388: Countdown: 48 hours!

Before today, the voting for the ranking of the World's Most Influential People had not yet shown such a huge, segmented gap.

Even though Skema had already displayed the Cryogenic Storage technology at the conference, he still only held a slight lead in the votes.

As this was the final round of voting, everyone was extremely cautious about casting their ballot.

Since it was a one-time, real-name vote, and everyone only had a single chance, the vast majority of the audience was not rushing to make their final decision.

Once the vote was cast, it could not be altered.

Before Su Yu's final presentation appeared, everyone had tacitly chosen to hold their fire.

They would not easily cast their vote until the very last moment.

The exceptions were the fanatical supporters.

The moment the voting channels opened, they immediately cast their ballots. For them, the presentations of others were completely irrelevant.

No matter what, they were voting based on the individual.

Their chosen target for voting, decided from the start, would absolutely not change.

The people who have cast their votes so far are highly likely to be the staunch loyalists of a particular candidate.

Although the vote count is substantial, it does not represent everything.

The current advantage in votes is sure to undergo massive changes in the last few days.

No one could guarantee he could maintain the lead indefinitely.

According to the official calculations from previous rounds, the people who have participated in the voting so far only account for one-fifth of the total votes!

In other words, eighty percent of the people have yet to vote.

Even though Skema announced the subsequent experimental results of the Cryogenic Storage today, he only gained about 200 million more votes.

He temporarily held the first-place spot.

The viewers who had already voted took advantage of the last few remaining days to frantically urge those around them to cast their ballots for their chosen candidate.

Some people even went so far as to openly spend money buying votes!

They promised that anyone who voted for a certain candidate immediately would be given a substantial reward fee.

Money would be exchanged for the vote, one transaction per person.

This behavior did achieve a certain degree of success.

Those who were not particularly interested in the final rankings, upon hearing they could get paid to vote, immediately cast their ballots cheerfully.

Moreover, these types of people were not few in number!

This was especially true for those facing financial difficulties who desperately needed this extra income; they were more than happy to participate.

However, the officials seemed unconcerned about this negative trend.

In their view, the total global vote count had already been roughly determined after the previous rounds of voting.

They considered spending money to buy votes a normal method of garnering support.

If one party could spend money to buy votes, then others could also choose to do so; the organizers would not interfere with this behavior.

Furthermore, this was the selection for the World's Most Influential Person.

What defines the Most Influential Person?

Getting people to willingly spend money on him

wasn't that a symbol of influence?!

However, while many people chose to vote immediately in exchange for money,

the vast majority of people still adhered to the true principle of voting: they would only cast their ballot for the person they genuinely believed deserved to win.

According to the current real-time voting statistics,

Skema temporarily leads, ranking first with a slight advantage of 300 million votes.

Second place was still Bezos.

Compared to the previous rounds of voting, Su Yu's position had seen a noticeable rise in this round, reaching third place!

Lei Jun had reached the tenth spot.

President Ren was in fifteenth.

Based on the overall vote distribution, aside from Skema's slightly larger lead, the vote difference between all the subsequent candidates was not significant.

The rankings were also changing very frequently.

A completely new ranking could emerge within just one or two hours.

Consequently, those who had spent large sums of money to vote for their preferred candidates became even more anxious.

If spending money only achieved this current position, wouldn't their ranking plummet instantly if they stopped spending?

This was something they found hard to accept.

But ultimately, people already had a rough assessment of the current voting situation.

The final first-place position would certainly emerge from either Skema or Su Yu.

Although Bezos currently ranked second, that was because Su Yu’s research had not yet been fully demonstrated.

Once results were revealed, that would inevitably mark the true start of the voting... Inside the Chinese Academy of Sciences research lab in China.

Everyone was holding their breath, intently watching the experimental broadcast on the large screen.

On screen, the Brain-Computer Interface experiment had progressed from small animals to primate mammals today.

It must be noted:

Six days ago, conducting experiments was out of the question.

The knowledge held by these top Academicians and experts in China regarding the Brain-Computer Interface field was completely unsystematized.

All research and experimental data had yet to undergo repeated testing and verification.

Even when Su Yu demonstrated and explained things directly, many concepts exceeded their comprehension.

Simply in terms of professional knowledge reserves, the two sides were not on the same level.

Fortunately, the Academicians present were all leaders in their respective fields. Now, six days later, they had finally grown accustomed to Su Yu's method of instruction.

And successfully initiated a round of brainwave experiments.

The core of today's experiment centered on how to cut and store brainwave fluctuations.

Analyzing brainwave information was no longer a major hurdle for them.

With the aid of super artificial intelligence, they could easily decipher the various signals emitted by the brain in a short period.

Even the thoughts of less intelligent animals could be successfully analyzed.

However, no one had anticipated that the very first brainwave storage attempt conducted today would succeed.

This was humanity’s first step toward electronic life! It was also the crucial experiment for human brain memory transfer and storage!

It was a success!

Judging from the experimental data just uploaded, they had not only successfully clipped the consciousness of the experimental puppy but had also deleted the original sequence of memories in its brain.

Although it was only a single memory segment, this was enough to prove that Su Yu's experimental direction was sound.

Now it was one segment, but soon it would be two, three, five segments... until the dog's memory and consciousness were completely stripped from its body and stored on a chip. That would be the true success of the experiment!

Furthermore, Su Yu's ultimate goal was still to use a human as the experimental subject, hoping to allow Cai Shi to be reborn.

This was the promise he had made.

Therefore, he was not far from realizing this goal.

However, the time he had left was also running short!

There were ninety-six hours remaining until the voting ended, but his true working time was only forty-eight hours!