Chapter 45 Information
Mingyu's speech stood out among the comments praising the Ming family, and therefore attracted a lot of attention. Everyone who saw it couldn't help but click on the file he uploaded to take a look.
Before opening the file, most netizens thought the spokesperson was a clown jealous of the Ming family and were already preparing to unleash a barrage of profanity. A smaller number thought he was desperate for attention and waited to see how others would respond.
After opening the file, they were silent for a moment.
The audio file clearly states that it was restored based on official data released by the Space Navigation Department. The relevant audio file number is thoughtfully and carefully labeled. It also indicates that the restoration algorithm used was a special algorithm developed by the senior designer's file restoration room at the designer headquarters. Detailed netizens have indeed found a distinctive sound watermark indicating this algorithm in the restored audio.
Because many design drafts, recordings of top designers' speeches, and other materials are often blurred due to age, the designer headquarters has spent decades training this advanced algorithm, achieving an accuracy of 95% in restoring the data.
Netizens who rushed in to curse: "..."
"I looked through the information released by the Space Navigation Department and did find this recording..." A few minutes later, the first reply popped up, "But I'm not a senior designer, so I can't use it for repair and verification."
"I found it too. But... is this restored dialogue credible? I haven't restored it, and it just sounds like a bunch of noise."
"I paid for a commercial algorithm to fix it! But I still can't hear it clearly..."
"Designer Headquarters' algorithms are far more accurate than commercial algorithms! I, the algorithmist, choose to trust Designer Headquarters' algorithms. If you look at related fields, you'll find that Designer Headquarters' algorithm repair team is at the forefront! Ordinary people can't even afford to use them!"
"And the watermarks on their algorithm are incredibly sophisticated! They've never been counterfeited before... Oh my god... Ming Zhilang wouldn't have actually said that before, right?! His character is ruined! Doesn't he remember what he said before?! How dare he say that in an interview?!"
"Even if it's 95 percent accurate, it's not completely accurate! What's all the excitement upstairs?! Maybe there's a problem with the voice reproduction?! Or maybe the people at the designer headquarters are at odds with the Ming family and are taking advantage of this to do something!"
"The above person shouldn't be so conspiratorial... What good would the Design Department gain from blackmailing the Ming family? A 90% accuracy rate is already very high, right? Ming Zhilang's call log is just a very ordinary call log, and it completely matches the data distribution of the training algorithm. There's no way there could be a repair error caused by a mismatch with the algorithm's training data..."
"The above, and the above, say the algorithm is fine, but we can be more open-minded. What if the Star Navigation Department is providing false information to slander the Ming family?"
Mingyu refreshed the light screen in front of him.
The more people who argue in the reply, the more popular the reply will be, and the more people will see it.
In just one hour, the reply post had reached the highest popularity, hanging clearly below the two interviews.
The Star Navigation Department's response was faster than anyone could have imagined. Minister Gao Siqi was the first to come out with the approval mark indicating authentic information.
"The Star Navigation Department has not tampered with any relevant information. It has only revoked the reading permission of all the sealed information from that year." She clarified in her reply. Her tone was very neutral and she did not even make any comments about Ming Zhilang's behavior.
But then, her next words triggered an even more intense battle.
"Both the Star Navigation Department and the Star Navigation Competition Organizing Committee have great confidence in the Design Department's restoration algorithm. All virtual star map scenes and dialogue data for the second competition were generated based on the Design Department's restoration algorithm."
“…”
"...What do you mean? I just said that the Star Navigation Department and the Ming family have a grudge, right?!"
"If you don't want the brain upstairs, give it to me. I'm on the side of the Star Navigation Department this time. Ming Zhilang's face is really too ugly..."
"He wasn't just faking it all before, was he?! Has anyone checked to see if all those charitable donations and the glorious deeds of the Third Legion were also just for show?!"
Mingyu breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the rapidly rising speed, and turned off the light screen.
The data restoration room was dim. Mingyu sat there for a while. For the first time, he saw his father's hypocrisy so clearly. He was angry, confused, and even had a strong suspicion.
...Were his parents, who had lived with him before going to college, always wearing masks, making it difficult for him to know their true appearance?
Mingyu: “…”
He pursed his lips, feeling very bad.
It was impossible to fall asleep, so I just went to the library to look up materials and draw design drafts.
Mingyu was not the only one who couldn't sleep that night.
In the office of the Director of the Star Navigation Department, Gao Siqi took off his manicure and slowly applied nail polish, planning to get a new one in a few days.
She looked relaxed, humming a song, the StarNet screen still open in front of her. She finished applying nail polish to all ten of her fingers, looked at the information posted by the anonymous spokesperson again, and smiled.
"I don't know who is so quick." Gao Siqi muttered to himself, "I thought I would have to wait a few more days..."
"Beep beep beep—" a call request rang out. Gao Siqi glanced at the caller and sneered.
"Captain Ming," she said casually, "Have you found out the other party's star network address? Aren't you going to insist that I'm trying to trip you up?"
Ming Zhilang's breathing was heavy.
"The address is at a comprehensive university. There are a lot of students and people nearby. Who knows if you bribed someone to send it?!"
The other party was using the campus network of a comprehensive university. As the top university in the capital planet, Xinghang University's network security protection was not ambiguous, and Ming Zhilang's people had difficulty locating the other party's specific location.
When the incident happened, he first suspected Gao Siqi from the Star Navigation Department, suspecting that the other party had been bribed by his competitor in the election for the executive officer of the capital star and deliberately disclosed the recording.
"This data should have been deleted long ago!" Ming Zhilang gritted his teeth. "At that time, the Star Navigation Department and the Northern Star Region Royal Family reached an agreement to destroy the data."
Although the standard sixty-year storage period was stated, the top brass at the time were afraid someone would unearth it one day, so they replaced all the specific call records...
That's why he held that press conference without any scruples.
Gao Siqi shrugged.
"Captain Ming, I mean, Ming Zhuofeng, predicted all the bad things that would happen when we first set sail," she said nonchalantly. "Don't you still call him brother? How could you not have thought of him as such a meticulous person, always thinking three steps ahead and not making any backup plans?"
"Ming Zhuofeng is usually a bit rigid and loves to follow the rules, but he's not stupid or brainless. Those old fools with unclear minds will step down sooner or later, and then the truth will be revealed. How could he really let the information be destroyed and never have a chance to be released again?"
"I advise you to think about how to redeem your image instead of scolding me! You've gained so much prestige thanks to Captain Ming's reputation, now it's time for you to give some back! Have you finished your speech?"
Ming Zhilang hung up the phone angrily.
Gao Siqi listened to the busy tone of the communication and pushed the screen away.
The Star Navigation Department and the Military Department had always had a distant relationship, and she wasn't afraid of offending Ming Zhilang. As the night outside the window faded and the sun was about to rise, Gao Siqi stared out the window for a moment, then shook her head.
"Captain Ming has always been meticulous," she repeated to herself. "No matter how fierce the Battle of Dawn was... as the fleet commander back then, he should have known how crucial his presence was to that war. How could he have died from a mental overload? How could a dignified legion commander not have a few high-level mental soothing injections?"
"The Celtic king in the North Star Region who goes crazy from time to time when fighting didn't die from mental overload..." Gao Siqi paused and reached out to lift a photo on the desk.
"And my sister An." She looked at the beautiful and gentle woman in the photo. "You said she died of depression because she missed Ming Zhuofeng too much... I still find it hard to imagine."
Today's first ray of sunlight shines on the paper photo preserved by old-fashioned printing technology, bringing the short-haired woman's eyes and eyebrows to life.
She was standing in the Central Star and Designer Library, tiptoeing to get the raised chip storage box. When she heard someone calling her name, she unexpectedly looked at the camera and smiled.
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In the senior designer reading area, although Mingyu had stayed up all night, he was still full of energy and looked in high spirits.
He was revising the design of Mu Boxing's mining ship, and a complete book on the application of starship materials was placed on the light screen next to him.
Unlike designing starships for the Star Navigation Competition, there is no rush to help Mu Boxing modify the engine power and shipborne guns, and there are no restrictions on material usage.
Without the tension brought by the Star Navigation Competition, Mingyu's ideas were more free and he drew three design plans for Mu Baixing in a row.
Some were economical, others were expensive but powerful. He slowly assembled the various parts in his mind and installed them on the mining ship, which looked very shabby.
Mu Boxing's mining ship was too old. Mingyu, in his most satisfying design, completely redesigned the entire starship structure, practically like designing a new one.
I'm just afraid that men don't have the money to rebuild it from scratch.
Mingyu couldn't help but smile. Thinking that they were all poor, he put the design with the best cost-effectiveness at the front and passed all three to Mu Baixing.
He then opened the free submission area for designers and looked through the design requirements to fill his own coffers.
To Mingyu's surprise, there were not many functional design requirements issued by certified exploration teams. Instead, there were more private starship owners who did not have weapons and equipment licenses, etc., who were looking for designers to improve their starships.
The most requested requirement was the starship appearance design, followed by engine acceleration. Mingyu flipped through a few pages and found a publisher with a relatively high price and a long delivery time. When accepting the order, he directly filled in LUCE's name.
The other party didn't reply immediately, so Mingyu didn't rush. He stretched his waist, pulled out another light screen, and began to think about the types of starships that might be used in the next game.
This was originally the reading area, with a thick carpet on the floor and a few cushions and a single sofa arranged haphazardly around it. Mingyu sat cross-legged against a thick, bright yellow cushion, elbows resting on his knees, wiping and writing.
Sunlight streamed through the French windows, illuminating his face with a bright and gentle glow. Clouds of blue spiritual energy floated around him, shimmering in the sunlight like a dream.
Mingyu's attention was focused on the screen, and he didn't pay attention to his surroundings until a figure stood beside him, casting a shadow on his screen.
Mingyu frowned and looked up, meeting the other person's gaze.
"..." The man had a complicated expression. He stared at Mingyu in silence for a moment, then spoke first, "Is it you?"
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