A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 217 Bee Colony Size Continues to Expand

The war, which used a highly aggressive universe in the cosmic ocean as a test subject, ended with the Mother Universe overwhelmingly winning the war and also completely draining that universe of its mass.

Despite the existence of many escaped native civilizations in that universe, the Babel swarm had no intention of pursuing them.

Firstly, in the unique environment of the cosmic ocean, fleeing civilizations can randomly open multiple wormholes to escape. Combined with the microcosm, this makes pursuit almost impossible.

Secondly, the swarm doesn't need to do such a time-consuming and laborious thing. The swarm doesn't have much information exchange with that universe, and the other party may not even know who attacked their universe. Moreover, these fleeing native civilizations don't know the coordinates of the main universe, so revenge is even more of a pipe dream.

Thirdly, the swarm's attack on that universe was primarily aimed at testing the various combat capabilities of the mother universe. Since the main objective had been achieved, and the hopes of those fleeing native civilizations for revenge were slim, the swarm had no need to go to the trouble of hunting down and eliminating these fleeing civilizations.

"Hmm, very good. Then begin compiling the new cluster." Lu Shang gave the order after intuitively understanding the combat capabilities of the Mother Nest Universe through practical testing using the swarm network.

Under Lu Shang's command, the Mother Nest Universe used the mass of the plundered universe to give birth to a vast number of Mother Nest Universes.

These gestating mother universes are not very large in mass; compared to the first mother universe, they are like the relationship between a main universe and a microcosm.

However, it's only a matter of time before these smaller-mass parent universes are expanded to the size of the first parent universe, given enough mass.

The new swarm mode of the Babel Tower swarm revolves around the Mother Universe. The Mother Universe can serve as a large rear base for the swarm in the cosmic sea, producing any swarm unit with extremely high efficiency, storing a large amount of usable mass, and even exerting a certain degree of combat capability when necessary.

In the cosmic sea, a mother-nest universe serves as the core, surrounded by a group of cosmic creatures. Within the mother-nest universe, another group of planetary creatures are on standby, thus forming a swarm that can fight and guard the cosmic sea.

In order to ensure that the newly formed parent universes all have sufficient mass, after completing the compilation of ten new clusters, Lu Shang issued an order to the swarm to attack other universes and plunder their mass.

Of course, the swarm doesn't attack multiple universes at once; after all, you can't get fat in one bite, and you might choke to death.

The swarm will prioritize universes with relatively small total mass and low aggression as its targets, plundering their mass one by one.

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One plus one equals two. This is a self-evident rule in the universe. If one object is added to another object, then naturally there are two objects.

This wasn't considered mathematical knowledge for the Parsen people, because the concept of one plus one equals two has such a wide range of applications that even in the primitive era, before widespread education, the lowest-class beggars understood the principle that one plus one equals two.

The fact that one plus one equals two is less a mathematical concept and more a common-sense knowledge that everyone knows.

However, there was a Parsons who found this common sense strange. What puzzled him was why one plus one in the universe equals two, and not three, or some other number.

Take the speed of light, for example. The speed of light is the upper limit of the motion of matter. It is impossible to make a mass of matter move faster than the speed of light by means of thrust. It can only approach the speed of light infinitely.

The reason why photons can reach the speed of light is that they do not have rest mass.

So, what about one plus one equals two?

What is the reason that the universe is an environment where one plus one equals two, and not something else?

In a chance encounter, a sudden inspiration struck, and this question has been lingering in the mind of this Parsen man ever since, making it impossible for him to forget.

Thus, research in this area began and continued for a long time.

"Niu Rui, are you still researching this fruitless stuff?"

The alien intelligent creature, which resembles a toad and has three eyes, had scattered a pile of calculation manuscripts on the table, which had already formed a small mountain.

Hearing his friend's denial, Niu Rui came out from the inner room and said with dissatisfaction, "Who told you there were no results? The research over the years has yielded quite a few results."

My friend, almost laughing, pointed to the mountain of calculation manuscripts and asked, "The results? That's all there is to those calculation manuscripts?"

"Niu Rui, you cannot reproduce a universe beyond the equation one plus one equals two. This means that you are destined to be able to verify what you are researching only in ways other than mathematics."

"Wake up! You can't convince anyone with just a bunch of manuscripts. Science is not just mathematics in manuscripts. Anything that hasn't been tested by actual physics doesn't deserve to be called science."

Niu Rui's friend earnestly advised him that, in his view, Niu Rui's research, which could not be verified, was meaningless except for wasting his youth and squandering his life.

Niu Rui's research was destined not to be recognized by the world, because it was just a bunch of mathematical formulas in manuscripts, which could not be proven by experiments, let alone be found in actual physical phenomena in the universe.

Since the physical phenomenon does not exist, classifying it as pseudoscience is not an exaggeration.

His friend could already foresee Niu Rui's future downfall. As Niu Rui's close friend, he couldn't bear to see him head down a path of failure and wanted to persuade him to turn back and stop obsessing over this.

After all, if he weren't so engrossed in researching why one plus one equals two, Niu Rui's persistence would have made him a renowned scholar in any other field long ago.

Niu Rui could naturally see through his friend's thoughts. He wasn't stupid either; he knew the consequences of continuing like this.

He will be destitute, he will die alone, and he will have no children, because he is too poor for anyone to want him, let alone form a family with him.

Even though Niu Rui was aware of all this, he still wanted to do it, to devote all his energy and life to what he loved, even if it was ultimately meaningless.

For him, all of this was meaningful.

Niu Rui said to his friend, "Of course I know what you're saying, which is why I'm writing it down."

"Just because it can't be verified now doesn't mean it can't be verified in the future. As long as science continues to develop and future generations' technology reaches a high level, they will be able to use my manuscript to verify it."

Niu Rui believes that the future of the Parsen people is full of infinite possibilities. Although history may occasionally regress, civilization as a whole always moves forward, as can be seen from the history of the Parsen civilization.

In the future, when the Parsen people's technology is as divine as a god, they might be able to verify these calculation manuscripts. Although he knows he won't live to see that day, Niu Rui is still full of expectations for that future.

His friend looked at Niu Rui, who was engrossed in his own world, speechless. After letting out a long sigh, he turned his gaze back to the manuscript in his hand. While looking at the contents of the manuscript, he asked in confusion.

"Why are you so sure they will verify your manuscript instead of dismissing it as the idle speculation of a madman? After all, you're not a famous figure and are destined not to leave your mark on history."

"Your manuscript might end up being used as a table mat in just a few years."

As he spoke, his friend read aloud from the manuscript: "...matter is the carrier of the universe's rules. Matter governs the mathematics of the universe. When one plus one equals one, the universe will shift from expansion to contraction. All matter will abandon its volume and collapse. Ultimately, all matter in the universe will converge at a single point, thus forming a singularity universe. In the singularity universe, one plus one equals one..."

(End of this chapter)