41: Chapter 41 Lin Mo's Crisis: Points Running Low!
Inside the rented room, Lin Mo slowly opened his eyes. The torrent of "Golden Crow" technology surging through his mind gradually subsided, transforming into a substantial, actionable body of knowledge. However, the joy of success was short-lived, quickly doused by a cold splash of reality.
His gaze fell upon the points display on the system interface: 780 points.
That number was like an icy needle, puncturing the soaring ambition he had felt just moments ago upon mastering the complete fusion technology. To exchange for the 【"Golden Crow" Miniaturized Fusion Reactor Complete Technical Specifications】, he had nearly exhausted all the points he had painstakingly accumulated before.
From here on out, every step forward would be like walking on a knife's edge, requiring points to pave the way.
To safely and reasonably "deliver" this massive body of technology, he needed higher-level encryption and anti-tracking services—that required points.
To deal with the potential direct threats from the CIA's "Vulture" plan, whether by enhancing his own combat capabilities or obtaining early warnings, he needed points to exchange for personal equipment or intelligence.
Furthermore, to complete the urgent 【Establish Preliminary Civilization-Wide Early Warning and Defense Consensus】 mission, he might need to exchange for some "fringe evidence" or guidance devices related to alien probes ahead of time. That was an even bigger point sink.
"780 points... It's too little, nowhere near enough!" Lin Mo frowned deeply, his fingers unconsciously tapping on the desk. An unprecedented sense of resource anxiety gripped him. This feeling was more concrete and more urgent than when he had faced unemployment or the national energy crisis before.
Right now, he was like someone holding countless treasure maps but without enough funds to buy a decent shovel. The system was his foundation, but points were the fuel that powered it.
【New Mission Released: Deeply optimize the "Weaving Net" smart grid architecture and propose a preliminary AI core algorithm framework for energy dispatch.】
【Mission Requirements: Based on the submitted plan and real-world feedback, perform in-depth optimization and propose an AI core logic with a certain degree of autonomous decision-making capability to adapt to the complex scenarios following future fusion energy integration.】
【Mission Reward: Points × 1200, 【Primary Strong Artificial Intelligence Logic Unit】 × 1.】
【Time Limit: 10 natural days.】
The system's notification chime rang out timely, like sweet rain in a desert.
1200 points! And that 【Primary Strong Artificial Intelligence Logic Unit】 which sounded extraordinary just from its name!
Lin Mo's eyes instantly lit up. This mission felt as if the system had sensed his predicament and specifically opened an emergency window for him. Grid optimization was currently a national imperative. Moreover, he already had a preliminary foundation, making completion relatively manageable and not excessively earth-shattering.
"Let's do it!" Without any hesitation, Lin Mo immediately accepted the mission.
He sat back down in front of the computer, called up the previously submitted "Weaving Net" proposal, and began deeper-level deduction and optimization, incorporating the "Golden Crow" energy characteristics he had just absorbed and the 【High-Efficiency Superconducting Transmission Theory】. This time, he needed to conceive the blueprint for a "brain" capable of understanding, learning, and actively managing a vast energy network.
This was undoubtedly a monumental challenge, involving algorithmic complexity and foresight far exceeding anything before. He had to cleverly deconstruct and dimensionally reduce the various advanced knowledge obtained from the system, integrating it into the algorithmic framework. It needed to be advanced enough, yet not so incomprehensible to the recipients.
Days passed, and Lin Mo once again entered a state of forgetting to eat and sleep. The code and logic diagrams flowing across the screen formed a virtual blueprint for a future intelligent energy network. His mental focus was intense, tightly integrated with the system's auxiliary computing power, constantly overcoming one technical hurdle after another.
He could sense that the hidden gaze upon him seemed to have become more frequent and urgent. Occasionally late at night, he would vaguely detect abnormal signal interference fluctuations outside the window, but they were always quietly smoothed over by another, more powerful force within an extremely short time. That was Long Zhantian's "net" at work—both protection and an invisible form of urging.
He had to gain sufficient self-protection and counterattack capabilities before the enemy truly breached this protective net! And all of this required points!
As the ten-day deadline approached, Lin Mo looked at the finally completed proposal on the screen—the 《"Weaving Net" System Deep Optimization and Xihe Base AI Core Framework Design》—which embodied his countless efforts. His eyes were bloodshot, but their gaze was exceptionally bright.
Once again, he used his precious points to upgrade the information encryption service, ensuring this information flow would be even harder to trace.
He took a deep breath and sent this proposal, concerning the future "brain" of the energy lifeline, once again to that familiar encrypted channel.
Next came the waiting. Waiting for the points to arrive, waiting for the capital to break the deadlock.
The crisis of dangerously low points hung over his head like a sword, forcing him to leverage greater efficiency to move larger levers. He could not rest, and he... could not retreat.