My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 128 Ruthless and Hardcore: Chu Zhu's Story
"Could you find out why I joined the Bald Eagle's nationality?" Chu Zhu paused briefly before continuing, "Also, could you find my reputation in China... or any videos explaining me?"

The next instant, a smooth fluorescent light came into Chu Zhu's view.

Date of nationality change: April 7, 2007
Chu Zhu: "...Huh?!"

A year later? No way!

Then, the screen changed, and several videos popped up. Chu Zhu even recognized the familiar sources of these videos—for example, a certain pink app, or a certain Douyin platform that wished to remain anonymous.

"A Pure Capitalist: A Person with Only Self-Interest and No Sense of National Interest - Chu Zhu"

What will be the final fate of someone with exceptional talent but no patriotism?

"Let's count the world's most outstanding geniuses! Hailed by the Bald Eagles as the second Tesla, the second Einstein… Chu Zhu, possessing both engineering achievements and scientific research theories."

"A Ruthless and Hardcore Man: How Did This Genius from Jinling University, a National Treasure, Gradually Degenerate into an Inhumane Element?"

"...Alright, alright!" Chu Zhu nodded expressionlessly, not angry at all. After all, when he saw that his nationality had changed, he roughly understood what kind of reputation he had in China.

I randomly clicked on a blogger's page!
When Chu Zhu was in the real world, he always really enjoyed watching this blogger's "Hardcore Ruthless Guy" series of videos. And that was always his beloved electronic pickled vegetables!

However, he never imagined that he would eventually become an electronic pickled vegetable himself...

How could he be selected as a hardcore tough guy?
Okay, let's see what he's capable of, and his outrageous death! It seems normal for him to be included in the "Ruthless People Anthology".

"Hello everyone, I'm John the Mouse! Today I'm going to teach you something about—"

"Chu Zhu, a former inhumane, top scientist and engineer in China, the most dazzling rising star of the 21st century, a criminal star, the uncrowned king of Kenya, Northumbria, and other countries, a staunch believer and practitioner of cyberpunk, the second founder of United Fruit Company, the person who was rejected outright by White Elephant after receiving 18 investment invitations, and the person who was both loved and hated by White Eagle, ultimately turning love into hate—a man who jumped back and forth between the two sides!"

Chu Zhu: "..."

Good, good, you have quite a few titles.

Chu Zhu barely managed to keep a straight face, racking her brains. Just from these titles alone, Chu Zhu had already roughly deduced many of the things she would do in the future!

"...Chu Zhu's turning point in life was changing his nationality in 1926! At the time, many people couldn't understand why he would betray the school and country that supported him and go to the United States!"

"Unlike many middle-aged and elderly people who have a biased view of the bald eagle, he was a young man, a college student, who grew up in the era of China's rise! Given the social atmosphere at the time, this was very abnormal."

"And then I had a sudden inspiration and looked up a lot of news about Chu Zhu from 2002 to 2005—not official news, but some self-media. They dug up a lot of interesting things..." Big Mouse talked on and on. "That was based on the comments on Chu Zhu's early accounts. Hmm, these are screenshots! In his early days, he was probably a bit of a radical? Maybe? I'm not sure how to evaluate his comments. In today's terms, he was a complete cultist—but no matter what, he was definitely not pro-American."

"Considering that... then there are really a lot of doubts!"

"So, I conducted an even deeper investigation and discovered more..."

"The first one is that on January 2, 2026, Goldman Sachs, the 'White-headed Eagle,' announced with great fanfare that it was communicating with Chu Zhu and Lin Xia, hoping to invest in C Machinery Co., Ltd."

"It's rumored that Goldman Sachs offered a financing amount that was astronomical compared to the size of Company C at the time! I don't know the specifics, since I'm not in the finance industry, but you should all remember that a bunch of people in the finance industry expressed their shock, which directly led to that incident going viral... Yes, one of the main players in that incident was C Machinery Co., Ltd."

"But he was rejected... This shows that he is definitely not the kind of people's entrepreneur who will immediately kneel down and beg for mercy when the bald eagle speaks or applies pressure!"

"The second point is that a week before Chu Zhu changed his nationality... in Chu Zhu's hometown, his parents disappeared before he renounced his nationality. Friends, think about it carefully!"

"Of course, I know many friends will question this. Our country has always been extremely safe! Under what circumstances could two living people be kidnapped across the border? Or kidnapped to some other place? Why haven't we done this to other people?"

"Friends, I think you may have underestimated the strength of the person who made the move! Yes, it is indeed very difficult, but not impossible... As for why it wasn't done to others, is it possible that Chu Zhu was actually the first person to be targeted in this way?"

"At this stage, I actually suspect that Chu Zhu's heart is still biased towards the country!"

"Why? The most direct evidence is Zhao Shao! You may not know this, but Chu Zhu was also deeply involved in Z Intelligence in its early days, and even made great contributions!"

As the video continued to switch, it showed a video recording of Zhao Shao at a certain meeting.

"Zhao Shao once said: 'The development of Z Intelligence Company to this point is three-tenths credit to me, four-tenths credit to the hard-working researchers and employees... and the remaining three-tenths credit to Chu Zhu!'"

"Pay attention to this point: Zhao Shao believes that Chu Zhu's contributions are no less than his own!"

“We know very well who Zhao Shao is. He is also a rising star of the 21st century and the father of artificial intelligence in the East. This shows how terrifying Chu Zhu is.”

"In a sense, you could even say that Chu Zhu is half a father of artificial intelligence... Sigh, although I haven't released the video yet, I know that Zhao Shao's die-hard fans will definitely be cursing here!"

"..." Chu Zhu's lips twitched as she watched the dense barrage of vulgar and offensive comments flooding the screen. Are you trying to play a game of armor stacking here?
“But we always rely on evidence, not fabrication,” Big Rat remained calm. “Zhao Shao mentioned the point in time when Chu Zhu changed her nationality!”

"At this time, Chu Zhu's reputation in China had already plummeted, and Zhao Shao had no motivation to say anything good about him... In fact, during this period, many people who were familiar with Chu Zhu in the past chose to kick him while he was down! Very few remained silent, and even fewer spoke up for him; there were only two people in total."

"One is Zhao Shao, the president of Z Intelligent Company, and the other is Lin Xia, the former CEO of C Machinery Company and the current general manager of Z Intelligent Company..."

"So this can only be his true feelings."

"Of course, this news probably didn't spread very widely! Because at the time, this video was criticized by a lot of people... In the end, it seems to have been forcibly taken down, and its popularity was blocked across the entire internet, and it was suppressed? Anyway, that's roughly what happened!"

"Secondly, Z Intelligence should have had Chu Zhu's shares in it from the beginning! I'm not sure exactly how many... but we are certain that after Chu Zhu went to the United States, he no longer had the ability to interfere with Z Intelligence!"

"Friends, can you imagine what it would be like if Z, C, and Skynet were all combined! If all the control were in the hands of the bald eagle...? I certainly can't imagine it!"

Big Rat's voice carried a hint of lingering fear, "I would even say that this was the closest in the past ten years to the day when the Bald Eagle completely overwhelmed the world again! Chu Zhu, how could he not know? That's a globally recognized high-IQ talent! A super genius! Chu Zhu, hailed as the real-life Iron Man! He must know it perfectly well!"

"Based on the information available, I can conclude that he did it on purpose."

"At that time, he might have been setting up a grand strategy... I'm not talking about grand strategy theory! But all the signs prove it!"

"In fact, judging from all the signs... the bald eagle actually, probably, perhaps... doesn't trust Chu Zhu at all?" "In this situation where neither side trusts the other, and even both are holding back and trying to hinder the other, to say that Chu Zhu's change of nationality this time is to seek refuge in the free world... I really doubt my intelligence..."

"...Even now I still suspect that the reason Chu Zhu did such a horrific thing afterward, something that can't even be mentioned in this video, is because his family might have had an accident in Bald Eagle! It's possible that this was all a trap set against him from the beginning."

"?" Chu Zhu's eyes twitched. "Explain in a little more detail. What do you mean by 'utterly horrific'? What do you mean by 'can't even be said'? Does this mean that if you say it, it will be censored?"
And... family!

The big rat continued, "That's why Chu Zhu was later accused of crimes against humanity! That's why he relentlessly sought revenge against the Western world and publicly made that famous declaration—"

He said: "Beneath the Western world lies a deep government controlled by aliens! If we don't stop them and completely exterminate them, then humanity will sooner or later head down the path of self-destruction and self-extinction!"

"But no matter what, this man, who rose to the top of the world as a member of a minority group who was discriminated against and suppressed in the bald-headed society... even at his peak, he could interfere in the affairs of most parts of the world with C Machinery Corporation! He could easily overthrow a small country and was hailed as the person who pushed the world a step further into cyberpunk society... His actions, his terrifying talent, his terrifyingly strong desire for revenge, and his ideas have all made him a figure of mixed reputation in the world!"

"Even within the United States, there are countless admirers of Chu Zhu! This terrifying fervor is so strong that the American authorities cannot suppress it! They can only give related news a cold shoulder..."

"Here's another little-known fact: the Protestantism currently popular in the Bald Eagle is called 'The Initial Church'! The original prototype might have been Chu Zhu. 'Initial' might have been chosen to avoid official suppression, using the Chinese homophone of Chu Zhu's surname, which was then transformed into English and used to establish the church! It's like an export to the domestic market, and then back to the export!"

"Yes, I know many friends will question me here! So I'm posting some evidence... This has actually been circulating on foreign websites for a while now, but the censorship in the West is too strict! Ahem..."

"Actually, there's another point that strongly suggests Chu Zhu may never have harbored much hostility towards Shenzhou... that is, people can talk about him on the Shenzhou internet! He's not the kind of person you can't even talk about."

"Everyone has noticed, right? Yeah, if it really is the kind of thing that can't be touched at all... then I wouldn't be able to release this video, would I? If you analyze our official stance carefully, you can actually glean a lot from it. Even after confirming Chu Zhu's death, we actually had some... how should I put it... um, so I think this is also irrefutable evidence!"

Chu Zhu nodded expressionlessly. That was indeed true. If the authorities truly hated him, judging from the last incident, they probably would have stripped him of all his privileges!
“Besides that…” the big rat continued to explain.

Time passes bit by bit.

Chu Zhu listened quietly, but her thoughts were also somewhat unsettled at this moment.

at last.

At the end of the video, the big rat concluded: "What a pity! What a pity."

"I still can't understand how, even if he really did those things, given the low human rights standards of the United States, they could bear to kill him? This is completely different from what the United States did to German scientists after World War II..."

"That's Chu Zhu! His talent should have propelled humanity to its true pinnacle in this era!"

Chu Zhu's expression was strange, and he was starting to figure something out... Could this person be his fan?

The big rat became more and more excited as he spoke, "He is a famous scientist, physicist, biochemist, novelist, musician, athlete... He is the theoretically perfect golden human being that is widely known in European and American society!"

"His exceptional intelligence, top-notch manual dexterity, and physique seemingly superhuman—his remains are now kept by Bald Eagle! It is said that Bald Eagle has conducted in-depth research on every cell in his body. His brain received the same treatment as Einstein's, being sliced ​​into 172 pieces!"

"And there are also rumors that the Bald Eagle cloned him... As for the truth, I don't know for sure, but surprisingly, this rumor has been firmly denied by the Bald Eagle!"

"According to the previously popular rebuttal rule—what the bald eagle vehemently opposes may actually be what it is doing! Most likely... well, I can't say for sure, otherwise it might constitute spreading rumors! But anyway, everyone should think about it carefully."

"However, I personally think that even a real cloning attempt... definitely failed! A genius like Chu Zhu, if he really cloned ten or eight of them, how could Bald Eagle still be in the same state? Just living off the legacy of C Machinery Company every day! Who would believe that? Do you believe it? I don't!"

"In summary... Chu Zhu is the founder of the mechanical age, the pioneer of room-temperature superconductors, the inspirer of nuclear fusion, and half the father of artificial intelligence!"

Finally, the familiar end credits began to roll.

Watching the clips and moving song at the end of the video, Chu Zhu fell into a long silence...

Byd, this is the song he sang before, confirming it will be released in the real world! Further confirmation that he's a fan!
After much deliberation, Chu Zhu finally looked up at the silver ceiling and uttered a single word, "Damn it!"

After watching this video, a mix of praise and regret... what impressed Chu Zhu the most was that the opponent directly attacked his family!

And you not only tied him up, but damn it, in the end... you killed him?
No, considering the difficulty of kidnapping someone in China! They might just kill them within China itself...

Chu Zhu coldly pondered. After all, disposing of corpses within China was far easier than transporting people out of the country...

As for why he was able to deceive Chu Zhu later, was it probably due to AI synthesis? Or something else? It's even possible that Chu Zhu had already realized something before going abroad, but harbored some small expectations? Moreover, perhaps he was planning to go undercover to obtain some information about Golden Dawn for his future self?
Sending your best friend to your death is something your best friend would definitely not want to do! But since family is involved, using an undercover agent as a reason to defect... your best friend will still agree.

Chu Zhu sighed for a while, then looked up at the sky and sighed again, cursing.

All I can say is... is it really that unseemly?
Well, perhaps he's overestimating his enemies!
Chu Zhu took a deep breath and exhaled, and it took her a while to calm herself down.

He understood all too well why his other self went mad later on, and even seemed to have done some things that couldn't be said...

Let alone his best friend, even if he saw news of his family's misfortune in the future, even if he was certain now that his parents were still safe and sound... after all, the company hadn't even been officially established yet, and the enemy couldn't find anything about him right now—

He still has an urge to kill all the suspicious people!

A feud spanning nine generations can still be avenged!

Chu Zhu is a devout follower of the Gongyang School.

"Calm down, calm down. Yes, only calm thinking can reveal the enemy's weaknesses, and then deliver a fatal blow. Think it over carefully... summarize the intelligence properly..."

"Hmph, I must say, this video really solved a lot of my confusion!" Chu Zhu murmured, as if talking to herself, or as if asking someone a question.

"But the most crucial question is, how did my life end up like this... What did I do wrong?"

Chu Zhu was completely baffled.

Last time, they were developing steadily and peacefully within China... The same C Machinery Company, also started with energy batteries and wireless charging, and also sang songs...

Where exactly did they slip up, alerting the Golden Dawn and leading them to mobilize unimaginable resources... to do something like this?!
(End of this chapter)