Chapter 5: Isn't this simpler than high school physics?

"This network of yours... can it achieve decentralized coordination? How is its anti-interference capability?"

Seeing the bullet chat from "A White Cloth on the Head," Li Jiajun's heart stirred.

This question hit the nail on the head, pointing directly to the crux of his entire design.

'Yo, this big brother knows his stuff?' the thought surfaced in his mind.

Looking at the other scattered bullet chats on the screen, they were all nonsense like "???", "What is he drawing?", and "The Main Streamer has gone crazy."

Li Jiajun was speechless.

He turned around to face the camera, deciding to give this tycoon who had tipped forty thousand yuan an explanation. As for the other viewers... they could listen in; if they happened to understand, maybe he could trick them into giving some more tips.

While wiping the marker ink off his hands, he muttered to himself, "Sigh, although the Netizens in the livestream are generally quite useless, this big brother asked a pointed question, so I should explain it. Maybe if the Netizens understand, they'll send me some small gifts."

These words weren't loud, but they reached the ears of everyone in the livestream clearly.

"??? Here we go again! The Main Streamer's official roasting is late but never absent!"

"So what if we're useless? We're useless loud and proud! Why do you have to say it out loud!"

"I was just about to praise the Main Streamer for being awesome, but then I got hit by his AOE. Should I still say my words of praise?"

"Hahaha, I love seeing this! Main Streamer, don't stop, keep going!"

Li Jiajun pretended not to see the indignation in the bullet chats. He pointed at the topological network diagram on the whiteboard, which had completely turned into "gibberish," and with a confident "I know this" expression, he began in an extremely flat tone, as if saying "1+1=2."

"Big brother asked a good question. To solve the problem of 'large numbers,' the key lies in 'decentralized coordination.' It's simple: to keep these small planes from crashing into each other, we just need to establish a decentralized decision-making network for them, allowing each unit to calculate independently and share the optimal path."

He picked up the pen and circled a complex node on the diagram.

"You see, each drone is an independent thinking unit and a node in the network. It constantly broadcasts its position, speed, and mission objectives to its surroundings while also receiving information from other nodes. This way, there is no so-called 'central brain'."

The few viewers in the livestream were completely lost, with question marks slowly appearing over their heads.

Li Jiajun didn't care about their reactions at all and continued his "dimensionality-reducing science lesson" in his simple language.

"As for the coordination algorithm, that's even simpler." He shrugged, acting as if it were a matter of course. "We use a bit of basic Nash Equilibrium and Ant Colony Algorithms here. Everyone should have learned those in high school, right?"

"Everyone should have learned those in high school, right?"

These words were light, yet they were like a depth charge, exploding violently in the silent livestream room.

The bullet chats froze for a full three seconds.

Then, a flash flood erupted!

?????????

The screen was filled with so many question marks that they almost covered Li Jiajun's face.

"I only learned about parabolas and free fall in high school! What on earth is Nash Equilibrium? Can you eat it?"

"Ant Colony Algorithm? Is that the study of how ants walk? If our high school physics teacher dared to teach that, the principal would break their legs!"

"I'm convinced! I'm completely convinced! To sell a toy, the Streamer is forcing the setting to become more and more hardcore! I'd call you a 'Fanqie Sci-Fi Golden-Tier Streamer'!"

"Hahaha, I just love seeing you talk nonsense with a straight face! Brothers, let's send some tips and let the Main Streamer keep making things up!"

"I just Baidu'd it... Sorry, never mind, I can't even understand the stuff on Baidu..."

"Person above, you're not alone!"

Li Jiajun watched the suddenly surging bullet chats, and his lip twitched.

'The knowledge level of this batch of Netizens is worrying.' The thought surfaced in his mind once more.

He felt it was necessary to explain further; otherwise, his "high-end custom" persona wouldn't hold up.

"Sigh, it seems everyone's basic knowledge is indeed a bit weak." He sighed and continued, "Nash Equilibrium is a game theory strategy that ensures the choices made by each drone are most beneficial to both itself and the collective, preventing idiotic 'benefiting oneself at the expense of others' behavior. The Ant Colony Algorithm is even easier to understand: when ants look for food, they leave a trail of pheromones, and other ants follow the scent. The easier the path, the stronger the scent, and the more ants will travel it. Our system just has the drones simulate this process, except the pheromones are replaced by wireless data signals."

He paused and added in a tone of disappointment, "Isn't this much simpler than the Ampere's Law you learned in high school physics, with all that 'left hand, right hand, one slow motion' stuff?"

"Pfft—!"

"'Left hand, right hand, one slow motion' is too much! Main Streamer, do you have some kind of misunderstanding about Ampere's Law?"

"I'm crying. If I had understood physics like this back then, I'd probably still be in my senior year of high school!"

"Streamer, please stop the science lesson. If you keep going, my nine years of compulsory education will have been for nothing!"

"So funny! I'm following this channel! It's practically my source of joy!"

Just as the livestream hit its first unexpected peak in popularity due to Li Jiajun's "dimensionality-reducing science lesson," the man with the ID "A White Cloth on the Head" was staring intently at the screen somewhere far away in Middle East.

The adjutant beside him asked with a dazed expression, "Leader, what is he saying? Nash... what?"

The leader didn't answer. His breathing became somewhat rapid, his body leaned toward the screen unconsciously, and his knuckles turned white from gripping the armrest.

Laymen watch for the fun, while experts look for the craft.

Although he wasn't a top scientist, as someone who dealt with various armaments year-round, he knew better than anyone what terms like "decentralized," "autonomous coordination," and "anti-interference" meant.

It meant an aerial legion that was nearly indestructible, had no weaknesses, and possessed collective intelligence!

And now, this young man from the Eastern Country was telling him, in a tone used for teaching arithmetic to elementary schoolers, that the theoretical basis for all of this was merely at a "high school physics" level?

'This person... is an eccentric genius! A genius, an eccentric, a monster buried in a toy factory!'