Time was ticking away, but Yan Ming and Yan Scar's adventure group were busy running around. Everyone had made a lot of determination for this adventure. Not to mention anything else, the distance of 1,500 light-years, even with current technology, the round trip time, plus some exploration delays, it will add up to 50 years without any problem. Even though life expectancy is now generally longer, especially after the popularization of spiritual practice, many people live to be over 200 years old, or even 500 years old, but 50 years is still not a time that can be wasted casually!
But now Yan Ming and his subordinates are all busy communicating with this alternative civilization. And it is divided into two groups. One wave is in contact with the mechanical life society, and the other party is in contact with the fallen intelligent life.
The two connections use different communication technologies, different encoding technologies, etc. It is not surprising that today's Chinese civilization has come up with two completely different communication technologies, annexing the entire Pearl Star Territory! He also had some contact with the Ice Civilization and others; and he also had the foundation of cultivation civilization, and even annexed the Elf Civilization! The signal transmission method of the elven civilization was very interesting at the beginning.
However, it will take three to four years from here to the destination, so for the time being, information can only be obtained passively through contact; in the universe, slowing down is always a serious issue and a waste of time. In addition, many of the detectors launched did not directly rush into the enemy's warning range in order to reduce the enemy's alert; instead, they were mixed in some nebulae and drifted with the flow; the detectors were even hidden in meteorites. And of course. The technology used by these detectors to emit signals is also completely different from the previous two communication methods, minimizing the possibility of being discovered by the other party.
Whoosh... whoosh... 270,000 spaceships shuttled rapidly through space. Every flash is a distance of tens of billions of kilometers. The technology of traveling hundreds of times faster than the speed of light is now almost a public technology, and can even be purchased by ordinary expedition fleets - provided you have sufficient financial resources. Of course, after continuous research and development, the cost is now extremely low.
Seeing that the target is getting closer and closer, the signals received are getting more and more clear, and two large magnificent nebulae gradually appear in the distant space.
Said before. There are two nebulae at this location, one is the North America Nebula. That is where special civilizations are discovered; another is the Pelican Nebula. The Pelican Nebula is almost twice the diameter of the North America Nebula.
But again, we can see the shapes of North America and the Pelican because they are blocked by dark nebulae. In fact, after crossing this dark nebula. The nebulae displayed in front of us are completely different. They are actually not special in shape. Of course, they are not special, but they also have some characteristics of their own. For example, one edge of the Pelican Nebula looks like the tentacles of a jellyfish, which is the expansion mark caused by the explosive sprint; anyway, it looks like snail horns.
The North American Nebula looks like endless layers of scattered rose petals. It's just that this color is red after cooling. Uncooled nebulae are bright colors such as blue and white.
And because the distance is approaching, the top management of the expedition team has already held many meetings; and now another meeting is about to be held.
Zhao Qingyun sat in the first place: "The theme of this meeting is. Should we focus on intelligent life or mechanical life?
First of all, from a broad perspective, we already have a lot of intelligent life. But we lack a civilization of mechanical life.
Second, from a safety perspective, mechanical life is more dangerous.
Third, in terms of cost, it is more appropriate to establish diplomatic relations with mechanical life.
Fourth, look at the current communication situation. In this civilization of mechanical life, there are actually only a few central computers that call the shots. The rest are all auxiliary.
But in fact, I personally believe that it is in our best interest to conquer both sides if possible.
Mechanical civilization is very rare, at least it is very rare now. If it is possible to be convinced, it will be very important to the development of our science and technology, and even serve as a warning.
And another intelligent life, a civilization that can develop fully autonomous robots, is also worthy of our attention.
So today’s discussion is, do you have any good ways to have the best of both worlds? And if we can't rescue at the same time, then which side should we focus on! ”
It was quiet for a while. The meetings held during this period have never been easy. Yes, any decision here is related to the life or death of another civilization! Although they are all inadvertent, they also control the life and death of others and determine the fate of others without knowing it! This does not matter whether it is a moral democracy or not, it is just a natural suppression of low-level civilizations by powerful civilizations!
"Report, I have an idea!" Yan Ming stood up, "Your Highness, I think we can package and program the robots and stuff them into the virtual world. In this way, we can not only fully control them without worrying about harm; we can also conduct research simultaneously Robots. We can simulate a universe for robots to survive in the virtual world inside the computer.
And those intelligent life forms are our key targets for rescue! ”
"Well..." Many people were surprised for a while. Don’t tell me, it’s really feasible! According to current research, the core of mechanical life is just some chips and programs. Although different civilizations may be very different, as long as humans do a little research, they should be able to package them, compress them, and stuff them into computers!
This is really a good idea! At this moment, Zhao Qingyun's eyes changed when he looked at Yan Ming. What a great guy, what a stroke of genius! This is truly the best of both worlds! One is placed in the virtual world - it is a virtual life anyway; the other is rescued in reality!
"Boy, let me see how long your head is!" Li Jia jumped to Yan Ming's side in an instant, and the excitement in his eyes could not be concealed.
"Okay, okay, let's adjourn the meeting!" After Zhao Qingyun shouted, he was the first to leave the conference room. These things today are really too simple - I thought they were very complicated at first.
But only two days later. Everyone met again; this time the meeting was not to discuss anything, but - several small detectors finally entered the territory of mechanical life along with meteorites and so on; in the past, everyone contacted carefully. I am afraid that an inappropriate connection will cause direct hostility from the other party.
Unlike ordinary intelligent life, mechanical life has strong endurance! Whether it is the cold space or a planet with hundreds of degrees, it is their base of survival. As long as there are resources and energy, they can reproduce wirelessly - at least in theory.
In fact, this is one of the reasons why many people in Chinese civilization today clamor for the mechanization of civilization!
The largest robot is simply a spaceship! But this spaceship is completely different from the spacecraft of intelligent life; the simplest thing is, don’t pay attention to the seal!
they. It does not require moisture or oxygen; its ability to withstand temperature, radiation, etc. is beyond imagination. What's more, their body shapes are completely different!
Some have human-like structures. Some are insect-like; there are even nano-robot structures that look like jellyfish. There is also a huge difference in size, some are only the size of a palm, and some are simply huge spaceships! Yes, here's the ship itself. It is a complete mechanical life!
At this moment, the detector is hidden in the meteorite and just sees a spacecraft!
This spacecraft is nearly 70 kilometers long and 3 kilometers in diameter. It is surrounded by mechanical arms. It looks like an extra-large centipede, but it has three rows of "arms". Some of the arms are large, some are small, and some have five fingers and no arms. Palm, this robotic arm is two kilometers long. Open and close the space, hold the meteorites, etc. in space, and then directly spray some ion rays, etc. to smelt them! Ten seconds. A meteorite with a diameter of hundreds of meters will turn into simple metal, and the remaining material will be thrown into space, filling the space with dust and debris.
Some arms are scissors, some are cannon barrels, some have three fingers, some have engines, and so on; some are even a kind of "insect nest" - which contains a large number of nanorobots and detectors, etc.
Suddenly, the detector detected a scene that made everyone angry! I saw this centipede-like mechanical life suddenly open its "legs", and then a transparent glass container was thrown into space. There is a life inside that is obviously flesh and blood - it should be the native intelligent life here.
However, the next moment, this intelligent life was suddenly thrown into space. A vain struggle! But there are many mechanical beings watching around!
These onlookers include giant mechanical centipedes, palm-sized spiders, some that imitate the shapes of native intelligent lifeforms, and some that look like tigers, leopards, and snakes. Apparently, mechanical life is very flexible! Maybe, they can change their bodies at will!
Soon, intelligent life stopped struggling in space and opened its mouth to protrude some bubbles! This is because the pressure in space is too low, and the body of life is already boiling. Apparently, high technology has allowed this intelligent life not to freeze to death, but to boil because the pressure is too low!
One bite, another bite! These mechanical beings are actually playing "blowing bubbles"!
And then it didn't stop, another "person" was pulled out, and then--played with dismemberment...
After that, there will not only be intelligent life, but also ordinary animals, etc.
Of course, although it is bloody and cruel, some very nervous scientists in the Chinese civilization pointed out that it is very likely that the other party is doing research!
However, this research... is really unbearable for normal people!
Of course, to be honest, Chinese scientists have not dissected intelligent life, but at least they have not made it public! Unlike now, this is simply a massacre! There are even mechanical life forms that brutally penetrate into intelligent life forms, and then...forget it, harmony comes first...
Intelligent life was pulled out one after another. Under the powerful mechanical power, they had no power to resist!
"Crack!" Zhao Qingyun suddenly crushed the cup in his hand, "I think that mechanical life is still unable to get along with us. Let's turn them into programs again and put them in the computer world. Try our best to rescue the intelligent life here!" I saw it! At this moment, everyone immediately abandoned the previous discussion. Such a brutal situation can be seen in just one corner, and one can imagine the situation of the entire civilization!