Earth Era

Seeing this star map, one of Wei Feng's speculations was confirmed. That is, this unknown civilization did not arrive here from an outer galaxy. It came from the interior of the solar system, from the fourth planet around the sun, Mars.

It is precisely because of this that Wei Feng was able to discover the wreckage of their spacecraft around the solar system when this civilization did not have large-scale interstellar navigation capabilities.

"You are indeed from the solar system..." Wei Feng murmured, "You existed in the solar system five to six hundred million years ago, and our human civilization exists in the current solar system. We were born in the same galaxy, but we are Because of the time gap, we don’t know each other’s existence.”

"Hmm... Five to six hundred million years ago, simple multicellular organisms appeared on the earth. I wonder if this has any connection with your Martian civilization? Will the birth of our human civilization... be related to What is the relationship between your Martian civilizations?”

At this time, Wei Feng had some doubts in his mind. But now was not a good time to delve deeper into this question, so Wei Feng temporarily put aside these doubts and continued reading.

After briefly introducing the entire process of Martian civilization, the information continued: "We believe that if the physical rules in this universe are universal throughout the universe, then the development of technological civilizations should have certain similarities. That is to say, technological civilization will follow the development process of bioenergy, chemical energy, and atomic energy. We have no way to confirm the correctness of this, but what we are looking at at the moment comes from a brand new You, being civilized, can probably attest to the truth or error of this.”

When he saw this, Wei Feng nodded silently. Wei Feng can indeed confirm this, because the development process of human civilization is also the same. In the primitive society period, humans could only rely on their own strength or the strength of domesticated livestock to survive. It does not seem to be called bioenergy. Pass. Then humans mastered chemical energy and then atomic energy. This is very consistent with what is described in this document originating from Martian civilization.

The reason why this situation occurs is exactly as stated in this document. "The physical rules in this universe are universal throughout the universe." Since this rule is universal throughout the universe, the ones that technological civilizations master first must be the simplest ones. Bioenergy is simpler than chemical energy. Chemical energy is simpler than atomic energy, so biological energy will inevitably be mastered first, chemical energy second, and atomic energy third.

"If you can confirm this, then you can certainly confirm the next point. Before saying this, let me make a little guess about your civilization. I think if the development of our technological civilization If they have something in common, then your civilization will definitely encounter a "dead knot", that is, the contradiction between the "energy carrying capacity of the parent star system" and the "needs for civilization development". At this moment, since your civilization can travel from afar An unknown star system has come to this small solar system, so your civilization must have broken this dead pair?"

Wei Feng silently shook his head. Obviously, human civilization has not broken the deadlock at this moment. Human civilization has now embarked on a path that is almost the same as Martian civilization. Moreover, the Martian who left this information did not expect that another technological civilization would be born from the solar system, and that in the end it would be human civilization that discovered the relics left behind, rather than someone from a distant outer world. The star system was discovered by the civilization that came here.

"I'm not curious about how your civilization broke this dead knot. Although our civilization did not find a way to break the dead knot until its final demise. Our civilization has perished after all. The method of breaking the dead knot has lost its meaning to us. . But I still want to congratulate your civilization, you have crossed the first major obstacle to the universe."

"Compared with our civilization, your civilization is lucky enough. To put it bluntly, I envy you very much. If your civilization has experienced those hardships in the process of breaking the knot, you can probably understand us How civilization feels at this moment. When we raise our heads and look at the sky, we can see many stars. We can see the colorful universe, and we can see many things and phenomena that are worth pursuing throughout our lives. However, because of the existence of the dead knot, Our footsteps have always been trapped in this small star system and cannot get out. Our technology has stagnated, our energy supply has bottlenecks, and our culture has gradually changed from being enterprising to being extravagant and greedy for pleasure. We went from being a brave and progressive civilization to being a wretch waiting to die. I think you can probably understand how desperate this feels."

"Your civilization can continue to travel in this universe, and you can go to many different star systems in person. You can truly reach many wonderful places in this universe to observe them, and your technology is always making continuous progress. . And... our civilization has been buried in the dust of time. I think you can probably only use the bits and pieces of information I described to restore the status quo of our civilization once existed."

Wei Feng's expression gradually dimmed. Because Wei Feng knows that human civilization is not worthy of the envy of Martian civilization. The dead knot that killed Martian civilization hundreds of millions of years ago is also plaguing human civilization now. Wei Feng is not sure whether the final outcome of human civilization will be extinction, but Wei Feng knows that at this moment, human civilization is on the road to death, and, judging from the current situation, this trend is irreversible.

"Okay." It read on the document, "After all, our civilization has perished, and I really don't want everything about our civilization to disappear from the universe like this, so I'll explain it in a little more detail. The course of our civilization. If possible, I ask your civilization to record all of this, so that at least some lives will still remember us after the demise of our civilization."

Wei Feng said silently: "Although our civilization is very likely to be on the road to destruction, but... I promise you, I will record everything you told me. I also hope... that one day in the future, If human civilization really perishes, a civilization that continues to exist in this universe will not only remember your Martian civilization, but also our human civilization. After all, we have traveled through this universe and will not leave behind. If we order something... we won’t be willing to do it.”

This document is followed by some descriptions of the Martian civilization's social culture, technological level, scope of involvement, social changes, etc. Looking at these words, Wei Feng seems to have come to the solar system 5 to 6 billion years ago, following this dead man. The Martians relived these experiences.

After these descriptions, Wei Feng saw a shocking line of words.

"As the conflicts became more intense and irreconcilable, the Martian civilization finally split, and a protracted war finally began between the two camps."

"I don't want to describe the course of the war in detail, because this is a scar deep in the heart of every surviving Martian at this moment. At the same time, I also believe you can imagine the enormity of this war. It It finally ended when a certain camp threw a large number of strategic weapons into the sun. The enraged sun poured its anger into the entire solar system with unstoppable power. The entire solar system became a purgatory, and all planets were no longer suitable for survival. , this camp destroyed its hostile camp, but at this time, this camp discovered that the enemy's demise did not bring any benefits to itself. It only has a population of less than 10 million left, and many technological inheritances are cut off. We It doesn’t even have enough power to fight against the dangerous living environment in the solar system at this moment.”

"If we had not angered the sun... the solar system might still be able to allow us to continue to thrive, and it is not impossible to regain the glory of our civilization one day in the future. But the solar system at this moment is no longer suitable for survival. Our civilization The only hope is to escape to a stable star system and continue our civilization there. So we gathered all the remaining scientific research power at the moment to develop a black hole engine. We hope to use this new type of engine to send us Go to the distant South Gate II galaxy."

"But when the escape plan was carried out for hundreds of years, we discovered that the black hole engine is not suitable for long-distance interstellar navigation. Because although it can provide a long-term stable energy source, its own mass is too large, which results in Our spaceship can only sail at an extremely slow speed, which means that it will take a long time to escape to the Nanmen II system, and this time is no less than... three thousand years. And during such a long time, the spacecraft parts alone The damage to the spacecraft and the consumption of spare parts are enough to drag us to death, not to mention the rest of the reserve materials on the spacecraft, such as air for breathing, food for survival... Even if we adopt a long-term hibernation strategy, the nutrient solution The consumption is not something we can afford.”

"Then the escape fleet split again. One part of the fleet insisted on the original goal of sailing to the South Gate II System, while the other part of the fleet planned to return to the solar system, even if it meant death, it would die in the solar system. And... what you discovered at this moment This spaceship is a member of the returning fleet." (To be continued~^~)