Deep Space Fleet

Zhang Yuan surfed the Internet with relish for a long time. According to regulations, he currently does not have the right to speak, but only has the right to browse, but this is enough. If you understand this human alliance with the mentality of a bystander, you can see it more clearly.

For him, this is a very interesting thing.

If I have to describe it, the Internet atmosphere here is a bit similar to the atmosphere of Earth civilization when the "Earth Age" just started...

Not too bad, a somewhat self-motivated civilization.

But compared with the new human civilization, there is still room for improvement.

There are various topics on the Internet, and many people are discussing the development of the battle star, the construction of the spacecraft, the population screening of the virtual world, how to solve the problems of the earth's civilization if we really have the curvature technology, and so on.

Some people think that they should fight directly and take over the opponent's regime. With curvature technology and a battle star, it is no longer a problem to crush the earth's civilization. Some people think that political means should be used to solve this problem, and force is not advisable.

As far as Zhang Yuan himself is concerned, on the other side of the earth's civilization, we should try to solve it as much as possible; if it can't be solved and the people on earth are unwilling, then there is no way.

Twisted melons are not sweet. If the people on earth ask for their own depravity, what can other civilizations do? It's like if a person is willing to be poor, how can others help him?

Generally speaking, the speeches of the people here are more polite, the hostility is not too high, and the level of rationality is not bad. The group IQ is about 100.

Zhang Yuan sighed. This is exactly the case for a normal third-level civilization without many adventures. The technology has been in a state of stagnation for a long time, and it can only rely on various large projects to "continue its life", hoping to use time to accumulate Good results.

But it is very difficult to maintain this balanced state for a long time. During the stagnation process, the group IQ will slowly decline.

The biggest principle of the universe is "movement", if you don't go up, you 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 think that technology has not advanced much anyway, and it is okay to be lazy.

But if everyone thinks this way, it will be difficult for even an extraordinary person to stop this downward trend.

Therefore, no one knows how long this dangerous balance can be maintained. Only the continuous advancement of technology, the discovery of some perishers, and the education of the people can continue to maintain it.

"Obtaining the technology we gifted, it should be able to last for a long time."

...

While Zhang Yuan was investigating this human alliance, an internal confidential meeting appeared on this planet. Those who participated in this meeting were all the leaders of the three branches of civilization, leaders with real power.

And the meeting place is inside the battle star, the safest place. There is no high-tech equipment here, and 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 was sitting on the circular conference table facing the door, with an expression on his face that was neither angry nor intimidated.

"I haven't found anything suspicious for the time being, and it doesn't look like an alien pretending... If it is really an alien pretending, we can't even figure out the other party's motive for doing so."

"The other party is indeed very friendly and capable, and has helped us achieve a lot of results. Simply estimate, the research ability of one person exceeds 600 top experts on our side!"

Six hundred?

This number made everyone's face change.

Zhang Yuan's demeanor seemed to be to say hello and exchange a few words, completely out of the friendship of the same origin human beings. If they had to follow a conspiracy theory, they really couldn't think of a reasonable logic.

"That curvature spaceship, do you really want to let it go? A ready-made spaceship... Also, can you detain this fifth-level civilization reformer and study it?" One of the leaders said a little unwillingly. . What they are most concerned about now is curvature technology. Without warp speed, it will always be a third-level civilization.

Although Zhang Yuan claimed that he would transmit the curvature technology to them, who knows the final result?

For them, this off-the-shelf curvature ship is real.

In addition, Zhang Yuan himself is also real.

"Old Tang, do we really dare to snatch this spaceship of the amoeba faction? How much trouble will it cause if we snatch it? And the other party may not have countermeasures. You should know the risks involved, and it is not worthwhile."

Although the amoeba faction is evacuating the galaxy, the entire evacuation process will last for tens of thousands of years.

In the short term, the influence of this faction remains.

"And there is only one spaceship, even if it is obtained, the difficulty of reverse engineering is too great, and it is almost impossible to crack. What's more, the branch of Kunlun Mountain is much stronger than us...Why offend the other party?"

At this point in the discussion, the leader of the human branch of the Earth Age also stood up and said: "Everyone, listen to me first. This Mr. Zhang Yuan has indeed shown enough kindness. He even allowed our scientists to conduct research on the curvature spacecraft A series of investigations. Anyway, I absolutely do not agree with such bad acts as snatching spaceships or taking hostages."

"strongly oppose!"

"We really annoyed the five-level civilization with the same origin as human beings and good intentions. How stupid is this? How stupid people would come up with such a plan?"

There was a moment of silence in the meeting room, and someone said again: "The other party will really give us the curvature technology? You know the other party has good intentions?"

"I don't know, but they have worked so hard to come here, so it's impossible to come here to show off to us, right?"

"Professor Fang, do you think so?"

The team led by Professor Fang has been in contact with Zhang Yuan a lot these days, and has already been impressed by the super high speed of thinking. He thought for a while, and said: "This is definitely a civilization that is tens of thousands of times stronger than ours. What we can complete in a year, the other party can complete in a day. Under such circumstances, what is there for us to be worthy of the other party What do you covet?"

"Hold the other party down and help us research? Then the other party must be willing?"

Another leader said worriedly: "What if the other party is not a branch of Kunlun Mountain, but an alien in disguise?"

"It doesn't look like... If the other party is really stronger than us, if they like something, just plunder it and it's over; if the other party is weaker than us, no tricks will work... Anyway, the other party can't be weaker than us! I said It’s the truth! Stop discussing conspiracy theories!”

Just when everyone's brains were wide open and their imaginations were fully utilized, the old man sitting in the middle coughed twice and said: "Since everyone is not going to target this strange Kunlun Mountain human being, everyone should not think so much about it." gone."

"Since it is here, let it be. We have to admit our weakness."

"The next topic, what kind of technology do we need? Which representatives will we send 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 you and I will discuss it...

...

Time passed day by day, and soon, Zhang Yuan stayed in this human alliance for six months, and his life was very comfortable.

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, the mental outlook is considered 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 sent out his invitation: "Dear compatriots, I have been here for six months, and I have a certain understanding of your civilization." I understand. I want to lead some representatives to the information and communication station of the amoeba faction to report the situation to my civilization."

"After arriving there, we will give you a small gift, especially related to technology. Please ask your alliance to send some intellectuals who can make decisions, ten corresponding scientists or relevant leaders are enough."

coming!

This invitation finally excited all the senior leaders of the Human Alliance, they knew what it meant!

After careful selection, the three human branches each sent 3 people, plus the chairman of the alliance, Pei Ming, also participated in this event.

In fact, the position of the chairman of the alliance has no real power, but it is more famous and has a little influence in the civil society. But if the representatives of the three parties are really arguing because of something that is difficult to make a decision, it is good for him to mediate as a middleman.

After the decision was made, Zhang Yuan took the 10 humans and re-boarded the curvature spacecraft.

It was the first time for these people to take the curvature spaceship of other civilizations, and they were all very curious about it. They fumbled here and there, and they were a little cautious, for fear of accidentally breaking it.

One of the professors sighed: "Our scientists have already inspected this spaceship, and the other equipment is fine. Even if the quality is a little different, it is not impossible to catch up. But for the curvature engine, there is no way to start. Hey, it is said that reverse engineering is not possible."

Zhang Yuan said: "Yes, it is extremely difficult to decipher 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, which doesn't make much sense..."

"Mr. Zhang, how does your most advanced spaceship compare to this one?" Someone asked curiously.

"The speed is about the same, all of them can reach 10 times the speed of light, but our best spaceship is generally more maneuverable than this spaceship."

"Ten times the speed of light, tsk tsk... How many places can you go with the speed of warp!"

Everyone thought about the scene with curvature technology in the future, and their mentality became more complicated...

Zhang Yuan saw that these people were a little restrained in the spaceship, and said: "Let's chat casually, anyway, the spaceship is not big, there are only a few people, there is nothing to be polite about. We may have to spend a lot of time here." long time."

"After this, you can hibernate, or you can stay awake... However, I still recommend you to hibernate, because it will take 1 year and 2 months to reach the destination."

"The interstellar journey is actually very boring. This spaceship is too small and has no entertainment functions. It doesn't even have a gym. It's too easy to get bored."

"Mr. Zhang, don't you need to rest?"

Zhang Yuan resumed: "In my current state, I can have fun by myself. I can study any topic without feeling too boring. As for rest... I usually 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 be able to reach this point. This state of being motionless and working continuously for a year is really unimaginable."

"Whether it's good or bad, sometimes, when I witness this state, I still feel faint fear."

After everyone got acquainted with each other, they found that Zhang Yuan was actually very talkative, and they began to have different opinions, and the atmosphere gradually became lively. Anyway, there is only such a little space in the spaceship, if you don't chat, it will be too boring.

"Fear? Why are you afraid? On the contrary, I am quite envious of this ability. If I can really see the human branch of Kunlun Mountain in the future, it would be great... and I can communicate with each other."

"However, are you willing to abandon most of your emotions and re-establish a new philosophical mechanism? What is the difference between this and death?"

In such a short time, the two sides have divided into two different ideological factions, Zhang Yuan smiled, this is no different from the new human civilization.

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Regarding thinking modification, this step is not easy. We will provide you with some information. But you must know that my current state has lost part of human emotions, and it is completely different from my original self. It's the same."

"Are you willing to do this? Not only you, but also the general public in society need to make this choice. If most people oppose it, this plan will not succeed."

Everyone is silent, this question is too far away for them...

The curvature spacecraft took off slowly, and soon disappeared from the human alliance's field of vision.

Seeing the starlight gradually disappearing outside the window, Pei Ming felt a little nervous. He asked again: "How superior is the fifth-level civilization? Compared with the fourth-level civilization... Is there any possibility of a war between the two sides? If our alliance, What will happen to the final result when encountering a level 5 civilization?"

This is a question of great concern to everyone.

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."

a couple of hours? !

This result was far beyond expectations. They are a third-level civilization with Battle Stars. How could they be wiped out in a few hours? !

"From what we have learned so far, this is a qualitative change."

"One hundred four-level civilizations united can't beat the real fifth-level civilization. In fact, the fourth-level civilization can't beat a detector of the fifth-level civilization. Any digital virus will paralyze the fourth-level civilization."

Having said that, Zhang Yuan talked about the war between the new humans and the Aleph civilization probe.

"In war, the superiority is manifested in two points: the first is the acceleration of thinking. A superhuman can complete the same math test paper in less than a minute. As a result, ordinary humans have just finished the first question. During the war , turned into an overwhelming speed of response."

"The space war is extremely destructive, and it is likely to end in a short period of time. The reaction speed comparable to artificial intelligence must be beneficial."

"The second is the leap of thought. All the robots in this spaceship can upload their consciousness. In other words, I can remotely control any robot at will."

"The size of a spaceship, this superiority is actually not reflected. But if it is enlarged to a planet, the superiority will be extremely prominent! I can remotely control from one end of the planet to the other end."

Pei Ming nodded seriously and said, "Understood. Let's not talk about the unimaginable technology of the fifth-level civilization. Just the superiority of the individual, it is far behind the fourth-level civilization."

"Actually, it's not just wars, but also every aspect of life. I want to do a physical experiment, but the laboratory is on the other side of the planet. If you become a fifth-level civilization, you can directly attach to the relevant robot, eliminating the need for a physical experiment." transportation process."

"The same goes for meeting and communicating, even in a virtual space."

"In the event of a war, it can exert more powerful performance..."

"It's really incomparable to add everything up."

Zhang Yuan nodded and said: "You are right. In our expectation, the communication between individuals between the fifth-level civilizations is no longer limited to reality, but can be in the virtual world."

"We are building a global data center. Everyone's self-awareness can be stored in the data center. If necessary, they can be attached to a robot in reality at any time to interfere with reality."

"Communication methods are no longer limited to speech and text, and can directly exchange data in the mind, just like a computer. These contents are all under development, and it may take thousands of years, or even tens of thousands of years. It is difficult. Very large modules."

"After completing these, human beings may no longer be like the original human beings."

One of the scientists was stunned for a long time before he exclaimed: "It's incredible."

They were a little disappointed. In their opinion, the human branch of Kunlun Mountain was too strong...Compared with it, the three human branches combined were not even a fraction of Kunlun Mountain.

Some people even had the idea of ​​joining the other party, but quickly extinguished it...

Zhang Yuan answered almost all the questions that he was willing to ask, and for his current thinking, almost all of them were ignored.

Becoming a Level 5 civilization requires not only sufficient technological strength, but also many, many internal factors. If you can help a little now, please help as much as possible.

A week later, these ten people could no longer think of anything they wanted to ask, and they had finished talking about all the topics they could talk about...

Over the next few days, someone experienced a series of boredom. In the curvature environment, all the starlight is concentrated at a point in front, and the surrounding area is completely dark. After watching this scene for half an hour, I feel tired.

Coupled with the fact that all kinds of topics are almost exhausted, the days of boring waiting seem very long.

Finally someone couldn't bear it any longer and went into hibernation...

"Human beings are so fragile, Mr. Zhang, then we'll see you in a year." Pei Ming smiled wryly, expressing that he was going to hibernate too.

He waved farewell to Zhang Yuan.

"Goodbye, I can understand your mental state. The current environment is really boring."

One year and two months passed quickly...

When they were reawakened by Zhang Yuan, they found that the spacecraft was about to reach its destination.

When I woke up from hibernation at first, my body still didn't work well, and I lay down for another week before gradually returning to normal.

At this moment, the communication base station finally arrived.

This signal communication station is not big, it is located near the cosmic string, and its artificial intelligence is constantly broadcasting to the outside world: [This is the amoeba faction information communication station, trading first-hand information about the Milky Way, whether it is technology, trade or It is civilization information, which can be exchanged here. 】

"Curvature navigation is really amazing. Such a long distance has been reached in just over a year."

A senior technician looked around curiously, compared the starry sky, and confirmed that he had traveled a distance of more than ten light-years.

This scene aroused their curiosity and desire even more. Because after a while, they will also be able to have this technology!

He also said: "For so many years, we seem to have never encountered such an information station. It is really a lot of experience. If we want to contact in the future, we can stay here. It seems that we still have dozens of amoeba points that have not been spent. Get out!"

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Although the amoeba faction has launched many signal stations, they are still quite sparsely distributed throughout the galaxy. It is normal to not encounter them. Here, you can use amoeba points to buy some information , and can also contact other civilizations through superluminal communication."

These people all looked helpless. Dozens of amoeba points can only be used for one contact at most, so they will not be spent easily.

Then, a thought came to my mind in unison: "The world after the fifth-level civilization is really... Fascinating."

If the human branch of Kunlun Mountains hadn't been the first to come into contact with this world, they might never have known about it.

But if you think about it carefully, there is still a worse branch of earth civilization, so there is some psychological comfort.

The curvature spacecraft slowly docked at the platform, and the artificial intelligence inside automatically processed the relevant procedures.

【Identity confirmation, please wait... Confirmation is successful. 】

The FTL communication system has developed to a very sophisticated level, and remote video is also possible, but in order to save information transmission, Zhang Yuan still chooses the simplest text dialogue.

The ball of light lit up slightly, and everyone became very much looking forward to it.

"There is about 3.2 units of data transmission redundancy. Have you figured out what technology to use?"

These 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, but limited by the lack of data transmission, they can only choose a few short and powerful technologies, including The defense against digital viruses, the development direction of human intelligence and so on.

After being confirmed, Zhang Yuan entered a series of texts 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 for verifying identity) "

About an hour later, the ball of light responded, "Dear Mr. Zhang Yuan, I am very glad to have you back. We have received your request, please prepare accordingly."

Since every conversation transmission needs to be charged, everyone is very frugal and keeps the long story short as much as possible.

After about half a day, a steady stream of data was transmitted from distant areas!

Everyone's faces were flushed, and they suppressed surprise. Zhang Yuan looked at the data, and it should be the corresponding technology, and there won't be too many mistakes.

About an hour later, the information transmission basically came to an end, and the remaining data capacity had to be transmitted back to Zhang Yuan's self-awareness, so it could no longer be used to transmit technology.

Several scientists have begun to comment feverishly, and their personal terminals have received the data.

"Yes...that's it! This formula is like this, I understand, haha, I understand!" A physicist said enthusiastically, his whole body was shaking slightly.

"It must be correct. Even if there is no way to prove it through experiments, 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 and couldn't extricate themselves.

Seeing their happy appearance, Zhang Yuan felt really happy in his heart. This emotion is just like the one he got a Bozmann quantum consciousness converter from "Ita" of the Gaia civilization. He can understand it. .

"I hope that these technologies can help you develop better; I also hope that when you become stronger, you can find a way to solve the problems of earth civilization; I hope that we will meet one day in the future, and we can contact us through this outpost. "

"Just let this curvature spaceship send you back, and I won't go there anymore."

"I'm about to teleport through consciousness and return to our civilization, let's bid farewell here..."

These people paused for a moment, with a very subtle sense of reluctance. Even though the two sides hadn't been together for a long time, they both knew that this person in front of them was someone worth relying on.

However, there is always a banquet in the world, even if you are friends, there must be a day of separation.

Everyone is their own independent civilization, whether it is good or bad, you have to rely on your own strength to go on.

After a while, the chairman of the alliance, Pei Mingcai, 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 scientists also put down their computers and bowed to Zhang Yuan to express their gratitude.

This gift is too heavy, too heavy to be described in simple words.

Before boarding the curvature spacecraft, Pei Ming said firmly: "Actually, our entire alliance cannot guarantee to solve the problems of Earth civilization...but I can push this matter as much as possible."

"I am willing too!" Everyone responded one after another, and suddenly, tears flowed down uncontrollably. In the dim starry sky, in the far distance, there is still a powerful fire. Whenever people think of this matter, people's hearts are full of motivation to move forward.

This is a fact.

Pei Ming bowed again and said loudly: "Besides, we are still a civilization yearning for greatness...even if we are not great now..."

"May your civilization progress forever!"

"May your civilization progress forever!"

Watching the spaceship slowly leave, Zhang Yuan vigorously waved his mechanical arm, a very subtle emotion arose in his heart.

All missions have come to an end...

Goodbye, friends and fellow citizens.

goodbye!

(PS: Today counting yesterday’s update, we are here! A new month has begun, and it should be the last month of the Wandering Fleet. I hope everyone can vote for the monthly ticket recommendation and keep a good name, thank you!)