The Wallfacer: Everyone wants to break through my wall.

"There are many things that atomized humans lack now, such as a perspective for macroscopic observation, more convenient methods for entropy transfer, and scientific research methods at the atomic scale. These are all things that we need to solve."

As he spoke, Flando made a few swipes with his hand, and a piece of electronic data was transmitted to Dorland's personal terminal.

When Dorland opened it, he found that several years ago, Flander had proposed to Lin Feng and other high-ranking members of the Taylor Group that they could use the ability of quantum entanglement to transfer information in real time to achieve the transfer of information entropy.

"Transfer entropy... is that quantum entanglement you mentioned last time?" Dorland asked.

Chapter 305 Network-based Atomization Concept

Flanders nodded. "Yes, quantum entanglement can transmit information, and naturally it can also transfer entropy. Once the research is completed, atomized humans will be able to get rid of the limitation of having to go to densely populated areas to obtain anti-entropy."

"This also means that humanity has taken another step toward 'non-existence'."

The development and research of the 'non-existent' direction has always been the main research direction of the Taylor Group. Once the technology proposed by Flando is developed, the stealth of atomic humans will be taken to another level.

"So, one day, humans could be in the Milky Way, consuming electrons from the Andromeda Galaxy?" Dorland asked, frowning and speculating.

Frando smiled and shook his head. "Don't even mention the Andromeda Galaxy, we can eat electrons from the ends of the universe, provided that the technology for this research is successfully developed."

Quantum entanglement is unaffected by distance; regardless of the distance, real-time information transmission can be achieved. By using this method to reduce information entropy, the probability of discovering atomic humans will approach zero.

Could it be that I'm hiding in the open space of the galaxy, consuming one or two insignificant electrons in the boiling quantum sea at the edge of the universe, and yet I could be discovered by some god-level civilization?

“The idea is good, but at least it should point in a direction,” Dorland said.

Flando replied, “Add other atomic computers to build a quantum network. One atomized human controls multiple atomic computers, which are connected to the atomic human in the form of quantum entanglement. They also reduce the information entropy of the atomic human by reducing the input entropy and output entropy by quantum entanglement. At the same time, these entangled atomic computers can also serve as the eyes of the atomic human from a macroscopic perspective, just like the sophon.”

Dorland was taken aback, looking at Director Flando in surprise, and asked, "You want to turn the current monoatomic humans into network-type atomic humans?"

“I did have that idea, but Mr. Taylor rejected it because such atomic humans would be too fragile,” Flandre replied.

Dorland asked curiously, “Vulnerable? Not with greatly enhanced survivability? Imagine two atomic computers, one in the Milky Way and the other in the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy. If the Milky Way is destroyed in an instant by some unknown force, the network-type atomic humans can also use quantum entanglement to complete the intergalactic information transfer and escape the catastrophe.”

Flando explained, "But quantum entanglement can be broken. If atomic humans are network-type atomic life forms, composed of two atomic computers, and one of the atomic computers accidentally falls into the sophon blind zone, the entanglement between the atomic computers breaks, wouldn't that mean that atomic humans will die?"

"There are too many physical phenomena in the universe that can break the quantum entanglement between particles."

Dorland nodded, indicating that he understood the problem, but in his view, it was not unsolvable. He asked, "Then why not try to add more atomic computers to the network? On such a massive scale, losing one or two atomic computers is as insignificant as a person losing one or two brain cells."

Flando replied, "Because that would lead to an increasing demand for quality, and the entropy increase would be many times higher than that of a single-atom human being, greatly reducing its stealth capabilities."

The increased atomic quantity possessed by humans means increased mass, which in turn means increased entropy. A further deduction is that the probability of being discovered will increase.

You've made such a big fuss, if you don't find out, who will?

Dorland frowned and pondered for a moment, then asked inquiringly, "Wouldn't this problem disappear if we distributed these atoms evenly throughout the universe? After all, quantum entanglement transmits information in real time."

Flando was taken aback; what Dorland said was something he hadn't expected.

Flando fell into thought, considering the feasibility of Dorland's idea.

Although atomic humans would experience an increase in mass due to connecting multiple atomic computers, if these atoms could be evenly distributed throughout the universe, the increase would indeed become negligible, and the overall entropy increase would be reduced to the level of a single-atom human due to this distribution.

Moreover, the key point is that once a single-atom human is captured, he is captured, but a network-type atom human cannot be completely captured because all his atoms are distributed throughout the universe.

Unless it is a super civilization that completely dominates the entire universe, it would be very difficult to find all the atoms of a network-type atomic human.

But there's still a problem here.

Frando said, "Okay, let's assume that we have developed this new model of atomization according to your idea. But then a new problem arises. Since this is a network type, what if an atomic computer is captured by an alien civilization and implanted with a program virus?"

If it were Flando's original concept, only simple operational instructions, entropy reduction information, and observation information could be transmitted between atomic humans and atomic computers. Human-related thought data could not be transmitted because they lacked the necessary permissions.

The quantum entanglement of networked atomic humans opens up the authority to transmit human thoughts, which is very problematic.

Implanting viruses or similar things, using the quantum entanglement of networked atomic humans as a transmission channel, can kill the target without even finding all the atoms.

"..." Dorland fell silent, stroking his chin and muttering, "This is indeed a problem."

After thinking for a while, he proposed his own solution: "Actively abandon the captured atomic computer and cut off the information input channel."

How to abandon it?

Quantum entanglement isn't something that can be broken or reconnected at will. If it were that easy, humanity would have escaped the interference of sophons long ago.

Dorland said, "Well... we can use a node-based connection, setting up an atomic computer as the host of a relay node. The atomic computer only connects to the atomic computers that act as relay nodes, and the hosts of the relay nodes connect to each other in a 'decentralized' manner, thus building the entire atomic computer network."

"If any atomic computer is captured, the atomic computer acting as a relay node will actively enter a sophon blind zone or a black hole to sever the quantum entanglement with the entire atomic computer network, thus losing two atoms."

“What if the captured atomic computer was the one acting as a node relay?” Flanders countered.

Dorland replied, “No, because a computer responsible for important tasks like this doesn’t need to run around. It will be well hidden, and the probability of it being captured by other civilizations is very small. Anyway, the probability of finding a grain of sand in the desert is definitely many times higher than this.”

Unless someone deliberately courts disaster by sending these crucial particles to roam freely, who can find and capture the atoms that act as relay nodes?

Frando, however, was not very satisfied. He felt it was unsafe and that human civilization could be easily exposed.

If the other connected atomic computers are simply inputting and outputting information, it would be impossible for anyone to obtain detailed information about the atomic humans through the extensions, unless the atomic human being captured is the host.

Even if a network-type atomic human adopts Dorland's method of setting up relay nodes, once a relay node is captured by a civilization, it cannot be disconnected. That civilization can then use the relay node to steal the atomic human's thought information and learn about human civilization.

Human civilization will be exposed, and its non-existence will be shattered—something Frando is unwilling to see.

“If it happens, it will be fatal. The non-existence of human civilization will be shattered, and that atomic human will be useless even if he runs to the end of the universe,” Frondo said.

Dorland pondered for a moment, various ideas swirling in his mind, from dismantling to rebuilding. Before long, he had an idea.

"Multiple nodes can be set up. The top layer of the node is a single-core atomic human, which is the host. The rest are the sub-machines below it. Two atomic computers are connected to a relay host. As long as the top-level host is not captured, there is not much of a problem."

Upon hearing this, Flandre's eyes lit up; this was indeed a feasible solution.

Chapter 306 Conflicts Gradually Emerge

Eight years after the successful atomization research, and three years after Flander, the director of Laboratory 277, and researcher Dorland discussed the social problems of atomic humans, the social problems of atomic humans gradually became prominent.

Originally, due to the general distrust of atomization, there were not many people willing to atomize, and the government could not enforce it. As a result, most atomized humans were active-duty military personnel.

Soldiers value discipline and honor, so after atomization, the problem of social order did not become particularly apparent.

Of course, there may be factors related to the relatively small base number. The fact that the soldiers maintained order even after being atomized is the result of a combination of factors.

As ordinary people gradually began to accept atomization, the order of atomized society gradually became uncontrollable.

For example, murder, conspiring with others to accelerate an antiproton to near the speed of light, and then assassinating an atomic human.

It was difficult, but someone did manage to do it. The three atomic humans involved in the murder escaped the solar system at near the speed of light, and humanity will never be able to bring them to justice.

The nature of this murder was extremely heinous. As a result of this murder, the Atomic Human Society experienced a sharp increase in instability, and contact between Atomic Humans was no longer as unguarded as before.

Atomized humans are beginning to shift again towards nano-humans and macro-humans.

At that year's Solar System Fleet Joint Conference, the issue of the social nature of atomic humans was given special attention.

Various human political entities offered their opinions to Lin Feng. The human leadership saw a deeper danger in this outlaw incident, which was not just about whether or not people were killed, but the possibility of the complete collapse of human civilization after atomization.

The very nature of human society is being fundamentally altered by atomization, which changes human biology!

The Earth government representative said earnestly, "Mr. Taylor, this problem must be solved, otherwise even if human civilization successfully atomizes, it will inevitably lead to the disintegration of civilization."

Lin Feng replied, "My attitude is very simple: the atomization process cannot be stopped, much less slowed down, because the process is already very slow. It cannot be reduced from a tortoise speed to a snail speed, because that would be no different from stopping completely."

A representative of the Martian government warned, "Previously, it was always the military that was being atomized. Military discipline and faith could effectively maintain order. However, as the number of ordinary people atomized increases, order will become impossible to maintain effectively, and conflicts will escalate into clashes."

Lin Feng calmly offered his solution: "Then we'll give them a mental imprint, make them all abide by the law, and then atomize them."

The rotating chairman tapped the gavel and warned, "Mr. Taylor, please watch your words. Such remarks are extremely inhumane and inappropriate."

Lin Feng didn't answer, but instead rolled his eyes at the other person.

The Space Force representative said, "Even if we use thought imprinting, it's only a temporary solution. This generation of humanity is imprinted with the thought of obeying the law and is completely atomized. What about the next generation? The generation after that? We can't keep imprinting people with thought imprints forever, can we? What if the thought imprints malfunction one day? Wouldn't that lead to total annihilation?"

If any dictator were to harbor evil intentions, or if some malicious alien civilization were to discover this fatal weakness of humanity, then atomized human civilization would be doomed.

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng raised an eyebrow and decided not to think about how to solve the problem. After all, he was the leader, and if he had to think about everything, what was the point of having his subordinates?

What's the point of having these high-ranking humans?

So Lin Feng simply threw out the question and started acting like a rogue, saying...

"Anyway, I don't care. In short, the atomization process cannot be slowed down. This is just a sociological problem within human civilization, which can be left to sociologists to solve. Don't dump all the problems on me. The workload of the Taylor system is already enormous."

Lin Feng had only one requirement: the atomization process must not stop, not even for a moment.

The representatives looked at each other in bewilderment, and the Earth government representative presented a solution.

Lin Feng was slightly taken aback. Good heavens, he had been tricked by this group of people. They raised this issue at the meeting to draw his attention to the problem of atomic human society, so that he would give in and express an attitude on behalf of the Taylor Group.

Then, these people can reveal the solutions they've already prepared.

The Earth government representative explained, "It is not difficult for this social structure to stabilize, but if a reliable enforcement force cannot be provided, the social structure of atomized humans will inevitably go to two extremes."

"One is absolute equality, which would be a utopian society that everyone would like. But people are always restless. In a society like this, the probability of exposing oneself is very high. There will always be people who will not believe in the truth and question the correctness of the Dark Forest Theory, and then want to try it out, like this one."

"Another type is absolute dictatorship, which uses thought imprinting or other technologies to implant a switch of absolute control in everyone, thereby achieving the effect of coercive control. However, this method is terrible. It can indeed maximize the restraint of unstable factors in human society, but it also restricts human freedom of thought. If even this limited freedom is restricted, the society will inevitably collapse."

The former has virtually no binding force and exists entirely as a self-contained family alliance. This social structure is indeed quite utopian, where everyone is well-fed and clothed, and the atomization that leads to extreme material wealth allows everyone to live the life they want.

However, such a human civilization lacks internal coercive forces. It is difficult to bring someone to justice if they murder another, and human civilization cannot stop someone from sharing information about human civilization with other civilizations in the universe.

It's simply impossible; people under this social system are far too free.

The other type is one with an extremely strict hierarchy, where everyone is forced to live according to the prescribed way. This method seems good, but in reality, it accumulates contradictions, like a dam that stores floodwaters. When people who pursue 'freedom' appear one day, such a social structure will inevitably collapse because it is unfair. The pursuit of fairness is a human instinct.

Moreover, if an alien civilization were to successfully capture an atomic human and learn about the mind imprinting technique, and then secretly tamper with it, what would be the outcome for human civilization?

The best-case scenario is that the entire civilization unconditionally submits to that alien civilization, becoming slaves generation after generation. The worst-case scenario is that the entire civilization is destroyed. There are no truly benevolent people in the dark forest.

Chapter 307 The Dead Are More Useful Than the Living

"Does that mean both directions are dead ends?"

Lin Feng's gaze swept over the group of representatives, and his expression became subtle.

If it were just a trivial matter, these representatives would naturally not need to bring it up at the meeting.

It was obvious that they brought this up specifically in front of him because their plan required Lin Feng's approval and the approval of the Taylor Group.

This is clearly more than just a social issue.

It's a routine, those who know, know.

The Earth government representative smiled and looked at Lin Feng, saying, "That's why we've come to talk to you about this. Atomic Humans need a kind of coercive force to choose a middle ground between these two options."