Deep Space Fleet

The base station for faster-than-light communication is like a post office on Earth. Mail can only be sent to designated post offices first, and then delivered to more detailed places by postmen.

So the curvature spaceship acts as a postman.

Immediately afterwards, the big tree in front of me sent a price list. According to the current distance, each unit of data sent would cost 180 amoeba points. Renting a curvature spaceship of the amoeba faction has to be priced according to the rental time. The starting point is 100 amoeba points, no matter how close the flight is, you still get 100 points.

Humans and hemispheres add up to only a little more than a thousand, and they are still relatively tight on hand. Unless people are willing to sell some anti-gravity materials or important technologies to the Green Leaf Alliance in exchange for amoeba points, this is something that everyone is not willing to do.

"When the money is spent, I hate less!"

Zhang Yuan sighed, and flew over to discuss with the hemisphere civilization leader next to him for a while, trying to exchange the amoeba points owned by the other party.

The two sides have been getting along well for so long, and the currency of amoeba points is no longer needed for guarantee credit. It is enough to use the alliance currency for bilateral trade.

Hundreds of amoeba points are not considered a large sum of money for the entire alliance, so after some bargaining, Zhang Yuan got them at a relatively fair price.

"With more than 1,000 amoeba points, you can send a little more than 5 units of data in total, and hire a curvature spaceship of the amoeba faction. The data of 5 units is not much, and your alliance can decide for a while."

"By the way, if your alliance is willing to spread our fruits and seeds to more distant planets, the charge can be even cheaper. Only charge the cost price!"

After all, the main reason for these plants to open up trading markets is to spread their own seeds.

"What is the cost price?"

"Put the seeds on 20 planets with a suitable environment, and you can send 2 more units of data. How about it? You just need to drop the seeds, and you don't have to do anything else. And please rest assured, everything will be fine. Destroy native ecosystems, just some plants!"

"2 more units of data? Let's... think about it."

Comparing the technological complexity of human beings, the complete curvature technology needs about 2.6 units to compress the data to the limit.

This amount of data is really not small, starting from the original data of neutron star collisions, to various experiments, and to subsequent improvements over the next few hundred years, all have to be sent.

In other words, after the other party obtains this data, they can develop a curvature engine in just a few years and become a real fourth-level civilization!

If a part is missing, it may take dozens or hundreds of years to perfect itself.

As for other miscellaneous technologies, such as subatomic materials and antigravity technology, Calais may have 10 units; subatomic light cannon technology, 1.6 units; brain modification is more complicated, and the amount of data has reached 398. A unit, even the simplest version, consumes 92 units of data, which humans simply cannot afford to transmit.

"Do you really want to give away the curvature technology?"

"We have to find out what is going on with the rest of the human branches. If we leave this time, we may never have the chance to meet again... If they have been completely assimilated by the Aleph civilization, or have sunk too far, there is no room for improvement. It doesn’t make sense for us to send technology over there.”

"indeed so."

"Also, as for what technology to send, we still have to discuss it with the alliance behind."

"Yes, we don't have these things on hand."

Zhang Yuan suddenly thought of something, and said to the big tree: "The less data you send, the less amoeba points you need, is that so?"

The big tree replied: "Yes, but the minimum communication fee is 5 amoeba points, and you can only send a small amount of information."

"So it can be like this, we send a very small amount of information first, and then hire a curvature spaceship of the amoeba faction to find our former clansmen and take them to the information outpost. Is this possible? The curvature spaceship hired can How many people can it carry?"

The big tree replied: "It is no problem to bring ordinary life to the information outpost. The spaceship of the regular curvature spaceship of the amoeba faction is not large, and there is no too high-end life support ecosystem. However, loading a few It is more than enough for ten living bodies to spend ten years through hibernation..."

"If you have enough amoeba points, you can also hire better spaceships."

As if thinking of something, all the leaves of the big tree trembled suddenly: "By the way, if you already have the ideology of a fifth-level civilization, you can go to that starry sky in person through uploading your consciousness. The premise is that your consciousness must be able to adapt to silicon. Basic transformation, otherwise it will easily collapse directly, causing catastrophic consequences."

It is actually possible to upload through consciousness and go to a distant star field in person!

This fact surprised everyone, but quickly accepted it. The functions that can be achieved by the fifth-level civilization, some things even superhumans, can't figure it out for a while. It is purely normal for more established civilizations to realize these functions.

After a long time, the diplomat Lao Yang couldn't help saying: "Ultra-long-distance consciousness upload...is it safe?"

The big tree said: "This is already a very mature technology, and it is basically error-free. We will also perform abnormal security checks before transmission."

In fact, I don't know if this plant is safe or not. Anyway, the device was given by the amoeba civilization. Since those big bugs say it is safe, they just think it is safe and it's over.

Immediately afterwards, a small spaceship brought a cylindrical robot.

The big tree said: "This is a regular communication robot commonly used in the information outposts of the amoeba faction. You can take your civilization back to understand first, and see if your consciousness can be uploaded to this machine .”

Zhang Yuan stepped forward to debug it for a while, and it was actually an ordinary fourth-level civilized industrial robot with a relatively developed computer system, a conventional perception system and movement capabilities, and it was definitely incomparable with the silver-white robot that was specially responsible for combat.

A person's self-awareness and important memories are about 1.9-2.6 units of data. Due to the modular thinking used by superhumans at present, those huge knowledge databases can be temporarily discarded, and then reconnected after returning, the data volume can be further compressed.

This suggestion made people think of a better way, first teleport a superhuman to the past, rent a curvature spaceship, and go find the humans in the solar system in person.

In this way, more information will definitely be investigated, and then some technologies will be presented to them according to the observed situation. Instead of unilaterally sending a piece of technology as before, it's over.

After completing this task, this super new human being uploaded through consciousness and sent back. Save as much as possible, the amount of data transfer is still sufficient.

"The risk seems to be a bit high." Foreign Minister Lao Yang couldn't help but said: "Every superhuman is an extremely precious asset. Is it a bit risky to upload consciousness to this kind of robot? It is not a silver-white robot. , without too much resistance."

Zhang Yuan was very curious about this kind of travel, and he quickly said: "Lao Yang, for the current new human civilization, it is about to realize the transformation of the self and the sublimation of the ideological level, and it will never happen again. It’s the original human civilization, and the two sides are about to part ways.”

"But we still hope that our former selves can live a better life."

"After this point, we may never meet again, so let's give them a last gift... This kind of gift is nothing to us."

Lao Yang was silent for a long time, nodded and said: "Okay, I understand."

"Actually, I also support your idea."

In this way, the group took the Zeus-class spacecraft, returned to the home planet, and discussed with the base camp behind for a while.

It took a little more effort to study that ordinary robot and confirm that superhuman self-awareness can indeed be uploaded to this robot...

After coming and going, it took about a week, and everyone finally decided on this plan and elected representatives to go to the solar system.

Zhang Yuan was obliged to take on this task, and in fact, there was no better candidate than him. The number of human beings left from the earth era is not too many, and he is the only one who has become a superhuman.

Next, a group of people came to the Green Leaf Alliance again, and after explaining their purpose, a few small saplings that looked a bit like palm trees led Zhang Yuan and others to the superluminal communication place.

For these plants, the smaller the individual, the stronger the athletic ability, and the larger the size, they like to stay in place and bask in the sun.

Therefore, important occasions are taken care of by young saplings.

This super-light speed communication place is a bit like a large glass test tube several stories high, and Zhang Yuan is no stranger to it. Because a long time ago, he had used it in the trading market of Huantai Civilization.

"Our race has never had such a big toy! Haha, if the self-awareness of a normal species is uploaded to a robot, it will collapse soon. Dear guest, you may be the one who uses this consciousness uploader for us here. Yi’s first guest! Very few Level 5 civilizations come to our trading market..."

"But don't worry, the probability of it going wrong is very low! Because it was maintained by the bugs of the amoeba faction five thousand years ago, it will definitely not be damaged in such a short period of time."

"Five thousand years?" Zhang Yuan complained a little about the time concept of these plants.

"Yes, after all, we are all very long-lived beings. Of course, we can't compare with the fifth-level civilization." When this little sapling saw a strange guest, it kept talking, like a chatterbox. At the same time, he frantically promoted the beautiful fruits he had grown, and wanted Zhang Yuan to take them back to plant, which was exactly the instinct of plants.

Each plant can also choose its own grafting direction, that is, to cultivate more delicious fruits through grafting. This culture sounds a bit weird.

Taking advantage of this period of preparation, Zhang Yuan chatted with this guy.

"In very ancient times, we were plants that could move. Our home planet is a very arid planet, and there will be no rain for a long time. If we don't carry out long-distance migration, even plants will dry up and die, so evolution Out of athleticism."

"As for optical perception... As you know, plants have phototaxis and have the ability of optical perception. As long as this ability is further refined, it is equivalent to the optical perception of animals."

"Of course, there are even fewer producers who have evolved intelligence! Because this is a completely unnecessary function!"

The plant said very proudly: "We have slowly produced a cultural phenomenon, forming characters by moving leaves... Of course, the most important thing is to encounter more advanced civilizations, so that we can accelerate progress."

"As for the other two species, the situation is actually similar."

"I see." Zhang Yuan said with a smile, "Thank you for your clarification, so your ideology is completely different from the normal evolution of consumers."

"It's true, we don't believe in the idea of ​​a struggle for survival."

At this moment, the sapling said: "On the contrary, we feel that the meaning of existence is to share the fruits we have produced with other species... If your civilization is willing to plant these seeds and cultivate them within the civilization, we are also very happy." Willing to support."

"Of course, the premise is that they cannot be massacred, destroyed, or tortured for no reason..."

The sapling began to swear by its people, including but not limited to "the fruits they bear are delicious", "no allergies, have antioxidant properties, long-term use can prolong the lifespan of many species", "improve the environment" etc……

All kinds of nonsense statements are simply hype, even Zhang Yuan is a little moved, planting these plants on his home planet, it seems...it is really interesting, at least there is no big harm.

"Your civilization can also give seeds to the alien civilizations you encounter. The vitality of the seeds is very strong. As long as there is air and sunlight, they can survive. They can overcome most of the harsh environments and adapt to most of them. microorganism."

"Sir, we will plant the seeds when we go back...According to the agreement, at least 20 planets with suitable environments will be placed."

"Thank you so much." The little sapling replied politely.

Zhang Yuan couldn't help but be silent. This Green Leaf Alliance is actually quite successful in a sense. Their ideas, their behavior, and perhaps a large number of interstellar civilizations gathered on the Dyson sphere are all raising these strange plants.

"From this point of view, the vitality of these plants is much stronger than ours! Maybe in the future, the entire universe can see their figures. From another level, this is also a great success... "