610: Chapter 519: The Golden Age of Technology 610: Chapter 519: The Golden Age of Technology “`

The corridors were quiet at night, as silent as Miyazato Kazama remembered from the painstaking late-night overtimes at the research institute.

Yet it was only 9 PM, and the headquarters were already mostly deserted.

A few employees lingered in the building, waiting for the provision of delicious late-night snacks.

Once an unimpressive start-up, Nestor Corporation now owned its own research center, managed entirely by Miyazato Kazama.

When she thought of the many Witch Researchers who died under human oppression, Miyazato Kazama felt the advancement of technology was indeed a terrifying matter.

They devoted themselves to academia and technology, which should have been the treasures of civilization, but within the corporate system, they hardly held any status.

Once detected with a hint of rebellion, they would be implanted with monitoring chips and undergo deep modification to erase individual will.

Therefore, Miyazato Kazama had to fight for the rightful treatment of research personnel on their behalf, as this was the true duty of a head of research.

The downside of the Cyber Era is the technological Golden Age.

The prospects of civilization had never shined so brilliantly—Nutrient Paste lowered the threshold for individual survival, strong artificial intelligence revolutionized the form of resource distribution, body enhancement technology compensated for individual capability deficits, Synthetic Humans replaced all dangerous and repetitive labor, and then there were the Witches, who not only had the potential to alter reality, reshape the human world, but also to defeat the powerful creatures from the mystic side, preventing them from invading reality.

With a spirit dedicated to science, Miyazato Kazama vowed to achieve this reversal.

As they headed to the secret chamber, Ai Katagiri stayed close by Miyazato Kazama’s side.

“We’ve received an exhibition invitation from the Corporate Alliance in Greeny City,” Ai Katagiri reminded, “We can send a team to exhibit, and we might even compete for this year’s Gillian Seiko Award.”

The Gillian Seiko Award, an annual selection every July, is the world’s most prestigious award, named after the founder of the Corporate Alliance, Gillian.

It is bestowed upon individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of world science.

The thought of leading the entire Nestor Research Department in the competition made Miyazato Kazama’s mouth go dry.

She was eager to bring the entire trophy back to the company as the highest prize for their arduous, day-and-night struggle.

The ultimate dream of all research personnel and Witches is to earn the Gillian Award.

Nothing else could better prove their efforts, struggles, and sacrifices.

Since the inception of the Alliance, the past 149 years of awardees have been significant figures in the history of science.

Thanks to their efforts, we can now see Synthetic Humans, strong artificial intelligence, supercomputers, space motherships, energy shield generators, phase shift devices, brain-machine interfaces, and other advanced technologies.

At least two-thirds of the awards have been swept by the subsidiary of Lighthouse Core, “Star Ring Technology.” In its 149th year, the world science prize was awarded to Star Ring Technology’s Witch Researcher Mana Cooper, who developed the Ion Sword and Ion Axe.

Miyazato Kazama felt a powerful envy at the thought of ion melee weapons.

She had tried to develop ion weapons at the Z1 Research Institute, but to no avail.

They were KM Rated as high as 70, mythological weapons of artificial creation, achieving destructive power comparable to Mythical Weapons using mortal forging techniques.

Mana’s Magic Power was the manipulation of plasma, easily breaking through the technological barriers that plagued humans in miniaturizing plasma weapons.

By maximizing the reduction of coolers and embedding high-performance superconductors into the structural gauntlets, she allowed plasma to be constrained by magnetic fields, forming a terrifying, shimmering mass of ultra-high temperatures capable of vaporizing any armor in an instant.

Seeking Shadow’s “Shadow Kill” was one such indestructible Ion Sword, a weapon beyond the imitation capabilities of the Nestor Research Department.

The relevant technology was also utilized in the development of nuclear fusion, and it is likely that New Taixi State had already built a nuclear fusion power plant, obtaining an inexhaustible source of clean energy, but it was used only for their own development.

The Gillian Seiko Award, truly…

drool-worthy.

Any product that earns the award becomes world-famous.

If the Nestor Research Department could claim the Gillian Award, it would instantly become the focus of the world’s attention, and it would be an excellent opportunity to boost the brand recognition of the company’s products and promote their commercialization!

“Let me think, what ‘super technology’ does Nestor Corporation have that could compete?” Miyazato Kazama stopped in her tracks, pondering in her mind.

“Infinite,” an adaptive growth-type Witch Armor, KM Rated 45, employs the best technology that Miyazato Kazama’s brain could conceive, yet it still lacks originality.

Class A Synthetic Human, KM Rated 67, legendary Synthetic Humans developed by the genius Taro Tanaka after more than ten years of dedicated research.

They have proven their power and foresight in a series of incidents, and there might be a significant chance of winning an award.

Perlin’s eternal cell therapy, not yet entering the KM Rating process, should reach around 70.

She obtained a small sample of supercells from Honma Noriko, and now that she was no longer under Honma Noriko, she used it for medical research and development.

Honma Noriko underwent numerous age-extension treatments, causing most of her body’s cells to mutate into endlessly growing cells, possessing the ability to heal and proliferate abnormally.

Perlin called them “eternal cells.” If cultivated properly, the eternal cells could be used by Perlin to cure cancer and many diseases, enough to help patients renew their cells and rebuild their immune systems.

The technology team inherited from Kyoto Infinity also had potential.

They’ve made strides in the application of the Hundred-eyes Demon, mainly establishing a commercial AI system that creates animation and film productions, KM Rated 58.

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Now, mid- and low-level painters and cartoonists have been completely annihilated.

In the Northern Archipelago, only artists with the highest level of skill can find a glimmer of hope for employment, and even they face pressure from the technology department.

All other painters have been mercilessly crushed by artificial intelligence, plunging the entire industry into a state with no successors, with an ever-increasing dependence on artificial intelligence.

The vast majority of illustrations and original drawings are handled by the Hundred-eyes Demon’s art branch, which can generate 1.7 million illustrations per minute or 50 assembly-line type comics, thereby allowing Kyoto Infinity to monopolize the world’s anime creation.

No other anime studio or individual cartoonists outside of this realm can survive Kyoto Infinity’s dimensional strike.

Now, only old monsters with over a century of experience, like Kirino Reisei and Nanase Kizuna, have a chance to make their mark in this line of work, highlighting the difficulty of competition.

“What about you?” Miyazato Kazama thought of this and suddenly looked up at Ai Katagiri, “Regarding research on quantum computers?”

“The Mark III requires six billion funds every time it runs for a week,” Ai Katagiri said softly, “Our Mark I ‘Nest of Origin’ was taken by the parent body of the Hundred-eyes Demon to serve as its habitat, supporting all the work of the Hundred-eyes Demon; the Mark II ‘Golden Heavenly Guardian,’ according to the development agreement, was leased to the International Earthquake Prediction Association for predicting earthquakes around the world.

It reportedly successfully predicted 340 major earthquakes last year, protecting the safety of more than 60 million people.

It’s unrealistic to take it back now.

The only one left for use is the Mark III…

We rely on Star Ring Technology for our chip technology; practically speaking, we could achieve a 72-qubit chip.

If we use that for the competition, it wouldn’t be enough.”

“So…

when can the Mark III be completed?” Miyazato Kazama asked curiously.

Kyoto Infinity’s military technology isn’t much to speak of, but it has achieved incredible feats in the fields of artificial intelligence and computing.

As part of the legacy of Kyoto Infinity, the quantum computer project that Ai Katagiri is involved in has already seen not a few results.

Once the Mark III is completed, Nestor Corporation will possess a genuine quantum computer!

Physics in the new era has not made any major breakthroughs, and the law of transistor counts increasing over the years has begun to lose effect, meaning that the pace of traditional computer development is increasingly slow.

Not only that, but the quantum tunneling effect has far-reaching implications, setting the minimum lithography for semiconductor integrated circuits, becoming a bottleneck.

Quantum computers, however, diverge from the conventional path by utilizing quantum characteristics to expand research, employing quantum superposition to compute and store information, surpassing all traditional supercomputers in the world in parallel operations!

Once the Mark III project that Ai Katagiri is researching takes off, Nestor Corporation will truly break through in technology and be able to compete with the real tech giants!

“We’ve named the Mark III ‘Heberon,’ the name of a constellation, to honor all the scientific elites of the former era,” Ai Katagiri nodded solemnly, “And Heberon will need several hundred billion more in follow-up development to be truly completed.

Especially, we need to maintain contact with the leading technology teams and labs in the outside world, particularly with Lighthouse Core; they keep their technology very close to the vest.”

So difficult!

Miyazato Kazama sighed internally.

At this rate, if we want to win an award, we might have to ask Boss Xu to write a paper discussing his understanding and practical application of digital life.

Xu Yang is actually the pioneer in technology exploration for the entire Nestor Corporation.

If he is willing to spend two months polishing a report on digital life, he could become a strong contender for the World Science Prize of 150 years!

An experimenter in person, probing the limits of technology like all research staff.

On second thought, Boss Xu probably doesn’t have the time to spend on this, Miyazato Kazama had to cast this idea aside.

This year’s strong contenders for the Gillian Prize are likely to be Helis Sea technology, which has changed the face of net security technology.

Miyazato Kazama got in touch with Taro Tanaka.

“Professor Tanaka,” Miyazato Kazama inquired, “…are you willing to participate in the ‘Gillian Seiko Prize’ selection in July?”

“I am researching, Miss Kazama,” Taro Tanaka responded quickly, “I plan to make an experimental Synthetic Human, codenamed A999, which is also the most advanced Class A Synthetic Human to date.

It will inherit the experience of famous predecessors like A40, A100, and A1 and astonish the world once again.

With Nestor Corporation protecting my research results, I dare to use my most treasured technologies.”

A999!

It sounded very powerful.

Content, Miyazato Kazama was determined to lead the Nestor Research Department forward, gnawing at one milestone after another in the technological journey.

They must be stronger, more ferocious, more violent, exterminating all the vile entities that hinder progress!

Miyazato Kazama thought silently; in her view, currently, the entities impeding technological progress were none other than the companies outside of Nestor Corporation.

Thinking of this made her body involuntarily tremble, fantasizing about a future where she drowns the rival companies in a sea of blood with massive firepower, turning them into dust of history.

Watching Miyazato Kazama from the side, Ai Katagiri felt relieved that in this era she had become a Witch Researcher dedicated to developing equipment technology.

If she had lived in an era when witches were free to evolve, she probably would have strengthened swarm-like Magic Power and turned into a cruel Empress who established a gestalt consciousness empire…