Chapter Summaries

Toni introduced Chen Mengchuan and Gu Xiaoxiao to Oracle engineers Lin Xinze and Yu Qinghong, who agreed to join Tenzhi Technology’s supercomputer project. The next morning, the group visited Professor Simon at Stanford to discuss arrangements for the Super Tenzhi Supercomputer Plan.

• Toni introduced Oracle engineers Lin Xinze and Yu Qinghong to Chen Mengchuan and Gu Xiaoxiao over hot pot at the Chen home.
• Chen Mengchuan explained Tenzhi’s plan to build a ten-billion-dollar supercomputer with IBM and Intel, and Lin Xinze and Yu Qinghong agreed to join Tenzhi.
• Gu Xiaoxiao questioned Lin Xinze about systems engineering while Chen Mengchuan and Yu Qinghong discussed data structures late into the night.
• Toni drove the group to Stanford the next morning, where Gu Xiaoxiao led them to meet her teacher, Professor Simon.
• Professor Simon welcomed the group and began discussing arrangements for the Super Tenzhi Supercomputer Plan with Chen Mengchuan and the others.

At Simon’s apartment and later at Toni’s home, Chen Mengchuan learned about Simon’s work and discussed future computing technology with him. Simon introduced the prodigy Amitabh Simba and assigned him to follow Chen, and Simba impressed the group by drawing a circle and a five-pointed star simultaneously.

• Simon described his travels, charitable donations, personal habits, and views on religion, earning Chen Mengchuan’s admiration before revealing that he visited prostitutes weekly.
• Simon praised Chen Mengchuan’s Super Tenzhi Supercomputer Plan, and they discussed quantum computing, including research at China’s Xia Science Academy.
• Simon introduced his former student Amitabh Simba, a twenty-two-year-old Indian prodigy, and told him to follow Chen Mengchuan.
• Simon arranged for four of his former students, skilled negotiators familiar with IBM and Intel, to accompany Chen’s group.
• At Toni’s home, Gu Xiaoxiao challenged Simba to draw a circle and a five-pointed star with opposite hands at the same time, and Simba completed both in three seconds.

Chen Mengchuan visited IBM headquarters with Intel and Nvidia representatives to discuss proposals for Tianzhi’s supercomputer, rejecting the first two plans. On the drive back, he learned Baidu had sued Tianzhi and that Tianzhi Search’s image-search feature had exposed users to pornographic results, and he ordered the service suspended while the company responded.

• Chen Mengchuan and his group met with Ginni Rometti, Bob Swan, and Jensen Huang at IBM headquarters to discuss the Super Tenzhi Supercomputer Plan.
• Chen Mengchuan rejected IBM’s first supercomputer proposal and Intel’s second proposal after lengthy discussions.
• Xu Shuwei told Chen Mengchuan that Baidu had sued Tianzhi and Zeng Yike over alleged unfair competition, stolen search technology, and a breach of a non-compete agreement.
• Xu Shuwei explained that bugs in Tianzhi Search’s image-search algorithm had caused pornographic images to appear, so Chen Mengchuan ordered the feature taken offline and asked Xu to reassure the search team.
• Chen Mengchuan told Zeng Yike to focus on keyword precision bidding advertisements and publicly apologize, while pledging half of advertising revenue for one year to a China Education Foundation.
• Chen Mengchuan said Baidu’s actions might prompt him to strike back, and he resolved to put an end to the rotten things.

During negotiations with IBM and Intel, Chen Mengchuan heard the Seahorse supercomputer proposal and immediately decided it was the perfect design. He met its designer, Zhou Kai, who recognized Gu Xiaoxiao, and Chen offered to work with him.

• After IBM and Intel's proposals were rejected, Ginni Rometti presented the unusual Seahorse plan to Chen Mengchuan's group.
• A video described a supercomputer with 196,608 nodes arranged around 256 core pillars, and Chen Mengchuan reacted with intense excitement.
• Chen Mengchuan called Seahorse perfect and asked to meet its designer, while Toni revealed that Chen founded Tenzhi Technology and owned its largest share.
• The designer, Zhou Kai, arrived, recognized Gu Xiaoxiao, and introduced himself to the group.
• Zhou Kai detailed Seahorse's architecture and projected performance of 8000 PFLOPS, leaving the representatives astonished.
• Chen Mengchuan introduced himself to Zhou Kai and expressed hope that they would work well together.

After the four companies announced the Seahorse supercomputer project, a massive lobbying effort secured U.S. congressional approval, while Baidu suffered a steep stock decline amid public criticism. Chen Mengchuan and Toni celebrated the victory with a drunken night by the Hudson River, and Gu Xiaoxiao shared an embarrassing photo of them with Tenzhi’s executives.

• IBM, Intel, Nvidia, and Tenzhi finalized their roles in the Seahorse project, and the companies announced the plan at a New York press conference the next day.
• Public attention and criticism of Baidu intensified after the announcement, and Baidu’s stock fell 25 percent in one day.
• Simon and the partner companies’ public relations teams lobbied U.S. politicians, while Toni promoted the project in the media as a path toward new technologies.
• After nine days and nearly US$70 million in public relations spending, the U.S. Congress approved the Seahorse project.
• Chen Mengchuan and Toni celebrated by the Hudson River, shared their hopes for humanity’s future, and drank until they passed out on a bench.
• Gu Xiaoxiao found the two men, photographed them sprawled together, and shared the picture in Tenzhi’s executive Weixin group; Chen Mengchuan saw it the next morning and regretted the damage to his reputation.

Chen Mengchuan prepared to interview talented gamblers recruited for his company while Tenzhi’s Seahorse supercomputer and other projects gained widespread attention in Huaxia. Tenzhi expanded its search advertising and education aid programs, pledging billions of yuan to support students across the country.

• Chen Mengchuan reviewed the résumés of the first interviewees with Toni and arranged second-round tests and interviews for the arriving candidates.
• Chinese media and netizens widely celebrated Tenzhi’s Seahorse supercomputer after the United States approved the project.
• Tenzhi confirmed sixty pilot cities for its wireless community project and began selecting six hundred communities.
• Ji Dong led Tianzhi Search’s launch of keyword advertisements, with review safeguards and a promise to direct half of click revenue to education.
• Zhao Wanyu signed education aid agreements with Su Province and thirty-four other regions, and Tenzhi announced it would support over two million students annually with at least 2.4 billion yuan a year.

Chen Mengchuan and his team traveled to England to discuss building a Strong Particle Accelerator Ring with Möbius at Morjerni Science Laboratory. Möbius estimated construction would take six years at best, far longer than Chen Mengchuan could wait, and insisted there was no way to finish in one or two years.

• Chen Mengchuan and Toni completed interviews in the United States, selecting 149 people to hire and arranging their travel to China.
• Chen Mengchuan and his group traveled to Europe with Lion King Simba to pursue three major scientific projects.
• Möbius welcomed the group to Morjerni Science Laboratory and enthusiastically described its Strong Particle Accelerator Ring.
• Toni introduced Chen Mengchuan as the person planning to build a Strong Particle Accelerator Ring, and Chen asked Möbius how quickly it could be built.
• Möbius estimated that construction in China would take six years, then firmly rejected Toni's request to shorten the timeline to one or two years.

Chen Mengchuan arranged for Tenzhi Technology to buy Morjerni Science Laboratory’s Strong Particle Accelerator Ring, and Möbius donated his share of the sale to fund scientific research in England. Tenzhi’s global buying spree continued with four more major scientific instruments, leaving the company one purchase away from its six-item build.

• Möbius offered to sell Morjerni Science Laboratory’s Strong Particle Accelerator Ring to Chen Mengchuan, who planned to move it to Huaxia and build it into Tenzhi’s technology park.
• Möbius secured the shareholders’ consent, and Morjerni Science Laboratory announced that Tenzhi Technology had bought the accelerator ring for 6.829 billion Pound Sterling.
• Möbius donated his 3.688 billion Pound Sterling share of the sale to establish the Möbius Research Fund, while media in England and Huaxia widely reported the deal.
• Six days later, Planck Science Laboratory announced that Tenzhi had bought the Planck Pauli Bohr Detector for 7.108 billion Pound Sterling.
• Eleven days later, the Heisenberg National Research Institute sold Tenzhi the Heisenberg High Energy Gravity Accelerator for 10.299 billion euros.
• Seven days after that, the Russian National Science Research Institute sold Tenzhi the Bernidi Nuclear Magnetic Physicist for 470 billion rubles, bringing Tenzhi to five major pieces of equipment.

Chen Mengchuan returned to Huaxia with his team and learned that the Wireless Community Plan was nearly complete. He laid out Tianzhi’s next priorities and plans to enter steel production and aerospace, leaving the group united behind its goal of reaching the stars and the sea.

• Chen Mengchuan and his group returned to Huaxia, where Zhao Wanyu, Xu Shuwei, Sun Zhongyong, Chen Xiaoyun, Lü Jianglan, and others welcomed them alongside Simba.
• Xu Shuwei said that nearly all six hundred pilot wireless communities were nearing completion, while Sun Zhongyong described disputes with residents that Ji Dong had helped resolve.
• Chen Mengchuan said the imported research machines would take time to install and that the company first needed to digest its new equipment and recruit talent.
• Chen Mengchuan announced plans to acquire a large steel plant, establish an aerospace company, and develop and launch Tianzhi rockets.
• Chen Mengchuan listed the company’s immediate priorities, including the Wireless Community Plan, a robotic arm, the Hippocampus supercomputer, A-Chen’s upgrade, and wireless current transmission; everyone joined him in declaring their goal was the stars and the sea.

Simba marveled at the wireless community in Toni’s apartment, while Chen Mengchuan reviewed Tenzhi Technology’s surging sales and orders. He decided to hand all future Lingkong 1.0 implementation work to Huaxia Electric Grid, leaving the company to provide equipment and initial designs.

• Simba moved into Toni’s apartment and excitedly praised Junyue Shangjun’s wireless community, and Toni said the whole planet, including India, would eventually have one.
• Chen Mengchuan visited his parents with Zhao Wanyu, then returned to the company, where Zhao Wanyu reported sales and progress on the 60 Cities 600 Communities Plan.
• Xu Shuwei said the company faced overwhelming demand for Leap 1.0 adapters and Lingkong 1.0 systems, and Chen Mengchuan approved adding 500 production lines.
• Sun Zhongyong revealed that prospective external Leap 1.0 adapter orders exceeded 4.78 billion units across 389 design categories.
• Chen Mengchuan proposed routing all Lingkong 1.0 orders and implementation through Huaxia Electric Grid, and Zhao Wanyu supported the plan.

Tenzhi transferred future airborne wireless power projects to Huaxia Electric Grid, then began organizing its expanded workforce and major research projects after a major international deal was announced. The chapter leaves the team working in Su City as construction and relocation of its five major components continued, with the Bernidi Nuclear Magnetic Physicist potentially finishing first.

• Toni told Li Zhongxia that Tenzhi would hand Huaxia Electric Grid all future airborne wireless power projects, prompting Li Zhongxia to call an emergency meeting and report the news to senior officials.
• Huaxia Electric Grid signed 1.8 trillion Huaxia Yuan in orders with 679 organizations across thirty-two countries and regions at a press conference attended by Tenzhi representatives.
• Huaxia's leaders praised Chen Mengchuan, Zhao Wanyu, Toni, Xu Shuwei, Sun Zhongyong, and Gu Xiaoxiao at the Xiajīng Assembly Hall.
• Three days after the press conference, the Tenzhi group returned to Su City and assigned 145 recruits to work on A-Chen, Airborne 2.0, the supercomputer, and robotic arms while requiring them to study Huaxia language and culture.
• Chen Mengchuan divided his time among refining A-Chen, overseeing Airborne 2.0, researching a precision six-joint robotic arm with Toni, and tracking progress on Tenzhi's five major components.
• Seahorse's construction and the dismantling of the other facilities continued, while the Bernidi Nuclear Magnetic Physicist's rapid dismantling and planned air shipments made it a possible first completion.

Chen Mengchuan proposed researching Space-time Traversal through the hypothesized Eternal Universe Particles and formed the Eternity project group to study them. The team began theoretical research at Tenzhi Technology Industrial Park, with Achen providing calculations and data.

• Möbius told Chen Mengchuan that the Strong Particle Accelerator Ring had been dismantled and was shipping to China.
• Chen Mengchuan explained his Eternal Universe Particle theory and proposed using the particles to connect distant places and traverse space.
• Chen Mengchuan demonstrated his idea with an app that moved a drawing from a desert image on one tablet to a snowy mountain image on another.
• Chen Mengchuan outlined experiments using the Planck Pauli Bohr Detector, Möbius's accelerator ring, and Achen to find and study the particles.
• Chen Mengchuan reassigned Toni, Xu Shuwei, Simba, Chen Xiaoyun, Lü Jianglan, Yang Xue, and Tang Wei to the new Eternity project group, which began research at Tenzhi Technology Industrial Park.

Chen Mengchuan’s Eternal Universe Particle project gained new members and equipment, but its progress slowed as the team reached a bottleneck. He explained his theory that Eternal Universe Particles act as carriers allowing three-dimensional beings to exist, leaving the team to consider how to prove it.

• Chen Mengchuan reorganized the eight researchers into two groups as they worked to verify the Eternal Universe Particle theory.
• Russian engineers delivered the Bernidi Nuclear Magnetic Physicist, and eight days later Möbius arrived with scientists and the Strong Particle Accelerator Ring.
• Chen Mengchuan recruited Puslin and Möbius into the Eternal project after they learned about its goals and eagerly agreed to join.
• Scientists from England and France arrived to assemble the Planck Pauli Bohr Detector and the Heisenberg High Energy Gravity Accelerator, completing the delivery of all five major devices.
• Chen Mengchuan called the team to the rooftop after their progress slowed, and Möbius questioned how Eternal Universe Particles could be both present and absent.
• Chen Mengchuan argued that Eternal Universe Particles were carriers that enabled beings to occupy space in the three-dimensional universe.

Chen Mengchuan returned to Tenzhi Technology and approved plans to expand Tianzhi Search and restructure several departments into independent subsidiaries. The chapter left Ji Dong entrusted with carrying out the spin-offs while Chen Mengchuan remained focused on projects beyond Earth.

• Chen Mengchuan returned to the office, reunited with Zhao Wanyu, and kissed her before Zeng Yike arrived to report on Tianzhi Search’s plans.
• Zeng Yike proposed map search, a Tenzhi Encyclopedia using Wikipedia data, and Tenzhi Cloud Services, and Chen Mengchuan approved the plans and offered resources.
• Chen Mengchuan praised Ji Dong for his work across several departments and for his professional integrity.
• Ji Dong proposed spinning off the search, system optimization and security, social networking, and online shopping departments into wholly owned subsidiaries.
• Chen Mengchuan approved Ji Dong’s proposal and asked Manager Sun and Zhao Wanyu to cooperate with him.

Chen Mengchuan used Achen’s analysis to reorganize the assignments for her 243-person upgrade project team, hoping to speed up progress and improve the work. As the staff began handing over their modules, Zhao Wanyu watched Chen Mengchuan being crowded by flirtatious technicians and recorded their names.

• Chen Mengchuan found Achen in the supercomputer room and learned that her upgrade had reached only 54.31% after nearly six months.
• Chen Mengchuan asked Achen to match project staff with more suitable modules, and Achen reassigned the 243 workers based on their strengths.
• Chen Mengchuan addressed the project team, apologized for the slow progress, and announced that he would redistribute their work and have them exchange handovers.
• Chen Mengchuan distributed the new assignments, and the technicians began discussing and transferring modules while several crowded around him with questions.
• Zhao Wanyu watched the technicians press close to Chen Mengchuan and noted down the names of those with the deepest necklines.

Zhao Wanyu arranged a global recruitment drive for female researchers to prepare Tenzhi Technology for its incoming equipment and projects. After Ah Chen began contacting candidates, Zhao Wanyu explained her strategy to Chen Mengchuan and said the company would recruit outstanding men as well.

• Chen Mengchuan returned to his office after being surrounded by recruits, and Zhao Wanyu came in and teased him about hiring more women.
• Zhao Wanyu instructed Ah Chen to find female researchers aged twenty-two to thirty-five with appearance scores above eighty.
• Ah Chen found 6,329 eligible researchers, and Zhao Wanyu ordered Ah Chen to invite them to Huaxia for interviews in five batches, with travel and other expenses covered.
• Zhao Wanyu told Chen Mengchuan that the recruitment costs were worthwhile and explained that bringing in talented women could attract intelligent male researchers too.
• Zhao Wanyu revealed that she had devised the plan after seeing Chen Mengchuan surrounded by female recruits, and Chen Mengchuan told her to hire suitable outstanding men as well.

Chen Mengchuan learned from Zhao Wanyu about the strain Tenzhi’s female employees endured and reaffirmed his resolve to protect his loved ones and Earth. He then checked on Seahorse’s construction and learned that its first startup test was scheduled for the morning after tomorrow.

• Chen Mengchuan visited the Lingkong 2.0 work area after dinner and helped project leaders break down technical bottlenecks with Achen.
• Zhao Wanyu explained that many Tenzhi employees faced intense workloads, little rest, and difficulties with company housing, and described plans to improve their living arrangements.
• Chen Mengchuan told Zhao Wanyu that he wanted to use his strength to protect the people he loved and their land.
• Chen Mengchuan returned to the Lingkong 2.0 team the next morning to discuss difficulties and assign projects before Gu Xiaoxiao called him back to the industrial park.
• Zhou Kai told Chen Mengchuan that Seahorse was nearly complete and set its first startup test for ten o'clock the morning after tomorrow.

Chen Mengchuan discussed fundamental particles with the Eternal project team before inspecting Tenzhi Technology’s robotic arm research. The six-segment origin-point arms and dense steel remained out of reach until the Seahorse supercomputer and upgraded A-Chen were completed.

• Chen Mengchuan joined Möbius, Simba, and the Eternal project team in discussing fundamental particles and the logic behind Eternal Universe Particles.
• Chen Mengchuan pulled Toni away from the discussion and took him to inspect the robotic arm laboratory.
• Chen Mengchuan found that the current robotic arms could only achieve an imperfect four-segment design and that the team needed more computing power to develop six-segment origin-point arms.
• Chen Mengchuan said the Seahorse supercomputer, upgraded A-Chen, and Tenzhi Technology’s acquired factories would enable production of the components and dense steel needed for the arms.
• Toni told Chen Mengchuan that the steel mill’s intelligent control systems were ready, but the composite alloy steel had not yet reached the expected level.

Chen Mengchuan oversaw a wave of international recruitment for Tenzhi Technology, which provoked protests and a carefully worded response from Huaxia’s foreign affairs spokesperson. At the Seahorse Supercomputer Experimental Center, Zhou Kai reported that the system was ready for its startup test, and Chen Mengchuan gave the order to begin.

• Chen Mengchuan interviewed candidates from the Island Nation and the Korean Peninsula Nation, then had them assess one another using questions prepared with Achen.
• Tenzhi Technology hired a large wave of attractive, highly educated female researchers, prompting global media attention and protests from research institutions.
• Sun Zhongyong asked Xu Shuwei how to interpret Huaxia’s foreign affairs spokesperson’s statement, and Xu Shuwei told him to continue recruiting boldly.
• Chen Mengchuan and his colleagues gathered at the Seahorse Supercomputer Experimental Center as reporters watched the final preparations.
• Zhou Kai reported that all 196,608 computing nodes and the cooling system were ready, then wept as Chen Mengchuan ordered him to start Seahorse.

Tenzhi Technology successfully launched Seahorse and connected it to Achen, who took control of the supercomputer. Chen Mengchuan redirected the team’s research and prepared to receive new personnel at the industrial park.

• Zhou Kai and the IBM engineers started Seahorse, and Chen Mengchuan congratulated Zhou Kai on its successful launch.
• Gu Xiaoxiao connected Seahorse to Achen, who appeared on the screen and called it her new home.
• Tenzhi Technology announced Seahorse’s specifications and research role, and Achen made her first appearance on Huaxia Official TV.
• Achen reported that she had taken full control of Seahorse, and Chen Mengchuan assigned Xu Shuwei to oversee her second upgrade plan.
• Chen Mengchuan and Toni reorganized research on Dense Steel and the six-segment origin robotic arm, while Puslin and Möbius took charge of the Eternal project.
• After a week of calculations, Chen Mengchuan assigned incoming researchers to Tenzhi Technology Industrial Park, and Toni asked him to recruit ten cute girls from the island nation.