Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 742: Section 737 - Alchemy System
As if it was prepared in advance, just when Chen Fei was tentatively asking Her Royal Highness the Princess, in less than a minute he received a massive data compression pack.
Given the rate of the "Plane Communication System", it took a full ten or more minutes to download from the cloud into his brain's local storage, yet the data decompression state was instant.
There were over a million files, as well as various high-resolution images, and the affiliated professional software and samples—it was comparable to the data reserves of an alchemy research center.
The precious alchemy system, which the Blue Star Sovereignty had tried all means to obtain and yet hadn't spent a dime on, was now perfectly "white-pilfered" by Chen Fei!
As if waiting for Chen Fei to finish downloading, Princess Lin Ziyu took the initiative to call him.
"These are all the alchemical documents from Human Order to Heavenly Order. The Royal Family has control over ninety percent of the entire system, and the remaining ten percent are secretive secrets that can't be obtained. It's probably too late for you to start learning now, isn't it?"
If it hadn't been for the Silan Dynasty uniting the whole Cangqiong Star, let alone ninety percent of the alchemy academic system, not even twenty percent would have been accessible.
Moreover, just having these documents is far from enough. There is also the accumulation of various materials, many of which cannot be obtained simply by money and influence. Even the Silan Royal Family, which possesses the resources of an entire planet and issues commands that none dare disobey, with nearly unlimited wealth, is still not able to gather all the resources required for alchemy.
Despite giving him these documents, Her Royal Highness was worried Chen Fei wouldn't be able to use them.
In both Blue Star and Cangqiong Star, everyone undergoes personal talent identification. Data on spiritual power strength and Elemental Affinity grades are recorded into personal profile systems just like blood type, fingerprints, and pupil patterns. If Chen Fei had even a hint of alchemist talent, the Blue Star Sovereignty would have specially cultivated him. There would have been no need for him to follow the ordinary path of studying and taking exams.
Without the talent of an alchemist, facing these documents, unless one finds a professional to help, it's very difficult to even gain entry to the field.
"Me, learn? I can't learn! I've given it to 'Adam'!"
Chen Fei, holding his phone, shook his head decisively.
To each their own expertise; understanding is as distant as another mountain. He could handle looking at economic data, but such an array of alchemy documents and Magic Arrays would only make him dizzy.
As Her Royal Highness had thought, it would be useless to rely on Chen Fei alone with so much alchemy data. Another method had to be considered.
"'Adam'? Can it do it?"
Princess Lin Ziyu did not expect Chen Fei to play completely out of the box. Instead of finding an alchemist, he handed the data over to artificial intelligence AI.
Is this thing reliable?
As everyone knows, in the field of artificial intelligence, "Adam" has always been the least reliable. Otherwise, why would almost all widely-used AIs be derivatives of "Cybertrom"?
Sometimes even the capricious Metallic Dragons can do some real work, but not "Adam". It was a born villain, the kind that goes directly to being the big boss.
Chen Fei watched as lines of captions continuously popped up before his eyes and said, "It should be fine!"
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Adam: Confirm Magic Array data, addition of 13!
Adam: Establish Magic Array calculation model, project 18, progress 1%!
Adam: Establish Magic Array calculation model, project 19, progress 1%!
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Adam: Confirm Magic Array data, addition of 9!
Adam: Establish Magic Array calculation model, project 179, progress 0%!
Adam: Establish Magic Array calculation model, project 180, progress 0%!
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Just these prompt subtitles made Chen Fei feel somewhat dizzy. If he were to look at these documents himself, it would likely be the same as looking at a book of spells without any words.
This foolish AI was still stupidly popping up captions, unaware that it should take a breather.
Princess Lin Ziyu, feeling helpless, said, "I thought you would hand it over to the Blue Star Sovereignty. Actually, it's not a problem, or I could recommend a few alchemy apprentices to you."
The attempt to analyze alchemy through artificial intelligence AI has been tried by others.
Unlike the structure of "Adam", "Cybertrom" simply cannot independently conduct Magic Array computational modeling. After all, runes and the flow of Elemental Series energy, which belong to a completely different civilization system than technology, are completely at odds with machine language.
Only when humans teach and set up everything completely can "Cybertrom" play out the efficiency of an AI. The efficiency of such teaching can only realize a very forced mishmash, and the stability of the final results within the framework is still very worrying.
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Humans want things beyond 100%, but when they invest 100% and get back only 90%, it's a net loss, leading to the quick abandonment of attempts to innovate with AI or adapt to change, as it proved completely unfeasible; such endeavors were clearly a case of either success or failure.
Her Royal Highness the Princess originally thought Chen Fei would hand these materials over to Blue Star Sovereignty for official assistance, but to her disappointment, he did not do as she had anticipated. Instead, he handed them to an artificial intelligence AI. Isn't this a dead end?
Indeed, given the alchemical foundation of Blue Star, there was no way to assimilate so much alchemical data; without spending three to five hundred years building up the population base to increase the chances of alchemist births, it was not even worth considering, and this would have to be on the premise of gathering all the necessary alchemical resources.
Many alchemical resources are special products of Cangqiong Star, and Blue Star simply doesn't have them. So, for Blue Star Civilization to catch up with Cangqiong Star Civilization in the realm of alchemy, it would be useless, even if they were allowed to open the book during a test and copy the answers.
Seeing the progress percentage displayed by "Adam," Chen Fei rejected the proposal, "No need, every alchemist is prouder than the last, and they outright disdain amateurs. Apprentices are the same. I'd rather not bother with this trouble."
Universities themselves are somewhat akin to academic fields, and speaking for Chen Fei, he could discuss the pros and cons of a planned economy, but as for martial arts novels, he'd be reduced to nothing but swearing.
Therefore, fully empathizing with the situation, he completely understood the "discrimination" of the alchemy industry towards outsiders.
"Alright then! If there's anything you need, just call me anytime! Or you can ask Mr. Randon again, he might be able to help."
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Chen Fei, Princess Lin Ziyu had no choice but to give up and suggest contacting the CEO of Louis Industries, Louis Landon, as not only did the two know each other, but they had also shared difficulties and could both be of help to Chen Fei.
"Mr. Randon has already given me considerable support."
Chen Fei didn't hide the fact that he was playing both ends against the middle, seeking favor from everyone.
After all, double the support meant double the combat power, and his own combat prowess was scarcely worth mentioning, relying entirely on external forces.
"You truly are a sly one!"
Her Royal Highness the Princess couldn't help but laugh, not the least bit angry, since after all, it was human nature.
Right after the phone call ended, the very busy Mr. Louis Landon found the time to call Chen Fei. Landon saw Chen Fei as his agent on Cangqiong Star for dealing with the Parasitic Species, and the current achievements had thoroughly satisfied the big boss, justifying all the investment and support.
Being an employee of a military contractor with rich combat experience, having participated in special task forces of the Global United Defense Committee, he was also skilled in enemy scouting. Moreover, he had connections with both the Slan Royal Family and the Rebel Army and even had good relations with a Metallic Giant Dragon. His Metal Elemental Psychic Power of B-level Industrial Grade was able to significantly reduce logistics maintenance pressure and ensure a longer duration of combat power, making Chen Fei the most suitable for this mission.
"Little Chen, would you like me to organize a professional alchemist team for you? If there's anything else you need, Louis Industries will try our best to accommodate."
The call from the big boss was quite similar to the call from Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Slan Dynasty.
Although Louis Industries was technologically powerful, its reserves of alchemy expertise were not outstanding within the field. Chen Fei could have his tactical equipment needs met quite easily, but the special requirements for Alchemical Artifacts were more challenging to fulfill; otherwise, he wouldn't have sent all the Magic Array data he had at once.
"Mr. Randon, I'm good for now, but if you could also provide a batch of high-capacity Crystalline Blocks."
With less than twenty Magic Arrays, Chen Fei managed to create a whole array of applications. The nearly a hundred Magic Arrays from the big boss offered even greater possibilities to play around with.
Moreover, Princess Lin Ziyu had packaged the entire Alchemy System controlled by the Slan Royal Family, far surpassing the quantity provided by the big boss. While Louis Industries might not be able to help much with alchemy, they could still continue to provide support in other regards.
As the number of Magic Arrays increased, the consumption of Crystal Energy was bound to double continuously, and Chen Fei did not dare to assume he'd have enough Crystalline Blocks to sustain the simultaneous use of so many Magic Arrays.
Louis Landon immediately responded, "Crystalline Blocks? No problem! Our lab just had a new technological breakthrough, I'll organize a batch and send them over when I get the chance."
Though laboratory-grade products were unquestionably superior in performance and quality, their production capacity could not match that of industrial assembly lines, and the costs were frighteningly high. However, Louis Industries was wealthy and powerful enough to manage small-scale production in a laboratory as if it were a factory, although it lacked cost-effectiveness.
"The more, the merrier!"
After ending the calls with both prominent individuals, Chen Fei felt somewhat exhausted.
After all, there were too many miscellaneous tasks, a heavy burden, cunning opponents, and he was pressed for time, all of which gave him a headache.
And the artificial intelligence AI "Adam" was still industriously updating task progress subtitles within his view.
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Adam: Establish Magic Array computation model, project 78319, progress 0%!
Geez, nearly eighty thousand concurrent tasks, and Chen Fei discovered the truth: his headache was not due to the current mission but because of "Adam," this damned thing which was causing his nutrients to be depleted as his forehead became feverishly hot.
The almost limitless computational power required was consuming blood sugar; had this AI gone mad?
The total project progress was nearly locked at 1%, with new projects continually being established, but not a single one declared complete; the dense subtitles could no longer be scrolled forward.
"'Adam,' cease all current task processes and limit the concurrent number of Magic Array calculations; set the maximum to 100."
Previously he was short on Magic Arrays, but now it seemed he had too many.
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