."