Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 764: The Pioneer's Microcosm (Thanks to Captain Longlin for the extra update)

Humans have discovered that the third-person perspective achieved through consciousness connection not only has a broad and wonderful field of view, but also allows one to "see" a side that was previously invisible to their own eyes.

For example, if we use the full-band light that has been decomposed and is now propagating in the microcosmic space to look at it through a battleship linked to consciousness, humans will be able to see it all without causing any discomfort to the brain.

Humans don’t know why this happens.

Scientists speculate that it may be because the consciousness link device is a technology related to spiritual consciousness, and it may involve the essence of "I". At present, humans also do not know the specific reason.

If there are two ways, of course both methods should be used, so Yue Yuan and other warship pilots went directly to their own independent cabins and connected to the consciousness link device to share the observation perspective.

Others used their imagination to look at the digital map. Finally, the observation results of both sides determined what the true situation was.

There is a saying about the nature of the world, that is, the world that humans see is just the appearance of objects imagined in their minds, not the essence of objects. It is just the shape of objects in the visible light band. If you want to know what the object really looks like, you must at least master the theory of everything. You need to use different means to fully describe all the characteristics of physics in order to determine its true appearance.

The so-called knowledge and view barrier in Buddhism sounds like metaphysics, as if it is impossible to comprehend it unless you are a master of Buddhism. However, in the eyes of today's human beings, it is just an over-analysis that has become idealism. The so-called breakthrough of knowledge and view barrier is actually to understand that what the eyes see is just a manifestation, and then to see through the manifestation of the eyes to explore the essence of things.
However, when this concept emerged, human society was still in its infancy, and there was no scientific means to assist this advanced cognition, so as it developed, it became metaphysics. Things that cannot be explained can only be imagined out of thin air, or attributed to ghosts and gods, just as early humans naturally made up ghosts and gods when they saw thunder and lightning.

Very normal.

And what humans touch is not the object itself, because the so-called touch is not really touching at all.

The so-called sense of touch is just a manifestation of the Pauli exclusion principle of fermions. Electrons are a kind of fermions, so the so-called touch is actually the outer electrons of the atoms that make up the skin of human fingers and the electrons of the object that is "touched". Because of the Pauli exclusion principle, the same atomic orbit can only accommodate two electrons at most, and the spin directions of these two electrons must be opposite.
Therefore, when the so-called "touch" occurs, the electrons on both sides will repel each other due to Pauli incompatibility. In the process of repulsion, an electric potential is generated to transmit electrical signals to human cells. As a result, people feel a sense of squeezing in a series of information transmission.

But in reality, there is no real "touch".

Of course, it is not impossible for a real touch to happen, but you need to have the strength to rub the neutron star with your hands. In this way, you can use brute force to press the electrons that repel each other because of the Pauli exclusion principle into the nucleus to form electrically neutral neutrons. This is the neutron degenerate state.

In this state, neutrons are closely arranged according to the laws of quantum mechanics, forming a special state of matter.

In this way, real touch can be achieved.

So if you want to really touch each other, you have to turn both into neutron degenerate matter, that is, neutron star matter. As for the electron degenerate state, it is white dwarf matter, which is degenerate matter formed by electrons in the ionized ion energy state. The electrons of matter in this state are also arranged according to the laws of quantum mechanics.

The universe is so wonderful, and the nature of the world is so magical that even humans who have reached the fourth level of civilization cannot get a glimpse of its full picture. However, it is still possible to see the real face of the small universe left by the pioneers using full-band light, especially from the third-person perspective after the consciousness is linked to the battleship, humans see a scene that is completely different from the naked eye.

The small universe that originally only had seven-colored light seemed to have changed its appearance, and huge diamond-shaped crystals appeared one after another. Yes, the pioneers seemed to be obsessed with diamond-shaped crystals, and the diamond-shaped crystals appeared here again.

However, these rhombus crystals were much larger than those in the maze, and each one was as big as a star. They were like lanterns, hanging on a black velvet background, and each one emitted various monochromatic lights refracted by prisms.

It is they that turn this small universe into a colorful light from the conventional human perspective.

There are also a large number of these large diamond crystals. So far, humans have observed no less than a thousand of them. They are distributed throughout the background of the black velvet microcosm, and the distance between each one ranges from 0.4 light years to 1 light year.

But from this point of view, this small universe is at least a thousand light years across.

Seeing this scene, humans were naturally curious about how these huge diamond-shaped crystals glowed, so the First Fleet moved towards the large diamond-shaped crystal closest to them.

What they discovered was a scene that everyone will never forget.

They found that the large rhombus-shaped crystal was translucent, and its surface shape refracted the light from within it like a prism, and inside it was a star.

A red dwarf star to be exact.

Is this a Dyson Sphere?!

Seeing such a scene, the first impression that comes to human mind is that it is different from the Dyson sphere because it is translucent and has the function of decomposing starlight into monochromatic light. Humans don’t know what this function is for, but the pioneers will definitely not do useless things in such a small universe.

It was also at this time that humans couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that each of these large diamond-shaped crystals is a star?!
If you pick any diamond-shaped crystal at random, you will find a star inside it. The other crystals are also shining, and it is very likely that there is a star inside them.

So the question is, why did the pioneers put so many stars into the microcosm and cover them with translucent diamond-shaped crystals?
Could it be that these stars are used as energy to keep something in the microcosm running?
Thinking of this, Yue Yuan and the other humans nodded secretly. That must be the case. The time span is three billion years. For such a long time, only stars with extremely long lifespans, such as red dwarfs, are most suitable as energy sources. And for such a long time, the things left by the pioneers cannot be truly sealed. Instead, they must be updated and maintained to a certain extent. Otherwise, nothing can operate for three billion years without breaking down.

While thinking about this, humans are also thinking: Could it be that even the energy of a level six civilization can only rely on stars?
Entropy is irreversible, the entropy of the universe is increasing!
Therefore, even the sixth-level civilization can only use stars as energy. No wonder they are all pursuing large-scale vacuum zero-point energy. But where does the energy gap of vacuum zero-point energy come from? Cosmic vacuum decay?
Doesn't this mean that the fuel of a Level 6 civilization is just to use stars as energy, and then develop dark matter and dark antimatter as fuel, just like the Level 4 civilization uses antimatter? !
So, what did the pioneers leave behind? What on earth required such a big show?
For a while, one question after another lingered in everyone's mind.

(End of this chapter)