With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 223 Order and Nothingness

"This is the real universe..."

Chen Fan stared at the breathtaking scene outside the porthole and couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

Under his gaze, the thick cosmic membrane on the surface of the giant bubble floated slightly, reflecting the brilliant starlight.

"The starlight you see now is basically the light emitted by super galaxy clusters composed of countless stars and planets." A voice came from the ear again, "You can't see conventional starlight at this scale."

Chen Fan was stunned for a moment, and a bit of horror gradually appeared in his eyes.

He was aware of the concept of super galaxy clusters - above star systems are river systems, a large number of river systems constitute galaxy groups, a large number of galaxy groups constitute galaxy clusters, and each galaxy cluster gathers together to finally form a Superclusters.

This is a huge macro structure that he has never imagined!
But from a high-dimensional perspective, a super galaxy cluster that an ordinary person would never be able to visit in his lifetime is nothing more than a small point of light in the universe.

It was only at this moment that Chen Fan finally realized why the People's Federation set the longing for the starry sky as an important criterion for judging the potential value of civilization.

Nearly infinite resources lie quietly above everyone's head. If no one is willing to look up at the stars, or even fight for the meager interests in front of them, then this civilization will surely disappear in the course of time. In the long river.

Chen Fan's eyes moved and he quickly cast a surprised look at him: "Why do you say that?"

These small cosmic bubbles are scattered on the surface of the large cosmic bubbles. Some places are relatively dense, while other places are empty. There is even an area where only three or four small cosmic bubbles can be seen.

"It's just a metaphor. The hyperspace membrane is not a living thing. How could it swallow the cosmic bubble?"

The Lotta Pandaman, whose whole body is covered with fine downy hair, looked at the bizarre five-dimensional space in front of him with a serious expression and even a bit of piety: "This is the beauty of the five-dimensional space. You can clearly see a huge The true structure of the universe can also see how many advanced civilizations exist in it.”

"of course."

Chen Fan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "This statement is quite novel, but will the hyperspace membrane really swallow the cosmic bubble?"

With just a cursory glance, Chen Fan saw no less than a hundred small universe bubbles of different sizes.

Chen Fan shrugged and casually mentioned: "The Academy of Sciences seems to be conducting corresponding research, but no key conclusions have been drawn so far."

She still remembered the previous introduction to the small universe: "Are they all attracted by advanced civilization?"

These light spots were connected to each other, forming brilliant strips of light that he had seen before in resonance - completely different from the feeling during resonance. Under the protection of the five-dimensional information filtering barrier carried by the starship, looking directly at He didn't feel much strange about these brilliant lights.

This time it was Mochi's voice that sounded.

"but……"

Chen Fan once again turned his attention to the large cosmic bubble not far away.

"As far as I know, most cosmic bubbles are lightly attached to the hyperspace membrane." Mochi frowned and said softly, "This cosmic bubble is wrapped by the hyperspace membrane. It looks like It’s like being swallowed by the hyperspace membrane.”

"Those little bubbles..."

Chen Fan turned his head slightly and looked beyond the big universe bubble to the distance.

Mochi's voice continued to be heard. Compared with before, his voice was a little confused and confused at this time: "The structure of this universe bubble is indeed different from other universe bubbles."

Mochi laughed happily.

Beside her, Isa also asked with astonishment on her face: "Are they all small universes?"

According to Yi's explanation, this sparsity is quite normal - the resources in the universe are unevenly distributed, and the density of civilization is naturally also uneven. Correspondingly, the density of advanced civilizations will also vary.

At the end of the line of sight, several large cosmic bubbles floated on the surface of the hyperspace membrane, with bright spots shining on them.

"Forget it, let's not worry about things that even the Academy of Sciences can't figure out." Mochi quickly retracted his gaze after hearing this, and at the same time turned to look at the logistics ship on the other side that had just upgraded to the fifth dimension, "Lin, get ready. ?"

After receiving a positive reply, Mochi operated on the console in front of him.

An electronic beep sounded in the cockpit:

"The phase engine has completed switching and the current output power is 50%."

"The output power of the order field is 35%, and the load of the shipboard host is 80%."

"Start the fifth-dimensional cruise!"

……

"Phase engine?"

Chen Fan was stunned and cast a questioning look at the smart terminal on his right: "What is this?"

"What do you think is beyond the universe?"

Yi did not immediately answer Chen Fan's question, but asked him a rhetorical question.

"A... wider space?"

"Do not."

"There is nothing here." Mochi, who was sitting in the driver's seat, denied Chen Fan's words, "This is nothingness."

Chen Fan couldn't help but froze on the spot.

Nothing at all?

Nothingness?
How can this be? !
Chen Fan rubbed his eyes vigorously and looked up out of the porthole again. The bizarre world came into view again. The hyperspace membrane, the cosmic bubble... everything seemed so real.

"They're just a bunch of loose information."

"It's like diffuse light."

Sensing the confusion in Chen Fan's heart, an electronic synthesized voice sounded in his ears: "You can be understood as a blind person equipped with a brain-computer interface. Images from the outside world are continuously transmitted to the blind person's brain in the form of electronic data."

“Is the picture that appears in a blind man’s brain really the world he sees?”

"No, he didn't see the real world. What he saw was just a virtual image condensed by countless information."

"The same principle applies to what you see, except that the escaping information goes directly into your brain."

"The reason why starships entering the fifth-dimensional cruise state need to install information filtering barriers is because the information is too complex and huge. If it is not filtered and shielded, the information that pours in in a flash is enough to burst the thinking organs of any intelligent creature. "

A voice paused slightly: "Except for the alien like you."

"Don't ask me. I don't know how you did it. Academician Wang Jing has been waiting for you for a long time. There should be many inspection items waiting for you when you report to the bureau."

Chen Fan opened his mouth but stopped talking.

"In addition, the reason why the five-dimensional space is called space is just to allow most intelligent creatures to better understand it." Yi continued to add: "When the starship ascends to the fifth dimension, the starship will spontaneously break away. The limits of the cosmic bubble, thereby entering the void beyond the universe.”

"In nothingness, there is no space and no concept of time."

Hearing this, Chen Fan couldn't help but shudder:
Fuck, the ascension of the technological version?
Looking at the slowly passing time in the holographic projection, he suddenly realized something: "Then why are there still concepts of space and time in the starship?"

"Good question."

While operating the starship, Mochi sighed: "This is a modified version of the five-dimensional cruise function. It cost me a lot of credits."

"The full name of the order field device in the phase engine should be called the void order field self-generation and stabilization device. I heard that it was developed on the basis of [Genesis]."

"This thing can form a stable order field in nothingness. You can simply understand it as an extremely small temporary universe."

"Once the order field disappears, the starship will be swallowed by the surrounding void."

Chen Fan swallowed subconsciously: "What will happen if you are swallowed by nothingness?"

"Disappear, literally disappear."

The voice of Yi came again: "Whether it is an intelligent creature or a technological creation, in the latest material information theory, it is actually a string of ordered information."

"After losing the protection of the order field, the order information will escape at an extremely fast speed."

"To put it simply, it means automatic disintegration."

Chen Fan nodded thoughtfully: "Then how do the hyperspace membrane and the universe bubble exist in nothingness?"

"These two things are special landscapes in nothingness."

Yi quickly answered: "They also have naturally generated order fields around them, so they can retain their own entities in nothingness."

"According to the latest research data released by the Academy of Sciences, the hyperspace membrane is still growing, relying on the naturally generated order field to continuously transform nothingness into its own territory."

"What about the phase engine?" Chen Fan returned his attention to the starship's engine. "Since there is no concept of space and time in nothingness, how does it make the starship move?"

There are two basic concepts of object motion.

Time can describe the continuity of material movement; and space can describe the ductility of material movement.

In other words, without time and space, there would naturally be no concept of material movement.

"This starts with the way hyperspace membranes grow."

“The order field around the hyperspace membrane continues to extend outward, giving the concept of void space and time, and then the hyperspace membrane itself begins to expand and extend.”

"This is also how the phase engine works."

"Continuously analyze the surrounding nothingness, and generate the corresponding order field through extremely large calculations, so that the starship can continuously move forward within the order field."

"Therefore, there is a considerable difference between cruising in five dimensions and cruising in the regular universe."

Yi called up a holographic image in front of Chen Fan: "In the universe, the flight speed of a starship mainly depends on energy and engine power."

"More fuel and a more powerful warp engine can naturally increase the speed of the starship."

"But five-dimensional cruising is different."

"In the void, the flying speed of the starship mainly depends on the extension speed of the order field."

"The shipboard host analyzes the nothingness and calculates the corresponding order field generation plan. The phase engine then creates the corresponding order field and drives the starship forward."

"In the entire process, the calculations of the shipboard host accounted for more than 80% of the credit."

"In other words, the speed of five-dimensional cruising mainly depends on the computing power and performance of the shipboard host computer."

(End of this chapter)