Chapter 29: A War

"This is a war! The target must be placed under control!

One act of recklessness has caused such extensive damage. The ridiculous thing is that we don't even know what kind of existence our opponent is!

If there are a few more such incidents, not to mention achieving peaceful rise, just maintaining domestic stability will cost us a huge price!"

"However, according to the military's assessment, the swarm - type drone control system proposed by the other side clearly represents the future mode of warfare.

Now that we know the evolutionary direction of the next generation of warfare, we have the opportunity to surpass other countries militarily!

By then, whether it is the "Iron Flood" or the information-based three-dimensional warfare from abroad, in the face of this trans-era form of warfare, all these forms of warfare will become obsolete!" 

Someone retorted, "What are we fighting for? Isn't it for the peace and stability of the next generation?

But what's the situation now?

We don't know where the enemies came from, how many there are, or even when they will appear!

If there's another such incident and all the children across the country go crazy, what's the use of dominating the Earth even if we can?"

The sound of the argument echoed continuously in the meeting room. Coupled with the smoke billowing from the burning cigarettes, it only needed a spark to ignite the tense atmosphere.

And this kind of dispute in this small meeting room had happened countless times.

As the discussion in this meeting room subsided, in the next - door venue, intense discussions were still going on.

"The swarm - type drone control system, high - performance lithium - ion batteries, and adaptive software generation!

He obviously has a deeper understanding of 'Jian'an' than we do!

If we can tap into its true potential, we don't need 40 years to surpass the currently most advanced countries in the world. In just 20 years, we will be able to achieve overall dominance on the Earth!" 

"Wasn't the access to 'Jian'an' already opened for you?

Why didn't you discover this path of leap - forward development?"

"This is a very complex question. The essence that limits human thinking is the imagination of the unknown!

It's like a curse of knowledge, making it difficult for us humans to imagine things beyond our individual cognition out of thin air.

The other side obviously has a perception that goes beyond the limitations of our current era."

This means that in the use of "Jian'an", any random action of the other side represents a conclusion or idea that would take us decades or even centuries of demonstration to reach.

In the eyes of the other side, these are just common things in their daily life.

Take the swarm - type drone control system demonstrated by the other side this time as an example. We can improve and expand it through the AI "Jian'an" or manual efforts.

We can expand it into a four - dimensional strike system covering the sea, land, air, and space.

However, the idea from scratch would require decades or even centuries of continuous development and trial - and - error for us to truly establish.

Currently, the 41 major categories, 191 intermediate categories, and 525 minor categories in the global industrial classification have been developed by humans over the past century.

If we give humanity another century, you can't even imagine to what extent these industries will be refined and developed!

His existence will be an opportunity for our country to take off completely!"

"Food security, energy security, and information security. Enabling all our people to have enough to eat and even allowing us to break out of the Earth and become a cosmic - level civilization. This opportunity is simply too great!"

"However, opportunities often come hand in hand with crises!"

As the words fell, the once - excited crowd fell silent when they saw the speaker's face.

The pictures of the conflict scene in the center of Shanghai were still projected firmly on the screen. Everyone was shocked by the tragedy of the scene when they first saw the pictures.

A young scientist stood up, his eyes firm.

"I think we can't just focus on the research of the target and the AI 'Jian'an'.

We need to understand that mysterious enemy more deeply and find their weaknesses."

At the same time, we also need to accelerate the development of our own technology and not always rely on the achievements of others. Only in this way can we have sufficient capabilities to deal with crises."

His words resonated with the people present.

"Well said! We can't just sit waiting for death. We must take the initiative!"

Someone sneered, "Well said! Young man, tell me how we can take the initiative. Are we going to attack the enemies from a hundred years later?

Who gave you the courage?"

"Who let you in! Don't you know there's an age limit for this closed - door meeting?"

"Academician Zhang, don't be angry, don't be angry! Professor Zhou just looks young. Actually, he was born in 1996."

Professor Zhou stood up and said, "I suggest establishing a special action team immediately, which will be specifically responsible for collecting and formulating a century - long plan. If the other side is really an artificial intelligence awakened a hundred years later, although we don't know what means it will use, we can shape the means it can use!

After all, the development of science and technology follows its own inherent path. As long as we persevere in scientific planning, theoretically all of the other side's means are extensions of our current technology!

At the same time, we should increase investment in scientific and technological research and development, especially in fields such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and quantum computing. We should strengthen restrictions and even legislate to set artificial limits on the development of certain technologies!

At least from these recent attack incidents, we're not without the ability to fight back. The other side's attack methods obviously have limitations that we don't understand."

"Well said! If the other side's attacks really come from an artificial intelligence a hundred years later, isn't this in the research area of your theoretical physics?

To restrict the other side and carry out what you've mentioned, it requires the demonstration of continuous development in the current space - time, right?

Haven't seen you for a few days. Has there been any major breakthrough in the field of space - time in your theoretical physics circle?"

"Uh... No!"

"All the existing conjectures and demonstrations in the field of space - time have been subverted by the appearance of 'Mike - Connor', including the unity of space - time. Currently, there is no convincing theoretical conjecture."

Someone added, "Mike - Connor has changed its name. It's called Zhulong now."

"Zhulong?"

"Yes! In ancient mythology, it's one of the few deities related to time control."

As Professor Zhou stood up to speak, the venue gradually fell silent.

Everyone stared at him curiously, sizing him up.

Among a group of people over fifty, even many with gray hair and beards, a young man with thick hair and a handsome face was as conspicuous as a golden retriever among huskies.

"You really do look young!"

This young face made Academician Zhang fall silent. After a moment, he slowly said, "This proposal is quite good. Although it can't be theoretically demonstrated yet, we can still make limited attempts. It would be great if we can get some results. Even if we don't, theoretically it won't have a significant impact on us.

We need to ensure that the members of the action team have sufficient professional qualities. After all, a hundred - year span is really a long time."

At this time, another expert proposed, "Maybe we can consider cooperating with other countries or organizations to jointly deal with this threat.

After all, the future of the Earth concerns the fate of all mankind."

"You mean?"

"Transfer the target abroad! Or move it around the world irregularly!"

"What if other countries accidentally get the news about Zhulong? You should know how much turmoil it will cause."

The atmosphere in the meeting room gradually heated up as people argued over one opinion after another.

Finally, a consensus was reached.

"A war like the previous "tragic incident" must never happen again within our country! "

...

"Is there any result?"

In the enclosed ward, there was no time - telling device except for the warm - colored lighting strips.

Song Han could only roughly estimate the time based on the recovery of the footprints on his chest.

Had it been about seven days?

"Are you planning to remove my existence information from time?"

Hearing this, Lao Li, who was sitting quietly beside Song Han's hospital bed, wearing reading glasses and flipping through the newspaper, said, "This is Professor Wang's proposal. In his words, although we don't understand the peculiarity of space - time, it doesn't prevent us from carrying out some exploratory actions with a scientific research nature.

I remember the full name of the plan is: The Separation Experiment of Spatial Coordinates and the Temporal Coordinates of Individual Subjective Consciousness.

According to his assumption, whether it's spatial displacement or temporal displacement, precise coordinate positioning is required. The precision of this positioning needs to reach the Planck scale in the quantum micro - world.

When we ensure that the external coordinate information won't be sent out, blurring the space - time perception of your special body may further increase the difficulty of positioning."

Song Han propped himself up on the edge of the bed and sat up. Looking at Lao Li beside him, he smiled and said, "It's tough on you to be involved in this research with me."

Lao Li smiled indifferently. "It's not that tough. When you enter deep sleep and your spatial coordinates are displaced, I still have a chance to go out for a walk."

While chatting, Song Han suddenly reached out and snatched the newspaper from his hand.

After just flipping through it for a moment, he was stunned. The whole newspaper was filled with dense text information. Apart from the plan arrangements and speculative research about him, there were no numerical symbols or time - location information.

Lao Li smiled and explained, "This is just a summary of information. I'm also involved in the limited space - time coordinate hiding plan. I communicate with the outside world after scrambling the time through a multi - level structure.

If you want to read it, I'll bring an extra copy for you tomorrow."

Song Han helplessly returned the newspaper to Lao Li. "By the way, bring me a few more books too!"