The Truth Comes Out!

The assembly workshop, rows of chairs arranged neatly.

Song He sat in the middle of the first row, with Li Gong and Xiang Xiaotong on either side, and engineers in the rows behind.

The atmosphere was solemn, everyone waiting silently, expressions full of doubt.

Suddenly, the large screen in front lit up, connecting to a video conference!

The Moon Brain Team finally revealed its true form, dozens of White Coat researchers sitting neatly, with the white laboratory walls behind them.

General Wang stood in front of the Moon Brain Team, his expression subtle.

Suddenly, General Wang raised his hand and applauded!

The dozens of Moon Brain Supercomputer researchers behind him applauded together, the applause warm and lasting!

The applause from the other side stunned Song He's team.

"What's the meaning of this?" Li Gong asked in a low voice.

"I don't know, applauding upon meeting, is it celebrating the successful completion of the project? Such a riddle? Logically, the General should say a few words first, right?" Song He also said in a bewildered whisper.

"Don't worry about so much, just imitate!" Xiang Xiaotong was confused, but still raised her hands and clapped vigorously!

Song He and Li Gong also reflexively followed suit, and the engineers behind them immediately imitated their leaders.

For a moment, applause thundered on both sides of the video conference!

After a long time, General Wang stopped, and the participants on both sides slowly stopped as well.

"Let me introduce," General Wang turned around.

He gestured with a 'please' hand, and the middle-aged man behind him stood up, his face refined, wearing black-rimmed glasses.

"Old Dong?" Xiang Xiaotong said in surprise, muttering softly.

"You know him?" Song He asked.

"My defeated opponent!" Xiang Xiaotong muttered in a low voice, "It shouldn't be? It's been a few years, has Old Dong worked hard? How could he have the ability to make such a powerful Moon Brain?"

Song He frowned.

"This is Professor Dong Qishui, the leading teacher of the Zheda Moon Brain Supercomputer project!" General Wang introduced.

Professor Dong Qishui stepped forward, standing stiffly, "Professor Song, Professor Xiang, Li Gong, and all the engineers of the Xuanzhu Supercomputer, hello!"

Song He and the others quickly stood up, "Hello, Professor Dong! Hello, engineers of the Moon Brain Supercomputer!"

Song He thought it was just a simple opening greeting, but he didn't expect the next move from the other side to stun him.

General Wang suddenly showed a slightly awkward expression, and Professor Dong Qishui beside him also looked embarrassed.

"Before the meeting officially starts, Professor Dong and I would like to sincerely apologize to everyone here!" General Wang said.

"To All Members of the Xuanzhu Team, we are very, very sorry, we have been deceiving you for the past few months! All responsibility lies with me and General Wang, and we apologize to all comrades here!" Professor Dong said.

After speaking, the two bowed in unison!

Song He was dumbfounded, Xiang Xiaotong and Li Gong were stunned, and the engineers sitting behind them were in an uproar.

"Damn!" Song He couldn't help but swear, "Don't scare me! After you say that, I seem to have guessed what's going on!"

"General Wang? Old Dong?" Xiang Xiaotong asked suspiciously, "What do you mean by deceiving us?"

"Where should I start..." Professor Dong said awkwardly and embarrassedly.

"Let me do it, let's start from the beginning!" General Wang laughed, "Everyone, please sit down, I'll just stand here as a punishment."

Song He sat down, Xiang Xiaotong and Li Gong hesitated for a moment and then sat down as well, listening attentively.

"Initially, there was indeed a need for a Supercomputer to serve the Lunar Base. We investigated the Supercomputer situation Nationwide and finally decided on the Supercomputer teams from the University of Science and Technology and Zheda," General Wang said slowly.

"Zheda's Moon Brain No. 1 Supercomputer was completed very early. It passed the acceptance of our military's technical personnel last year. Its performance and power consumption fully meet the needs of the Lunar Base and can be sent directly to the Moon!"

"But in just a few months, the international space race has intensified sharply, and many key technologies have made intensive breakthroughs. Our Space Force has also proposed a larger Lunar Construction plan!"

"Therefore, we want a Supercomputer with stronger performance to meet the long-term needs of a larger-scale Lunar Base, while the Supercomputer's volume and power consumption cannot be too high. The technical requirements are very demanding!"

"I asked Professor Dong, is it possible to improve the performance of Moon Brain No. 1 while keeping the power consumption and volume unchanged?" General Wang said.

"Impossible!" Professor Dong interjected. "Moon Brain No. 1 is the product of two and a half years of our hard work. To create a brain-like supercomputer with better performance in just a few months is utterly impossible. Our capabilities are limited!"

"If Professor Dong can't do it, I'll ask you," General Wang said. "Professor Xiang and Professor Song, you told me back then that you could surpass Moon Brain No. 1, so I placed my hopes on you!"

The master and disciple exchanged a glance, becoming dazed.

They guessed what had happened, but remained silent, listening to General Wang continue.

Li Gong and the engineers collectively widened their eyes, their brains short-circuiting from the massive amount of information.

"So I discussed it with Professor Dong, and we decided to have Professor Dong's Moon Brain Supercomputer team act as sparring partners, specializing in being your imaginary enemies! To stimulate your progress!" General Wang said.

Professor Dong continued, "We worked overnight to create Moon Brain No. 2. Moon Brain No. 2 completely failed to meet the Lunar Landing requirements. Its size was five times larger than the limited size, and its power consumption was fifteen times higher, equivalent to at least five supercomputers combined!"

"Originally, we thought that five supercomputers against your one should be a guaranteed win. We were even worried that winning too decisively would cause you to lose confidence in tackling the technical challenges," Professor Dong said.

"Unexpectedly, you quickly created a new supercomputer comparable to Moon Brain No. 2! You actually achieved the same effect as us with one-fifth of the chassis volume and one-fifteenth of the power consumption!"

"We admire you, we truly admire you! The applause at the beginning of the meeting was actually for this reason," Professor Dong said.

"Damn, that's insane!" Li Gong couldn't help but cover his face.

Song He chuckled, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

Xiang Xiaotong was speechless, holding her forehead with one hand, looking at the big screen with an expression that said, 'You guys are really something.'

"So we rushed to make Moon Brain No. 3, doubling the supercomputer's volume and power consumption again, equivalent to at least ten supercomputers combined!" Professor Dong said.

"Let's take a look at the real Moon Brain No. 3!" General Wang said, walking towards the camera and adjusting it with his hand.

The video conference screen rotated one hundred and eighty degrees, showing a panoramic view of Professor Dong's Laboratory.

A vast array of black chassis filled the Laboratory, forming high walls of supercomputer chassis, three entire walls, magnificent and imposing, with a multitude of machines!

On Song He's side, everyone couldn't help but turn their heads to look at the Xuanzhu Supercomputer prototype.

Usually, Song He thought the Xuanzhu Supercomputer was huge, but compared to the one opposite, it was simply a cute little toy!

"Well, it's like an orange cat fighting a tiger, and the orange cat won," Li Gong said with a dry laugh.

After the video conference displayed the Moon Brain Supercomputer, it returned to the normal view.

"Moon Brain No. 2 Supercomputer scored more than 800,000 points, but after we doubled the supercomputer's scale, Moon Brain No. 3 only scored more than 900,000 points," Professor Dong said.

"This shows that the supercomputer architecture we designed has reached its limit. The maximum we can do is this big. Blindly expanding the scale will not significantly improve performance."

"To continue being sparring partners, we had to introduce artificial assistance."

"Many of our team members are top students from the Mathematics Department, who can solve problems in various fields. When the Moon Brain Supercomputer is running scores, they are responsible for quickly solving the problems and inputting the answers from the background. The supercomputer only needs to copy the answers and submit them!"

After Professor Dong finished speaking, a large row of researchers behind him stood up, some with embarrassed smiles, and some with gloating smiles.

"They are the mathematics problem gunners responsible for running the scores!" Professor Dong introduced.

The mathematics problem gunners bowed in unison, apologizing!

Song He smiled wryly, "I was wondering why Moon Brain's scores were so high, but it didn't show in the adversarial tests. So you guys were the ones doing the scoring!"

"It's truly artificial intelligence," Xiang Xiaotong also complained, "Seemingly the machine is doing problems, but behind it, a bunch of people are dying of exhaustion!"

"In terms of adversarial testing, Moon Brain can't keep up with your pace either, so we called in outside help, students from military schools," General Wang said.

Another row of people stood up with a rustle, saluting.

"Twelve people?" Song He counted.

"Rotating shifts. In each adversarial test, three military school students are stationed to command and fight against your Xuanzhu!" General Wang explained.

Song He nodded, smiling bitterly, "I have to say, they fought well! With the same starting conditions and resources, the human brain can compete with the supercomputer to a back-and-forth extent. They are very excellent students!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the people in the video conference showed embarrassed expressions again.

"Don't tell me," Song He said in disbelief, "Don't tell me that even the adversarial tests themselves were tampered with?"

"There's no way around it. These students are technically immature, and they really can't beat Xuanzhu in a fair fight," General Wang said with a smile. "So during the adversarial tests, the background values were slightly modified. When we made the changes, we were worried that you would be able to see it, but it seems that you were busy making the supercomputer and didn't verify the data details of the adversarial tests."

"Is there no limit? What exactly was changed? How much was changed?" Song He was completely shocked.

"Airdrops!" General Wang said.