"Haven't you found An yet?! It's been so long, you damn idiots!"
President Kuromiya was furious in his office, but the spy chief remained in front of him and refused to speak.
"Haven't you already found the address where An sent his previous papers? It's been so long, what have you found?"
Faced with the president's questioning, the head of the secret service said helplessly, "Sir, a full ten years have passed. Furthermore, our operations in China are subject to various restrictions imposed by the Chinese Ministry of State Security, making it impossible to obtain any useful information. We already have a list of residents living nearby at the time, including the list of students attending the most suspicious middle school."
"We found that the most likely suspect is An Jingzhi, but he became a piece of shit after attending Yandu University. He can't possibly be the person we're looking for."
"So, what's the point of telling me all this? Will you only realize how serious this matter is when China develops true artificial intelligence and locks all global weapons, allowing them to control our weapons and point them at our own country?!"
The president roared wildly, venting the pressure he had been under from all sides since the paper was published.
The Special President swallowed his saliva. "Sir, it's not like we're completely unsuccessful. China's Ministry of State Security has been keeping a close eye on us, but they seem to have relaxed their watch on us recently. I suspect they may have a clue, and it's very likely they've already found An. If we can activate our own spies, we might be able to get some information."
The president did not refute immediately. He pondered for a moment, and finally seemed to let go of all his strength, "Okay, I will activate Azalea, but you have to know that this person is the one we have infiltrated the deepest into the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Activating it means that he will be exposed. If I can't get any useful information, I won't let you off until I step down." The president closed his eyes, "Get out! Bastard!" and threw out a teacup.
Bear country.
"How is it? Haven't found each other after so long?"
"What do the Chinese say?"
"The other party's response is still that they are also looking for it. In my opinion, they are very likely to have found it."
"It's unlikely. If they found it, how could we not hear any movement?"
"China loves it the most... Oh, right, in their words, it's called making a fortune in silence."
"Yes, it's also called, um... playing the pig to eat the tiger. They've most likely found the author of the paper, but are hiding him and conducting secret research and development."
"The relationship between China and our country is no longer what it used to be. It's not easy to get any information from them. We can only send people to closely monitor their researchers who are researching various technologies needed for artificial intelligence. If they have found the authors of the papers, they will definitely set up a project and mobilize scholars from all walks of life to join the project center. We just need to keep an eye on those scholars. If they make any movement, it means they have found AN."
"I'm sorry, but I have some very bad news to share with you. Although China has tried its best to conceal this, our people have discovered that they seem to have recently mobilized a group of top computer scientists. Of course, these scholars have entered various laboratories under the guise of various projects. This is the information we have found, but I don't believe it would be such a coincidence that they would join various projects at the same time."
"So, Berns, are you saying they've most likely already been involved in a secret AI project? Is China already developing AI?"
"That's right."
"Is there any information from the United States?"
"Those idiots are so arrogant. We haven't found any useful information so far. They said they were communicating with us, but they didn't find anything useful."
"However, according to them, China's Ministry of State Security doesn't seem to be monitoring them as closely as before. Of course, the number of people under surveillance remains the same, but they feel they're not as desperate. In fact, our own agents feel the same way."
"Different groups of scholars were transferred to the research project for various reasons. Combined with the information coming from the United States, it can be inferred that the author of the paper, An, has most likely been found by China and is being secretly protected to carry out the project."
"Is that possible?"
Below were people talking among themselves, with surprise or fear in their eyes.
The relationship between China and Big Bear Country is no longer what it used to be. If it were in the past, perhaps they could obtain some technical resources from China, but now they don't have that favor.
If China becomes strong, and they are neighboring countries of China, no, if China really develops artificial intelligence, no country on Earth will be able to match China.
With artificial intelligence, they can control weapons around the world.
The muzzles of their own weapons will be pointed at their own land.
At that time, China will be the true global hegemon.
"What should we do? Are we going to be ruled by China from now on?"
The President of the Bear Country, who had been sitting at the top and remained silent, knocked on the table and said solemnly:
"Things haven't been confirmed yet. Even if it is confirmed, so what? The thing hasn't been developed yet. We can destroy it before it is developed." Since it can't be used by them, it can't fall into the hands of others.
"Researching artificial intelligence takes a lot of time. If this is confirmed to be true, we will unite all nations to declare war on China before artificial intelligence is developed. I don't believe they dare to offend any country in the world!"
The last words of the Bear State President were spoken with great emphasis, as if to give himself confidence.
But in fact, everyone present looked at each other in surprise after hearing this. They knew China's backbone best.
But now that things have come to that point, we can only give it a try.
Various countries held secret meetings to discuss strategic policies targeting China.
In a short period of time, the international pressure on China increased several times.
Border frictions are increasing, and casualties are mounting day by day.
An's father and mother lived in a house arranged by the institute, surrounded by the families of secret research scholars.
The security outside the gate is very strict, with layers of control. Even the security booths are equipped with heavy weapons. There is also a military camp nearby. If an alarm is sounded here, the military camp will rush to reinforce and surround this residential area in time.
"Damn, these foreigners hid their technology when they had it, afraid that we would find out. We had to beg and plead with everyone to finally develop to this state without having to rely on anyone. Now that we have the technology, they won't allow us to develop it. Look, Old An," an old man with a white beard and a straight figure pointed at the newspaper. An's father came over and the old man continued:
"They say we've found an AI scholar named AN, and they want China to share its technology. They say the world needs to progress together, and that humanity has a shared future. Ugh, why didn't they say that during World War I and World War II? Why didn't they say that when we were blocked from technology last century?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com