413: Chapter 412 Materials Science: A Lucky Break? Quantum Computing: I Bumped It All In, and Luck Naturally Came!

"Academician Zhang Chuming, I do not mean to offend you."

"But what I just said is not without basis."

Lei Jun faced Academician Zhang Chuming in the audience.

His tone carried a hint of apology, yet he spoke firmly.

"Your way of thinking has indeed fallen behind the times."

"It is just like an ancient farmer always imagining whether the hoe used by the emperor is made of gold."

"You are completely trapped in a fixed mindset based on the development of the current era."

"You! ..."

Being criticized like this in public, even the good-tempered Academician Zhang Chuming now had a look of displeasure on his face.

Academician Zhang Chuming took a deep breath and said, suppressing his anger, "CEO Lei."

"I sincerely hope that your upcoming response, which you claim transcends the times, can convince me and everyone else present with sound reasoning and evidence."

"Although that is absolutely impossible!"

Lei Jun smiled lightly and, facing the skeptical gazes of thousands of people present, continued.

"Academician Zhang Chuming."

"Then I will first answer the first question you just raised!"

"For a large mecha over a hundred meters tall with a total mass reaching the million-ton level, what kind of new alloy material could support its agility while also ensuring the wear rate of its joints?"

"Even the most advanced new alloy material currently available—Rare Metal Alloy—has a material stiffness that is at least 10 orders of magnitude short!"

"Does such a material really exist in reality?"

Lei Jun had just posed the question, but he immediately shook his head himself, giving a definitive answer.

"As Academician Zhang Chuming said, it does not exist."

"Based on the current pace of technological development, such a material might never exist!"

"But..." Lei Jun changed the subject.

"Our China is about to enter the Quantum Era!"

"And in the Quantum Era, everything is possible!"

Lei Jun gestured backward, and the PPT on the big screen switched, showing a full flowchart of the research and development process for new materials in the field of Material Science.

"As everyone knows," he said.

"All researchers involved in material development generally acknowledge one truth."

"That is, Material Science doesn't rely on Science; it relies on fate."

"As of now, in all national projects exploring and developing new alloy materials, the research process for every new material that has been released uses the most primitive method of exhaustive trial and error."

"This 'hit-or-miss' approach to material development has accompanied our development for hundreds of years, ever since the first Industrial Revolution."

"But now..." Lei Jun pointed to several R&D nodes on the screen, looked at Academician Zhang Chuming in the audience, and said loudly.

"The times have changed!"

"Academician Zhang Chuming, you should know that Quantum Computing can greatly accelerate the exhaustive discovery process of new materials by simulating and analyzing molecular structures and material properties."

"Therefore, Quantum Computing will inevitably have a revolutionary impact on the field of Material Science research."

"But I think that in your heart, you probably don't have a quantitative concept of just how big this impact is."

Academician Zhang Chuming's eyes narrowed slightly in the audience; at this moment, he had already roughly guessed what Lei Jun was going to say next.

"Let me give you an example!" Lei Jun continued with a smile.

"I previously led the core technical team of Dami Group to conduct in-depth discussions on Quantum Computing with the research team of Academician Lan Mingcheng from the China Material Physics Research Center."

"After preliminary calculations by our two teams, using the estimated computing power of the Jiuzhang Quantum Supercomputer to exhaustively combine Rare Metal with all other elements and simulate the design of different alloy materials through Quantum Computing,"

"if we wanted to discover our China's current most advanced Rare Metal alloy, 'XJ-1'!"

"Everyone can take a guess."

"Approximately how long would it take?"

The venue was filled with noise as many people began to whisper to each other, while Academician Zhang Chuming frowned slightly, not daring to answer easily.

A few seconds passed, and Lei Jun did not waste time.

"I think many people cannot guess it; the time is really very short."

"It only takes..."

"0.075 seconds, which is 75 milliseconds!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire venue was instantly in an uproar.

And Lei Jun on the stage raised his voice and continued.

"Don't misunderstand."

"The 75 milliseconds I mentioned!"

"Is the total time for simulating and calculating all exhaustive combinations of Rare Metal with other elements in different ratios!"

"In other words!"

"We only need 75 milliseconds to discover thousands of types of all Rare Metal alloys with different excellent performances, such as XJ-1, XJ-2, XJ-10, XJ-100, and so on, through Quantum Computing!"

The uproar in the audience intensified.

Although everyone had guessed in the most exaggerated direction, the answer given by Lei Jun still shocked everyone deeply.

"Is your data calculated accurately?" Academician Zhang Chuming took a deep breath and asked Lei Jun.

"It's not accurate." Lei Jun paused for a moment, then smiled and said.

"It is at least conservative by three decimal places!"

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