One Man’s Power

The shield jumps rapidly between the galaxies.

Scenes of extremely clear pictures appeared on the shimmering inner wall.

It was a giant city in outer space: the mooring round platforms at the bottom of the city looked like parking lots, a large number of spaceships came in and out, and there were even 100,000 space elevators transporting them up and down, connecting the surface. rain curtain.

Tang Hong was amazed and envious: "Space elevators that only exist in sci-fi imagination? Giant cities in the sky? If the original world can have such a technological level, no matter how big the crisis is, it may be a trivial matter!"

"amazing."

"This is the third-level civilization...an interstellar civilization that can conquer the Milky Way." After being amazed, he regained his composure, and Tang Hong pondered.

After a little thought, countless thoughts came to him. He was about to speak, but he heard a chuckle, and Bei Ni's fingertips slowly wrapped the black hair on his shoulders: "This is not the third level of interstellar civilization. Space elevators and giant cities are both It belongs to the category of first-level civilization."

Bernie pursed her lips hard.

But still couldn't help laughing out loud.

You know, she just intercepts the light and forms an image in front of Tang Hong's eyes... And these light rays have been traveling in the vacuum of the universe for millions of years, and they are the planetary scene millions of years ago.

Bei Ni explained, and added: "At that time, they were attacking the second-level interstellar civilization."

"Oh?" Tang Hong understood instantly.

Compared with the vast and boundless universe, the speed of light is really mediocre. For example, the star explosion in the Milky Way, according to the propagation speed of light in a vacuum, this scene will not be transmitted to the Andromeda Galaxy until several million years later.

in turn.

When people look up at the night sky on the earth, the source of starlight flickering occurred in the distant starry sky long ago.

Flashes of light and flashes, the pictures on the inner wall of the defensive cover change—in the centers of the major planets, huge machines similar to offshore oil drilling platforms surround the stars, and extremely slender tunnels, like straws and cylinders, are inserted into the interior of the stars. what to build.

There were four or five rotating metal rings.

The picture flickers and crazily accelerates, as if the millennium time is compressed into one second, the number of rings soars, and the ring structure that overlaps each other and intersects with each other contains indescribable beauty.

This is the mighty power of a civilization!

Tang Hong's eyes are straight!

Bei Ni: "They need to control the energy of the entire star! However, the amount of engineering is huge, and it will take a long time to continue to build from generation to generation. During this period, we need to be more careful and careful, after all, it is the only star energy."

"In case the stars go out..."

"There is no other star within a million light-years nearby... By then, civilizations that lose their stars will perish."

Despite the risks, as long as they succeed, they are standard secondary civilizations.

"It's really a pioneering project." Tang Hong looked carefully, and suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu.

Shaoqing.

Tang Hong blinked his eyes, the corners of his mouth twitched, and a word came out of his mind: Dyson Ball! The technology envisioned by science fiction is to build a sphere that wraps around a star. To put it bluntly, it is a nuclear fusion reactor that uses stars as a power source.

This kind of giant structure surrounds the entire star, not only can it completely cover and be impregnable, but it can also obtain most of the energy output of the star.

After a while.

Dazzling stars disappear.

In its place is a silver light source.

The incomparable giant, slowly turning, can be described as uncanny workmanship! In Tang Hong's eyes, it looked like a transparent football, wrapped in glowing core energy, and those ring structures were no longer visible.

‘This is the second level civilization. '

No matter how much Bei Ni said before, he only had a general outline of the classification of interstellar civilization, which was vague and had no specific concept.

No real shock until this moment.

Build a Dyson sphere? Such a civilization? It's only level two!

‘What about a higher level of civilization? '

‘From the first level to the seventh level…What about the [Pseudo-omniscience] and [Pseudo-omnipotence] above the seventh level. ’ Tang Hong was completely speechless.

He thought for a while and asked, "How many years have you fast forwarded."

"The stellar energy container took a total of 3,900 years to build, and the potential of this civilization is not bad." Bei Ni commented: "They realized that the Milky Way is too far away, and the Andromeda Galaxy is farther away than that. According to If this continues, sooner or later the energy will be exhausted, and it is destined to fall into extinction."

"So it's all about escaping."

"Only by escaping can civilization continue."

Bei Ni turned her head and looked at Tang Hong: "Before the construction of their stellar container was completed, thousands of escaped spaceships had been launched. Unfortunately, the energy on the spaceships was exhausted, and all of them turned into graves floating around."

Listening silently, Tang Hong shuddered.

The parent star that bred them, although providing the nourishment for the advancement of civilization, has become an isolated island in the middle of the galaxy, almost like a desperate situation.

The picture that came into view was still changing.

Starting from the silver sphere, beams of dazzling light burst out, leaving only a trail of flames and bright afterglow, which seems to be the trajectory of the spaceship—it is obvious that there is a container of star energy, and it is capable of creating more giant monsters. spaceship.

In the beginning, there were so many beams of light that they scrambled to be the first to compete.

Gradually, the light beams become less and more deserted and sparse.

In the end, the silver sphere and even the surrounding planets became a dead place, and no more light beams were emitted... Each beam of light represents a spaceship close to the speed of light fleeing from its homeland, symbolizing the fire of civilization, and bearing the hope of the continuation of the ethnic group... At the same time, all the planets have undergone a series of transformations, as if they were pushed by a huge force, they moved to the side of the silver sphere in unison to avoid the waste of light and heat to the greatest extent.

I don't know how long it has been.

Hundreds of millions of miles away, the dark and dead vacuum fluctuates from time to time, as if there is a terrifying gravitational force, as if something is colliding.

Everywhere the open area became distorted.

Tang Hong couldn't understand.

Bei Ni said empathetically: "They are studying the technology of curvature navigation."

Dyson sphere, traveling at the speed of light, is a second-level civilization technology.

Curvature navigation belongs to superluminal flight, and the transformation of neutron stars is a third-level civilization technology.

The universe is not flat, and there is an arc curvature—the curvature technology studied by the isolated island civilization is to create a space depression in the head area of ​​the spacecraft, which can be regarded as the spacecraft entering a gravitational field and falling towards the center of gravity , but the gravitational center moves forward with the movement of the spaceship.

Tang Hong was silent for a while: "What are they called?"

Bei Ni said: "Isolated island civilization, they are carbon-based organisms just like humans...the appearance looks like jellyfish, and it should be delicious when steamed."

follow closely.

She clapped her hands again: "They finally developed the curvature engine, but unfortunately the first spaceship equipped with the curvature engine exploded."

It's so miserable, Tang Hong twitched the corners of his mouth, but he didn't feel that Bei Ni was gloating.

The pessimism among human beings is not connected, let alone alien races. Furthermore, Bei Ni is not a human being, but a higher life in another parallel world.

"The isolated island civilization is a bit miserable, and the second curvature spaceship also exploded."

"Next..."

"It exploded again..."

Bei Ni giggled and explained happily: "It seems that they are in a hurry." A breakthrough in curvature navigation technology still requires matching materials and adjustments in all aspects, just like trains and airplanes. These are completely different modes of transportation.

Tang Hong asked curiously: "Then what? Did it succeed?"

"certainly."

"As long as the curvature technology is settled, the rest of the minor problems will be solved slowly." Bei Ni smiled and her eyes were like crescent moons.

for a moment.

She pointed to the screen inside the shield.

I saw a very small spaceship emitting a strong brilliance, and the surrounding space was distorted, as if being dragged by a terrifying gravitational force.

Swish!

The spaceship disappeared without a trace!

Bei Ni: "Let us warmly congratulate the ninth curvature spaceship of Gudao Civilization on its successful trial flight!"

Tang Hong took a deep breath and was also excited about it, and couldn't help rubbing his palms.

He has some admiration, but also some emotion. The isolated island civilization is really too difficult. The homeland is an isolated island among galaxies. Such a desperate situation is embarrassing.

but……

Everything is possible!

Desperation is not despair, so what about the interstellar island, as long as you don't give up lightly, clench your teeth, and persevere, you will finally usher in the moment when there will be a bright future.

Through persistent struggle, changing the origin of the race greatly inspired Tang Hong.

Although it is said that the isolated island civilization has withered, at least before it perishes, it will try its best to throw the seeds of civilization towards the Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy! It is too exaggerated to say that I am moved, but it is emotional when I touch the scene, and I think of the catastrophe crisis in the original world...

"that."

Bei Ni tugged on Tang Hong's cuff: "Their curvature craft can only have the speed of light at most 1.111111 infinitely recurring decimals."

o__o "

Is this considered to be faster than the speed of light? Tang Hong was speechless, and it seemed that he had to improve.

"Then, how many times the speed of light can the isolated island civilization reach?" Tang Hong raised his eyebrows.

"You're too optimistic."

"There is no more." Bei Ni stared at Tang Hong and said slowly: "The potential of the isolated island civilization has come to an end. Their application of curvature technology has always been stuck at a little more than one time the speed of light, and they cannot break through. In addition, the size of the spaceship is also limited. It is very limited, and it is impossible to travel long distances... Both the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy are more than one million light-years away, and their maximum lifespan is less than 500 years. Even with freezing technology, they still cannot escape This dead and silent area... until now, except for the homeland of the isolated island civilization, those spaceships that left, reposing the seeds of the continuation of civilization, have turned into tombs floating in the darkness."

The voice just fell.

The scene outside the defensive cover fell into darkness, and the next moment the light lit up, and a silver ball like gems, jade beads, glass, and crystals appeared in Tang Hong's vision.

A silver sphere, faintly revealing fiery red. There are only two dead planets nearby, and the original blue color is now like black charcoal.

"That's the isolated island civilization."

"They're waiting to die."

Bei Ni took Tang Hong's hands: "You know, your hometown is also like this...so after time and space are gone, come with me, don't go back."