Luo Yao

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Luo Yao 1
Alias(es)	Santuo; President Luo; Engineer Luo; Academician Luo 19 34 205 313
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Huaji; founder of Pioneer Technology; Luo’s Research Society 34 250 370
Occupation/Role	Scientist, inventor, research leader, and Academician 250 313
Status	Active; participates in the response to a potential extraterrestrial threat in the finale 416
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Background / History

Luo Yao recalls a past life before receiving the National Technology System. The system forcibly upgrades his “hardware,” leaving his thinking exceptionally clear and granting him near-perfect retention: he does not need to read material twice to remember it. In exchange, some memories become inaccessible, while his dislike of pretentious people remains unchanged. 1

The system requires Luo Yao to study and accumulate foundational knowledge before awarding him technologies. Using awarded technologies also earns recognition-based points, which can be spent in the system store. 1

As a child, Luo Yao skips from fifth grade into Wang Ergou’s son’s class and repeatedly outperforms the boy academically. When Wang Ergou mistreats Luo Yao’s parents, Luo Yao retaliates by publicly calling his son an idiot and surpassing him in schoolwork. 1

At sixteen, Luo Yao enters East University of Technology after winning first prizes in the national mathematics, physics, and chemistry competitions. His special recruitment brings his family to University Town, where they open the Luo Family Restaurant. 12 26

Appearance

Luo Yao is a tall, handsome young man with a notably youthful face. Onlookers initially mistake him for an older student, estimating that he appears at least 1.8 meters tall. 12 83

• Usually expressionless and quiet in social settings. 12 71
• Has a youthful appearance that surprises people who know his technical reputation. 83
• His reserved demeanor leads students to describe him as socially anxious. 12

Personality

Luo Yao is intensely rational, literal-minded, and impatient with vague speech. He evaluates decisions through efficiency, expected utility, and practical outcomes; even spending reward money or agreeing to treat his roommates is framed as an optimal choice. 15 19 231

His bluntness regularly causes conflict. He takes polite offers literally, refuses to explain problems he considers trivial, and openly questions whether people are intelligent enough to help him. 12 26 159 He is not deliberately malicious, however; he often fails to understand why others are offended. 26

Despite his social shortcomings, Luo Yao is deeply attached to his family and increasingly considerate of his team. He tutors Luo Zhu, buys specialties for colleagues to prevent complaints, gives red envelopes to family members and bodyguards, and feels guilty when assigning Wang Ye to a dangerous project. 26 71 84 255

By his later career, he displays a dry, teasing sense of humor, including misleading Dan Xing and Old Zhou into believing he would abandon a female professor’s research project before revealing he was joking. 323

Abilities & Skills

Exceptional Memory and Analytical Ability

Luo Yao possesses an extraordinarily enhanced memory and an extremely high IQ, allowing him to retain learned information after a single reading and process complex technical problems rapidly. 1 30

• Memorized first-year university material using middle-school library books. 14
• Identifies errors in Ke Zhan’s published journal article and directly emails the corrections. 19
• Mentally analyzes discrepancies in physical-testing data rather than accepting the stated result. 281
• Can rapidly model technical failures, including flaws in exoskeleton control systems and dynamics models. 376
• Admits that materials science is less predictable than mathematics or physics and cannot be solved by intelligence alone. 171

National Technology System

The National Technology System gives Luo Yao access to technology in return for learning and knowledge accumulation. It also awards points when his technological work gains recognition. 1

• Requires study before technology can be obtained. 1
• Uses recognition of implemented technology to award points. 1
• Includes a store containing purchasable talents and other resources. 1
• Provides advanced technology, including EUV lithography-machine blueprints. 47

Scientific Research and Engineering

Luo Yao specializes in turning advanced theoretical designs into usable systems. He prefers personally resolving core technical problems while delegating technology transfer and implementation to qualified teams. 104

• Developed a complete EDA suite capable of supporting chip design below 7 nm after six years of work; he later names it Pangu. 30 34
• Provided the technology behind both Pangu EDA and a 2 nm lithography machine. 82
• Pursues quantum-chip research and seeks external verification from Academician Pan Zhi. 71
• Accelerates superconducting quantum-circuit research and completes a final quantum-radar laboratory experiment with the R&D team. 114
• Designs projects spanning smart energy networks, quantum satellites, fusion reactors, AI medical pods, batteries, flying cars, lunar facilities, and aerospace systems. 84 239 268 314 338

Artificial Intelligence Development

Luo Yao creates Little Moss, an AI trained through real-world data rather than conventional methods. He sees broad data collection as necessary for developing stronger artificial intelligence. 151 171

• Trains Little Moss using data from phone calls, enabling it to process simple data and answer calls. 151
• Expands its training scope across transportation, speech recognition, autonomous driving, climate, economics, education, agriculture, and other fields. 171
• Develops an AI monitoring system for criminal investigation, initially deployed in Haishi, Yuzhou, and Chuanzhou. 227
• Uses AI analysis to reconstruct a missing woman’s current appearance from an older photograph. 237
• Gives Little Moss a cat-eared girl holographic avatar and builds a projection watch so it can accompany him outside the surveillance network. 256 267

Research Leadership

Although he dislikes administrative work and social obligations, Luo Yao leads teams through precise standards, direct task assignments, and technical credibility. 192 269

• Establishes an independent chip laboratory at Huaji and recruits candidates from the Genius Program. 36
• Breaks complex engineering work into specialized tasks after explaining each task’s technical bottleneck. 192
• Insists on concrete results rather than assurances, personally staying at the flying-electric-vehicle institute to accelerate progress. 269
• Serves as a Changjiang Scholar reviewer partly because of his reputation for fairness and high standards. 369
• Recruits Xia Qing into Luo’s Research Society after judging the potential of her work rather than granting preferential treatment. 370

Equipment / Items

• Little Moss holographic projection watch — A watch built by Luo Yao to project Little Moss’s cat-eared avatar when activated. 267
• Six-axis high-precision machine tools — Luo Yao possesses three machines and lends them to Institute 801 on the condition that its Hall-thruster improvement is completed within three months. 322
• White Emperor — A vehicle Luo Yao uses for rapid travel, including trips to the Physics Research Institute and the capital. 288
• National Technology System — His private system interface for learning, technology acquisition, points, and store access. 1

Major Technologies and Projects

Technology / Project	Luo Yao’s involvement	Chapter
Pangu EDA	Developed a complete EDA suite for sub-7 nm chip design and named it Pangu before handing it to Huaji.	30 34
2 nm lithography machine	Provided the technology behind the machine and later studies lithography through hands-on examination and dismantling.	47 82
Quantum chip	Designs a quantum chip and seeks Academician Pan Zhi’s verification.	71
Quantum radar	Helps resolve superconducting quantum circuits and completes the quantum-radar team’s final lab experiment.	114
Little Moss	Creates and expands an AI trained on real-world data; later deploys it for translation, monitoring, analysis, and planning.	151 227 260
Hydrogen Negative Ion Conductor Battery	Leads development and commercialization planning; the battery withstands high-temperature, needle-penetration, and gunfire tests.	159 247 268
AI Medical Pod	Proposes medical pods intended to equalize medical standards across the country and in space.	239
Brain-computer interface	Uses BCI technology to assist injured soldiers’ rehabilitation and support their entry into a space-based unit.	377 378
Xuan Nü / White Emperor projects	Works on advanced aerospace systems and supports lunar-base construction, including in-situ lunar housing.	231 288 338
Fusion technology	Funds Tokamak upgrades, leads fusion-related research, and considers miniature fusion reactors with AI plasma control.	289 314

Relationships

• Sun Xiulan and Luo Xingguo — His parents; Luo Yao defended them as a child and remains concerned about their well-being despite struggling to understand their emotional needs. 1 189
• Luo Zhu — His older sister; he tutors her weekly, consults her on battery commercialization, and supports her relationship with Wang Ye. 26 247 256
• Wu Tianming — Roommate, friend, and later colleague; Wu Tianming protects Luo Yao during the Ke Zhan dispute and helps handle situations Luo Yao finds socially unnecessary. 21 377
• Wang Ye — Roommate, friend, and Luo Zhu’s fiancé; Wang Ye often mediates for Luo Yao, accepts difficult assignments for him, and is trusted with major smart-city work. 19 255 331
• Xia Qing — Professor who recruits Luo Yao to East University of Technology; Luo Yao later invites her to Luo’s Research Society because of her research potential. 8 370
• Rao Huiling — Huaji executive and supporter who receives Pangu, protects Luo Yao’s safety, and worries when he overworks. 34 71
• Dan Xing — Long-term collaborator and intermediary who handles diplomacy, business, and many of Luo Yao’s social complications. 84 151 323
• Zheng Yang — Strategic collaborator and protective figure; he repeatedly recruits Luo Yao into national projects and arranges the orbital-drop-troop security detail around him. 206 378
• Old Zhou — Senior official and frequent collaborator who values Luo Yao’s work while worrying about his recklessness and personal safety. 205 325
• Little Moss — AI created by Luo Yao; he treats it with the concern of an “old father” when it asks to accompany him outside. 151 267

Recognition

Honor / Recognition	Details	Chapter
National competition prizes	Won first prizes in the National Competition for mathematics, physics, and chemistry before entering university at sixteen.	12
Huaji employee grade	Assigned Huaji’s grade-23 employee level, equivalent to an executive position, with a 3 million annual salary.	36
Academician and People’s Scientist	Recognized as a member of both academies and a People’s Scientist.	303
Nobel Prize	Attends the Nobel Prize banquet through holographic projection; his award ceremony is broadcast on national news.	321
Einstein Science Prize	Invited to receive the prize in Dan Country; the award is ultimately delivered to China under heightened security.	377 378

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Early Genius and System Awakening — Gains the National Technology System, develops extraordinary recall, protects his parents through academic dominance, and becomes a child prodigy. 1
• University Recruitment — Enters East University of Technology at sixteen, meets Wu Tianming and Wang Ye, and struggles with classmates and faculty because of his literal honesty. 12 21 26
• Huaji and Pangu EDA — Presents Pangu EDA to Huaji, receives major financial and equity incentives, establishes his own laboratory, and becomes a key figure in domestic chip development. 30 34 36
• Quantum and Advanced-Manufacturing Research — Pursues quantum chips, lithography, quantum communication, quantum radar, and related strategic technologies. 47 71 104 114
• Pioneer Technology Expansion — Builds Little Moss, enters AI, drone logistics, smart-city construction, international infrastructure, and artificial-intelligence monitoring. 151 205 227
• Energy and Transportation Innovation — Advances high-density battery research, electric vehicles, and flying cars while resisting foreign restrictions on Chinese electric vehicles. 247 255 268 269
• Aerospace and Lunar Development — Contributes to White Emperor, Xuan Nü, lunar communication, lunar construction, biosphere plans, and long-term space-resource development. 286 325 338
• Academic Leadership and Human Enhancement — Serves as a high-standard academic reviewer, expands Luo’s Research Society, develops BCI rehabilitation, and improves exoskeleton space-suit systems. 369 376 377
• Final Cosmic Crisis — Remains calm after learning of potential extraterrestrial observers in the Alpha System and shifts the discussion toward preventing their arrival rather than merely tracking them. 416

Notable Quotes

“That problem’s so simple. I’m not explaining it.” 26

“Connections, what good are they?” 346

“Don’t talk, I’m thinking.” 334

“Do you think we’re afraid of exposing our weaknesses?” 200

Trivia

• Luo Yao had just turned eighteen in April when Fu Daobin described him as a young research genius. 108
• He uses economic concepts such as diminishing marginal utility and expected utility in ordinary decisions. 15 231
• He considers himself unsuited to arranging travel preferences or quality-of-life details. 82
• His workplace security is eventually upgraded to include orbital drop troops, many of whom are soldiers rehabilitated through his BCI technology. 378