Road to science and technology

Chapter 388 The key to a god-level civilization

Shui Wangqiu put away the core components of the battle star, then sat in front of Yue Yuanzhou and said excitedly: "Did you see the 'key' in the Sea of ​​Dirac?"

"It's not quite accurate to say 'look', but that's probably what it means."

Yue Yuanzhou took a sip of the brewed tea, and his words became a little awe-inspiring: "I will establish this theory during this period of time, and then hand it over to the Academy of Sciences for verification. This theory towards a god-level civilization is of great importance. , any participating scientists must keep it strictly confidential, and I will not allow any word about this theory to appear in any affiliated civilization."

Speaking of this, his tone softened a bit: "The history of civilization's progress is actually the history of the use of energy. Only with enough energy can we leverage the corresponding technology."

Shui Wangqiu also took a sip of tea silently. He was naturally familiar with this statement. It was like using chemical energy. No matter how high the utilization rate was, he would never be able to think about the stars and the sea, and could only move around the home star.

Only with more efficient atomic energy can civilization truly step out of its cradle and sail towards the sea of ​​stars.

Yue Yuanzhou said that the process of civilization is the history of energy utilization, which made Shui Wangqiu ring a civilization hierarchy, which is Kardashev's statement.

That is, Type 1 civilization is able to utilize all the energy generated by its parent star. This civilization is the master of planetary energy, which means that they can dominate the total energy of this planet and surrounding satellites.

Type 2 civilization is capable of harvesting the energy of an entire star system. This is the origin of the legendary Dyson Sphere project. According to this classification, Dyson Sphere is the product of Type II civilization.

Type III civilization can harness the energy of the entire galaxy system.

In fact, using the energy of one star and using the energy of hundreds of millions of stars are essentially star energy. From the perspective of the Shenzhou civilization, there is no essential difference.

Of course, the entire galaxy system must not only include stars, but also the energy conversion rate generated by black hole jets. The black hole energy conversion rate is as high as 45%, which is much higher than the maximum 15% of nuclear energy.

Shui Wangqiu believes that the Shenzhou civilization does not seem to belong to any of these three types now, and is certainly higher than these three.

Although he also felt that this classification was very general, he still asked curiously: "Do we belong to the fourth type of civilization?"

"Oh?" Yue Yuanzhou was quite surprised when he heard this. He clearly said that the key to unlocking a god-level civilization is energy that is more efficient and larger than vacuum zero-point energy. Why did Shui Wangqiu's thoughts suddenly reach the level of civilization? Gone to classification.

Shui Wangqiu expanded this civilization classification at this time. He said: "The fourth type of civilization uses the energy of the entire universe. The fifth type uses the energy of the entire multi-distant universe."

Yue Yuanzhou raised his eyebrows, looked at Shui Wangqiu and said helplessly: "It's too general. What is the energy of the entire universe? If it refers to the energy generated by all stars, how is it different from the third type? In a certain sense Speaking of which, it’s all infinite energy. As for the multiverse, it’s okay not to talk about it.”

"What?" Shui Wangqiu was even more curious. How to divide it? Could it be level 1, level 2, and level 10?

He seemed to have heard that the Shenzhou civilization once divided civilizations into different levels. What he didn't expect was that Yue Yuanzhou didn't say that.

Yue Yuanzhou said: "For today's Shenzhou civilization, civilizations only need to be divided into several major categories. The first category is general civilization, which refers to civilizations that have not mastered the zero-point energy of vacuum. Without the support of energy of this magnitude, most of the Unifying forces cannot be combined, so vacuum zero-point energy can be used as a watershed to distinguish ordinary civilizations from super civilizations."

Although a civilization that masters the zero-point energy of vacuum does not necessarily master the unified force, without such huge energy support, it is impossible to synthesize the three forces into a unified force.

"Further up is the super civilization, and we still belong to this category. Mastering the rules is the god-level civilization, and this is the key I want to talk about. In fact, this key is in the hands of all civilizations that have become super civilizations. They all There is a chance, it’s just a matter of whether you find it or not.”

"What exactly is this key?" Shui Wangqiu frowned, because he thought he had a possibility, so he said: "Isn't it said that by accident, a certain super civilization experienced a technological explosion and mastered this key? Key, open this door, and then surpass all other super civilizations? Doesn’t it mean that other super civilizations may also catch up with or surpass us?!”

"right!"

"What if we encounter other super civilizations?"

"Find a way to lock down their technology. No matter what, we must not let them surpass us." Yue Yuanzhou said quietly.

"As for what the key is, we have to start with the Dirac Sea and the vacuum zero point energy."

Yue Yuanzhou leaned on the sofa, spread out his hands, and continued: "The bottom of the Dirac Sea is actually the bottom of the universe, and the vacuum zero-point energy is actually a little bit of energy penetrated by the 'cosmic breath'!"

"Cosmic breath? Penetration. You mean. Sea of ​​Chaos?"

"My mind works very fast." Yue Yuanzhou first praised Shui Wangqiu, and then explained: "Actually, the breathing of the universe is just a metaphor. The source of the zero-point energy of the vacuum is actually the slight penetration of the sea of ​​chaos from the cosmic membrane. A little bit of it, and then melted with the universe itself to produce a trace of energy.

During this process, the entire universe will undergo slight fluctuations. I estimate that this is the truth of vacuum quantum fluctuations. "

"This! Are you talking about the kind of energy and space that melted away when we sailed in the sea of ​​chaos?" Shui Wangqiu forgot to put down the tea cup in his hand. He has almost confirmed that this is the case.

As expected, Yue Yuanzhou smiled slightly and said, "Yes, I call it space-time dissolution energy, or void energy for short."

Shui Wangqiu nodded. In fact, the dissolving space is not just space. The space mentioned includes the familiar change of time, because the unified information has shown that time and space are created at the same time, and they are inseparable.

He can now understand why the energy of this space-time dissolution is so huge. The space-time of the entire three-dimensional universe includes three macroscopic dimensions and eight microscopic dimensions. However, this kind of dissolution energy can dissolve it. All 'burning' becomes a release of pure energy.

One can imagine how huge it is. If it is leaked, it will form the vacuum quantum fluctuations of the entire universe, and the almost endless vacuum zero-point energy will appear.

Now he also understands why the zero-point energy of vacuum is infinite according to quantum field theory, and why energy can be extracted from any point in space through the Casimir effect and torsion field interference.

Yue Yuanzhou continued at this time: "Actually, I have always been curious about how civilizations in the sea of ​​chaos who have no way to get out of the universe discovered space energy. At that time, I had two ideas,

The first is to have special technology like us, such as cutting space or something. But later I discovered that the cut out space cannot be studied at all, and no communication can transmit information through such a fault.

Then there is only one option left, which is to first discover and skillfully apply vacuum zero-point energy, and then continue to dig deeper to discover the truth about vacuum zero-point energy.

In other words, according to the development of normal civilization, one must first possess vacuum zero-point energy before it is possible to master space energy! "

Shui Wangqiu has always been a scientist, and calmness is one of his attributes, so he quickly said calmly: "Doesn't it mean that other civilizations that have not mastered vacuum zero-point energy have all lost the qualification to advance to the god level?"

"From what I know so far, I can say that."

Yue Yuanzhou stood up at this time and said: "This matter is only known to the Academy of Sciences. As for Wen Mang, who is traveling with you this time, just tell him the results directly. You know how to say it."

"I understand!" Shui Wangqiu nodded.

Before Yue Yuanzhou walked out of the office, he stopped and said: "People with a bit of social science should try their best to spread the news that stars are eternal energy and the greatest energy. Just broadcast it from the universe occasionally. They know what to do.

For civilizations that master vacuum zero-point energy, they already hold the key in their hands, and they may find the right door on this road at any time. Therefore, we have two strategies for this kind of civilization. The first is to become our vassal. Second: eliminate possible future threats. "

Of course, he doesn't need to say much about how to eliminate the threat. The same goes for those civilizations that are studying vacuum zero-point energy. Wen Mang knows how to do it.

As for those civilizations that have not mastered vacuum zero-point energy, Yue Yuanzhou did not mention a word. Those are destined to perish in the universe and cannot become a threat.