Interstellar Soldier

Chapter 828 Necessary Prevention
After more scientists joined, two camps formed, the "initiators" and the "followers."

According to Huang Weicheng, the "Spark Project" that led the escape of civilizations in the Milky Way not only did not receive the support of a few scientists at the beginning, but was also strongly opposed.In order to maintain the prestige of mankind in the Galactic Federation, the Human Science Committee also passed a prohibition, that is, no scientist shall initiate, participate in, or discuss any topics related to escape, let alone initiate other civilizations to conduct actions related to escape without authorization.Although more and more scientists realized that fleeing is the only way out for all civilizations in the galaxy, including humans, this ban became a waste of paper, but many scientists had already taken action before that.

These scientists who took the first action are the initiators of the "Spark Project".

Of course, when many civilizations joined the escape plan one after another and began to build spaceships with the assistance of human scientists, more scientists joined in.Although they joined a little later, these scientists also believed that escape was the only way out for the Galactic Federation, and they made great contributions to the "Spark Project" and participated in all subsequent work, so they were also the initiators.

Those scientists who joined in the later stage of the "Spark Project", that is, when each civilization has built a spacecraft and the escape operation is about to begin, are followers.Different from the initiators, the followers do not think that escape is the only way out for the Galactic Federation, at least not at the beginning, nor do they agree to spend a lot of resources to build spaceships for escape, let alone abandon the galaxy.Only when everything became a fact, in order to save their lives, did they join in and get equal treatment.Compared with the initiator, the biggest difference between followers is the purpose of fleeing, that is, followers only want to save their lives.

Obviously, this is a fatal problem, and what is even more fatal is that the number of followers far exceeds that of initiators.

In the words of Professor Huang Weicheng, because at the beginning, any topic related to escape was forbidden, so the number of the first batch of initiators was very small, accounting for less than one ten thousandth of human scientists.For the sake of confidentiality, they are also extremely cautious when recruiting members.With the introduction of the "Spark Plan", especially after some key details have been implemented, stricter restrictions have been imposed on the development of members.The key is that, according to the original plan, each scientist is responsible for the construction of a spaceship and will also be the only navigator of the spaceship, ensuring that the civilization carried by the spaceship can reach its destination smoothly.Because the number of spacecraft to be built has already been determined, the total number of scientists participating in the "Spark Project" is limited, and there is no need to develop more members as before.

The problem is, before the disaster, all of this was in vain.

At that time, in parallel with the "Spark Project", it was initiated by the Human Science Committee, participated by many scientists, and concentrated most of the resources of the Galactic Federation. Systematic space operations.

It can be said that the "Prophecy Project" was the hope of almost everyone at that time.

At its peak, more than [-]% of human scientists participated in the "Divination Project", and almost all civilizations were mobilized.

In fact, it was precisely to ensure the smooth progress of the "God Project" that the Science Committee issued a ban on fleeing.

However, in the more than 100 years before the disaster, human scientists gradually realized that the "God Project" is not only impossible to succeed, but also destroys the galaxy.Because of this, more and more scientists chose the "Spark Project" and joined the fleeing army.

As more and more scientists turned to the "Spark Project", the initiators who mastered the "Spark Project" at that time were left without choice.

Quite simply, these followers who joined later have a lot of resources and have a high influence in various civilizations, enough to destroy the "Spark Project".If they are not allowed to join, they can ruin the entire Galactic Federation by controlling other civilizations and blocking resources and technology.

Because they had no choice, the initiators had to let go of the restrictions and no longer barred other scientists from joining.

As such, at the beginning of the escape, dozens of times as many scientists were involved than originally planned.

"Although we have recognized the seriousness of the problem, and know that the 'Spark Project' has deteriorated, at least it will not be as smooth as originally imagined, and we have taken actions, such as developing a group of like-minded scientists to expand the initiative But these are too late, and in the face of the impending disaster, not many scientists think about things other than survival."

"and then?"

Professor Huang Weicheng sighed, and said: "In order to ensure the smooth progress of the escape operation, to ensure that we can all reach the Southern Alpha galaxy safely, at least most of the spacecraft can reach the destination, before the start of the escape, we will make some adjustments to the control methods during the escape. In order to make adjustments, a control committee was established, which means that the scientists on each spacecraft are jointly managed, and a rotation system is used to ensure that no one scientist can always hold the power. Simply put, it is to replace a single commander through collective decision-making. Do this , there is another more important reason, that is, none of us can live for 1 years, so we have to use other methods to prolong our lifespan, and the most effective way is hibernation. Through the control committee and the rotation system, every scientist can Most of the time in a state of hibernation, they were able to reach the Southern Alpha galaxy alive. At that time, there were at least dozens of scientists on each spaceship. If only one scientist was kept awake and the other hibernated, then each scientist was The time spent in the awakened state during the escape was only a few hundred years, at most less than 300 years, and the shortest was only more than 100 years, which did not exceed the limit life span of human beings."

"Obviously, the scientist who is in the waking state, that is, who rules the fugitive civilization, must be absolutely reliable."

Professor Huang Weicheng shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "Obviously, no one in this world is absolutely reliable if you know people, know their faces, but don't know their hearts."

"what's going on?"

"What happened at the time, I don't know, and I don't want to know. It's just that what I saw when I woke up was not the world I expected. It's just that I was lucky, or I took precautions because of worry. Saved me." Professor Huang Weicheng took a deep breath before saying, "As the first batch of participants and initiators of the 'Spark Project', I opposed the admission of other scientists from the very beginning, because I knew that there is no common ideal. It is impossible for us to share weal and woe, let alone create a new era together. It is a pity that there were very few scientists with such vision at that time, and most of the initiators took it for granted that other scientists were our compatriots, not our enemies, and we must not Some people think that if we become indifferent to the life and death of our compatriots, what is the difference between us and them, and what we create after we reach our destination is definitely not the new era we pursue, but a human nature A completely lost dark age. Because most of the initiators held this view, the opposition of a few initiators was overruled. However, I never pinned my hopes on a group of scientists who gave up their ideals and goals in order to save their lives. Facts have also proved that my judgment was not wrong, otherwise I would not have escaped the catastrophe."

"what have you done?"

"Between my followers and the civilization I am responsible for saving, I chose the latter."

Yang Yi was taken aback for a moment, his brows furrowed quickly.

"Including me, there are only a hundred scientists in the first batch of initiators. We all shoulder a special mission, and it is the same mission, which is to do our best to preserve the scientific and technological achievements of mankind. For this reason, in the official launch of the 'Mars We have taken actions before the "plan" to collect and summarize human scientific research results through various channels. At the beginning of the escape, we all brought a copy. According to the plan, after arriving at the destination, which is the Southern Alpha galaxy, We will use these science and technologies to rebuild human civilization and help other civilizations to achieve revival. Obviously, these scientific data are more important than us, and we all swear to defend them with our lives. But, among the hundred scientists, I am different from the others , because I am the only one who is opposed to saving those scientists who are committed to the "God Project" and fled with us. That's why, after the escape started, I had a very bad premonition. In fact, before the escape started, I bet Betting on the saving civilization, that is, the Masons, cultivated and developed a group of diehards in the Masons. During my hibernation, these Masons were responsible for my safety and protected the technological information in my possession. I am very lucky , because my fears became reality, and because the Masons who were absolutely loyal to me did not let me down."

"They saved you?"

Professor Huang Weicheng nodded and said: "After arriving in the Southern Alpha galaxy, a scientist in power at that time murdered other hibernating scientists, because in his opinion, only by getting rid of other scientists can he become a Mason. The only ruler of the race. Because the incident happened suddenly, and he could not order the Masons to kill human scientists, nor could he attack dozens of scientists at the same time, so the Masons who protected me at that time created a chaos and blew up the hibernation cabin, rescued me. Because the hibernation cabin was severely damaged, no one knew that I was still alive, and thought that I died from the explosion like other scientists. Unfortunately, due to their own ability limitations, they could not let me recover from the deep When I woke up from hibernation, I could only hide me. However, this allowed me to avoid the ensuing rebellion. In order to wake me up, those Masons forcibly deciphered the technological data kept by me. Although they finally found the solution The method of deep hibernation, but it also caused irreversible damage to most of the data."

"It's just that it's too late."

"Yeah, it was too late. When I woke up, the Galactic Federation was not the Galactic Federation I was familiar with."

(End of this chapter)