Brainwave-Deceiving Toy

"With the momentum from yesterday's drone sprint into space, my fan following has exploded, and the number of netizens watching the live stream today has significantly improved qualitatively."

Chen Yi opened the system interface to check the consciousness waves he had harvested tonight.

[Consciousness Waves: 1832661↑]

After observing and summarizing for the past few days, Chen Yi had discovered some characteristics of consciousness waves.

Due to quantum anchoring or observation intensity, the system collected the most consciousness waves only during live broadcasts.

If he didn't broadcast live, the quantum anchor would weaken, and there would be no direct observation. The same level of popularity would yield only one-tenth to one-hundredth of the consciousness waves compared to a live broadcast.

As events passed and time went by, the quantum anchor would further weaken, and the system's collected consciousness waves would continue to decrease sharply. Unless there were long-term events that sparked discussion and heated debate, constantly causing netizens to voice different opinions, Chen Yi estimated that after 24 hours, consciousness waves from an event would only be one-thousandth or even one-ten-thousandth of that during a live broadcast, barely worth mentioning.

Now, earning 1.83 million consciousness waves from a single live broadcast, Chen Yi was quite satisfied.

"Logically, the best way for this system to work is by being an internet celebrity or a star."

"A star could post a photo requiring payment and earn millions in less than a day."

"Generating public opinion to collect consciousness waves would be as easy as taking candy from a baby."

"Unfortunately, being a star or internet celebrity isn't my forte. I can only make a living by buying and selling drone models and creating some black technology."

"With so many consciousness waves now, I can upgrade the control method for the drones and fix the loopholes from the past two days."

Chen Yi thought for a moment and went into the adjacent study.

The study had three large bookshelves, each packed to the brim, holding at least a thousand books. These included books on cutting-edge technologies like model drones, turbine engines, radar avionics, rockets and aerospace, and artificial intelligence, as well as foundational physics and mathematics texts, and scientific magazines purchased secondhand in recent years. These were tools Chen Yi had bought to build his persona when he was making videos and running his self-media account. However, after his account's traffic stabilized over the past two years, Chen-Self-Taught-Yi had become Chen-Boss-Yi, and these books had remained untouched.

"My old friends, congratulations, you're back in use."

Chen Yi looked at the packed bookshelves and bent down to search among them.

In his more than four years of entrepreneurship, Chen Yi had always been aware of potential crises. Despite the excitement and satisfaction of the past few days, with the drone's sprint into space and the supersonic interception of drug traffickers at sea, there was a significant loophole: the source of the technology. After all, he was only a junior college graduate. Although he majored in drones and had worked in drone production, manufacturing, and sales after graduation, in terms of technical skill, he was just a novice with an intermediate certificate, and he had forgotten most of what he learned years after graduating.

In such a situation, where did the drone technology shown in the recent live broadcasts come from? How were the high-definition, unedited radar imaging technology, the engine technology for the space sprint, and the microsecond-level avionics control technology researched and manufactured? Chen Yi couldn't explain these issues at all. Worse still, professional drones were considered semi-military equipment. If these questions couldn't be explained, it could lead to serious trouble.

After much deliberation, Chen Yi came up with a solution: build a virtual learning machine to fill his knowledge gaps. While he could read technical information to create items, and his current understanding of model drone engines was expert-level, this was only for specific technologies, not systematic, comprehensive knowledge. He was an expert only in the field of model drone engines; in other areas, including foundational knowledge, he was still a novice. Therefore, building an auxiliary virtual learning machine to supplement his lacking foundational knowledge would solve all the problems.

Of course, the virtual learning machine was the hidden truth. If anyone asked him in person, Chen Yi would confidently claim that he had bought over a thousand books, numerous documents, and scientific magazines, filling three large bookshelves with study materials, and had taught himself everything. His purchase records from previous years could prove his claims.

As for how to implement the virtual learning machine, Chen Yi's initial idea involved brain-computer interfaces and virtual technology. With such technology, he could learn in his sleep.

While others sleep, I study.

Mastering the time management skills of a top student.

"Found it!"

After searching through the bookshelves for a while.

Chen Yi found a brainwave mind control toy he had bought before.

He planned to use this brainwave consciousness control toy as a foundation to gradually build a true virtual consciousness machine.

Once the virtual consciousness machine was completed.

Not only would the problem of studying be solved, but he would also be able to create true interstellar drones.

Currently, drones powered by chemical fuels had already reached their energy limits.

To further create interstellar drones, the chemical propulsion methods like aviation kerosene must be replaced with more advanced propulsion methods.

The control method for such interstellar drones would also need to be changed.

It couldn't be operated through joysticks, foot pedals, or buttons anymore; it required an immersive and intelligent control method.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be called an interstellar drone; it would be called an interstellar rocket.

It would only be a rocket flying in orbit according to preset programs.

"A more advanced propulsion method should be the Hall thruster."

Chen Yi thought about the structure of the Hall thruster, but his hands didn't stop.

He took out a screwdriver and disassembled the brainwave toy into parts.

Then he installed two fewer screws and reassembled it.

Thus.

A brainwave toy, assembled and manufactured by his own hands, with adjustable attributes, was completed.

[Item: Brainwave Control Toy]

[Attributes: Energy x2.8, Strength x3.2, Information Computation x2.1, Information Processing x0.1, Signal Transmission x0.1, Aesthetics x3.2]

[Consciousness Wave: 1833169↑]

[Adjustable Attributes: 0]

[Note: This is a toy with almost zero technical content, only capable of roughly sensing brainwaves, a complete sham.]

"These attributes are truly dismal."

Looking at the outrageously low attributes for Information Computation, Information Processing, and Signal Transmission, Chen Yi couldn't help but complain.

If his analysis was correct.

Information Computation referred to the computing power of this brainwave toy.

Information Processing was the processing of brainwave information.

Signal Transmission was the forward sensing and reverse input capability of brainwave signals.

Undoubtedly, these were the core attributes of a brainwave virtual machine.

Except for Information Computation being slightly better, the rest, Information Processing and Signal Transmission, were garbage, truly living up to their sham name.

"This thing isn't worth adjusting at all; it's too low."

Chen Yi calculated that to read technical information, the highest attribute must not exceed the sum of other attributes, and it must not exceed ten times the lowest attribute.

But with the current Information Processing and Signal Transmission attributes at 0.1, there was no way to read any good technical information.

"Tomorrow, I'll have Xiaoyu procure a batch of the top-tier consciousness brainwave control toys, and also order some high-strength titanium alloy casing parts. Otherwise, this won't work."

Chen Yi tossed the shoddy brainwave toy in his hand aside, took out his phone, and sent a WeChat message to Qin Xiaoyu.