Courtyard House: My Time Travel is a Bit Too Strong

Qin Jingru and Qin Huairu both stayed in Beijing and agreed to return to Hong Kong on the fifth day of the first lunar month.

For several days in a row, Lin Quan did not set foot on the replica Earth again.

Sometimes I would sail out to sea on a yacht, bobbing up and down on the waves, letting the salty wind blow in my face;

Sometimes he would accompany Zhao Ya and Zhou Wenli to go shopping, watch movies, and have late-night snacks, making full use of his "money power".

"Time flies like it's going down a slide. In the blink of an eye, I'm already thirty-five."

A rough calculation showed that almost ten years had passed since he transmigrated, and Lin Quan felt a warm sigh of nostalgia.

Shaking off the surging distractions, he immersed himself once again in the comforts of daily life.

In the blink of an eye, schools reopened, factories resumed operations, and the sound of keyboards echoed in office buildings once again.

Living alone, Lin Quan stayed in his house, repeatedly pondering the boundaries of his replication skills.

In theory, with his treasure bowl in hand, he can replicate everything.

Some things cannot be replicated yet, simply because they are not yet ready.

"Ice can be 'squeezed' out directly, but what about the coldness?"

The moment the idea came to him, he immediately began to experiment.

In less than half a minute, the cold air condensed into a thin line and floated in the palm of the hand.

"Liquid nitrogen is around -200 degrees Celsius—my cold air is at most -40 degrees Celsius."

His gaze shifted to the liquid nitrogen sample, and he continued polishing it.

"Minus 260 degrees Celsius is the current limit."

"If my mental strength increases further, the chill will become even more biting."

Once he could control the cold air, he turned to test the flames.

God is replicating the Earth, and the threshold for replication is much lower than that of Earth itself.

He set up several infrared thermometers, and with a thought, a fire spontaneously combusted.

"500 degrees? That's too mild."

"A thousand degrees? That's interesting."

"Three thousand degrees? That's impressive!"

……

"Ten thousand degrees is the upper limit of my mental capacity right now."

"Earth, fire, water, wind; metal, wood, water, fire, earth... let's try wind too."

"A level 5 wind? It's nothing."

"A Force 10 gale? We can handle it."

"A Force 13 wind? Can we lift people off the ground?"

With a slight thought, a gust of wind suddenly rose from beneath his feet.

After five or four hours of struggling, Lin Quan finally managed to stay suspended in mid-air, riding the wind.

"No airplane, no engine, just pure willpower to take flight—hahaha!"

But when he calmed down and tried it, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: the speed was as slow as taking a walk, and his mental energy was dropping rapidly.

This self-created flying technique is far less efficient than piloting an aircraft.

In actual testing on Earth, the wind-riding ability could only last for ten seconds before collapsing from exhaustion.

After meditating for more than half an hour, his mental energy returned to its full potential, and he stepped into the replica Earth once again.

"We've firmly grasped the elements of wind, fire, and cold; what else can we replicate?"

After trying hundreds of times, he managed to "pry" the electricity out of him.

Two more strong magnets were brought over, and after more than an hour of studying and testing, the repulsive and attractive forces gradually emerged.

"Day and night alternate, light and darkness cycle—light, darkness, is that alright?"

"Fire can emit light, electricity can produce brilliance; by replicating fire and electricity, it naturally emits light."

In a flash of inspiration, he singled out "light" to replicate.

A moment later, "darkness" quietly took shape.

"Within a 15-meter radius, light, darkness, electricity, repulsion, attraction, wind, fire, and cold all flow at my fingertips."

"These readily available natural forces could be considered magic, and that wouldn't be an exaggeration."

"Just how powerful is that walnut-sized ball of pure electric charge?"

As soon as the thought crossed his mind, he conjured a ball of electricity the size of a finger joint.

Just as I withdrew my mental energy, the ball of electricity exploded with a deafening roar, the shockwave overturning tables and chairs, sending debris flying everywhere.

"Ptooey! Ptooey!" Spitting out the ash in his mouth and wiping the blood from the corner of his lips, Lin Quan shook his head with a wry smile.

An electric shock the size of a fingernail has a destructive power greater than a military stun grenade.

The burst of lightning was so fast it was breathtaking; he didn't even have time to blink before he was thrown away.

His hair stood on end, his clothes were torn apart, and he was charred black.

"It looks exactly like an obsidian stone that was just dug out from the depths of the Sahara Desert."

"If it weren't for my robust health, I would have been reduced to ashes long ago."

"Luckily I stopped myself; if I had pressed down even a fraction more, there probably wouldn't have been any crumbs left."

After taking a scalding hot shower and making a copy of a new set of clothes, Lin Quan headed straight for Huawei headquarters.

"I plan to spend about half a year working at Huawei, Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent... and even Google."

"AI has unlimited potential. It might completely replicate, dismantle, and refactor all the software technologies on Earth, and truly forge a thinking 'smart' entity."

Piloting the Radiant Sun Flying Vehicle, they arrived in an instant.

Lin Quan's programming skills are even sharper than those of the top hackers in his previous life.

The replica Earth in the treasure bowl hangs alone in the void, where he lives all by himself.

A security system without human maintenance is practically useless in his presence.

When he was alone, he would delve into the replica of Earth, studying algorithms, analyzing source code, and adjusting models, eventually turning himself into an AI expert.

Without fail, I exercise to strengthen my body in the early morning and evening, and then sit quietly to practice mindfulness meditation in the highest yoga tantra.

When I'm feeling agitated, I follow the ancient texts to grind medicine and refine elixirs, and then have the treasure basin mass-produced copies.

Taking it daily and improving month by month, more than half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

"Little White, who is the most handsome man in the world?"

"Master is the most handsome."

"Why should I?"

"There is only one you in this world, and whether you are handsome or not is up to you."

"How does it compare to those online celebrities?"

"Andy Lau, Stephen Chow... Louis Koo, each with a handsome face and a dignified bearing."

"You always say hurtful things, can't you just try to comfort me?"

"Master, I was born only to tell the truth."

It took Lin Quan more than seven months to personally incubate an artificial intelligence on a replica of Earth, which he named Xiaobai.

"Xiao Bai, draw me a treasure map, limited to the domestic area."

"Master, what type of treasure map do you want?"

"Archaeological focus, highlighting imperial tombs and secret sites where ancient cultivators may have stayed."

"Understood, Master."

"Xiaobai, dig up all the data from materials science, mechanical engineering, and clinical medicine, and then deduce a better alloy formula and crystal structure."

"Understood, Master."

After finishing their business, Lin Quan activated the Treasure Basin and quickly created a smart watch.

A few minutes later, a wisp of Xiaobai's consciousness quietly entered the watch's core.

"100EB of memory, which translates to over 100 billion GB, should be more than enough to last for several years."

Commercial memory cards the size of a fingernail can be mass-produced to 512GB.

Lin Quan's storage module, refined and recreated using a treasure basin, is less than one cubic centimeter in size, yet it contains over 100 billion GB.

When Xiaobai was first created, it was only a little over 8,000 MB. Through self-learning, it jumped to more than 50 GB in just a few months.

"Comparing it to Patek Philippe? That watch doesn't even deserve to be a supporting role."

Lin Quan took off his luxury watch and tossed it aside, then fastened his smartwatch.

He glanced at the time, then turned and stepped out of the replica Earth.

"Master, a new network signal has been detected. Do you wish to connect?" Xiaobai's voice rang out softly.

"Connect. By the way, this is Earth—keep quiet when there are people around," Lin Quan said calmly.

"Yes, Master."

They prepared a table full of hot dishes and waited quietly for Jingru and the others to return.