Being "confined in" in Chengfei was actually not very sad for Chen Nian, because he didn't have too many social activities.

On the contrary, after eliminating some unnecessary meetings and exchanges, he has more time to study more advanced technical issues beyond "nuclear fusion and room temperature superconductivity".

By now, the number of source points he had accumulated in his hands had exceeded 6,000 points, which was a huge number even for himself.

If subdivided into various industries and technical fields, the number of source points of 6,000 points can drive major changes in at least 20 industries and solve more than 100 technical difficulties.

Among them, the most typical, such as the problem of specialized seedlings faced by vertical farms, can be directly analyzed through the system to obtain the required breeding methods.

But Chen Nian does not plan to invest resources in these areas, the reason is very simple, it is a "cost-effective" problem.

He can already clearly feel that the rate of source point growth has gradually entered a bottleneck period after a cycle of explosive growth.

Or to be precise, it's not a bottleneck period, but an upper deadline.

That is to say, no matter how much he expands the number of people involved in the knowledge growth process, no matter how he improves his learning and R&D efficiency, and no matter how he explores and optimizes the mechanism of source point growth, the speed of source point growth will not be greatly improved.

Now the average number of source points he can harvest per day is about 20 points, and under the premise of the current decreasing marginal utility, if the rate can be doubled again to 40 points per day, the number of source points he can harvest in a year will only be less than 15,000 points.

And he himself probably lived to be .100 years old?

Then the total number of source points he can obtain in the future is 1.3 million points.

A lot, but it just looks like a lot.

Those technologies that can really allow human beings to break through the thick barriers of space, those basic principles that are close to the underlying logic, and those wonderful ideas that break the shackles of time and space. They exist, but the source requirements needed to parse them are often a series of question marks.

Therefore, Chen Nian must make a choice.

He wants to use a limited total number of source points to plan an optimal path.

Plan a path that can turn at least most of the question marks into visible values.

And to do that, he had to be cautious and careful to save all the non-essential expenses.

This situation often made him feel a sense of powerlessness, because he knew that no one could help him.

The original purpose of the Spark team was to provide him with advice on technology and development, and it was actually a team of consultants.

However, this team of consultants can only predict the future and deduce human development within a limited time scale.

You can't expect them to tell you "whether the quantum breakdown effect is a precondition for the speed of light", right?

Even the system does not give this answer, because the technology related to this concept, the requirements for parsing the source point are question marks.

Sitting in his office, Chen Nian sighed deeply.

After a long hesitation, he finally put down his pen and put the messy manuscript paper on his desk.

Then, he turned on the computer, clicked on the forum, and clicked on a very popular post.

"What does the future look like for you?"

Under this post, more than 200,000 people described the future world in their eyes-—— of course, this post should not have been so popular, it was Chen Nian who used a little privilege to push it to the position of the highest attention.

Chen Nian has basically read the previous hundreds of answers.

Wild, conservative, wonderful, weird, there is a future of any style, from the novelty at the beginning, to now feel a little boring, Chen Nian spent less than a week.

He casually refreshed the page, expecting nothing new, but just then, an answer title jumped in front of his eyes.

"Humanity may live on Earth forever."

The title made him stunned straight away-—— because it was different from all the other posts.

Whether optimistic or pessimistic, everyone's view of the future is at least unanimous, that is, they all believe that mankind will definitely go out of the earth and into space.

After all, human beings have been yearning for the world "beyond the sky" for thousands of years, and now that the future is just around the corner, who would refuse to believe it?

Chen Nian clicked on the post and looked at the content of the post.

"In fact, this is a major paradox - if human beings want to truly go into deep space, they must make a breakthrough in the field of fundamental physics."

"But if we already have a breakthrough in the field of fundamental physics, why go to space?"

"On Earth, we can get everything we need."

"All of this, including resources, energy, and the truth of the world."

"Well, maybe something similar to interstellar tourism will be developed in the future, but that's beyond our discussion."

"In short, my point is that the Earth is an island-—— or rather, the universe itself is an island."

"Why do people who live on the island want to leave this island?"

These words are very mysterious, and even a little unclear.

This also led to the fact that there were basically not many responses to this post, but after Chen Nian read it, he couldn't help but feel a chill.

Yes, regardless of whether his later inferences are true or not, but there is one thing, he is really right.

That is, if we can really make a breakthrough in the field of fundamental physics, there is a high probability that we will really not go to the universe again.

It's a question of origin, and as he says, a paradox.

Is this the truth of the Fermi paradox, or the Great Filter?

If this is the case, then why does the system exist?

To cross this paradox?

It seems. Reasonable?

Chen Nian subconsciously touched his head, and he suddenly had a somewhat crazy idea - maybe after he died, he should donate his brain to dissect it to see if there was anything similar to a chip in it.

He laughed at the thought of himself, and the dark emotion that had just invaded his mind vanished.

Fuck it!

The world has not yet been realized, and the people in the mountainous areas still can't eat fried chicken for a dollar.

Leave it to the scholars of string theory and condensed matter to think about!

Thinking of this, he closed the page, but before closing, he curiously clicked on the author's homepage and took a screenshot of it to save it.

Three no trumpets, no background, IP address display location in Shanxi.

Maybe it's a boring college student's casual answer.

Chen Nian didn't dwell on it anymore, but it is undeniable that this answer did plant a seed in his heart.

At the same time, in the study of a luxury villa.

The bearded man sat in the middle of the crowd, having just finished his preaching and Q&A, and was making his final summary.

So at the end of the day, the purpose of our organization is definitely not to destroy the world, let alone to promote the theory of genocide like NAzi - of course, there is indeed a part of the organization's core philosophy that can easily be misunderstood as a so-called 'genocide'."

"But after what I've just explained, I think you'll be able to tell the difference between us and NAzi."

"In a word: we don't decide who lives or dies, we just provide the best possible level playing field for all races."

"Here, I'll give you one more example."

"Like, why should we be anti-American?"

"The answer is very simple, because they rely on the unique dividends of the times and rely on an organizational structure that is eager for quick success and quick profit to obtain resources far beyond what they should have, squeezing the living space of other races in the world and forming an abnormal competitive relationship."

"So, what we're going to do is destroy the system, keep destroying until they can regroup with a framework that is in the general interest of humanity."

"That's what we're going to do, now, is it clear to everybody?"

As the words fell, the man looked around, waiting for an answer.

"It's clear, it's very well said."

"Yes, I completely agree with this – and more importantly, strip away the so-called populism and ultra-nationalism in this theory, so that we can look at our feelings and demands for our own nation from a more objective and sober perspective."

"It's good, it differentiates us from those 'low-level patriotic organizations'"

"That's right, but there's no denying that I'm still patriotic."

"That's fine, it's not in conflict with the organization's philosophy."

Everyone agreed, and seeing that the atmosphere of discussion was thick again, the man had no choice but to raise his hand and make a downward posture.

"Okay, for more specific discussions, we'll leave it to the end of the meeting and then have a small meeting."

"Now, we just need to agree on the general direction."

"Next, we're going to do something more important."

As soon as he said this, the crowd around him immediately fell silent.

Everyone knows what this means-—— if a task is issued, it means that the branch has been recognized by the upper echelons and will begin to play its role in the torrent of history.

The man coughed and continued:

"We all know that the upfront organization has carried out several successful missions."

"These include the well-known Ras Lasraquera explosion, Musk's assassination, and the Falcon 9 incident."

"However, a successful mission is not a perfect mission, and here, I would like to reveal a top-secret message to you."

"The executor of Musk's assassination has been arrested by the national security department."

"So fast?"

Someone asked in surprise.

"Yes, very quickly, in a sense, this also speaks to the advantages of Huaxia, but of course, this is not the focus of our attention."

"The key thing we need to focus on is that the rapid response of the national security services has broken the cycle of the organization's operation and damaged the credibility of the organization."

"So, we have to find a way to rescue the executor."

"And the organization gave us a suggestion on how to rescue the executor."

"That is, to exchange for the conditions that Huaxia has to accept."

"I'll just say it here-—— we need to exchange the secret of Starfire."

"Does anyone not know about the Spark Organization?"

No one answered, and everyone assumed that they knew something about the organization.

It's something obvious.

The people who can appear in this party are the elite of the country, who play a leading role in all walks of life, and many of them have even had direct or indirect contact with Xinghuo.

How could they not know about Starfire?

Looking at everyone's reactions, the man nodded slightly, and then continued:

"Then I won't introduce Xinghuo too much, in a word, this organization is the key to Huaxia's rapid development in the past ten years."

"But until now, no one has been able to accurately describe what this organization is really like."

"Officially, the organization is an independent department, a highly centralized research institution, but the credibility of this claim is diminishing after many verifications."

"The prevailing perception is that, on the surface, the Chinese officials are not lying, but at the same time, they are not saying anything more central."

"So, what we have to do is to find out this core."

"This is treason, isn't it?"

Someone in the crowd asked a question, and his tone was hesitant.

"Of course not."

The man shook his head firmly, and then said:

"We will not use this information to do anything unfavorable to Huaxia, all we need is a small cooperation from the government."

"You all know who I am and what I have done, do anyone think that I will do something that is not good for the country? Do you think that joining the organization is my corruption? ”

"To be honest, I have probably contributed more to my country than most people in this world."

"The reason why we have to solve the problem in a secret and illegal way, to put it bluntly, is that we are bound by the so-called 'universal morality', so that we can only exist in the backlight, in fact, our goal is consistent with the goal of Huaxia"

"Okay, we don't need to discuss this point too much, just do task distribution today."

No one questioned it anymore, so the man continued:

"I need you to use your identities to engage with the Spark as much as possible and gather as much information as possible."

"Starting today and for the next two months, we will compile information once a week until we reach a breakthrough conclusion."

"It's actually not that hard, and I only need to be reminded of one thing: don't be deliberate, don't be exposed."

"The organization can accept no progress, it can accept failure, but it can't accept early exposure to the world, understand?"

"Understood."

The crowd replied one after another, and then gradually dispersed.

And after watching the last man leave the villa, the man returned to his seat in his study.

On his desk is a work card.

And the name of the department to which the work card belonged had been mentioned many times by him.

(End of chapter)