Chapter 114: Chapter 102: Time of Death: January 1st, ’27 (2)
"Academician Su Fengguo also stated: ’This is more like a new-era, technological version of the Yongle Encyclopedia. Even if the word count isn’t as massive as the Yongle Encyclopedia, it’s still not something that looks like it could have been written by a single person!’"
"And so, the title ’Non-human’ was placed upon Chu Bamboo."
"On November 21, ’26, the White-headed Eagle invited Chu Bamboo to the Global Scientists Conference held in Big Apple City. The invitation was rejected."
"On December 11 of the same year, public opinion suddenly turned worldwide, with claims that Chu Bamboo was not the original author. This was because, apart from publishing the books, he had never offered any analysis on their contents."
"The Global Mathematicians Conference and the Physics Symposium had also sent him invitations to give lectures, but he rejected them all."
"Most importantly, it wasn’t just foreign invitations; Chu Bamboo rejected domestic ones as well."
"This was far too abnormal! He seemed to have entered a period of silence... From songs to novels, he went completely quiet on all fronts! It was as if he had completely cut himself off from the world."
"But no matter how clamorous the public opinion became, one point was undeniable—Chu Bamboo’s two works had powerfully propelled scientific research all over the world!"
"What was most shocking was that the many conjectures he proposed in his books were later verified in reality, one by one. All of them were true! Not a single one was wrong!"
"The renowned European academician, Schubert, called Chu Bamboo ’the morning star sent from heaven’!"
"The famous Mao Bear scientist Ames expressed his hope to study under Chu Bamboo as his master!"
"On January 1 of the following year, Chu Bamboo died after his car unexpectedly caught fire while he was driving."
"Three to five years later—after many of the results from Star Sea Detailed Explanation had been tangibly realized—this incident was hailed as one of the greatest losses for all humanity in the first half of the 21st century!"
"Academician Zhang Bohai once said: ’It’s hard to imagine how powerfully Chu Bamboo could have advanced human civilization if he had lived to be fifty, seventy, or a hundred years old!’"
"Academician Schubert called him the modern-day Einstein and Newton!"
"In ’36, most of the results from Star Sea Detailed Explanation had been realized, and human civilization entered a prosperous era—but this prosperity also pushed all of human civilization into the painful throes of transition!
However, although the level of chaos was rising worldwide, everyone remained optimistic, believing they were on the eve of another industrial revolution—
convinced that if they could just endure this period, things would get better day by day."
"In ’39, as the chaos showed no signs of easing, the ** War broke out! The situation took a drastic turn for the worse, and human civilization rapidly entered a period of decline."
"In ’40, a peculiar disease began to run rampant! Based on its characteristics, researchers named it Radiation Sickness!
It seemed to be caused by nuclear radiation... but based on the research of medical experts and biologists, they soon discovered something suspicious—
this radiation-induced illness was actually contagious! This completely defied medical common sense and logic!"
"In ’41, Radiation Sickness spread with extreme speed! There were two ways to contract it: one was through exposure to radiation, and the other was through contact with a patient suffering from it!
Unexpectedly, living in a radioactive environment did not increase humanity’s resistance to radiation; instead, they grew weaker! This also defied common sense, a fact that countless medical scientists could not accept!
In the same year, more than thirty leading medical experts—their worldviews shattered, unable to find any cure for Radiation Sickness, not even the slightest hint of one, and having personally witnessed their own relatives and friends die from the disease—fell into despair and even committed suicide.
The war was forced to a halt due to the enormous number of deaths."
"In ’43, over ninety percent of the human population had contracted Radiation Sickness.
After contracting Radiation Sickness, even with adequate medical care, survival time rarely exceeded five years!
Humanity officially entered a desperate vortex of rapid population decline."
"In ’50, no effective treatment for Radiation Sickness had been found! There wasn’t even a way to alleviate the symptoms."
"In ’57, although the East had not given up the search for a cure for Radiation Sickness, it began preparing for the worst, initiating the Human Civilization Continuation Plan and officially starting construction of the Beidou Seven Stars Base—
The Shaking Light Base, one of the seven major bases, was slated to be built in the Modu Region."
"In ’61, the Shaking Light Base was successfully constructed!"
"In ’67, the total human population dropped below one million!"
"In ’70, humanity was declared functionally extinct!"
"In ’71, humanity was confirmed to be completely extinct. The Shaking Light Base data stream ends here. System entering hibernation mode!"
Chu Bamboo stared blankly at the cold words, his mind in turmoil.
Countless pieces of information collided in his head. He took two heavy breaths and muttered aloud.
"It was Star Sea... No, to be precise, it was Star Sea Detailed Explanation!"
The appearance of Star Sea had made Chu Bamboo a top-tier, world-famous author.
Countless people even believed that Chu Bamboo was a supreme talent. In the book, he had proposed innumerable conjectures that seemed bizarre and fantastical, yet were still logically sound.
However, before these things were proven, while they might have shocked those academicians and top scientists, that was the extent of it!
But the appearance of Star Sea Detailed Explanation changed everything completely!
This divine book, hailed by the Shen Zhou Academy of Sciences as the scientific version of the Yongle Encyclopedia.
Star Sea Detailed Explanation concealed numerous heavyweight analyses, papers, and future conjectures and proofs relevant to the next several decades of human civilization!
It was James Raven’s detailed explanation of all the theories involved in Star Sea.
It contained not only James Raven’s life’s work but also the achievements of various top scientists of that era! You could even say that large swathes of it were excerpts that were, in fact, complete research papers.
What kind of earth-shattering tempest would be unleashed by dropping the fruits of wisdom, condensed by countless scientists during humanity’s most prosperous decades, onto the world in the year ’26?
This was the final result!
"The result is, I died!" Chu Bamboo didn’t know what kind of expression he should be making.
’Most importantly, did I also cause the deaths of Zhao Shao and Lin Xia?’
These two books, combined with the deaths of several people, caused this worldline to deviate onto a completely different path than before!
Slapping his cheeks, Chu Bamboo suddenly felt that something wasn’t right. He closed his eyes and thought for a good while before they shot open in realization.
"Wait, why don’t I see anything about artificial intelligence?"
Chu Bamboo’s brows furrowed deeper. ’After all, in the previous worldlines, artificial intelligence was the undisputed MVP—you could even say that AI had dictated humanity’s future!’
’But in this worldline... why does it feel like it’s just gone?’
Thoughts churned in his mind. Chu Bamboo suddenly realized something, astonishment appearing on his face. "Wait, without Zhao Shao, the emergence of artificial intelligence should have coincided with the appearance of the Celestial Net. The original AI war also started at that time! But..."
A shiver ran down Chu Bamboo’s spine. He connected the dots; it all connected, everything clicked into place!
’During this period, human civilization never even gave birth to artificial intelligence...’
’And that war directly destroyed the entire foundation of human civilization! Coupled with the rampant spread of Radiation Sickness, it led to humanity’s complete extinction several decades later.’
’Under such circumstances, with internal turmoil and external threats, the originally fast-paced development of artificial intelligence was interrupted—compared to AI, it was far more important to quickly research a cure for Radiation Sickness.’
’And the final result... was...’
