One Step at a Time
What was supposed to be a small meeting to discuss how to deal with the Dog-Headed Alien took a turn for the worse after the idea of Mind Imprint was brought up.
The conversation immediately veered to this topic.
Logically, as the initiator of the meeting, Yue Yuan should have corrected the situation in a timely manner. However, he did not do so this time. Instead, during the break, he invited dozens of scientists from related fields to participate in the meeting via video.
And so, a short meeting was instantly escalated into a long meeting.
In Yue Yuan's view, although the solution to the Dog-Headed Alien has not yet been decided, the emergence of the concept of 'Mind Imprint' has given him some general ideas, so there is no need to discuss it for the time being.
Ultimately, the key to one's own inner thoughts lies in the 'Mind Imprint' technology.
Yue Yuan believes that the Dog-Headed Alien should be used, but not now, nor after they have been taken back and trained. Instead, they should be used after the technology of Mind Imprint is developed.
This is the safest option.
In that case, the solution for dealing with the Dog-Headed Alien is simple: conduct research where necessary, conduct experiments where necessary, cultivate where necessary, and freeze where necessary.
However, the practice of using them as cannon fodder can only be implemented when the technology of Mind Imprint is developed.
And so, after a short lunch, the original meeting participants returned to the Conference Room for an extended meeting.
Upon arriving at the Conference Room, they discovered that many more people were participating via video conference. Individuals not originally on the meeting list, such as Man Yuemei, Zhu Pete, Gan De, Zhao Youqin, Xu Zhenyi, Chen Haiyu, Yi Kai, Yu Nanfeng, and Liu Miyan, all appeared prominently on the video screen.
In fact, this could be considered another meeting, so at the beginning of the meeting, Yue Yuan instructed the previous physicist, Professor Xiang, to introduce the matter of Mind Imprint to the new members.
After listening to Professor Xiang's words, Liu Miyan, who had been removed from the Chief Scientist decades ago, spoke first, "I believe that it is imperative to initiate a research project on the Mind Imprint. There is no reason for us not to conduct research on this technology just because it has a double-edged sword nature."
However, judging from the Professor Xiang's explanation just now, this technology is extremely difficult, and in my opinion, it seems to be beyond the capabilities of Level 2 Civilization.
As Particle Physics, Liu Miyan has been busy lately with work on Space Multi-Point Particle Collider.
"Oh, how so? Did Academician Liu make any discoveries?" asked Yi Kai, who was also participating in the meeting via video.
"I wouldn't call it a discovery, but it reminded me of the Silver Mist Consciousness's description of Level 3 Civilization. As you all know, the assertion that Nanotechnology is a hallmark technology of Level 3 Civilization has been confirmed by the Awakeners," Liu Miyan said slowly in the video frame.
"Now, according to Professor Xiang's Mind Imprint, although he did not describe the specific technical difficulties, it is not hard for everyone to imagine that to create such an instrument, it would inevitably involve quantum-related technologies. This technology, like Nanotechnology, belongs to the microscopic field. Therefore, I think there may be a sequential relationship between them."
Upon hearing this, Professor Xiang in the Conference Room couldn't help but ask, "Does Academician Liu mean that the prerequisite for creating the 'Mind Imprint' instrument is that we break through the true Nanotechnology?"
"Yes, that's right. Professor Xiang must have seen the descriptions of those 'Silver Mist Consciousness' in the database. That kind of precise manufacturing technology at the picometer or even Femtometer level couldn't possibly not touch the microscopic quantum realm. For one thing, the intelligent circuits made of nanoparticles alone are beyond the capabilities of traditional electronic circuits." Liu Miyan nodded, and finally added:
"Of course, the Mind Imprint Project has not yet been approved, and none of the difficulties it might encounter have materialized yet. So what I'm saying is just a deduction based on limited information."
In the following time, the participants had a series of discussions on the issue of Mind Imprint.
Scientists focused more on the possibilities of the technology. Military personnel primarily discussed its impact on warfare. Sociologists, on the other hand, discussed the technology's influence on society and how to improve systems.
These people all knew that since Yue Yuan had invited them to the meeting, and since this meeting was unlikely to reach a conclusion on the technology, there would inevitably be other related meetings in the future. Therefore, they had to make some preparations so that they could come up with ideas for the future.
The extended meeting lasted for more than seven hours. Sure enough, at the end of the meeting, Yue Yuan had his assistant announce that the next meeting would be held two months later.
This matter can't be rushed, and humans aren't in a hurry either. So after the meeting, Yue Yuan didn't plunge back into his daily work but went straight to rest.
Humanity's various tasks have now returned to normal, so Yue Yuan hasn't been very busy lately. Therefore, when he woke up the next day, he went to the cockpit specially set up for High-Level Personnel and scientists, intending to go and explore the planet's surface.
This cockpit is actually the cockpit of a ground robot, so Yue Yuan's so-called "going to see the surface of the planet" is naturally not about personally boarding the landing spaceship to land on the ground, but about walking on the planet from the robot's perspective.
As mentioned before, while human remote control systems cannot achieve the same level of immersion as piloting Tactical Armor, they are extremely realistic in terms of visual effects.
If it weren't for the need for hand and foot control and the 162-millisecond delay that causes deviations in various subtle movements, it wouldn't be much different from actually wearing Tactical Armor and moving around on a planet.
When Yue Yuan arrived at the cockpit, he found Zhu Pete already there, and it seemed that he was already piloting some kind of robot.
Yue Yuan ignored Zhu Pete, went directly to an empty seat, skillfully tapped a few keys on the start keypad, and then walked to the driver's seat.
The driver's seat is not a seat, but a device that looks like a simple exoskeleton, and the ground underfoot is an omnidirectional moving device.
After Yue Yuan stepped onto the exoskeleton, the piloting system attached it to his body and secured it in place. Then, he put on the helmet, which was connected to a bunch of wires.
Virtual Reality headsets, whose perspective can be synchronized with that of ground robot cameras, are a technology that is already quite mature.
At that moment, the system's voice rang in his ears.
"Driving privileges have been activated. Please select the ground robot model to connect to!"
As the system voice sounded, a row of idle robot images appeared before Yue Yuan's eyes for him to choose from. He knew that these remotely controlled robots had been brought ashore with the landing craft.
Without saying a word, Yue Yuan raised his arm and pressed a button that looked like a mouse, making a selection by clicking in the Void in front of him.
Yue Yuan was experienced in all of this. As long as he made the right choice and the driving system completed the connection, the virtual screen in front of him would switch to the perspective of the ground robot.
Such remote driving systems appeared shortly after engineering equipment driving systems, but after several improvements, the two cabs were separated. This was done to make the remote robot driver more immersive, and the driver's seat was designed in this way for the same reason.