Tom entrusted the first supercomputer to Hestia AI, significantly enhancing its capabilities.

As a result, Tom observed that under the unified management and coordination of Hestia AI, all bases and all different industry AI systems across the Jupiter system operated more harmoniously and cooperated more perfectly at that moment.

The entire chain, from the transportation of raw materials, production in factories, inventory, subsequent transportation, and entry and exit from ports, to processing in the next factory and final application, now functioned seamlessly, as if a long-awaited road had finally been fully connected.

With 100 2 nm chip factories going into production, more high-quality 2 nm chips were quickly produced.

At this point, Tom built a second supercomputer and handed it over to his second most important AI, Goku AI.

Currently, there were no suitable warships for Goku AI to operate, conduct drills, acquire data, and evolve, so it could only temporarily engage in virtual space self-battles within this supercomputer and continue its evolution.

Virtual space cannot fully reflect reality, and battles in virtual space cannot truly replace battles in reality.

This is because situations in reality are too complex, and even with high computing power, a supercomputer cannot simulate every possible scenario in the real world.

However, this was still a valuable reference; in the future, it would simply be a matter of comparing it with reality.

Thus, this second supercomputer, with its greatly enhanced computing power, also began operating 24/7 at full capacity.

Seeing that Goku AI was finally no longer plagued by insufficient computing power, Tom finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Calculating the time, I've been in the Jupiter system for over 80 years now…

Eighty years of painstaking effort and continuous development, and I've finally reached this stage.

However, this is still just the beginning. To contend with the Bluetoth Civilization, my current technological and industrial strength is far from enough; I must continue to work hard."

Putting aside that bit of joy, Tom shifted his attention to another experimental base.

The electromagnetic weapon research base.

While miniaturizing the secondary pressure thruster and researching chip technology, Tom had also consistently allocated a significant amount of resources and mental effort to the research and development of warship-related technologies.

Electromagnetic weapons were a key focus among warship-related technologies.

Over these years, Tom's mastery of electromagnetic weapon technology continuously advanced and iterated.

Regarding electromagnetic propulsion technology, Tom had delved into both ion thrusters and electromagnetic launchers.

However, when applied as a weapon to create an electromagnetic cannon, its technical details differed from these devices.

Compared to the subatomic particles that ion thrusters need to propel, the projectiles an electromagnetic cannon needs to propel are too large.

From subatomic particles to an electromagnetic cannon projectile weighing even just a few tenths of a gram, the mass increases by tens of millions of times, if not more.

Compared to electromagnetic launchers, electromagnetic cannon projectiles are too small.

From standard cargo containers weighing thousands of tons to electromagnetic cannon projectiles weighing only a few tenths of a gram, the mass shrinks by tens of millions of times, if not more.

Therefore, it falls precisely into a blurred zone between the microscopic and macroscopic, and coupled with the need to consider a series of issues such as firing rate, instantaneous acceleration, stability, and energy consumption, the development of electromagnetic cannon weapons faced immense difficulties.

But the difficulties had to be overcome. In future interstellar warfare, gunpowder weapons would have no place.

After a period of arduous research, Tom finally developed the first-generation electromagnetic cannon.

This electromagnetic cannon utilized super-giant coil propulsion technology.

To achieve the process of converting electricity to magnetism and finally into kinetic energy, Tom built an extremely massive electromagnetic coil.

This coil had a diameter of 20 meters and a length of 50 meters, a veritable behemoth, like a massive cannon capable of toppling mountains and overturning seas.

However, the power of this cannon was truly underwhelming.

Each projectile fired consumed 10,000 units of electricity, yet it could only launch a 0.1-gram projectile at a speed of 300 meters per second, which was even less powerful than a gunpowder gun.

Not only that, after firing each projectile, it had to rest for about a minute before it could fire the second one.

Such a low firing rate was even worse than a pistol.

But it didn't matter; as long as the technical principles of the electromagnetic cannon could be followed and it could actually be built, the next step was merely a painstaking process of gradual iteration, optimization, and improvement.

Coincidentally, Tom had already achieved a significant increase in the maximum consciousness connection count, soaring directly from 10 million to 100 million, resulting in an abundance of mental power and material supplies.

Consequently, numerous clones, under Tom's control, arrived at this experimental base.

While conducting large-scale production, researching countless scientific projects, and rapidly iterating chip technology, they began a full-throttle effort to upgrade electromagnetic cannon technology.

The first-generation electromagnetic cannon was prone to damage, and one unit couldn't generate much data?

Then build 1,000 of them and conduct experiments simultaneously!

The first-generation electromagnetic cannon consumed a huge amount of electricity, and existing power plants couldn't meet the demand?

Then build a nuclear fission power plant for each electromagnetic cannon, specifically to supply it with power!

The first-generation electromagnetic cannon was extremely difficult to produce, and existing capacity couldn't meet the requirements?

Then build more factories specifically for the production of electromagnetic cannon components!

Under these circumstances, in just a few years, with the first-generation electromagnetic cannons breaking down and being rebuilt, and then breaking down again, all the data Tom needed was produced.

Based on this, Tom quickly developed the second-generation electromagnetic cannon.

The second-generation electromagnetic cannon had significantly improved performance compared to the first generation.

Its diameter was reduced to 4 meters, and its length was shortened to 30 meters. Power consumption was also reduced to one-tenth of the previous amount.

Correspondingly, its performance was greatly enhanced.

The muzzle velocity of its electromagnetic cannon projectile broke through 1 kilometer per second for the first time, and its firing rate reached 10 rounds per minute.

Although it still couldn't compare to a gunpowder gun, it had already shown immense potential.

Still adopting the research model of the first-generation electromagnetic cannon, Tom directly built another thousand units, then continued to collect data, experiment with various configurations and hypotheses, and tirelessly conduct research.

Soon, the third-generation electromagnetic cannon was born, followed by the fourth generation, the fifth generation…

Each generation of electromagnetic cannon showed significant performance improvements compared to the previous one.

Under these circumstances, more than a decade slowly passed. It wasn't until now, with the mass production and deployment of 2 nm chips and the completion of the supercomputer, that the latest generation, the eighth-generation electromagnetic cannon—which Tom believed possessed true combat capability—was finally finalized and successfully developed.

Now, it was time for this eighth-generation electromagnetic cannon to undergo experimentation.

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