Deep Space Fleet

There are many topics that can be discussed along the way, whether it is Zhang Yuan's own experience this time, or the strange story that happened between the headquarters and the Green Leaf Alliance, all of them are quite interesting points of discussion.

"Green Leaf Alliance...haha, not only do they like to provide food, they also like to flatter like crazy."

"Putting up?"

"It's the kind of naked flattery that makes people's skin crawl..." Lao Yang said imitating the tone of plants: "Ah, respected new human civilization, your people really have a huge appetite. A great Its advantages are just like the big fat dolphin on Planet Kalta."

"Big fat pigs may be similar to our pigs, and it is an advantage for them to eat more."

After chatting like this, the spaceship returned to the base camp of Shanhai.

After arriving on the ground, Zhang Yuan found that in the more than ten years since he left, the entire alliance has undergone a series of changes.

"First of all, the number of superhumans has increased significantly again, and it has reached a full 200,000!"

200,000 person-times is not too much. After all, the entire civilization has a population of one billion. However, coupled with 500 times the acceleration of thinking, superhuman research power has penetrated into all aspects of civilization, and the research output has greatly surpassed that of traditional humans.

Some brand-new infrastructures have begun to be built on the planet to adapt to the digital information age of the fifth-level civilization. For example, the core computer group that stores self-awareness, the brainwave Internet, and high-end robots that can be remotely and freely controlled by quantum consciousness are all under construction. among.

All these functions can only be used normally by superhumans. Although traditional humans can also use them, they are quite reluctant and difficult to use flexibly.

"After completing these projects, the ability of new humans is comparable to strong artificial intelligence! Of course, the speed of thinking is still rising." A diplomat is enthusiastically introducing the new project.

This is the fact. If the thinking speed of new humans can reach hundreds of thousands of times that of traditional humans, plus the means of remote control of robots, what is the difference from strong artificial intelligence?

At the same time, the production capacity of transforming traditional humans into new ones is also constantly increasing. It has reached 25,000 people per year, and the number of applicants is very enthusiastic. It seems that ordinary people have fully accepted this matter.

Seeing that everything is changing to a "good" side, Zhang Yuan feels joy from the bottom of his heart.

Lao Yang took over the words: "With the deepening of the transformation, several social discussions broke out in the entire civilization. The power of the conservatives is getting weaker and weaker, and they have basically lost their right to speak."

"The production capacity of superhumans needs to be strengthened, 25,000 per year is still not enough..."

Zhang Yuan is silent, in fact, to put it bluntly, the so-called "good" and "bad" are also defined by human beings themselves, and there is no strict standard. What you think is good may be bad in the eyes of others.

A small number of people still believe that the greatest purpose of human existence is for themselves. If they die, what does it matter what happens to the universe?

Mind-shaping, obviously, is the process of killing my past self, so they are reluctant to make changes.

This kind of logic, the cognition of death, has naturally been possessed by human beings since birth, and it is difficult to refute it with traditional logic and morality.

But Zhang Yuan believes that this judgment may be too arbitrary, and there may be some disputes at the current level.

Because its thinking is similar to the Copernican principle, it is found that all planets revolve around the earth, and the geocentric theory is proposed, but the result is obviously not correct. This principle is to judge the unknown according to the known content.

The same is true for the definition of death.

Some people think that the greatest purpose of living is for themselves. This view is only from a personal standpoint. It is a kind of empiricism and does not participate in a broader perspective.

For example, in the Gaia school's "meta-electron theory", the "you" and "I" in the universe are actually outlined by the same proton motion, and there is no difference in essential meaning; the observer's holographic universe theory believes that there is no intelligent life. The universe is nothingness, and only with the participation of the observer, the universe will be materialized from the illusory wave function. The "death" perceived by observers is an abstract, mathematical perception, which is not the same thing as human perception!

So, different perspectives, ideas and thinking are also different.

The universe never cares what is good and what is bad.

It's just that in the eyes of some people, these thinking changes may be "bad", but they have no ability to stop them.

...

Six hours after returning to the planet, the high-level human beings on the planet Shanhai quickly held a large-scale press conference because of Zhang Yuan's return.

The on-site meeting plus the webcast, naturally made a lot of noise. A billion people are eagerly waiting to find out how their fellow humans are faring.

Zhang Yuan didn't need to rest either, he directly faced everyone and briefly reported the situation of this trip.

He extracted some important clips and presented them to all the audience present in the form of video or pictures.

Especially those pangolins of the Gliese civilization, who were also listening, but when they heard that their own kind were still in the same predicament, they couldn't help showing a sad expression.

Everyone’s reaction was similar to that of the diplomats. Some were surprised, some sighed, and some reporters were frantically taking pictures and asking questions. This is big news.

"Do you have any questions?" Zhang Yuan asked after reporting the basic situation.

A lady reporter stood up and spoke: "Do you think that the pan-human galaxy alliance can become a fifth-level civilization?"

"It's hard to say... Maybe it can, maybe it can't. The social atmosphere over there is slightly worse than ours, and there is still some room for improvement."

"This step is not so easy. It is not only a technical difficulty, but also needs to choose our own direction. We can do it because of the massive experimental data provided by the hemispheric civilization, coupled with long-term exploration and hard work. , sufficient group IQ."

"We have done our best, and it is really difficult to help. The future is their own business. It is impossible for us to complete everything, right? That is the act of a giant baby."

Another reporter quickly raised his hand: "Will we still be in touch in the future?"

"I don't know... They still have a small amount of amoeba points. If there is something urgent, maybe you can still contact them."

Zhang Yuan sighed in his heart, even if he had to go back, it would be a long, long time. Now people have more important things to do, and they will not lose the big because of small things.

"About the cosmic factions... Which one will we join? Or none of them? Will we be able to see these more powerful civilizations in the future?"

"This... I don't know, it's still up for discussion."

"Do we still need to leave the Milky Way? Go to the edge of the Milky Way? Or look for the junction of cosmic strings and black holes? Scientists believe that some strange physical phenomena may appear at such junctions. What do you think?"

Today's reporters are really sharp. Zhang Yuan said: "I don't know about these issues. After this, we will hold another press conference. Please stay calm."

Soon, because of this incident, the public started to discuss enthusiastically about the future of the other party, or the perfect way to handle the earth incident, etc. This topic gave the keyboard warriors enough room to play. Leaving aside matters in this regard, after the press conference ended, Zhang Yuan participated in another internal meeting non-stop.

This meeting is not only the participation of the new humans, but also includes the hemispheres and Gliese pangolins, because it determines the future of the entire alliance.

"Hello, friends of the Galactic Progressive Alliance."

Captain Feng asked a little seriously: "I believe that you have already browsed through the relevant information of this journey. The most important information is undoubtedly about the different factions of the universe, the observers, the Noah faction, and the Gaia faction. , engineers, shuttlers, amoebas, etc. With so many cosmic factions, what do you think?"

"This is already a brand new world. We must carefully consider the risks, obligations, and responsibilities of joining these factions... The biggest benefit is undoubtedly sharing the knowledge of some advanced civilizations and obtaining super-light communication access to the system."

This question is more important for human beings.

Which cosmic faction to join? Gaia? engineer?

There was a buzzing discussion in the meeting room.

A person in charge of the industrial department raised his hand and said: "Everyone, I don't think that after joining these cosmic factions, knowledge is completely shared, and there will be rewards only if you pay. I think we should develop ourselves first for the time being, and then Think about it again."

"We must first independently complete most of the basic projects related to the fifth-level civilization, and at least increase the speed of thinking to more than 100,000 times."

"The current us are still too weak... To put it bluntly, we don't have any bargaining chips. We don't even have the theory of hyperspace. What are we negotiating for?"

Zhang Yuan nodded, this is also the opinion of most people.