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Lu Han's words relieved everyone.

Thankfully, at least they weren't disqualified.

However, Chen Hao and his group quickly realized what was happening.

"Wait, does that mean that during the official competition, we'll only be able to rely on the three of us?"

"Huh? Without the boss, can we manage on our own?"

"What's wrong with you guys? Before I even knew about this competition, weren't you planning to have three people sign up?"

Lin Chen smiled slightly and looked at the three of them, saying:

"No problem, I have faith in your current abilities!"

"And although I can't participate in the competition, I can still be your coach! I will continue to guide you before the official competition."

"Or were all your promises false? That you can't do anything without me?"

"of course not!"

"Boss, don't underestimate us!"

Chen Hao and Shi Jun quickly said.

"Boss! You have to show us your real skills! The person who reported you is just jealous of us! We'll win the championship and show them!"

"That's right! Even without our leader, we'll still fight for our honor!"

"Kill them!"

And so, yet another unexpected problem arose.

But everyone's confidence in participating in the competition remained unshaken.

Although Lin Chen can no longer participate directly.

But his goal was simply to help Lu Han and the others achieve a ranking; as for himself, it was just empty fame, and he didn't care about it at all.

In the following moments, everyone devoted themselves to preparing for the competition.

They didn't even get to enjoy the May Day holiday.

Basically every day, after everyone got up and ate breakfast, they began preparing for the competition.

Lin Chen transformed into Teacher Lin and was quite responsible towards them, not only preparing example questions for them but also providing guidance on revising their answers.

They even brought out their latest research findings on the T800 as examples.

"Hive-like sentient AI? Dude? You developed this yourself?"

When Lin Chen showed them a PowerPoint presentation, Lu Han and the other two people stared wide-eyed.

Of the three, Shi Jun was the most knowledgeable about artificial intelligence. After Lin Chen left, he became the main force in the team responsible for the design of artificial intelligence.

Therefore, he was most shocked by Lin Chen's concept of a hive-like artificial intelligence.

The concept of "hive consciousness" here is actually from science fiction.

Its core feature is that it connects individual consciousness into a whole through a certain mechanism, forming a unified decision-making and action network.

Lin Chen's insect hive consciousness-based artificial intelligence is based on this concept.

By deploying artificial intelligence systems in a distributed manner, large-scale collaboration can be achieved. At the same time, based on ant colony optimization and Bayesian consensus mechanisms, the decentralization and optimality of decision-making are ensured.

To put it more vividly, under this hive-like conscious AI, there can be countless sub-AIs, which are just like a person's brain cells.

Together, they form a complete hive of conscious artificial intelligence, much like a brain.

"Lin Chen, how did you come up with this concept? It's amazing!"

As Shi Jun was expressing his thoughts, he suddenly heard Lu Han mutter beside him, "Is this different from cloud computing?"

"Of course there is!"

Shi Jun immediately retorted: "Cloud computing is just a way of stacking computing power. Each individual cloud computing entity does not actually have the ability to independently handle problems, but each individual under this insect hive consciousness-based artificial intelligence can independently solve problems!"

Furthermore, due to its distributed nature, even if the computing power of a single unit is not strong, the sheer number of units can achieve extremely high computing power!

"It's even possible that, given enough mobile phones, we could create an artificial intelligence with computing power surpassing that of a supercomputer!"

"It's not that exaggerated."

Lin Chen smiled and waved his hand.

"Don't forget, the more you have, the more dependent you become on the communication network. To increase computing power by stacking more devices, the required communication network bandwidth is also incredibly high."

"The only use I can think of for this thing right now is in drones. That way, without upgrading the hardware, we can form a small artificial intelligence network. You can figure out the specific usage yourselves. Maybe it can be used in official competitions."

"Next, I'll show you a piece of source code. I've basically figured out the underlying logic architecture for implementing Hive-like consciousness AI. Take notes and see if it comes in handy during the competition."

After saying that, Lin Chen unfolded a piece of source code, intending to explain to the three of them in detail how to implement the underlying logical architecture of the insect hive's consciousness-based artificial intelligence.

But Shi Jun shook his head and waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, boss, your source code is priceless! We can't look at it."

Lu Han's family was in business, and they immediately realized something was wrong.

"Oh yeah, boss, this thing of yours would be worth a lot of money outside, right? Let's not look at it."

"It's okay, as long as you win, it's all worth it!"

The three listened to a bit of what was said and were filled with gratitude, as if they were willing to die for their friends.

Seeing how excited they were, Lin Chen was secretly wondering to himself.

What's there to get excited about?

This hive consciousness is actually just a product of his research into the T800's source code.

Compared to the complete T800 source code, this part only accounts for less than 5% of the content and is not worth mentioning.

As everyone busied themselves with preparations, the day of the competition arrived.

Early in the morning, Lin Chen was unusually not the first one to open his eyes in the dormitory.

When he left the dream laboratory, Lu Han and the other two had already gotten up and started washing up.

Afterwards, the four of them went to have breakfast together, and Lin Chen then took them to the special computer room that the school had prepared for this competition.

According to the information released by Yuntu Company three days before the competition.

The competition has already attracted tens of thousands of college students from over 1,000 universities across 33 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions (including Hong Kong and Macau) to participate.

Because its influence has exceeded expectations, the competition, which was originally intended to be organized and managed by YunTu Company itself, has now been co-organized by the Ministry of Education of China and the China UAV Industry Association to ensure the fairness of the competition.

"come on!"

At eight o'clock in the morning, under Lin Chen's watchful eye, Lu Han and the other two followed the main group into the competition room.

On the Longke University side, in addition to the eight teams recommended by the school, there were ten other teams like Lu Han's who signed up for the competition on their own.

The eighteen teams almost filled the computer room to the brim.

"Attention everyone..."

Inside the computer lab, a teacher began reading out the competition rules.

This competition does not restrict the collection of information online, but during the competition, teams are prohibited from communicating with each other or consulting with the outside world.

However, in reality, because this competition followed the rules of the Mathematical Modeling Competition, in addition to submitting the work, those who were selected for the final winners would also need to participate in an on-site defense.

So instead of hoping to win an award through external assistance or other means, it's better to go to a temple to pray and make a wish.

Just as the teacher finished explaining the rules, the bell rang in the computer lab, signaling the start of the competition.

The participating teams immediately turned on their computers and downloaded the questions online.

However, Lu Han and his group did not start immediately.

Lu Han then extended his hands to Shi Jun and Chen Hao.

"Go for it! Let those people know that 402 isn't just about Lin Chen, it's about us too!"

The three people put their hands together, suddenly raised them high, and then quickly lowered them.

"For my godfather!"

"For my godfather!"

"For my godfather!"