hsntnovel Chapter 62 Equipment
Chapter 62 Equipment
At the underground exit of Taiqing Mountain, Zhou Yunci leaned against the car door, quietly waiting for Jiang Ning and the other five, his mind racing with thoughts.
He was naturally aware of the five people's travel plans and would accompany them throughout the trip.
It wasn't to provide security, but because this operation was special and required the presence of military representatives.
The "Ouroboros Project" originated from the public, but all clear-headed people know that this project is very likely to fail as the world continues to regress.
This has nothing to do with having great perseverance or distrusting the public.
Rather, it's human nature.
Humans were able to emerge from the caves and gradually dominate the planet, standing at the top of all primates, not because of their ability to learn or their perseverance.
Its most fundamental reason is still reproduction and survival.
This is an instinct ingrained in the genes of not only humans, but also all plants and animals.
Now that these two major external conditions have disappeared, humanity can no longer reproduce, and survival is no longer a problem. All the extensions that were originally attached to it, such as motivation, emotions, desires, and even morality and law, have also lost their source.
The world has only regressed for less than two months, and all of this is not yet obvious, but Zhou Yunci, as a soldier, is very clear that humanity will inevitably have a war.
From God's perspective, this battle may be meaningless; all the destruction and annihilation will disappear after the rollback.
But this is also human nature. Just like babies find pleasure in breaking things, it's because destruction naturally brings people a sense of pleasure.
When humans discover that reproduction and survival have lost their meaning, and they can no longer derive pleasure from invention and creation, the violent particles remaining in their genes will awaken.
Only after playing one game and finding it completely boring will they stop.
As for when this great battle will begin, Zhou Yunci doesn't know.
Maybe tomorrow, or maybe a month from now.
But Zhou Yunci knew that wise people would not disappear. There would always be a group of people who would go against the current, and there would always be a group of people who would be willing to be moths drawn to the flame, pursuing the so-called light. This is also human nature.
Therefore, the military has been developing strategic plans, among which the second phase of Operation Ouroboros, codenamed "The Golden Cudgel," is a key component.
The plan involved the military selecting a group of volunteers to become "stabilizing forces" and placing them throughout the country so that if order were to truly collapse, someone could become a spark.
This is China's own "Spark Program".
Zhou Yunci recalled that before Jiang Ning appeared, the "Future Memory Bank" project was actually the country's main focus, and everyone believed that it was a project that had to be implemented.
However, the plan changed after Jiang Ning appeared.
Now, whenever the world goes back in time, all that's needed is for Jiang Ning to carry around the quantum storage device that already contains most of humanity's data. Once the rollback happens, the data can be retrieved directly.
This behavior is more effective than that of a hundred or a thousand memory geniuses.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yunci couldn't help but smile.
He never expected that China would win first place in the World Memory Championships, and that the title would be won by a girl with the same surname as him.
This was a completely unexpected delight.
If it weren't for the fear of being too conspicuous and attracting the attention of other countries, China wouldn't really want to participate in the memory competition.
That month-long competition schedule wasted too much of the "Luoshu" computing power.
If given the time to fully learn, data analysts believe that Luoshu will definitely undergo iterative upgrades, and it will certainly surpass the US's super AI "Apple," if not the EU's super AI "Noah."
This is because the learning ability of super AI has been increasing exponentially.
To put it simply, while other countries' super AIs are regressing and losing power every day, my country's super AIs are continuing to advance and grow. This back-and-forth movement creates a time difference of twice as much.
"Hey, Lao Zhou..."
Zhou Yunci was lost in thought, feeling a mix of worry and elation, when he suddenly heard someone calling his name. He looked up and saw that it was Jiang Ning and his group of five walking towards him.
Each person was carrying a military tactical backpack.
The backpack didn't contain food or clothing, but rather various information receivers specially delivered by BJ.
Take Jiang Ning for example. Zhou Yunci conservatively estimates that his backpack contains at least five sets of quantum storage devices. These storage devices mainly store the core code of the "Luoshu" and are all embedded in a quantum signal receiver, which looks like a mobile phone from the early 2000s.
As for how many other data storage devices there are, Zhou Yunci didn't know.
What's particularly noticeable is that Sun Fumin's backpack looks very large, making him look like a scout, with an earpiece around his neck and a small antenna sticking out from the backpack behind him.
Upon seeing the small antenna, Zhou Yunci immediately guessed that it must be a small military radar radio.
This radio station can connect directly to a satellite, allowing Jiangning to keep up with the latest scientific research data from across the country.
In addition to a tactical backpack, Su Mian and Zhang Jimin each carried a laptop bag.
Lu Xue was carrying a dog cage. Although Milk's mouth was covered, it was still whining at Jiang Ning in agitation.
Zhou Yunci had a very strong impression of this dog.
It is exceptionally friendly to everyone else, but it doesn't like Jiang Ning at all. Unless it's exhausted from causing trouble, it becomes extremely aggressive whenever it sees Jiang Ning.
Seeing Lu Xue carrying a dog cage, preparing to take it out, Zhou Yunci knew perfectly well what was going on and had no doubts whatsoever.
This is because although Jiang Ning has "divine power" to keep people from regressing with the world, animals cannot.
This requires that, in order to study "milk," one must carry milk with them, and when the world regresses, Jiang Ning must carry it to ensure that it does not roll back.
"Hey, Lao Zhou! What are you looking at?"
Sun Fumin walked up to Zhou Yunci, grinned, and then, without waiting for Zhou Yunci's reply, began to speak on his own.
"This trip was really tough. Each of us was carrying 40 pounds of equipment. This wasn't a vacation; we were practically going out to be human signal receivers."
Su Mian and Lu Xue strained their backpacks, remaining silent and clearly struggling, but both persevered.
Zhang Jimin remained silent. His backpack was even heavier, containing not only a spare military radar radio but also spare batteries and other heavy equipment. He was also carrying a military laptop and a simple travel bag.
The travel bag contained simple daily necessities for everyone to use on the road.
"You brat, who do you think you are, calling me 'Old Zhou'? Are you itching for a beating again because you don't have to train today?!"
Zhou Yunci, a tall and strong man, raised an eyebrow and glared at Sun Fumin.
Sun Fumin wasn't afraid and just kept chuckling.
Zhou Yunci turned around and patted a tactical backpack on the vehicle. "See that? I'm carrying more weight than you. Besides, Comrade Zhang Jimin is older than you and carries more weight, but he didn't complain. You're the one complaining first."
"Who told Old Zhang to be so strong! Don't let his middle age and belly fool you, when it comes to strength, I really can't beat him."
As Sun Fumin spoke, he winked at Zhang Jimin, but Zhang Jimin turned his head away, not wanting to look at him.
"Boss Sun, so you know you're out of strength..."
Zhou Yunci stepped forward and slapped Sun Fumin hard on the shoulder, mocking, "This is probably because Boss Sun was too dedicated when he ran the convenience store."
This roundabout sarcasm made Lu Xue smile involuntarily.
Jiang Ning didn't speak, just watched the two bantering quietly. She shook her head, pursed her lips, and put her backpack into the car behind Zhou Yunci before walking to another car.
Seeing this, others followed suit.
Only after Sun Fumin chatted with Zhou Yunci for a few more minutes did he finally get on his bike.
The two vehicles drove through the tunnel, then out of the basement, and arrived at the military training ground, where a large Z-20 helicopter was already poised to take off.
"Ah, that feels so good!"
A month later, everyone saw blue skies and white clouds again and felt refreshed.
During the boarding process, Jiang Ning glanced back at Mount Taiqing. From the outside, it was just barren rocks and wild grass, nothing special, just like an ordinary mountain range in the vast surrounding mountains, nothing different.
"Xiao Ning, what are you looking at?"
"It's nothing!" Jiang Ning turned around, smiled faintly, and boarded the plane.