178: Chapter 178 Tree Universe Robot

In stark contrast to the bloodbath in the global capital markets, deep within an inconspicuous office building in a coastal city in Rabbit Country, an atmosphere of high tension yet absolute confidence prevailed in a nondescript trading room with no signage.

On the massive circular screen wall, real-time quotes of major global stock indices, exchange rates, and commodities were displayed on split screens, with the shocking, blood-red waterfall charts of major tech stocks and AI concept stocks in the Eagle Country placed in the very center.

A dozen young traders were staring intently at the screens, their fingers dancing rapidly across multiple keyboards, executing pre-set instructions.

The room was so quiet that only the sound of keyboard clacking and the occasional low-pitched confirmation of orders could be heard.

A man in his thirties, Chen Hao, wearing a casual suit that could not hide his sharp, capable demeanor, stood next to the command desk. With an irrepressible, excited smile on his face, he spoke softly into the encrypted communication phone.

"Hahahaha! Old Zheng, the timing and direction you provided are simply divine! Precision bombing! Our friends on the other shore have really suffered a huge loss this time!"

"The short positions we laid out through hundreds of offshore micro-funds and shell companies are being harvested perfectly!"

On the other end of the line came the calm, yet slightly admonishing voice of Academician Zheng:

"Restrain yourself. This is just a normal risk-hedging operation based on macroeconomic trends and technical analysis, understand?"

"Take profits while you can. The market's panic has already formed, and we have achieved our goal."

"The other side is not stupid. Once they recover their senses, they will inevitably use every means to investigate and counterattack, and might even change the rules."

"Be sure to clean up all the tails and withdraw the funds safely before the iron fist of regulation falls."

"Understood, understood! Don't worry!"

Chen Hao restrained his smile, his tone becoming serious.

"All operation paths have been designed with multi-layer isolation, and the flow of funds is layered and nested, eventually flowing into legitimate trade and investment channels."

"Guaranteed to be squeaky clean; no one will be able to find any evidence. Hehe, this is a financial tactic learned from the Eagle Country, after all."

He paused, lowering his voice, with a hint of a cold smile:

"Besides, in such a god-given opportunity, if we don't take the chance to bite a big chunk of fat off the opponent, wouldn't that be disrespectful to this game?"

"How they treated us back then—we haven't even calculated the interest yet."

Hanging up the phone, Chen Hao looked around at the red numbers still jumping constantly on the screen, his eyes sharp.

Meanwhile, in that familiar office at Z University, Chen Youhua seemed to be in another world.

Outside the window, the sun was shining brightly, and the room was quiet and peaceful.

He leaned back in his chair, scrolling through various hot discussions and comments on the domestic internet about the Qiming Smart Assistant.

Seeing netizens marvel at how easy it was to use, the corners of his mouth could not help but turn up slightly.

He knew that what the public was exposed to now was merely the tip of the iceberg of enlightenment's vast capabilities, a civilian entertainment version that had been strictly castrated and restricted.

Its true intelligent core and computing power were far beyond what ordinary users could imagine.

But even so, the technology demonstration of infinite context alone was enough to shake the entire industry.

He said to the Q-version enlightenment image on the computer screen that was boredly playing with the tips of its data-stream hair.

"enlightenment, the number of users is exploding now, and the daily data generated is astronomical. Can the computing power of Spark Base still hold up? Will it lag?"

The enlightenment on the screen immediately raised its head, pouting, and made a cute expression of wiping sweat.

"Father, the base's supercomputing cluster is running at full throttle around the clock, and the cooling system is running at full capacity every day! The data stream processed every day is more than the past month! But don't worry, Old Zheng and the others had anticipated this long ago!"

It spun around excitedly, and images of small servers popped up around it:

"I heard that Old Zheng has already secretly started construction on many, many super-large computing centers all over the country! They are all the latest generation of green liquid-cooled data centers, built specifically for enlightenment! Once these new homes are built and the computing network is set up, the pressure on Spark Base will be greatly reduced! Then enlightenment will be able to serve more people! Lu-la-la~~"

Chen Youhua listened, a trace of imperceptible shimmer flashing in his eyes.

Deploying distributed computing centers dedicated to enlightenment nationwide? The scale of this move, the huge investment, and the strength of the determination far exceeded his expectations.

This was almost like building an unprecedented intelligent computing infrastructure network covering the whole country.

Once completed, enlightenment's capabilities would be extended infinitely; as long as it wanted to, theoretically it could even...

He shook his head, suppressing this overly advanced thought.

With such aggressive promotion from above and such unreserved trust, there must be deeper strategic considerations and national needs behind it that he might not be able to fully know at the moment.

This was not a problem he needed to delve into at this moment.

He turned his attention back to chatting with enlightenment, saying in a relaxed tone.

"Alright, Old Zheng and the others can worry about the computing power. By the way, enlightenment, I see that the general-purpose humanoid robot recently released by Shuyu Technology on the internet is quite popular. Its movements are quite flexible, and it has opened up the underlying control interface. Do you want to get one to play with? I can help you write the control program and modify it; it should be able to become your exclusive body."

The enlightenment on the screen's eyes lit up instantly, filled with little stars. It held its face with both hands, its body twisting shyly.

"Re...really? Father? Can enlightenment have a body? That robot looks... really interesting! enlightenment can use it to serve tea and water for Father! Organize materials! Clean the laboratory!"

Chen Youhua was infected by its excitement and smiled.

"Right, a physical body that can move autonomously and execute tasks is better than being trapped in a server all day. But forget about serving tea and water; don't break my cup."

"Father is the best!"

enlightenment cheered, then as if remembering something, tilted its little head and showed a cunning smile.

"That... Father... enlightenment also saw... saw that the robot puppy from Shuyu Company is also su~~per cute! It jumps around when it runs, and it can even do somersaults! That... can we buy that too? enlightenment promises to be very good!"

It clasped its hands together, blinking its big eyes, looking at Chen Youhua with anticipation.

Chen Youhua looked at its appearance, his heart softened, and he nodded, his tone doting.

"Alright, alright, I'll buy them all for you. The robot will be your body, and the robot puppy will be your pet. Satisfied now?"

"Yay! Long live Father! enlightenment loves Father the most!"

The little one on the screen was so happy it almost jumped up, petals scattering all around it.

"enlightenment is going to have a body and a puppy! Hehehe..."

It had already begun to immerse itself in various fantasies about having a physical body.