Chapter 37, Encounter on the road

Author: Bottle Fighter

Chapter 37, Encounter on the road

The day after finishing this dream class, Lin Qiusheng received an email from the National Supercomputer Applications Center in the United States. This email informed him that he would be able to rent the National Supercomputer in three days.

Part of the computing power of the application center.

"The queuing speed is much faster than expected." Lin Qiusheng thought this way.

But this is also a common thing. Sometimes, people at the front of the queue cancel their reservations due to various reasons. So Lin Qiusheng didn’t think too much and immediately started packing his bags to go to Champaign, Illinois.

city.

Railways in the United States are mainly used for freight, while long-distance passenger transportation basically relies on aviation. There is no direct flight from New York to Champaign. Lin Qiusheng must fly to Chicago first, and then transfer to American Eagle Airlines' ERJ in Chicago.

-145 regional airliner flies to Champagne.

Things like ordering air tickets are naturally left to the apprentices. The reason why Lin Qiusheng took on an apprentice was that he often used the apprentice as an assistant.

Early the next morning, Zhang Feng drove Qiusheng Lin to the airport, first boarded a 737, flew to Chicago, and then directly transferred to an ERJ-145 without leaving the airport.

As soon as he got on the plane, Lin Qiusheng saw two acquaintances - former classmates Sharma and Kumar.

The two people also saw Lin Qiusheng. Kumar stood up and looked at Lin Qiusheng with his eyes before lowering his head habitually. Sharma stood up directly from his seat and came up to him and said: "Lin, I really didn't expect this.

I met you here. Well, I haven’t been able to contact you all this time. What have you been doing all these years?”

Sharma is of Indian origin. He has a tall nose, green eyes, and slightly whiter skin than Lin Qiusheng. He is a Brahmin caste, and his family is said to be a big landowner. This guy has an active personality and likes to brag with others.

, the social circle is quite wide.

"I became a priest these years." Lin Qiusheng replied.

"Oh my God, you have become a priest? Then I have to respect you." Sharma said, "I have already said that you are a born Brahmin. Wait, which religion do you serve as a priest?

?Don’t tell me that you are now the bishop of the Flying Spaghetti Cult."

Lin Qiusheng laughed. He was the bishop of the Flying Spaghetti Cult. This happened when Lin Qiusheng first met Sharma. At that time, Sharma asked Lin Qiusheng about his religious beliefs, and Lin Qiusheng replied that he was a member of the Flying Spaghetti Cult.

The owner of the hot dry noodles branch then preached to Sharma very enthusiastically - Sharma, who was born as a Brahmin, is a vegetarian and believes in Hinduism, so he is quite resistant to the beef noodles, but he is very enthusiastic about the hot dry noodles.

I still very much agree with the religious ceremony of dry noodles and dividing the helm.

"Of course not. After all, the priests of the Flying Spaghetti Cult, even the bishops, do not receive salary. Instead, we need to make continuous contributions." Lin Qiusheng replied.

"Although I am not a believer in the Flying Spaghetti Cult, I am willing to contribute to it." Sharma also smiled.

"I am now a priest of the Shangqing Sect of Taoism. You are more knowledgeable about religion, so you should know about this religion." Lin Qiusheng added.

"Just the name," Sharma said.

As an Indian, Sharma believes in Hinduism. Compared with Abrahamic religions, in general, Hinduism has a relatively peaceful attitude towards other religions except for the Peace Religion. Moreover, Lin Qiusheng is now in a different industry from him.

, there is no competitive relationship between them at all, so Sharma's attitude towards Lin Qiusheng is a little closer than before. Although the Indian gang may have played a role in the investigation of Lin Qiusheng's mentor.

"Kumar, why don't you come and say hello when you see your old classmate?" Sharma turned around and said to Kumar.

Kumar is a short man with dark skin. He is only about 1.65 meters tall, shorter than many female classmates. He actually has a lively temperament, but he will be quieter when Sharma is present.

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"Hello Lin, long time no see." Kumar said the same.

"Lin, where is your seat?" Sharma asked again.

Lin Qiusheng then told his seat number.

Sharma looked at the seat, which was relatively far back. The ERJ-145 is a 50-seat regional airliner with a tail-mounted engine layout. The seats at the back are close to the engine, which makes the noise louder and is not very comfortable.

Sharma frowned, then turned to Kumar and said: "Kumar, you and Lin change places. Lin and I haven't seen each other for several years, and I want to talk to him."

Kumar said "Okay", then moved the suitcase from the overhead luggage compartment, helped put Lin Qiusheng's suitcase on it, and then dragged his own suitcase to the back. That

Act as if he is Sharma's domestic servant.

To say that this was the case when they were still in school. Many of Sharma's things were directly done by Kumar. Who said that Sharma is a Brahmin and Kumar is just a Shudra? But let's talk about Sharma

Although he treats Kumar like a servant and likes to ridicule him for attending the Indian Institute of Technology through a reservation system, he still takes good care of Kumar in some matters. For example, after he joined Microsoft, he quickly

Mal also got involved.

Sharma and Lin Qiusheng sat down on the seats.

"Lin, you are now a clergyman. What are you doing in Champagne?"

Champaign has a population of only over 30,000, which is just a small town in China. This small town is basically a university town, and even the airport is called University of Illinois Willard Airport. So come to Champaign alone

, most of what he wants to do is related to the University of Illinois.

"I rented a supercomputer and got in line." Lin Qiusheng replied.

"Oh." Sharma responded. After a while, he suddenly realized, "That's not right. Do we need to use supercomputer to carry out religious activities now?"

"Is there any problem with this?" Lin Qiusheng's eyes widened, "Isn't this normal? Do you know? Taoism is also a religion with a history of more than a thousand years, and it was founded hundreds of years ago

During the years, due to political reasons, he has been suffering from turmoil. At least millions of believers were massacred, a large number of scriptures were burned, and the church was forced to remain underground for a long time. Christianity first suffered under Nero.

The amount of persecution that Taoism suffered is almost insignificant compared to what Taoism suffered in history.

This hundreds of years of history has caused a serious consequence, that is, the entire Taoism has been broken up, most religious actions can only be carried out in a small range, and religious classics can only be passed down orally. Well, in this way

I think with your intelligence, you can easily figure out the consequences of coming, right?"

"I understand." Sharma said, "Such a situation will inevitably lead to confusion in the classics. Oral transmission itself can easily lead to confusion, and in things like classics, many times, even a word or even a function word may be different.

Leads to a completely different interpretation. It's almost like a South American butterfly flapping its wings.

You just said that a large number of classics have been burned, which has brought about a lot of deficiencies, and coupled with inheritance errors, various classics are likely to contradict or even oppose each other. If this problem cannot be solved well, the entire religion will

There will be divisions because of this, and the splintered sects will be hostile to each other and regard each other as heretics who undermine the teachings. My God, haven't these things happened in the history of your religion?"

"What do you think?" Lin Qiusheng asked.

"If you say that, then something like this must have happened. This is almost inevitable. Although your church has a long history, in such a situation, its influence must be very limited. But from a

Smaller companies are also a good choice to start with, in such companies it is easier to reach the top and even become a CEO," said Sharma.

"So you chose Microsoft." Lin Qiusheng laughed.

"Yes, after all, in the current recession, big companies are more stable - as long as your boss is not Musk, haha..." Sharma also laughed.

"And I'm different from you. I'm not as ambitious as you. You Chinese are all like this. You all want to be the chairman, not the CEO. Even if you are the chairman of a small company, the company's annual profit has not been

The salary of other executives is high, but it is more attractive to you to completely control a company that is completely your own." After smiling, Sharma continued, "Let me guess you want to use a supercomputer

What to do?"

"Okay, guess what." Lin Qiusheng said.

Lin Qiusheng knows that Sharma is a very smart guy. To mislead such a guy, you can't say too many words. The more you say, the easier it will be for him to find loopholes. So a better way is to give him a little careful preparation.

Initial information, and then let him analyze and deduce it by himself, and finally mislead himself.

"There are so many problems in Taoist classics, which are very serious problems for Taoism. Likewise, if someone can solve these problems, he will definitely become a big figure in the Taoist circle, and even in the history of your religion.

Leave a mark, just like Shankara or Ramanuja. You are very ambitious.

It is very troublesome to resolve contradictions between classics and determine authenticity. It requires a lot of boring work and a lot of logical judgment. So you want to determine certain rules and then use supercomputers and artificial intelligence to analyze your

Analyze religious scriptures to find the most mathematically and logically reliable ones, and eliminate those that are obviously problematic.

Well, a religion that has been underground for hundreds of years and divided for more than a thousand years must have a large number of classics, and there must be a mixture of true and false. Even if the means of fraud are very low, it is difficult to find these things in so many classics.

It is also extremely difficult to come out. With supercomputing and AI, things may be different. Ah, this is even a pioneering work in the history of world religions. If you want to accomplish this, you will be China’s businessman.

Kara!

But you have to be careful, religious conflicts, especially conflicts within sects, are often more intense than conflicts with pagans." Sharma finally reminded Lin Qiusheng.

"Our religion, after thousands of years of suppression, has become very peaceful." Lin Qiusheng said with a smile, "Now our sectarian conflicts are basically verbal attacks on each other. For example, one says that the other is uneducated and incompetent.

He should be expelled because of his art and distortion of teachings; and that person in turn attacked him for his moral corruption and even raped Xigua, so he should be expelled even more. So you don’t have to worry about this kind of thing for me. Sharma, I haven’t seen you in a few years, your

My thinking is still so sharp. This is really great." Lin Qiusheng also said.
Chapter completed!