95: J-20's maiden flight! Excessive acquisition; Daxia, the future

Chapter 95: J-20 Maiden Flight! Overlimit Acquisition; Da Xia, want future smartphone production technology?

After considering this question.

“The scope of civilian technology is vast.”

“Which technological items are suitable for replication?” Lu Ze furrowed his brow, muttering to himself.

Although he could replicate any civilian technology at will, it didn't mean that every technology would be useful.

For example, if he replicated Intel's most advanced chip, he would only obtain the technology for how to produce it, how to manufacture it, complete chip design drawings, packaging, testing, and so on.

However, if you wanted to produce it, the industrial equipment technology like lithography machines and photoresists would not be included. It's impossible for him to replicate a chip and also replicate the upstream lithography machine technology.

Having chip technology but lacking the corresponding hardware to build it, even a clever housewife cannot cook without rice.

Lu Ze then thought, 'As for graphics cards, the manufacturing difficulty is a bit lower.'

As someone with foresight, he naturally understood how crucial graphics cards were for the future development of AI artificial intelligence.

It could be said that in more than ten years, the more powerful your AI development, the higher the demand for graphics card computing power.

Although he felt descriptions like 'AI is the true future' were too exaggerated, it was undeniable that AI artificial intelligence could liberate a lot of productivity in both industrial and general civilian applications.

Furthermore, which Da Xia netizen in the future wouldn't want to drive down graphics card prices?

Lu Ze sighed, 'It's just that graphics cards are as difficult to deal with as CPU chips.'

In the future, several companies in Da Xia would also be able to produce graphics cards with computing power comparable to NVIDIA's mid-to-high-end chips.

But the problem is, driver and software compatibility is the true lifeline of graphics cards, and graphics cards also require lithography machines for manufacturing.

Lu Ze thought to himself, 'So, I must first find a way to solve these upstream industries like lithography machines?'

'Even for other civilian technologies, it's the same; I need to start replicating from the key industrial equipment at the source.'

Whether it's screens, chips, or flash memory storage, and many other civilian technologies closely related to people's lives, possessing their complete set of technology is just the starting point.

Without supporting production equipment, you will still be stuck, which is like having an extremely intelligent brain, but you are a vegetative person who cannot even blink.

This way, the civilian technologies that can be chosen are very limited.

Either it's basic high-precision processing equipment, or you need to choose technology that Da Xia's current tech tree can smoothly light up, and you even have to consider the commercial copyright issues of the civilian market.

Seeing this.

Staring at the 55,000 achievement points on the light screen, Lu Ze gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

“How about, I try a gacha?”

“Maybe it can solve this problem…”

Didn't he get the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technology from a gacha? Anyway, he had accumulated so many achievement points, it was time to spend some.

What if he drew some top-tier technology or, with extreme luck, a 3nm EUV lithography machine? Wouldn't that solve the problem?

If he really couldn't draw anything useful, then he would consider replicating civilian technological items.

Thinking of this.

'Initiate gacha.' Lu Ze silently recited.

[Ding, 1000 achievement points have been consumed for a white gacha!]

[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a white item: 500 usd (already stored in the item bar.)]

Five consecutive white gachas all yielded monetary rewards ranging from one thousand to one hundred.

However, Lu Ze was already used to it; over 90% of the lowest-tier white gachas were monetary rewards, and the probability of drawing a blue item was less than 1%.

[Ding, 10,000 achievement points have been consumed for a blue gacha!]

[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a blue item: Speed Capsule * 10! (Consume it, and your speed will increase by 100% for one hour. The cost is: complete exhaustion of all stamina requiring 24 hours to recover, and 100 strands of hair will fall out, which will recover after one month.)]

Looking at this reward, Lu Ze was somewhat amused: “Doesn't this mean I become bald, but faster?”

If it were a middle-aged person with sparse hair, losing a hundred strands of hair would be devastating, wouldn't it?

However, this reward was somewhat useful; it could increase speed by 100% within an hour. Coupled with Lu Ze's original Swift Steps talent, with both stacked, his running speed was already comparable to wild animals like lions.

In an emergency, he could fully leverage his speed advantage to avoid many dangers.

'Continue gacha.'

[Ding, 10,000 achievement points have been consumed for a blue gacha!]

[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a blue item: Bread with excellent taste and flavor * 50 slices. (Not only is it delicious, but it is also extremely high in energy and provides a strong sense of satiety.)]

“Lucy would probably like this.” Lu Ze mumbled, “I’ll give it to her then.”

Delicious and highly satiating food, wasn't that Lucy's favorite?

[Ding, 10,000 achievement points have been consumed for a blue gacha!]

[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a purple privilege: Short-term Overlimit Acquisition * 1 time.]

[Item Description: When you replicate technology, using this privilege will replace it with replicating a version of that technology from five years in the future. Achievement point rewards remain unchanged. (Note: A technology can only use one Overlimit Acquisition of the same level. If the technology has no development in the next five years, the privilege will still be consumed.)]

Originally, Lu Ze thought this would be another ordinary blue gacha.

When he saw the item displayed on the light screen, his eyes showed a hint of confusion. After carefully reading the detailed explanation, he couldn't help but marvel in secret.

'Replicate a version of the technology from five years in the future?'

'No wonder it's called Overlimit Acquisition; this function is too powerful.'

For example, the F35-C he replicated before was actually an unfinished version, and many of its equipment and technologies would undergo iterative upgrades in the coming years.

After replication, the technology and physical object Lu Ze obtained would be in their current state as of 2009. But if he used this privilege, he could obtain the complete technology and physical object of the F35-C, which would have completed its formal R&D work five years in the future.

The power of this privilege was such that Lu Ze even felt it was comparable to the Glamour Mask among purple items.

And this was only a short-term Overlimit Acquisition. If it were a higher-level Overlimit Acquisition, how many years would it be? Ten years? Or even more…

If he could draw the highest-level Overlimit Replication in the future, wouldn't he be able to replicate technological items from many years later in advance?

And another problem arose with it.

'On what technological item should I use it?' Lu Ze was momentarily unsure.

In terms of military equipment, changes in the next five years wouldn't be too significant.

The Eagle's top-tier fighter jet was still the F22, and its top-tier bomber was still the B-2 Bomber.

It was even like the polar bear, which had started reverse-engineering weapon equipment from the last century.

Just then.

Suddenly, he saw Lucy on the other side excitedly running over with two boxes.

She handed him a black box.

“Lu Ze, this is yours.”

She had been running around for so long mainly to buy this item.

Looking at the box in Lucy's hand, Lu Ze's eyes lit up: “Apple 3GS phone?”

That large, half-eaten Apple logo…

He only then remembered that Apple had just released this phone in the past two days.

'How about replicating this phone? It would be perfect for using the Overlimit Acquisition privilege.'

After all, even if Lu Ze used the Overlimit Acquisition technology on CPUs and graphics cards, if they couldn't be built, they still couldn't be built, because technologies like lithography machines were still 'choking points.'

But phones were different.

A famous saying from a certain Japanese person in later generations was that phone manufacturers were just assembly plants, putting in purchased components.

For instance, the CPU of this Apple 3GS used Samsung's, and other storage chips, screens, etc., were also sourced from various foundries.

After all, for smartphone technology, system software compatibility was more important.

And what would be the model of this Apple 3GS five years later? That would be 2014.

The Apple 6 series, even the Plus version, would exist.

Even if the chips and other hardware couldn't be manufactured yet, the system and various designs, five years ahead of their time, would completely be a dimension-reducing strike against the current 2009 phone market.

And it also solved one of the biggest problems: commercial copyright.

After a bit of modification to the iOS 8.0 system from a few years later, it would be strange if today's Apple could recognize it. For the 3GS, which was still on version 3.0, the source code would probably be completely different in five years.

Thinking of this.

Lu Ze looked at the girl in front of him, who was showing a sweet smile.

He stroked her head and chuckled, “Thank you, Lucy, I really like this gift.”

He took the black box, which complemented Lucy's white box.

After opening the package and touching it for five seconds, a message popped up on the light screen.

[Current technological item: Apple - 3GS phone.]

[Value achievement points: 1000.]

'Use Overlimit Acquisition.' Lu Ze silently recited.

Instantly, the text on the light screen changed.

[Short-term Overlimit Replication Privilege: Apple - 6Plus.]

[Value achievement points: 1000 points.]

[Please choose whether to replicate.]

'Replicate.'

[Current technological item, Apple - 6Plus replicated successfully!]

[Reward: 1000 achievement points, complete set of phone hardware, software, and system technology, physical object (already stored in the item bar).]

[System Space Item Bar: Apple - 6Plus, B-2 Bomber...]

Looking at the phone in his possession, Lu Ze couldn't hide the smile at the corner of his mouth.

He wished he could send an email right now and ask.

“Da Xia, do you want smartphone technology? Technology that surpasses this era by five years.”

That super giant from his previous life, which earned hundreds of billions of usd in profit globally every year, should it be Da Xia's turn in this life?

I'll say a number: one nuclear-powered aircraft carrier per province!

On the other side.

Sichuan, 611 Institute.

Looking at the completely finished fighter jet in front of them, all the R&D team members were so emotional they were almost in tears.

Gazing at this scene.

Song Qinyi loudly said to someone next to him, “Notify the Military Industry Commission, Da Xia Aviation Industry Corporation… and the Xia Academy of Sciences.”

“The J-20 construction and testing phase is complete; it can proceed with its maiden flight!”

Years of working day and night were finally about to pay off!

Da Xia's fifth-generation fighter jet could now soar through the blue skies at any moment.

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