Abnormal crossing

Chapter 51 Alien Life
"Cold and lonely."

After hearing this word, Gu Wei opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

Jin soon noticed his strangeness and asked with interest: "How come someone on Earth has also proposed the theory of cold silence?"

Gu Wei nodded slightly.

This time it was really a professional match.
Before he traveled through time, the Earth science community's exploration of the universe basically revolved around three topics:
One is whether there is extraterrestrial life. In a broad sense, it includes single-celled organisms, and in a narrow sense, it includes little green men with inverted triangle heads.

The second is how the universe was born, with the Big Bang being the mainstream theory.

The third is how the universe will end.

There are many speculations on Earth about the end of the universe, which can be roughly divided into very unreliable conjectures and relatively reliable inferences.

Needless to say, the former is common in all kinds of folk science or science fiction works, mainly based on imagination. As for the latter, it is also divided into three major schools:

The Big Rip, the Heat Death, and the Cold Death.

Among them, the Big Rip hypothesis is related to dark energy. Based on the redshift phenomenon, some scholars believe that dark energy completely overwhelms gravity on a large scale, making the density of matter in the universe lower and lower. At the same time, the energy density may increase with the expansion of the universe.

Eventually, this energy will tear apart all matter in the universe that is supported by gravity. About 218 billion years from now, celestial systems represented by the Laniakea Supercluster will begin to disintegrate into smaller systems.

In 219.4 billion years, the Milky Way will begin to disintegrate, and one hour before the end of the universe, the Earth will be completely torn apart.

Heat death is a more mainstream view, which is a trend derived from the second law of thermodynamics:
As an isolated system, the universe will experience a process of entropy increase, from order to disorder. When the entropy value of the universe reaches its maximum, all the energy in the universe will be converted into thermal energy.

At that time, the entire universe will be in thermal equilibrium, and there will no longer be any energy to maintain movement. Everything will return to eternal silence in the burning.

"As for the Cold Silence Theory, it was born much later and is more often mentioned in discussions about the birth of the universe," Gu Wei said while gesturing in the air. "This theory appeared in 2012, thirteen years before I traveled through time. The theory believes that the early universe was like a liquid. After a certain period of time, it began to cool and crystallize into three spatial dimensions and one time dimension."

"Then, as time goes by, this 'freeze' will eventually extend and reach a situation infinitely close to absolute zero - the theory behind this is the third law of thermodynamics."

"Oh, that's an interesting idea, and the ending is similar," Jin touched her hair, "The alien life form that descended from the 'Ancient Tower' has a special structure and emits a type of microparticle called [Sparse Particles]."

"These particles will seriously affect the creation and annihilation of virtual particle pairs, causing a sharp drop in the energy density of the universe, and even making the flow of time become nonlinear, thus causing regional or even larger-scale cold silence."

"But as for the specific process of the cold silence, forget it. It's better not to talk about it. You just need to know that it is quite different from the view on Earth."

Upon hearing this, Gu Wei shrugged helplessly to show his understanding.

He himself did not expect that the theory of the cold and silent earth would be recognized by Jin. After all, the knowledge frameworks of both sides were too different. Jin and his team could collect the scaling factor of 10^-38 seconds, while gravitational waves on Earth had only been captured a few years ago.

So he quickly changed the subject: "How did Xinghai Civilization deal with those alien life forms?" "How?" Jin glanced at him: "Of course they were completely destroyed - they couldn't be kept as pets, right?"

As she spoke, she waved her hand again, and the screen changed to a group of pictures similar to those in the news: "Due to the different levels of accumulation of polarized rift energy, the alien life forms that descend each time are also divided into different levels. From low to high, they are [Perturbation], [Shadow], [Interference], [Invasion], [Vision], [Reconstruction], and [Destruction]."

"When alien life forms of the [Invasion] level or above appear, the Star Alliance will mobilize nearby member countries or powerful exploration teams to carry out large-scale armed suppression."

"As for alien life forms below [Invasion], they are relatively weak. If they are near some prosperous areas, they may be easily cleared out by relevant forces. If they are in a remote location, the alliance will issue a clearing order, and qualified exploration teams will go to clear them out individually or in groups."

"I see." Gu Wei touched his chin: "It sounds like the reward for eliminating alien life is very generous?"

"Of course not. The Alliance has always been generous in this regard." Jin pointed his chin in a certain direction. "Porna made his fortune by relying on alien life forms. Not only did the Alliance give them the ownership of the planet Qaddas, but they also spent a lot of money to transform the planet Qaddas - removing the tidal lock and reorganizing the mantle. The total cost of the transformation is enough to buy fifty Qaddas."

"Fifty Qedas planets?" Gu Wei's voice suddenly rose a few notches. This number was beyond his expectations. "Since the cost is so high, why not just find a better planet to base your base? Can't you use the money you save to do something else?"

Gu Wei vaguely remembered that Qedas was a satellite of a gas giant planet. It was not difficult to find a planet that was not tidally locked in the universe.
Jin glanced at Gu Wei and answered briefly: "Because Kedas is the home of Birna's group - just think about your Earth and you will understand."

Gu Wei was stunned when he heard this, and then he fell silent after he came to his senses.

Birna's hometown.
Not surprising then.

The universe is so big, there will always be people who care about their hometown.

If he could return to Earth someday and had enough meritorious service, he might do something similar - perhaps his awareness wouldn't be as lofty as Fukuzawa's entire humanity, but at least he would do something for his homeland.

Then Gu Wei shook his head gently, put these unrealistic fantasies behind his mind, and asked Jin:

"Jin, I have another question. Since the alien life forms are so dangerous, wouldn't it be enough to just prevent them from coming? Why do we have to wait until they appear to issue a clearing order?"

"That's easy to say," Jin glanced at him, "Polarized rift energy is a necessary energy source for activating jump points. Nowadays, from the Arbitration Nation to interstellar shipping, which of the Star Sea civilizations doesn't need to go through jump points? Who can live without it?"

"Besides, as long as the alien life forms are eliminated in time, their impact on the cosmic scale will not be too great. The so-called coldness is just a long-term trend. A variety of reasons have combined together. Do you think the jump point can be closed just like that?"

"Many people had the same idea as you back then, but they all ended up badly."

Jin looked at the jump point that was getting closer and closer and sighed.
"So instead of thinking about that, you should adjust your mindset first. After all, you will soon see alien life with your own eyes."

Note: Thanks to Chen Dong for recommending this chapter!!!

(End of this chapter)