782: Chapter 777 You're a Madman

Shen Yan watched the sea of green numbers on the stock market display while peeling an apple for Liu Hui, who was breastfeeding.

"Wife, if we go bankrupt tomorrow, are you scared?"

Liu Hui bit the apple with a loud crunch and gave him an eye-roll.

"If we go bankrupt, we'll go back to Grandma Liu's place and sell wontons. You wash the dishes, I'll wrap the filling. We won't starve."

Shen Yan laughed, a laugh like a child who just got candy.

With those words, he dared to punch a hole in the sky.

The eighth month, on the eve of the decisive battle.

Shen Yan sent out an invitation to the entire world.

There were no flashy slogans, just one sentence:

["sky city, Compute Power Open Beta, Fight Me If You Dare."]

It was a naked provocation.

Aegis Corporation was the first to accept the challenge. They dispatched their most luxurious team of Engineers, bringing the access port for "Zeus 5."

Other technology giants, hacker organizations, and scientific research institutions swarmed in.

The hotels in Linhai New District were instantly fully booked; even the sofas in the lobby were occupied.

Shen An had just turned one year old and grabbed a keyboard during his grasping ceremony.

Shen Yan felt this was a good omen.

The first day of the ninth month.

The panoramic conference hall on the top floor of the "sky city."

A massive holographic screen floated in mid-air.

Shen Yan wore a simple white shirt, sleeves rolled up to his elbows, revealing an old-fashioned mechanical watch.

Opposite him sat Smith, the Chief Technology Officer of Aegis, who had flown in on a private jet.

Smith looked arrogant, with twenty elite men in suits standing behind him.

"Mr. Shen, your tower is very beautiful. It would be suitable as a sightseeing hotel."

Smith spoke in broken Chinese, drawing a burst of laughter.

Shen Yan ignored him and simply spoke into the microphone:

"Let's begin."

The big screen split in two.

The left side was "Zeus," and the right side was Shen Yan's "pangu."

First round of testing: Global Climate Simulation.

The requirement was to accurately predict the movement of all cloud masses over the Pacific Ocean for the next seventy-two hours.

Smith confidently pressed the Enter key.

"Zeus" began to operate frantically, the progress bar climbing slowly.

Five minutes later, the progress bar reached 3%.

Smith looked triumphantly at Shen Yan, only to find Shen Yan looking down at his phone, texting Chen Guangke about what to eat for lunch.

"Mr. Shen, is your machine broken?"

Smith pointed at the pitch-black screen on the right.

Shen Yan looked up and glanced at him as if he were looking at an idiot.

"Scroll down."

Smith froze and looked at the large screen.

The technician's hand trembled as he dragged the progress bar.

The entire room fell silent.

The screen on the right was not black; it had already generated a dynamic weather map.

It was precise down to the dissipation of every cloud and the landing point of every raindrop.

Time taken: 0.03 seconds.

Smith's smile froze on his face.

"This is impossible! Cheating! This is a recording!"

He roared hysterically.

Shen Yan snapped his fingers.

"Second round, protein folding structure analysis, all two hundred million known proteins of humanity."

"Zeus" was still struggling with the weather simulation.

"pangu" had already provided the answer.

Lines of complex molecular structure images scrolled across the screen like a waterfall, so fast they made people dizzy.

The biologists present clutched their chests; some were even so excited they fainted.

This was a problem that had plagued the field of biology for fifty years.

In front of this monster named "pangu," it was as simple as kindergarten addition and subtraction.

Smith slumped back in his chair, cold sweat soaking his back.

This was no longer a difference in generation; it was a species isolation.

It was like a primitive man facing nuclear weapons with a stone axe.

"Do you still want to compete?"

Shen Yan walked to the front, placing both hands on the podium, looking down at the faces that were once so high and mighty.

No one spoke.

Only the faint whirring sound of the machines running.

An Ran stood in the corner, watching the man bathed in the spotlight.

She felt that Shen Yan in this moment was even more majestic than the 800-meter tower.

Wu Ya secretly wiped away tears backstage, tightly clutching Shen Yan's water cup.

In the live broadcast room, the bullet comments had frozen.

There was only a screen full of red national flags and exclamation marks.

"I don't believe it!"

Smith suddenly jumped up and pointed at Shen Yan.

"This is fake! We need to inspect your core code! We need to see your server room!"

Shen Yan looked at him, as if looking at a clown.

"You want to see the server room?"

"You can."

Shen Yan pressed the remote control in his hand.

The floor of the conference hall suddenly turned transparent.

Everyone looked down in terror.

Deep beneath their feet, the huge blue pool of light was slowly pulsating.

Like the heart of a giant.

Every flicker was an untold number of data torrents.

It was a kind of violent aesthetic.

A pure industrial power that crushed everything.

Smith fell onto the ground, his face ashen.

He knew the era had changed.

From this day forward, the crown of Artificial Intelligence had a new owner.

Shen Yan turned, no longer looking at the loser.

He walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked out at the clouds rolling and unrolling.

In his mind, the system's notification sound was like heavenly music.

["Main Quest Complete: Compute Power Hegemony."]

["Time Taken: Nine Months."]

["Rating: Perfect."]

["Reward Issued: Intermediate Technology for Nano Medical Robots."]

Shen Yan let out a long sigh.

It was finally over.

His phone vibrated in his pocket.

It was a video sent by Liu Hui.

On the screen, Shen An was hugging the keyboard, his face covered in drool, vaguely calling out "Daddy."

Shen Yan displayed the most relaxed smile he had worn in these nine months.

He ignored the gazes of astonishment, fear, and worship behind him.

He just wanted to go home.

Because he had promised Youyou that he would tell her a bedtime story today.

As for this world-shaking Artificial Intelligence?

That was something to worry about tomorrow morning.

Shen Yan pushed open the door of the conference hall and strode out.

Outside the door, the sunlight was just right.

Chen Guangke trotted behind him, carrying Shen Yan's jacket.

"Brother Yan, the expressions on those foreigners just now were absolutely priceless! Especially Smith, his face was as green as a leek!"

"And, the stock market went crazy just now. Our group's stock hit the daily limit, with billions sealed in buy orders!"

Shen Yan didn't turn back, just waved his hand.

"Tell the Finance Department to double everyone's bonus this month."

"Roger that!"

Chen Guangke excitedly took out his phone to send out the notification.

At the end of the corridor, Liang Yibai was leaning against the wall, smoking, with a pile of discarded blueprints at his feet.

Seeing Shen Yan approach, he stubbed out the cigarette butt.

"It's over?"

"It's just beginning."

Shen Yan patted the shoulder of this meritorious official.

"What's the next project?"

Liang Yibai's eyes were bloodshot but shining terrifyingly bright.

Shen Yan stopped, glanced at the reward the system had just issued.

"Ever heard of nano medical robots?"

Liang Yibai paused for a moment, then grinned.

"You are truly a madman."

"Likewise."

Shen Yan laughed loudly and walked into the elevator.

The elevator doors slowly closed, shutting out all the noise.