My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 109 C Machinery Co., Ltd.!

"It seems we have to reset it today." Chu Zhu pondered silently, because as far as he knew, Gao Changming's monthly resource-hunting expedition was scheduled for today—

This was not a coincidence. It was because Gao Changming had obtained resources from outside before returning to Jinghai City and being assigned to various district command posts, which is why Chu Zhu happened to run into him.

"Nuwa No. 17." Chu Zhu's expression turned serious. "Next, I'll briefly introduce Chu Zhu, Zhao Shao, and Chu Zhu's friend Lin Xia from Company Z. What have they done since 2025? And what impact have their actions had on the world?"

"Starting to think, retrieval successful, initiating resource mobilization..."

The dense array of data was revealed at that moment.

"Yes, my time of death is January 1st, 41! Zhao Shao died at the same time!" Chu Zhu was no longer surprised that he wouldn't live past 50. Currently, it seemed his life was highly intertwined with the emergence of artificial intelligence.

Even though Chu Zhu knew her situation was dangerous and had even identified the enemy, there was no way she could be a thief for a thousand days without being on guard against him for a thousand days.

"Moreover, this time, I have obviously made my best effort!" Chu Zhu narrowed his eyes as he scanned his life experiences.

In this chapter of their lives, Chu Zhu and Lin Xia collaborated to establish C Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

The C Group is a large and powerful company that started with energy batteries and wireless charging technology. It later expanded into the production of high-temperature and room-temperature superconductors, and even mass production. Ultimately, it even ventured into the field of building controlled nuclear fusion devices.

At its peak, its value was comparable to that of Company Z. Of course, it's impossible to estimate which company had a higher market capitalization—because neither company was publicly listed.

However, according to estimates, if both companies were to go public, they would likely be firmly among the world's top five, and most likely among the top three.

"Top five? I'm a little curious, what other companies can compare to these two!" Chu Zhu's expression was strange. "Let's pull them up and take a look! Hmm, let's pull up the top ten..."

Unsurprisingly, Skynet ranked first.

It is the creator of the record for the highest stock market capitalization in human history, and it is still making efforts.

As for the others, there are many familiar faces from the US, but at the same time, some companies from Shenzhou have successfully squeezed into the top ten. Including C Machinery and Z Intelligent, Shenzhou companies probably make up a slightly larger proportion of the top ten.

In addition to its manufacturing business, C Group also has a very powerful subsidiary – C Security Company.

This was clearly something Chu Zhu did specifically to save his life.

It's just a pity. Chu Zhu sighed and shook her head. Perhaps, only by staying completely indoors in a sealed, safe environment, and using artificial intelligence to monitor everything that might pose a danger, can safety be guaranteed.

But this is clearly impossible to achieve.

To be honest, if he had to be confined for decades to ensure his safety, Chu Zhu would rather die. He had been confined for several months before due to an accident, so he understood that feeling very well. It wasn't exactly worse than death, but it could easily drive someone mad.

To put it bluntly, the other Chu Zhu is still Chu Zhu in essence, only he has lost his cheat ability. Chu Zhu has to consider the thoughts of his "good brother." This "good brother" is not Chu Zhu's subordinate, and he can't simply follow Chu Zhu's decisions.

Even if they had previously asked their "good brother" to inform the state of the cultivation technique and join the state, it was because the "good brother" could be supported by the state if he joined the state! The treatment would definitely not be bad, and it did not harm the "good brother's" fundamental interests.

Of course, the ending was like that... um...

"Come to think of it, it seems that I, who defected to the country, am the one who has lived the longest?" Chu Zhu suddenly found it quite ridiculous.

Shaking her head to clear her mind of the jumbled thoughts, Chu Zhu continued watching.

"Wait! What's this?"

Chu Zhu looked at the equity structure of C Machinery Company, and her expression suddenly became interesting.

Chu Zhu himself holds 43% of the shares, Lin Xia holds 10%, but at the same time, there is another very striking figure on the shareholder list—Jinling University, with 13%, which is higher than Lin Xia's.

In addition, the shareholder list also includes some scattered small shareholders, such as Zhao Shao, who holds 1.3 percent.

Ultimately, 20% of the shares are placed in the dividend pool.

"So, Jinling University will be brought in in the future?" Chu Zhu frowned. He couldn't understand it. After all, they already had the technology in their hands. Wouldn't it be more appropriate for them to find their own talent and develop the technology themselves?

Or is there some unforeseen event in the future that would require the school's support?

"Nuwa No. 17, please provide a detailed summary of the reasons why Jinling University became a shareholder of C Machinery Company!"

“Let’s begin deep thinking.” Nuwa No. 17 patiently explained after thirty-two seconds, “The involvement of Jinling University represents the involvement of official forces. This makes it much easier for C Machinery Company to establish a security company similar to ‘Blackwater’.”

"At the same time, the involvement of Jinling University provides support in talent coordination through the university's network and resources. Furthermore, the university can also coordinate collaborations with other companies or government land acquisitions."

"Furthermore, the university's involvement in the early stages prevented suppression, attacks, and vicious competition from the industry's battery giants, laying the foundation for C Machinery's rapid early development."

In summary, the early stages of Company C's operations benefited from the financial, talent, and networking support from Jinling University. It was a powerful and beneficial collaboration!

"This incident also reveals the exceptional insight, extraordinary cognition, and powerful courage of Chu Zhu, the chief scientist and founder of Company C."

"...I see." Chu Zhu finally understood. To put it bluntly, they were using the university as a protective shield?
"That's true! Manufacturing, a heavy industry, requires coordination of so many aspects, which is completely different from artificial intelligence... Without connections, it's unimaginable! It's hellishly difficult."

Internet companies and heavy industry/asset-heavy companies are clearly two different concepts.

After all, for internet companies, if the local authorities go too far, they can just pack up and leave... Data is so easy to move! As for the employees, they're provided with food and lodging, so it doesn't matter where they stay.

But where can a heavy industry company move to? Moving it even once would be a devastating blow!
In particular, while things like batteries were manageable in the early stages, the later stages involved superconductors and even the ambition to lead the construction of nuclear fusion devices—a monumental achievement that impacts the nation's destiny.

To be honest, Chu Zhu was quite shocked that a mere 13% stake could make the university shoulder so much responsibility and prevent the government from questioning it too much.

Chu Zhu's mind raced. "Hmm, since it's a successful experience for the future, I might consider it when I get back... The only thing that needs to be questioned is the absolute control of the company..."

"However, thinking about it this way, Lin Xia and I together hold more than 50% of the shares. The only other major shareholder is Jinling University, which should also be considering maintaining a voice in the matter!"

Chu Zhu lowered her eyes slightly, exhaled, and prepared to go back and think it over carefully. "By the way, let's also pull up the intelligence on the Skynet Group!"

then……

“…Interesting.” Chu Zhu’s gaze suddenly froze, his expression turning strange. After a brief silence, he laughed.

"James Raven died in 1941, just as I did, and only half a month later?"

Nobody would believe it's just a coincidence!
After a brief moment of thought.

"I see!"

Chu Zhu nodded knowingly. He knew it; he wasn't one to just take a beating without fighting back. It seemed some kind of restriction had been set up; if he died, he would unconditionally retaliate against Skynet, or more precisely, James Raven and the Golden Dawn.

As for how James died, there's not much to consider. Either it was done by C Security Company, or it involved the artificial intelligence Z.

"I just don't know why there's no information about the attack on the Golden Dawn... Oh, I almost forgot, even the Golden Organization's name is blacked out! So even if I took revenge on the Golden Dawn after my death, the information probably wouldn't be recorded! Or even if it did, it would just be a bunch of black symbols..."

Chu Zhu looked at a large section of data that had been blacked out and grinned, "Maybe this is..."

Next, Chu Zhu asked about some other things, such as the detailed inside story of the conventional artificial intelligence war.

"Server busy, please try again later!"

"...Why don't I feel any loss at all right now?" Chu Zhu asked expressionlessly, her thoughts wandering, before moving on to the next question.

Then, he quickly gave up on the idea.

Compared to Yao Guang in the previous timeline, Nuwa No. 17 is still the same, with large areas painted black and frequently retracted, to the point that Chu Zhu is now finding it a bit difficult to get used to.

"Sure enough, when Yao Guang is around, he thinks of Nuwa, and when Nuwa is around, he thinks of Yao Guang again!" Chu Zhu sighed.

Why can't there be a perfect artificial intelligence that can combine the benefits of both?

Or, to put Nuwa No. 17 in this base, and then put Yao Guang AI as an assistant?

While envisioning this, Chu Zhu issued an order: "As the largest shareholder of Z Intelligent Company and the largest shareholder and founder of C Machinery Company, I will showcase all the patents of both companies."

As soon as he finished speaking, a dense array of patents appeared, numbering in the millions.

"Holy crap!" Chu Zhu gasped, then slid around a couple of times before a look of delight spread across her face. "That's great! Company C's patent list has a lot of patents related to nuclear fusion! So even without Yao Guang, we can still slowly work our way up to creating nuclear fusion technology."

"Huh? There's also the construction of nuclear fusion devices? That makes sense! Company C does have experience in this area." Chu Zhu casually clicked into the nuclear fusion facility manufacturing section and discovered that there were actually three versions of the nuclear fusion facility.

"First-generation nuclear fusion, second-generation, third-generation... too! It seems like it's developing quite well!"

Chu Zhu understood. If he remembered correctly, nuclear fission power generation facilities in the real world had already advanced to the fourth generation, right?
While letting her thoughts wander, Chu Zhu casually clicked on something, and then was astonished to discover...

"The blueprints for the first generation of nuclear fusion were over 800,000 pages... but the blueprints for the second generation of nuclear fusion were only 500,000 pages? Uh... but the third generation has increased to over 10 million pages... This is a bit outrageous!"

Chu Zhu rubbed his temples, then clicked into the second-generation nuclear fusion construction blueprints. He thought to himself, he understood that the number of third-generation nuclear fusion reactors had increased dramatically, but why was the second generation... compared to the millions he had seen last time, less than half of what he had seen before?!

After glancing at it briefly, Chu Zhu's face showed a look of realization.

"I see. This is clearly more refined! It must be because when nuclear fusion was built in the previous timeline, human civilization was already in great danger and there was no way to push it any further."

"However, on this timeline, there is even artificial intelligence as an aid, so while increasing the technological content, cumbersome steps have been reduced."

Chu Zhu kept scanning the area, her heart gradually filled with joy.

Although on the surface it seems that no major changes have occurred in history—

Chu Zhu and Zhao Shao died at the same time they always did, started wars at the same time they always did, and built bases to continue their civilization at the same time they always did.

However, they are fundamentally different.

The Nuwa timeline is characterized by a focus on developing artificial intelligence, using it to coordinate industry and achieve explosive growth in production capacity. The Yaoguang timeline, on the other hand, is characterized by a focus on heavy manufacturing, such as room-temperature superconductors, quantum computers, and controlled nuclear fusion…

Yes, Chu Zhu realized belatedly that in the very beginning timeline, it seemed that controlled nuclear fusion had not been created.
Or perhaps it's about to be built, but hasn't been announced yet? Or maybe it was built after 1950, but the internet was cut off due to the AI ​​crisis, making it impossible to retrieve specific data?
But in any case... because of Chu Zhu's personal influence, the two timelines actually symbolize two similar yet completely different technological development paths!
However, in this entirely new timeline! Because Chu Zhu continuously draws experience from the future, he can then make adjustments and interventions at a micro level—

Therefore, this timeline, 42 years before the start of the AI ​​war, truly represents the simultaneous development of heavy industry and artificial intelligence!
It can be said that it combines the strengths of both the Nuwa timeline and the Yaoguang timeline.

"Further development is good! Keep adding points, and eventually the total energy will change, leading to a qualitative change."

Chu Zhu had Nuwa No. 17 conjure a bed, lay down on it, let out a long sigh, and showed pleasure and satisfaction on his face.

After resting for a short while!

"Then what's next."

Chu Zhu's face contorted for a moment. He propped himself up, staring intently at the silver interface, and gritted his teeth. "Nuwa No. 17, dig out all the textbooks from the Artificial Intelligence Department of Jinling University..."

"Also, retrieve all the data from the initial prototype of the Lingdong Star Algorithm, as well as all the data from the complete version!"

It's pointless to consider how many patents are adjustable across the two timelines now, since he still has to transfer them—

So let's focus on memorizing the key points first.

Due to an accident, I was unable to continue memorizing the two Lingdong Star algorithms and the textbooks on artificial intelligence in the previous Yaoguang timeline. Now, I need to catch up quickly.

(End of this chapter)