Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

Lu Yongchang quickly withdrew his consciousness from the system, opened his eyes, and looked towards the office door.

"Professor Lü?"

Su Yutong stood up and pointed to the office door, indicating, "Shall I go open the door?"

Lu Yongchang didn't speak, but nodded slightly and then fell into deep thought again.

What exactly is going on with this code?

What is the origin of the system in his mind?

Countless questions flashed through his mind.

As a researcher, he had pondered the origins of the system countless times, but without exception, he found no answers.

Furthermore, since the system only played a guiding role, he still needed to solve the specific research problems on his own, so Lü Yongchang didn't pay much attention to its details.

But it's different now.

The system actually gave him a technology far exceeding the current level of civilization!

"...Yongchang? Yongchang?"

Fang Xu's voice came from the side: "Are you alright?"

Lu Yongchang struggled to open his eyes and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

"It's nothing, I'm just a little tired."

"And this is..." Lu Yongchang frowned slightly as he looked at the person next to Fang Xu.

Looking at Lü Yongchang's slightly pale face, a trace of worry flashed in Fang Xu's eyes.

He casually glanced at the documents on Lü Yongchang's desk and replied softly, "Didn't you say you were going to help me find some talent in the field of artificial intelligence?"

"This is Academician Mo Zeyang from the Xia Guo Academy of Sciences, specializing in superconducting circuits, quantum computers, and artificial intelligence. I think you should..."

Before Fang Xu could finish speaking, Mo Zeyang, standing to the side, excitedly said, "Professor Lü, I've already seen your architecture diagram!"

Perhaps due to excessive excitement, Mo Zeyang's face flushed slightly: "It's... just too, too amazing! I never imagined that superconducting circuits could be structured like this!"

Lu Yongchang chuckled and dismissed the distracting thoughts from his mind.

Looking at Mo Zeyang, who was beaming with excitement, he suddenly understood.

Why think about all this?

Is the origin of this system something he should be considering now?

As the saying goes, it doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat.

"Academician Mo, welcome, welcome!"

As he spoke, Lü Yongchang stood up and extended his right hand to Mo Zeyang: "Would you like to join our lab?"

Mo Zeyang excitedly reached out and tightly grasped Lü Yongchang's right hand, shaking it vigorously and saying, "Yes, yes, of course I'm willing!"

"only……"

"Hmm?" Lü Yongchang asked, somewhat puzzled. "But?"

"Professor Lü, your architecture..." Mo Zeyang scratched the back of his head somewhat embarrassedly, "There are some parts of the latter half that I don't quite understand. I wonder if you could..."

Seeing this, Lü Yongchang chuckled and said, "Of course, I can answer any questions you may have after the project is finished."

"project?"

Mo Zeyang's eyes flickered slightly as he keenly noticed the key point in Lü Yongchang's words.

Lü Yongchang smiled and nodded: "How about the research and development of artificial intelligence based on quantum computers with superconducting circuits? Are you interested?"

……

A month later.

Lu Yongchang frowned, his fingers flying across the keyboard, leaving afterimages!

Lines of code appeared rapidly on the computer screen in front of me.

The development of artificial intelligence has reached its final stage!

To save time, the entire artificial intelligence framework was built by Lü Yongchang himself, while some simple internal filling work was handed over to Mo Zeyang and several researchers under his command.

"Click!"

The rhythmic sound of keyboard typing suddenly stopped.

Looking at the blinking cursor on the computer screen, Lü Yongchang took a deep breath and started typing again.

Compared to before, his movements were unusually slow this time.

After typing those lines of code that looked like gibberish into the computer, he gently pressed the Enter key.

With trembling hands, Lü Yongchang wiped the sweat from his forehead and carefully saved the program to the USB drive.

Just as he removed the USB drive, a series of urgent knocks sounded at the door.

"Yongchang! Good news!"

Outside the door, Fang Xu's voice was full of excitement.

……

The office door opened.

Fang Xu and Mo Zeyang appeared at the door.

"Huh? That's rare. You're not coding?"

As soon as Fang Xu entered the office, he noticed that there was a slight loss of sound.

Mo Zeyang, who was standing next to Fang Xu, looked on in shock. His voice trembled as he exclaimed, "Professor Lü...you...you've finished?"

"Where is it? Where is artificial intelligence?" Fang Xu, after realizing what was happening, ran excitedly to Lü Yongchang's side and looked at the computer screen on the desk.

"I'll see just how intelligent this so-called artificial intelligence really is!"

Lü Yongchang: "..."

He pointed irritably at the black USB drive on the table and gestured with his chin: "Look, it's right here."

Fang Xu: "???"

As an academician specializing in nuclear physics, his knowledge of artificial intelligence and quantum computers can be summed up in one word: completely ignorant!

Faced with Fang Xu's questioning gaze, Lü Yongchang helplessly put away the USB drive on the table: "What are you thinking about?"

"When I say 'complete,' I mean the artificial intelligence program is complete."

"As for artificial intelligence, it can only be seen on quantum computers."

Seemingly noticing the growing confusion in Fang Xu's eyes, Mo Zeyang smiled and offered an explanation.

"Our work during this period is similar to cultivating a seed."

"And you can think of quantum computers as soil."

"As for what kind of fruit this seed will grow into... it all depends on the program's execution results."

Fang Xu nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

"So, what good news do you have to tell me?"

Fang Xu snapped back to reality, his eyes flashing with excitement once more: "The quantum supercomputing center is complete!"

Even Lü Yongchang couldn't suppress his excitement when he heard the news.

He jumped up from his chair with a start: "So fast?!"

Mo Zeyang, standing to the side, smiled and nodded: "With the Speaker of the Legislative Council personally ordering it, several state-owned enterprises responsible for manufacturing these parts have almost completely halted all non-essential production tasks."

"Great!" Lu Yongchang's eyes were full of excitement. "How's it going? Have you tested the performance?"

Upon hearing Lü Yongchang's question, a strange look appeared in Mo Zeyang's eyes.

"Of course it was tested, but the results are a bit...unbelievable."

"How many qubits?" Lü Yongchang took a deep breath and asked directly.

Mo Zeyang's lips trembled slightly as he uttered a surprising number.