The last human in the universe

Chapter 249
Under the narration of the Minister of Science, Zhao Changxing gradually understood what was going on.

On the whole, this is undoubtedly a great thing, too good to be a good thing.It is also a good influence to have an impact on the overall scientific strategy of civilization.

Just like, two different manufacturing methods of heat-resistant materials merged and collided with each other, and finally a processing technology called "strong magnetic high-pressure inert gas" was born. The performance, in a vacuum, is directly increased from about 1.8 degrees Celsius to nearly [-] degrees Celsius.

This breakthrough cannot be said to be insignificant.

In other respects, the "high-voltage coil" electromagnetic gun manufacturing process that humans already have, and the "high-temperature electric field exchange" electromagnetic gun manufacturing process of Storm Civilization belong to two different development directions.

Although these two development directions can produce electromagnetic guns with similar performance, they inspire each other, learn from each other's advantages, and integrate with each other, but finally let scientists develop a newer type of electromagnetic gun, regardless of the rate of fire or speed. They were greatly improved again.

This sort of thing pervades nearly every branch of the scientific system.For example, large-scale machinery manufacturing, antimatter production lines, spacecraft engines, propellers, food technology, chemical fiber materials, etc., almost every place has leaps due to the fusion of science and technology.

And this is only at the level of applied science.At the level of basic science, the leaps and breakthroughs produced by the collision of different ideas and ideas are even more significant.

At present, the level of human science and technology can basically be determined. Compared with the current stage, that is, the fourth-level civilization, which is higher than the third-level civilization, its most important symbolic technology is the non-working fluid propulsion technology.

The spacecraft of the fourth-level civilization will not need to carry any working fluid to achieve interstellar space propulsion.This means their interstellar travel is more efficient and faster.Correspondingly, the scope of its activities will greatly exceed the third-level civilization.

Taking human civilization, or the previous storm civilization, to travel from one star to another, it usually takes hundreds of years to calculate, and the range of activities of a third-level civilization is basically difficult to exceed a hundred light years.

But after entering the fourth-level civilization stage, this area will be greatly expanded, at least reaching the level of a thousand light-years.

As for the propellant-free propulsion technology, among the two technical routes that have been determined before, that is, "thrust acquisition by means of certain oscillation characteristics of quantum vacuum" and "thrust acquisition by optical radiation propulsion", the latter has basically been adopted. negative.

That is to say, the technology that breaks through to the fourth level of civilization needs to be found in a vacuum.

The vacuum cannon is a weapon that uses certain characteristics of vacuum.But obviously, this level of understanding is far from enough to support a civilization to enter the fourth level.

However, the study of some properties of vacuum involves the level of basic physical theory.This is an almost entirely different field from applied physics.

Basic physics is the most fundamental and important foundation of a civilization.

Just at the level of basic physics, the storm civilization also has a research depth that is not inferior to that of human beings, and even slightly exceeds it.But if it's just a little bit beyond that, it doesn't matter, it's not that important.

Because the basic physics of human beings is also progressing.

However, some gaps in the human science system are the research focus of Storm Civilization.

This is very remarkable.

You must know that those gaps are not only blanks caused by scientific research strength, but also a considerable part of them are gaps in the way of thinking, that is, human scientists never thought that there are still things worth studying there. place.

What this brings to the scientific system of mankind is no longer just the supplement of data, but also the collision and subversion of scientific thinking.This is a huge advancement in human science.

It was precisely because he was aware of this and the importance of these matters that the Minister of Science made a special report to Zhao Changxing this time.

Zhao Changxing could detect the hidden meaning behind the superficial report of the Minister of Science.

If human civilization wants to go further and become stronger, and one day become a fourth-level civilization, if a storm civilization, which is also a third-level civilization, can provide such a great boost to the scientific progress of human civilization...

There are more than a dozen complete third-level civilizations in the Iron-Blooded Star Cluster.Even the Moyun Litar civilization that once had contact with humans was there.Even, there are several third-level civilizations among them, which are stronger than the storm civilization.

Zhao Changxing knew about Boyaluo's plan, the former president of Storm Civilization, and what he was planning.Before, Zhao Changxing didn't have a deep feeling for Boya Luo's heartfelt desire to return to the Jagged Nebula after becoming strong.Now, after hearing the report from the Minister of Science, he finally understood why Boyaro did this in the first place.

Now, those dozen or so third-level civilizations are all in the clear.However, we are in the dark.

The Iron-Blooded Nebula is very crowded, with endless wars, and it is almost impossible for civilization to develop with peace of mind.However, our side can move freely between different star systems and develop freely.After a period of development, it is not impossible to fight against a dozen civilizations with one civilization.

That's what Bo Yaluo planned at the beginning.That being the case, why can't we plan this way?
This is what is implied under the superficial report of the Minister of Science.

Zhao Changxing fell into silence and thinking.I don't know how long it took before he sighed.

"This strategy is too big, and I can't make a decision in a short time. Besides, it's still early, and we still have a long way to go before we can fight against a dozen. Let's talk about it later."

There are indeed many aspects that need to be considered and weighed by Zhao Changxing.

For example, what Zhao Changxing has always advocated is peace and development, and this concept is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in civilization.But now, if we invade other civilizations for better development, does this violate the foundation of civilization, and will it shake the foundation of civilization?
If human civilization does the same, then what is the difference between human civilization and storm civilization?
This can probably be regarded as another form of cocooning.

Even if this problem can be solved, how will the outcome of the war be determined?How can you be sure that the winner must be your side?What should I do if I fail?Even if you win in the end, what should you do if you win miserably?Will such a large number of casualties cause chaos in civilization?
The most important question is that although the conjecture of the "Colosseum of Civilization" has been denied, it is still unknown why that unknown super civilization invested so many low-level civilizations in the Iron-Blooded Nebula.If our own side goes back and forth, is it possible to cause some kind of unknown trouble?
Are the potential gains enough to support civilization to take the risk?
There are too many issues that need to be considered and weighed.

The science minister didn't expect to get a definitive answer right now.At least, Zhao Changxing didn't directly veto it, but said to think carefully, this result can no longer be considered bad.

Zhao Changxing chose to deal with this matter coldly for the time being, but this matter has aroused widespread discussion among civilizations.

The reason is very simple, this kind of thing cannot be hidden at all.Anyone with a certain level of scientific literacy, even if they are just students or ordinary people, can perceive the changes brought about by the fusion of Storm Civilization from the ever-changing technological development.

For this trend of discussion, Zhao Changxing did not take measures to suppress it.He just watched, silent, and let it develop freely.

Because even he himself has not made up his mind what to do in the future.

Time passed quietly, and hundreds of years passed in the blink of an eye.With the digestion and absorption of the past hundred years, the original technological system belonging to the storm civilization has finally completely and thoroughly integrated into the technological system of human civilization.

And these results are truly presented in front of people.

The first is genetic technology.The latest, perfect genetic modification technology that can be widely applied on a large scale has increased the average life expectancy of people to over 600 years old.

In fact, fundamentally speaking, the human body structure is not suitable for living for such a long time.The best way to use this body is to become sexually mature in your teens, start raising offspring, and die in your thirties.But the development of technology abruptly changed all this.

While this has resulted in a great increase in life expectancy, it has also brought a series of future troubles.Because of the long life span, all kinds of weird genetic diseases that have never appeared before began to emerge one after another.But fortunately, these diseases are still under control and cannot affect human beings as a whole.

It's just that the human medical community has to continue to be busy and continue to study.

In addition to genetic technology, the most obvious improvement is the spacecraft manufacturing process.Measured in a hundred years, the spacecraft that people can manufacture at this stage, whether it is the overall structure or various performances, such as energy consumption, thrust-to-weight ratio, etc., have all made great leaps.

But this is not enough to allow people to break through the "Venus" class spacecraft and build an "Earth" class spacecraft that exceeds one level.Because the basic technology has not achieved a big enough breakthrough.

The third biggest improvement has occurred in the field of artificial intelligence.

The computing power and reliability of supercomputers have once again been greatly improved, and artificial intelligence has taken on more work.Unmanned factories in a broad sense-only some maintainers are needed, and factories that do not require labor at all have begun to appear in large quantities.The result is that the quality of the products produced is more stable and the output is greatly improved.

At this stage, human civilization has finally achieved a comprehensive transformation from manual workers to mental workers.

(End of this chapter)