Chapter 34: The Cheater Actually Turns Out to Be Me!

According to the manual provided by the system, after the robot is powered on, it will undergo about a minute of self-retrieval.

It will only start up after the retrieval is complete.

But right now...

This robot, which looks like it should be scrapped, begins to tremble incessantly after being powered on, and its head even starts emitting black smoke.

This situation truly makes Ye Cang break out in a cold sweat.

Although he is clumsy, his craftsmanship shouldn't be that bad, right? This robot must not explode!

Its power source is a Micro Cold Nuclear Fusion Reactor; if this were to explode...

He would be completely finished!

Fortunately, the robot does not explode; instead, after a bout of trembling, it successfully boots up.

But the first sentence it says upon booting up deals Ye Cang an unprecedented blow.

"Retrieval complete. A total of 307 issues found, including 10 issues in the core energy unit. Commencing self-repair now!"

Ye Cang:...

Is his craftsmanship really that poor?

Waaah!

The more Ye Cang thinks about it, the less he can hold it together, and in the end, he hides in his office to be sad alone.

Although Ye Cang says he is going to be sad, in reality, he is going to check on the status of Zhizi Modified.

He had just issued three consecutive commands to Zhizi Modified, and each of these three commands placed a massive burden on Zhizi Modified.

It is very likely that it could cause Zhizi Modified to operate under overload.

But he hadn't noticed this just now, only focusing on issuing the commands.

Fortunately, he remembered it now, with less than 20 minutes having passed in between, so any problems should still be manageable.

"Zhizi, how much of your computing power did my three commands occupy? You aren't overloaded, are you?" Ye Cang asks.

The next second, Zhizi Modified gives a response.

"Not exceeding Zhizi's load; currently, less than ten percent of Zhizi's computing power is occupied."

That "less than ten percent" leaves Ye Cang's jaw dropping in shock.

Although he knew before that the performance of Zhizi Modified was above Deno III, he never expected it to be this powerful!

Three troublesome commands occupied less than ten percent.

What kind of principle is this?

Just as Ye Cang is puzzled, the system comes online right on time to begin its daily popular science lesson.

【You don't need to be surprised by the performance of Zhizi Modified! This is normal.】

【You should know the origin of Zhizi Modified, right?】

"I know, so what?" Ye Cang says. "Isn't Zhizi from Three-Body?"

"It's the one created by the Trisolarans to lock down Earth's fundamental physics."

【You are correct.】

【However, it's clear you didn't read the original work carefully. Let me explain it to you simply; you'll understand once I'm finished.】

The system then begins to explain it to Ye Cang.

【When the Trisolarans were creating the Zhizi, they needed to unfold the dimensions of the material protons; however, they discovered a microscopic civilization within the material protons, called the Magic Eye civilization.】

【When this Magic Eye civilization discovered it was about to be finished, it launched a counterattack against the Trisolarans without hesitation and almost killed the Trisolarans.】

【And when it counterattacked, the Magic Eye civilization mobilized the energy of the entire universe as they perceived it.】

After finishing this, the system's voice comes to an abrupt halt.

And Ye Cang is left completely confused.

"And then? It mobilized the energy of the entire universe, and then what?" Ye Cang asks.

"What does this have to do with the computing power of Zhizi Modified?"

"It's simply inexplicable!"

The word "inexplicable" causes the system's blood pressure to rise straight up.

Fortunately, the system realizes.

It is a system and has no blood pressure; there is no need to be angry, really no need.

After barely calming down, the system re-explains it to Ye Cang using the simplest language possible.

【That is to say, there was also a civilization inside your Zhizi Modified, but this civilization was destroyed during its creation; however, they left you a legacy: a microscopic universe computer.】

【Then it was transformed into a Supercomputer as a whole; the quantity of those small computers connected in series caused a qualitative change, plus the Supercomputer it was transformed into as a whole.】

【So its computing power is exceptionally strong. To convert it for you, you now have a high-level celestial computer!】

After listening, a look of pleasant surprise appears in Ye Cang's eyes.

Good heavens, it turns out the cheater is actually me! I got a celestial computer without doing anything; now I can really stand tall!

Whether it's the Dark Plane or computer information, nothing will leak now, and what's more, Zhizi Modified is omnipotent!

But soon, Ye Cang thinks of one important thing.

"Hey system, next time please just explain things in plain language. Don't tell stories and act like a riddle-monger; the readers don't like that. They'll only think you're padding the word count."

This mention of padding the word count leaves the system speechless.

It just wanted to explain things clearly; how is that padding the word count? It feels wronged!

Don't the readers like it!

But the system doesn't dwell on this matter for too long; soon, it reminds Ye Cang about the matter of building the Large Particle Collider.

【Skip this matter, let's talk business!】

【Now your first robot has been assembled; in half a month at most, your robot construction team will appear.】

【So you should draw the blueprints for the Particle Collider!】

Ye Cang had long been prepared for this.

"I already had Zhizi-Gai draw them for me. Look, we start from that place in Guandong, then pass through Meng... and then... draw a big circle, enclosing the entirety of Huaxia!"

As he spoke, Ye Cang took out a laptop and a USB drive, then uploaded the blueprints.

If it were before, Ye Cang would mostly have used hand-drawn sketches, because using a computer would risk a leak.

But after he learned that the performance of Zhizi-Gai was on par with a celestial computer, he no longer worried.

Opening the blueprints on the computer, Ye Cang began to make some refinements.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

The robot construction team also appeared right on schedule.

Looking at the boundless robot construction team, Ye Cang felt incredibly happy.

Looking at this construction team, Ye Cang now dared to pat his own chest and say that even if he were asked to fill in the Tai Ping Yang, he would dare to do it!

However, it was a bit of a pity that here, the robots could only be used as a construction team; as for combat?

Not really!

There were many reasons limiting the robots' combat capabilities, such as mobility, control issues, and things of that nature.

Very quickly, Ye Cang discovered a fatal problem!

That was, how to transport so many robots to Guandong!

Ah!

He actually hadn't considered this problem; he was truly stupid to death.

Fortunately, the blueprints could be changed.

And so, after simply modifying the blueprints, the starting point changed from Guandong to Beizhixing.

Immediately following that, work began!

But after the robot construction team started working, Ye Cang unexpectedly ended up in a state of having nothing to do.

Every day he sat in the office drinking tea, reading newspapers, or going to check on how the progress of the Nantianmen Project was going.

Although the days were leisurely, Ye Cang was not satisfied!