152: Chapter 152 Monitoring the Entire Network

Chen Xin has left, this time for real. Before leaving, she clearly told Wang Shuo the flight number and takeoff time.

Just after she dropped 150 million on Wang Shuo.

At this moment, Wang Shuo's account balance reached a staggering 171 million.

This was an amount of money Wang Shuo had never seen before.

And the most dazed person was none other than Xu Kexin.

She stared blankly at the various receipts, financial documents, and share certificates piled all over the table, feeling at a loss for a moment.

This was also the largest sum of funds she had encountered since she started her career. The complex financial work made her feel timid and cautious, as if walking on thin ice, checking every item carefully for fear of making a mistake.

This caused her work progress to be very slow.

"Mr. Wang..."

Finally unable to bear it, Xu Kexin found Wang Shuo, who was equally busy to the point of being overwhelmed, and said somewhat coyly: "Can we hire another accountant?"

"Hire an accountant?"

Wang Shuo was stunned: "Aren't you the accountant?"

"But I really can't handle it alone." Xu Kexin said, looking so aggrieved she was about to cry: "I... I have never dealt with such large numbers before, and I'm afraid I'll make a mistake."

Glancing at Liu Yemei, who stood silently to the side, Wang Shuo seemed to understand.

"The company does not have plans to expand the finance department for the time being."

Wang Shuo showed a hint of a smile.

"Besides, I think you're doing quite well. Keep it up."

The boss wouldn't give her help and told her to keep going; what could a working stiff do?

Thinking about the fact that she was collecting two salaries, Xu Kexin sighed. This money wasn't easy to earn, and she silently prepared to leave.

"However..."

Xu Kexin stopped in her tracks and pricked up her ears to listen carefully.

"If you really feel you can't handle it, I can find you a helper."

Xu Kexin's eyes lit up: "Thank you, Boss! May the Boss get rich!"

"Don't be too happy yet." Looking at Xu Kexin, who was about to jump for joy, Wang Shuo curled his lip: "It can only help you through Penguin Communications or WeiChat; it won't come here."

"Is that so..."

Xu Kexin returned to her dejected state and responded listlessly.

A helper that can only be reached through the internet—what help could it offer? Calculate accounts?

Isn't calculating accounts something anyone with hands can do?

It seems she would still have to work overtime tonight...

After Xu Kexin went completely downstairs, Wang Shuo shook his head speechlessly: "You have clearly already finished all the work, why did you have to assign tasks to her?"

Liu Yemei replied indifferently: "She is also a member of the company. The first rule of managing a company: Don't let employees feel there is nothing to do."

Alright, that's a pretty good rule.

"Zero."

"Sir."

"Generate a Penguin Communications or WeiChat account, with a random nickname, and add Xu Kexin's account." Wang Shuo ordered: "Set all algorithms to anthropomorphic output, and begin anthropomorphic communication testing."

"Understood, sir."

"Report to me with text after the communication is complete. I want to know the details of the interaction."

"Order confirmed, sir." Zero's voice seemed to have changed slightly again, very gentle: "Zero will enable emotion simulation nodes and begin anthropomorphic communication testing. Test subject: Xu Kexin."

Wang Shuo nodded slightly.

Letting Zero play the role of a person to help Xu Kexin complete her tasks not only tested Zero's anthropomorphic progress but also genuinely helped Xu Kexin with actual work. It was truly killing two birds with one stone.

As long as Xu Kexin couldn't discover Zero's existence, it would basically meet the release standards.

After arranging things for Xu Kexin, Wang Shuo frowned and pondered his own affairs.

Now that he had some surplus funds, he could accelerate the advancement of some projects.

"Sister Liu."

Wang Shuo called out, but received no response. He turned to look and found Liu Yemei standing to the side, her brows slightly furrowed, seemingly deep in thought.

"What are you thinking about?"

"I was thinking..." Liu Yemei snapped back to reality and rarely showed a hint of hesitation: "If it is really released, will it replace us?"

"Replace you?"

Wang Shuo was stunned for a moment. He hadn't expected that even the astute and capable Liu Yemei would worry about such things.

"Don't worry." Wang Shuo laughed: "No matter what stage Artificial Intelligence develops to, it cannot replace the role of humans."

"This world belongs to humans after all. A world without humans is meaningless."

"A world without humans..." Liu Yemei repeated silently: "Meaningless..."

Indeed, a world without humans is meaningless.

Without humans, the definition of matter loses its meaning—whether it is iron or stone, it is meaningless;

Without humans, the definition of food loses its meaning—whether it is coarse husks or a grand feast, it is meaningless;

Without humans, survival loses its meaning—no one would care about the life or death of an ant or a mouse;

Without humans, good and bad also lose their meaning—whether it is a bad thing or a good thing, because there is no one involved, it becomes meaningless;

Without humans, even time would lose its meaning—just like a stone remaining unchanged for ten thousand years, what is the meaning of that?

Humans are everything in this world.

Humans are the center of this universe.

Wang Shuo had firmly believed this in the past, and since obtaining the inheritance of the Humanoid Race, Wang Shuo believed in this even more firmly.

As for the bullshit theories about humans being bacteria, cosmic biology, or the Matrix, Wang Shuo rejected them all.

The universe is the universe, and humans are humans. Why must one force strange worldviews onto them?

Ahem... straying off topic.

Liu Yemei quickly returned to her senses, recovering her astute and capable appearance, as if the person who had just been distracted wasn't her, and asked indifferently: "Mr. Wang, what were you about to instruct just now?"

"It's like this." Wang Shuo looked at Liu Yemei and said: "We have money now, so some things should be accelerated."

"I understand." Liu Yemei nodded: "I will go contact the downstream manufacturers we have already negotiated with to strive to expand production shares and shorten the time."

"Hmm." Wang Shuo nodded appreciatively: "Especially regarding the Chip, you must urge them to hurry. Spending a little more money is nothing."

"Understood."

Liu Yemei carefully noted it down and then left the third-floor office.

Wang Shuo sat back in his seat, looked at the unfinished design on the screen, and said: "Zero."

"Please instruct, sir."

"How is the production of the K-001 sniper rifle parts coming along?"

"Three have been produced, sir."

"How is the production of the CW-001 material?"

"According to your instructions, the first batch of one ton was produced for testing, and the trial production is complete."

"Very good." Wang Shuo nodded with satisfaction.

When Zero handles things, he is always reassured; it never cuts corners.

"What is the status of the equipment?"

"No abnormalities have been found in the equipment status, sir."

"Very good."

Wang Shuo paused, thought for a moment, and then issued an instruction.

"Zero, enable highest sequence authority. Authorizer: Highest sequence Wang Shuo."

"Enabling highest sequence authority. Verifying authority, voiceprint recognition... image recognition... voice command recognition in progress. How should I address you, sir?"

"Chen Xin is a female ice lolly!"

"Voice command correct. Please state your instruction."

"Go online with the 'Network Listener' sub-node, focusing on capturing keywords such as 'Wang Shuo', 'Frontier Technology Co., Ltd.', 'Kill Order', 'Bounty', etc."

"This authority setting level is the highest. All results should be fed back to me after removing useless information. When there is someone around, you do not need to process."

"Understood, sir."

Wait, he seemed to have missed something. After thinking for a moment, Wang Shuo spoke again.

"Zero, add 'Organization' and similar terms to the list of priority keywords. If such terms appear, increase the priority."

"Monitoring scope..." Wang Shuo revealed a cold gaze.

"The entire web."