Chapters 136, 137 New Script (Extra updates x2 for monthly votes)

Lantern Nation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Quantum Computing Research Institute.

Dr. Becker and researchers from companies like Google, IBM, Intel and others congregated here.

They came to solve the problem of quantum computing, and previously, many of their companies were competitors.

But today, they discarded competition in favor of collaboration, united by one goal: to seize quantum supremacy!

The main driver, as always, was Becker.

After the fiasco of Terahertz communication technology, Becker had vanished from media, undergoing a reputation cleansing, only recently regaining some credibility.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if we continue with our old approach, competing in technological research speed alongside Shen Zhou, we can't guarantee victory," Becker spoke diplomatically. "They can harness the full strength of their national scientific research, while we might not cooperate so seamlessly."