Seeing Felicity like this, Zhang Tianran immediately understood what had happened and hurriedly explained,
"There are many program packages I wrote myself in here. It's normal that you can't understand them. Let me introduce the modules and functions first."
Over the next while, Zhang Tianran gave Felicity a detailed explanation of his modules and the problems he had encountered so far.
After taking a look around Zhang Tianran's laboratory, Caitlin left. There was nothing here that particularly delighted her.
She had only come to satisfy her curiosity.
Cisco had originally been the same, but he was ultimately drawn in by Zhang Tianran's Freeze Bomb and worked hard at helping test it.
Gideon's code contained many things that were far beyond this era. Zhang Tianran had not copied them outright, but he had reprogrammed them himself.
It was normal that Felicity could not understand it. After all, this was a program package Zhang Tianran had created himself. It was not even a programming language, so how could she possibly understand it?
Although it was difficult, with Zhang Tianran's explanation, Felicity still came to understand his current progress and the difficulties he had encountered.
"Dr. Zhang, are you trying to create a system entirely of your own? But wouldn't a supercomputer like this be incompatible with software on the market? You can't possibly write every piece of software yourself, unless you have a team..." Felicity did not quite understand Zhang Tianran's approach.
When some hackers were just starting out, they often created programming languages exclusively for themselves. But they would run into problems when it came time to use them.
"Felicity, you still don't understand. Once my program is complete, there won't be any compatibility issues," Zhang Tianran replied.
So-called artificial intelligence was actually software capable of learning on its own. The underlying code was not important; the real difficulty was its ability to learn and make judgments independently.
Of course, there was also the time needed for self-learning. But Zhang Tianran did not care about that. To a Speedster, time was nothing.
Felicity worked with Zhang Tianran until the early hours of the morning. In the end, she simply could not fight off her drowsiness any longer and fell asleep in STAR Labs' medical room.
Felicity often stayed up late. She carried out operations with the Green Arrow almost every night and still had to work during the day, so her energy was exceptionally abundant.
But no matter how energetic she was, she was still only an ordinary human. Under such intense studying and thinking, she would soon be unable to keep going.
Even a Speedster like Zhang Tianran needed to rest his brain every so often.
The next day, Felicity, yawning and holding a cup of coffee, went with Barry to see Oliver Queen.
And from Oliver Queen, Barry learned the name of the red-eyed metahuman they had encountered not long ago.
"Where did you get that name?" Barry suddenly realized something and asked worriedly, "You didn't kill him, did you?!"
Oliver Queen glanced at Barry without speaking. Barry also came to his senses at that moment. It seemed the other man no longer killed people.
"I'll help you resolve this matter as soon as possible," Oliver Queen said. He did not particularly want to meddle in Central City's affairs.
Moreover, his identity had been exposed far too quickly, and so many uncertain factors had suddenly appeared. Oliver Queen was worried that something might go wrong. He did not trust unfamiliar people that easily.
Zhang Tianran did not go to see Oliver Queen. He was not interested in heroes like the Green Arrow, who relied purely on skill.
What was more, thanks to Felicity's help last night, Zhang Tianran had already formed a clear idea. With Super Thinking and Super Speed, he rapidly wrote code at a pace his computer could barely keep up with.
Artificial Intelligence Program Completion,
70%. Although he was still a long way from his goal, Zhang Tianran began running the program at that moment.
In an instant, more than half of STAR Labs' computer resources were occupied. Even so, they could only barely get Zhang Tianran's program running.
"Looks like I'll need some hardware if I want to truly complete the artificial intelligence," Zhang Tianran said to the computer, as though he were talking to it.
"Insufficient resources. Information collection failed. It is recommended that you replace the hardware with more powerful equipment, or disable some functions."
As the electronic voice sounded, Zhang Tianran's artificial intelligence could barely be put to use, but it had only reached the point where it could run.
"Optimize yourself. Don't come out unless there's something important. First learn to judge when you should do what!" Zhang Tianran said casually, seemingly unconcerned about the result of his efforts over the past several dozen days.
Entering the Time Vault once more, Zhang Tianran opened Gideon's core code. After thinking for a long time, he ultimately shook his head.
"Forget it... Take it slowly, one step at a time. If I get too impatient, mistakes will be easy to make."
Letting out a long breath, Zhang Tianran shut down Gideon. Replicating a Gideon should not have been a problem, but that was not what Zhang Tianran wanted.
However, the technology of this era no longer seemed capable of meeting Zhang Tianran's needs.
"Time travel really is tempting," Zhang Tianran said with a bitter smile before turning and leaving.
In another room at STAR Labs, Wells watched Zhang Tianran on the surveillance feed, his brow furrowing uncontrollably.
Things had gone somewhat beyond his control.
After leaving the Time Vault, Zhang Tianran happened to run into Cisco and Barry, who were testing the Freeze Bomb.
Barry was frozen in midair, as though he had stopped moving entirely. Then he suddenly regained his ability to move, but a layer of white frost had appeared over his body.
"Dr. Zhang, this thing you made is way too powerful!" Cisco had just been about to say something to Barry when he noticed Zhang Tianran and immediately reported excitedly.
Barry used his own vibrations to warm his body again. But the icy feeling from moments ago was still fresh in his memory.
"With this thing, I'll definitely be able to catch the real culprit who killed my mother." Although it restricted his speed, Barry was thinking only of clearing his father's name.
"Barry, you're being too careless. Under normal circumstances, with your speed, you wouldn't run into it. The Particle Activity Inhibitor I made isn't as powerful as you think. It takes too long to activate and can only be used for sneak attacks," Zhang Tianran reminded him.
Use this thing against the Reverse-Flash? Unless they intended to die together, who would be stupid enough to run right into it?
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