The End of Technology

In a luxurious house in Washington State, the United States, an important meeting was taking place.

There were only thirteen people in the conference room, not counting the clerk who was taking notes with his head hanging down. From the various luxurious decorations in the conference room and the lack of any modern facilities, it was probably obvious that this was a high-end meeting.

Of course, it can also be seen from the age of the attendees and their well-dressed attire.

In fact, modern suits and leather shoes are much simpler than the decorated services of the nobility in the past, but they all have something in common, that is, some of the clothes are not worn by people who often work. In other words, the aristocracy always has a way to separate them from the workers at the bottom in the most intuitive way.

Even a tailor-made suit cannot comfortably be used for farming in the fields, grazing on the grassland, or driving screws in the factory. The reason is very simple: it really can't be used. Just like luxury brand clothes are not recommended for users to wash, they are not only expensive, but also disposable, so that they can show their identity.

A true aristocrat will never deliberately maintain those luxurious clothes and bags. When they are old, just throw them away.

Anyone with experience can tell at a glance that everyone in the conference room probably has this kind of financial resources at this time. Even if there is no trace of the brand on the clothes at all.

There was no electronic equipment in the conference room, so at this time, the thirteen people were silently looking down at the paper materials handed out by the clerk. The red seals with confidential and TOP-secret on the erect cover of the material indicate the confidentiality level of the material these people are reading.

After a while, the middle-aged man sitting in the center of the conference room put down the information, closed his eyes for a moment to stabilize his emotions, and then slowly said: "Okay, everyone, I believe everyone already understands the current situation. Wu Gang from China The ship has been floating in the sky above the capital for a full month and a half, but we can only get some pictures and videos taken from the outside. So far, there has been no news from any insiders.

Of course this is to be expected. However, through the Pentagon's commission, a more complete analysis report was obtained. I know these analytics reports are not good news for us. I know that you are used to some things. For example, we once had the most powerful technology and military power in the world. We had a complete and powerful protection network externally, and we also had a safe arrangement internally.

But whether you are willing to admit it or not, we have been defeated from the day artificial intelligence appeared, and it was completely defeated. This is the reality. When the Wu Gang was revealed last month, it also marked that some concepts and ideas must change. When the Wu Gang takes off, it means that there are more possibilities for the development of civilization in this world. If we compare space to the sea, it means that temporary compromise will be exchanged for greater development space.

This is not my decision, but the result of analysis. Of course if any of you have a different opinion, you can raise it now. We can discuss it again and formulate a document and submit it. But no matter what the conclusion is, we must first reach a consensus before we can implement it. This is very important. If the division continues on this matter, a very funny scene will appear in the near future. I believe that everyone here does not want to see that scene. "

After the words fell, most people glanced at the clerk who was immersed in shorthand, and then remained silent. No one made a sound.

Probably the information I just read had a big impact on everyone. It is actually very troublesome at this time. Anything you say may be wrong, so it is better to remain silent.

There are some decisions that everyone knows are absolutely correct in a certain situation, but if spoken, it may be true at some point later. Before you reach a certain status, staying silent is often the best way to protect yourself. Of course, it may also be because you are thinking or hesitating.

But the one sitting at the head obviously didn't want to give these people too much time to brew their emotions. He put one hand on the heavy conference table and started tapping gently according to a certain rhythm. It lasted about five minutes at most. The clerk had already stopped writing, and after waiting for a long time, he spoke again.

"Okay, it seems that no one objects to my opinion, so let's do it. The materials you just saw will be submitted intact and become a programmatic document for our relationship with China for a long time to come. , now please raise your hands if you agree.”

Soon, seven scattered hands were raised in the conference room. Just when there were still people hesitating, the person sitting at the main seat simply announced: "Okay, more than half of the people agree, so it's decided. Thank you all, the meeting will be dismissed now.”

The meeting ended and the participants left the venue in an orderly manner. Obviously no one had much desire to talk about the content of this meeting, so no one gathered to discuss it when they left. The same goes for the person presiding over the meeting.

And as soon as he walked out of the conference room, he left and turned in a different direction, came to the elevator, walked into the elevator and pressed the button for the seventh floor.

The conference room just now was on the sixth floor. I just went up one floor, walked out of the elevator, walked back to the same old path, and then opened the door and walked into another conference room. This conference room is just above the one where he hosted the meeting just now. Not only is the interior layout similar, but the decoration and heavy conference table are also similar.

But there were fewer people inside at this time. But there are many very familiar faces.

For example, the distinguished Mr. Dubonle, Congressman Nissen Mountbatten from Texas, Obote Lelo, who is already in a high position at NBC, Stephen Schwartz of Blackstone Group, etc.

In addition to them, there were many gray-haired old people around Mr. Dubonle. Although many of their characteristics represented that their best years had passed, they seemed to be in good spirits.

It seems that there is still an obvious gap between the two sides. Most of the older people gathered around Dupont Leroy, while Nissen Mountbatten and Aubert Lello were in a small group. Stephen Schwartz and several of his friends Then sit in the middle position.

When the middle-aged man walked into the room, all eyes naturally focused on him.

"Okay, everyone, the proposal has been approved. It went very smoothly." The middle-aged man gave the result succinctly.

Obviously this is good news, but everyone in the conference room expressed enough restraint, at least no one was celebrating. However, most eyes were focused on Nissen Mountbatten this time. This expressive MP stood up at this moment, smiled at everyone, then bowed, saluted, and finally straightened up, The whole person looks particularly upright.

"Dear gentlemen, all those who have contributed to this great process will be invited to participate in the Wu Gang's launch ceremony. It will be a day that will be remembered forever by our history and civilization. Being able to participate in this This event will be an honor for us, and at the same time, this great transaction will be completed during this event."

After Nissen Mountbatten finished speaking, there was no enthusiastic response in the conference room. On the contrary, there was a brief silence.

Maybe everyone was too moved and didn't know what to say for a while. At least that's what Nissen Mountbatten thought. After all, these people in front of him will be his help in the future. His gaze has gone beyond the wealth accumulated by the families of the people in front of him for hundreds of years, because he has set his sights on the more distant stars and sea under the guidance of God.

As long as he can own an interstellar transport ship in the future, coupled with the fanatical believers of the Illuminati Cult, he will likely have the resources of several planets.

In order to achieve the unparalleled glory of the Mountbatten family in the future, he specifically learned that there are 1.2 million stars in the entire solar system. Although ninety-nine percent of them are various small stars, there are rich resources on many stars.

As long as they can seize the opportunity, it will be enough for the Mountbatten family to complete the primitive accumulation of becoming a space aristocracy.

And he, Nissen Mountbatten, will become the ancestor of a new era of nobility, and his statue will be on the family estate for all future generations to admire.

The most important thing is that when he accepts God's gift, he will have enough time to accomplish this great goal, and just thinking about it can make his heart surge.

This is the best of times...

Of course, for those who listened to the news, that wasn't necessarily the case. After all, most of them actually hate uncontrollable change.

…

Huaxia, a large scientific research base of Yanbei Space Exploration Institute.

Chen Luo is living a very comfortable life these days.

Not only because Cao Zhe, a reporter, is easy to get along with, but also because his authority at the base seems to have been temporarily increased. More specifically, he can now go to places he couldn't go before. For example, the experimental center on the underground floor of the experimental group building. Although only part of the area is open to him, this is a map that he has never been able to open before.

In particular, he witnessed an automated assembly line of N1 robots with his own eyes. It was indeed a shocking scene.

First, a pair of mechanical legs rotated back and forth on the mechanical arm and were assembled. Then they were placed on the assembly line. Countless mechanical arms began to piece together the entire upper body like stacked blocks. Then the mechanical legs walked down the assembly line with fixed steps and began to take a step. Walking forward step by step, he paused for a moment under each robotic arm, then watched the body torso being assembled, then the head, and finally installed the two arms that had been prepared, and an N1 robot was assembled.

Chen Luo took Cao Zhe to shoot a complete assembly process, which took a total of 5 hours and 23 minutes.

Although the pre-assembly process of many parts is not here, even the final assembly process is full of the beauty of modern mechanical civilization. Chen Luo also heard the words "great" and "incredible" from Cao Zhe beside him countless times.

This made Chen Luo very proud.

This is what the base should look like.

But it's not just the big guy suspended in the sky, it also has these digital intelligent automation technologies that currently seem unsurpassable.

Although in order to completely shoot the complete assembly process of the N1 robot, they completely missed lunch time, but Chen Luo felt that it was worth it. The hunger was almost negligible compared with the spiritual satisfaction. After all, the latter was priceless.

It wasn't until the newly produced N1 robot left for quality control inspection that Chen Luo, Cao Zhe and the photographer left the underground robot assembly line.

When he first arrived on the ground, Chen Luo was about to show off his hospitable Chinese image, but was stopped by someone.

"Chen Luo, Director Zhuo asked you to go to his office now."

Director Zhuo is naturally Zhuo Mingqian.

In fact, if you really want to talk about it, the administrative system here at the base has no sense of existence. Most of the time, it does some service work for the scientists in the base, but Zhuo Mingqian is an exception, and he is the only exception. Even in terms of administrative ranking, he is not even ranked among the top three.

The reason is also very simple. He is the only director in the base's administrative sequence system who can provide advice on the allocation of contribution points.

However, contribution points are what everyone in the base values ​​most.

Even the money that everyone likes is not as important as the contribution point here. This also makes Zhuo Mingqian's status here become transcendent. Although he is only a deputy director, his words are more useful than those of a serious leader.

Even Chen Luo, who was fearless except Ning Zi, heard the news and immediately said hello to Cao Zhe beside him and rushed towards the No. 1 Laboratory Building. In fact, he is not very familiar with Director Zhuo, but according to legend, this Director Zhuo is the type of smiling tiger, very sinister.

Although he is always smiling on the outside, he does not hesitate at all when it comes to being cruel.

Many great scientists have fallen into his hands, and Director Zhuo has always received the most complaints, but he is able to stay in the position of director well, which is enough to explain a lot of things. So although Chen Luo theoretically will be Ning Ji's student in the future and can care less about Zhuo Mingqian, after all, this matter has not been officially determined yet.

So Chen Luo really didn't dare to offend the powerful deputy director of the base at this time. What if this guy slandered him in front of Dean Ning and replaced him? They are all smart people and will not make mistakes in the direction of such details.

Arriving at Zhuo Mingqian's office door, Chen Luo knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

"Director Zhuo, I'm here."

"Oh, Chen Luo, sit down quickly, sit down quickly, what can you drink?"

"Um...is there any Coke?"

"Haha, I know you young people like to drink this kind of stuff, you all have it, you all have it."

Well, Chen Luo is almost certain that Director Zhuo is indeed a smiling tiger.

Because soon, the director had handed Chen Luo a fresh bottle of Coke, which was still ice cold.

"Chen Luo, you may not know yet, but you are the first student that our Academician Ning has basically confirmed. Do you know what this means?"

"Uh...what does it mean?" Chen Luo looked at Zhuo Mingqian blankly. He really didn't know what it meant.

"In ancient times, you would be Academician Ning's eldest brother in the future! You must bear all the responsibilities, do you understand?" Zhuo Mingqian said seriously.

A mountain of pressure instantly fell on Chen Luo. Chen Luo, holding a Coke, subconsciously asked: "Director Zhuo, what do you mean?"