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Chapter 85 Swarm Thinking: Particle Life

"Lu Shang, I've had a question I'd like to ask you." Rabbi, who hadn't participated in the discussion until now, spoke up.

"Tell me about it," Lu Shang said.

The rabbi asked, "Life always finds a way. Does that mean that one day in the future, these psionic beings in the bee colony will also be able to break free from the colony's control?"

Facing the endless years to come, and knowing that life always finds a way out, Rabbi always felt that the psionic creatures in the river farm would one day be able to break free from the control of the swarm.

Adding to the risks that Lu Shang mentioned earlier that need to be prevented, the rabbi inevitably linked the two together.

Could it be that one day, the civilization in the river system's aquaculture farm will break free from the control of the bee colony and then pose a serious threat to the colony's survival?

Compared to riverine aquaculture farms, which directly generate factors that could threaten the survival of bee colonies, the rabbi felt that the threat he was considering was more likely.

Lu Shang understood what Rabi was worried about. After pondering for a while, he gave a clear answer: "Yes, as long as the swarm continues, such a thing will happen one day. Although I can't imagine how those creatures can break free from the domination right now."

"Can this situation be prevented?" the rabbi asked.

"We can't achieve complete prevention, but we can achieve the maximum possible prevention," Lu Shang said.

The rabbi asked, "How do we do it?"

"Let the bee colony be everything to them."

Lu Shang's words left Rabi somewhat bewildered; it was yet another summary that it couldn't understand.

"...What do you mean?"

Lu Shang asked, "Rabbi, your body is made up of bee colony cells, isn't it?"

The rabbi thought for a moment and replied, "Yes."

Lu Shang continued, "Then, going further down the line, could it also be understood that your body is composed of particles such as molecules, atoms, and quarks?"

Cells are made up of molecules, molecules are made up of atoms, and rabbis are made up of cells, which can also be understood as being made up of molecules, and then as being made up of atoms.

Therefore, Lu Shang's statement is not wrong, Rabbi agreed, "That's right."

After receiving two clear answers from Rabbi, Lu Shang asked one last question: "What if the bodies of those psionic creatures in the breeding area are actually composed of bee colony particles? What would that mean?"

"..."

Rabi fell silent, and the other creatures in the swarm also fell into deep thought.

Since the body particles of a psionic being are all swarm organisms, unless it escapes the universe, the swarm will sense its presence no matter where it goes. This is because the body particles that make up the creature are connected to the swarm network, transmitting the creature's information, such as location coordinates, physical condition, and psionic level, to the swarm in real time.

It can even be things that are in one's mind, because biological thinking and memory are, in essence, the result of interactions between particles.

Thinking further, psychic energy, in essence, is also subject to matter. It requires a specific brain structure to manifest psychic phenomena and thus potentially distort spacetime. If…

The swarm of bees was immediately drawn to Lu Shang's idea; the prospects of this direction were no less promising than the path of increasing psionic energy levels.

Moreover, it seems that the bee swarm can take either path!

However, as the main brains in the Tower of Babel hive, the masterminds were well aware of the difficulty involved.

This path is not as simple as building a river system aquaculture farm. Just look at the basic units that were originally intended to contain the Bahadun crystals. They were all at the molecular level, and the large differences in their activity temperatures alone could cause the mainframes a great deal of trouble.

The current challenge is to conquer single-molecule, or even single-atom, life...

"It's barely possible at the cellular level, but it's impossible to design at the molecular or atomic level..."

"Furthermore, even if such an extremely microscopic organism could be designed, it's questionable whether the bee colony could connect this organism to the colony network. If it can't connect to the colony network, it can't become a member of the colony..."

"I think the main problem is genetics. Currently, the genetic information carriers of bee colonies are molecules. If there is an organism that is only the size of a single molecule or a single atom, how can the genes of the bee colony interface with it...?"

……

The swarm network is full of various challenges posed by the swarm's masterminds.

However, these problems can be summarized in one sentence – it's impossible, boss. Can you suggest something easier to do and more realistic?

Lu Shang said, "Don't talk to me about what can't be done. Precisely because it can't be done, the bee colony should try to find ways to make it possible. Because the bee colony needs to progress and move forward. Stopping means infinitely close to extinction. Do you want your race to be wiped out?"

The mainframes fell silent after being questioned by Lu Shang, and the swarm network subsequently became quiet.

Lu Shang continued, "If you can't come up with a feasible direction, then I'll point you in one."

"Let's figure out how to create this microorganism first, and then study how to incorporate it into the bee colony's genetic system. Anyone have any objections?"

Upon hearing this, no individual in the swarm network raised any objection.

Just as Lu Shang was about to make a decision, the main AI, Kasha, sent a message: "I have no objections, but I have a question to ask."

"Speak," Lu Shang said.

Kasha said, "According to the hypothesis, single-molecule and single-atom life should be very rare, right? At least in the entire galaxy of Vorsotis, no similar life forms have been found, let alone more microscopic life forms."

"Even if such life forms truly exist in the universe, how many years would it take for a bee colony to find them?"

The universe is too vast. We can't say that there are absolutely no single-molecule or single-atom life forms, but how should a swarm of bees search for them?

If we can't find it, does it mean that the technology in the field of bee colony management is stagnant?

"Why do we have to search for one? Why not just create one?" Lu Shang asked curiously.

Lu Shangdao: "Planetary life existed in the Vosotisse system before? Wasn't it my idea that led to its design? Are there planetary-sized life forms in the Vosotisse system?"

"The bee colony should not always think about plagiarizing existing things; you should learn to look at problems from different perspectives and be innovative."

"For example, in the microscopic world, there is not much difference between machines and life. The only difference is that life feeds on negative entropy, while machines do not."

"Or, you could think of it as life being a machine that feeds on negative entropy."

"Don't those civilizations in the Star Alliance have nanomachines? You could try studying the structures of these nanomachines, or you could try to create your own single-atom machines, and then design them to maintain their form using negative entropy. Wouldn't that be a kind of microscopic life form?"

There are always more solutions than problems; the key is to know how to think.

(End of this chapter)