Qingshui continued scrolling through the messages.
Mathematics Student Who Isn't Bald: "Age fits, cultivation level doesn't. I estimate I'll reach Understanding Ghosts next year."
Wait, bro, you went bald before thirty?
A math student? Oh, well, that's somewhat normal, I guess.
Outlaw Zhang San: "Anyone wanna team up to go watch? 27-year-old pure Ph.D. student from a top university, looking for a team online, senior and junior sisters preferred..."
He scrolled through the messages, one by one.
Most Mohist Sect disciples weren't interested in the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony.
They were all research fanatics.
Compared to the Anomalous Human World, the Mohist Sect was more like the scientific community now; that's where their real interests lay.
But some were interested, it's just that Ou Yuan had set a threshold: only those who reached the Understanding Ghosts realm could participate in the competition. He probably feared that those with lower cultivation would go up there and embarrass themselves.
However, most of these research fanatics spent their time on research, so not many could reach the Understanding Ghosts realm before the age of thirty.
"Brother Yue, if I participate in this Luo Tian Grand Ceremony, it won't cause you any trouble, will it?"
Qingshui showed the messages to Yue Qian.
"Probably not. Longhu Mountain has the Old Heavenly Master presiding, and the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony will have many famous Daoist masters. Anyone who causes trouble then would be seeking death by offending the entire Orthodox Unity Sect. There will be dedicated personnel watching, so nothing should go wrong with the competition either."
After reading it, Yue Qian quickly checked some information and then replied.
Longhu Mountain is very safe?
Heh.
He estimated that it would be the first time in a hundred years that Longhu Mountain would be besieged.
But with the Old Heavenly Master holding the fort, Yue Qian, a top-tier expert and pillar of a major sect, personally protecting him, and the strength he himself possessed, there shouldn't be any problems.
One should know that this Luo Tian Grand Ceremony would have several inheritors of the Eight Unique Skills present.
Wind-Rear Strange Gate, Qi Body Origin, Spirit-Binding and Dispelling.
And the Tongtian Lu as a reward.
Qingshui was quite interested in these things.
He clicked on the input box and began typing to send a message.
Vocational School Lunatic Asylum's Father Professor: "Team up +1."
Next, he clicked on the link sent by Ou Yuan, which redirected him to the official website of the Celestial Master's Mansion on Longhu Mountain, to complete his registration.
The announcement of the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony meant that Zhang Chulan had entered the sights of various forces in the Anomalous Human World, and it also signified the successive emergence of the Eight Unique Skills inheritors.
In the Anomalous Human World, undercurrents were surging, and various forces were vying for power. He estimated that it wouldn't be as peaceful as it was now.
Of course, with Qingshui's current status, it shouldn't pose a threat to him.
Suddenly, Qingshui slapped his head, remembering something. He quickly exited WeChat and found the Nankai University forum.
Hmm, the homepage had exactly what he wanted to see.
*Shocking! Nankai's New Unbelievable Legend! The Naked Butt Hero with Snow-White Buttocks Under the Moonlight!*
He clicked in, and there was a photo...
Hmm, under the moonlight, the silhouette was a bit blurry, but it was indeed a snow-white butt...
Legend has it that whenever there's a full moon, the Naked Butt Hero will fly through the night sky. It's said that couples who see the Naked Butt Hero will definitely "make it to home base" that night! The original poster personally experienced and proved it!
Qingshui read the post and the comments below with great relish.
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Departing from Hongqiao in the Demon City around 6:30 AM, they arrived at Capital City South Station around 1:00 PM.
After a quick tidy-up of their luggage, Qingshui pulled Yue Qian to the Nadou Tong headquarters and borrowed a training ground.
"Professor Zhuo, is this your Magic Tool? High-tech, indeed."
Yue Qian looked at the robot in front of him, which was a head and a half taller than himself, then at the thirty-centimeter four-edged military bayonet in his hand, and scratched his head with his other hand.
"The Magic Tool was just refined, so I just found you to test it out. And to see your abilities, so I can craft a Magic Tool that suits you."
Qingshui sat smiling at the edge of the training ground, sipping tea.
With Object Manipulation, he no longer needed Chakra Threads to perfectly control Puppets, and their flexibility was even higher, making them as easy to command as his own limbs.
However, Chakra Threads weren't completely phased out, because this level of Object Manipulation was based on complete Materialization, and even with Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements, it required a significant amount of time.
Yue Qian quickly began battling the Platinum Puppet.
His body-hardening martial arts were no less inferior to Chai Yan's; every punch and kick carried immense power.
As for the Flowing Cloud Sword's sword qi, it looked very similar to Fu Rong's sword qi, but its power was clearly much greater, and the way the Qi was condensed was slightly different, though it seemed to be the same type of martial art.
"Military Killing Intent Method, so that's it. Using the killing intent accumulated from battlefield combat to strengthen the spiritual energy within activated Qi, thereby enhancing the power of Qi for a certain period and intimidating and suppressing enemies. Even the Qi I left in Platinum was subtly impacted. If it were a living person, the impact would be even stronger. So, I guess puppets actually counter the military's killing intent methods."
"Acupuncture is meant for humans, so it should be restrained, right? And can acupuncture really be combined with military killing intent like that?"
Qingshui held his teacup, watching the fight in the arena, a look of interest in his eyes.
Just moments ago, Yue Qian had used a finger to inject his Qi, combined with military killing intent, into Platinum's arm, disrupting the flow of Qi within it.
If this move were used on a human body, its effect would be far stronger than on a Puppet. And if combined with an ability like the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan, it would probably be even more terrifying.
Of course, Platinum's current level was already established.
If it had still been using Chakra Threads earlier, Yue Qian's move might indeed have caused Qingshui quite a bit of trouble. But now, that section of arm only paused for a brief moment before continuing to aggressively attack Yue Qian.
"Damn it, I can't hit it! How come I feel like I can't beat this Magic Tool?"
Yue Qian did a backflip and retreated to the edge of the training ground, panting.
This thing was too powerful. The power it unleashed in a short time was so strong that he didn't dare to confront it head-on.
He was also a master in the army, and in the Anomalous Human World, he was no less than those elders of major sects. Even against masters of the Ten Elders' caliber, he could hold his own due to his high attack and HP. Yet here he was, being beaten and forced to flee everywhere, even resorting to his tried-and-true method of using killing intent to attack acupuncture points.
It wasn't that it failed, but the effect was indeed very poor.
After fighting for a while longer, Qingshui silently increased Platinum's output efficiency from thirty percent to forty percent.
At this point, Yue Qian was no longer a match. He endured for a few more minutes relying on his hard-style martial arts, but was finally sent flying by a punch, embedding him in the sturdy alloy wall.
If the fight had continued, he would have suffered severe internal injuries like Chai Yan. As it was, with some topical medicine for his superficial wounds and his physical constitution, a few days of rest should be enough for him to recover.
"Hiss... that really hurts."
Yue Qian rubbed his waist, wincing.
"Data collection is almost complete. What kind of Magic Tool would you like?"
Qingshui walked over to Yue Qian, covering him with Qi in the manner of Medical Ninjutsu, and asked.
Yue Qian felt the bruises on his body rapidly recovering and couldn't help but be delighted:
"You can do that too? Amazing! You're no worse than Old Man Wang, the national expert's two divine medical disciples. As for a Magic Tool, how about a military knife?"
"You don't lack offensive means. If there's truly a defense you can't break, then the heavy firepower of the army would likely be deployed. How about I get you some auxiliary tools instead?"
"Auxiliary tools?"
"If your eyes could see the flow of Qi, then combined with your existing abilities, your strength should be able to rise by another half a step, right?"
Qingshui recalled the monocle in the hand of his avatar in the Marvel Universe—the Eye of All Things.
That item had the ability to see through illusions and detect energy flows.
He also had some research on the Eye of All Things, knew its principles, and his own magic level was decent. Combined with the Divine Mechanism Art, he should be able to refine something with a similar effect within a week, at most one or half a grade lower, but definitely sufficient.
"There's something that good?"
Yue Qian's eyes lit up.
"Wait a week. I have a lot of things to do recently."
Qingshui threw out the Devouring Pouch and put away Platinum.
He did indeed have a lot of things to do right now. He probably wouldn't be able to rest for a few days, a sort of vacation for himself, until the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony began.
This was because artificial intelligence was almost ready.
The main reason he hadn't released it immediately before was due to insufficient computing power of the chips.
The chip computing power of this era was too poor.
However, after he upgraded his nanotechnology, the effective channel precision of the chips had now reached five nanometers, including CPU, GPU, TPU, and NPU.
There were quite a few differences between these. The former two were components of traditional computers.
CPU is a logical processor that can handle more complex problems. Although it can be multi-core, it has a major weakness in parallel computing, which is why GPU was created as an auxiliary, excelling at brute force for handling simpler problems like image processing.
In other words, the former is a highly skilled master chef, but only one person, unable to handle everything. At most, they can only prepare one or a few dishes at a time.
Tasks like washing and cutting vegetables, if given to a master chef, would be a waste of resources, consuming a lot of space and computing power.
The latter are a group of chef apprentices who can only handle relatively simple problems, but they have the advantage of sheer numbers. Those relatively simple but extremely tedious tasks that require a lot of computing power are perfectly suited for them.
This is an excellent complement to the former's computing power.
As for TPU and NPU, they are Tensor Processing Units and Neural Processing Units. One is used for deep machine learning, and the other simulates human neurons and synapse structures with circuits, capable of handling more complex problems.
It can be broadly, though not entirely, understood as the former learns and the latter applies.
By now, these components are also integrated into generally more advanced graphics cards.
Getting back to the point.
All in all, the current hardware capabilities were sufficient to support an AI of Watos's level.
However, here, Watos's name had been changed to another.
The name was chosen by Qingshui, but Ou Yuan and Meng Xuan, and even the higher-ups, hoped to give this thing a more meaningful and influential name.
Of course, the naming rights were still with Qingshui; he could even continue to call it Watos if he wanted.
However, due to some political and cultural factors, Qingshui ultimately changed it.
Late June.
Kyoto University, Computing Center.
"Let's call it Bai Ze. It can speak, understand all things, know ghosts and spirits, and it's an auspicious beast that can ward off evil," Qingshui said, hands in his pockets, as he looked at the newly built supercomputer in front of him.
Inside it was the core of the Bai Ze artificial intelligence.
Bai Ze, a mythical creature that could speak, knew a lot, and was very intelligent, had abilities that aligned well with artificial intelligence.
"Bai Ze, that's a wonderful name! When an auspicious beast appears, the weather is favorable, and the country prospers with peace and stability." Old Man Jiang, the academician, leaned on his cane, smiling as he watched the researchers, who were sitting in front of the supercomputer, continuously testing the AI with various pre-designed questions.
He never imagined that this young scholar, whom he had been thinking of protecting in the latter half of last year, had now achieved so many great things.
Improving lithography technology, developing high-precision chips, and now creating artificial intelligence—not just a language program that retrieves information from databases for conversation, but the kind of strong AI seen in sci-fi movies.
This young man was now an absolute national treasure.
The kind of national treasure who would need high-level security and anti-espionage personnel when traveling abroad.
Ou Yuan was also present, applauding alongside the leaders who had come to show their faces.
This grand-disciple, he's truly remarkable.
His current scientific achievements alone must surpass most of what I've done in my life, right?
He had been wondering who to pass the position of Grand Master of the Mohist Sect to, but now it seemed there was no doubt.
With such scientific achievements, no one would be unconvinced.
He was destined to leave his mark in historical records, just like the Mohist Sect's founder Mozi, and it would surely be a significant one.
The most terrifying thing was that this young man was still under thirty.
What would happen in the future was truly unpredictable.
"It's expected that the day after tomorrow, Elder Number One will return from his inspection in the Northeast and will meet with you," Ou Yuan told Qingshui after the crowd dispersed.
"So, what should I do next?"
"If you have any opinions regarding scientific matters, you can bring them up to Elder Number One, but it's best not to mention too much about other aspects."
"But what if it's about Anomalous Humans?"
Ou Yuan paused for two seconds.
He remembered that Qingshui had signed up to attend the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony at Longhu Mountain.
Yes, Qingshui was still under thirty, so it was normal for him to be curious about the Anomalous Human World.
Ou Yuan said, "If it's about managing Anomalous Humans or anything similar, it's best not to bring it up. Even if the Anomalous Human World isn't mainstream, it still affects social stability. As long as it involves social stability, it's a big deal—a very big deal."
"I'm not interested in managing Anomalous Humans," Qingshui said, spreading his hands in the same gesture as when Jack Ma said he wasn't interested in money.
He wanted power now, which was fine, but it had to be within the realm of scientific research, preferably his own specialized field, because he was an authority in that area.
So, he could only operate within acceptable limits.
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