One hundred million nanorobots

Jiang Yuan, disregarding his plans to have dinner with his classmates, went straight home, eager to ask the little guy about the StarNet.

The little guy quickly explained that, because the distances in the universe are so vast, almost all major civilizations use quantum tunneling technology for ultra-long-distance communication.

The communication network built on quantum tunneling technology is called the StarNet, which is a high-speed interstellar data communication network.

As a life science robot created by the Valencian civilization, the little guy naturally has the ability to access the StarNet.

Unfortunately, due to the low access level, it is limited to data reading.

Jiang Yuan was utterly shocked after hearing the little guy's description.

It turns out that there really are countless advanced civilizations in the universe. They not only possess advanced technology, but they have even set up public networks in the universe.

Jiang Yuan thought that if he could download the data from the StarNet and copy it into his brain's memory center, it would be an enormous fortune. Who knows, it might even allow Earth to enter the vast universe.

Although the little guy has limited access, only able to read StarNet data, it is obviously unlikely that truly valuable classified data and technology would be released on the public network.

But for a planet with such a low level of technology, this is already a huge step forward.

However, being a cautious person, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but think of Liu Cixin's Dark Forest theory.

He believes that the universe is like a huge black forest, and every civilization is a hunter with a gun, lurking in the forest, looking for its prey.

No one can predict what the outcome would be if Earth's civilization were to collide with another extraterrestrial civilization. It might be amicable, but more likely it would be a silent massacre.

Call ~

Jiang Yuan gasped in shock and hurriedly inquired about the probability of being discovered by other civilizations.

The little guy explained that the Kuiper Belt at the outer edge of the solar system is like a giant shield, making it extremely difficult for any communication or detection technology to penetrate it.

This is why the little guy has such a difficult time communicating with the StarNet.

If communication goes smoothly, the high-speed interstellar network has virtually unlimited bandwidth, and any data can be obtained in just milliseconds.

Jiang Yuan was relieved after hearing what the little guy said.

Connecting to the StarNet is difficult and will undoubtedly cause pain, but the natural shielding effect of the Kuiper Belt also protects Earth from being discovered by extraterrestrial civilizations, so from this point of view, it may not be a bad thing.

"Yes, I understand the general idea."

"From now on, you must seize any communication opportunity, no matter how small, to download data and information from the StarNet, but the premise is that you must not expose yourself."

Jiang Yuan gave him very serious instructions. In his opinion, being a little slower was not a big deal; what was more terrifying was easily exposing oneself in the dark forest.

"receive!"

The little guy puffed out his chest, feeling extremely guilty for the previous misunderstanding. It turned out that his master wanted him to download data from the Internet, and he had failed to accurately understand his master's intention, which was obviously unacceptable.

As for whether Jiang Yuan should also bear some responsibility for the ambiguity of his orders.

This is not an option for the little guy. When the Valencian civilization created life science robots, they required them to be absolutely loyal to their masters. Any mistake, even if it was clearly the master's mistake, had to be accepted in its entirety.

"Excuse me, Master."

"The StarNet possesses countless massive amounts of data. Which aspects would you prefer me to collect first?"

Without a second thought, Jiang Yuan immediately replied without hesitation, "Technology, of course, refers to science and technology."

"As for language, let's just pretend I didn't say anything. After all, given the current situation, even if I could speak the universal language of the galaxy, it wouldn't have any practical significance."

"The Earth is currently pushing forward with new energy initiatives, and you can start here."

"Of course, we can't miss other technology categories either."

"In short, the more the better, even if you don't need it right now, you can still stock up."

The little guy nodded very seriously, "Understood, Master. I will seize every opportunity to collect technology and knowledge from the StarNet, and I will make collecting technology my most important task. I will report to Master immediately once I have any findings."

Jiang Yuan felt gratified. He believed in the little guy's abilities and even more in his loyalty. Although they had only known each other for a short time, the little guy had already proven himself to be a reliable partner.

"If only we could get controllable nuclear fusion technology, quantum chips would be great too..."

Jiang Yuan looked up, staring at the ceiling, his heart filled with hope and dreams for the future.

……

California.

Starlink headquarters.

Due to the time difference, what is afternoon in China is early morning in California.

After several intense internal struggles, Senior Engineer Melop, who was on the night shift, finally dialed the phone with his boss, Elon Musk.

Although it was break time, Melop knew perfectly well that if he didn't report such a serious incident to his boss immediately, the consequences would be far beyond what he could bear.

"Boss, something really scary just happened."

Facing the notoriously strict and averse to idle chatter of Musk, Melop went straight to the point, even using the rare adjective "horrible."

On the other end of the phone, Musk, who was asleep, was woken up by the ringing phone. He looked annoyed, but after hearing Melop's report, he was slightly taken aback and immediately frowned.

"Just say it directly, don't beat around the bush."

"What?"

"What?"

"Such a thing actually happened?"

"Understood. Wait for me at the company, I'll be there soon."

"Also, notify everyone to come to the company!"

As the world's number one workaholic, after listening to Melop's report, Musk immediately notified the helicopter parked in the backyard. He didn't even change out of his pajamas before rushing to the huge helipad on the top floor of the company.

Melop was already waiting on the tarmac, holding the documents he had just compiled. When Musk got off the helicopter, he ignored the strong wind from the rotor and went straight to meet him.

"0.69 seconds."

"Someone in China used technology we cannot understand to forcibly requisition the Starlink system, causing the entire system to crash for 0.69 seconds."

Upon hearing Melop's words, Musk was puzzled, "We have tens of thousands of communication satellites in low Earth orbit, and they're all down?"

Yes, all of them.

Melop answered with unusual sincerity, his eyes revealing an undisguised fervor.

Call ~

Musk stepped into the elevator and took a deep breath.

Tens of thousands of communication satellites were all brought to a standstill simply because of a single, unexpected action by the Chinese side.

This was clearly beyond his comprehension; he couldn't imagine how China had managed to do it.

"They control all our satellites, and then what? What did they do with our satellites?" Musk gathered his thoughts and pressed on.

Melop met his boss's eyes, then shook his head vigorously. "That's the scariest part. We have absolutely no idea what they've done with Starlink. There are no data communication records, no short-frequency logs, nothing at all."

"It was as if they were under a spell; tens of thousands of satellites lost contact with headquarters for a moment, only to regain communication the next second."

Upon hearing this unbelievable description, Musk's blood pressure suddenly spiked, his vision blurred, and he stumbled, collapsing as he stepped out of the elevator. Fortunately, there were many people around him who quickly caught him.

With great difficulty, Musk finally regained his balance, but his mind was still blank.

As an outlier among the world's richest people, Musk has always been known for his technical expertise, but today he just can't understand how the Chinese managed to do it.

Hacking into a single satellite might not be difficult, but this time it's not just one satellite, but tens of thousands—an incredibly massive Starlink network!

Sitting in the highest chair in the command center, Musk looked worried.

Within a very short time, employees from all walks of life, dragged out of bed, arrived. They were the world's top communications engineers, satellite transmission engineers, rocket designers, signal experts...

Without exception, no one could explain why the Starlink network would collectively crash after the intrusion, or what technology the attacker used.

As for who the other party is, everyone knows the answer.

With such formidable strength and such mysterious technology, it must be, and can only be, the official entity.

Even if they exhausted all their imagination, they could never have imagined that the instigator was actually an ordinary Chinese college student.

Little did they know, at that very moment, the Chinese government was also holding a meeting to investigate why the Starlink system had suddenly crashed. China believed that this was clearly the work of the Westerners.

Shortly after, Melop walked up to Musk, said nothing, and simply shook his head.

hey~

Musk sighed, reluctantly picked up the phone, and dialed the number of the person he didn't want to face.

"Hello, Mr. President."

After the call connected, Musk addressed the other person by their name in a deep voice.

Technology has always been an extension of power.

Despite being a private company, Starlink has played an extremely important role in conflicts around the world.

Ultimately, Starlink is a North American Starlink, so it naturally has to stand on the North American side.

Overnight, Starlink's prized security system was completely compromised, and tens of thousands of communication satellites went out of control. Given such a serious incident, Musk naturally had to report it to his sources of authority.

"We have been held hostage by the Chinese side."

"You heard me right, it's a kidnapping."

"They used an unprecedented technology to completely take control of Starlink, causing all our communication satellites to go offline simultaneously."

"Unfortunately, we cannot know why they controlled Starlink or what they did."

On the other end of the phone, the president seemed to be greatly shocked and fell silent.

Several minutes later, Musk finally heard a hoarse voice cursing, "Damn Chinese!"

"Shipbuilding, automobiles, machinery, electronics, even the fully automatic lawnmower at home is now made in China!"

"They've already taken too many industries from us, and now they want to take our Starlink! What will they do next? Take our aerospace industry? Take our chip manufacturing industry!?"

Faced with the president's curses, Musk displayed a very subtle expression.

After all, this is a life-or-death war between the East and the West. The angrier the president is, the more he will invest in Starlink and the space industry. And these investments will continuously turn into cash, filling the pockets of capitalists like Musk.

Therefore, from this perspective, Western capitalists are actually quite happy to see a technological war between the East and the West. After all, capital has no borders; they go wherever there is profit.

Recently, people have been discussing that Germany has been the most affected by the rise of China.

Actually, BASF just built its largest chemical plant ever in Zhanjiang.

BMW has long since moved its core production capacity to Shenyang, where it not only houses BMW's only fully digital plant in the world, but also shoulders the important task of transitioning from gasoline to electric vehicles.

Volkswagen Group's EMB plant in Anhui has an annual production capacity of 350,000 vehicles and is also jointly developing autonomous driving technology with the Chinese company Horizon Robotics.

Even the prestigious Carl Zeiss has established a base in Suzhou, marking the first time in history that Zeiss has set up a large-scale base outside of Germany, with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Therefore, the so-called decline of German industry is a false proposition and simply does not exist.

They simply moved all their businesses from Germany to China.

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