The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

"That's a great question."

Mr. Turing seemed to have been thinking for a long time, and answered quickly: "The dragon civilization has a history of at least tens of thousands of years, which is much longer than the human civilization of about 5,000 years. However, its heyday does not seem to have reached the height we expected."

"To some extent, the development is indeed slow, and there must be some deep-seated reasons behind this."

"According to my theory, the total amount of information stored in the dragon civilization has reached a bottleneck, and the speed of civilization development has slowed down, stagnated, and even regressed... If we look into it further, we have to look for the cause in the information exchange channels between dragons."

"As far as I know, dragons have never developed technology like the Internet. They probably don't have means of communication like telegraphs, telephones, or radios. I'm afraid they don't have high-precision image communication methods like camera photos either."

Elizabeth took over the topic and said thoughtfully: "Dragons should communicate with each other through large-scale words such as 'snake', or 'roar' will also work... It is recorded in the classics that the roar of the Black King on the throne can be heard in every corner of Eurasia."

"Yes, the 'Vacuum Serpent' is considered to be the mainstream long-distance communication method of the dragon civilization." Mr. Turing nodded: "Since the cities where the dragons live are connected by metal roads, the word spirit can have a communication range comparable to that of radio technology when amplified by conductors."

"Legend has it that in the early 20th century, Nikola Tesla expanded his spiritual domain to cover the entire earth with the help of an amplifying coil. He was in Country M but was able to detect the Tunguska explosion in Siberia... Of course, the elemental turbulence caused by the Tunguska explosion was extremely powerful, which was also the reason why he was able to successfully detect it."

"But in general, compared to the productivity level of the dragon civilization itself, their information exchange and recording tools are quite inefficient, basically not exceeding the level of humans in the early 20th century, and significantly behind the present day - this is why we can start with information theory and study it."

"The transmission and storage of information is the cornerstone of civilization development. These low-precision and low-efficiency information exchange methods rely more on spiritual communication, which not only limits the development speed of dragon civilization, but also makes the accumulation and inheritance of their internal knowledge difficult."

"We humans have continuously made breakthroughs in the way information is transmitted, far exceeding the limitations of biological organisms. We have passed on knowledge, experience, and ideas across time and space to future generations, established an increasingly efficient education system, and enabled our civilization to develop rapidly."

“Imagine if we still used telegraphs or telephones to transmit information, what would the world be like today?” Mr. Turing’s words made everyone fall into deep thought.

"In addition to the problem of information exchange, the social structure of the dragon civilization is also an important factor that restricts their development."

Mr. Turing changed the subject and said, "Inside the dragon civilization, there is no normal family structure, lacking the bond of affection and love. There is a clear hierarchy between the second, third and fourth generations, and the phenomenon of class solidification is serious. This has caused the dragon people to fall into a state of low desire and lack of development. They lack opportunities for upward mobility and lack the motivation to promote the development of civilization."

"They tend to focus more on literary and artistic creation to satisfy their individual spiritual pursuits, rather than researching and exploring technologies such as alchemy. These spiritual things are difficult to transmit, communicate and inherit through information, and are extremely difficult to interpret."

Turing emphasized: "If the method of information transmission remains unchanged and the population of highly educated people stops growing, under normal circumstances, civilization will first develop at a constant speed, then the speed will become slower and slower, and eventually it will inevitably stop at a certain upper limit."

"Until who knows how many years later, a coincidence breaks through the technological barrier, or resources are exhausted, showing a trend of gradual decline."

Ange interrupted and said, "So, humans should have a big advantage over dragon civilization in this regard?" There was a hint of optimism in his tone: "Perhaps it won't take many years for us to catch up with the peak level of dragons?"

"You are wrong. We may have more advanced information exchange methods and a more reasonable social structure, but even so, the technological development of human civilization is facing huge challenges." Mr. Turing changed the subject and his expression became serious. "That is the problem of the limit of intelligence."

"The pinnacle of a civilization's technological development depends largely on the level of individual intelligence, or the total amount of individual information storage. This is true for both dragons and humans."

"It has to be said that although human intelligence has reached a fairly high level, our brains still have many limitations. For example, our brains have limited capacity and cannot process a large amount of information at the same time; our memory is also not perfect, and we often forget some important knowledge."

"More importantly, our lives are limited and we cannot exhaust all areas of knowledge. Today, with the high differentiation of disciplines, even the greatest scientists and scholars can only explore a small part of a certain field of knowledge in a limited time."

“If everyone, even a genius, is unable to learn a branch of expertise in a certain knowledge system in their lifetime and is unable to make new developments, then the development of science will probably have reached its limit.”

"For example, the mathematical models and iterative algorithms used in this research project of mine require at least 20 years of continuous learning to fully understand the mysteries, even for a PhD graduate from Cambridge University. And this is just the tip of the iceberg in the field of science."

"In comparison, dragons have a naturally long lifespan, and coupled with the ultra-high-speed memory transmission method of 'clairvoyance', they have a huge advantage - not to mention that judging from the high intelligence given to them by the dragon blood of hybrids, the average intelligence of dragons should be much higher than that of us humans."

"So, although we humans have advantages in some aspects, our scientific development also faces limits. The primitive and simple brain and short life are the biggest limitations of our scientific development."

Mr. Turing sighed, "For example, in terms of energy, from the time Watt invented the steam engine to the present day, we still rely on boiling water to obtain power, and research on magnetic fluids is a long way off. In the field of chemistry, we haven't even fully understood the most basic chemical reaction mechanisms..."

"For more than 100 years, the seemingly simple question of why bicycles do not fall over has puzzled countless physicists and mathematicians. They have published hundreds of papers in various languages, including English, German, French, Russian, and Italian..."

“Although human civilization has made many great achievements, our scientific theories still have many unsolved mysteries. Except for the logically rigorous mathematical system, almost all of them are built on the ‘quagmire’ of empiricism and are ‘dilapidated buildings’ that have only stood up after countless repairs.”

"The dragon civilization may have faced the same problem." Mr. Turing concluded: "The reason why they developed slowly is probably due to the limitations of their information transmission methods and social structure. When human civilization itself faces similar limitations, perhaps we should cherish our achievements more and work hard to find ways to break through."

"From the perspective of making up for the disadvantages, if we want to enter the threshold of Type I civilization, we must achieve extraordinary transformation of some people, further improving them on the basis of hybrids so that they have individual qualities similar to those of dragons."

Mr. Turing said with emotion, "Now, we have been reaping the dividends of the past, developing along the inertia at the outermost boundary of scientific theory. Once the top scholars cannot make a breakthrough, the entire civilization may fall into a state of 'great stagnation'."

"By then, we may only grow in size, but our quality will remain the same." Mr. Turing's words were full of worries about the future: "To be honest, I often wonder if the replacement of dragons by humans was a mistake that needed to be corrected."

"What's wrong?" After listening to Turing's long speech, Zhao Qing was thoughtful. He felt that it was roughly consistent with what he thought, but there was still a slight difference. He asked casually, "Is it related to the existence of hybrids?"

"The essence of hybrids is a degraded version of dragons," Turing pointed out without disguising. "As far as the foreseeable future is concerned, there is reason to believe that they will follow the old path of dragon civilization and establish a social system similar to that of dragons, dividing classes according to bloodline rank."

"For ordinary people, it doesn't matter whether they are ruled by humans or dragons. There is not much difference. In peacetime and with the same technological conditions, people may even live better under the rule of dragons. This can be seen from the extent to which the development of both sides has damaged the natural environment."

"Looking at the longer term, the dragon civilization has been proven to be able to last for tens of thousands of years without self-destruction. But for the precocious human civilization, it's hard to say." Turing smiled slightly: "During the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the shadow of a global nuclear war has always been hanging over everyone's head, isn't it?"

"To belittle humans and praise dragons is too heretical." Ange slammed the table, his blazing golden eyes lit up, and he responded coldly: "Are you denying the sacrifices and efforts of the secret party over the years?"

"...You should know what I'm talking about." Mr. Turing was stunned: "New feudalism based on technological monopoly, modern slavery based on debt relations, this kind of oppression may become more and more widespread in the future. If no changes are made, the dragon slayer will eventually become the dragon."

How dare you say this in front of the big capitalists! No wonder Turing was marginalized by the secret party. As a veteran and top scholar, his academic level was among the best in the world, but he was reduced to doing research alone at home.

Zhao Qing glanced at Elizabeth Laurent opposite him and found that she was not angry, but listened and thought seriously. She seemed to be pure and not polluted. She was indeed an art student and worth making friends with. It was basically certain that this person was not one of the so-called "dark monarchs".

If I were to choose some partners from the secret party, Turing, Ange and Elizabeth are all pretty good. Especially Turing's information theory of civilization development, which is of great help to me and provides a new angle of thinking.

In her opinion, since one cannot take away material resources from every dream world, the most important thing is the inheritable information, knowledge and wisdom.

In addition to the various academic materials that have been accumulated in the current world, if you want to research new results more efficiently and quickly, Turing's theory of civilization development based on the total amount of information is one of the most scientific guiding ideas. Mathematical models can be used to plan the future direction of the entire civilization.

If development is centered on productivity, even if dozens of nuclear fusion power stations are built, it will be basically useless for Zhao Qing personally. On the contrary, a few papers on the topology of high-dimensional space may allow her to make a breakthrough in her understanding of the laws of space.

Similarly, this model can most likely calculate the convergence point of past information, lock in the approximate range of high-value relics, and help her reap rich rewards.

It is worth mentioning that on the issue of the development speed of dragon civilization, Zhao Qing combined the information he knew and had some supplementary opinions.

One of the most important points is that the dragon civilization most likely does not have a universal currency, and only has a low-level transaction form of barter. The allocation of resources does not depend on money, but on power status and individual quality, and has embarked on a development path that is different from that of human society.

Just think about it, in the world of dragons, how could a weak dragon that could be killed with a casual wave of its claws dare to ask for money from the powerful Black King Nidhogg? As descendants of the ancestor of dragons, they should be unconditionally devoted and obedient.

In such a social structure, monetary transactions become almost unnecessary, and the abstract concept of money has no practical meaning in the Dragon Civilization, because everything is resolved under the absolute suppression of power and strength.

High-level trading behaviors in the dragon society have been almost completely curbed, leaving only some low-level trading forms of bartering.

For the strong, they have enough resources and power, and do not need to trade to get what they need. For the weak, they have neither enough resources to trade nor enough power to bargain with the strong.

Of course, thanks to the powerful productivity of the dragon civilization, at least in the era of co-governance by the Black and White Kings, even the lower-level dragon civilians could have no worries about food, clothing and shelter. They were allocated permanent property houses of thousands of square meters, ate hundreds of kilograms of fine barbecue every day, and lived a very comfortable life.

In addition, Zhao Qing also noticed that apart from the power and authority brought by bloodline rank, most dragon civilizations have never formed a unified value consensus system.

In human society, money, as a universally recognized general equivalent, can measure and compare the value of different items, and precious metals such as gold and silver have become natural currencies.

But in dragon society, due to the way resources are distributed and the rarity of trading activities, there has never been a general equivalent that is universally recognized by most dragons.

Due to their extremely high mining and smelting capabilities, they have huge quantities of precious metals. In the eyes of the dragon clan, these gold, silver and jewelry are not much different from other goods. They may just be a symbol of their power and are no more convenient to trade than other items.

In this case, although the Dragon Civilization is the overlord that rules the world, in terms of the social stage, it is still in the category of primitive society. It is essentially a super tribal alliance, and the various tribes maintain order and balance through the comparison of power and strength.

Although the emergence of the concept of money has widened the gap between the rich and the poor and caused many injustices, it has also promoted the development of the commodity economy and monetary system, enabled more efficient use of resources, promoted scientific and technological innovation and cultural exchanges, and promoted social progress and prosperity.

In contrast, the Dragon Civilization lacked money as an incentive mechanism and medium of exchange, which brought many problems. It restricted the flow of information in its society, lacked the motivation for innovation and change in the development process, and intensified contradictions and conflicts within the society, thus affecting the speed of its civilization development.

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"…So, your research does seem to help us understand the ancient dragon civilization and early human society, but how does it help the secret party's most important cause of slaying dragons?"

While Zhao Qing was thinking secretly, Angers also revealed his final attitude towards Turing: "I teach history, but I don't study history... It's a purely liberal arts project, so I'm sorry that I can't make a high investment on behalf of the college."

“Mr. Turing, your neural network system model is indeed impressive and opens a window into the ancient world for us. But as the new decision-maker of the Laurent family, I must consider the actual return on investment.”

Elizabeth spoke gracefully, stroking her chin gently, and pondered, "In addition to academic research, does it have a more practical use? If it is limited to this, even if I personally recognize its prospects, it may not be approved by the family meeting."

After hearing this, Mr. Turing was obviously in a bad mood. He straightened his body and said firmly: "Of course! As a sustainable evolving information model, my neural network system model can show more extensive application value after correcting some parameters."

"It can not only be used to guide and manipulate public opinion, conduct financial data analysis and other practical fields, but can also be used to calculate relevant probabilities and search for dragon relics under normal usage. This will help us unearth more valuable alchemical tools and ancient knowledge, thereby enhancing the strength of the secret party."

Elizabeth's eyes lit up after hearing this. After thinking for a moment, she said, "On behalf of the Laurent family, I am willing to invest 2.5 million pounds to build a new supercomputing center and corresponding supporting facilities, which will be used exclusively for the iterative evolution of your civilization model."

Angers also nodded in support: "As a representative of the academy, I agree to rent 15% to 25% of Norma's computing power to you and assign a research team to work with you. The prerequisite is that you must regularly share the newly analyzed data of the system with the academy."

Zhao Qing looked at the expressions of the people on the field and said, "A direct remittance of $2 million in exchange for the data and calculation manuscripts used by Mr. Turing in his research. This amount of money is not much. Just think of it as making a new friend."

As she finished her words, warm applause broke out in the reception room, representing the successful conclusion of the cooperation.

Then, Mr. Turing closed the previous holographic projection and said casually, "Speaking of which, the area around London seems to be quite dangerous recently. Before we officially start the cooperation, can the Academy and the Laurent family help me find a group of reliable bodyguards and transfer a few S-level alchemical collections for self-defense?"

"S-level collection? You're overthinking." Angers directly refused: "At most, I can give you a team configuration equivalent to A+ mission level... Or, you can stay with me for a while. If anything happens during this period, I guarantee that you will have enough time to evacuate the scene."

"You said it! How many people in the world can match the skills of Cambridge Folding Knife?" Mr. Turing smiled. "After this matter is over, I will promise to express my support to the academy and the Laurent family as an elder, and call on all factions within the secret party to attach importance to cooperation."

Angers was about to respond when he suddenly discovered that the 3D holographic projection in the room had been turned on again, showing a three-dimensional image of London's East End. One of the red dots was particularly conspicuous, and it spread out circles of warning ripples.

"The London branch is under attack from both inside and outside the enemy. The situation is serious. Please provide support as soon as possible!" Eva's cold voice rang out, shocking everyone including Zhao Qing.

An attack from within? What's going on? An attack from within?
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A moment ago, in Spitalfields Christ Church in East London, a vast underground space 50 meters deep, the London branch of Cassell College is located, and the deep financial trading area. (End of this chapter)