Interstellar Soldier

Chapter 804 The Way of Eternity
After a little hesitation, Yang Yi talked about the memory of the God Emperor who met the founder of the Silicon Charm Alliance in the Northern Alpha Galaxy, focusing on the discovery of the God Emperor, that is, the God Emperor can surpass that era, The reason for unifying the intelligent civilizations of the Northern Alpha Galaxy and defeating the powerful wild silicon beasts.To put it simply, the discovery of the God-Emperor is similar to the discovery of humans at the end of the First Era.

"So, our guess is indeed correct. A long time ago, a powerful civilization was born in the Northern Alpha galaxy, and it is almost exactly the same as the great leap of mankind. Maybe the great discovery that allowed us to fly out of the solar system has always been Outside the solar system, they have been waiting to be discovered by us. Although we are a few million years late, it is obvious that after the emperor made that important discovery, the Silicon Magic Alliance quickly reached the pinnacle of civilization, and in the following No substantive progress has been made in the next few million years. According to what you said at the beginning, the God Emperor left a will to prohibit the Silicon Demon Alliance from invading the Southern Alpha galaxy, and there may be similar concerns."

"What are you worried about?"

The memory glanced at Yang Yi and said: "If we were created, what about other civilizations? If all civilizations in the known universe were created, then all civilizations have value. Anyway , it is impossible for that powerful existence to create so many civilizations for no reason, and leave behind advanced technology that allows us to leap forward. If this speculation is true, then who knows which civilization is more important? It may be us humans, or It may be some other civilization. It is precisely because of this speculation that during the Second Era, we not only did not destroy other civilizations, but also tried our best to help and support other civilizations. Maybe one day in the future, a certain civilization will be able to Find the answer, and it may not be us humans."

"The question is, so what if you find the answer?"

"This involves a fundamental problem that cannot be avoided by any civilization." The memory paused for a while before saying, "Do you think we can last forever? Of course, it's not you, me, or someone else. It's us humans. Or, do you think any civilization can exist forever? Remember, the key is absolute eternity, even if the universe is destroyed and time disappears."

"Of course not."

"Yes, it is indeed impossible. The problem is that any civilization wants to obtain eternal life, not the individual, but the eternal existence of civilization itself. In fact, this is the ultimate goal pursued by all civilizations. To achieve this goal, first We have to go beyond the universe we live in."

Yang Yi frowned, looking at the memory with some confusion.

"Of course, this goal is too idealistic. Not to mention other civilizations, even we can't imagine the possibility of surpassing the universe itself. In other words, we have to settle for the next best thing. We can't pursue eternal existence, but what we can pursue , just let human civilization continue as much as possible. Of course, this is also the pursuit of other civilizations, even if they are not truly eternal, they must coexist and die with the universe.”

"Obviously, it's almost impossible."

The memory smiled slightly, and said: "In the beginning, especially in the early days of the second era, almost all human scientists believed that since we were able to rule the galaxy with advanced technology, we would be able to step towards other civilizations one day in the future. The star system. As long as we are always moving forward, constantly expanding our living space and obtaining more living resources, we will be able to exist forever, at least in a narrow sense.”

Yang Yi was taken aback for a moment, then smiled wryly and sighed.

"It's a pity that the ideal is full and the reality is very skinny. After only a few thousand years, we have to admit that the technology we have is not advanced enough. After successive failures in the exploration of other star systems, we realized that, Crossing the star system needs to be more advanced, and it is an advanced technology that we have not yet mastered, and even the basic theory does not exist. We are limited in the Milky Way, and all we can use are the resources in the Milky Way. Obviously, only relying on The resources in the Milky Way are impossible for us to live forever. In fact, when other civilizations are developing one after another, the resources in the Milky Way are beyond our means.”

"So, human scientists divided into two factions and began to explore space technology across star systems."

"This is just an appearance, and no matter what point of view we hold, our purpose is the same. We must fly out of the galaxy and go to other star systems, otherwise the resources in the galaxy will be exhausted in a short time. Although relying on the technology we have, especially Original energy technology, human beings can definitely survive, and human civilization can continue, but we all know that it is impossible for all civilizations in the galaxy to survive just relying on the technology we have mastered. More importantly, human beings must restrain themselves behavior, and even have to give up a lot of things. Simply put, it is to give up all exploration for survival. This means that even if we do not perish at this time, we will forever lose the ability to explore other star systems. According to our estimates, relying on With original energy technology and strict self-restraint, human beings can continue to reproduce for billions of years, but they will eventually perish, completely perish when the Milky Way collapses."

"Billions of years?"

"Of course, this is just our estimate. At that time, some scientists proposed that the life of the Milky Way could be extended by transforming the Milky Way, so that the Milky Way can exist for a longer time. In theory, we can even establish a closed original energy cycle. , let the Milky Way be the same age as the universe. That is to say, the Milky Way will not be destroyed until the day the universe is destroyed, but it will still be destroyed in the end.”

"It's just that you don't think this method will work."

The memory nodded, and said: "At that time, this was just a set of theories. It has not been confirmed, and there is actually no way to prove it. Besides, even if it can be confirmed, we may not have enough time to transform the Milky Way. Relatively speaking, the development The technology of sailing across the star system is more realistic. More importantly, we cannot stand still, if we stop, we will perish. The Milky Way is definitely not where we belong, let alone other civilizations. We must move forward, go to Other star systems. You must know that in the vast universe, there are countless star systems, and only a few of them have been discovered by us. There are still many star systems that are too far away from us and have not been discovered by us for the time being. With technology, we can conquer the entire universe. In other words, our efforts are not just to go to the Southern Alpha galaxy, but to the entire universe.”

"Unfortunately, you failed."

Memory smiled lightly and said, "It's not that we failed, but that our direction was wrong."

"is it?"

"Actually, this is the conclusion I just came to."

Yang Yi was taken aback for a moment, and looked at the memory with some incomprehension.

"We have discovered the abnormal situation in the Northern Alpha galaxy long ago, and concluded that there is an advanced civilization there, but we don't know that civilization has existed for millions of years. Judging from the discoveries at that time, we can only deduce that, That civilization has mastered the original energy technology more than 1 years ago, has the ability to travel across star systems through space channels, and has probably controlled the entire Northern Alpha galaxy. The problem is, 1 years is not a long time You know, it took us thousands of years to explore the entire Milky Way after we mastered the inter-star system space technology, and then it took thousands of years to complete the development of the Milky Way. The volume of the Northern Alpha Galaxy is much larger than that of the Milky Way Many, if that civilization is comparable to human beings, then it is reasonable to control the entire Northern Alpha galaxy for tens of thousands of years. Simply put, we have not accurately judged the existence time of that civilization through this discovery."

Yang Yi nodded, waiting for the memory to continue.

"If we know that the Silicon Charm Alliance has existed for millions of years, but has never made a major breakthrough, and has never mastered space technology across star systems, then not only will we not regard the Southern Alpha Galaxy as our destination, but we will not spend a lot of money on it. Resources to explore space technology across star systems." The memory sighed, and said, "It's very simple, a civilization comparable to ours has not made key breakthroughs for millions of years, even if humans are smarter, they will not A leap may be made in just a few hundred years. Besides, if the talent of this civilization is not very bad, this is tantamount to proving the problem we are most worried about and least willing to admit."

"what?"

The memory sighed, and said: "This is, inter-star system space technology does not exist. Although this does not mean that we cannot travel to other star systems, it is certainly impossible to overcome the barriers built by the speed of light, time and distance. Even if We are able to travel to other star systems, and we have mastered extremely advanced technologies, such as being able to travel at the speed of light, and it takes a time far longer than the lifespan of living things, or even civilization itself. Obviously, after a long space voyage, after reaching After the neighboring star systems, even if we still have vigorous vitality and master advanced technology, we may not be able to match the local indigenous civilizations. You know, it took less than 1000 years for humans to master the inter-star system space technology. The exploration and development of the Milky Way has been completed. In other star systems, as long as there is a civilization similar to human beings, it can achieve the leap in the same short time, while the human expeditionary force starting from the Milky Way will take tens of thousands of years. It will take even longer to complete the voyage, and during this period, it is almost impossible to make technological breakthroughs. Then, when our expeditionary force reaches the neighboring star system, we will face an indigenous civilization stronger than ourselves."

"That is to say, even if we reach other star systems, we can't gain a foothold here, and we can't expect to expand our living space by entering other star systems."

The memory nodded slightly, indicating that it meant that.

(End of this chapter)