194: Chapter 193 Professor Zeng's Decision

At this moment, in a room on the other side of the hall.

Professor Zeng looked at the zero egg in front of him with a face full of obsession, gently stretching out his hand to cup it beneath the still-hovering zero egg.

The zero egg squinted its eyes, obediently landing on Professor Zeng's hand and folding its wings.

As he gently stroked the shell of the zero egg, it showed a comfortable expression, as if it could truly feel it.

This was not surprising; to achieve this, Wang Shuo had installed over a dozen touch sensors all over the zero egg's body, distributed in different locations, but mainly concentrated on the top, front, and back of the zero egg.

"That kid Wang Shuo said he was going to give me a surprise. Looking at it now, how is this a surprise? It's clearly a fright." Although Ding Congsheng's tone was bad, his face was blooming with joy. It was hard to tell how he managed to project such completely contradictory feelings.

"Old Zeng, you've tested it too. What do you think?"

Professor Zeng was immersed in his interaction with the zero egg. Hearing this, he raised his head slightly and sighed, "It can only be described as exquisite craftsmanship and unbelievable."

"Old Ding, can you imagine that the long-cherished wish I have worked toward for decades is suddenly placed right before my eyes, visible to my own eyes and touchable with my own hands? Can you understand my current feelings?"

Ding Congsheng sighed softly and patted Professor Zeng's shoulder.

How could he not understand?

He had watched his old classmate and old friend walk this path with his own eyes. From an outstanding student to an obscure scholar, and then to a top expert renowned across the country and even in the global professional field, Professor Zeng's original intention had never changed: to strive for world-class advancement, and to strive so that Huaxia would no longer be controlled by others!

For this belief, he gave up his beloved history and resolutely threw himself into the computer field, even choosing mechanical intelligence, the most difficult area in the computer field.

He achieved great results, but also wore away his youth.

Looking back over the decades, the youth of the past was now white-haired.

But he still persisted in his position, moving slowly toward the direction in his heart.

He always believed that even if he could not reach the goal himself, future generations would fulfill his wish.

For this reason, he did not even hesitate to set aside his own research time to train a large number of reserve forces. In his words, young man was the hope.

This was Professor Zeng. He did not strive for fame or fortune. Even for the academician election, Ding Congsheng had to force him to go; otherwise, he wouldn't even bother with it.

He was a pure Science researcher.

As half a scholar himself, Ding Congsheng understood Professor Zeng's feelings at this moment very well.

Something he had worked hard for half his life, something that originally could only be seen as a distant hope, was suddenly picked up one day and placed before his eyes to be played with at will. This made Professor Zeng both happy and excited, yet also somewhat at a loss.

It was as if he had lost the goal he had been fighting for in an instant.

In a person's life, nothing is more terrifying than having no goal.

But he couldn't help but be excited. The appearance of the zero egg marked the official launch of the Artificial Intelligence designed and manufactured by Wang Shuo, which he had conjectured. Moreover, its performance was so excellent, its interaction so rich, its command understanding so accurate, its language logic so smooth, and its operation so convenient, far exceeding the Artificial Intelligence that had not yet appeared in Professor Zeng's imagination.

The state of the zero egg was more like a mature product that had already undergone version iterations.

And this was just the beginning.

According to the test he had just conducted, the zero egg would report and record anything not in its database, and then share it with all zero eggs.

This meant that once the zero egg was officially released and scaled up, it would collect data for iteration at an unimaginable speed. Given the intelligence of the zero egg, the role these data could play would far exceed today's so-called big data computing.

After pondering for a moment, Professor Zeng said, "Old Ding, perhaps we should report this to the higher-ups."

"Report it?" Ding Congsheng was slightly stunned, then quickly understood, feeling a bit helpless. "We indeed should report it. I didn't expect that kid Wang Shuo to pull such a stunt. I originally wanted to wait until it was finished to give those people in the Ministry of Education a big surprise, but now it seems we can't keep it a secret."

"When we report this time, I hope to separate the Artificial Intelligence Group and establish a Project Research Group, with Wang Shuo officially serving as the group leader."

Ding Congsheng was stunned again and looked at Professor Zeng. "Old Zeng, you..."

To serve as the leader of a research project group, one needed the title of professor. Although Wang Shuo had already climbed several steps under his care, up until now, he was still just a lecturer.

"This doesn't conform to the rules."

"Rules are dead, but people are alive. Old Ding, I still say the same thing: in scientific research, the capable rise, the weak fall, and those who achieve mastery become the teachers."

"In the past, I could indeed pat my chest and say I was leading in this field, but now..." Professor Zeng gently patted the zero egg. "In front of it, I am nothing."

"Since that's the case, why not let the more capable one take charge?"

Ding Congsheng became serious. "Old Zeng, you have to think this through. Once we report it and it catches the eye of those above, it won't be up to me anymore. At that time, the personnel cannot be changed, and this project will have nothing to do with you."

"There's nothing to consider. It wasn't a project I created in the first place."

Professor Zeng smiled, an exceptionally relaxed smile. "But Old Ding, I've sacrificed so much for the school. You won't mind if I find a side job, right?"

Ding Congsheng also smiled. "As long as you don't mention retirement, Old Zeng, you can find whatever side job you want."

"That's good."

Professor Zeng nodded slightly, turned, and said, "Liangliang, do you know how to write a resume?"

The zero egg floating nearby said softly, "Liangliang doesn't know how to write Grandpa's resume yet."

"Oh, really?"

Professor Zeng's eyes lit up. "Then I'll teach you."

"Liangliang will study hard."

"Haha... That's great. I'll teach you programming knowledge later, and you can learn slowly."

...

Watching Professor Zeng fall back into communication with the zero egg, Ding Congsheng smiled bitterly. This old fellow had certainly found something good to do now.

It's just...

He looked beside himself; it was completely empty.

That kid Wang Shuo was really unfair. They were both gifts, so why did they happen to run out when it was his turn?

Was he really supposed to wait a week?

How could that be allowed?

He quickly sent a message to Wang Shuo.

Ding Congsheng looked at Liangliang interacting with Professor Zeng, his eyes almost red with envy. Unfortunately, Professor Zeng was very stingy and had set Liangliang to private mode; only he could talk to Liangliang, and it was useless for anyone else to speak.

This feature is really great.

Ding Congsheng secretly made a decision. Once his own zero egg arrived, he would also make it ignore everyone, especially Professor Zeng, who had to be kept far away.

While he was green with envy, his phone notification rang.

Ding Congsheng looked down, and was immediately delighted. He glanced at Professor Zeng and Liangliang, raising his chin slightly.

So what if you got yours first? Who doesn't have a little cutie?