Chapter 3

"Si Qin, you stay at the door!" Li Shiming said, looking at Si Qin, who was full of curiosity.

These parts could be explained as his hobby, but truly assembling them into a generator was impossible to explain.

So even though Si Qin showed a curious mind, he could not let Si Qin watch from the side.

Although Si Qin was curious, she still followed his order and left the study.

Li Shiming, following his design, began to assemble the generator.

After an hour, a strange box was placed on the desk, which looked like a box with a crank, with three copper wires extending from the other side, and nothing else seemed special.

The main body of the generator was enclosed in a wooden box, so even if outsiders saw it, they would not pay too much attention.

Li Shiming tried to turn the crank and found that he had overestimated the strength of this body.

To achieve a higher voltage, the generator's rotor needed to rotate faster. He designed it to use a large gear to drive a small gear, which could make the generator's rotor rotate faster but required more strength to turn the crank.

He almost wanted to ask Mo Yan to help turn it, but after some thought, he did not do so.

He used all his strength to turn the crank. Although his strength was too weak to increase the speed, he saw sparks from the copper wires and knew he had succeeded.

Successfully making a simple generator, he knew he wouldn't fail once he had the right parts.

This thing was not complicated to begin with; knowing the principle, it was easy to replicate, especially since he was a quasi-professional.

However, the biggest problem Li Shiming currently faced was how to maintain a constant speed for the rotor's rotation and how to input the generated current into the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) in the server room.

He looked at the rudimentary generator and thought about moving it into the server room.

The desk was empty, and the generator disappeared, appearing in the server room.

He tried to use his mind to make the generator's rotor turn, inspired by the fact that he could control items freely after storing them in the server room.

He had a feeling that he had extraordinary control over the server room's interior.

This was very unscientific, but since the穿越 (穿越 means "穿越" in Chinese, which can be translated as "穿越" in English, but in this context, it means "time travel" or "穿越" in a more literal sense) had already happened, and he had brought a server room with him, it couldn't be explained by science.

Under his mental control, the generator's rotor began to rotate, and the speed increased.

Due to the technological backwardness, the generator's rotor bearings were made by wrapping two pieces of tanned cowhide and adding grease between them.

This technology would generate heat at high speeds.

When designing it, he hadn't considered the possibility of such high speeds because achieving that speed in this era was impossible.

However, he didn't expect that placing the generator in the server room and using his mind to turn the rotor would quickly reach the design limit.

Fortunately, the generator was in the server room, and his perception was always on the generator, allowing him to monitor any changes.

Li Shiming controlled the speed, keeping it within the design limit.

He used tools to measure the power output. Since the rotor was turned by his mind, the generator's output reached 230 volts.

This amount of power was negligible for a large server.

However, under the current conditions, he wasn't trying to directly start the large server but to input power into the UPS.

He connected the three copper wires to the input terminal of the UPS, maintaining control over the generator to continuously input current into the UPS.

When he saw the indicator light on the UPS turn green, he knew the first step was successful.

The UPS began to work. Although the input current was small, as long as it was within the UPS's limit, no matter how small the current, it would be converted by the current conversion unit and stored in the UPS's battery.

As the UPS began to work, he realized he could control it with his mind, even without opening the UPS's display panel.

Li Shiming used his mind to control the generator's rotor for half an hour, and he felt his brain start to ache.

He quickly stopped controlling the generator, realizing that controlling the generator's rotor with his mind was not without cost.

Previously, his operations in the server room were too short to notice that they required a cost.

He couldn't accurately determine what was being consumed, but it was likely something mental.

"I can't generate power during the day anymore!" he thought, trying to endure the pain in his brain.

"Master, what's wrong with you?" Si Qin pushed open the study door and found him swaying and pale, exclaiming in a voice tinged with tears.

"Si Qin, don't alarm anyone, help me rest for a moment!" Li Shiming forced a reassuring smile and instructed.

"Master, you should have a doctor look at you; your health is important!" Si Qin supported him, walking toward the bedroom while劝 (劝 means "劝" in Chinese, which can be translated as "persuade" or "advise" in English) him.

"It's nothing, just a bit of mental strain!" Li Shiming explained, knowing his condition.

Although he had consumed a lot of mental energy, the UPS had stored some power, which made his spirit excited again.

Lying in bed, his mind entered the server room, and his heart was not at peace.

He didn't know if the large server, the IBM z15, could be started, or if he could access the vast amount of data stored in the server. Everything was unknown.

This IBM z15 large server was a gift from several well-known alumni to the university in his previous life, worth over a hundred million.

The large server wasn't just for the library; some research projects would also use the large server for calculations through an application process, though it was housed in the library's server room.

The IBM z15 large server was top-of-the-line, equipped with 190 CPUs and 40 terabytes of memory, integrating 12.2 billion transistors, representing the pinnacle of technology in his previous life.

Just the various books and documents stored in this large server, including over ten million e-books, covering thirteen disciplines—philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, art, and military science—92 university majors, and 506 university specialties.

In addition to these, there were domestic and international research results and ongoing project data from the university.

With such a large server in hand, he could potentially elevate the world to the level of his previous life.

Whether the large server could be started would determine two completely different ways of life for him in this world. If he couldn't start the large server, he would have only one path to follow.

That path was to follow the official career path set by his father, Li Wenyuan, passing the imperial examinations and entering the bureaucracy, becoming an official like Li Wenyuan.

With the server room's storage capabilities and the ability to check items at any time, Li Shiming's path through the imperial examinations would be very easy.