"Hardware revolution" was already a sci-fi scenario that people found hard to imagine.
"Twin Earth" and "Predict the Future" sounded even more absurd, nothing that seemed possible in this era.
And yet, as Xu Meng described them, everyone could not help but feel...
Like they might actually be possible?!
Massive computing power, cutting-edge digital technology, enormous numbers of hardware interfaces, high-precision remote sensing satellites covering the entire globe, genuine strong Artificial Intelligence...
Dream Builder was fully capable of achieving all of it!
As for any resistance they might encounter...
The Orbital War had ended in a single day, and the business and political worlds across the globe had unanimously offered their congratulations. That was proof enough—there was simply no resistance capable of stopping Xu Meng from doing what he wanted!
Excited netizens had already begun cheering:
"Predict the Future? Will weather forecasts finally become accurate?!"
"Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes... it can predict all kinds of disasters, right?"
"Fucking awesome! This is what the Digital Emperor should be doing—a true Genesis!"
"If you ask me, the Vatican should immediately convert to Xu Meng!"
"Did anyone see God create the world? It's all hearsay! But when Xu Meng creates a world, six billion people will witness it with their own eyes, and there'll be mountains of real video evidence! I don't need to explain how much more credible that is, do I?"
"Our Boss Xu of the Virtual World! May your name be engraved upon the carbon-fiber shells of satellites—Xu-men!"
Netizens loved deifying people the most.
Now that they were excited, their mouths had no filters at all. Each one outdid the last in exaggeration.
But while the speakers meant nothing by it, some listeners took it to heart.
The internet had never lacked pessimists and conspiracy theorists.
They immediately realized: Xu