361: Chapter 360 Superpower Chip No. 2

Some things are actually not hard to figure out; what's difficult is the trade-off.

Wang Shuo had always considered himself more of a researcher than a businessman, but no matter how he denied it, the influence Chen Zhongxuan had on him was indelible.

Now, whenever he thought about doing business, he would think of the smile that old fox Chen Zhongxuan used to have.

Saying things like favors are favors, business is business, while behind it all are abacus beads, and ultimately, it's all about profit.

Thinking of others on the basis of being able to profit oneself—Wang Shuo had learned about forty or fifty percent of this approach.

Instructor Duan Chengwu had brought up many conjectures, but one basic fact was indisputable: the appearance of Night Crow would soon enter the military's field of vision.

This wasn't because someone snitched, but because of Zheng Yi.

Given Zheng Yi's personality, she might omit the fact that Wang Shuo was The Figure in her operation report, but she would definitely report the basic situation of Night Crow.

And at the same time, she would inevitably compare it to the Exoskeleton worn by that foreigner named Hans.

So, as a novice businessman, what should one do when encountering such a problem?

Does that even need to be said?

Of course, turn it into a business!

This way, the military gets the equipment they've dreamed of, Wang Shuo gets the funding he's dreamed of, and at the same time, he strengthens his connection with the military and elevates his status in their eyes.

This is practically a quadruple win, isn't it?

The military wins once, and he wins three times.

No matter how you calculate it, this is a sure-fire, profitable deal.

Wang Shuo's mood instantly improved, and he felt he had a brand new understanding of the way of business.

Waving goodbye to Instructor Duan Chengwu, Wang Shuo got straight into the black business car waiting by the roadside. Once the door closed, the vehicle quickly disappeared into the night.

Instructor Duan Chengwu was silent for a moment, turned his wheelchair around, and returned to the training base courtyard.

In the courtyard, a group of soldiers was surrounding Night Crow, looking and touching, faces full of excitement, like children who hadn't grown up.

Instructor Duan Chengwu didn't disturb them, watching calmly. When the soldiers' enthusiasm had worn off, he said indifferently, "Fall in."

The soldiers immediately assembled, their speed not slowing down in the slightest.

Instructor Duan Chengwu nodded slightly, turned his gaze to Captain Li Liancai, and asked, "Captain Li Liancai, you are the only one here who has tested Night Crow. What do you think?"

Captain Li Liancai said in a deep voice, "Very powerful. Night Crow's speed is very fast; if you aren't adapted to it, you can barely react. Its defensive capability is also very strong. If I weren't wearing Night Crow and had hit the wall at the speed I just did, it would likely have been dire."

The soldiers, who had spent years training in the field, knew exactly what the result of hitting a wall at eighty kilometers per hour would be, so no one had any questions.

"And there's its auxiliary function. I have just experienced the dynamic perception effect brought by Night Crow; it can even amplify strength and speed several times over."

Instructor Duan Chengwu nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Captain Li Liancai and said indifferently, "If you were wearing Night Crow and could choose anyone from these people..."

Pointing at the other soldiers, Instructor Duan Chengwu said, "How many could you defeat?"

Captain Li Liancai pondered slightly and said calmly, "Although I am not yet fully familiar with Night Crow, if it were in an urban combat situation, my answer is... all of them."

"Oh?"

Instructor Duan Chengwu revealed a faint smile, "So confident?"

"Yes."

Captain Li Liancai nodded steadily, meeting the annoyed gazes of his comrades, and said calmly, "Give me one day to adapt to Night Crow, and I will have that confidence."

"Instructor."

Before Instructor Duan Chengwu could speak, one soldier stepped forward and said loudly, "I admire Captain Li Liancai. He fought his way to the position of captain with his fists among us, and I respect that!"

The soldier's gaze was fixed tightly on the calm-faced Captain Li Liancai.

"But if you say that just by wearing an Exoskeleton he can sweep us all, I don't accept that!"

A hint of fighting spirit appeared in the soldier's eyes.

"I, Gao Yang! Formally issue a challenge to Captain Li Liancai!"

Instructor Duan Chengwu showed no reaction, only asking indifferently, "Who else?"

As soon as the words fell, the queue in front stepped forward in unison, the entire team instantly aligning with Gao Yang.

"I, Wang Ke, issue a challenge to Captain Li Liancai!"

"I, Dai Yingxiong, issue a challenge to Captain Li Liancai!"

"Chen Gan, I issue a challenge to Captain Li Liancai!"

"I..."

One after another, resonant and powerful voices rang out. Each soldier's face was resolute; no one backed down.

Even Xiao Long, who had passed out on the side, was forcibly propped up by two soldiers, and dizzily joined the challenge.

All the soldiers were holding their breath.

Captain Li Liancai was strong. During the internal team election, he had cleared all obstacles and snatched the captaincy from everyone's hands; even Xiao Long had conceded defeat.

Night Crow was also strong. Even when worn by an ordinary person like Wang Shuo, it had knocked out Xiao Long, who was second only to Captain Li Liancai, in just one move.

But saying that just by wearing Night Crow you can fight thirty people? And the people you're dealing with aren't ordinary soldiers, but them—known as elite soldiers.

Are you kidding me?

They were all elite soldiers. They could accept defeat, but they would never accept humiliation.

This was a soldier's dignity; it was the honor of being the strongest existence among soldiers—the elite soldiers.

"Since that's the case..."

Looking at the uniform, spirited soldiers, Instructor Duan Chengwu revealed a smile.

This was a smile truly from the heart.

"Three days from now, we will hold a live combat confrontation: Night Crow versus the other thirty members."

"Night Crow cannot use any weapons or equipment."

"The thirty members will have no restrictions on weapons, no restrictions on the quantity of equipment, no restrictions on methods of action, and no restrictions on tactics!"

"The venue is limited to urban alleyway combat, and the victory condition is for one side to be completely eliminated!"

"Captain Li Liancai."

Instructor Duan Chengwu finished speaking and cast his gaze toward Captain Li Liancai in front of him. His voice was deep, like a booming bell: "Do you dare to accept the challenge?"

Captain Li Liancai's eyes flashed with intensity, and he said, "I... accept the challenge!"

...

Wang Shuo, who did not yet know that one Night Crow had triggered a confrontation destined to be exceptionally fierce, had by now returned to the storage area just a few kilometers away from the training base.

Letting the driver and Guard No. 1 wait outside the door, Wang Shuo entered the warehouse alone.

"Welcome back, sir."

As the voice of Zero rang out, the lights came on, and everything in the warehouse was presented before Wang Shuo's eyes.

Nodding, Wang Shuo walked straight to a computer and sat down. A mechanical arm on the side, very tactfully, brought over a cup of hot tea and placed it on the table beside him.

"Thank you."

Wang Shuo said.

"You are too kind, sir. It is my honor to serve you."

Zero's voice came from the speakers on the desk again, still a neutral male voice, but Wang Shuo showed a hint of surprise.

Was that polite remark just now said by Zero?

"Zero."

Wang Shuo ordered, "Open the core source code node map. I want to check the progress of the anthropomorphic node simulation."

The computer screen flickered, and a node map appeared on the screen, quickly flashing with streams of light. As the anthropomorphic nodes appeared, Wang Shuo was surprised to discover that this core node, which he had specially attended to, had already lit up nearly ten percent of its area.

No wonder he had felt recently that Zero was becoming more and more like a human; sometimes the things it said would even make him feel inexplicably astonished.

"Zero, generate a training data contribution list."

Wang Shuo continued.

A list appeared on the screen in front of him, and Wang Shuo glanced at it.

The anthropomorphic data providers on the screen were dense, with nearly a thousand people, but the two people at the very top still surprised Wang Shuo somewhat.

"The two people with the highest anthropomorphic data contribution rankings are actually Xu Kexin and Liu Yemei?"

Muttering to himself, Wang Shuo felt a bit strange.

He could understand Xu Kexin; after all, this woman had volatile emotions and was very complex, so it wasn't too strange that she could provide sufficient sample data. But Liu Yemei, that cold iceberg, had actually contributed nearly one percent of the sample data?

This seemed somewhat unscientific.

Or was it that, in fact, beneath Liu Yemei's cold exterior, there was also a fiery heart?

This didn't seem impossible, did it?

Smacking his lips, Wang Shuo waved his hand to close the interface, not continuing to think about this question. As for Zero's prompt to view the anthropomorphic training task log, Wang Shuo chose to ignore it directly.

There was no need to waste precious time on these meaningless things. It was enough to know that the anthropomorphic training was very effective, and this effect would become even more obvious as the quantity of zero egg delivered increased.

Wang Shuo's goal was simple: at the current stage, let Zero be able to fully simulate one hundred different character personality traits.

Once all the data collection was complete, he would write the next step of emotion generation code, truly allowing Zero to randomly combine character personalities and generate completely different virtual characters with distinct personality traits.

However, before that, he still had one thing to do.

"Zero."

Wang Shuo leaned back in his chair, looking at the computer screen in front of him.

"Open the EDA drawing tool. Same old rule: execute optimization first."

"Okay, sir. Extracting source code, running code based on the new code generation."

Zero's actions were fast; before Wang Shuo had even finished his cup of tea, a brand new EDA software appeared on the desktop.

The difference was that the icon was marked with a small spherical lightning logo, to show that it had become unique.

The software opened automatically, and a familiar yet unfamiliar interface appeared before Wang Shuo's eyes.

"Not bad."

Wang Shuo commented, then said calmly, "Create a new folder, name it Super Chip... No. 2!"