309: Chapter 309 Experiments and Trials

"The harvest is bountiful, thank you for your guidance, Scholar Musar."

Zhang Huaiyuan did not expect the other party to initiate conversation with him. After realizing it, he immediately nodded in response.

"Oh?"

A flicker of unreadable meaning flashed in the Scholar's eyes, and he smiled faintly:

"How much of the third-layer superimposed construction logic for the intelligent lifeform's underlying code did you memorize?"

"Seventy to eighty percent, I suppose."

Zhang Huaiyuan pointed his finger, and by borrowing the Void Network, he quickly constructed lines of symbols arranged in a special way, which were very similar to the methods used by the Scholar just now.

"Not bad..."

A smile of appreciation curled the corners of Musar's mouth.

Although this technique was not too difficult, for a Junior Scholar, it was not within the scope of what they needed to master.

Being able to learn it after seeing it just once only indicated that the other party had done relevant homework in advance.

This was the attitude a good Scholar should have, and it made it worth his while to intentionally slow down the pace.

"Unfortunately, I don't have a solution for this topic either, so I've made a fool of myself in front of a junior on our first meeting."

Musar sighed slightly, looking at the reset miniature universe inside the box and said.

"Senior, you are too modest. The topic of intelligent lifeform evolution and loss of control is an eternal problem in Virtual Technology. Being able to simulate operations for over thirty million years is already very impressive. Breakthroughs in technology inherently require constant attempts."

"You certainly know how to talk."

Musar chuckled, his expression softening further, and pointed to the reset miniature universe, saying:

"Do you have any questions about what just happened?"

"Yes!"

Hearing this, Zhang Huaiyuan's eyes lit up. Knowing that the other party intended to teach him, he quickly spoke up and brought up a few points of knowledge he didn't quite understand:

"Scholar Musar, how can one ensure that a predetermined event implanted with a time anchor will definitely trigger according to the planned schedule? And also..."

"Hmm... That is indeed a good question, but it involves quite a bit of knowledge regarding space-time and even more complex topics..."

Musar pondered for a moment, seemingly considering how to express it concisely.

"We might as well view it as an engineering problem."

"Many natives like to call it the operation of the World Will, but in essence, it is actually a trigger-based delayed task scheduling system..."

"It is mainly divided into four modules: persistence, distributed high availability, precise time anchors, and compensation prevention mechanisms..."

"..."

As Musar broke down and narrated each knowledge point, the originally obscure problem suddenly became clear.

"Therefore, regarding what you said about ensuring it triggers according to the planned schedule, the key lies in layered protection. This is actually similar to constructing protection systems in Virtual Technology; one must be meticulous, without a single oversight..."

"Of course, this is just based on my understanding and might be relatively shallow. Senior Scholar Aroya, or your teacher, they should have more understanding and methods. Given your status, you can go and consult them in the future."

Musar shook his head and summarized.

"Thank you for clearing up my confusion, sir."

Zhang Huaiyuan returned the salute, his eyes filled with a hint of excitement.

One could only say that they were worthy of being the elites of the association; even if they were just an Intermediate Scholar, they had their own unique insights.

Although he had joined the association and was taken in as a disciple by the Tower Master, both Teacher Kraft and those senior brothers were of too high a rank.

Even though they were all very easygoing and treated him well, he still felt a bit embarrassed to ask them some simple questions.

Most of the time, he studied on his own.

"No need to be polite. You are a core disciple of the Virtual Tower, we are all our own people."

Musar glanced at the expression on Zhang Huaiyuan's face and smiled, saying:

"Alright, I imagine you need some time to consolidate and review what you've just gained. No need to waste time on pleasantries; we Scholars don't go in for that sort of thing. Go ahead."

"Oh, right, other colleagues are also researching their own split topics. After you finish consolidating, you might as well go take a look."

"I understand."

Zhang Huaiyuan nodded.

What the other party said was exactly what he was thinking.

Gaining a large amount of knowledge would be a waste if not carefully consolidated and transformed into his own.

After bidding farewell to the other party, Zhang Huaiyuan was transported by the intelligent system of this world to the outside of an empty square box.

This knowledge wasn't something where just understanding the theory was enough; one had to practice it personally to master it as quickly as possible.

"If I remember correctly, the debugging should be done like this..."

Zhang Huaiyuan attempted to set the various parameters in the miniature universe according to the methods the other party used earlier.

"Start."

Vast energy poured in from the void, and the entire miniature universe began to operate.

"That's not right..."

However, just as it started, Zhang Huaiyuan realized something was wrong.

Even for a man-made miniature universe, its timeline and variables far exceeded his imagination.

Unlike Musar's practiced control, he could not perfectly implant the predetermined anchors despite his best efforts.

"Abandon the rest for now and focus on the evolution of the intelligent lifeform."

Zhang Huaiyuan made a prompt decision and concentrated all his energy on the most critical part.

However, even so, after only maintaining it for over three million years, the entire miniature universe was destroyed due to conflicts in various instructions and the loss of control of the cultivated intelligent lifeform.

"Phew... Failed..."

Zhang Huaiyuan let out a long breath. There wasn't a trace of frustration on his face; instead, he felt a bit excited.

Only by practicing personally could he discover the difficulties in the process.

One had to know that the cost of restarting a miniature universe was simply unbearable for ordinary Scholars; this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"The progress of 'Miracle' has reached 2.1... Continue..."

Zhang Huaiyuan was not discouraged in the slightest and immediately restarted the miniature universe to conduct the experiment.

Once... Twice...

Zhang Huaiyuan kept trying and refining new algorithms in the customized miniature universe.

"4.5 million years... It seems to have reached some kind of bottleneck..."

After the tenth time, Zhang Huaiyuan stopped his hand and fell into thought.

Starting from the seventh experiment, it had kept hovering around this number.

"Is there a problem with Scholar Musar's algorithmic construction, or have I overlooked some key thing..."

He frowned slightly.

According to the knowledge he had just learned from the other party, every intelligent lifeform would lose control sooner or later. But if too many restrictive programs were put in place, it would greatly slow down its evolution, running counter to the original goal.

"According to these results, does it mean that Asroth and the Statue of Liberty will also lose control after long ages..."

Zhang Huaiyuan hesitated for a moment, then restarted the miniature universe once again.

However, this time, he used the original 'Miracle' algorithm as the core blueprint for operation.

A qualified Scholar naturally needs the courage to question authority.

"3 million years... 4 million years... 5 million years..."

Unexpectedly, under acceleration, the time in the miniature universe quickly exceeded the previous upper limit.

It wasn't until over 9 million years later that it was destroyed due to the space-time paradox and instruction conflicts of the miniature universe.

"No loss of control!"