Start sweeping the universe by rubbing the CPU with your hands.

After completing the most important project of building the human microuniverse, the only subsequent tasks are planetary transformation and the continuous replenishment of planets. These are routine tasks. Even if Han Yang does not participate, human civilization itself can complete them.

At this time, Han Yang finally had the time and energy to do another thing.

Long before he had fully mastered the theory of space, greatly improved his understanding of space, and possessed countless high-precision space-related detection equipment, Han Yang noticed something.

There is a small universe "near" your own brain - not near the three-dimensional universe, but near the fourth dimension.

This small universe is hidden very deeply, very concealed, and very difficult to be discovered.

In fact, if Han Yang had not always had this doubt in his heart, after the breakthrough in civilization level, he would have conducted the most rigorous examination of himself with the purpose of deliberately searching, and even Han Yang would not have been able to discover this.

Han Yang suddenly thought of many things.

At the beginning, the inexplicable disappearance of the last fleet of Pangu civilization, its own special abilities, the secret targeting of the creator civilization... and so on.

"Perhaps... this small universe is the last relic left by Pangu civilization. It is also the source of my special abilities. Now, it is time to find out the truth behind all these matters."

Without human civilization being aware of it, Han Yang put all his research capabilities into exploring this hidden microcosm, and roughly determined its size, distance, connection method, etc.

This lasted for hundreds of years. After confirming that he had collected all the information that could be collected and was fully confident, Han Yang made his next move.

He wanted to open an additional channel between the three-dimensional universe and that small universe.

Accompanied by the explosion of thousands of tons of antimatter, a controllable space channel was finally opened and maintained a stable situation.

A small spaceship carrying relevant research equipment and numerous robots passed through the spherical space gate and left the current universe.

After a short journey through time, the scene presented to Han Yang through the detection equipment suddenly changed.

Thousands of stars disappeared, the microwave background radiation disappeared, and the ubiquitous high-energy radiation and gravitational waves disappeared.

A small universe appeared in front of Han Yang.

There is nothing in this universe except a planet.

Han Yang controlled the spacecraft and slowly approached the planet. As the distance got closer, Han Yang realized that this was not a natural planet, but...

A planet of steel.

Its entire surface is covered with extremely smooth silver-gray metal, which is a seamless whole without any bumps or depressions.

As if sensing the approach of the spacecraft, suddenly, a layer of cover on the flat steel ground was slowly removed, revealing a huge hole leading directly underground.

Han Yang controlled dozens of robots to come to the front of the hole, walked down the long stairs, and finally came to a hall.

The hall was connected in all directions, with dozens of passages around it, and each passage extended deeper underground.

On one side of the hall, there was a huge screen. It was originally dark, but with the arrival of Han Yang's robot, the screen suddenly lit up.

"You came."

Han Yang was silent.

“We know that sooner or later you will reach the sixth level of civilization, discover the existence of this small universe and this planet, and actually come here.

Yes, this is the source of all your abilities."

Suddenly, there was a change of light and shadow in front of the robot, and a figure was projected out.

He was unusually tall, more than four meters tall. He had a body shape similar to that of a human body, including head, trunk, and limbs. The difference was that his body seemed to be covered with a layer of silvery-white film. It was unknown whether it was some kind of clothing or if it was just his natural skin.

His appearance is similar to that of humans on Earth, but his skin is a little darker and has a metallic hue.

He lowered his head, looked at the short robot in front of him, and a kind smile appeared on his face.

"Is this the robot you created based on the body shape of intelligent life in your human civilization? Very good."

"who are you?"

Han Yang controlled the robot and asked this question in a low voice.

The giant smiled and said, "I am the commander of the last fleet of Pangu Civilization. What you see is the image I left behind. Of course, the current image is controlled by an artificial intelligence program."

"Pangu Civilization... You are very similar to us humans."

"Of course. We created human civilization in our own image. It's just that your size is smaller."

At this moment, Han Yang had too many questions in his mind. But before Han Yang could ask, the giant smiled and said, "I know there are many things you don't understand. But it doesn't matter. According to my procedure, since you can come here, I will tell you everything."

Han Yang controlled the robot and said in a deep voice: "Intelligent program? Real artificial intelligence?"

"No. I don't know whether there is true strong artificial intelligence in this universe, but at least a level 6 civilization cannot master this technology."

More questions arose in Han Yang's mind.

In that case, I...

How do I explain my ability? If even your Pangu civilization does not have this technology, how did you give me this ability?

The giant raised his arm and pointed around. The next moment, the originally opaque silver-grey walls surrounding the hall suddenly became transparent.

Then Han Yang saw that behind the wall there were layers of shelves. On each shelf was a transparent container with translucent liquid in it.

Immersed in the liquid are human bodies of intelligent beings from the Pangu civilization, which are similar in size to the current projection.

There are many racks, and there are also many human bodies soaked in them.

They are arranged neatly from top to bottom, extending all the way to the bottom where the bottom cannot be seen.

Han Yang's heart suddenly tightened.

Could it be that... this entire planet is filled with intelligent life from the Pangu civilization that is immersed in liquid? If so... then how many people are there on this entire planet?
As if seeing what Han Yang was thinking, the huge projection in front of him smiled and said, "Not as much as you think. Most of the volume and mass of this planet are related instruments and equipment used to support the operation of the entire planet. The total number of Pangu people in 'data hibernation' is about one trillion."

"Data hibernation?"

The huge projection smiled and said, "Yes. Of course, you can also put it another way, computing power. The computing power you control."

Han Yang's heart became more serious. The giant projection also lost its smile, and seemed to be a little emotional and sad.

"The analogy is this. The brains of a trillion of our compatriots, the wisdom of a trillion of our compatriots, are like billets of steel.

The computer knowledge you have mastered is metal processing technology.

The more advanced your metalworking skills are, the better you can use these "steel billets" of ours to forge sharper swords.

Just like now, the more advanced your computer knowledge is, the more effectively we can use our brains and wisdom, and master more computing power.

This is the truth behind your increasing computing power, not that you have become a strong artificial intelligence. Of course, from the outside, the effect is similar. "

The doubts in Han Yang's mind not only did not decrease, but increased instead.

This technology is so amazing that even if human civilization has truly become a level 6 civilization, it is impossible to imagine that such technology still exists, let alone any plan to realize it.

Connect a trillion brains and contribute their computing power for use by a brain outside?
Although the human brain and the computer have some similarities, their most fundamental components are completely different. How is this technology achieved?
And…why me? Why do this?
Also, if this technology is feasible, then after mastering this technology, can my ability ceiling continue to rise? Can this technology be replicated? Or even, can every human being have this ability?

If every one of the trillions of human beings could be like me, with engineering and scientific research capabilities comparable to those of multiple civilizations, then to what heights would human civilization develop?

The huge projection slowly shook its head.

"The basis of this technology lies in the special body structure of our Pangu civilization's intelligent life, which cannot be replicated on other civilizations' intelligent life. At the same time, it is probably unlikely to expand the upper limit.

The brains and wisdom of our one trillion compatriots can only support the computing power of supercomputers at the peak level of level 6 civilization. After reaching the upper limit, it can no longer be improved.

Perhaps the upper limit can be raised by increasing the number, but, in this universe, apart from here, there is no Pangu civilization, let alone Pangu people...

In a sense, all the Pangu people on this planet have died and can no longer reproduce and expand their population. And cloning technology cannot be used on us either."

"Can't use cloning technology?"

Han Yang was slightly confused.

If we remove the moral and ethical restrictions, cloning technology is not that advanced. As early as the second-level civilization stage, Han Yang had already used cloning technology to create dummies on a large scale. It makes no sense that it cannot be used at the sixth-level civilization stage.

But suddenly, Han Yang's heart was shocked and he understood.

What kind of life cannot be cloned?

The answer is obvious, strange life.

The body is the main evolution direction of strange life, and the body structure is extremely complex. If the brain is not counted, even the first and second level strange life can be countless times more complex than the human body.

Their body structure is too complex to be mass-produced through cloning technology.

This is also the reason why humans had such a great demand for biological products from such exotic life forms as "pterosaurs", but could only obtain them through breeding.

And... Pangu people cannot be cloned?
Are they, in essence, also strange life forms?
The huge projection nodded slightly: "Yes. We, the Pangu civilization, the only intelligent civilization in the observable area, the earliest intelligent civilization, are actually strange life forms in nature. Is that surprising?"

Han Yang was indeed very surprised.

Han Yang had many speculations in his mind about the fact that in the currently observable universe, only one Pangu civilization was born, and all other civilizations were "transformed" by the Pangu civilization.

Han Yang even believes that it is possible that the so-called "wisdom" cannot be born naturally. But then the question arises, how did Pangu civilization come into being in the first place?
The giant figure smiled and said, "I want to ask you a question. What is wisdom? What is self-awareness? What is 'I'?"

Han Yang subconsciously wanted to answer, but immediately closed his mouth.

"From our perspective, the so-called self-consciousness does not actually exist. In this universe, there is actually no 'I'.

No matter how advanced a civilization is, its thoughts and self are all controlled by various neurological secretions. Just like you humans, when dopamine is abundant, you feel happy, and when it is lacking, you feel sad.

Something more fundamental about this process is that it is subject to the laws of physics.

You think that your thoughts, feelings and perceptions are unique to you, but in fact, they are not.

In fact, there is no fundamental difference between us intelligent life and strange life.

In fact, we, the intelligent beings, are the losers in evolution.

We cannot evolve a strong enough body to survive in space, so we can only make up for it by using technology to create space suits;

We cannot evolve nuclear fission or nuclear fusion devices in our bodies, so we can only create various power stations as energy sources;

Since we are unable to evolve powerful enough weapons, we can only manufacture various equipment and install them on spacecraft in order to be qualified to fight against strange life forms.

In our view, there is no essential difference between our intelligence and the tough skin and fusion reactors in the bodies of strange life forms. They are all just tools for fighting for survival.

The emergence of wisdom is not an active choice, but a last resort. Because if we don’t have enough wisdom, weak and strange life like us Pangu people can’t survive in this universe.

Of course, you humans are different from other intelligent civilizations. To be more precise, you are the real intelligent civilization, and we Pangu civilization are not. "

The giant figure sighed, "But... even though we know that wisdom and self do not exist fundamentally, we still cannot get rid of the pursuit of wisdom and self. This is really a bit ironic."

Han Yang remained silent.

He understood the feeling. Every intelligent being understood the feeling.

You know clearly that reproduction is just genes, and is just a "fake" need created by various nerve secretions. What you want is not the real "what you want", but, in the end, you still want it.

I know that the pursuit of food is just instinct and not a real "want", but I still choose to eat it in the end. (End of this chapter)