Spark

"The Chinese people really took action!"

"The Rainbow-9 integrated surveillance and attack drone just carried out an air strike on Bahia Honda and destroyed several US military strongholds. This is our opportunity!"

"This is the big defeat we've been waiting for. The prestige of the military and federal government is plummeting. Our cause begins!"

Cheyenne, Wes said to Dewey with excitement on his face.

"All paths have been opened. Now, we only need to do one thing."

"That's convincing state governments to decouple themselves from the federal government."

"We first need to master Malmström Air Base and establish basic air deterrence, and then use this as a bargaining chip to continue negotiations with the federal government."

"In the first stage, we do not need to declare complete 'independence.' Our reason is very good, that is, 'rejection of involvement in the Cuban War.'"

"Such a reason will be recognized by everyone, and we can even be heroes."

Hearing Weiss's words, Dewey nodded slowly.

It does sound magical, and it is actually very magical, but in history, such magical things have really happened more than once.

In other words, regardless of whether it can succeed in the end, at least now it seems that the plan of the new North American alliance is feasible.

The only thing that needs attention is the details of how to achieve this goal.

"We need to step up to the plate?"

Dewey asked.

"Aren't you already standing in front of the stage? I mean, everyone knows it's you."

"Of course, we don't need you to really express your position. As long as you exist, it is already the biggest position."

"This is inconsistent with your ideology as Americans."

Dewey shook his head and continued:

"And this was not our initial plan. We do want to exert influence on the future development of the United States, but we do not do it in this way."

"Any way you can!"

Weiss suddenly recovered and then said:

"There is no ideology, no tradition, nothing remains the same. Desperate people are willing to do anything and vent their dissatisfaction in any way."

"They are stupid, short-sighted and reckless. This is the essence of this nation."

"Believe me, after this time, the whole world will completely change."

"As long as we succeed, you will no longer have to worry about any threats from 'enemies' and we will establish the most peace-loving government in the world."

"We will win unique development time for mankind. Isn't such a future worth the risk?"

"--No, I understand what you mean."

Weiss suddenly shut up and thought for a few seconds before continuing:

"You've got the authorization, right?"

Seeing his suddenly calm expression, Dewey nodded again.

"That's right."

"We will begin operations after you withdraw."

"The training has been completed and our contracts have expired. It's really time for you to leave."

"Maybe... we will meet again in another identity."

Wes had a look of relief on his face, and then he reached out to Dewey.

“Happy to work with!”

“A pleasure to work with.”

Dewey took his hand, and both of them smiled.

On the special plane flying to a base in the northwest, Chen Nianzheng discussed the latest news with Chen Guo beside him.

"So the effect of the Rainbow-9 cluster bombing is indeed stronger than we expected. This type of unmanned combat platform has great advantages over traditional manned fighters in terms of cost and flexibility. "

"Especially when attacking fixed targets, we don't even need to establish communication with the drone at all. Under the dual command of the Yujing 04 + Zhanlu system, we can just let it go and make contact. If we can, we can make contact. If we can't, we can use internal pre-control." The program is designed to rely on the terrain recognition system for navigation and strikes."

"After the fight, if there is no problem with the navigation, then return according to the guidance; if all communications are interrupted in a complex electromagnetic environment, then 100% copy the entry trajectory and exit."

“It’s extremely simple, even extremely stupid, but it’s so effective.”

"In one air strike, the Cuban side dispatched 16 Rainbow-9s. A total of 9 were lost, but 12 completed the planned combat objectives."

"It seems that the battle damage is quite high, but every aircraft is mass-produced, that is, the output of the production line is about 48 hours. If there are breakthroughs in core components, especially stealth materials and manufacturing processes, in the future, this thing will The production time can even be further compressed.”

"In short, this battle really adopted the combat method of the future battlefield, reducing the human factor to the limit, but instead putting illusory things like industry and technology on the stage."

Hearing Chen Guo's words, Chen Nianshen nodded in agreement.

In fact, this is not just the development trend of war, but the development trend of the entire world.

In fact, in this "fusion era", except for North America, the trend of "paper war" has begun to appear within all countries.

When it comes to the issue of benefit distribution, traditional political means are becoming less and less common, and "commercial" negotiations are becoming more and more mainstream.

You want to build nuclear power plants on the border?

Okay, take out the plan, including inputs, outputs, and risks, and explain them clearly through data.

Are you saying you can't control everything?

Then at least you have to let me know how sure you are of controlling this project, right?

How many factories do you have? What is the factory's capacity? How many workers do you have? How many hours does each worker work per day? What is their skill level?

This is not a sign that "everyone has begun to become civilized and peace-loving", but that under the wave of extreme "pursuit of development", human beings have tried to find the best way to develop based on their instinct for profit.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian smiled and said:

"War is inherently a battle for productivity, and industry and technology are the concentrated expression of productivity."

"It is still in the early stages of development. If quantum communication can be truly realized in the future, after all existing electromagnetic interference methods fail, the war will enter another situation."

"We don't need to fight anymore. Just find an open space and place the equipment produced in the factory every day. Let's see who has more planes and whose planes are more advanced. Whoever wins will win."

Chen Guo laughed, knowing that Chen Nian was just exaggerating.

However, the logic is correct.

Highly intelligent AI + quantum communication that cannot be interfered may really eliminate war for a period of time

The two continued chatting along this topic, talking about the situation in Cuba, the actions of the New North American Alliance in the United States, the development of GAI, the quantum computing project, and finally the purpose of their flight to the northwest this time.

"Wang Jiancheng finally found a direction to specialize in. In fact, from the very beginning when he was working on Yujing AI, I felt that he would continue on this path."

"Although he clamored to do this and that every day, and even worked on an exoskeleton for a while, he never strayed away from the main line of artificial intelligence."

"This can be considered a return to one's true nature?"

"I'm going to see him this time. It's time to make a decision for him. What do you think? Do you want to press his head?"

The so-called head pressing, of course, refers to forcing Wang Jiancheng to be sent to a research institute for further study, so that his thoughts and energy can be put into one place.

Is this considered against his personal wishes?

It doesn't seem to count.

However, Chen Nian did not intend to make a decision so early.

"Let's talk about it when we see him. It's too difficult to imprison someone like him."

"Besides, he is still young and will not die so soon. Give him a little more time."

"You won't die so soon? It seems so."

Chen Guo shook her head in a funny way, and the two of them said no more and lay down on their seats to rest.

After nearly 7 hours of flight, the special plane finally landed at the airport deep in the desert. As soon as he stepped off the plane, Chen Nian was almost knocked over by the wind and sand. The guards on the side quickly blocked him. He was sent to the special car that had been prepared long ago.

Chen Guo wiped her face again and again, spitting out the sand in her mouth, and then complained:

"There is no need for us to choose such a ghost place to conduct quantum computing experiments. What age is it now?"

"In the past, atomic bombs were used here for safety reasons, but now I don't understand."

Chen Nian shook his head and explained:

"Quantum computing is a very special technology. Professor Chen, you may not know much about it."

"Theoretically, any small disturbance may affect the results of the experiment."

"This interference may be a high-energy particle flying from hundreds of light-years away, or it may be a weak magnetic field generated by industrial activities, or it may even be a generalized radiation that we have no idea and can't figure out where it comes from. The 'observation' on the Internet, in short, it has a bit of a metaphysical flavor."

"So, in order to eliminate this interference, the laboratory must be established in an underground environment as far away from human habitation as possible and able to eliminate interference to the greatest extent."

“When selecting the site before, we actually considered the northwest and Kunlun Mountains. However, the geological environment here is more stable and it is easier to carry out large-depth underground construction, so we chose this place.”

After hearing Chen Nian's explanation, Chen Guo nodded suddenly.

"I really didn't look at this very carefully. When making decisions at that time, I left it to a professional evaluation team."

"Then you definitely can't cover everything."

Chen Nian said understandingly.

At the same time, the special car continued to move forward. After more than 20 minutes' journey, a man-made building complex appeared in front of the two people.

As Wang Jiancheng said, this is an oasis - a man-made oasis.

The area is not large, but from Chen Nian's point of view, it is enough as a living area.

Wang Jiancheng had been waiting at the entrance of the institute early. As soon as the car door opened, he couldn't wait to greet him.

"Senior! Long time no see!"

Wang Jiancheng's appearance shocked Chen Nian - originally he seemed to have learned how to take care of himself, but now that he hasn't seen him for several months, he has returned to a somewhat "sloppy" look.

"It's time for you to shave."

Chen Nian said.

"Oh, don't worry, hurry up and walk away. The wind is going to pick up again later."

Wang Jiancheng pulled Chen Nian towards the research institute. Chen Nian looked back curiously and asked:

“Don’t you have a whole windbreak or something here?”

"It's hard to grow. This is really the most desolate place. There is almost no surface water. This oasis is completely formed by the melting water of glaciers."

"And before we came, this oasis was almost extinct. It was only brought under control after installing a large-scale condenser."

"?? Condenser? Does the institute have a fusion reactor? Why didn't I know?"

The "luxury" solution of using an artificial condenser to maintain the evaporation rate of surface water was even beyond Chen Nian's cognition.

"There is no fusion reactor, but there are superconducting transmission lines connected to the molten salt photovoltaic power station in the west. This thing can basically meet the demand. It is estimated that it is unlikely to use fusion power again."

"Understood."

Chen Nian nodded slightly, but a slightly different idea came to his mind.

Maybe what seems impossible now will become normal in the future?

Is it really that difficult to turn a desert into an oasis?

He didn't think too much, but followed Wang Jiancheng all the way into the research institute.

After sitting down in the air-conditioned office, Wang Jiancheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He took out three bottles of drinks from the refrigerator and handed them to Chen Guo and Chen Nian respectively.

"Sea buckthorn juice, it's delicious. Try it."

Chen Nian had drank this stuff in his previous life, and in his opinion, it wasn't really that delicious, so he just took a casual taste and brought the topic down to business.

"I came here this time to see the progress of the quantum computing project, mainly the progress of the equipment - and I want to see you by the way."

"Take a rest in a moment. I'm going to the laboratory. I asked you to help me arrange the schedule. How about it? Have you made the arrangements?"

"It's all arranged."

Wang Jiancheng answered immediately.

"The chief engineer was originally going to pick you up today, but you said you didn't need to entertain you, so you didn't come."

"They just finished testing the new model last week, and the results were not very good, but there is progress."

"Generally speaking, our equipment has matured in terms of special computing, but general computing is progressing very slowly."

"I brought the report over for you. It's in the drawer. You can read it later."

"I can't understand it, I'm just a software person."

"Don't you want to learn?"

Chen Nian asked teasingly.

"What am I studying? It's not like I can reach a higher level just by having a little knowledge. I'm still self-aware of this."

"You read it first. After you finish reading, tell me what arrangements you have and I will deal with it."

Chen Nian took out the documents from the drawer and after briefly browsing them, his eyes lit up.

The universal quantum computing project is progressing even better than he expected.

Because, they have begun to enter the critical stage.

On the second page of the document, the title states a glaring question.

Current noise and heterogeneity suppression issues in quantum registers.

This thing is still difficult to solve even after embedding superconducting circuits, but he happens to know that this technology, or this kind of equipment, does not require too many source points in the system he has.