Chapter 49

The solar photovoltaic power station's equipment started up successfully, and Jiang Ye made some further adjustments to ensure it wouldn't break down anytime soon after he left.

Only then did he leave the power station and head for the second one.

The second station was a wind power station. As before, he studied it and then repaired it.

Next came two hydroelectric power stations.

By the time he finished dealing with all four power stations, it was nearly five in the afternoon.

Under the last rays of the setting sun, Jiang Ye arrived at a factory.

It was a metal ore smelting plant.

After going inside and looking around, he found things were just as he had thought.

The main problem had been with the power stations. After all, these factories all had automatic power-cut protection measures.

Now that the power stations were repaired, the various machine tools in the factories could all operate successfully.

Next, Jiang Ye made the rounds of the other factories and looked them over, then rode toward the Hilton Hotel.

[System, the power supply system is ready and I've selected a site for the spaceship construction base. What's the next step?]

[Or rather, where do I start with building a spaceship?]

[Host, you need to program an intermediate artificial intelligence, then build robots to assist you.]

[The system will provide the code. The host only needs to learn the relevant programming basics to execute it.]

[At the same time, the host also needs to study materials science.]

As they communicated in his mind, Jiang Ye arrived at the Hilton Hotel. Just as he had at noon, he casually fried up a tiger steak and began to feast.

[Materials science? Is that because existing materials technology isn't sufficient to build the robots or the spaceship's main body?]

[Correct. The system has more advanced metal-smelting methods that can produce suitable metal materials.]

"I'm getting more and more curious. Jiang Ye has a learning talent ability, so what exactly is he going to do next?"

"I'm looking forward to finding out his ultimate goal and seeing what other astonishing things he can do, but I'm really worried the production team will replace him."

"That's right. Now that it's confirmed Jiang Ye has an ability, will the Ten Conglomerates still keep him around?"

"I hope they act soon. Then you Chinks will be heartbroken, hahaha!"

"Even Jiang Ye has an ability. As the birthplace of his ancestral bloodline, our Great Han People must have even more ability users, ahahaha..."

"You Korean bastard, why don't you take a piss and look at your reflection? Birthplace, my ass. Have you no shame? We have over a billion people. If we really compared numbers, one of our provinces would have more than your whole country. Believe it or not?"

"That's disgusting. I really want to spit a mouthful of old phlegm in your faces, you Korean bastards."

Chapter 48: Holy Shit, He's Going to Make Skynet Too (Bonus Chapter)

After Jiang Ye finished dinner, thanks to the extra effects of the tiger meat,

the duration of both learning states was extended again.

The Super Learning State was extended to 3.5 hours.

The Ultimate Learning State was extended to 53 minutes.

That also meant he could start studying the programming the system had just mentioned that evening and try programming an intermediate artificial intelligence.

So he couldn't wait to hop on his bicycle and head for the university.

When the viewers outside saw Jiang Ye going to the university library yet again, they nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood.

"Don't get worked up. I don't think he'll continue studying mathematics this time."

"Even if it's not mathematics, you think I'd understand another subject? That it wouldn't be dry and boring?"

"Uh... as a research dog, I'm looking forward to seeing what subject he studies, anyway."

"Come on, why is the university's power still on? It's already the second day!"

"Commercial power supplies like that are very reliable. They probably have backup generators too. The power definitely won't go out for the first seven days; after that, it depends."

To be honest, the viewers had mixed feelings about Jiang Ye now. On one hand, they were eager to know what his goal was; on the other, they didn't want to watch his dry, boring study sessions.

Jiang Ye rode fast, pedaling an ordinary bicycle so hard it felt like a pair of Wind Fire Wheels.

When he reached the university library, he casually set his bicycle to one side and hurried inside.

It was the same computer as before. As soon as he sat down, his fingers clattered over the keyboard.

He opened the website, clicked on the broad category of computer science, then the artificial intelligence subfield, then computational linguistics...

[System, activate the Ultimate Learning State for me.]

[Activated!]

For a time, all the viewers around the world could see was that serious, focused face.

But when they saw that the subject Jiang Ye was studying was artificial intelligence, everyone froze for a moment before an uproar broke out.

"Holy shit, holy fucking shit, what the hell is he trying to do?"

"Programming? Artificial intelligence? Is he trying to reach the heavens?"

"What on earth is he doing, even starting to study artificial intelligence? Come on, what needs help from artificial intelligence?"

"Robots like the ones in sci-fi movies? They do need an artificial intelligence system to serve as their core."

"Don't tell me... baka! I've got it."

"He wants to build robots, like the ones in I, Robot, and then have them help him get things done."

"Fuck, someone from the production team, stop him! With God Jiang's ability, he might just make Skynet, and then humanity will be finished and kick the bucket."

As people thought more deeply about Jiang Ye's motives, sharp intakes of breath rang out across the world.

But soon, a world-class expert in artificial intelligence stepped forward and said, "Everyone, don't panic. Jiang Ye's ability lets him learn quickly. That only means he can absorb, digest, and understand knowledge quickly. It doesn't mean he can innovate and develop things quickly."

Other experts in the same field promptly chimed in. "That's right, those are two different things. It's like putting a pile of Lego bricks in front of him. He could build all kinds of objects, such as planes, ships, tanks, and so on, but he couldn't possibly turn those things into the real thing."

"Another point is that artificial intelligence involves an enormous amount of knowledge. No matter how quickly he learns, he's still human at the end of the day."

The statements from artificial intelligence experts around the world immediately reassured a large portion of the audience.