Zhang Yuan surfed the Internet with gusto for a long time. According to regulations, he currently does not have the authority to speak, only the authority to browse, but this is enough. Understanding this human alliance with the mentality of a bystander can actually see it more clearly.
For him, this is quite interesting.
If I have to describe it, the online atmosphere here is a bit similar to the atmosphere of the earth's civilization when the "Earth Era" just set off...
It's not bad, it's a somewhat motivated civilization.
But compared to the new human civilization, there is still a certain amount of room for progress.
There are various topics on the Internet, and many people are discussing the development of battle stars, the construction of spaceships, the population screening of the virtual world, how to solve the problems of earth civilization if we really have curvature technology, and so on.
Some people think that we should fight directly and take over the opponent's political power. With warp technology and a battle star, it is no longer a matter of crushing the earth's civilization. Others feel that this issue should be solved through political means, and that force is not an option.
As far as Zhang Yuan himself is concerned, what can be solved by the earth's civilization should be solved as much as possible; if it cannot be solved and the people on earth are unwilling, then there is nothing that can be done.
If the people on earth bring about their own depravity, what can other civilizations do? This is like if a person is willing to be poor, how can others help him?
Generally speaking, people here are polite in their speeches, not too violent, and reasonably rational. The collective IQ is about 100.
Zhang Yuan sighed. This is exactly the case for a normal third-level civilization without many adventures. Technology is in a long-term stagnant state and can only rely on various large projects to "continue life", hoping to use time to accumulate Produced good results.
But it is very difficult to maintain this equilibrium state for a long time. During the stagnation process, the group IQ will slowly decline.
The greatest principle of the universe is "motion". If it doesn't go up, it will go down. As far as human ideology is concerned, if there is no scientific and technological progress for a long time, the people will gradually degenerate. Many people will feel that science and technology have not advanced much anyway, and it is okay to be lazy.
But if everyone thinks this way, even extraordinary beings will have a hard time stopping this trend of depravity.
Therefore, no one knows how long this dangerous equilibrium can be maintained. Only the continuous advancement of science and technology, the discovery of some sinkers, and the education of the people can continue to maintain it.
"The technology we received as a gift should be able to last for a long time."
...
While Zhang Yuan was inspecting the human alliance, an internal confidential meeting appeared on the planet. All those attending this meeting were leaders of the three branches of civilization, leaders with real power.
The meeting location is inside the battle star, the safest place. There is no high-tech equipment here, the only advantage is safety.
"Let's get straight to the point. What do you think of the envoy from the Kunlun Mountain branch?" said an old man with gray hair.
He sat on the circular conference table facing the door, with a calm expression on his face.
"Nothing suspicious has been found yet, and it doesn't look like aliens pretending to be... If it is really aliens pretending to be aliens, we can't even figure out the other party's motives for doing this." "The
other party is indeed very friendly and very capable. Strong, he has helped us produce a lot of results. A simple estimate is that one person's research ability exceeds the 600 top experts here!"
Six hundred?
This number made everyone's expression change.
Zhang Yuan's behavior seemed to be just to say hello and exchange a few words, which was entirely out of the friendship between humans of the same origin. If they had to rely on a conspiracy theory, they really couldn't come up with a reasonable logic.
"Do you really want to let go of that warp spaceship? It's a ready-made spaceship... Also, can you seize this fifth-level civilization transformer and study it?" One of the leaders said a little unwillingly . What they are most concerned about now is warp technology. Without warp, they will always be a level three civilization.
Although Zhang Yuan claimed that he would transfer curvature technology to them, who knows the final result?
For them, this ready-made warp ship is real.
In addition, Zhang Yuan himself is also real.
"Old Tang, do we really dare to rob this Amoeba faction's spaceship? How much trouble will it cause if we rob it? And the other party may not have countermeasures. You should know the risks involved. It is not cost-effective.
" Although the Miba faction is evacuating the Milky Way, the entire evacuation process will last tens of thousands of years.
In the short term, this faction's influence remains.
"And there is only one spaceship. Even if we get it, reverse engineering is too difficult and almost impossible to crack. What's more, the Kunlun Mountain branch is much more powerful than us... Why bother to offend the other party?" At
this point in the discussion, Earth The leader of the human branch of the era also stood up and spoke: "Everyone, listen to me first. This Mr. Zhang Yuan has indeed shown enough goodwill. He even allowed our scientists to board the curvature spacecraft for a series of inspections. Anyway, I absolutely do not agree with such bad behaviors as seizing spaceships or taking hostages."
"Firmly opposed!"
"We really pissed off a fifth-level civilization that has the same origin as humans and has good intentions. What a stupid thing to do. ? How stupid can someone be to come up with such a plan?"
There was silence in the conference room for a moment, and someone else said: "The other party will really give us curvature technology? Do you know that the other party has good intentions?"
"I don't know, but they After all the hard work to get here, you can't come here just to show off to us, right?"
"Professor Fang, do you think so?"
The team led by Professor Fang has had a lot of contact with Zhang Yuan these days, and has long been impressed by his ultra-high thinking speed. He thought for a moment and said: "This is definitely a civilization that is tens of thousands of times more powerful than ours. What we can accomplish in a year, the other side can accomplish in a day. In this case, what do we have here that deserves the other side?" Where is the one you covet?"
"Detain the other party and help us study it? Then the other party must be willing?"
Another leader said uneasily: "What if the other party is not a branch of Kunlun Mountain, but an alien pretending to be?"
"It doesn't look like... If the other party is really stronger than us and wants something, just plunder it and that's it; if the other party is weaker than us, no conspiracy or trick will be of any use... Anyway, the other party can't be weaker than us! I said It's a fact! Don't discuss any conspiracy theories!"
Just when everyone was letting their imaginations run wild, the old man sitting in the middle coughed twice and said: "Since you are not prepared to comment on this, Don't think so much about the strange humans in Kunlun Mountain."
"Now that you have come, make peace with it. We have to admit our weakness." "
The next topic is, what kind of technology do we need? Which representatives to send? Go to the so-called information outpost?"
"These 10 people must be prepared accordingly and be aware of taking risks."
This topic is naturally more interesting to everyone, and soon it will be you and me. They started discussing...
Time
passed day by day, and soon, Zhang Yuan stayed in the Human Alliance for six months and lived a very comfortable life.
Compared with the new humans who are about to become the fifth-level civilization, this human alliance is undoubtedly much mediocre, but compared with more other third-level civilizations, its mental outlook is pretty good, and there is still room for improvement in the future.
During this period, he also helped the humans here and upgraded the auxiliary brain technology, which can be regarded as a good technological breakthrough.
After recording what he saw and heard, Zhang Yuan finally issued his invitation: "Dear compatriots, I have stayed here for six months, and I have developed a certain understanding of your civilization. I want to lead some representatives to the information and communication station of the Amoeba faction to report the situation to me." "
After we get there, we will give you a small gift, especially about technology. Please The alliance sends some intellectuals who can make decisions, just ten corresponding scientists or relevant leaders."
Here it comes!
This invitation finally made all the senior leaders of the Human Alliance excited. They knew what it meant!
After careful selection, each of the three human branches sent three people, plus the alliance chairman Pei Ming, also participated in this event.
In fact, the position of chairman of the alliance does not have any substantive power, but it is more famous and has some influence at the civilian level. But if the representatives of the three parties really quarrel over something that is difficult to decide, it would be good for him to act as a mediator to mediate.
After the decision was made, Zhang Yuan took the 10 humans and boarded the curvature spacecraft again.
This was the first time for these people to ride on another civilization's curvature spacecraft, and they were all very curious about it. They looked around and were a little cautious, for fear of accidentally damaging it.
One of the professors sighed: "Our scientists have already inspected this spacecraft. The other equipment is not much. Even if the quality is a little different, it is not impossible to catch up. But there is no way to start with the curvature engine. Hey, it is said that reverse engineering is It's not feasible."
Zhang Yuan said: "Yes, it is extremely difficult to crack the warp speed through reverse engineering. If there are a thousand such spaceships, maybe you can try to dismantle them. There is only one spaceship, nothing big. The meaning of..."
"Mr. Zhang, how does your most advanced spaceship compare to this one?" someone asked curiously.
"The speed is almost the same, they can all reach 10 times the speed of light, but our best spaceship is generally more maneuverable than this spacecraft." "
Ten times the speed of light, tsk tsk... After having warp speed, it can How many places can we go!"
Everyone thought about the scene of having curvature technology in the future, and their mentality became more complicated...
Zhang Yuan saw these people looking a little restrained in the spacecraft, and said: "Let's chat casually, anyway, the spacecraft It's not big, there are only a few people there, nothing to be polite about. We may have to spend a long time here." "
After this, you can hibernate, or you can stay awake... However, I still recommend that you hibernate, because It will take one year and two months to reach the destination."
"Interstellar journey is actually very boring. This spaceship is too small, has no entertainment functions, and does not even have a gym. It is too easy to get bored."
"Mr. Zhang, don't you Do you need a rest?"
Zhang Yuan replied: "In my current state, I can have fun by myself, and I can study any topic without feeling too bored. As for rest... I generally don't choose to rest."
Pei Ming said with emotion: "This is really out of the scope of human beings. I don't know when we will get to this point. This state of being motionless and working continuously for a year is really unimaginable." "Is it a
good or a bad thing? , Sometimes, I still feel vague fear when I witness this state."
After everyone got acquainted with him, they found that Zhang Yuan was actually quite easy to talk to. People started to have different opinions and the atmosphere gradually became lively. Anyway, there is only so much space in the spaceship. It would be too boring if we didn't chat.
"Fear? Why fear? I actually envy this ability. It would be great if I could really see the human branches in Kunlun Mountain in the future... and communicate with each other." "
But, are you willing to abandon the world ? Part of the emotions, to re-establish a new philosophical mechanism? What is the difference between this and death?"
In just a short time, the two sides have been divided into two different ideological factions. Zhang Yuan smiled, this is nothing to do with the new human civilization. Both.
Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "As for thinking modification, this step is not easy. We will provide you with some information. But you must know that in my current state, I have lost part of human emotions, and I am completely different from my original self. Same."
"Are you willing to do this? Not only you, but also the broad masses of society need to make this choice. If most people oppose it, this plan will not succeed."
Everyone was silent on this question. , it was too far away for them...
The curvature spacecraft slowly took off and quickly disappeared from the sight of the Human Alliance.
Watching the starlight outside the window gradually disappear, Pei Ming felt a little nervous. He asked again: "How superior is the fifth-level civilization? Compared with the fourth-level civilization... Is it possible for the two sides to have a war? If our alliance, What will be the final result when we encounter a level five civilization?"
This is a question that everyone is very concerned about.
Zhang Yuan replied: "It can only be said that there is no way to compare the two. If your alliance encounters a real fleet of a fifth-level civilization, it may be defeated within a few hours."
How many hours? !
This result was far beyond expectations. They were a third-level civilization with battle stars. How could they be destroyed in a few hours? !
"Judging from what we know so far, this is a qualitative change."
"One hundred level four civilizations united can't defeat a true level five civilization. In fact, level four civilizations can't defeat even one detection of a level five civilization. If a computer or a digital virus is detected, the Level 4 civilization will be paralyzed."
At this point, Zhang Yuan talked about the war between the new humans and the Aleph civilization detectors.
"When fighting a war, the superiority is reflected in two points: the first is the acceleration of thinking. A superhuman can finish the same math test paper in less than a minute, but ordinary humans have just finished reading the first question. In the middle of the war , has become an overwhelming reaction speed."
"The cosmic war is extremely destructive and is likely to end in a short period of time. It is comparable to the reaction speed of artificial intelligence, which must be beneficial." "
The second is the leap in thinking. All robots in a spacecraft can upload their consciousness. In other words, I can remotely control any robot at will." "
The size of a spacecraft actually cannot reflect this advantage. But if it is enlarged to The superiority of a planet will be extremely outstanding! I can remotely control from one end of the planet to the other."
Pei Ming nodded seriously and said: "I understand. Let's not talk about the incredible technology of the fifth-level civilization. Its superiority is far beyond that of level four civilization." "
In fact, it is not just war, but also all aspects of life. I want to do a physics experiment, but the laboratory is on the other side of the planet. If we become a level five civilization, After that, it can be directly attached to the relevant robot, eliminating the need for transportation." "
The same is true for meetings and exchanges, and you can even hold meetings in virtual space." "
When a war breaks out, you can exert more powerful performance... ..."
"All the things added up are really incomparable."
Zhang Yuan nodded and said: "You are right. In our expectation, individual exchanges between fifth-level civilizations are no longer limited to reality, but It can be in the virtual world."
"We are building a global data center, and everyone's self-awareness can be stored in the data center. If necessary, you can possess a robot in reality at any time to control reality. Interference."
"Communication methods are no longer limited to speech and text. Data can be exchanged directly in the mind, just like a computer. These contents are all under development and may take thousands or even tens of thousands of years. These are all very difficult modules."
"After completing these, humans may no longer look like the original humans."
One of the scientists was stunned for a long time before exclaiming: "It's incredible."
They were a little bit Disappointed, in their opinion, the human branch of Kunlun Mountain is too powerful... In comparison, the three human branches combined are not even as strong as a fraction of Kunlun Mountain.
Some people even had the idea of joining the other party, and then quickly killed them...
Zhang Yuan answered almost all the questions he was willing to ask. For his current thinking, almost everything was dismissed.
Becoming a level five civilization requires not only sufficient technological strength, but also many, many internal factors. If you can help a little now, let's help as much as possible.
After a week, these ten people could no longer think of anything they wanted to ask, and all the topics they could talk about were exhausted...
In the next few days, some people experienced a series of boredom. In the curvature environment, all the starlight is concentrated at a point in front, and the surroundings are completely dark. After watching this scene for half an hour, I feel tired.
In addition, all kinds of topics were almost exhausted, and the boring waiting days seemed very long.
Finally, someone couldn't bear it anymore and entered hibernation...
"Human beings are so fragile, Mr. Zhang, let's see you in a year." Pei Ming smiled bitterly and said that he was also going to hibernate.
He waved goodbye to Zhang Yuan.
"Goodbye, I understand your mental state. The current environment is indeed very boring."
One year and two months passed quickly...
When they were reawakened by Zhang Yuan, they found that the spacecraft was about to arrive at its destination.
When I first woke up from hibernation, my body was not very responsive. I lay down for nearly a week before gradually returning to normal.
At this moment, the communication base station has finally arrived.
This signal communication station is not large and is located near the cosmic string. Its artificial intelligence is constantly broadcasting to the outside world: [This is the information communication station of the Amoeba Faction. It trades first-hand information about the galaxy, whether it is technology, trade or All civilized information can be exchanged here. ]
"Curvature navigation is really magical. We have reached such a long distance in just over a year."
A senior scientific and technical personnel looked around curiously, then compared the starry sky and confirmed that he had traveled more than ten years. light-year distance.
This scene aroused the curiosity and desire in their hearts. Because after a while, they will also be able to possess this technology!
He added: "Over the years, it seems that we have never encountered such an information station. It is really a great experience. If you want to contact us in the future, you can stay here. We seem to have dozens of amoeba points that we have not spent. Get out!"
Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Although the Amoeba faction has put in many signal stations, they are still quite sparse in the entire galaxy. It is normal if you don't encounter them. Here, you can use Amoeba Points can be used to purchase some information, and you can also contact other civilizations through faster-than-light communication."
These people looked helpless. Dozens of amoeba points can only be used for one contact at most, so they will not spend them easily.
Then a thought came to mind again: "The world after the fifth-level civilization is really... fascinating."
If the human branch of Kunlun Mountain had not been the first to come into contact with this world, they might never have known about it.
However, if you think about it carefully, you will find that there is an even worse branch of earth civilization, which gives you some psychological comfort.
The curvature spaceship slowly docked at the platform, and the artificial intelligence inside automatically handled the relevant procedures.
[Identity confirmation, please wait... Confirmation successful. ]
The super-light communication system has developed to a very sophisticated level, and remote video can also be achieved. However, in order to save information transmission, Zhang Yuan still chooses the simplest text conversation.
The ball of light lit up slightly, and everyone became very excited.
"There is about 3.2 units of data transmission redundancy. Have you decided what technology you want?"
The 10 people nodded quickly. In the past period of time, this topic has been discussed too many times.
Curvature technology is a must. This is the top priority. They also want general directions such as life extension technology and artificial intelligence. However, due to the lack of data transmission capacity, they can only choose a few short and concise technologies, including Defense against digital viruses, the development direction of human intelligence, etc.
After receiving the confirmation, Zhang Yuan entered a series of text into the system: "Dear new human civilization, hello, I am Zhang Yuan, and I have successfully completed the task. The identity key is QOS124... (a series of passwords to verify the identity) "
About an hour later, Guangqiu responded, "Dear Mr. Zhang Yuan, we are very happy to have you back. We have received your request, please be prepared to receive it accordingly."
Because every conversation is transmitted , all require a fee, and everyone is very frugal and keeps the story short as much as possible.
After about half a day, a steady stream of data was transmitted from a distant area!
Everyone's faces were red, holding back the surprise. Zhang Yuan looked at the data. They should all be based on corresponding technology, and there wouldn't be too many mistakes.
After about an hour, the information transmission basically came to an end, and the remaining data capacity had to be sent back to Zhang Yuan's self-awareness, so it could no longer be used to transfer technology.
Several scientists are already commenting feverishly as their personal terminals receive the data.
"Yes...that's it! This formula turns out to be like this, I understand, haha, I understand!" A physicist said enthusiastically, his whole body trembling slightly.
"It must be correct. Even if I can't prove it through experiments now, my intuition tells me that it is correct!" "
And here...here!"
They didn't even care about the current occasion, they were already immersed in it.
Zhang Yuan was sincerely happy when he saw their joyful expressions. This emotion was just like when he got a Botzmann Quantum Consciousness Converter from "Ita" of the Gaia civilization. He could understand it. .
"I hope that these technologies will allow you to develop better; I also hope that when you become stronger, you can find ways to solve the problems of earth civilization; and I also hope that we will meet one day in the future and can contact us through this outpost. "
Let this warp spacecraft send you back, and I won't go there anymore."
"I will soon teleport through consciousness and return to our civilization. Let's say goodbye here..."
These people suddenly said Suddenly, there was a very subtle feeling of reluctance. Even though the two parties did not get along for a long time, they both knew that the person in front of them was someone worth relying on.
However, all feasts in the world must come to an end, and even friends must part ways one day.
Everyone is an independent civilization. No matter whether it is good or bad, we must rely on our own strength to move forward.
After a while, Pei Mingcai, chairman of the alliance, said on behalf of everyone: "Dear Mr. Zhang Yuan, we are very grateful to you and thank you for your generous gift of civilization."
Those enthusiastic research scientists also put down their computers and expressed their gratitude to Zhang Yuan. Bow to express thanks.
This gift is so profound that it cannot be described in simple words.
Before boarding the warp spaceship, Pei Ming said firmly: "Actually, our entire alliance cannot guarantee to solve the problems of earth civilization... but I myself can promote this matter as much as possible."
"I am willing too!" Everyone agreed, and suddenly, tears flowed down uncontrollably. In the dim starry sky, far away, there is actually a powerful fire. Whenever people think of this, their hearts are filled with the driving force to move forward.
This is a fact.
Pei Ming bowed again and said loudly: "Moreover, we are still a civilization that aspires to greatness...even if we are not great now..." "
May your civilization always progress!" " May
your civilization always progress!"
As the spacecraft slowly left, Zhang Yuan waved his mechanical arm vigorously, and a very subtle emotion arose in his heart.
All tasks have come to an end...
Goodbye, friends and compatriots.
goodbye!