The last human in the universe

Chapter 257 Disappearing
The current H1 galaxy is too crowded.

Based on the calculation that a drum base can accommodate 200 million people—this is a new type of large drum base built after technological upgrades. Its internal usable area is as high as 2000 square kilometers, and the total human population is 700 billion, plus the people of the storm country About 2700 billion people, with a total population of 15 billion people, leaving some margin, we need about [-] people.

The current scale of the human civilized space force is about a hundred group army fleets, with a total of about one million warships.

The rest, space factories, bases, civilian spacecraft, commercial spacecraft, industrial spacecraft, transport spacecraft, scientific research spacecraft, etc., have a total number of millions.

A total of several million spaceships and 2700 billion people gathered in this small star system, gathered around the four big planets.

Ships come and go on every channel, every port is hard to find a berth, and the planet's near-earth space is even so tight that it needs to queue up.

It is precisely because so many people and artificial objects gather in a galaxy that the resources of an entire galaxy can be exhausted in just a few hundred years.

Perhaps this is not the normal state of civilization development—in the opinion of experts from the Academy of Social Sciences, there should be hundreds of galaxies within the territory of a civilization of this scale, and different galaxies take on different responsibilities, such as resource galaxies and tourist galaxies. , Cultural galaxy, political center, industrial center, commercial center, etc., different galaxies communicate with each other, match resources, and jointly undertake such a large population, it is a normal third-level peak civilization.

If possible, Zhao Changxing certainly hopes to be like this.But at least for now, with human civilization's understanding of the universe, this model is absolutely unfeasible.

If scattered, the power is too weak.It is only when gathered together that we are strong.So they can only maintain the current state temporarily, stationed in a galaxy, and wait for some key resources of this galaxy to be exhausted-there are even many other types of resources, but only some key resources are exhausted. They had to spend a lot of time collectively migrating to another galaxy.

Fortunately, at least human civilization can still migrate, unlike those civilizations in the Jagged Nebula, which have been reduced to a state of sustainable development.

After this meeting, the overall development strategy of human civilization began to be quietly adjusted.Many large-scale construction tasks are temporarily suspended, and more power is invested in resource reserves and the remaining preparations required for long-distance voyages.

This migration, people intend to make some adjustments that are different from the past.This adjustment is no longer directly blowing up large space vehicles such as roller bases, space factories, ports, etc., but to find a way to take them away together and bring them to new galaxies.

This large population still needs to hibernate to temporarily freeze their lives. After all, it is a waste to spend their lives on the voyage.The roller bases and space factories that need to be taken away will be temporarily sealed during the voyage.

In this way, after arriving in a new galaxy, there is no need to spend a lot of time rebuilding, and it can be activated directly.This saves a lot of time.

The turn of the civilization development strategy was soon reflected in all aspects of life.One of the most obvious manifestations is that due to the suspension of many new construction projects and the suspension of many original projects, a large number of people have lost their jobs and lost their jobs.As a result, industries such as entertainment, catering, and tourism have also been affected.

This is an unavoidable pain in the process of civilization migration.In this regard, the human civilized government has also formulated relevant policies to make up for it, such as paying compensation to people who are unemployed because of this, or opening hibernation in advance so that they can enter hibernation earlier than the rest to avoid wasting their lives.

The spaceships that used to be busy shuttling on the route began to decrease slowly, a port that was hard to find in the past gradually became vacant, some bases on the edge of the galaxy gradually began to be abandoned, and many factories that roared day and night fell into a crisis. In silence.

Many people started the break early, but many people remained busy, even busier than ever.

In the Institute of Astrophysics under the Academy of Human Sciences, Research Room 10621, researcher Sun Xiaoguang is much busier than before.

In fact, at this moment, he cannot be regarded as a formal researcher.He is still in the internship stage.Only when the research project at hand is completed, enough information is collected, that crucial doctoral dissertation is completed, and a degree is obtained, can one officially enter the scientific world.

"Migration? Hundreds of years have passed since the migration was completed. This thing has already exploded. What else should I study?"

Looking at the bright X-ray power source in the telescope, Sun Xiaoguang first gritted his teeth, then clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and prayed devoutly: "No matter where the gods are, please bless me, so that this star will have another flare soon." Let’s break out, it’s bigger, it’s too small... Please, hurry up..."

His target is a giant star that is at the end of its life and is about to explode in a supernova.

With the scientific level of human civilization today, the prediction of the time when a star will explode as a supernova can reach a fairly accurate level.The previous model predictions showed that this star has a probability as high as 99.95%. In a period of no more than 30 years, it will throw off most of its own matter in a heroic explosion, and its core will melt. as a neutron star.

Being able to improve the forecast horizon to 30-year accuracy is quite an achievement.You know, only a few hundred years ago, people predicted when a star would explode, and its time span was measured in tens of thousands of years.

The thesis that Sun Xiaoguang wants to complete is about the changes in the internal structure of giant stars at the end of their lives, on the eve of the impending supernova explosion.The flare burst can better reveal some of its internal fine structures, allowing him to collect more data.

Obviously, such a large project cannot be completed independently as a trainee researcher.In fact, he was only one of a dozen people on the project team.But even so, once the research is complete, its data are enough to support him to complete a high-quality doctoral thesis.

The days passed quietly in Sun Xiaoguang's anticipation day and night.Today, I don’t know which god was moved by his prayer, the telescope finally observed a violent flare explosion from above that star, and the endless stream of charged particles and stellar matter were thrown into the universe along with this explosion among.

"Pretty!"

Sun Xiaoguang couldn't help cheering, and immediately began to collect and organize data.

This made his thesis completion directly from less than 50% to as high as 80%.

"As long as it happens again, it's enough... According to the law, within two months, the probability of another outbreak is as high as 99.993%, which is basically a certainty. Well, first make an appointment with the professor for the defense. , It's time to submit resumes to other research institutes. Ah yes, there is still a period of time in the middle, I should tell my parents that I can go out for a trip while there are few people now..."

In the moment of leisure between busy schedules, Sun Xiaoguang couldn't help but start looking forward to it, planning the arrangements after the completion of this project.

"Hey, Xiaoguang, I've made an appointment with your mother for the 'Time and Space Paradise' tour pass in two months, and I'm going to play for a month. Are you free? Can you go?"

Time and Space Paradise is the most prestigious playground in human civilization.In the past, queues could last for years.That is to say, there are fewer people now, so we only need to queue for two months.

Sun Xiaoguang cheered up: "That's just right, my research can be completed within two months. Make an appointment with me too."

"Really? If you can't go by then, it will be a waste of money."

"Don't worry, it will definitely be completed. As long as there is another flare burst... the probability is as high as 99.993%... definitely..."

Sun Xiaoguang tried his best to assure his parents of his itinerary.But when the parents listened, they began to hesitate.

"Who can say something like a stellar explosion. Or should I not ask you out first? Why don't you go on an appointment when you have time?"

"Don't worry, it's absolutely possible!"

"Still not safe..."

"Unless someone steals this star!" Sun Xiaoguang anxiously said, "Don't worry, it will work!"

"Then... that's fine."

The parents were finally persuaded by Sun Xiaoguang.And Sun Xiaoguang also began to wait again.

After five years of practice and painstaking research day and night, it will finally bear fruit in the near future.Recalling the painstaking efforts he had spent on this research project during this period of time, he even felt as if he had passed away.

"It's finally coming to an end... After getting the title of doctor, a beautiful life will begin..."

On this day, he came to the Institute still full of anticipation and excitement.But for some reason, shortly after he started working, the data on the display screen suddenly became blank.

"The target is lost. What's going on, is there a disturbance?"

Occasionally, due to the shaking of the spacecraft, the observation target may be lost, which is normal.

But this time, it seems to be different.

Because the coordinate data is completely correct.

An ominous premonition rose from my heart.He frantically began to search for the target through other observation methods, but he still failed to find the target.

A good star that was there before, but is gone now.

Just like that, it disappeared out of thin air, as if it had been stolen by someone.

At this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps, loud inquiries, and the angry roar of the instructor can be heard everywhere.

"No target found!"

"A star, how can it disappear?"

"It's really gone!"

"God..."

Sun Xiaoguang sat on the seat dumbly, only feeling that his head was blank and all thoughts were lost.

(End of this chapter)