The successful launch of three Pathfinder rockets by the United States has caused quite a stir internationally.

When footage of the rocket launch reached the Xia Kingdom, it drew astonishment from many of its people.

"As expected of the US, which has dominated the Earth for decades, they still have a trick up their sleeve!"

"Holy crap... I never imagined they could build a rocket even more outrageous than the Saturn V!"

"The US is really going all out to land on Mars..."

"Speaking of which, this Saturn VI rocket should be the swan song of chemical fuel propulsion, right? I don't believe the US can pull out a 200-meter-long rocket!"

"Watching the Saturn VI take off, I suddenly realized that chemical fuel propulsion isn't without its merits... At least, our Xuan Nu 1 can't reach Mars, right?"

This issue has attracted a lot of attention.

Zhao Zijie, who frequents various military forums, naturally noticed this problem.

After consulting some materials, he typed out a response post.

"Mars is currently more than 82 million kilometers away from Earth, which is more than 200 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon. According to official data, the Xuan Nu-1 spacecraft can only make two round trips between the Earth and the Moon when fully fueled."

(The distance between Mars and Earth varies greatly, with the closest point being approximately 55 million kilometers and the farthest exceeding 400 million kilometers. The data here is from 03:50:07 on 2031/05/12, at 82 million kilometers. Data source: [omitted])

"But don't forget, the rocket isn't actually working on the way to Mars, so... if it really needs to fly, Xuan Nu 1 should be able to get there too."

"It's just that the speed might be a bit slow, and it doesn't have much of an advantage compared to a rocket."

"I suspect this is also why the Xia Kingdom has been hesitant to take action against Mars."

The post quickly attracted numerous comments.

"It is reasonable, well-founded, and convincing."

"So, when does Xia Kingdom plan to take action against Mars? (winking)"

"..."

As more and more people commented and shared his post, it climbed to the top of Weibo's trending topics list.

But after trending on social media, Zhao Zijie gradually realized that something was wrong.

A bunch of strange comments suddenly appeared below his post.

"So, all that effort put into developing electric propulsion is completely useless!"

"If you ask me, we still need to study chemical fuel propulsion!"

"I really don't know what the parliament was thinking. They just gave up on the Long March 10 project. Now look what's happened, they've just handed over such a huge Mars to someone else!"

"Hello everyone, I'm a netizen from northern China. I'd like to ask, why does the parliament focus on the tiny moon? Isn't Mars good enough? And electric propulsion, what a waste of so much money, it's not even as good as the US Saturn VI heavy launch vehicle. Shouldn't the person in charge be held accountable?"

"..."

Looking at the comments below his post, Zhao Zijie's eyes twitched slightly.

Are these netizens serious?

And that netizen from northern Xia Kingdom, who talks like that?

A thought struck him, and he typed a message on the keyboard, replying to the netizen from the north.

"Because...Imperial Jade Liquor."

A few seconds later, Zhao Zijie received a reply.

"What are you saying? Why can't I understand?"

Zhao Zijie sighed deeply, took a screenshot, and posted it as a separate thread.

"@Xiaguo Cyber ​​Police, could you please investigate this person? There seems to be something wrong with him."

As a "celebrity of the day," Zhao Zijie's new post naturally attracted the attention of countless netizens.

"Chao, what era are we living in? Surely there are still people who don't know what this means?"

"So what does this mean? Isn't anyone going to explain it?"

"...Are you serious, upstairs?"

"Imperial Jade Liquor, 180 yuan a glass~"

"I've already taken a screenshot, guys. Everyone who sees it gets a share. Let's split this 500,000!"

More than an hour later, the response from the Xia Guo cyber police appeared below the post.

"Thank you for providing the information. After investigation, this person has been identified as a U.S. undercover agent and has now been apprehended. The reward will be deposited into your account soon."

The response from the Xia Guo cyber police further fueled the controversy.

"Holy crap! It really is!"

"OP, could you reveal how much the prize money is? Is it really the legendary 500,000? Don't get me wrong, I just want to see what 500,000 looks like.JPG"

...

Lu Yongchang was naturally unaware of the various upheavals happening outside.

At this moment, he had just fully digested the latest research results on artificial intelligence from the past few years.

He slowly closed his eyes, and with a slight thought, he entered the space with the fluorescent green background once again.

After acquiring a wealth of knowledge about quantum computers and artificial intelligence, a subtle change occurred in the system space.

[The Cradle of Artificial Intelligence: Initial Mastery of Quantum Computer Technology]

The originally dim cursor gradually lit up, and a small white light slowly extended out from it.

Another dim cursor appeared on the path.

[The embryonic form of artificial intelligence]

As Lü Yongchang focused his attention on the dim cursor, a string of fluorescent green code slowly appeared.

He stared blankly at the code in front of him.

The code is very simple.

But he couldn't understand it.

He didn't even understand the first line of code.

Logically speaking, this is just a string of gibberish!

The next moment, a flash of inspiration appeared deep in his mind!

In a daze, Lü Yongchang looked at the string of "garbled characters" in front of him again.

Unlike before, this time he understood the code.

Rather than saying he understood it, it's more accurate to say that the meaning of the code was directly imprinted in his brain.

Simply put, this code is like a seed, or rather, the foundation of artificial intelligence.

In addition, this code imposes many restrictions on the artificial intelligence that is spawned.

The most important and core point is that it eliminates the possibility of emotions arising.

Similar to the Three Laws of Robotics, this code, while preserving the intelligence of artificial intelligence, completely stifles its possibility of rebelling against its creators!

Looking at the code in front of him, Lü Yongchang swallowed hard.

This is absolutely not something a Level One civilization should possess!

In that instant, a thought flashed through Lü Yongchang's mind.

But... why is this code appearing at this time?

"Knock knock knock!"

Before he could think about it further, there was a knock on the door.