Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1552 Quantum Life Forms

However, Lan Feixiang now tells Yue Yuan that they have completed their exploration and successfully found that quantum carrier.

Looking at the content displayed on the holographic screen, Yue Yuan asked with some doubt, "Is it ready-made?"

Lan Feixiang knew which quantum carrier Yue Yuan was referring to, and he smiled: "Not all of them are readily available; they should be described as dynamic."

As he spoke, he continued to open several smaller screens, raised his hand to move these smaller screens in front of Yue Yuan, and then continued, "You see, the predecessors' thinking was correct. The Awakener's device for linking human consciousness is indeed one of its applications, and it is one of the fundamental reasons why we can achieve a third-person dream perspective."

“Actually, we didn’t have any clue at first. It was only through our cooperation with the Awakener Civilization that we were inspired. In particular, we received a lot of help from the Awakener and Daya Civilization in our cooperation on spatial scaling technology.”

"Of course, it's also related to the fact that our technology has reached the required level. Well, let's put it this way: based on our technological accumulation in the microscopic field and our extensive research results in the field of mental consciousness, we discovered the manifestation of consciousness detaching from the physical body when humans enter third-person driving mode through a consciousness link device, and we even successfully recorded that manifestation."

“We recorded all the feedback on that quantum field and found that we, in the third-person observation mode, were only mentally separated from the body, not from matter, because the conscious activity in that state was also based on matter, only that matter at that time became a quantum field.”

“In that state, our normal thinking, observation, memory, and the phenomenon of being able to ‘see’ ourselves lying down are all related to that dynamic quantum field, which we call the thought quantum field.”

"Regarding quantum fields of thought, at the level of a sixth-level civilization, we have only accumulated knowledge from complete ignorance to a basic understanding. However, with breakthroughs in our fundamental scientific achievements in areas such as spirit, consciousness, and the microscopic world, we will truly have the foundation to study quantum fields of thought."

Lan Feixiang and Yue Yuan talked as they walked, and soon arrived inside the School of Life Sciences.

Here, Lan Feixiang explained to Yue Yuan in detail their research, discovery, and experimentation process, and also took Yue Yuan to inspect the laboratory where they were preparing to accept volunteers.

Listening to Lan Feixiang's introduction, Yue Yuan realized that this technology had really been developed. Its emergence seemed unstoppable because it meant that human body technology would usher in a new revolution, and all human beings would become more powerful because of it.

Everyone could think of these things, but at this moment Yue Yuan recalled the situation when the quantum life form evolution route was first proposed.

He remembered that the dean of the School of Life Sciences at that time was Yi Kai. When this path of individual life evolution was proposed, Yi Kai submitted an old paper report to him, which seemed to be titled "Quantum Life Forms - A Milestone in the Evolution of Life, a Dead End in the Progress of Civilization".

"Those old guys, I really miss those days," Yue Yuan sighed inwardly. He remembered that Yi Kai always liked to use things from the Earth era and speak in Earth-era internet slang. When he talked to him, he wasn't as reserved as these people are now.

It's a pity they're all gone.

Yue Yuan still remembers Yi Kai's arguments in that report. It was precisely because of that report and the lack of technology at the time that humanity sealed away the technology of quantum life forms and continued to delve deeper into the path of physical evolution.

Yue Yuan remembered that Yi Kai had always been a staunch supporter of physical evolution and had always worked in that field. In that report document from back then, what Yi Kai said was about the advantages and disadvantages of physical evolution and other forms of evolution. He listed the various possible results and impacts brought about by the individual evolutionary path of human beings.

The route of consciousness uploading technology, which evolves towards a mechanized body, was the first to be rejected, not because it was bad, but because of the existence of electronic warships.

Of all the civilizations that emerged from the Milky Way and experienced the era of electronic warships, not one dared to choose the mechanical evolutionary path. The same reasoning was used to reject brain chip-assisted solutions. The direction of quantum life form evolution, which Yi Kai once thought was not a good option, has now been realized.

Of course, Yi Kai's initial opposition to continuing down the path of quantum life form evolution was not because he thought the technology was impossible, but because he believed it would bring annihilation to human civilization.

Yue Yuan recalled that Yi Kai had indeed affirmed the significance and great achievements of the direction of quantum life form evolution in the document, and praised it as a great achievement for mankind in the field of spiritual consciousness research.

However, it also points out the problem.

Simply put, it's about the issue of new life. Yi Kai is worried that humans who have been transformed into quantum life forms will no longer be able to reproduce, and thus human civilization will not be able to produce new life forms.

As a result, individual human beings will become fewer and fewer over time, due to various wars or accidents, and eventually disappear into the long river of history.

Regarding this problem, the scientists who supported continuing the quantum life form route proposed a solution by preserving sperm and eggs. That is, before undergoing the transformation of life forms, humans could establish a sperm and egg bank. If they wished to continue increasing the human population, they could then conduct artificial embryo breeding to create new human fetuses.

The life form transformation occurs after the fetus grows into an adult. In addition, before the life form transformation of each newborn human, their own sperm and eggs must be preserved in advance, so as to continuously update the human sperm and egg bank.

At the time, Yi Kai also raised a question that is no longer a problem: the lifespan and potential of quantum life forms.

Looking back, Yue Yuan also mentioned the various concerns that Yi Kai had raised back then.

Lan Feixiang's answer to this was simple, summed up in four words: technological progress.

Lan Feixiang looked at Yue Yuan and said confidently, "Commander Yue, these are not problems, because human civilization is now vastly different from what it used to be. The questions that Professor Yi Kai raised back then are no longer problems."

After organizing his thoughts, he continued, "First of all, there's the issue of future generations. Our current quantum life form doesn't actually become a quantum ghost and lose the ability to communicate with Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya, but rather it's a reversible change. In other words, after completing the quantum life form transformation, we can actively transform into quantum humans, or we can revert from the quantum human state back into a physical existence."

"This was indeed unimaginable before, but now we have string-based computers, which can help us record information from both life forms during the transformation. We just need to copy that information and distribute it to each individual."

After a pause, Lan Feixiang continued, "As for the various social problems brought about by changes in individual life forms, there certainly are, but aren't there sociologists? Why not just have them formulate relevant and reasonable rules?"

Yue Yuan nodded, agreeing.

If the emergence of new technologies leads to the lag of social rules and regulations, then we should quickly formulate and update the corresponding rules and regulations to adapt to the new technologies, rather than stifling them with a one-size-fits-all approach.

Moreover, it must be done quickly, otherwise it will inevitably lead to various social problems. Just like the problems with trolleybuses in the Earth era, drone food delivery, and the issues of single-wheeled, two-wheeled, three-wheeled, and four-wheeled vehicles versus high-speed and low-speed roads, aren't these all problems of uncoordinated and asynchronous technological development and regulations?
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