Chapter 416: Prepare and start taking action
Just like this, after the players discussed it, they immediately started taking action. For this time, the players knew very well that they had to be wretched and developed throughout the whole process and could not waste time.
In particular, you cannot invest with the wind and against the wind.
Of course, for this battle, they also sorted out some possible problems and the shortcomings of the current combination in advance as wartime reference.
The first is that the overall strength of the players is scattered in various areas. Although there are 200,000 players in each area, the situation in the area they need to attack is not clear.
There are too many unknown things here, and various situations are likely to occur during the attack.
And this time they face not only the empire, but they may also encounter other civilizations besides the empire, because Jiang Yao previously spread the situation of that battle to the entire universe.
Moreover, Jiang Yao said that the transmission efficiency used is very fast, and this technology can only be received by civilizations that have mastered quantum communication technology.
The technological level of civilizations that have mastered this technology will not be too low, so even if the enemies of the empire come, it will be a test for the players if they encounter some other civilizations.
How to avoid confrontation with this kind of civilization is the top priority.
After all, if you just avoid the confrontation with these civilizations and let them attack the empire and join you, it will have the effect of one plus one being greater than two. If two civilizations happen to collide and fight, then It had the opposite effect.
All in all, this wave of players know that although the benefits are high, the risks are equally high, and there are too many details that they need to pay attention to.
After all the details were discussed, the players in Area 1 launched the attack first.
Because this civilization is still a certain distance from the empire's frontier, it is very inconvenient to provide support or other things.
So this is undoubtedly a better offensive target.
Of course, players in this civilization are still more cautious. 200,000 players cooperated with Euglena to make many fakes, and set off in a mighty formation composed of hundreds of baneling bugs.
And just in case, players also sprinkled eyeworms around this civilization in advance.
At this time, as the players in area 1 launched an attack, players in other areas immediately turned their attention here. For them, the attack in area 1 can be used as a reference to let them know the general situation.
At this time, it is the civilization affiliated to the empire, the Latu civilization.
As one of the affiliated civilizations of the empire, although his area is still some distance from the empire's frontier.
But after all, he was still near the empire, so he never thought that any foreign civilization would dare to attack him.
At this time, within the Latu civilization, this civilization was fully engaged in production during this period.
Because their battleships were almost completely destroyed in the previous battle with the insect swarm, they are now stepping up production and want to pull up their fleet as quickly as possible.
For them, as long as they pull up the fleet and send it to the battlefield, they can gain a lot of benefits.
The empire's management method for these non-core affiliated civilizations is very simple and crude. Every time the warships you send out participate in a war, you will receive corresponding rewards.
This reward can be used to purchase some technology, which is somewhat similar to Jiang Yao's points system.
Of course, the technology sold by the Empire also has certain restrictions. It will only sell some relatively backward technologies, while some more complete technologies will usually sell the core of manufacturing products instead of the entire set of technologies.
Although these technologies are very weak for the empire or other advanced civilizations, they are very attractive to low-level civilizations like Latu.
After all, the Latu civilization is the same as many other affiliated civilizations. They are all civilizations that were forcibly raised in technological level after joining the empire.
One advantage of the empire's doing this is that it can keep these civilizations firmly in its hands forever.
First of all, the development of science is advancing steadily. Each stage requires the precipitation of time and countless times of research by countless people before the answer can be obtained.
And if the empire uses this method to let these civilizations jump several levels in a row, there will be a huge technological gap.
They can make up for small technological gaps through reverse research, but once the technology becomes too big, it is basically impossible for them to make up for it.
After all, you can easily jump over a small ditch, but there is nothing you can do about the vast sea.
So once you accept the benefits of the empire, it means that if you want to improve your technology or obtain higher technology, you can only purchase it through the empire.
Although the Imperials allowed you to improve your strength in a short period of time, they also ruined your future.
Some people may think that obtaining higher technology does not mean that I cannot start research from the most basic technology again. With more advanced technology as a guide, my research direction will have a clear route. This On the contrary, it is a good thing.
Although there is nothing wrong with thinking this way in theory, don't forget that these civilizations are all intelligent civilizations. They are intelligent civilizations with independent consciousness, not civilizations with collective consciousness.
There are fundamental differences between these two civilizations.
The first is an intelligent civilization with independent consciousness. Each individual has a variety of different ideas.
They will be influenced by life or other aspects, and many trivial matters will also affect their judgment at the current stage. From a certain perspective, this biological characteristic makes it very difficult for him to promote the development of science and technology.
Of course, nothing is absolute. Sometimes individuals with independent thinking will always come up with some fantastic things, or suddenly wake up and figure out a problem that has troubled them for a long time.
Because once he does these things, he will definitely be sought after by thousands of people, and fame, money and other things will be at his fingertips.
So from a certain perspective, desire is the best nourishment.
Likewise, it is also a double-edged sword, currently an uncontrollable double-edged sword.
Desire brings progress to science and technology, allowing science and technology to reach a higher level. Desire can also limit the development of science and technology. To give a very simple analogy, when everyone is using smartphones, you are the only one who is still using the most old-fashioned talking phone, which is the kind that uses a paper cup connected with two wires.
And you also want to improve this phone, such as improving the material of the wire, or the hardness of the cup, etc. Although through research in this area, you are very likely to develop the oldest telephone in the future.
But it is undeniable that when everyone is using smartphones, then they will not need your current research at all, or even your future research results.
Because for them, this is too backward.
And if you have been focusing on research in this area, you are destined to be an outlier. What you study cannot create value for others, so this will mean that you do not have any financial support.
Without any financial support, it is difficult to even guarantee your own food, clothing, housing, and transportation, let alone the large investment required for research.
For researchers from the Latu civilization, this is an endless loop.
If they want to build basic technology, it means that they need to start researching from the most useless things. However, researching these things is not only useless, but also wastes a lot of financial and material resources.
While you can support these researchers in the short term, how long can you support them? Likewise, how long can you support it?
The amount of your support must be very small, because the decision to support this matter cannot be decided by you alone. There are other people involved, and the decision needs to be negotiated by both parties.
Even if the final plan is finalized, the amount of funds invested must be very low during the negotiations.
Researchers who engage in research in these areas with lower salaries can persist by relying on their love for civilization, pursuit of science and technology, and so on.
But you can't expect his family to have the same awareness as him when they see other fellow researchers living very prosperous lives while they live frugally.
This contrast came up all of a sudden, and when the contrast came up, the opinions and opinions of the family members would definitely influence the thoughts of these researchers. Even though he was as solid as a rock, he would definitely make two choices at this time.
The first is to abandon all focused research, and the second is to choose compromise.
Of course, there are many people who choose the first one, and these people are naturally great, but there are also many people who choose the second one, and there is nothing wrong with these people. Both sides have their own positions.
But the biggest problem lies here. No matter how you play, some people will choose the second option, which means that the number of researchers who were originally engaged in this field of research will continue to decrease.
When the number is reduced to a certain level, it will be time for a few researchers to perform a one-man show. Without more people's scattered thinking and unrestrained thoughts, the progress of research will be greatly increased.
And the difficulty of research will also increase exponentially. Even problems that might have been solved in one or two years before are now likely to be stuck for decades.
But these researchers have been around for decades. Although the level of science and technology has developed to their level, the life span of ordinary people is also very long.
Under normal circumstances, they have a lifespan of close to 500 years, but even with such a long lifespan, they cannot withstand the torment of these decades.
And due to long-term life constraints and the harm to the body caused by research itself, many researchers engaged in this field simply cannot reach this time.
And as they are sent away, will the next group of people have the same strong will as them? Especially how many people who grew up in this era can retain the same will as them.
This is difficult to determine, and it is also because of this reason that after several generations, they finally gave up the research on basic applied technology and chose to mess it up.
Because they have invested a lot of time and financial resources in this research, but the final result is completely useless because the empire can provide better.
Then there will be no more. Hundreds or thousands of years of useless work has exhausted their patience, and they think that purchasing technology through the empire can also make them stronger, so why should they do such a thankless thing? Woolen cloth?
In fact, the situation of this civilization is also the current situation of most affiliated civilizations in the empire. On the surface, they appear to be affiliated with the empire, but in fact they are just a group of cannon fodder held captive by the empire.
And this is what happens to independent consciousness when faced with this situation. Of course, similar to collective consciousness or shared consciousness, if they face the same situation, they will undoubtedly be much better off.
But this is only relative.
Both kinds of consciousness have their own biggest flaws. Although the independent consciousness limits the development of civilization on the surface because of its various inner thoughts, in some specific cases this kind of thinking plays a vital role in the progress of civilization and technology. Positive effect.
But although shared consciousness seems to have advantages over independent consciousness on the surface, taking technology as an example, they can master this knowledge immediately through consciousness sharing without a long period of learning.
If a technology is developed, everyone can share the technology and understand its research principles.
Although this may appear to be very useful for the advancement of science and technology or the development of civilization, in fact it is not. This ability is indeed very helpful to the entire civilization in the early stages of civilization development.
Especially in primitive times, hunting or using tools and so on.
After all, without the need for verbal communication, others can immediately know what you think, which will indeed help improve their survival ability and development speed.
But when this ability entered the technological era, it became a liability.
Because people in that era no longer need to engage in physical labor, they are more engaged in mental labor. This era needs more creativity and inspiration.
Some wild and unbridled ideas are likely to become a guiding light for the subsequent progress of civilization. At this time, if this method of communication is still used, problems will arise.
Although on the surface it seems that some knowledge does not take too much time for them to master, which is a good thing, there is also a problem.
Because what you get by using your brain can be easily obtained by others, and any achievements you achieve can be easily obtained by others. So will anyone be willing to use their brain to create?
Obviously not. The best way for an individual at that stage is to sit back and enjoy the results.
And when everyone has this strategy, the progress of civilization will become extremely slow. This is the biggest drawback of shared consciousness.
This is also why the probability of beings sharing consciousness becoming advanced civilizations in this universe is very low.
These are also the advantages and disadvantages of two different life types. Of course, there are exceptions to everything, but there are too few exceptions.
(End of chapter)