The last human in the universe

Chapter 179 Gambling
It's not that there are other stars in the vicinity of this open cluster.Although this is already close to the edge of the Milky Way, the star density is not too low to be too exaggerated.

There are stars that do not belong to this open cluster just over ten light-years away, and there are many more beyond.However, such a distance can be crossed even by relying on the strength of the human civilization fleet at this moment, not to mention the real third-level civilization that exists in this open star cluster with a high probability.

But some third-level civilizations still choose to stay here.

Facing Zhao Changxing's question, people fell into a moment of silence.After that, a chill rose from people's hearts.

All the people here have the relatively top wisdom in civilization.And the problems we are facing at this moment do not require too complicated thinking or too many logical transformations.

So the next moment, people thought about this matter clearly.

Based on the premise that "the super civilization intends to send many low-level civilizations here", it can be inferred that staying in this open star cluster is the will of the super civilization that has not really shown up.

However, it is impossible for super civilizations not to know that for low-level civilizations, being too close means war.

This is not only because of threats to their own security, but also because of resource constraints.

War is inevitable.

Then, a very reasonable speculation can be drawn: the super civilization hopes that many low-level civilizations here will have wars.

This reminds people subconsciously of something that once existed in the history of human civilization.

Colosseum.

People intentionally confine many ferocious beasts to a fixed area, and make them fight each other for fun with the help of their nature.

The two scenarios are so similar that it's hard not to think about it.

After deducing this point, it is very easy to speculate why the large number of second- and third-level civilizations here do not leave this open star cluster, but must stay here to fight to the death and start a war.

They dare not.

A civilization is a "beast", and a super civilization hopes to have fun through fighting between beasts, how could it allow the "beast" to leave?

Perhaps, the civilization that is still staying here at this moment has witnessed the destruction of the civilization that tried to leave here many times, so it gave up the plan to escape.Or, other civilizations also speculated about this matter, so they voluntarily gave up their plans to leave.

Zhao Changxing is inclined to the latter.Because no matter which civilization, there will be no shortage of individuals with sufficient intelligence.

Going back to the present, on the question of "whether human civilization should continue to move forward and enter this open star cluster", the answer is simple and clear.

As the latest "beast" thrown here, but he refuses to enter the arena, but chooses to turn around and leave, then...

In the history of human civilization, the "beasts" who do such things usually encounter more cruel abuses to arouse their ferocity.If you really refuse to cooperate, then you will be executed.

"We don't have a choice. We can only move forward."

Zhao Changxing said in a low voice.

"Perhaps, after entering this open star cluster, we might still see the Moyun Litar civilization."

A civilized leader said a little self-deprecatingly.

Or maybe, this is not self-deprecating or not necessarily.Because the original Moyun Litar civilization also "disappeared".Who can guarantee that they have not suffered the same fate as human civilization?
Zhao Changxing raised his head slightly, and looked at the panoramic view of the Milky Way on the big screen.

He seemed to see the countless pairs of eyes hidden in the depths of the river system, and heard the cries and roars of the "spectators".

Perhaps, at this moment, there are already wealth chips far beyond human imagination, betting on human civilization, just like people in the Colosseum are betting on which beast can win the final.

At this moment, Zhao Changxing thought a lot.

"So, the only thing we can do now is to move on and join this beast fighting carnival organized by a super civilization. Our only way of survival is to kill all the other beasts and win the final victory. Only in this way can we let That super civilization hidden behind the scenes gives us a glimmer of hope of survival...is it?"

Zhao Changxing stood up and looked at everyone present, at each civilization leader, each member of the War Council, as well as scientific advisors, great scientists, and others.

People all look heavy.There are unwillingness, anger, sadness, etc. on the face.But only, no one dared to open their mouths and say the word no.

Just because he has enough wisdom, and because he can see clearly and understand the meaning hidden behind all the scenes that his side has encountered, it is even more difficult to say the word "no".

Zhao Changxing unexpectedly shook his head.

At this moment, he has already figured out many things and overturned his previous thoughts.

"It's wrong, it's all wrong, it's all wrong. Secretary, give an order to all combat spaceships to return to the space carrier immediately. Order all Yuanhang spaceships and spaceships to immediately change course and go to...here."

Zhao Changxing took a step forward and pointed to another star that deviated from the open star cluster in front of him.

That star is still about 23.6 light-years away from the human fleet at this moment.It is not the closest star to the human fleet except for this open star cluster, but if the human fleet does not want to pass through this open star cluster or enter this open star cluster, this star is the closest.

"leader!"

At this moment, everyone looked up in shock and looked at Zhao Changxing whose expression was still calm.

"Our fuel and energy are sufficient." Zhao Changxing's tone was equally calm: "Don't forget, when we left the Rakai 9352 galaxy, we not only added redundancy, but also built on the basis of redundancy. , directly doubled the energy and materials. Even if the distance is 23.6 light years, we also have the ability to cross."

But...is it time to discuss whether the human fleet is capable of traveling 23.6 light years?

Dare to violate the arrangement of the super civilization hidden behind, is this consequence really acceptable to human civilization?
Zhao Changxing smiled softly: "I don't deny that our speculations and conjectures are indeed reasonable, and are even the most likely at this stage, and the closest to the truth. But... do we have to do this? ?”

What else?Let civilization take such a huge risk?

Facing everyone's eyes full of doubts, horror, and panic, Zhao Changxing said: "I want to ask you a question. How high is the possibility of our speculation? 90%? 95%? 99%?"

No matter how plausible this conjecture may seem, it is only a conjecture after all, without any evidence.

People weighed it in their hearts and felt that it could not reach 100% reliability anyway. 95% is considered the highest.

After all, one cannot ignore the possibility of wrong guesses because one does not have certain information.

But in terms of comprehensive evaluation, 95% is enough to support the next strategic arrangement, and it can even be said to be more than enough.

Faced with the answers that people weighed repeatedly in their hearts, Zhao Changxing sighed: "But have you ever thought that once you participate in this 'beast fight', the probability of our human civilization's extinction is 0%, and the probability of survival is 5%?" However, I believe everyone knows the answer to the choice between [-]% hope and [-]% hope.”

"How can the probability of extinction be [-]%? That's not right!" At this moment, someone finally couldn't help but refute Zhao Changxing: "Our civilization has reached the peak level of a second-level civilization, and we have mastered certain key technologies of a third-level civilization. After a period of development, it is not impossible to become a third-level civilization. At least until now, we have not noticed the existence of a civilization higher than the third-level civilization in this open star cluster!"

Zhao Changxing shook his head: "We have no way to squeeze the war potential of civilization to the limit."

The civilization leader subconsciously wanted to refute, but as if he suddenly thought of something, his expression immediately turned pale.

He wanted to understand the logic of this.

In the melee of many civilizations, if human civilization wants to survive and win the final victory, it must squeeze the civilization's war potential to the limit.And this means the sacrifice of almost all the middle and lower classes.

The occurrence of this kind of thing is inevitable and does not depend on anyone's will.

However, once faced with that situation, the human government will have to mass-produce a new generation of human beings and continue to invest in the war, and the entire civilization will degenerate into a war machine.At the same time, the division between "human and sub-human" must be completed in fact, and it becomes the same as other civilizations.

At that time, the real human civilization will die completely on the spiritual level.Even if it can survive in the end, what survives is only an alien civilization wearing a human skin.

This is not to say that a human civilization that implements a policy of "all men are equal" has less war potential than other civilizations.In fact, Zhao Changxing firmly believes that the war potential of human civilization is even more outstanding.But the key problem is that the population of human civilization is too small at the moment.

It's as if human civilization cultivates the righteous way, and the results are slow, but once it is practiced, it will be invincible in the world.The rest of the civilizations practice evil ways, which have quick results and can unearth all their potential in a short period of time, but they are not as good as humans in the later stages.

But once they join the "Beast Fighting", human civilization will lose the opportunity to grow slowly and practice the righteous way, and have to turn to the evil way to achieve quick success.For if you do not do this, you will perish immediately.

Even if you know it's poisonous wine, you have to drink it.

However, at least at this moment, Zhao Changxing and the leaders of the civilization still represent the interests of the most people in the civilization.Therefore, neither Zhao Changxing nor the others could make a decision that would definitely sacrifice all the middle and lower classes.

That being the case, you can only gamble on the 5% hope.

"Indeed, we have only one way to go..."

(End of this chapter)