93: Chapter 93: Completing Ten Thousand Years of Technology in One Year

Listening to Jiang Zhe's immersive explanation, Xiao Yu held her breath, feeling that the future was promising, yet also a bit terrifying.

Xiao Yu gasped.

"According to my brother's prediction, the next super singularity will occur in the first half of 2045!"

Jiang Zhe looked up at the bright moon in the night sky.

"This singularity is not one of those minor breakthroughs that change life or improve efficiency."

Xiao Yu hurriedly asked, "Then how big of a super singularity must it be?"

Jiang Zhe lowered his eyes, "It will be a super singularity completely comparable to the level of the birth of the Earth and the origin of life!"

"As for what it actually is, we shall wait and see in our lifetime."

"It's too terrifying. By then, with a singularity every few dozen seconds, or every few seconds, the world will definitely become something that I, Steel Rain, cannot understand!"

Inside the principal's office.

All the teachers were staring intently at the vertical singularity trend line.

"2045, a super singularity?" Old Wang couldn't help but mutter to himself, then looked at Principal Fu, "Old Fu, you have a background in science; what kind of super singularity could this be that it rivals the origin of life?"

Principal Fu frowned deeply and began to speculate:

"A super technological singularity, is it AI completely surpassing human intelligence? No, it has already surpassed it."

"AI can simulate drug testing for diseases all over the world; in the near future, many diseases will be cured."

"Is it free energy from controllable nuclear fusion... or a breakthrough in biotechnology, or consciousness uploading, or significantly extending lifespan?"

He thought of a few common hypotheses; as he said each one, he shook his head, rejecting them himself.

"That's not it." Principal Fu said, resting his chin on his hand, "If it were truly something imaginable, given the potential of current cutting-edge scientific progress, even with future technological shocks, it wouldn't count as a super singularity that 'rivals the birth of the Earth.'"

"What Jiang Zhe is referring to must be a type of 'technology' that we cannot even touch the concept of right now!"

Xiao Wang, who was nearby, gasped, "If even the concept hasn't appeared yet, what would that even feel like?"

Principal Fu looked at Xiao Wang and the group of teachers who were bursting with curiosity.

"It's like you trying to explain what dark energy is to Li Shimin. It's not that it can't be explained clearly; it's that he doesn't even know modern basic knowledge—[electromagnetic waves, binary, global networks, satellites, black holes—in Li Shimin's world, he wouldn't understand.]"

"Compared to now, we are in the same situation as Li Shimin!"

The group of teachers suddenly realized.

It doesn't exist, yet it transcends human imagination; it is truly profound!

On the other side, in the Huaqing University lounge.

"2045!" Dr. Li Mo took a sip of a carbonated drink to stimulate his nerves, "It's soon. Professor Guan, how do you interpret this?"

Professor Guan shook his head gently, "Jiang Zhe emphasized the unpredictability before the singularity appears; everything is a blind spot for us before it happens."

"But what can be understood is that a super singularity is something that is 'combined'."

"For example, in the future, we find 'dark energy,' then find another material B, find other electronic equipment C, find other hardware D, and then the technology of that super singularity is: a 'synthetic technology' combined from [dark energy + A + B + C + D]."

Speaking of this, Professor Guan's eyes were burning with intensity, and he seemed to have gained some clarity.

"The point actually isn't about us guessing what it is, but about understanding—when that day truly arrives..."

"Our science, philosophy, and understanding of it will all face a completely subversive renewal!"

Inside the University of History faculty housing.

Professor Liu Guangyi became interested, straightened his steel-like chubby body, and said with burning eyes, "Is it the full application of brain-computer interfaces, or aliens controlling humans? Humanity finding a planet for the afterlife? Humanity completely finding the afterlife? Or perhaps..."

"Humanity at war with aliens? The whole of humanity evolving through drugs? Or even resurrecting deceased loved ones?"

Looking at Professor Liu Guangyi's wild imagination, Professor Chen Runzhi, Qian Mingyi, and Professor Wang Shouren looked at each other and shook their heads with pursed lips.

"He's gone crazy!" x3

On the other side, inside Qingfeng Temple.

"It's simply mystifying!" Zheng Ming stood up abruptly and sneered, "Isn't something that no one can guess or explain clearly just a gimmick?"

"What 2045? In over twenty years, who will still remember that he said this today?"

"Even then, any random technological progress can be interpreted by his words as a singularity."

Zheng Ming turned to look at Celestial Master Zhang, his tone somewhat unconvinced, "Senior Brother Zhang, isn't Taoism capable of divination? What is this super singularity—can you calculate it?"

Celestial Master Zhang lay on the soft sofa, his expression one of giving up.

He had already lost quite a few brain cells today, and having to explain the Taoist principle of "letting nature take its course" to Zheng Ming every time made him exhausted.

"As for what it is..."

"The secrets of heaven have not been fully revealed; how can mortals peer into them?"

"What is meant to come will come; what is meant to be clear will be clear when the time comes."

Hearing these words...

Zheng Ming was numb. I was asking you to project your soul and go take a look; Li Chunfeng or Yuan Tiangang could do it, can't you?

"That's the same as saying nothing." He muttered to himself.

Xiaoyu's brother can do it, why can't you?

On a park bench.

"Brother, what exactly is it? Give me a hint. Can't you guess it either?" Xiao Yu tightened her steel arm and tugged on Jiang Zhe's even more steel-like left arm.

Jiang Zhe was speechless from being shaken by Xiao Yu, "You really want to know?"

"Yes!"

"This 2045 super singularity is equivalent to humanity, within one year in 2045, completing the technology of the next 1,000, 2,000, or even 5,000 years—or to exaggerate, the next ten thousand years..."

"...all at once within that year of 2045!"

Complete it?

In an instant, Xiao Yu and the audience couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Holy crap!

So the singularity...

...is compressing all the technology of the next few thousand, or even ten thousand years into one go?

"Holy crap, isn't that too exaggerated?"

"It is indeed incredibly unbelievable, but according to the trend chart our brother gave us... everyone who is scared, type 'brothers' on the public screen."

"Hahaha, I get it. 2045, completing the scientific technology of the next ten thousand years in one year. Then there are two visibly apparent possibilities: everyone ascends together, or everyone perishes together!"

"I think I know what it is. It's related to artificial intelligence, but what it specifically is, is definitely not artificial intelligence itself. Because the AI in the national laboratory has already deciphered the causes and related solutions for all human diseases, and it's just waiting for future clinical trials. This means immunity to all diseases, and it's visibly apparent that in the future, everyone will no longer get sick, and will even remain young forever, and then die of old age with a young body!!!"

"..."

Jiang Zhe's words sparked private discussions and debates among Li Mo, Professor Guan, and a group of science experts, but in the end, no one could guarantee who was correct.

We can only wait and see!

What is known is—the probability of it being related to artificial intelligence has risen significantly!

Inside the video.

Xiao Yu opened her mouth wide, as if she had realized something. After a long while, she finally recovered from the shock,

"That's too incredible!"

"For that technology to suddenly bring the technology of the next few thousand, or ten thousand years into existence in advance..."

"Looking at it this way, I feel that by then, human social structure will collapse because of this technology, or it might even force humanity to perish, or expand outside the galaxy."

Jiang Zhe smiled slightly, "Exactly!"

Xiao Yu shook her face, "This singularity is too massive; let's not talk about it."

An idea struck her, and her beautiful eyes flashed, "Brother, you said before that the Earth has prepared everything, waiting for a sentient civilization capable of looking up at the starry sky."

"Then, in this civilization, where did we—our consciousness—come from?"

"To be precise, where did the first human soul come from?"