My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 9 Speed
"Students, if you have any questions, feel free to ask AI." Professor Chen stopped abruptly, realizing his mistake and laughing wryly. "I was being nosy. You've probably been using AI for much longer than I have. After all, young people are much more receptive to new things than we are."

"Professor!" Someone suddenly raised their hand and stood up after Professor Chen nodded. "I would like to ask a question! AI has only been around for a few years, but even so, it has shown terrifying potential. If it continues to develop like this, AI may be able to completely replace humans in the future... or at least replace 90% of human jobs."

"Will what we learned be useful in that situation? If we enter the workforce now, we'll likely be unemployed. What will we do if we want to continue our careers?"

"It seems that AI can't replace jobs like manual labor and cleaning—the 'three treasures' of traditional Chinese professions. If things continue to develop like this... what's the point of studying? What's the point of university? If graduating is just about doing manual labor or manual labor, wouldn't it be better to just go into the workforce after graduating from junior high or high school?"

“That’s a good question.” Professor Chen’s expression turned serious. He pondered for a while, organizing his thoughts. “Learning is never wrong. Current AI is an amplifier! The stronger your own abilities, the stronger the abilities you can leverage with AI.”

"As for the future... I'm sorry, I can't give a specific answer!" Professor Chen said frankly, adding humorously, "Perhaps it would be more appropriate for you to ask your political education teachers than me? Of course, personally, I think you can trust the country in this regard."

"If it really comes to that, the government will definitely introduce policies in this regard! And learning... although I'm putting it in a high-sounding way, learning isn't just about finding a job, but about enhancing your own abilities and then finding a suitable job based on your strong personal skills."

The questioner opened his mouth, then finally nodded sullenly and sat back down. To be honest, he wasn't satisfied with the professor's answer, but Professor Chen had indeed spoken very sincerely, so that was all he could do.

"To be honest, although most of it is nonsense, I feel that Old Chen made a point in one thing!" Lin Xia whispered to Chu Zhu.

"?" Chu Zhu looked puzzled.

"So grand and dignified!"

Chu Zhu's lips twitched, but soon he realized something, his mind racing. "Wait, what will AI develop into in the future?"

This is actually a very interesting topic...

Can it completely replace humans?

"If my dream really is the future! Right, that AI." Chu Zhu's heart was filled with strange emotions. If it really is the future, and he can really find an AI he can communicate with, then... could he ask the AI ​​how many years apart the dream world is from the real world? And what happened in between that caused it to become the way it is?

Finally, the get out of class is over.

Next, we changed classrooms and took other classes. Everything was the same as usual.

This continued until after lunch.

I happened to have no classes in the afternoon.

Chu Zhu dragged Lin Xia to the playground.

"No, are you trying to drag me into exercising?" Lin Xia's eye twitched, and she raised her hands in surrender. "I'm a notorious lazybones! Maybe we should just forget it?"

"Not this." Chu Zhu shook her head. "Can you record this for me? I need to measure my running speed."

Lin Xia: “?”

No, you're just looking for trouble, dragging him out... is that what you're doing?

"It's not that I can't, but you have to treat me to dinner!" Lin Xia tried to bargain.

"I don't mind! But," Chu Zhu calmly straightened her collar, "I have a feeling that in the end you'll be the one vying to treat me." Lin Xia: "? You're dreaming."

In the transition from spring to summer, the plastic running track had been baking in the sun all morning and was slightly warm. Chu Zhu didn't warm up; she simply rubbed her feet lightly and nodded to Lin Xia beside her.

"Run!" Lin Xia swore that the moment he pressed the timer again, he almost thought he was hallucinating. Chu Zhu shot out like an arrow; this wasn't just fast, it was outrageous.

On the other side of the playground.

Inside a sports office.

Physical education teacher Zhang Song pushed up his glasses, put down his pen, and stretched. "Finally finished filling out the physical education form! College students these days... their health is really getting worse and worse."

He had just gotten up when he saw a shadow dart past his window with a whoosh: "???"

"What the hell?!" Zhang Song even wondered if he was hallucinating. He stood there dumbfounded for a while before quickly opening the door and rushing out. Then he saw a dense crowd of people.

There are always quite a few students on the playground. Even before evening, many couples from the school come to stroll around the playground.

"Where is he? That guy from just now..." Zhang Song kept looking and soon spotted someone running on the other side of the playground. But at that speed...

"Yes, did it cut in? If it cut in from the middle, this speed is understandable... but if it runs along the track, this speed!" Zhang Song did the mental calculations and was drenched in sweat.

But soon, he saw the two people in the distance leaving the playground.

"No... Hey, don't go yet! Hey, you guys over there!" Zhang Song panicked and hurriedly chased after them. But it was no use. There were quite a few students on the playground, and many of those closer to him were looking at him with some confusion.

Some people even waved to him tentatively, looking puzzled, and gathered around him, but he could only walk around them.

When he rushed to the other side of the playground...

There wasn't even a shadow of a person in sight.

“…What a mess this is.” Zhang Song was silent for a while, looking at his palm, then suddenly slapped his face hard. “Serves you right for being so absent-minded, serving you right for being so absent-minded, serving you right for being so absent-minded…”

It took Zhang Song a while to finally calm down. But, to think the worst, could there really be a student in the school with…track and field potential?

If that were true, wouldn't the school's previous tests have already revealed it? Or is it only for newly enrolled freshmen...?

But if he really had that ability, this freshman must be a sports student, right? He couldn't possibly not know that.

“Go check the records!” Zhang Song took a deep breath, made a decision, and rushed towards the office. But he quickly realized, “Right, if the records are on it, I can’t possibly not recognize it… So, I can go to the guard room! There are security cameras there… It seems like we can estimate the speed through the video.”

"We have to be quick! What if that student isn't actually from our school... no, the chances are even higher that they aren't from our school! We can't let them get away."

Zhang Song hurriedly changed direction.

(End of this chapter)