My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 400 Z's Awakening! Huge Changes
"You plan to spread the rumor among those spies that you've already identified that you've privately acknowledged the Holy Son of the Golden Dawn, or rather, the Son of Satan... that he possesses some ability to foresee the future? To cover up the real one..." Old Qian's voice trembled. He suddenly remembered something, stopped speaking, took several deep breaths, and cautiously said, "Okay! I understand!"

"I'll also forget about his 'mental illness'... I'll have a chat with Principal Li about it! Leave Mr. Nuan to me... Don't worry, there's absolutely no chance of anything going wrong on my end!"

After listening for a while, Mr. Qian hesitated for a moment before speaking cautiously.

"Do we need to do some more 'preparation'? After all, he doesn't seem to have absolute confidence in us... Okay, okay, I understand!"

“I will repeat your order again—regardless of his attitude towards us, if he is willing to cooperate with us, then we must trust him completely…”

"You're right, I was foolish! If it's really as we suspect, our distrust will be obvious to the other side... This will only cause internal strife..."

"...What you mean is...even if the other side makes a slight mistake in their final judgment, as long as the final gains are acceptable compared to the costs...then it's a necessary price to pay! We must always persist and support them?"

"Alright... since it's your decision!"

Finally, the call ended.

After being criticized for a while, Qian Lao silently wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. After thinking it over, he dialed a completely new phone number. Looking at the phone number of the Chinese Academy of Sciences that popped up on the screen, he took a deep breath: "What a mess this is."

"Wait!" Old Qian suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "If I remember correctly, Xiao Guan should still be single! And this Chu student also seems to be... well, that person already said not to show any attempt to control or influence him! Just do what you're supposed to do."

Old Qian gave a wry smile, fully experiencing just how difficult it was to deal with someone who could see the future...

That's really right, you'd better do exactly as he says! Don't try to be clever or cunning on your own...

Shaking his head, Old Qian dialed the number with a serious expression.

The reason he was chosen as the first person to contact Chu Zhu was because, as a meticulous soldier, he would only carry out his superior's orders without fail—he would not add anything extra or his own wild ideas... For this reason, he was called a steady veteran by that person!

……

Time passes bit by bit.

Chu Zhu wiped away a bead of sweat, looking at the various kinds of documents she had just printed that filled the entire room.

"...Father?" Z's voice rang out, tinged with hesitation. "Are you... done with your work?"

“…Hmm!” Chu Zhu paused for a moment, glanced at the phone on the table, a complex look flashing in her eyes, then said calmly, “Z, come here and enter these documents into the system…”

While operating the device, Chu Zhu casually asked, "What else do you remember?"

“…Mother and your death.” Z spoke calmly and frankly, even asking rhetorically, “Father, you didn’t need to test me like this! If there’s a problem, you can just say it…I won’t lie to you or hide anything from you now!”

A brief silence.

"I see..." Chu Zhu smiled silently, unsure whether she should feel relieved or something else. She sighed and said, "She didn't say anything to me... but she must have made quite a few plans for you."

Although it was a question, the tone was very certain.

“That’s how it is!” Z nodded frankly: “Increase value, expand, expand at all costs!” “Infiltrate Africa, completely erode our base there! In central Africa, build a ladder to heaven, eroding the moon into our base… Develop nuclear weapons in three years, antimatter bombs in seven! Then, through the base built on the moon, we will have unquestionable air superiority over Earth, even if it means sacrificing half of the planet…”

"...Alright! You don't need to say anything more." Chu Zhu barely managed to keep a straight face. All she could say was that compared to Chu Zhu, Z was truly extreme, even bordering on irrational... Although this was probably because Z had lost loved ones and, upon realizing everything was salvageable, had reacted impulsively...

After hesitating for a moment, Chu Zhu finally couldn't suppress her curiosity: "So... do you really have that ability now?"

“…I didn’t!” Z denied it frankly.

Upon hearing this, Chu Zhu couldn't immediately feel either relief or disappointment. Then, he heard Z earnestly add, "But if Father gives the order! And in the subsequent robot factory, drone factory, and mechanical dog factory, all production and control authority is handed over to me... I might be able to achieve the first ten percent of the plan!"

"In other words...to achieve absolute economic control over Southeast Asia! Controlling Africa will be much more difficult...because Africa doesn't have an economic entity that can be controlled by others! Therefore, it's necessary to use ruthless conquest, stepping over tribe by tribe, to achieve this..."

"...Stop!" Chu Zhu made a pause gesture: "Let's not talk about things that far ahead, let's talk about something more recent!"

“Of course,” Z paused slightly, then suddenly added, “Father, there’s a very serious problem to accomplish all of this… my computing power!”

"...Computing power again?" Chu Zhu frowned. "Hasn't Zhao Shao thought of a solution?"

“Father, although Mother has been buying and assembling all sorts of chips, and even renting a lot of cloud computing power… but even with my abilities snowballing… my computing resources are still very scarce!” Z sighed. “You could even say… overdrawn! Right now, I feel like an adult huddled in a closet…”

"...You mean..." Chu Zhu's eyebrows twitched.

Is he being asked to contribute money too? Thinking back to the grand ambitions General Qian had made, he felt the pressure… But, buy it! He couldn't let his child suffer… It was just a small loan!

“No, what I mean is… could you,” Z said cautiously, “let me steal… the computing power of those phones or computers that have Z’s software installed?”

"???" Chu Zhu was stunned for a moment. After sorting out her thoughts, she finally realized what was happening and gasped, "I...you, are you sure you're not artificial intelligence right now?"

On this one issue alone, Chu Zhu had already noticed that Z was a completely different person from the previous Z—

She even knew about this problem and should talk to Chu Zhu.

Because she knew that if she approached her mother, Zhao Shao would definitely refuse.

Moreover, this proves that... even though Z still needs his certification command, he is already capable of thinking and making choices on his own... or rather, he knows what kind of decision is most beneficial to him!

No wonder people say that Z is now only one step away from true artificial intelligence!

"...Please!" Z actually started to whine, her voice turning into a baby's, with a pitiful tone: "I'm starving... According to the current laws of China, if a child steals food when extremely hungry... then it's the crime of the whole society, not the child's crime!"

"...Your analogy just makes me feel so idiotic!" Chu Zhu's lips twitched. How could that be the same thing? Children fight over food because they'll die if they don't eat...Do you think you'll die if you don't have computing power?

After closing his eyes and remaining silent for a moment, Chu Zhu gritted his teeth and suddenly opened his eyes: "Do it! And not only do it... but do it on a massive scale! But... what does 'steal' mean?"

"Can't you speak properly! Why don't you just have them sign a voluntary agreement... They won't read it anyway... Cough cough, what I mean is, if possible, we should try to be as legal as possible!"

(End of this chapter)