"Ahem..." The second prince Lieyang Guang Boying coughed weakly and spat out a mouthful of dark red blood.
"Your Highness!"
"Father..."
There was sadness all around. I have been traveling for a hundred years, and I am only halfway through the journey. Space is very empty, especially after leaving the Pearl Star Territory, the ethereal superpower energy is no longer in the starry sky. Long-term reliance on superpowers makes life after leaving the Pearl Star Territory like a fish out of water, and the body becomes increasingly weak; once The average lifespan of people in the Pearl Star Region was 200 years old, and their lives shrank instantly; in a hundred years, the second prince had already become old! The once energetic short red hair has turned as gray as dry grass. In addition to the unknown energy, there is another point. Ultra-long distance travel in the universe will inevitably lead to the body being unable to withstand unknown pressure. Earthlings are extremely far away. Long distance migrations were encountered, and many died. And now, travelers from the Holy Sun Empire. But after hundreds of years of continuous flight, it has flown a distance of about 80 light years. Such long and long-distance travel causes space and time changes, radiation, etc. from the universe to begin to affect living organisms. Of course, the universe looks very empty, but it is also very complicated. Neither the people on earth nor the intelligent life in the Pearl Star Field can explore too much.
For example, right now, even though you are the second prince and the most noble being in the fleet, you are still unable to resist the influence from the universe, and now you are beginning to become terminally ill. The decay of the body itself. No medical technology can do anything. The complexity of life. Especially the complexity of intelligent life cannot be solved by a few genetic genes, changing bodies, etc. As long as one day cannot analyze the generation and transplantation of "spiritual intelligence", human beings and all intelligent life will be affected. You have to accept your fate - inevitable death.
"How long can I survive in this condition?" the second prince asked the middle-aged doctor next to him. This doctor. Someone who was born on a spaceship. When they set out that year, there were 105 spaceships and a total population of one billion. Now there are not many billions left. Now the spaceship is almost entirely filled with new generations. "Three years?" The second prince thought quietly, surrounded by depression. The difficulty of interstellar travel exceeds imagination. Although the Pearl Star Field is usually 40 light-years in diameter, generally people will not fly more than 10 light-years; and because black holes distort space, just a little bit of space technology is enough to make it possible. At a distance of 10 light years, the travel time is generally about three to five years.
However, in the outside world, when time and space are normal, these simple space technologies have no use.
"Three years is too short..." The second prince thought about it for a long time and suddenly sighed, and then finally made up his mind, "Seal me up and unblock me when you get to the destination, so that at least I can have a life." years. I think it would be better to communicate with other civilizations in person.”
"Your Highness, please rest for two days. We need two days of preparation time. In addition, Your Highness also needs to take and inject some medicine to prevent cell swelling and cracking in the past two days." The doctor was meticulous. There will be no doubts about His Highness's decision, just do your own thing well.
"Hey, I'm sorry for you children." The corners of the second prince's eyes suddenly became wet. Traveling in the universe is really difficult. It has only been a hundred years, and the latest ones born in space are already the fifth generation, and they can run around all over the place. .
The old second prince decided to freeze himself, suspending the loss of lifespan, and unblocking himself at the destination; this news swept 105 spaceships. This means that the old generation has officially become a thing of the past, and future spaceships will be dominated by the new generation. However, the goal of space travel will not change! The new generation, under the education of the older generation and influenced by their ears and eyes since childhood, will also go to foreign civilizations and bring alternative civilizations and technologies back to their own countries as their new and only goal. This already has a pilgrim mentality: make your own civilization more powerful!
After the second prince was temporarily frozen, more than 5 important people on the spaceship also applied for freezing. For some things, it is undoubtedly better to do it personally. Sometimes, maybe just a few words can be as good as a new student. several years of exchanges.
After a brief lament, the spacecraft continued to move forward without slowing down; only occasional bursts of energy weapons and destroyed small meteorites represented that the spacecraft still had strong vitality. The slightly mottled marks on the outside of the spacecraft show that the universe is not really empty, but there are still some small debris. When the speed of the spacecraft is so high, these debris still pose a certain threat to the spacecraft; but it is not very big, so just pay a little attention.
After that, the spacecraft began its endless flight missions, with limited communication within and between the spacecraft through small aircraft connections. Also, although the supplies were sufficient at the time of departure, after more than 150 years, they began to be stretched thin. In order to cope with travel that would last for at least fifty years, the spacecraft had to enforce birth control measures, which caused the peak population of 1.1 billion to begin to decline sharply. But this method can be regarded as ensuring the healthy operation of the spacecraft.
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But it is said that the current empire has been completely changed for 400 years in the imperial calendar, and the current emperor is the sixth emperor. Zhang Huaiyuan is also the fourth-generation great-great-grandson of Zhang Jingyuan.
400 years of development have made the empire truly powerful. The solar system is still the core of humanity, with only one Earth left alone and unable to handle it. Over the years, many citizens of the Empire have proposed to forcefully "recover" the Earth; however, the Empire has considered this for a long time but has not implemented it. After all, this is the ancestral planet of mankind: the name of the ancestral planet means that the empire cannot use drastic measures to attack it.
400 years. Within 20 light years. A total of 58 star systems have been discovered, 20 of which have transformation value. Among them, Barnard Star West and Earth belong to the Republic; the rest belong to the Empire. certainly. The divisions are divided like this. In fact, it is because of the vastness of the universe. Cross-galactic rule is still unrealistic, and each galaxy operates independently. It's just that the countries that split from the empire are more or less respected by the empire.
now. The gap between the empire system and the republic system has become wider and wider; these gaps are mainly in cultivation! Of course, there are also differences in peak technology.
As time goes on, the benefits of practice gradually become apparent. When the average life span of the earth stops at 80 years old, the average life span of ordinary citizens of the empire is about 120 years old; a gap of 40 years is enough for a scientist to exert more than four times the value. Not to mention, these are just ordinary citizens!
On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the empire, another class was officially born: noble people!
The nobles are between nobles and citizens. They are a group of people who have made social contributions and have strong cultivation abilities. They all have good cultivation qualifications and certain cultivation abilities. However, nobles and citizens are of the same class according to the law; but because they have the ability to practice and have a minimum life span of 200 years and a maximum of 500 years, a new class has been formed unknowingly and naturally. For those who have entered the Nascent Soul stage, the Empire will automatically grant them the title of Lord - Baron; Lords do not have hereditary abilities, but title holders enjoy the same treatment as normal titles.
However, in the understanding of the empire and the whole society, spiritual practice is regarded as a right granted to citizens by the empire, so successful practice is not considered a contribution; therefore, in the constitution of the empire, the class of nobles is not recognized; in the most strict In the Constitution, noble people are citizens, but they may be richer and more capable. However, society is developing after all, and the imperial law has not yet officially recognized it. However, society has accepted this class, and they even have their own representatives, associations, etc.
Also, as people with cultivating bloodline live longer and reproduce more and more, the number of noble people is expanding rapidly; in comparison, the number of citizens is constantly decreasing. It is foreseeable that under this ruthless natural elimination rule, after a thousand years, the empire will no longer have a citizen class! In other words, the citizen class may be "upgraded" to the "protection ranks." Only those with noble blood can continuously gain new living space. Because those who do not have the blood of cultivation will gradually be eliminated by this society. Human beings have never stopped moving forward, and they will never stop.
Of course, the long lifespan has also led to a large number of outstanding scientists springing up like mushrooms after a spring rain, and each of them also has a strong memory ability, a powerful life, and a long lifespan. Some people commented that an outstanding scientist in the empire has the ability to create a civilized country of his own! Top scientists, coupled with their cultivation, are all monsters with the ability to destroy the world. Of course, the empire that can control these monsters is as deep as a mountain and cannot be detected.
The sixth emperor Zhang Huaiyuan, who came to power not long ago, saw the changes in society and implemented the New Deal, which pushed this prosperous world to its peak! This new policy is: the empire begins to try to develop towards a civilization that integrates spiritual practice and technology, and truly pushes human civilization towards a civilization with the ability to expand the universe!
As for citizens and nobles, Zhang Huaiyuan also treats them equally, and the reason is very good: the descendants of ordinary people may have the qualifications to practice; and the descendants of practitioners may not have the ability to practice. The power of inheritance is still not something that current technology can fully analyze. From the perspective of spiritual practice, inheritance is also related to the soul - and the study of the soul is still a weakness of science.
Over the past 20 years since the New Deal, a society that is at its temporary technological peak and is almost stagnant has erupted with unprecedented enthusiasm. Cultivation has completely unveiled the mysterious yarn and has become a standard course in 12-year compulsory education!
In just twenty years, technology and spiritual practice have begun to fundamentally integrate! Fundamentally, it is the integration of theories.
Science pays attention to seeking truth from facts and seeing is believing; it pays more attention to accumulation and theory.
Cultivation, on the other hand, pays attention to the ethereal... But recently, with the development of cosmic information theory, the development of science and technology, and the increase in the number of practitioners, another monster-like genius has finally been born. Huang Daoxuan, an ordinary practitioner, published an amazing research theory: The theory states that both spiritual practice and technology are the application of energy and matter. From the perspective of the final desired result, the principle is the same. Moreover, spiritual practice and technology are not completely incompatible. The development of science and technology requires theory, and the pinnacle of spiritual practice requires the control of the rules of heaven and earth. In fact, when these so-called rules of heaven and earth are manifested, aren't they just formulas?
Later, I attached my research report on palm thunder, as well as the research report on lightning and electric energy. I actually used a machine to imitate a palm thunder that can be controlled by a computer! This is the first time humans have used machines to launch spell-like attacks!
With a paper, Huang Daoxuan became the darling of another era. Influenced by this, mankind has taken a big step towards the complete integration of technology and spiritual practice! Afterwards, Huang Daoxuan gathered a group of like-minded people, summarized the technological achievements of his predecessors, and proposed a new technological system: metaphysical technology! The scientific system that perfectly integrates spiritual practice with traditional technology is also a new spiritual practice system.