Hot Wavelength

Chapter 57 (Subconscious 1): Instant Transmission
6500 million years ago, Earth's Tasmanian Islands
The superluminal power station located in the Tasmanian region soars 18 kilometers into the sky. Because its length is greater than the wavelength of superluminal waves, the received superluminal energy is continuously injected into the depths of the Tasmanian crust.

Over the decades, the collision and compression between the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate caused the highest plateaus and mountains on Earth to rise, resulting in a large-scale marine regression in the Neo-Tethys Ocean and a continuous reduction in its sea surface area.

The northern part of the Indo-Australian Plate at the southern end rose up, while the landmass to its southeast, known as Mu, slowly sank into the seabed of the Pacific Ocean. Tesla's "pyramid" of equipment and batteries stored on Mu survived the impact intact.

With batteries and equipment, the Tasmanian Caverns became a workshop for Tesla, Maria, and others. Maria successfully cultivated a new generation of sulfur- and barium-resistant cyanobacteria by hybridizing algae collected from craters and ice crystal geysers on Europa.

Tesla said to Maria, "It's so good to have you. Without these new types of cyanobacteria, the Earth's oxygen would be depleted, and I would be the eternal sinner who destroyed the habitable zone of the solar system."

Abbott was not as optimistic as Tesla. He said, "Maria, even if we could replicate this blue-green algae in large quantities and spread it to every ocean on Earth, it would take a very long time for it to purify the water and turn the oxygen levels from negative to positive."

Maria presented biological census data after the Earth experienced the impact disaster: the atmosphere was turbid for decades, the surface temperature suddenly dropped, plants died in large numbers, and almost all large terrestrial vertebrates such as dinosaurs became extinct.

Snakes and crocodiles, which are relatively small and capable of burrowing or diving, are currently the dominant species on Earth. Existing environmental conditions are not suitable for the survival and reproduction of mammals, including humans.

Oxygen content plays a vital role in the survival and evolution of animals. Mammals have four chambers in their hearts, while reptiles such as snakes and crocodiles have only three chambers.

The running and jumping habits of mammals dictate that they need a more powerful heart to efficiently replenish blood and nutrients to the entire body, and faster blood circulation requires a higher oxygen concentration.

Abbott turned to Tesla and asked, "The Earth's oxygen levels are insufficient to support our resurrection plan. Have you connected to the Lightning Sphere's external brain? How many more years will it take for oxygen levels to return to above 20%?"

Tesla shook his head in despair and replied, "The answer from the Lightning Ball extrabrain is that it will take at least tens of millions of years. There's really no way this time, Abbott, but at least Maria's blue-green algae preserved Earth's ecosystem, and it's still possible for new advanced mammals to evolve."

Abbott paused, seemingly understanding Tesla's meaning: "Ten million years, which means that even if we forcibly resurrect some of the Venusians and build several more artificial caves like this one, we still can't last that long. Wouldn't that mean everything would be over?"

Abbott slumped in his chair, overwhelmed by indescribable pain. After all, he was in charge of the entire Venusian human resurrection project!

“The current situation on Earth is very similar to the conditions and path of Venus’s evolution. Ten million years from now, with the increase in oxygen content, Earth will experience a mammalian explosion, but whether humans will evolve from it is unknown,” Maria said.

As if inspired, Abbott said to Tesla, "Is it possible for us to preserve the consciousness and genetic seeds of Venusian humans for ten million years or even longer? If Earth can truly give birth to new humans and reach the same level of civilization as us, wouldn't we Venusian humans have a chance to be resurrected with their help?"

Tesla shook his head solemnly and said, "If there is a continuous power supply, preserving consciousness is possible. But maintaining the activity of genetic tissue is impossible with any amount of electricity. In other words, even if future Earthlings have the ability to transmit the consciousness of us Venusians, they will not be able to clone our original bodies."

“Even in the best-case scenario, the consciousness of the Venusian humans can only be resurrected in the bodies of future Earth clones,” Maria said.

"Can we only hope that Earth can evolve new humans? And wait for them to learn and master our high technology, and expect their laws and ethics to allow the cloning of human bodies and the transmission of our Venusian consciousness?" Tesla's series of questions almost overwhelmed everyone present.

“We have no choice but to believe!” Maria murmured helplessly.

"Oh dear! How are we going to explain this situation to the 60 billion Venusians whose consciousness is trapped in computers?" Abbott said in despair and sorrow.

The tall Cynthia blinked her big eyes, showing no sadness at all. She was playing with a golden deer when she came up to Abbott.

Abbott lovingly stroked the golden fur on the fawn's back, as if forgetting that Cynthia couldn't speak, and then whispered to himself, "Farewell, Cynthia, good luck!"

Before Tesla and Maria could react, Abbott stood up, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "No matter how cruel the truth is, the 60 billion Venusians have the right to know. I don't want to just send a mass notification; I want to tell each of them personally. Tesla, use your high-energy lightning ball to upload my consciousness."

When Venusians upload their consciousness, they typically use a wirelessly connected helmet to complete the process under normal voltage. After the consciousness is uploaded to the computer, the brain's memories are written into the hard drive, while thought patterns, biophysical protrusions, and node networks operate and are stored at extremely low power.

Each consciousness can only receive notifications via electrical signals, but cannot output or respond, because consciousness in a computer does not use bioelectricity. If a person's consciousness were to function fully, it would require at least the power of a medium-sized hydroelectric power station.

This is why the uploaded consciousness must be transmitted down to the clone in order to function fully, because the clone uses bioelectricity, which only requires a few watts.

The high-energy lightning ball that Abbott mentioned is another way of uploading consciousness invented by Tesla. The high-energy lightning ball can instantly inject a person's consciousness into a computer.

This method of uploading consciousness can have higher "activity," like a ranger in a computer network, capable of communicating with numerous low-activity consciousnesses and providing feedback, acting as a messenger.

Abbott and Tesla embraced tightly, then he said goodbye to Maria. Maria was overwhelmed with emotion, tears welling in her eyes.

Tesla said with some concern, "You are indeed the most suitable messenger, but the high-energy lightning ball is still in the experimental stage. Don't forget, I was struck by a lightning ball and was in a coma for 86 years."

Abbott smiled and waved to Vinu and Cynthia, then resolutely walked to the control panel dedicated to uploading consciousness. Tesla adjusted the instruments and pressed the switch for the high-energy lightning ball.

With a "bang," the blue light exploded, and the artificial spherical lightning instantly pierced through Abbott's head. The display screen outside the sealed control room showed the number and mark indicating that the consciousness upload was successful.

Everyone spontaneously burst into applause. Tesla shut down the generator, and Maria burst through the door to check Abbott's body.

After the Venusian transmits his consciousness via a wireless transmission helmet, he will "die." However, the situation is different with the transmission via a high-energy lightning ball. The body that remains still has vital signs, like a person in a vegetative state, in a state of unconsciousness.

Abbott's breathing was weak, but he could not be awakened. Maria discovered that the intense electric shock seemed to have altered the structure of Abbott's brain, causing his cerebral sulci to contract gently inward, while his neurons and synapses became more densely packed.

Tesla had a vague feeling that Abbott, while in a coma, might travel to another time and space, just like himself.

Of course, Abbott possessed a veritable "computer," and must have been one of the greatest scientists in that timeline. He was certainly familiar with the photoelectric effect, and who knows, he might have even developed a theory of relativity.

In the blink of an eye, Vinu turned around and found Cynthia gone. She followed the trail to the bank of the underground river and found Cynthia curled up on the ground. Vinu didn't know what had happened. She rushed over, lifted Cynthia's head, and called out loudly for her daughter.

Cynthia was barely breathing, her mouth agape but unable to utter a sound. On the riverbank, Cynthia's clone companions also collapsed to the ground.

"What's wrong? Dr. Maria, please save Cynthia!" Vinu cried out, begging Maria.

“Cynthia and the others have unusual brain structures; it’s very likely that the high-energy lightning ball uploaded their consciousness,” Maria said while examining them.

Tesla immediately checked the mainframe that carried the consciousness but found no new number or code. He asked in bewilderment, "There's no record of it in the system. Where did their consciousness go?"

The fawn beside Cynthia, its golden-spotted fur trembling, turned its head and gently nuzzled Cynthia's cheek.

Cynthia let out a long breath, and with her last bit of strength, she lifted herself up to get closer to Vinu.

Cynthia murmured in Vinu's ear, uttering the first word of Venusian human language in her life:
"Mother."

Vinu was overjoyed and overwhelmed with emotion, sobbing uncontrollably. Her voice was hoarse as she kept murmuring, "Mommy's here, Cynthia, Mommy's here."

Cynthia stopped breathing, but a happy expression remained on her face.

Vinu, bewildered, shouted and shook Cynthia's body.

The golden fawn pouted, its cheek rubbing against Vinu's arm. When it raised its head, it let out a high-pitched cry. Vinu turned his head and saw that the fawn's big, bulging eyes were filled with tears.

Tesla and Maria suddenly realized that Cynthia and her companions had transmitted their consciousness to Golden Deer through the high-energy lightning ball!
"mom!"

That was the cry of a fawn. Vinu burst into tears instantly, and everyone else wept as well.

Another golden deer on the shore let out a series of calls, as if calling to its companions. The fawn beside Vinu seemed to be saying goodbye to Vinu, and it followed the herd away, looking back every step of the way, before leaping into the water.

The golden deer frolicked happily, leaping high out of the water like fish, singing songs.

Vinu noticed that the frequency of the fawn's song was exactly the same as Cynthia's. She was convinced that it was true and shouted excitedly with a sob in her voice, "Cynthia is not dead. Her consciousness has been transferred to another more adaptable and freer body."

The deer were singing, and Maria was familiar with the song. Vinu, through tears, laughed, first translating and then singing along, weeping, laughing, and singing at the same time.
"I miss my hometown, I miss my hometown,"
My hometown is in my dreams.

The sky was clear and the breeze was cool.

Nostalgia is long and deep.

How are the people from my hometown doing now?

I will never forget you.

Being a stranger in a foreign land

Even the most beautiful things are tragic.

I long to go back to my hometown.

Returning to the old days.

Relatives and friends gathered together,
"The sky and the sea sing together in joy."

Maria found it amazing, but as a rational biologist, she quickly figured out the cause and effect.

When she cloned Cynthia and the fawns, she used the same natural small molecule: the milk of female humpback whales.

Cynthia's consciousness can communicate with Golden Deer, possibly because they originate from the same genes or even brain structure.

Could these golden deer, with their dual respiratory systems for both land and water, have evolved over millions of years into humpback whales? Maria was startled by her own imagination.

Thinking of this, Maria smiled with longing and anticipation.

How could a golden deer turn into a whale?

&
The poem composed of collected verses at the end of the chapter:
The difference between life and death is truly heartbreaking, as Huang Geng of the Song Dynasty wrote.
One must believe in the enduring power of nature's creation. — Chen Mi, Song Dynasty

Do not say that old feelings are nowhere to be found. - Song Dynasty, Fan Chengda

The sound of ten thousand whales echoed throughout the long corridor. (Song Dynasty, Lu You)

(End of this chapter)