Genius Club

Chapter 324: Chapter 25: Historical Closure (Extra for Alliance Leader Fran!)_2 Chapter 324: Chapter 25: Historical Closure (Extra for Alliance Leader Fran!)_2 “39 billion lines,”

replied VV.

Lin Xian shook his head:

“It’s still too much.”

He propped his chin and began to think.

He thought of the plot in the movie “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” where advanced civilizations in the universe manufactured a supercomputer to seek the answers to the ultimate truths and secrets of the universe.

This indicated that the wisdom of a supercomputer far surpassed that of physical life forms.

So, in his current predicament, it would be better to seek the help of VV rather than ponder by himself.

So, he opened his eyes and lifted his head:

“In that case, VV, I have a question for you, ponder it seriously and then give me an answer,”

The garbage can robot nodded its head, standing erect.

“First, let’s assume that all the things I’m about to say are true and calculate and reason based on this premise,”

Lin Xian said seriously:

“First, I have a special ability that allows me to travel back and forth to the year 2023, returning to this very day each day.

My time here is limited, though, I can only stay from 12:42 noon to 00:42 midnight, a duration of 12 hours.

Moreover, once I return to this world the next day, I must start again from 12:42, and everything will cycle within these 12 hours.”

“Secondly, because I have to ride a helium balloon to find you, we don’t have 12 hours at our disposal, at most we have about four to five hours in the evening.

As soon as I land next to the statue of Zhao Yingjun, I will immediately shout ‘VV’ and give the password to activate you.”

“Lastly, regarding my memory, let’s assume I can only memorize 100 lines of code each day to bring back.

Upon waking up in 2023, I will enter these lines into the computer; then the next day when I come to find you again, I start from the 101st line and the third day from the 201st line…

and so on.

I plan to bring back the entirety of your super artificial intelligence to the 2023 of 600 years prior.”

“So, my question is—”

“[While ensuring that it can run on a personal computer in 2023 and the most essential functions remain intact, how few lines of code does your program need?]”

“Mind you, I only need the very basic core functionalities.

You can quietly learn, evolve, iterate, and supplement knowledge through the Internet.

So, minimize your code as much as possible, omitting every line you can.”

“That is my complete question, please think about it seriously and give me an answer that will remain consistent no matter how many times I ask you.”

…

Lin Xian’s question was very comprehensive.

He needed to ensure that no matter when and where VV was asked this question, it would always give the same answer.

Otherwise, copying it back and forth only to have the program full of BUGs upon execution would be a complete waste of time.

After hearing the question, VV fell silent.

It was evident that it was pondering seriously.

For such a powerful super artificial intelligence to remain silent this long, the question must be quite challenging for it.

Lin Xian was also aware of his limitations.

His request was indeed exacting.

The processing power of a personal computer’s CPU was very low, nowhere near that of a supercomputer; coupled with his demand for VV to compress the lines of code, this was indeed a difficult task;

But Lin Xian believed in VV.

After all, his question was much simpler compared to “What is the secret and meaning of the universe?” “What is the significance of the universal constant 42?” right?

VV was much smarter than him, and smarter than any other artificial intelligence in the world; trusting it was the right thing to do.

Finally…

After about fifteen minutes,

the garbage can robot lifted its head:

“133,941 lines are the minimum code required, trimmed down to the bare minimum.

Not one line can be reduced further.

And these 133,000 lines only contain the most basic programs.

I will also need to go through a long period of learning, updating, and self-iteration in your era before I can become what I am now.”

Lin Xian held his forehead.

It was still too much…

Even if he memorized 500 lines a day, it would take nearly a year, and it was hardly possible to memorize that many lines in a day.

“Lin Xian, I think you’re wrong,”

said VV, its eyes twinkling as it looked at Lin Xian:

“I know you probably think that 133,000 lines is still too much.

But you are a programming novice now, not necessarily incapable of learning it.

If you took the time to learn the most basic programming language logic, memorizing a few hundred lines in one evening wouldn’t be difficult.”

“It’s just copying code, after all, not writing from scratch.

Besides testing memory, it’s not a difficult task—it’s like reciting a text.

You don’t need to verify nor debug; everything you see is the correct answer.”

“Bringing me back from the future world to 600 years ago is not a simple task to begin with, especially since you don’t have any recording tools and can only rely on your brain.@@novelbin@@

Improving your understanding of the programming language is the only way to speed up the process.”

“If it is as you say…

I am indeed the gift Miss Zhao Yingjun left for you, I am very much looking forward to you bringing me back to the past so we can meet 600 years ago.”

Lin Xian exhaled through his nose and nodded.

What VV said made sense.

Overcoming defeat to save the world or any endeavor of the sort was never going to be easy.

Zhao Yingjun endured 600 years of solitude to leave even the slightest clue behind…

Compared to such persistence, learning the logic of programming languages was trivial.

As VV said.

Copying code was like memorizing English texts—if he grasped the logic and syntax, memorizing several hundred lines in one evening might well be possible.