341: Quantum access

Hearing Shen Yuan’s words, Tian Ming shook his head and said, “Before, you knew more than me, but now, that’s not necessarily true. I can control the entire supercomputer within the Sea Bottom Base from thousands of miles away. Believe me, I want both the child and you.”

Shen Yuan smiled, reaching out to gently caress Tian Ming’s cheek: “My foolish husband, I was actually quite afraid of you losing control, but now, you’re much more stable! Of course, I believe in your ability. It’s just that Duke Lawrence, he doesn’t care about anything; he’s obsessed. You need to remain calm, even if you’re confident, don’t expose yourself. Once he discovers you’ve arrived, he’ll directly drag me and the entire Sea Bottom Base down with him.”

Tian Ming nodded: “I know. Once you and the child are safe, I’ll settle the score with him.”

Shen Yuan smiled and shook her head, saying: “Can we wait until the child is born? It’s soon; a full-term baby could arrive at any moment. I need to see the child escape this place before I can rest assured. As for the Duke, let him live, especially since Lisa has been accompanying me ever since she returned.”

“Do you really trust her?”

Shen Yuan nodded, saying: “Only she can instantly get the child out of danger. Husband, you need to understand, this foreign girl, she really likes you! However, she’s not as lucky as I am. She wants a good outcome, so she hopes for the safety of me and the child more than anyone.”

Tian Ming pondered for a moment, then said: “We’ll discuss this later. I can directly contact the Sea Bottom Base from here. If Lisa takes the child directly back to the Sea Bottom Base, ensuring the child’s safety, I can consider sparing her father’s life.”

“Mm!” Shen Yuan nodded slightly.

“Alright, I’m going to end the illusion now. You rest well. Although I won’t appear in person, I’ll always be here with you. I’ll find a way to remove the nano-chip you’ve had implanted.”

Hearing Tian Ming’s words, Shen Yuan nodded slightly: “Mm, I believe you. Be careful.”

Tian Ming nodded, gently holding Shen Yuan’s hand: “I will. You rest well. I will always be here protecting you and the child.”

The room’s scenery changed rapidly, the illusion receded, and everything returned to silence, as if nothing had ever happened.

Tian Ming didn’t go too far. The illusionary time was too long, and with Number Three constantly using him as a relay, it was a huge drain on him. Tian Ming directly hid in the warehouse of the medical room. He now needed to wait—wait for the child to be born, and wait for Number Three to conquer the system.

Exiting the illusory state, Tian Ming directly contacted the Sea Bottom Base through Number Three.

“Connect me to Shen Yi. Tell him to go to the scheduling room in the central intelligent control unit,” Tian Ming said.

Shen Yi was busy in the Laboratory at the moment. Hearing Number Three’s command, he was slightly stunned, then immediately nodded, “Alright, I’ll be there right away.”

With that, he put down his work and quickly headed to the scheduling room. As soon as he sat down, Tian Ming’s image appeared on the screen.

“I’ve found Little Yuan. The current situation is a bit complex. I need to tell you about it.”

Shen Yi had been worried about his sister. Seeing that the boss had found Shen Yuan, a hint of joy appeared on his face.

“Really? Boss, how is my sister doing?”

Tian Ming looked at Shen Yi, his expression serious as he said: “I’m in the Lawrence Family’s Sea Bottom Base. The central computer of their security system is a quantum computer. Number Three’s plan will take at least over five hundred hours to conquer. A nano-chip has been implanted in Little Yuan’s brain; she will be in life-threatening danger if she leaves this place.”

Tian Ming briefly explained the situation there. After listening, the joy on Shen Yi’s face instantly froze. He took a deep breath and said: “Boss, what do you need me to do? As long as I can rescue my sister, I will do it.”

Tian Ming nodded, saying: “I’ll have Number Three send the data back. To rescue Little Yuan, we need to shorten the system cracking time. See if you can add nodes to Number Three’s server room to increase Number Three’s computing power. I’ve already had Number Three notify Meng Xian to pause some projects and allocate more computing power to Number Three.”

Shen Yi said without hesitation: “I know. We still have many backup devices. I’ll have people install and connect them immediately. Additionally, the Laboratory has an experimental quantum computer with terrifying computing power, but its compatibility is poor. It’s from the Alliance and has been under testing. Connecting it will significantly shorten Number Three’s cracking time.”

“There’s such a thing? Why didn’t I know?”

“Yes, Boss. Because it was still in the testing phase and hadn’t been officially put into use, I didn’t report it to you,” Shen Yi explained.

Tian Ming nodded, saying: “Good. Have Number Three cooperate. If feasible, arrange for people to connect it as soon as possible. Also, the child is full-term now. I don’t know when it will be born, but it will be in the next few days. Lisa is also here, and she has the ability of mental teleportation. After the child is born, I will stay in the Sea Bottom Base, and Lisa will bring the child back. As an uncle, you take good care of the child for me. I will rescue Little Yuan.”

Shen Yi nodded repeatedly, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes, and said: “Okay, no problem.”

“That’s all for now. I’m currently serving as Number Three’s remote relay point. The consumption is huge. The computing power side is up to you. I’ve ordered through Number Three that everyone will cooperate with you unconditionally. How much time Number Three can shorten depends on your side.”

After speaking, Tian Ming directly hung up the communication. Shen Yi immediately stood up and quickly ran towards the research institute. The Alliance’s quantum computer was a photonic quantum computer. It was very large, but its operating system was not compatible with the existing intelligent control unit.

In terms of computing power, it was about ten thousand times that of the current intelligent control unit. The development of quantum computing has been limited by the number of qubits and precision. Although this thing has powerful computing power, its precision is only ninety-five percent. This means that there is a five percent chance that the result may deviate from the correct one.

Moreover, the operating systems are different. It’s like two people speaking different languages needing a translator to understand each other. Connecting this thing to the intelligent control unit is the same. The current work of the research institute, which is also the final step, is to break down the barriers between the two systems and make them compatible. For large-scale calculations, there’s no need to pursue high precision, just like losing a few pixels in an image or dropping certain high-frequency bands in audio won’t affect the final result. Especially what Number Three is doing now—blindly guessing keys. Using quantum computing, the speed will definitely take off.

But Shen Yi couldn’t worry about that much anymore. After obtaining authorization from Number Three, he directly connected the quantum computer to the intelligent control unit. Number Three immediately allocated a portion of its computing power to integrate the systems. Number Three is an extremely powerful artificial intelligence; its programming ability surpasses most top experts. Rather than involving experts, it was better to let Number Three handle it directly. Shen Yi decided to take a gamble: if the intelligent control unit successfully integrates quantum computing, then the time to decrypt the blind-guessed keys would be drastically shortened, possibly even instantaneously.