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"If it was only theoretical, it wasn't really science fiction. Humanity had explored it long ago.

During the Second World War, there weren't so many rules and restrictions. A large number of human experiments had involved similar explorations.

It was simply limited by the computer technology of the time, so there weren't many valuable results.

But over the past twenty years, as computer technology developed, humanity gained a more concrete understanding of the brain.

In 1998, Priel discovered that weak direct-current stimulation of the brain could cause biphasic changes in the cortex, and those changes were polarized and strongly dependent.

There had been continuous breakthroughs surrounding this technology over the years. This year, a joint study by Harvard and Mayo Clinic also found that direct-current brain stimulation could help people improve their hand-eye coordination more quickly.

Surgeons had extremely high requirements for steadiness of hand and hand-eye coordination. The more complex the operation, the fewer doctors could perform it, and that was directly related to hand-eye coordination.

Through comparative analysis, they found that people who received direct-current stimulation achieved better results when practicing hand-eye coordination," Chen Yuanguang explained.

"The technology exists, but it has many problems to solve. Its current range of application is too narrow and lacks universal value.

Other than surgeons, esports players, sculptors, and the like, no one was interested in improving hand-eye coordination.

No one would stimulate their brain with an electric current just to improve their hand-eye coordination.

Second, its safety had not yet been sufficiently demonstrated, so it couldn't be promoted on a large scale.

First, I needed to find an area of improvement with broader applicability. For example, which cortical regions were associated with memory, and how I should stimulate them for the best effect.

Only after getting results could I move on to proving its safety," Chen Yuanguang said.

During the Three Wars, warfare was likewise centered on the struggle for resources. Technology had remained unable to break through, and the research model with humans as the main force and AI as support had seen no fundamental breakthrough. Humanity had climbed the tech tree with agonizing difficulty.

Yet when order collapsed, even Old Europa, which had always prided itself on morality, had no bottom line left. Research into brain science began advancing by leaps and bounds during that period.

The vast amount of raw data accumulated was far more detailed and abundant than anything from the Second World War. Based on that data, Alpha improved and optimized the learning acceleration technology developed by humans, eventually going on to develop Knowledge Download Technology.

When Lin Jia first heard about it, she had been excited, because she thought it was time for fantasy. As a liberal arts student, her first instinct was that such technology was impossible. But in a fantasy, she only needed to let her imagination run wild.

That was why she had been so excited. A technology worth hundreds of billions—over time, it would be a cash cow worth several hundred billion for sure.

But after Chen Yuanguang gave her a detailed explanation of the technology's current state, she became a little scared. "Yuanguang, even if you're truly confident you can create this technology.

When you're in America, only verify the technology. Don't conduct experiments. Don't actually make it happen.

If you do make it happen, there's a high chance you'll meet with an accident, and then someone new will take over your work." Lin Jia spoke with utmost seriousness.

Chen Yuanguang asked, "Because of the confrontation between China and America?"

By 2019, that confrontation had spread from economics alone into every field. The malice of politicians was no longer concealed.

Lin Jia said, "That's right. Judging from the data, quite a few chinese-american scientists have died in America these past few years. There's no direct evidence of who did it, but the anomalies in the data are enough to make you stay vigilant.

Also, because of AI's explosive development—why was AI important? Because it concerned who would seize the technological high ground of the future. Would it still be America, or would it be China?

Learning acceleration technology had a similar effect to AI. Its strategic value was even greater because it was more feasible.

So if you planned to conduct research in this area, you absolutely had to be extremely cautious."

"Yuanguang, I don't lack money, and neither do you. Before we have the ability to protect it, this kind of wealth is beyond our grasp.

Once we return to China, if we want to do this, we'll need to plan it carefully. We'll have to bring in more powerful people to protect us."

After their conversation, Chen Yuanguang realized that he was still in the stage of keeping a low profile and developing quietly. Or rather, if one didn't control the machinery of violence, one had to keep a low profile and develop quietly.

Even if one controlled the machinery of violence, one still had to prove one had the resolve and courage to use it. Otherwise, it would have no deterrent effect.

Chen Yuanguang knew that everything needed to be reconsidered. The value of future technologies was too great; he needed to think about how to keep his fate in his own hands.

He gained a new understanding of the phrase, with great power came great responsibility. Back when he had been a webnovel author, he would read webnovels in his spare time and always envy those protagonists with cheat abilities.

When he truly obtained a cheat ability himself, he realized that without the ability to control it, that cheat ability might instead become a death warrant.

"Before, I came to Plum Garden as an audience member. Today, I'm here as part of the creative team, inviting everyone at Jiang University to watch a movie. This is also my final year at Jiang University. Plum Garden is filled with memories from my youth, so I'm feeling sentimental and happy that I can treat my fellow students to a free movie," Chen Yuanguang said to the students below from the stage at the center of Plum Garden's small playground.

Plum Garden was one of Jiang University's playgrounds. Some Liberal Arts Department freshmen held their military training there, and after officially enrolling, they would discover that movies currently in theaters were screened there for free every weekend. It was a memory shared by countless Jiang University students.

Whenever Chen Yuanguang and Lin Jia had nothing to do on weekends, they would go to Plum Garden to watch movies. Afterward, they would stroll a few laps around 912 Playground before heading back.

As part of the creative team behind "Kuala Lumpur Affairs," Chen Yuanguang came to Jiang University's Plum Garden for the premiere. As he spoke, countless thoughts filled his heart, and memories of the past came flooding back.

"Everyone knows that Senior's identity is that of an academic genius. He published two papers in Nature during his senior year, but we don't know much about your other identity as a writer. This time, you've brought a film adapted from your own work back to Plum Garden. Could Senior briefly introduce the creative inspiration behind this movie or the original novel?"

The host invited for the premiere ceremony was a second-year student from the School of Journalism, a gentle campus-belle type of girl. While hosting, she kept staring at Chen Yuanguang's face with affectionate eyes.

She genuinely thought Chen Yuanguang was handsome. Talented, tall, and handsome—a perfect all-rounder. I just wonder whether he has muscles.

Chen Yuanguang had no idea what she was thinking. Even if he did, he wouldn't have cared. "When I was writing Kuala Lumpur Affairs, it was after I had a very long dream. In that dream, I saw certain fragments.

There were also some architectural styles from the future. Based on those fragments, I designed the plot points and tricks myself, linking the whole thing together into a novel.

The architectural styles I saw in the dream were very different and had a futuristic feel. I personally liked science fiction, so when I was designing the tricks, I thought I might as well write a science-fiction mystery set in the future."

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