Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 606: Test Passed

Compared to the Divine Ark Civilization, the number of scientific workers within the Level 5 Civilization Alliance was greater. And because research talent was precious, they received good protection even during wartime, so they basically suffered no losses. Up to now, all these people had essentially ended up benefiting Xiao Yu.

To put it bluntly, if one removed the powerful research capability brought by Xiao Yu’s terrifying computational power, and spoke solely of the research strength of intelligent beings, the Divine Ark Civilization would be no match for the Level 5 Civilization Alliance at all, not even half of it. This meant that after obtaining the supplementation of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance’s research strength, Xiao Yu’s research power had at least doubled.

This was still under the condition that those researchers from the Level 5 Civilization Alliance generally harbored some resistance and low morale. Xiao Yu believed that once he completely tamed these scientists, his research strength would be greatly enhanced.

In this star system, Xiao Yu and nearly ten million researchers across various disciplines together launched into the exploration of Level 6 Civilization technology.

“The primary task before us now is to help me break through the limitation of computational power.” In the conference room, facing dozens of scientific leaders, Xiao Yu said, “We already know that the computers used by a Level 6 Civilization are based on light science, and based on our current understanding, the light computer is closely connected with space technology. To develop the light computer, we must research the technology of precisely controlling the direction of light’s advance by using curved space. As long as the light computer is developed, my computational power can increase to at least ten thousand times the current level. Yes, that’s right, ten thousand times.”

Pausing for a moment, Xiao Yu continued, “What does computational power multiplied ten thousand times mean? I believe you all know very well. It means I will be able to simultaneously control more than one hundred billion warships at the current level, and we would even have, relying on our present technological strength, the level to wage battle against a Level 6 Civilization. This is of great benefit to our civilization, to you, and to me. Not only that, after my computational power breaks through, I can also use that computational power to participate in scientific research, greatly accelerating our technological progress. This is a virtuous cycle. It is the foundation of all subsequent development. Therefore, at this stage, we will place the research and development of the light computer first. Very well, I will make the following arrangement. I will personally lead this task, with the Space Academy of Science and the Computational Academy of Science taking the lead. All other research departments will cooperate, temporarily reducing their weight in other research fields and shifting focus toward this project. Within five years, I want to see the first prototype of a light computer.”

Xiao Yu’s speech sparked a wave of discussion among the scientists present. Some questioned the timeline of five years, believing it impossible to achieve a breakthrough in such a short period. Others supported it, arguing that other technologies could be set aside for the moment and that they should fully commit to researching light computer technology.

However, those who participated in the discussion were all scientists from the original Divine Ark Civilization, while the scientists from the Level 5 Civilization Alliance each remained silent. Clearly, they still had certain concerns about their current situation. First, there was still a degree of estrangement from the Divine Ark Civilization. Second, they were worried about their status in Xiao Yu’s eyes at this moment.

“The newly joined scientists need not worry about this.” Perceiving this keenly, Xiao Yu offered reassurance, “From now on, there is no distinction between the Level 5 Civilization Alliance and the Divine Ark Civilization. We are all members of the Divine Ark Civilization. The benefits brought by technological progress can be felt and enjoyed by each of us. We are striving for our own tomorrow.”

After a few words of reassurance to those scientists, Xiao Yu dismissed the meeting. Follow-up matters related to the research were immediately launched. Under Xiao Yu’s forceful leadership, the various research departments quickly united to tackle the light computer project.

Regarding the light computer, the Divine Ark Civilization already had a certain foundation. The one Xiao Yu currently used was a half-light half-quantum computer. However, this kind of computer did not use space technology, resulting in the various tasks inside the computer not being able to be completed entirely by light; the quantum computing module had to share part of the tasks. This mode, while lowering manufacturing difficulty, also greatly reduced computational capability. What Xiao Yu needed to do now was to let those things that originally had to be handled by the quantum computing module be handled by the light computing module as well, handing over all internal modules of the entire computer completely to light.

This necessarily involved precise micro-control of space. Without doubt, such technology could only be possessed by a Level 6 Civilization. But now Xiao Yu stood at the pinnacle of Level 5 Civilizations and was qualified to begin rapid research on such technology.

In computational science, the Divine Ark Civilization held an absolute advantage, while in space science, the Level 5 Civilization Alliance held the advantage. After all, the Level 5 Civilization Alliance had developed spatial fluctuation weapons by their own strength, whereas on the Divine Ark side, even with a space weapon as a sample, they had not truly developed a space weapon of their own. And the light computer happened to require both computational science and space science. So naturally, this first major research task became a process in which the two civilizations began cooperating and integrating from a high level.

As many as several million scientists participated in this task. All scientists whose fields were related to the light computer took part, and only those in disciplines completely unrelated to the light computer did not participate. In addition to these several million scientists, under Xiao Yu’s control, more than one hundred million robots and several hundred million intelligent beings as workers began constructing all kinds of instruments and facilities needed for the research. Not only that, Xiao Yu split the project’s branch tasks and assigned them to hundreds of thousands of universities within the Divine Ark Civilization, bringing in those university students who were still in the learning stage.

There was no help for it. This task was simply too difficult. Even after Xiao Yu mobilized all the research power he could currently mobilize, he still felt somewhat inadequate. Helplessly, he handed some minute and relatively simple matters to these students.

This was a massive, systemic project, requiring the use of as many as several million kinds of branch technologies. The difficulty of developing the light computer could be imagined.

To accomplish this task, Xiao Yu had already mobilized the entire strength of the Divine Ark Civilization. He even temporarily gave up the manufacturing progress of various weapons needed by the star system’s defense system, instead handing the defensive task over to the Specter companion, letting him take charge. After all, after the battle with the Level 5 Civilization Alliance, the Specter companion had truly reached the level of a top existence beneath a Level 6 Civilization, and he also possessed a unique advantage in speed. Entrusting the star system’s defense system to him set Xiao Yu’s mind at ease.

Casting off all fetters, Xiao Yu led the Divine Ark Civilization after integration to focus single-mindedly on the research and development task of the light computer.

Perhaps one could borrow a saying from Earth, ‘Science knows no borders.’ Although the second half of that saying was ‘but scientists have borders.’ Xiao Yu had not persecuted the newly integrated populace or scientists of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance. On the contrary, he raised their standard of living by several grades. Coupled with the Divine Ark Civilization’s unique inclusiveness, the estrangement brought by borders had gradually faded. Moreover, because everyone was striving toward the same goal, exchanging research insights and data all day, working together, scratching their heads together over failures, and cheering together over progress, under such circumstances, Xiao Yu could sharply perceive that the scientists of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance and those of the Divine Ark Civilization were gradually becoming harmonious, and the scientists of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance were gradually identifying themselves as members of the Divine Ark Civilization.

This phenomenon made Xiao Yu very gratified.

“A common goal is indeed the best way to promote integration. Under such circumstances, should I deliberately manufacture an enemy, then have it launch an attack on our Divine Ark Civilization, and use war to fully integrate the Level 5 Civilization Alliance and the Divine Ark Civilization? Hm, this seems somewhat feasible. After finishing the task at hand, I will call in Luka Two and plot it together.”

Amid such circumstances, time passed bit by bit. With the computational science foundation of the Divine Ark Civilization, plus the space science foundation of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance, after five years, the first experimental model of the light computer was finally built. Today was the day of the final test.

All the scientists held to their posts, closely monitoring the data transmitted by this light computer at every moment, ready to respond to any contingency at any time. In the Central Research Academy of Science and each of the branch academies, a solemn atmosphere pervaded everywhere.

Xiao Yu gently relaxed his mind and issued the start-up command.

“Mm. Self-check passed. Light computer successfully started. Loading all related instructions… all right, loading complete. Everything normal. All hardware operating normally. Very good. Next item, enter instruction-reception state… Execute the first computational task. Undergo stability testing, undergo reliability testing, undergo extreme load stress testing, undergo accidental-condition stability testing…”

The entire testing task lasted a total of three days. Over these three days, Xiao Yu and the scientists together conducted several hundred thousand tests on the light computer.

Finally, after three days, Xiao Yu obtained the conclusion. Xiao Yu solemnly announced the result, “Test passed!”

[T/N: Anyone else annoyed we didn’t get to see their reaction to Xiao Yu’s state of existence or the fact that no intelligent beings from the Divine Ark Civ had died?? :( ]