Of course, staying indoors was impossible.
Su Xiu also planned to continue tracing the lead from Yang Dong, hoping to improve Earth's war capabilities before the Trisolaran Fleet arrived.
Zhao Xuan glanced at her watch and left in a hurry, while Su Xiu slowly walked upstairs.
After removing the small flyer stuck in the door crack and locking the rusty anti-theft door, Su Xiu sat at the coffee table in the living room, listening to the news broadcast on TV about 'focusing on solving the three rural issues and starting small loan pilot programs in rural credit cooperatives.' He then opened the box Shen Yufei had given him.
As expected.
The Trisolaran model in the box, along with the stack of documents densely covered with mathematical formulas, proved that Shen Yufei intended for him to participate in the mathematical research of the Three-Body Problem.
Su Xiu casually picked up the documents and flipped through them a few times. Although his mathematical level wasn't high enough to fully understand the extent of Shen Yufei's research on the Three-Body Problem, he could still see that the researcher had used many different methods to try and advance the research process.
'This is a test,' Su Xiu thought, putting down the formulas in his hand.
Reaching this conclusion was not difficult.
The methods utilized in the data provided by Shen Yufei were roughly divided into three types: one was an algorithm called the "approximation method," which had recently become popular among researchers at a French metrology research institution; another was the Monte Carlo method, commonly used in computer programs, which involved random small spheres colliding with irregular volumes to obtain relatively precise measurement data.
The last algorithm was the differential method used by the 19th-century French physicist Poincaré. However, the first method was still under research, the second method could not be advanced by human effort alone and required large-scale computer-assisted calculations, and the last method had already been proven by Poincaré to result in 'no solution for the Three-Body Problem.'
In short, if one only considered the three solutions provided by Shen Yufei, solving the Three-Body Problem was almost impossible.
Then only one possibility remained.
For these three solutions, Shen Yufei already had the corresponding answers.
His calculations were merely to prove his mathematical ability, to facilitate the Three-Body Organization in selecting suitable talents to participate in the real research of the Three-Body Problem.
Su Xiu put the documents and the Trisolaran model back into the box, closed it, and placed it under the bed to gather dust.
If it weren't for Shi Qiang's bonus, Su Xiu might have tried to see if psionics could help solve the Three-Body Problem.
But now, the reward offered by Shen Yufei for the Three-Body Problem was like a chicken rib to Su Xiu.
Useless to eat, a pity to discard.
He might as well spend that time researching his own panel.
Thinking of this, Su Xiu opened the system.
Looking at the remaining Warp salvage attempts, which had reset to 1, Su Xiu was thoughtful.
The emotional fluctuations triggered by saving someone alone allowed the system to complete a recharge. Clearly, the subsequent bonus and reports might increase his popularity, and his gains would be even greater.
The dilapidated small boat looked a bit better this time than before; at least the holes on the deck were much smaller.
Su Xiu guessed this was related to the enhancement of his psionic power.
Since awakening his psionic power, it was like an instinct; Su Xiu felt his psionic power growing every moment. Although the progress was very slow, progress was better than none.
Su Xiu speculated that the guaranteed psionic power from the Warp lottery was to accelerate his psionic accumulation.
However, Su Xiu did not intend to waste his precious lottery chances on this. His current psionic power was already enough for self-preservation in modern society; Su Xiu could rely on the amplification and precognition of psionic power to defeat any so-called 'martial arts master.'
Even with a little more enhancement, dealing with small-caliber weapons would not be a problem.
But the problem was that Su Xiu's current enemies were the Trisolarans, who possessed interstellar travel technology, and the omnipresent sophons.
No matter how strong he made his psionic power, if he couldn't instantly destroy the Trisolarans' home planet with a thought, or effortlessly obliterate the Trisolaran Fleet, then the cost of exposure would be to incur a Trisolaran droplet strike.
However, in Su Xiu's view, his lottery chances could be accumulated.
This meant that he could convert all his future lottery chances into Warp power, allowing his psionic abilities to be instantly enhanced.
A small goal: save ten draws first, to raise psionic power to Level 2.
Su Xiu thought to himself.
The golden small boat in front of him sailed out of the port at Su Xiu's command. This time, Su Xiu tried to make the boat go further, but unfortunately, just like before, the boat wobbled a few steps and then surrendered like a useless husband, casting out its fishing net as if it had exhausted all its strength.
Having learned from the previous experience, Su Xiu didn't bother to command this artificial idiot this time, but instead left everything to fate.
Sure enough, what appeared before Su Xiu's eyes were still three white lights.
However, a small blue fish leisurely swam near the fishing net, tentatively poking its head inside as if curious about what was in front of it.
Then it quickly met its end.
What appeared before Su Xiu were still three options, except that the salvage technology in the middle 'Technology' column was displayed in blue.
【Warp Power (1/10)】
【Abominable Intelligence (Fragment)】
【Psionic · Transformation】
Abominable Intelligence!
Seeing this name, Su Xiu immediately perked up.
AI technology from the Golden Age.
Although it seemed completely unscientific, it was truly genuine artificial intelligence.
In the Warhammer timeline, the Imperium of Man during the Golden Age could fully prove this.
Although the Imperium of Man in Warhammer seemed incredibly backward, with slavery, feudal lords, tithes, and technology relying on archaeology... it was undeniable that humanity had indeed been prosperous in its history. If it weren't for the Warp storms and the Iron Men rebellion, humanity's rule over the galaxy could have lasted for tens of thousands more years.
And the value of the technology left behind by humanity, as the overlords of the galaxy, goes without saying.
"I choose Abominable Intelligence."
Su Xiu suppressed the excitement in his heart.
"Please select an electronic product to ignite the Machine Spirit."
Hearing the system prompt, Su Xiu was stunned.
He glanced at his small, dilapidated house; the only things that could barely be called electronic products, besides his mobile phone, were the rice cooker in the kitchen.
Should he buy a computer?
But where would he get the money?
Su Xiu thought for a moment, then stood up, opened the door, and picked up the dusty loan flyer from the floor.
He then dialed the phone number on it.
"I want to... no, I want to apply for a loan."
Before the other side could speak, Su Xiu spoke first.
"The interest is negotiable."