386: Foreign online media that are met with disdain

"Master, news about you in China has already dominated the top three trending searches."

"One of those news stories, in particular, has garnered immense attention! Many netizens are discussing it."

The Lackey's voice resounded inside the zodiac mecha.

Although they hadn't yet arrived in China, Su Yu's breakout move as one of the world's most influential figures had already captured everyone's attention.

Su Yu looked at the overwhelming barrage of comments and asked in confusion.

"Lackey, what news were you just talking about?"

It wasn't that Su Yu hadn't seen an explosion of traffic before, and the Lackey had certainly seen its share of major events. Any news that caught its attention now must be far from simple.

In the blink of an eye, the Lackey sifted through countless complex messages and found the news story with the most replies and the highest trending topic, adjusting it to appear before Su Yu.

Two billion in research funding!

A striking headline in large characters immediately caught his eye.

It was important to note that of all the things Su Yu had created in China previously, he hadn't seen this much money, except for the initial multi-functional air umbrella that earned him a small profit!

Two billion, that was a full two billion, not twenty yuan!

Good heavens, was Central Mother serious this time? To be willing to put out so much money to support him at once.

It truly lived up to the Global Influence Awards!

If this news hadn't been filtered by the Lackey from the internet, Su Yu would have thought he'd misheard.

However, he quickly noticed the words after the two billion.

The donor was Cai Shi, a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, not Central Mother.

Su Yu's eyes suddenly lit up.

Who was Cai Shi? Many might not know. But Su Yu had actually heard of him before.

In Su Yu's memory, he had once watched an exclusive interview with Mr. Cai Shi.

At that time, the other party was still an energetic middle-aged man, speaking eloquently online, pointing out new directions for the future Dingdong platform.

And that was the first time Su Yu had heard of a disease like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Just a few short years had passed, and Su Yu hadn't expected that when he heard the name again, the other party would have become as he was now.

"Master. I see many viewers are pleading with you, hoping you can help Cai Shi. And Cai Shi himself also seems to be trying to get in touch with you."

"What should we do? Should we accept these two billion in research funds?"

Su Yu didn't hesitate for a moment.

"Help! We must help with this!"

"But we cannot accept these two billion in research funds."

"How about this, you draft a reply for me. The content should roughly be to thank Mr. Cai for his trust. Researching Brain-Computer Interface Technology was a decision I made at the Global Influential Figures Exchange Meeting, so the research funds should not come from him."

"However, I still need to ask him to wait patiently for a while longer."

"Basic testing still requires a series of processes and a certain amount of time. After confirming there are no further issues, I will personally invite Mr. Cai to participate in human trials. I guarantee, he will be the first person in human history to experience Brain-Computer Interface Technology!"

Su Yu's idea was very simple.

Cai Shi's experience moved him.

The other party was a very admirable person.

He had made many contributions, both in his work and in tackling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

After falling ill, he established the ALS Foundation Association.

He personally funded it, appealing to people in society to do their small part to help those also suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Some patients' conditions were not severe, and this fund brought them a great deal of help.

Since he was preparing to research Brain-Computer Interface Technology, helping Mr. Cai was naturally the right thing to do. He didn't want to accept the two billion, not for his reputation.

Su Yu genuinely wanted to help the other party!

The Lackey publicly posted the edited message on various social media platforms.

In an instant, it once again caused a huge stir both domestically and internationally.

Although Su Yu's promise was to complete the development of the new technology within ten days, everyone had a certain level of confidence in him.

But this was, after all, an unprecedented field of research.

In fact, more than seventy percent of people only verbally claimed to believe in Su Yu, deep down they still weren't optimistic.

But now that Su Yu had agreed to Cai Shi's request, the meaning was completely different.

Matters of life and death were no joke, not something that could be resolved with mere words.

For Cai Shi, it was genuine hope.

If he could truly help Cai Shi solve the problem of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, this would undoubtedly be a day that would go down in history!

Skema, upon hearing this news, was equally shocked by Su Yu's decisiveness.

Where did this young man get the confidence to successfully develop this legendary technology in just ten days? If the other party wasn't a genius, then he was an absolute madman.

A challenge that staked his reputation, Skema wondered if he himself had the courage to do it.

It was from this moment on that he truly regarded Su Yu as his competitor.

Countless foreign media also seized this wave of traffic.

Currently, evaluations of Su Yu on foreign websites are extremely polarized. Many believe that Su Yu's ranking is severely overestimated. The reason he was able to break into the top twenty globally was entirely due to China's unified voting results.

Regarding his proposal of Brain-Computer Interface Technology, many foreign experts scoffed. They all declared, "If that young man from China can really develop this technology, they will no longer engage in related scientific research."

"Are you kidding me! Is this kind of technology, which defines the future direction of human development, something you can just 'develop' because you say so?"

"This wave from China is purely about riding on negative publicity!"

To this, Su Yu could only smile without speaking.

Human acceptance of things beyond their cognition is limited.

Without concrete evidence, he couldn't refute their discussions.

Right now, the best response was to complete his task within the stipulated time. This was not only to clear his name, but also to clear China's name, and it was a crucial step in saving Mr. Cai Shi!

Returning to his residence, Su Yu immediately began searching in the system's skill exchange library.

"[Host, do you confirm that you want to spend one hundred seventy-four thousand prestige points to exchange for the complete Brain-Computer Interface Technology?]" The system's voice echoed in his mind.

Su Yu didn't hesitate in the slightest, "Confirm!"

"[Congratulations, Host, you have successfully exchanged for Brain-Computer Interface Technology, remaining prestige points: one hundred thirty-six thousand!]"

Countless pieces of knowledge he had never understood before flowed into Su Yu's brain like a long river rushing into the sea.

It wasn't until his muddled brain began to clear that Su Yu came back to his senses.

Exchange successful!

Next, it was time for the official experiment!