The emergence of magic and Merlin allowed China to re-formulate its own space strategy and then steadily advance according to the plan.
To be precise, the country has increased its investment in scientific research.
Not only China, but the entire world seems to have found its direction again.
Previously, the entire Blue Star Civilization's technology tree had reached a point where it was impossible to find the way forward.
Don't know which direction to go.
Virtual reality, controllable nuclear fusion, space mining and space colonization, quantum computers...
Waiting for these directions, no matter how much money you invest, you may not see splash.
The emergence of Merlin and the magic system behind him allowed Blue Star to find its direction again.
The magic coin system makes Blue Star civilizations flock to set their sights on space.
Astronomy and mathematics have received a lot of attention and investment from the official to the private sector.
The existence of the soul was proven, overturning the existing foundations of biology and physics.
A large number of unknown questions related to the soul are waiting to be explored.
Later, Merlin published a bounty mission in the magic forum, which directly told Blue Star Civilization what issues it could research.
The difficulty is even divided according to magic coin.
If Blue Star’s web writing enthusiasts knew the inside story, they would definitely realize:
Merlin has installed a system for Blue Star. The basic elements of the system are complete with tasks and rewards, and it even has a chat group function.
There are all kinds of conjectures about Merlin's true identity, both privately and officially.
The researchers have experienced so many years of scientific education, and most of them believe in science.
In other words, most want to use scientific systems to explain magical phenomena and do not believe in idealism.
Including needing to be injected with magic brain to become a mage.
It even makes them think that mages are just different technological systems.
So this brings up another question, who exactly is Merlin?
He is the assistant of King Arthur in history, a legendary wizard in England, or an alien visitor.
Or are they Blue Star people who have inherited alien technology?
Various speculations flooded social platforms.
Some people even speculate that the world is actually a virtual world, and everyone is just a piece of code.
Magic is also a piece of code, but it is written in a different language than the code in Blue Star's cognitive system.
Most scientists in China believe that the magic system comes from aliens.
There is absolutely no such magic in the history of Blue Star, at least the magic is completely different from the magic in foreign legends.
Although both foreign and domestic, history is full of legends about capable people and strangers.
The research institute under the Chinese Bureau of Abnormalities has a dedicated research team on this issue.
"Merlin's magic is definitely not the magic in European and American legends. The key lies in language."
"Europe and America, whether it's magic in Norse mythology or Roman mythology, or magic in Amerikan's modern mythology."
Amerikan has a short history and does not have many myths and legends to speak of, and it is impossible for them to claim the Indian mythology system as their own.
Therefore, Amerikan adapted and recreated its own mythological system based on the mythology of the Europa continent.
Decades from now, who can deny that this is their myth system?
The most important thing about a myth system is not the story, but the consensus.
"The magic in these mythological systems all have a very key factor, and that is spells. There is no system of magic that does not require spells."
"Spells are an essential element of magic in Western myths and legends."
"Of course some people will say silent casting, but no matter how silent casting is, no wizard starts directly from silent casting when he starts, right?"
"But our mages, after gaining the ability to cast spells, can only move objects like telekinesis because they have no spell learning materials."
"But later, after obtaining biological storage technology, casting spells to change material properties was still silent casting, and all operations were completed at the brain level."
"No spells, no gestures, no rituals."
"So I absolutely do not believe that magic has anything to do with magic in Western legends."
"On the contrary, the magical effects displayed by Merlin live in Stockholm are closer to the gods in Chinese myths and legends."
The Chinese Bureau of Abnormalities has jurisdiction over several research institutes, and most of the magic-related research groups involve mages.
There are currently only six mages in China. Basically, each of these six mages, in addition to their main research work, also participates in the work of three to four research groups.
Like the group that studies the connection between magic and magic in Blue Star myths and legends, Chinese mages have few opportunities to participate in exchanges with them.
The meaning of group research like this is not so intuitive, and there are fewer resources available.
"According to what you said, why does Merlin have a magic wand? There is no such thing as a magic wand in the ancient legends of China." The Chinese mage asked.
China is very covetous of the magic wand obtained by the Europa League.
Privately, he expressed his hope for joint research many times and was willing to exchange half of the right to use the Hua Kingdom's Sky Eye.
The Europa League's rejection was straightforward: You can exchange it for unused magic coins and it's almost the same.
Hua Guo said, let me participate in the joint research first. If the research results are worth the price, we will accept the magic coin.
The Europa Union has been researching for weeks without any results, except to determine the material of the wand.
The Europa Union naturally disagrees, and the two sides are in a stalemate with no one willing to compromise.
But the Europa League is certain of one thing. The number of magic coins obtained by China is definitely not a small number, otherwise it would not be so generous.
The wand material is Scots pine.
This secret, known only to the Europa League, did not deepen their suspicion that Merlin was an Englishman.
Because Merlin's true identity is not known, and various clues point to England, this is probably just a means to conceal his true identity.
"The magic wand in Merlin's hand is just a blind eye. He definitely doesn't need a wand to cast the spell. The crows circling in the sky are the key point."
"The magic wand is just a cover-up. No spell is needed to truly prove that he is not a so-called mage in the European and American mythology system at all."
"Merlin's true identity can only be that he is a Blue Star person who has acquired alien inheritance, or he is simply an alien."
"I even have doubts about his own form. It is very likely that the other party has no entity, or does not have a fixed physical existence."
Of course, these are just guesses, and a report with complete arguments will eventually be formed and then passed to the top as a reference for decision-making.
But no one knows whether it will be used in the end.
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Gu Xiao
"Affected by the super lithium batteries produced by Kechuang Biotechnology, Tesla's sales in China experienced a double month-on-month decline year-on-year, but the decline was within an acceptable range."
"After Kechuang Biotech has made breakthrough innovations in lithium metal cathode materials, the energy density of lithium batteries using new lithium metal cathodes is three times that of traditional lithium batteries."
"China's super lithium battery technology is currently only open to Chinese car companies. Even joint venture car companies still have not been able to obtain super lithium battery technology."
“Kechuang Biotechnology’s statement is that the new lithium battery technology is in its infancy, and the production capacity is not yet able to supply super lithium battery technology to all car companies.
After subsequent production capacity expansion, super lithium batteries will be provided to all car companies. Super lithium batteries will also be used in all electronic devices in the future. "
“Currently, apart from new energy vehicles, the only application scenario for super lithium battery technology is the brain-computer connected VR developed by Kechuang Biotechnology.”
"Thanks to the super lithium battery technology, the brain-computer connected VR called futureverse has a battery life of more than ten hours."
Kechuang Future took into account the weight of the brain-computer connected VR, so it reduced the size of the battery.
If the super lithium battery is configured according to the battery size of other VRs, the battery life of Futureverse can reach 20 hours.
"But after the author interviewed people in the Chinese industry, they made it clear that Kechuang Biotech does not want to open its technology to companies outside of China."
"The Europa Union's attitude towards this is ambiguous, but Amerikan took the lead in raising the banner of imposing tariffs."
"When products with new lithium battery technology enter the American market, American will impose an additional 5% tariff."
"Currently affected products include brain-computer connected VR and some Chinese new energy models."
It is almost impossible for Chinese car companies to enter the American market.
America's automobile market is too mature, and local products from Neon, Deutsche, and America's are flooding the market.
America's per capita car ownership rate is 0.9, while the figure in China is 0.23.
For such a mature market, Huaguo Auto's several attempts to enter Amerikan ended in failure.
However, as new energy has become a new trend, and with the support of super lithium batteries, Chinese new energy car companies have once again had the idea of entering the Amerikan market.
It’s also good to test the waters with a small amount of product.
Musk doesn’t pay much attention to Tesla’s declining sales in China:
"We just need to maintain communication with China's battery suppliers."
"They will supply us with super lithium battery technology sooner or later."
Tesla's suppliers in China have clearly told them that it will take up to a year before super lithium batteries will be supplied to foreign car companies.
"We need to consider the platform on which super lithium battery technology is installed in advance. It can only be used on our high-end models."
"The current battery life of a Tesla that costs tens of thousands of dollars can already meet the needs of users."
Consumers consider too many aspects when buying cars, and the advantage of battery life alone is not enough to win over consumers.
Therefore, Tesla’s price reduction of 30,000 yuan in the Chinese market is enough to eliminate the disadvantage of battery life.
Musk continued: “The most important thing we have right now is brain-computer connectivity.”
"Tesla's operations are on the right track and I don't need to worry too much."
"According to the current development trend, Tesla must be the most important player in the global new energy market."
“But in the field of brain-computer connectivity we are playing catch-up.”
“The accurate recognition rate of brain-computer connected mobile phones has not yet caught up with the level of Kechuang Biotechnology three years ago.”
“Not to mention brain-computer-linked VR and brain-computer-linked prosthetics.”
"Neuralink will receive more resource support, and we need to move towards brain-computer connected VR."
Futureverse's global success deeply stimulated FB.
You must know that Quest, which FB spent a lot of money to acquire, was the previous leader in the global VR industry.
But in just three months, the sales of brain-computer-connected VR were the same as last year’s Quest full-year sales.
This makes FB feel panic.
As early as 2021, FB made up its mind to comprehensively transform the Metaverse, and even changed its corporate name to META.
At the same time, FB is also the first company to fall behind among the four Americen Internet giants FAAG.
Falling behind is not only due to the failure of the issuance of Libra, but also to many external factors such as the global economic downturn.
If the transformation of the metaverse fails again, although the fundamentals will still not be harmed, the future will be gone.
There are no stories left to tell in the capital market.
FB's scale will be limited to influential social media around the world.
This is unacceptable to Zuckerberg.
Therefore, in order to counter the impact of brain-computer connected VR, Zuckerberg has only one choice: Neuralink.
FB acquired more than 30% of Neuralink's shares in a swap of shares and cash.
Became the largest shareholder of neuralink.
But Musk is still Neuralink’s largest individual shareholder.
And he is also the most optimistic about Neuralink’s future prospects.
"As long as our technology can reach 80% of that of Science and Technology Biotechnology, I am confident that the gentlemen in Washington will shut out Science and Technology Biotechnology."
"Zhang, I believe in you, and I hope you won't betray my trust."
The previous president and founder of neuralink, Hodak, has been kicked out.
His progress cannot satisfy Musk, and even the founder will face being kicked out.
There are many cases of founders at home and abroad being kicked out by investors.
Domestic Ali especially likes to do this kind of thing, emptying the founder team after investing.
Musk’s first choice is Li Wanqing. Li Wanqing previously worked at neuralink and then served as the R&D director at Kechuang Biotech’s Lion City R&D Center.
To put it bluntly, Neuralink is a research-oriented company and needs people in charge who understand technology very well.
Therefore, Li Wanqing is the first choice on Musk's list.
Unfortunately, after brain-computer-linked VR came on the market, Li Wanqing had no idea of returning to neuralink.
The second choice on the final list, Zhang Weimin, the vice president of brain-computer connection at Kechuang Biotechnology, became the new president of Neuralink.
Musk caught Kechuang Biotech poaching people with a simple purpose: to copy the other party’s successful experience.
Zhang Weimin is a classmate of Cheng Gang and has a PhD in the field of brain science. He was previously a professor at Massachusetts State. Later, he was invited by Cheng Gang to return to China and become the vice president of Science and Technology Biotechnology.
Zhang Weimin was originally hesitant. After learning that Cheng Gang was leaving, he decided to join neuralink.
Neuralink helped him pay more than 20 million RMB in non-compete agreement breach fees.
To be honest, 20 million is a waste for neuralink.
