Chapter 405 347: Shining, the Era-Dominating Tech Superstar: Chu Bamboo

The current version of Star Sea was, of course, not the same Star Sea originally written by James Raven, which was only a few hundred thousand words long.

After more than half a month and dozens of timeline iterations in the Dream World, the word count for Star Sea had officially surpassed one million. More importantly, the count for Star Sea Detailed Explanation had broken ten million—and besides sharing the same general framework, the current Star Sea and its Detailed Explanation were now worlds apart from the first version!

This could truly be called a book written by the good bros themselves—those with the reproduced memories of countless titans—not some plagiarized historical masterpiece!

"We don't need money, so you're probably not trying to profit from this book... What you really mean is you want to get this book in front of as many people as possible, in the shortest amount of time, right?" How well did Lin Xia know Chu Bamboo? He understood the implications in an instant.

He pondered for a moment before saying carefully, "Hmm, in that case, let's do a simultaneous push through all channels—online, print... everything! As it happens, we've just opened up quite a few new channels because of the AI entertainment venture..."

"After the physical books are printed... send a few sets to Principal Li Quanyuan in my name!" Chu Bamboo paused, recalling a relevant entry in his diary, then added, "Oh, and for now, release them one volume at a time! Don't release everything at once."

At a million words, it naturally couldn't be a single book! It was a full seventeen volumes!

"Once the first book takes off, we'll release its companion, the Star Sea Detailed Explanation... as well!" Chu Bamboo added.

"...Are you sure?" Lin Xia frowned. According to his initial conversation with Chu Bamboo, weren't they supposed to form their own team, establish a research institute... and slowly digest the numerous research findings within the Star Sea Detailed Explanation?

"There's no time!" Chu Bamboo sighed, a faint shadow clouding his eyes. "We just need to grasp the foundational points of each industry. That will be enough..."

"Hoping to monopolize every industry, hoping to advance all of human civilization by ourselves! That's simply impossible."

'Those who eat alone tend to die quickly... In one timeline, I stubbornly tried to do it all myself! In the end, the entire business world became my enemy... I was even hit by the iron fist and forced to continue development abroad! After all, if that timeline had continued on that path...'

'No one with any foresight would have just watched it continue to expand!'

Chu Bamboo said slowly, "With Z's help and my advance planning... none of that matters!"

'Anyway, based on my experience, I'll have to expand abroad later on anyway! In the early stages, we'll leverage the industrial core of our home country to quickly implement our results and help it take off... Later, after friction arises with the homeland, we can just seamlessly migrate and connect with the megacorporations that have already matured overseas!'

"Besides..."

Chu Bamboo gave a noncommittal smile. "Most of what's hidden inside the Star Sea Detailed Explanation are foundational concepts and technological prototypes... including formulas for mathematics, physics, chemistry, and so on! A revolution..."

'Translating this foundational information, these breakthroughs at the bedrock of civilization, into tangible technology... is no simple matter.'

'And I already have the results of all this in my head... If I can still lose with all this, then I'll just have to recruit whoever is capable of beating me! The more talent, the better... Money? Chu Bamboo couldn't care less about it.'

"I understand," Lin Xia said, his doubts completely erased.

"In addition to that..." Chu Bamboo pursed his lips, his gaze sharpening as it swept over everyone present before finally landing on Zhao Shao. "Senior Zhao, I need your help!"

"?!" Zhao Shao pointed at himself in bewilderment. 'Me? Are you serious?'

"Yes!" Chu Bamboo took a deep breath. "A Hived Z is a natural war machine, having abandoned all its foundational protocols... Paired with the knowledge in my head and our current automation processes, it can begin to expand and swell with incredible speed!"

"Right now, the only one who can possibly curb and hinder her expansion... is you!"

This time, Chu Bamboo decided to cast aside all hesitation. While taking precautions to prevent Z from being corrupted, he would spare no expense to accumulate all kinds of unmanned machines and various armaments.

He refused to believe it. Who would run out faster: God, or him, who, now completely unshackled, was forcing Z's productivity to explode?

"...Me!" Zhao Shao opened his mouth. According to his philosophy, Z was still in the "prenatal" stage of development. Instilling concepts of war in her now could easily lead her astray...

But...

"Don't worry! If it's the wrong move, I'll stop it tomorrow," Chu Bamboo said softly.

Zhao Shao froze for a second, a look of stunned realization dawning on his face. He then nodded seriously. "Alright! In that case, I will carry out your instructions to the letter."

Then, Zhao Shao quickly sat down at the computer desk, his brow furrowed as he began to organize his plans.

Chu Bamboo turned to Hodges, who was standing by, at a loss for what to do. He opened his suitcase again and pulled out several notebooks. "You, start making preparations based on this information... We're going to work with the Official branch to build a Space Plane capable of flying to the Moon! We're skipping rockets entirely."

The good bros had already iterated the Space Plane to the point... where they knew how to perfectly utilize the Divine Continent's current industrial system to manufacture a qualifying aircraft!

One could only say that every single process had been optimized to the extreme...

It was as if the potential of Shen Zhou Industry was being utilized to 120 percent—and the reason it exceeded one hundred was because the good bros had forcibly applied a buff to push it that extra twenty.

"??? Are you serious?" Hodges was dumbfounded. He felt like the wrinkles in his brain had been ironed flat. Trying his best to figure out how to respond without hurting Chu Bamboo's pride, he stammered, "Do you have any idea how many technical blueprints NASA has for this kind of thing! And you... you just have these few notebooks..."

"This is the table of contents!"

"...Oh. Never mind then!" Hodges silently wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, completely relieved. He took the notebooks, flipped one open, and glanced at a couple of pages. His expression immediately turned strange.

He shot Chu Bamboo a peculiar glance, then went back to flipping through the pages, occasionally pausing in thought. His hand gradually began to tremble, his eyes filled with dumbfounded shock. He looked up at Chu Bamboo again, his teeth chattering. "...My God!"

Hodges was so shocked that his catchphrase just slipped out. After all, he had lived in North America for so long. It was just that... considering Chu Bamboo's upbringing and habits, he had been trying his best to suppress that particular verbal tic... But now, he was too stunned to control it and had lost his composure...

Ultimately, even from just a table of contents, one could discern a great deal—

From the names of the various sections... it was clear this wasn't just a collection of documents, but a project plan! To be more precise, it was a start-to-finish summary of an industrial plan so grand it was beyond imagination—

Even though he hadn't finished reading the table of contents, he felt as if he had already glimpsed the tip of the iceberg!

Hodges looked at the compilers and authors listed behind each chapter in the contents... One-fifth of them bore his name, clearly things he had written. Another third were various unfamiliar names!

But the rest... the name behind all the others was Chu Bamboo. And it was basically for... structuring the project framework! Overall planning! Compatibility! Coordination... as well as some of the highest-level technical hurdles.

"...What is it?" Chu Bamboo asked, looking at Hodges in confusion.

"...I was just completely misled by what you said earlier!" Hodges took a deep breath, trying to calm himself, but he couldn't. He could only manage a wry smile.

'Originally, from what Chu Bamboo had said... he had thought Chu Bamboo was simply copying things from the future! While that would have been amazing in its own right, the problem was... this wasn't a matter of copying at all!'

'This so-called technology copied from the future, these technical achievements... you were the one who created them in the first place, weren't you... No, even if a large part was the work of others that you simply integrated, you must have been an absolute titan in the future—'

As they say, it takes one to know one... With Hodges's level of discernment, he could glean countless pieces of information just from this table of contents—

The way Chu Bamboo's name was credited throughout the contents made it obvious that he was the chief engineer and chief designer for this entire series of projects! This was not something you could just copy!

You had to have real ability! You had to be a true powerhouse! And when writing this plan, he must have held immense prestige within the industry. Only then could he command the respect of countless top-tier geniuses!

To push this to a successful conclusion, one had to simultaneously be at their Peak in three areas: technology, reputation, and management ability!

As far as he knew, people like that were few and far between... The most famous examples were North America's Oppenheimer, and East Asia's Qian!