Planning

The progress bar in Li Zhou's mind, which had finally reached 100%, had reset to zero after he woke up.

Li Zhou was not surprised by this at all, nor was he the least bit nervous.

Based on the scant information provided by the system, Li Zhou had already gained a rough understanding of the progress bar.

The system's full name was the Civilization Navigation System, and it was dedicated to leading civilization forward.

The system was very simple. It had only one progress bar!

It really had only one progress bar!

Once the progress bar was filled, he could obtain new technology. As for how progress was added, the system had its own evaluation system.

That was it. There was nothing else...

If not for the futuristic technology in his mind, Li Zhou would have suspected it was all a dream.

They said the next era would be the era of Artificial Intelligence, and Li Zhou had futuristic Artificial Intelligence data in his mind.

The system had implanted all of it into him. The Artificial Intelligence in the newcomer gift pack was not the pseudo-AI currently being hyped to the heavens, but Artificial Intelligence capable of independent thought and self-awareness. Given the right coincidence, it might even give rise to a true intelligent lifeform.

Of course, intelligent lifeforms usually appeared by chance and were unique.

Only a tiny fraction of advanced Artificial Intelligence could, under accidental circumstances, become intelligent lifeforms and gain abilities different from Artificial Intelligence—research and creation!

Besides the Artificial Intelligence, what excited Li Zhou even more was that it had been developed using Han Language! This newcomer gift pack was clearly two gift packs in one!

One was futuristic Artificial Intelligence technology, and the other was a complete Han Language Programming Language. Wasn't that two gift packs?

Han Language was a brand-new development language provided by the system, composed entirely of Chinese characters!

Just as Li Zhou was imagining his future company expanding into the universe, his stomach let out an uncooperative growl.

Rubbing his constantly rumbling stomach, Li Zhou realized he had not eaten anything for an entire day.

No wonder he felt so weak.

After getting dressed, Li Zhou casually rubbed the gunk from the corners of his eyes, grabbed the meal vouchers the school had issued to graduates, and headed straight for the cafeteria.

It had to be said that CHZU Academy's logistics department was truly first-rate. Not only did graduates receive free meal vouchers upon graduation, but there were mooncakes every Mid-Autumn Festival and Laba porridge every Laba Festival.

Every year during those occasions, the cafeteria was packed to the brim.

When Li Zhou was in his junior year, the logistics department had even caught all the fish from Huifeng Lake and Weiran Lake and treated the entire faculty and student body to a free all-fish feast.

CHZU Academy's cafeteria served food until eight in the evening, and when Li Zhou arrived, quite a few students were still eating.

The university cafeteria's food was actually quite tasty. After finishing his meal and downing another bowl of seaweed egg soup, Li Zhou contentedly rubbed his stuffed stomach and returned to his dormitory.

In his dorm room, Li Zhou lay on his bed and pondered his plans for the future.

Perhaps because of the system, Li Zhou felt that his thoughts were exceptionally clear now, and his memory was astonishingly good. He guessed that while the system had implanted futuristic technology into him, it had also upgraded his brain.

It had to be said that CHZU Academy, backed against the mountains, lacked the clamor of traffic at night. Moreover, the dormitory area up on the mountain housed only graduating seniors. With most of them having already left campus, the dorm building, normally filled with all kinds of sounds, was exceptionally quiet.

Li Zhou considered the road ahead. With the system, barring any surprises, he would have both "milk and bread" in the future.

Li Zhou's greatest dream was probably that one day, he would be able to pilot his own spaceship and roam the universe. That was the life he longed for most—a life of poetry and distant horizons.

He believed that day was not too far away!

Li Zhou shook his head and laughed at himself.

"I'm thinking too far ahead."

Li Zhou believed that if he were to reveal the Artificial Intelligence to the public now, nothing good would be waiting for him.

He still had to take things one step at a time. After all, if he bit off more than he could chew, he would only make a fool of himself.

Although Artificial Intelligence was not an option, there was still potential in an Intelligent Assistant.

To say nothing else, even the Artificial Intelligence products from the several companies currently leading the world in AI research could only be considered Artificial Idiots.

Sometimes, those Artificial Idiots could make people furious.

In Li Zhou's personal opinion, Xiao Ai from Mi was currently the only one that was somewhat decent.

In Li Zhou's view, his Intelligent Assistant could let users customize its virtual appearance and voice according to their needs.

It could understand and interpret what users meant to the greatest possible extent.

For example, a user might say to the Intelligent Assistant, "Remind me that I have a meeting in S City at 2:15 tomorrow afternoon. After the meeting, book me a hotel for one night before I head back."

Based on the user's voice command, the Intelligent Assistant could continuously arrange round-trip tickets to S City according to the actual circumstances, automatically generate an itinerary, ask the user for their preferences before booking accommodation in S City, and intelligently remind them of relevant matters ahead of every scheduled point.

It sounded easy enough, but the difficult part was fully and accurately understanding what the user meant and carrying out a continuous series of actions.

This was also what people complained about most in the current market. Existing Artificial Idiots only responded once for every question asked, and the worst part was that they would end with, "I didn't understand..."

For Li Zhou, who possessed complete futuristic Artificial Intelligence development technology, none of that was a problem. Compared with true Artificial Intelligence, it was child's play.

As he thought, Li Zhou could practically see the Intelligent Assistant sweeping the market.

At that thought, all sleepiness vanished from Li Zhou. No more talking—time to turn on the computer and get to work!

The Intelligent Assistant concerned the startup capital for Li Zhou's business. If he ran it well, even the small goal of earning one hundred million could be achieved in minutes.

Li Zhou skillfully opened his Huawei X Pro, which he had bought less than a year ago. With one press of the fingerprint unlock button, it booted in under ten seconds.

Sometimes, having specifications that were too high in one area was not necessarily a good thing. Take the screen on Li Zhou's Huawei X Pro laptop, for example. It had a 3K touchscreen. Its performance when watching videos could be summed up in one word: awesome.

But sometimes, the problem was also the screen. At present, software from many vendors had not been adapted for such high-resolution displays. After installing it, the software either appeared extremely tiny on the screen, or it displayed at a normal size but with image quality so rough it was visible to the naked eye. That display effect was worse than that of low-end screens.

Besides the compatibility issue, there was another major problem: screen glare! Yes, glare! Every time he used the computer, Li Zhou felt that even his 24K titanium-alloy eyes could not take it.

Complaints aside, Huawei laptops were still pretty good. Otherwise, why would someone majoring in software engineering and dealing with computer software every day buy one?

Li Zhou habitually right-clicked the mouse to refresh, a habit ingrained in his bones over the years.

After refreshing the desktop several times, Li Zhou created a blank txt document. In fact, all of the world's current programming languages could be developed in txt files. Of course, no one used that method for large projects, since it was too torturous and likely to make them go bald.