The Favored Heiress
Chapter 626: Rather Than Sitting and Waiting to Die, It’s Better to Seize Every Advantage

Chapter 626: Chapter 626: Rather Than Sitting and Waiting to Die, It’s Better to Seize Every Advantage

Li Qiao’s guess was not without basis.

The Qianmu Group had just been established for a few short years, and whether it was the size of the company or its development speed, producing products at the forefront of technology overnight was practically a pipe dream.

If they were really that impressive, why bother poaching AI engineers from Parma?

The whole affair was rife with oddities, and Flame Alliance Z was clearly not thinking straight.

At this time, Shang Yu’s pupils constricted slightly, a tinge of helplessness concealed in his eyes. It seemed he had long been aware of the relationship between the Qianmu Group and the Charlman Family, "This is the reason you came to Aida State, hmm?"

Li Qiao was only thinking about how to set traps for the Qianmu Group and blurted out more than she intended.

She lowered her gaze to look at the man while still fiddling with the utility knife in her hand, her lips curling in irritation, "Not entirely, I truly do want to invest in the field of artificial intelligence."

Li Qiao was very clear, a man as conceited and proud as Shang Yu would definitely not want her to be overly involved with Xiao Yehui.

Yet now, they were all pieces within the game, and if she wanted to extricate herself, Xiao Yehui might not be willing to let her go.

Better to seize the initiative than to wait helplessly.

Shang Yu remained silent for a long time. Glancing sideways at him, Li Qiao added softly, "My main focus this time is on the Qianmu Group, you handle the rest."

The man took the opportunity to pull her onto his lap, his strong and powerful arms wrapping around her from both sides, his voice deep and resonant, "No matter what the reason, always be careful."

Li Qiao nodded, about to turn and observe his expression, only to see Shang Yu had already pulled over the toolbox and was taking out disassembly tools.

His well-proportioned, slender fingers picked up the prosthetic limb and pointed with a tool: "The principle of smart prosthetics is mainly ’targeted muscle nerve reinnervation’ technology. It uses the remaining nerves at the amputation site to control the prosthetic limb. The chip is located inside the white plastic cover at the top, containing a set of electronic control devices."

Li Qiao listened very intently to this brief explanation.

Throughout Shang Yu’s narration, she sat upright, watching as his skilled hands gradually dismantled the prosthetic limb piece by piece.

Li Qiao silently put down the utility knife in her hand.

As more and more parts were disassembled from the prosthetic limb, the smile at the corner of her mouth grew more pronounced.

After ten minutes, the bionic prosthetic limb had been reduced to a table full of parts.

Li Qiao’s eyes sparkled with amusement as she looked back, "Does Secret Hall have this technology as well?"

Shang Yu was but an arm’s length away. Leaning forward, he used tweezers to pick up a chip just five millimeters in size, "We’ve had it for a year, but the technology wasn’t mature enough."

Li Qiao, staring at the tiny chip, took a magnifying glass from the toolbox and indeed, saw the letter ’C’ at the bottom right corner.

"When you say the technology wasn’t mature enough, which aspect are you referring to?"

Li Qiao took the chip and examined it closely in her palm, the five millimeter size visible to the naked eye, not exactly top-end semiconductor craftsmanship.

Shang Yu placed the tweezers on the table, his gaze locked onto Li Qiao’s focused profile, his thin lips slightly parted, "AI smart prosthetics can indeed connect to brain nerves but their stability isn’t sufficient.

In experimental stages, electronic devices often receive incorrect neural transmission signals, and even slight neural impulses can cause misunderstandings by electronic devices."

Li Qiao’s attention remained on the chip, but she mulled over his words with divided focus, "So, the Charlman Family has already solved this technical issue?"

However, Shang Yu’s next words took Li Qiao completely by surprise, "No, this technology was developed by Secret Hall."

...

Late into the night, a cold wind howled outside the window.

Li Qiao stared into the ink-like darkness, her lips curled into a faint, icy smirk.

As it turned out, the new product released by the Qianmu Group utilized a chip technology that came from the Secret Hall’s artificial intelligence team.

The source of the leak, the thirteen AI engineers who had defected.

And just as Li Qiao had suspected, Parma’s artificial intelligence team was not at the core of Shang Yu’s priorities.

The industries known to the public were just a facade to mislead his opponents.

Secret Hall was of paramount importance.

The projects that Parma’s team worked on were mostly semi-finished products from Secret Hall.

This time, those dozens of engineers had stolen the neurochip, and they had tendered their resignations on the eve of the technology presentation.

They probably didn’t know that the technology level of the chip had not reached the stage where it could be introduced to the world.

So...

Li Qiao lifted the corners of her lips, turned around to pick up her phone from the table, scrolled through contacts, and dialed a number, "This is Li Qiao."

...

Before long, the AI prosthetic limbs presentation arrived as scheduled.

As an important hub for AI technology development, Aida State was home to countless corporations.

That morning at eight, expert teams from various countries and many technology company executives had all gathered at the conference center in Aida City.

The scene was unprecedentedly grand.

At half past eight, Li Qiao, Luoyu, and others representing Yan Emperor Group entered the conference venue.

Today, Shang Yu was not present.

Li Qiao wore a casual suit, walking at a leisurely pace at the end of the team.

The seating area for Yan Emperor Group was arranged in the third row, with the first row reserved for large local technology companies.

Li Qiao sat in the audience, surveying her surroundings with a detached expression.

The giant screen on the stage continued to play a conceptual video about the smart prosthetics.

Before nine o’clock, the conference hall that could accommodate thousands of people was packed to the brim.

Media reporters from various places also set up their cameras, ready to document this significant event where technology would change lives.

As more and more attendees arrived, a conspicuous figure abruptly entered Li Qiao’s field of vision.

She sat in the third row, expressionlessly watching as the person was surrounded and led forward, and after a moment, she shifted her gaze away.

That person took the seat in the center of the first row, with a nameplate on the table: Xiao Technology Holdings.

At nine, the presentation began.

Several metallic cases were laid out on a long table.

The host delivered a passionate opening speech and quickly invited the head of Qianmu Group’s intelligent project to take the stage.

"Hello everyone, welcome to Qianmu Group’s AI new product presentation. I am the spokesperson, Liu Zinan. Next, I will introduce to you our first product, the AI neural prosthetic limb."

Applause thundered through the room, as countless expert teams looked forward with anticipation, driven by enthusiasm and admiration for technological revolution.

Li Qiao watched the stage with a languid expression as Liu Zinan eloquently introduced the core technology and development philosophy of the product.

The goal: to benefit humanity.

As time passed, the half-hour presentation approached its end.

Next came the demonstration segment, and as the metallic cases were opened one by one, the finely crafted bionic prosthetics were revealed to the world for the first time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please look. This is the neural prosthetic limb jointly developed by Qianmu Group and Xiao’s Technology, featuring a neuroconductive chip crafted by Xiao’s Technology. It can not only link to nerves to control the limb’s movements but has also integrated sensors that can interpret various signals from the surrounding environment.

To let you all directly experience our neural prosthetic limb, please welcome our beneficiary to the stage."