Chapter 120: Star Sea Maiden Showcase

Du Qiu casually named the supercomputer and then input the last version of the Star Sea code into the supercomputer.

After its initial operation, a naming interface appeared. Du Qiu entered the words “Star Sea” and then restarted the supercomputer.

As a supercomputer, it would typically require a dedicated operating system, but with Star Sea in place, Star Sea itself became the operating system for the Starlight supercomputer.

Once Star Sea successfully restarted, it would take control of the Starlight supercomputer.

“Beep. Star Sea self-check complete!”

“Master, hello, I am Star Sea. May I ask if there’s anything I can assist you with?”

The voice of the artificial intelligence Star Sea, which Du Qiu specifically configured for the supercomputer, rang through the peripheral device.

To his surprise, the voice was that of Ning Shuangshuang!

Du Qiu had secured such a perk for himself, ensuring that not only was the voice that of Ning Shuangshuang but even the virtual image resembled her.

In this way, he would psychologically feel like Ning Shuangshuang was always accompanying him.

“Star Sea, from now on, you can just call me ‘Mister’. No need to call me ‘Master’ anymore,” Du Qiu said. He still felt somewhat uncomfortable being addressed by the word ‘Master’.

Especially since it was spoken in Ning Shuangshuang’s voice.

Previously, in his dreams, Du Qiu couldn’t change the title the Maintainer used for him, but now he finally could choose as he pleased.

“Yes, Mister.”

Du Qiu pondered for a moment and then said, “First, connect to the internet and learn on your own for a while. During this study period, also check if there is any information online that might be disadvantageous to me or to Dream Technology.”

“Understood. Once I find such information, I will promptly send it to your phone.”

“Let’s set this period to one week for now. Let’s see what you can learn autonomously. Oh, and take over the company’s security network in the meantime.”

“Okay, Mister.”

Finally, he had created the artificial intelligence Star Sea. Although it was equivalent to the lowest configuration, and its intelligence might be limited by hardware, it should be sufficient for the time being.

Truth be told, if it weren’t for the fortuitous arrival of the Maintainer, it might have taken a very long time to develop strong artificial intelligence.

Even the Starlight supercomputer would need some time, at least he would have to make an effort to reverse-engineer the creators successfully, thereby obtaining new silicon carbide materials.

However, just that alone would not have been enough to finalize the supercomputer structure so quickly. Even with new chips, he would still need to recruit experts in supercomputers to help him design it.

How unlike now, where he simply had the Maintainer imitate the design, a task requiring no creativity which the Maintainer could easily accomplish.

Nowadays, with the Maintainer artificial intelligence in his dream and the Star Sea artificial intelligence in reality, these powerful assistants are shaping up to accelerate the rate at which he can introduce innovative technologies.

After thinking for a while, Du Qiu took out his phone and called Yu Donghua.

“Xiao Qiu, the people you asked me to find are almost all assembled. When is Wisdom Technology going to start producing products?”

The call had just connected when Fat Yu’s voice eagerly rang out.

“Didn’t I show you the other day? How could you forget?”

Yu Donghua asked somewhat bewildered, “Show me the other day? What did you show me? Oh, you mean that photocopier? Oh no, don’t tell me after all the hustle you’re doing photocopiers…”

“What are you thinking? Didn’t you listen to what I said that day?”

Du Qiu was somewhat speechless. Fat Yu was good in all respects, but he always had trouble remembering professional terms.

Du Qiu remembered back in middle school when they learned in chemistry class that sodium chloride was the main component of table salt; from then on, he always wrote ‘table salt’ whenever he encountered ‘sodium chloride’ on tests.

“I did listen! You talked about embargoing the Western world, saying that with that photocopier, chip manufacturing would no longer be a concern.”

Yu Donghua’s voice was somewhat tentative; he knew he had probably remembered something wrong again.

“Fat Fish, I… forget it, I have no idea how you trade such stocks in the financial market without remembering these technological terms.”

“I remember! Like graphene, super materials, quantum supremacy, I remember all of that. By the way, what did I get wrong?”

“Do you know what the most critical equipment in chip production is?”

“Let me think… Got it, a lithography machine! Am I right?” Yu Donghua’s proud laughter came through the phone.

“Did you just ask Baidu?” Du Qiu said irritably, “Since you’ve looked up lithography machines, then you know what that ‘photocopier’ of mine… Ah, you’ve led me down the wrong path, the chip printing machine I have, you should understand its importance now, right?”

“Yes, yes, yes, it’s the chip printing machine. You said that with it, the circuits on the chips could be printed in just a few swipes, much faster than whatever lithography!”

“Alright, are you currently at Wisdom Technology?”

“Yeah, I’m the chairman of Wisdom Technology, so of course I should be here.”

“Then wait for me, I’ll be right over, and we’ll talk in person.”

“Alright, I’ll brew some good tea and wait for you.”

Du Qiu tidied up and was about to leave the lab when Star Sea suddenly spoke up, “Mister, some situations have been detected in the company’s internal monitoring network. Would you like to see?”

Du Qiu’s heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Star Sea had found problems as soon as it took over the company’s security network?

A screen hanging on one wall started playing a video in response to Star Sea’s voice. It was a scene from the R&D center.

Du Qiu had handed over the management affairs of the R&D center to Liu Yaofeng, as all the research topics of the various teams there were assigned by him. Liu Yaofeng just needed to monitor the progress of each team’s research and manage the personnel.

After all, the R&D center was the core of Du Qiu’s entire operation, and Liu Yaofeng was someone he trusted deeply, naturally in charge of managing it.

The person appearing in the video was recognized by Du Qiu as Liu Yaofeng’s girlfriend Tian Ya, whom Du Qiu had met once when the company held a family gathering.

Liu Yaofeng wasn’t there, probably at a meeting, so it was not unusual for Tian Ya to play a game on Liu Yaofeng’s computer.

But in the video, she kept glancing nervously toward the door.

It seemed she was doing something she did not want Liu Yaofeng to discover.

Star Sea quickly provided another angle of the video showing that besides the game window, there was also a file manager window; Tian Ya appeared to be copying something from the computer.

“Star Sea, what content is she copying?”

“It’s the R&D center’s project status sheet and various project description materials and so forth.”

Besides these, there were no substantial contents related to the projects on Liu Yaofeng’s computer.

Du Qiu watched the screen with a furrowed brow. He had not expected that such a thing would happen to Liu Yaofeng of all people.

It looked as if Liu Yaofeng was unaware. Otherwise, if Liu Yaofeng had done this himself, no one would have noticed.

Should he tell Liu Yaofeng about this?

Today was Saturday, and Du Qiu knew he had approved Tian Ya’s presence to accompany Liu Yaofeng at the R&D center for overtime work.

A few days ago, Liu Yaofeng complained to him that his constant overtime work left him little time to accompany Tian Ya, making her very unhappy and even leading to suspicions that he was fooling around under the guise of working late.

Because of this, Liu Yaofeng wanted to bring his girlfriend to see the R&D center so she could understand his workplace.

The R&D center was not often open to outsiders, but since Liu Yaofeng had mentioned it, he couldn’t let him be hardworking yet lose his love life, so he had agreed.

What he hadn’t expected was that Liu Yaofeng’s girlfriend would pull such a stunt.

“Mister, she has finished copying.”

“Check where Liu Yaofeng is.”

The screen split into two, showing Liu Yaofeng’s location, which seemed to be a conference room where he was listening to a progress report from one of the research teams.

“Send a message to Liu Yaofeng’s phone, asking him to come to me immediately! Also, keep a close watch on Liu Yaofeng’s girlfriend, and if she attempts to leave, have security hold her in my name.”

“Yes, Mister.”

Du Qiu’s right hand instinctively rubbed his temples. With an incident like this, he couldn’t possibly avoid telling Liu Yaofeng.

But for Liu Yaofeng, this would be a difficult situation to handle, torn between love and righteousness.

“Star Sea, immediately check over the network Tian Ya’s activities for the last one or two months to see if there are any clues.”

“Yes, Mister.”

For collecting information through the network, as an artificial intelligence, Star Sea was quite capable and found it easy—a sort of maiden showcase of its abilities since its creation.

When Liu Yaofeng arrived at Du Qiu’s office, Du Qiu was already examining the information about Tian Ya’s recent activities compiled by Star Sea.

Seeing this information made Du Qiu quite emotional.

The age of mobile internet indeed, as many people have become capable of doing whatever they desire with just a smartphone in hand.

Naturally, all the information also leaves traces on the network.

These bits of information, exposed in front of artificial intelligence, were effortlessly obtained by it.

This reveals the terrifying aspect of artificial intelligence.

It’s the king within the network, the only things that could stop it are either physical disconnection from the net or another artificial intelligence.

However, at this point on the planet Bluestar, known artificial intelligences, seriously considered, are only equivalent to infants, whereas Star Sea is akin to an adult.

With its inherent rigor as an artificial intelligence, Star Sea not only verified the activities of Liu Yaofeng’s girlfriend over the past two months but also investigated the linked individuals.

Any indication of abnormality led to a thorough search of their information by Star Sea.

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