Chapter 51 The Starting Point (2)
"There are a million possibilities in an instant
Should I move forward or keep waiting
There are a million uncertainties in this winter night
Sinking deeper into the night or longing for the dawn."
"Mr. Song seems to be in a good mood today. The meaning of the lyrics feels quite special."
"It's an old song from ninety years ago. I'm just humming a couple of lines casually. Is the experiment going to start today?"
"Yeah, it's all ready!"
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"Do you think if a quantum universal computer is used as the physical framework for intelligent AI, can they really evolve?"
"I don't know!"
"You don't know?"
"So, should we continue with the Dream Butterfly project?"
"The experiment continues. After six months of adjustment, we'll start anew!"
"Six months? That's so long?"
"You'll find it passes quickly!"
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The antenna matrix formed by 108 high-energy magnetic field generators, layer upon layer, surrounds a void. Thirty-two nuclear fusion reactors are scattered across the equator of Charon, supplying surging energy to the magnetic field matrix that resembles a satellite antenna.
Forty-seven refitted long-range heavy nuclear fusion warships, each equipped with a huge force field generator, confront each other in mid-air.
In order to reduce the impact of the planet's curvature on the angular symmetry of the magnetic field, Charon, which has a diameter of 1,208 kilometers, has had its "skull" opened up, paving a flat surface of 100,000 square kilometers with a yield strength maintained within plus or minus five millimeters.
The Pluto research station in Charon's low Earth orbit, dragged by a Milky Way spaceship, slowly moves towards deep space, avoiding the possible ripples in time and space that the experiment might generate.
When the research station re-anchors at a distance of one light minute away from Charon, Wen Hua, with a flushed face, gives the order to start the experiment.
Visible ripples continuously wrinkle out from the bell mouth of the force field generator. Pushed brutally by the ultra-high-pressure magnetic field, the waves recede into the distance.
The 108 ripples mix and converge, forming a solidified and wrinkled curved surface that keeps changing. Finally, under the confinement of the ultra-super-high-intensity magnetic field of a million gauss, they collide and converge in the core area until they cancel each other out and gradually calm down, forming a void that is completely still, just like a black hole.
Silently, on the ground in the core area confined by the magnetic field, a long probe inserts into the condensation point of the magnetic field core.
"The Josephson junction is operating stably, and the weak electrical signal detector is working properly!"
"The quantum interference device is operating stably, and the highly sensitive quantum bit measurement device is operating properly!"
"The superconducting loop magnetic flux has been successfully introduced, and the superconducting flux quantum bit controller is normal!"
Inside the research station, the holographic images make everyone feel as if they are in the center of the magnetic field.
Although all the experimental data are displayed in front of everyone in real time, they still follow the ancient ritual that has been passed down since who knows when, reporting loudly with solemnity and seriousness.
"Pay attention to the coupling between the quantum bit and the microwave cavity. Now activate the target time-space coordinates!"
With Wen Hua's cold voice sounding, the probe connected to the core area of the ground magnetic field starts to extend downward slowly.
Inside the underground laboratory, Song Han, who is lying peacefully on the experimental table, opens his eyes and looks at it falling with no focus.
Until it slowly but firmly pierces the skin between his eyebrows, drills through the skull, bypasses the tentacles of the biological quantum chip attached to the grooves of the cerebral cortex, and finally touches the memory storage area of his 14-year-old self that has already been located.
"Start discharging!"
"Neural electrical signals in the target memory area have been detected!"
"The highly sensitive quantum bit measurement device has detected large-scale quantum entanglement!"
"The quantum dot has been imported! Read the quantum bit state!"
"There's a signal!"
In the tense control room, someone's shout makes everyone who has been on edge feel a sudden boost of energy.
Everyone looks up, and an image that feels like being on the scene quickly condenses in front of their eyes.
"Ah~ ah~ ah~~"
"Are you coming again tomorrow?"
"Yes!"
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The feedback analysis screen becomes more and more blurred. Wen Hua frowns tightly and is not distracted by the messy analyzed information.
"Archive the data and start the second test!"
Seeing her colleagues whispering to each other and not taking immediate action, Wen Hua, with a flushed face, angrily shouts:
"What are you standing there for! Haven't you seen the century-old classics?!!
If you need them, submit a report! I'll apply for some customized century-old classics for you!
Now get moving!"
Wen Hua's angry roar makes everyone in the control room fall silent in fear.
With the order issued again, the long probe in the underground laboratory of Charon slowly pulls out from Song Han's brain, bringing out a drop of liquid that is either water or brain fluid, which lands between Song Han's eyebrows and finally slowly slides down from the corner of his eye.
Some are dead, but they are still alive.
Some are alive, but they are already dead...
The probe slowly and firmly falls again and touches Song Han's memory area of his 12-year-old self.
"Stop this, please! Yamete! I want you to stop! Yamete!
Iku! Iku!
Ahhhh~~~~"
"What are you doing?"
"Have you moved in the new computer I bought?"
Without exception, the result of the second experiment is still a series of fragmented and flashing images.
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Once might be a coincidence, but twice...
Everyone in the control room can't hold back their desire to share and starts whispering to each other.
"Isn't it a bit too early to watch such things at the age of 12?"
"Tsk! So lewd! No wonder he's so rich!"
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Song Han lying in the laboratory doesn't know that he has completely died in another sense. Now he is watching the probe fall for the third time, and he is even a bit expectant until it finally inserts into his brain.
Hmm! The familiar feeling is back!
"Wait a moment!"
As if thinking of something, Wen Hua frowns and stands still;
"Don't decode the quantum state change data detected in the third experiment. Directly transfer it to the biological quantum chip in the experimental subject's brain, and let the quantum chip of the experimental subject process it automatically! After the quantum chip finishes processing the data, transfer it again!"
"You mean..."
"Yes!"
Wen Hua's eyes suddenly light up. Before the other person can continue speaking, she talks to herself:
"The observer effect!
We should have thought of it earlier! Our observation might be one of the reasons for the collapse of quantum information!
Especially for this kind of information across time and space!
Even if this observation is isolated from subjective consciousness by mechanical artificial intelligence, it's still difficult to ensure there's no interference at all!
The implanted active biological quantum chip of the experimental subject itself has the ability to read quantum state information. Coupled with its deep binding with the experimental subject's memory, it might be able to truly analyze those pieces of information that haven't collapsed yet!"
Saying this, Wen Hua turns her head and looks at her team member;
"How did you come up with this idea?"
Fang Mingyu swallows the words that were about to come out of his mouth and gives an embarrassed smile;
"It was just a sudden inspiration..."