Rambling On
Ten years can evoke Su Shi's lament of being separated by life and death for ten years; ten years can also inspire singers to express the sentiments of time's vicissitudes and the fickleness of human nature.
However, in human society during this period, ten years is too short. Three thousand six hundred and fifty days and nights is but a blink of an eye for humans with a lifespan of one thousand five hundred years.
Time has left no trace on people's faces.
However, ten years later, human society has undergone tremendous changes.
In today's world where new technologies are constantly emerging, the large screens that used to hang in the corridors have been replaced with 3D Projection screens. As you walk through the cabins of the Residential Spaceship, you can clearly see that there is someone next to you who is like an attendant.
Those are not human beings, but intelligent auxiliary simulation robots connected to civilian Strong Artificial Intelligence ports. If you only look at them, it is almost impossible to tell whether they are real people or robots.
They possess lifelike skin and appearance, and even their speech is almost indistinguishable from synthesized electronic voices. Of course, their internal structure remains mechanical, as they are essentially robots.
Although humans have made assistive robots so indistinguishable from real people, humans do not have difficulty distinguishing them because each person has their own implanted chip. With just a glance, the scanning system of the Function Chip will display the target's basic information to them.
Whether it's a robot or a human, you can tell at a glance.
These are the basic functions of implanted chips.
In this day and age, fewer and fewer people use mobile phones, except for a few nostalgic individuals. This is because in this era, people can now make calls to their contacts through fake user interfaces.
If you're on Residential Spaceship and suddenly see someone staring blankly and then talking to themselves, it doesn't mean they've gone mad; it means they're on the phone with someone else.
The demand for mobile phones has decreased, but the demand for electronic products with displays has increased, especially 3D Projection displays.
Humans have yet to achieve a 3D Holographic Screen that can be directly touched and operated, but ordinary 3D Projection technology has long been mature, and nowadays, everyone can achieve naked-eye 3D.
Over the years, the living environment of the people Residential Spaceship has finally taken on a sci-fi feel. However, there are still some regrets, namely that the Residential Spaceship is still too small, so the streets don't look like streets and appear rather crowded.
The maturity of True Nano Technology has brought about another significant advancement in human materials technology, enabling us to now manufacture larger Residential Spaceship.
But like warship design, it was precisely the power system that was the key factor.
Ten years have passed, and humanity has made no progress in research on new energy sources.
This situation is extremely rare. Similar cases have occurred in previous studies, but none have seemed to be as likely to be realized as they are now.
At first, scientists thought it was due to insufficient manufacturing capabilities. However, ten years have passed, and humans have already put various derivative technologies into practice. Yet, when faced with more advanced power sources, they are still struggling.
However, the scientists involved are still very patient because they still have great faith in their research approach.
Ten years!
Yue Yuan slowly walked out of the office, letting out a soft sigh.
Compared to the scientists, Yue Yuan seemed somewhat anxious, or rather, worried.
So, after leaving his office, he planned to inspect the Research Spaceship No. 3, just like last month.
Well, if Yue Yuan really wanted to know the progress of scientific research, he only needed to tell the comprehensive Strong Artificial Intelligence on the Lyra through his implanted chip. So his trip was less of an inspection and more of a relaxation.
After dealing with a series of problems brought about by emerging technologies, Yue Yuan finally had some free time, but this was the only time he had had free time in the past few months.
It's fair to say he's been busy for nearly a decade.
"'Tianhe Light,' arrange the route to the Research Spaceship No. 3." After taking a few steps, Yue Yuan stopped and said.
His words traveled instantly to the 'Tianhe Light' via an ultra-miniature implanted chip.
"It's all arranged," Tianhe Light replied immediately.
The Tianhe Light is no longer the same Intelligent Program as before; it's now a comprehensive Strong Artificial Intelligence aboard the Lyra, with its core completely altered. However, humans are too lazy to rename it, so they've retained the original name.
"Hmm," Yue Yuan nodded secretly, hesitated for a moment, and then said again, "Turn on auto-pathfinding!"
Yes, automatic pathfinding. This isn't a game; it's one of the functions of the embedded Function Chip, similar to map navigation.
However, Yue Yuan didn't need to operate it himself, because after activating automatic pathfinding, his implanted chip would gain permission and automatically connect to the control system on his clothes, then float along the route with him.
As for why there is a control system on the clothing, that's related to Nanotechnology.
Humans have worn Magnetic Boots with built-in energy systems for a long time. Now, it's just an upgrade to the original suits, with the addition of several Magnetic Force systems to facilitate human movement on warships in the absence of gravity.
Once automatic pathfinding is activated, the Function Chip will use these Magnetic Force systems to carry the human along, drifting towards the target location.
From this perspective, it does resemble the auto-pathfinding feature in web games.
Of course, it seems magical, but this method is only suitable for use in Gravity Environment. It cannot be used in environments like Residential Spaceship that constantly simulate Earth's gravity. The energy system built into the clothing is not enough to generate enough energy to carry a person away.
In fact, with Strong Artificial Intelligence and micro implanted chips, Yue Yuan has become extremely powerful as an individual human being, because his implanted chip is military-grade, with extremely complete functions, and he has the highest level of authority.
It can be said that now not only the warships, but also all the networked weapons inside the warships are under Yue Yuan's control. He can use his highest authority at any time to take over these weapons and equipment, including all the auxiliary robots.
Of course, this function was only known to the few scientists who developed it, and it was not made public. After all, it was something that only a few others knew about, and Yue Yuan had the highest authority over it.
However, Yue Yuan knew that as informatization and digitalization become more advanced, this technology, which now seems very advanced, will gradually become commonplace, and more advanced and powerful technologies will emerge.
With the development of implantable Function Chip, hackers may emerge from the general public. Perhaps in the near future, it won't be impossible to kill someone with a single glance.
This shows that no matter what technology it is, it is a double-edged sword.
What the New Government needs to do is to wield these double-edged swords carefully, ensuring they are used only against the enemy.
That said, after activating automatic pathfinding, Yue Yuan floated towards the target point under the control of the implanted chip, and the automatic doors blocking his way opened one by one as he approached.
While Yue Yuan was moving automatically aboard the Lyra, the Lyra was also moving closer to his target Research Spaceship No. 3, in space.
Before long, Yue Yuan floated to the transfer station. Here, he would put on his Tactical Armor, then leave the Lyra, board his private transport ship, and head to the target spaceship not far away.
With the advancement of technology, human-computer interaction programs and brainwave control systems have also been upgraded, and piloting Tactical Armor no longer requires stripping naked as before, which is much more convenient.
However, since the emergence of Strong Artificial Intelligence, humans no longer need to pilot Tactical Armor to conduct various explorations on planets as before. As a result, Tactical Armor has transformed from a multi-functional combat suit commonly used on planets into a mecha designed to facilitate individual human sightseeing on planets.
If it weren't for this feature, the Tactical Armor would have been obsolete.
Of course, as far as Yue Yuan knew, there were still many people in the human race who loved mecha and were still tirelessly researching them, hoping that mecha could become even more powerful. Even though they knew that mecha were useless in space warfare, they could not resist the romantic feelings for mecha hidden deep in their hearts.