Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!-Chapter 214 - 84: Speculation on the Causes of the Catastrophe

Chapter 214: Chapter 84: Speculation on the Causes of the Catastrophe

"The Fu Xi Project, in essence, is a super-large and comprehensive exploratory project."

"But many people also consider it a ’disaster preparedness project’ in itself."

Fu Xi’s tone was quite calm, but it seemed to be so that Chen Jian could see more clearly, as his words were accompanied by subtitles appearing on the screen.

"Through the various pieces of information on your resume, I think you also understand that the 20 years from 2025 to 2045 were quite turbulent decades for humanity."

"Various new technologies continued to develop, basic theories constantly made breakthroughs, the balance of power between countries was disrupted, and the old orders were at a critical point of renewal."

"Conversely, the advancement of cutting-edge technology couldn’t quickly convert into productivity in a short time, making it impossible for countries and groups to quickly establish tech hegemony with the advanced technology they held."

"Contradictions were further intensified, yet at the same time, the fragile thread of technological development was maintaining the final balance."

"At that time, we were already leaders in nearly all fields of applied technology and basic theories."

"Artificial intelligence, energy, information, computing, materials..."

"By the end of 2045, we had even touched upon that final piece of the puzzle."

"Which was, ambient temperature superconductors."

"Unfortunately, we ultimately did not have enough time..."

Here, Fu Xi paused, as if its heart was also filled with sorrow.

And after a moment, it continued speaking:

"In any case, under such circumstances, the external pressure we faced was immense and terrifying, and the pressure for development was enormous and urgent."

"And so, the Fu Xi Project came into being."

"This project was initially established in 2038, which is the year when the ’Great Saint’ quantum computer officially came into existence."

"Its original purpose was to train an AGI capable of handling most tasks, a general-purpose artificial intelligence, supported by the high computational power of quantum computers, and with the aid of this AI and a large number of intelligent machines, to attempt to start a true intelligent industrial era."

"However, the development of matters exceeded our expectations."

"The advent of the quantum computer not only sounded the drums of humanity’s glorious era, but also the death knell of certain old orders."

"Its birth inadvertently started the countdown to a full-scale human war..."

"Why?"

Chen Jian interrupted Fu Xi, then asked:

"The value that quantum computing can bring far exceeds its threat, how could it become the fuse for a great war? I don’t understand this."

"You do understand---- because you were one of the whistleblowers back then."

Fu Xi continued:

"You did not oppose quantum computing, but you believed that at the time our confidentiality level for quantum computing technology was too low, and the protective measures were insufficient."

"That was truly insightful... but unfortunately, history is always limited."

"Back then, we were indeed overwhelmed by the sea of technological advances, thinking that quantum computing was just one of the more shining stars."

"Perhaps some people realized the threat it posed, but compared to nuclear fusion, compared to the endless stream of new weapons, the threat of quantum computing seemed somewhat insignificant."

"Thus, your suggestion was not adopted immediately."

"A leak occurred, and in 2041, information regarding the ’Great Saint’ was spread in a way we did not want to see."

"Immediately following, the shockwave swept like a tsunami across the entire foundation of the old order." ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

"The first to collapse was the myth of all encryption algorithms."

"RSA, AES... these encryption algorithms widely used in military and economic fields became like broken locks with their cores knocked out, unable to ensure data security anymore."

"To quote one of your statements at the time: When you’re playing a game with full map vision, do you think your opponent won’t come along the network line to cut you down?"

"That’s exactly what happened. Although our enemies did not immediately come at us with knives, they were indeed already preparing."

"And that’s just in the military field."

"In the economic and financial fields, some currency systems that were already on life support announced their collapse the day the news was released, international finance was in chaos, and some stock exchanges even witnessed the phenomenon of all data resetting to zero."

"Although, according to post-incident investigations, it was just an organized revenge by internal personnel, everyone put the blame on us."

"Because they knew that all data based on information technology was no longer secure."

"We became the center of the storm, and worse, we indeed had that capability."

"By the time the third ’Great Saint’ was running smoothly, we could even just lightly press a keyboard and change a few numbers, breaking through all the seemingly impenetrable firewalls in the world, and wantonly modifying any data we didn’t agree with to the form we desired."

"Unless, they isolated our invasion physically."

"Therefore, we had no arguments to make, only continuously publishing statements, publicly asserting that we had no intention of attacking any virtual or non-virtual targets."

"Such statements were naturally weak and powerless; we were giants holding a sharp blade, and that blade might be swung at any moment."

"For our enemies, their best response strategy... probably had only one path left."

"And when they had only one path to follow, of course, we also had only one path to follow."

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