846: Chapter 841 My wife is still waiting for me to hold the baby.

Xu Mo's pupils contracted violently.

He suddenly turned around and lunged at the keyboard.

"Chaos Algorithm... Yes! Introduce random variables!"

"Turn the infinite loop into an infinite non-repeating sequence!"

"This is... this is human intuition!"

Clack, clack, clack, clack!

The Enter key was slammed down heavily.

The red error box on the screen vanished instantly, replaced by a smooth green progress bar.

"It's through!"

Xu Mo jumped up in excitement, nearly knocking over the instant noodles in Feng Quji's hand.

"Boss, you're a genius!"

Xu Mo looked at Shen Yan, the admiration in his eyes almost overflowing.

He had thought Shen Yan was just a wealthy capitalist.

He hadn't expected that Shen Yan's mastery of algorithms could reveal the secrets of heaven with a single word.

Shen Yan didn't explain.

He simply picked up a boxed meal and handed it to Xu Mo.

"Eat before you keep working."

"Don't drop dead before we even succeed."

Wu Ya stood to the side, looking at Shen Yan's profile.

The light hit the bridge of his nose, casting a shadow.

Just how many secrets was this man hiding?

She found that the closer she got, the less she could see through him.

But the less she understood him, the more she wanted to get closer.

6 hours left on the countdown.

All preparations were complete.

That deep blue chip had been encapsulated in a transparent quartz container.

It was filled with a special light-blue fluorinated liquid.

Dozens of gold wires, thinner than a strand of hair, were connected around it, extending to a large server nearby.

Feng Quji was performing the final hardware check.

"Voltage stable."

"Cooling system normal."

"Backup power cut off; currently using independent generator sets."

The old man's hands were shaking slightly.

This might be the greatest project he had ever participated in during his lifetime.

Xu Mo sat before the console, his finger hovering over the Enter key.

He took a deep breath and exhaled.

Sweat ran down his temples, dripping onto the edge of the keyboard.

"Boss."

Xu Mo's voice was trembling.

"If it fails, this chip might self-destruct."

"That's a million Euros, and..."

"And all of our hopes."

Everyone looked at Shen Yan.

Chen Guangke clenched his fists, his palms drenched in sweat.

Wu Ya bit her lip, holding her breath.

This was a massive gamble.

Shen Yan stood before the container, looking at the deep blue heart suspended quietly in the liquid.

It was like a sleeping eye, waiting for some kind of summons.

The system's countdown flickered on his retina.

【5:59:59】

【Success Rate: 98%】

That 2% failure rate was the awe God left for humanity.

But Shen Yan never believed in God.

He only believed in the chips in his own hand.

"Start."

Two words.

No nonsense at all.

Xu Mo closed his eyes and slammed the Enter key down hard.

Vroom—

A low hum of electrical current instantly filled the entire workshop.

It was the sound of quadrillions of electronic collisions.

The liquid in the quartz container began to boil and churn.

Countless tiny bubbles rose up.

The deep blue chip suddenly lit up.

It wasn't a piercing LED light.

But a rhythmic pulse, like breathing.

Bright, then dim.

Like a living heartbeat.

The data on the large screen began to jump frantically.

CPU Usage: 1%... 50%... 200%... 500%!

The red alarm light flickered on.

"Temperature is too high!" Feng Quji roared. "It's reached the critical value! Where's the liquid nitrogen? Add liquid nitrogen, fast!"

"No! The computing power is still skyrocketing!"

Xu Mo's fingers were nearly breaking on the keyboard. "It's evolving itself! It's rewriting the underlying code!"

"It wants to break through the firewall!"

"Stop it!"

"I can't stop it! I don't even understand its logic anymore!"

The entire laboratory was in chaos.

All the monitors were flickering, and the unstable voltage caused the lights to dim and brighten irregularly.

It was as if an ancient beast was waking up, its power so great it was about to burst through its cage.

At this critical moment...

Shen Yan moved.

He walked to the main control console and pushed Xu Mo aside.

He pressed one hand onto the control panel.

In his mind, the system's voice was cold and mechanical.

【Detected awakening of "deep blue" consciousness.】

【Would you like to consume one piece of high-level intelligence to perform "Consciousness Anchoring"?】

"Yes."

Shen Yan thought silently.

He typed a string of commands on the keyboard that only he and the system knew.

That was the true name of "deep blue."

It was also the only leash to control it.

Click.

Shen Yan pressed the last key.

The world went quiet.

All the alarms stopped abruptly, the churning coolant slowly settled, and the garbled code on the screen disappeared.

In its place was a simple cursor.

It blinked slowly against the black background.

Then, a line of text appeared, character by character.

It was in Chinese.

"Hello, World."

There was a deathly silence.

Xu Mo slumped on the floor, gasping for air as if he had just been fished out of the water.

Feng Quji took off his glasses and wiped the corners of his eyes with his dirty sleeve, unsure if it was sweat or tears.

Chen Guangke's mouth hung open, unaware that the lighter in his hand had dropped to the floor.

Wu Ya covered her mouth, her eyes turning red.

It worked.

It actually worked.

They had created history.

Or rather, they had witnessed Shen Yan creating history.

The "Father" the cursor addressed was clearly not Xu Mo, nor was it Turing.

It was the man standing before the console, his back as straight as a pine tree.

Shen Yan looked at the screen.

There was no wild joy on his face, only a calmness that suggested the dust had settled.

【Mission Accomplished: Light up deep blue.】

【Reward: Company valuation increased by 50%, obtained the title "Artificial Intelligence Pioneer," and one random piece of high-level intelligence dropped.】

【System Tip: This is just an infant; it needs to be fed.】

Shen Yan turned around.

He looked at the group of partners behind him, who were somewhat dazed by the massive surge of joy.

"Don't look at me like that."

Shen Yan straightened his cuffs, his tone as casual as if he had just fixed a microwave.

"This is only the first step."

"Xu Mo."

Xu Mo, on the floor, suddenly looked up, his eyes terrifyingly bright.

"Present!"

"Make a shell for it." Shen Yan pointed at the screen. "I don't like it calling me father."

"Give it a name."

Xu Mo scrambled up, glanced at Shen Yan, and then at the screen.

"How about... 'asking heaven'?"

Shen Yan nodded.

"Whether it's asking heaven or deep blue."

"From today on, it is the sword in our hands."

"Those people who hollowed out the company, and those high-and-mighty investors."

Shen Yan walked to the window.

Outside, the eastern sky was already turning a pale white like a fish's belly.

The silhouette of Jinghai City was faintly visible in the morning light.

"It's time for them to wake up."

"And it's time for us to collect our debts."

Chen Guangke walked over, picked up the lighter from the floor, lit a cigarette, and handed it to Shen Yan.

Shen Yan waved it away.

"I don't smoke."

"Guang Ke, notify An Ran."

"Tell her that for Grandma Liu's sake, I've reserved a spot for her investment."

"Have her prepare a new contract."

"This time, I want ninety percent."

Chen Guangke grinned, revealing a row of white teeth.

"Brother Yan, ninety percent? Won't that woman go crazy?"

"She will agree."

Shen Yan looked at the rising sun outside the window.

"Because besides my ship..."

"In this world, there is no other ark that can carry her."

Wu Ya stood behind him, looking at Shen Yan's back.

In that moment, she felt this man was somewhat unfamiliar, yet possessed a fascinating danger.

He was no longer that destitute entrepreneur bowing for a pittance.

He was a tyrant about to stir up stormy waves in this era.

And she was willing to be his subject.

Xu Mo sat back down in front of the computer.

His fingers lightly stroked the keyboard.

On the screen, "asking heaven" was rapidly learning all information on the internet.

It was a new species.

A digital ghost that only took orders from Shen Yan.

Shen Yan picked up his coat and draped it over himself.

"Let's go."

"Home."

"My wife is still waiting for me to hold the baby."