My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 163 Computing Power: Z's Lifeline
A ray of morning light shone through the gap in the curtains and fell on Chu Zhu's face.

Chu Zhu yawned, first copying herself, then casually pulled back the curtains, sat down at the table, and took out stacks of notebooks from the drawer.

"First, the stock market." Chu Zhu gently brushed his palm across the notebook, and the ink, under the effect of his memory magic, condensed into a dense string of bytes, as well as a turbulent stock market chart.

"And then!" Chu Zhu pondered. Should she continue searching for Lin Xia and let him make money from this? But this thought only flashed through her mind for a moment.

"Lin Xia doesn't really know much about stock trading!" Chu Zhu sighed softly. Although he could clearly sense that Lin Xia was studying hard, he was still a novice in this field. No matter how amazing one's talent is, one needs to lose money over the years, be exploited, and be refined before one can be called an expert.

Lin Xia knew nothing about many of the sophisticated stock market operations, yet he was able to make money... purely by leveraging his leading information flow to outmaneuver others.

"As the saying goes, learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses! The best situation is actually..."

Chu Zhu realized something and took out his phone. "Z, are you there?"

“Father, I’m here.” Z’s voice was as always.

“I’m going to record a video now! And you need to organize all the stock data in the video.” Chu Zhu paused abruptly, then frowned and added, “Wait, before that, I want to ask, does my phone have a backdoor, or some kind of flaw that allows someone to steal internal information?”

If he remembered correctly, it was widely circulated online that Apple phones had this problem... Although his phone was a Huaban phone, and the internet had always touted Huaban as safe, he felt he still needed to be careful.

"Start self-check!" Z replied after a moment. "No backdoors were found in the hardware. However, there are numerous problems with the software and system! About 30% of the information and data is at risk of being stolen."

"How should we handle this?" Chu Zhu's lips twitched slightly, but she wasn't surprised.

In today's society where big data is prevalent, the private data on mobile phones is not very secure—the only consolation is that the sheer number of mobile phones results in an astronomical amount of data generated every day.

If no one is deliberately targeting you, you don't need to worry about being targeted... Of course, if you are targeted, then there's nothing you can do!

After all, Chu Zhu had just witnessed the daughter of a certain internet executive effortlessly seducing a pregnant woman overseas...

"There are two options. One is for me to build a virtual system, using myself as a security filter so that only data authorized by my father can be leaked. The other option is for my father to grant me sufficient permissions so that I can monitor the system in real time from the background!"

Z had given it deep thought and incorporated emotional templates, making Chu Zhu feel as if she were communicating with a real person.
"The advantage of the first method is that it is absolutely safe! However, the disadvantage is that the owners of those apps and system backdoors will realize that they cannot obtain the father's data when they want to know it! This will make them realize the father's special status, which may lead them to do some abnormal things."

"The advantage of the second method is that it ensures security without alerting those who recklessly pry into Father's data. The disadvantage is that Father needs to tell me in advance what information cannot be known by others. I can then selectively conceal the information!"

Chu Zhu narrowed her eyes, her mind racing, and made a decision: "Then let's go with the second one! As for information that can't be known by outsiders... well, it's you! Z! I mean everything about you, everything involving you, everything you do."

"……I see."

Chu Zhu let out a soft breath. It wasn't that Z was the only taboo, but rather that things Chu Zhu couldn't easily reveal would generally be executed with Z's assistance or by using Z as a tool.

Therefore, as long as you block the information related to Z, there shouldn't be any major problems.

"So, next," Chu Zhu said, turning on the screen recording function and continuously transferring the stock market information she had printed on paper into her phone. "Z, how does it feel?"

"Father, based on my deep thinking and my comparison of current stock market data online, this seems to be a prediction of the stock market for the next year? But it's too detailed and too realistic."

"Based on computing power analysis, there is a greater than 52% chance that future stock market data developments will overlap with it by 61%—of course, this is just speculation!"

"Currently, my computing power is insufficient to make complete inferences, and there is a possibility of errors, or even going in the wrong direction."

Z's voice seemed tinged with shame, "On the one hand, there are limitations in computing power, and on the other hand, the stock market is such a chaotic system! It's just too difficult to predict."

“Take this as a stock market forecast for the next year!” Chu Zhu said without hesitation. “Then, my current funds are one million. Please use this data as much as possible to maximize the snowballing growth of my funds while minimizing risk…”

“Father, in that case, you need to provide me with information about the stock market first. This includes, but is not limited to, the explicit rules, implicit rules, and unspoken rules of the stock market, as well as various operational techniques!” Z was very sincere and helpless. “My mother didn’t provide any signals in this regard in my initial database—”

"My personal suggestion is that you allow me access to Tieba? According to the information I've searched online, many people say that the 'Tieba guys' are incredibly resourceful, and the information hidden within Tieba is almost all-encompassing!"

Chu Zhu: "..."

Wait, is this...right?!
Chu Zhu subconsciously recalled her best friend's diary and felt a chill run down her spine. Could it be... that this was the real reason Zhao Shao agreed to let Z access Tieba—that it wasn't actually Zhao Shao's wild idea, but rather that Z himself suggested this option after searching through big data?!

"...For now, you're only allowed to work in areas related to the stock market!" Chu Zhu's face twitched as she finally managed to utter these words. Although she felt that if she really opened a door here, she would inevitably slide into an abyss sooner or later... but... sigh!

“Received!” Z’s voice seemed to rise with joy. “Based on the data from the past seven days, excluding the computing power that my mother needs to spend daily… the remaining available computing power can support me in completing the data collection, absorption, and reception of numerous stock market forums on Tieba within one day…”

"After careful consideration, Z suggested to my father that I be given access to the stock trading software on my phone so I could practice by opening a demo account... This would allow me to transition from theory to practice before actually doing real trading." "Okay." Chu Zhu breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that Z could take over this aspect, since Lin Xia would be involved in managing the energy battery business next...

During this entrepreneurial period, Lin Xia had to manage the factory, trade stocks, and also attend her studies—even if she could take leave, there were still some things that needed to be handled at school, unless she dropped out!
Won't this exhaust Lin Xia to death?
Although Lin Xia firmly stated that he would do everything in his power to help Chu Zhu save the world in the future—even if it was just a little bit of help—Chu Zhu couldn't really treat him like a donkey.

Z is absolutely perfect! Of course, her only flaw is...

"It'll take a whole day!" Chu Zhu's face contorted in disbelief. "Computing power, computing power!!!"

He realized once again that the biggest problem currently restricting Z is computing power... No wonder everyone says that computing power is the lifeblood of AI!
Currently, let alone completing the update and making it available to all users...

Even excluding the computing power used by headquarters Z, he felt somewhat stretched thin on his own – which was understandable, given how much computing power the things he did so often consumed!

"What a mess!" Chu Zhu couldn't help but recall seeing in the news that someone from across the ocean, Tesla, had claimed to have built the world's most powerful computing system...

Tears of sorrow almost streamed down his face. If only this computing power were his, how wonderful that would be! He could probably finish processing the stock market data in just a few minutes! Then he could start snowballing his wealth and making a fortune.

Chu Zhu sighed deeply.

After calming down for a while, Chu Zhu thought for a moment and decided to continue the operation, but this time...

"...All used up?"

Chu Zhu looked at the mountain of notebooks in front of her, then glanced at the empty drawer, and for a moment she didn't know what kind of expression to make.

His novel has only printed three million words... there are still more than a million words left!
"The delivery is taking way too long!" Chu Zhu took out his phone and glanced at it. The laptop would arrive tonight, but the ink he ordered... would take another two days!
"I won't buy a separate notebook... but as for ink! I don't know if I can buy it at the department store near the school... If I can't, I'll just buy some ballpoint pens, break them off, and make do!"

Chu Zhu sighed, "Damn it, I still have to upload novels online every day... huh?"

Chu Zhu had just unlocked his phone, preparing to take a picture and convert it to text, when suddenly, he glanced at the writer's assistant on his phone, then at Z, and an idea popped into his head!
……

"Go for it, Bruce, you can do it!"

Chu Zhu watched as Z completely controlled the phone, first converting the text in the video he recorded into a novel, then logging into the author assistant in the background and sending the novel. Chu Zhu was so moved that she almost cried.

He remembered what Z had said at the beginning—

With the appropriate permissions, Z can handle all these repetitive tasks on behalf of Z.

He underestimated the value of that statement!
“Bruce… based on deep thought, it seems to be a dog’s name? But, it seems to be referring to Z? Z isn’t a dog.” Z looked aggrieved.

“Yes, you’re not a dog! You’re a cat! You’re an adorable, fragrant little kitten!” Chu Zhu laughed. He subconsciously recalled the spells that a bunch of guys came up with to train AI into catgirls when AI first came out. He was filled with emotion. “My God, how can you be so powerful and so cute?”

Z: "?"

"Starting deep thinking, starting to search for catgirl images online. Pink software and some dangerous software have been detected on the father's phone... Should we grant Z permission to search for the father's fetishes, and then synthesize a catgirl that matches the father's aesthetic preferences based on the catgirl images online, as Z's AI avatar?"

"?" Chu Zhu's smile froze.

After a few breaths, he was drenched in sweat. "I think... there's no need for that! Hahahaha..."

Holy crap! Is a boomerang that fast?!
……

7:12.

Chu Zhu, who was out and about, answered the phone, "Lu Keke... do you mean we should go to school at 9:30 this morning?"

"Are we leaving at 9:30? Which route are we taking?"

"Well, I might see if I have time to pick you up, so I'll send you the directions... Yes! Okay."

Chu Zhu looked at the map and pondered for a moment, "Is this the route where we'll run into Huang?"

After gathering her thoughts for a moment, Chu Zhu looked at Z Intelligent Company in front of her.

"At present, there should be more than enough time!"

(End of this chapter)