Chapter 1565 Ultimate Material

This December is warmer than previous years. Although the window eaves have been covered with a layer of hoarfrost, the bright sunshine outside the window is still somewhat dazzling.

Almost a year has passed since that incident.

From the rebellion in Guanghan City, to the quelling of the rebellion and the reconstruction after the war, many things really happened in this world during this year.

Pan-Asian cooperation took the lead in passing the artificial intelligence management bill, which clearly defined the intelligence level of artificial intelligence, and granted different levels of civil rights to different levels of artificial intelligence.

For artificial intelligence with the highest level of intelligence, its limited citizenship rights are basically the same as those of ordinary humans, except that it cannot participate in the election and voting of the congress.

It can pursue any occupation it pleases if it chooses.

Except, of course, criminals.

For artificial intelligence, all cases will be severely punished, especially criminal cases. Once convicted, it is basically impossible to escape the end of destruction.

Once this bill was introduced, it was immediately imitated by other regional alliances.

After all, technology itself is innocent, it just needs to be put to good use.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that those bionic humans who have the ability to think and can engage in scientific research and creative work are of great value and help to the entire society.

To a certain extent, this bill can be seen as an understanding between human society and the awakened ones.

After all, before this, the identity of the awakened person is not only not recognized in the world, but will also be sent back to the manufacturer as a malfunctioning individual for repair...

Beyond the legislation on artificial intelligence, there's that array of quantum computers on Ceres.

Considering the danger of its existence, the Pan-Asian Cooperative Science and Technology Department has made a decision to keep it under permanent containment and observation, and established a special foundation to supervise it.

Lu Zhou didn't ask about this matter the whole time, and only found out afterwards that the name of this foundation seems to be ***?

As for why it was called this name, he didn't know.

In this year, although the world has changed a lot, but for the people and things around Lu Zhou, it seems that there is not much change.

Director Li is still working as a volunteer in the community and living a life like a pension. Li Gaoliang is still serving in the third orbital airborne brigade. Wang Peng, who has integrated into the role of an agent of the Security Bureau, is active every day in fighting criminals and tracking the universe. The first line of the Ling Foundation clues.

As for the punishment...

This guy has been a little close to himself recently.

Lu Zhou didn't understand what he had planned for him, but since he came back from North America, he would come to his house every once in a while.

At first, Lu Zhou thought that this guy had something to bother him, but he didn't expect that he was just visiting.

I don't feel disgusted with this guy. Anyway, I don't have many friends who can visit me in this strange era, so Lu Zhou just let him disturb him from time to time.

In this way, time passed day by day, and soon arrived at the last weekend of 2125...

Looking at the greeting card sent by Lili, Lu Zhou sighed with some melancholy, and gently put the greeting card in the drawer.

Maybe it was because he had been asleep for too long, or maybe the potion of the Venerable had blunted his intuition, and he always felt that he was becoming less and less sensitive to the passage of time.

"Do you know what holiday is on the 31st of this month?" Standing by the desk, looking at the edge of the potted flower on the window sill with interest, he reached out and touched the leaves, and said casually.

"New Year?"

"That's January 1."

Frowning, Lu Zhou shook his head after thinking carefully for a moment.

"...I don't know, so what holiday is it?"

"Speaking of which this festival has something to do with you, it's a pity that you don't know about it."

"I?"

Lu Zhou froze for a moment, he couldn't remember any earth-shattering things he had done on this day.

Looking at Lu Zhou who didn't react at all, Xing Bian sighed, his face was full of defeated expressions.

"Ignition Day! The Pangu fusion reactor is ignited! Really, have you forgotten even the chief designer?"

Ignition day is ok...

"...Who would be bored enough to remember such trivial things."

"Every Pan-Asian citizen remembers! Since the establishment of the Pan-Asian Cooperation, this day has been designated as a statutory holiday, which is next to the New Year's Day holiday," Captain Xing paused for a moment, jokingly said, " I bet they will have you as a guest this year."

Lu Zhou: "Guests? This festival...is there any special celebration?"

Xing Bian: "Of course, at this time of year, Star of Asia will hold a grand celebration. Since it is a celebration of the nature of scientific research results, it is usually selected from the winners of the Lu Zhou Science Award as the special guest of the celebration. , but this year, I don't think anyone is more qualified than you."

Lu Zhou frowned and said, "Why does it sound troublesome?"

"How come? That must be your illusion," Xing Bian grinned and continued, "Since this is your first time participating in such a grand event, I'd better not spoil it...Speaking of which, you have been in What are you doing?"

Lu Zhou: "Study those things that interest me, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I'm just curious... After all, I feel like it's been a long time since you went out last time."

To be precise, since returning from North America that day, Lu Zhou has basically not been out of the house for more than half a year.

Although it was just a rumor, Xing Bian had heard that whenever he was faced with any important research topic, Academician Lu would choose to retreat and shut himself up in his study or laboratory for a period of time.

When he goes out again, no matter how difficult the problem is, it will be solved miraculously...

"Because there is really no need to go out," Lu Zhou continued with a strange expression looking at Xing Bian, whose face was full of inexplicable expectations, "Besides, in this day and age, even preparatory courses can be solved in online classes. "

"But won't you get tired of staying at home all the time? Let me guess... Are you researching second-generation controllable nuclear fusion? Uh, but this question seems to be no challenge."

However, contrary to Xing Bian's expectations, Lu Zhou shook his head when he heard this sentence.

"No, I'm currently studying sociology."

Hearing this sentence, Xing Bian froze for a while.

"……sociology?"

Lu Zhou nodded and said, "That's right, because there are some things I care about...don't you find it interesting? Why can't people who are uploaded to the hard disk meet with themselves in reality? Why are thoughts entangled particles? And why Collapse after meeting..."

"At first I thought that these topics belonged to the category of informatics, but later I found that the fact is just the opposite. These theories have nothing to do with informatics itself, but are closely related to sociological research."

Xing Bian: "...Actually, I couldn't understand your second sentence. Thinking is an entangled particle? This is the first time I've heard of this." Xing Bian opened his mouth and couldn't help asking Said, "But I still don't quite understand. Didn't you say that you are researching the second-generation controllable fusion? Why did you suddenly change your research direction?"

"Because the subject you mentioned has no suspense... Since I already have endless time to study the things I am interested in, why should I care about such a short time? After that incident After that, I suddenly became interested in people, so I wanted to try to study it," said some confused words in his mouth, and Lu Zhou suddenly changed his words again, muttering, "But I regret it, I'm really not an expert in this field, I haven't found anything after two months of research... If only she was still there."

"Do you know, you look like a lonely old man now," Xing Bian looked at Lu Zhou in a daze, and after a while, the expression on his face returned to normal before jokingly said, "I suggest you find a partner quickly Well, although we citizens of the 22nd century seldom get married, we still have to talk about love."

Lu Zhou: "I'm not interested in that kind of thing, it's a waste of time and energy."

Xing Bian suddenly smiled mysteriously: "Don't say such things, who can say what will happen in the future?"

Lu Zhou didn't bother to pay attention to him, and started to see off the guests with an impatient expression.

Xing Bian knew very well that he had been disturbing here for too long, so he offered to leave.

However, when he walked to the entrance, Lu Zhou, who was seeing off the guests, suddenly took out a test tube with suspended black particle crystals from his pocket, and handed it to him.

"Actually, I know that guy Li Guangya asked you to come, so take it."

Hearing Lu Zhou's words, Xing Bian was slightly stunned. While he was surprised that Lu Zhou saw through his secret, he was even more surprised by the test tube that Lu Zhou handed him.

"This is……"

Lu Zhou: "It went to the sky and entered the earth, and then broke out of the ground, gaining the ultimate power from the good and the bad."

Xing Bian: "...?"

Looking at Xing Bian with a confused face, Lu Zhou smiled lightly and waved his hands casually.

"The key to open the space elevator, isn't this what he dreams of?"

The moment he heard this sentence, Xing Bian's fingers trembled slightly, and all the muscles in his body stiffened.

"You, is what you said true? This thing..."

"The material of the space elevator, do I have to be so straightforward?"

"But... when did you—"

"About two months ago, when I first started studying sociology."

Xing Bian: "Then why didn't you publish the paper?"

"Are you a hundred thousand why? Where are there so many questions?" Lu Zhou said impatiently, "This is the 22nd century, is that kind of thing important to me? Do you have any new ideas? I just updated it on the LSPM forum."

Pushing Xing Bian out of the door, leaving him with a dazed face, Lu Zhou closed the door casually, then turned and went back to the study.