dark moon

Chapter 445 Sleeping Plan
"As for the solution, the Exiled Fleet has been discussing it on and off for 30 years. Numerous ideas have been put forward, but they have been quickly rejected. Sociological scholars told the leaders that this is an objective law of social development and cannot be stopped by humans unless it can be stopped. Change the generation, otherwise everything will inevitably happen and disintegration is inevitable. Judging from the expressions of several guests, it seems that they have a certain understanding of this. I believe that similar situations have occurred in your hometowns. "

"Oh, your troubles are not unique to this world. I am afraid that as long as there are intelligent creatures with humanity, they cannot escape this law." Shuer sighed softly, "In Parvatiga, even in my hometown, similar Things happen frequently."

Indeed, there are many, many similar examples of Parvatija, so many that no one is too lazy to recall them.The most typical one is the pioneering era known as the golden age of Parvatiga.In the early days of the pioneering era, people left their settlements and launched ambitious challenges to the world. New cities were constantly being built, and the territories of various ethnic groups continued to expand.

On the road to pioneering, everyone worked together, including the city to which the pioneering team belonged, to fully support the construction and development of the pioneering territory. Residents would rather starve themselves, and let the pioneering territory get the best support.However, with the passage of time, after a few generations, everything changed, various contradictions continued to emerge, and the rift between each other became deeper and deeper.

As a result, a dark and cruel era of chaos descended, with wars breaking out, killings endless, and corpses strewn across the land.It can be said that the advent of the chaotic era is the inevitable result of the pioneering era. It is the prosperity and glory of the pioneering era that created the darkness and cruelty of the chaotic era.

During this period, the races with relatively long lifespans were relatively well off. At least there were no major disputes within a few countries. The other short-lived races, without exception, had their sanity and humanity swallowed up by the Dark Ages.

"Sure enough, this is the inevitable result. No one can escape." Ryan sighed with a wry smile. "Seeing that the situation was getting more and more out of control, someone finally proposed a sleep plan."

"Since the deterioration of the situation cannot be prevented as long as the replacement is continued, then we should simply stop the replacement. It is not impossible. Although you said before that our cryonics technology is still in its infancy, freezing the living body will preserve it. This kind of thing can still be done after thousands of years. Therefore, the original sleep plan was to freeze everyone and completely hand over the spacecraft to the central computer control."

"But the central computer is not artificial intelligence after all. They can't handle many specific problems by themselves. They must rely on normal people to make judgments. Therefore, the position of watchman came into being. On a spaceship, there must be at least one normal person. Keeping awake, he is the acting captain of the spaceship, the so-called watchman, who has the second-level authority and can issue all orders except self-harm. Whenever the physical condition of the contemporary watchman is confirmed to be unable to support When the time comes, the next successor will be designated by the watchman or selected by the central computer, that is to say, no matter what, there must be at least one watchman on each spaceship to ensure the normal navigation of the spaceship.”

"It's a very good plan." Xiure understood most of it and nodded slightly, "But it's not the same as the current situation."

"Yes, that was the original sleep plan. It was drawn up on paper and had not been tested in practice. Of course, we could not put it into practical use right away." Ryan explained, "So, when Nina and I were young, well, At that time, we were younger than Delia is now, that is, about five or six years old, and Camille should not have been born yet. A group of volunteers were gathered within the fleet to begin long-term cryonics testing. The experiment lasted a whole In 20 years, after confirming that the technology was feasible, two fatal flaws were discovered.”

"The first flaw is that long-term sleep is harmful to the human spirit. It will cause a lot of adverse reactions, such as amnesia, personality distortion, violent tendencies, etc. It will take several months of mental treatment to return to normal. . This is only 20 years of frozen sleep, what if it is 200 years? No one can guarantee whether this sleep symptom will become permanent and can no longer be cured."

"Deep space amnesia is a common side effect of dormant voyages." Wei's explanation came to Xiure's ears. "There are seven treatment methods, but the technology tree of this world has obvious shortcomings. It's normal that they don't know how to deal with it. .”

"The second defect is that if everyone falls asleep, the development of civilization will completely stagnate. It is useless to rely on the watchman alone. The meaning of our existence is to inherit and continue the brown star civilization and delay the development of civilization as much as possible. The time of demise, on the other hand, is actually in exile, struggling to find a ray of life. For this slim hope, the development of science and technology must not be stopped, otherwise, we might as well stay in our hometown and live with Brown. The stars will perish together."

"Oh, I understand, that's why there is a virtual space." Shuer said thoughtfully, "But that space is too hopeless. Since reality is already so cruel, why should it be so difficult in dreams? Woolen cloth."

"Well, virtual space can perfectly solve the adverse effects of long-term sleep, and can also maintain the normal development of brown star civilization. The method is very simple. All so-called memory chips are actually a receiver, connected to the sleeper one-to-one. Brain waves, for a sleeping person, is like having another life in a dream."

"What about the new baby and the deceased?"

"There are no real newborns. They are all artificially cultivated biochemical humans. They have no thinking function and no reproductive function. The so-called newborn is nothing more than putting a biochemical human embryo into the mother's body." Ryan said with a bitter smile. , "These are actually easy to solve. We control all the machinery and even control everything in the virtual space. The central computer will calculate and decide who should give birth. Just inject the embryo into the mother's body and let her get pregnant. After the newborn is born, , immediately install a brainwave receiver, also known as a memory chip, and all problems will be solved."

"Then who will control the newly born individuals?" "Of course it is the passengers who are unfortunate enough to have a bye, waiting for the opportunity to be born, such as those who have passed away." Ryan shrugged, "We deliberately control the population so that The number of passengers in the spaceship is higher than the number of people in the virtual space, so the normal operation of the space can be ensured.”

"Ah, a different kind of reincarnation." Xiure thought of the legend about the reincarnation of life in his hometown, and couldn't help but smile and shake his head, "The reincarnation and reincarnation that sounded so mysterious in the past may be so simple and crude. However, Mr. Ryan, since This was planned, why didn’t anyone inside know about it?”

"This is a decision made by all the ships in the fleet. At first, some people suggested that everyone should retain their memories and live in it, but it would induce many other contradictions. For example, a human's mental power is limited, and in the virtual world, reincarnation occurs from generation to generation. , the accumulated memories and pressure are a very terrible burden that no one can easily bear, and there are also a lot of unexplainable contradictions in ethics and morality. Therefore, in order to avoid trouble, we finally chose the form of dreams. After entering the dream, everyone is For people in the virtual world, once they wake up from their dreams, their memories will soon fade away without any influence. This is the most perfect result."

"The next thing will be a matter of course. With the assistance of the self-discipline machine, it is not difficult to build that piece of virtual space, and everyone needs to control the body through the network of the spaceship's central computer. The central computer can affect the virtual biochemical body to a certain extent. memory, so influencing their memory to fabricate a history that doesn't exist can easily make the society of the virtual world work normally."

"Huh? No." Xiu Er raised his eyebrows, "According to the following human and mechanical bodies, it has only been 60 years since the end of the machine, and everything was normal 60 years ago."

"Oh, that's because this dream started at that point in time 60 years ago, and it happened to be the dream of the end of the machinery." Ryan looked up at the ceiling of the cabin and said reminiscently, "I've seen all According to the records of the generation of watchmen, for more than 1000 years, most eras chose to open up the planet as the background. Like this generation, there are relatively few people who choose the mechanical doomsday. Well, the basic plot is similar. It is a dispute between humans and machines, and then humans are trapped. In an area that cannot leave, there is no way, because the spaceship is only so big, and the brain wave controller will only work in the lower area of ​​the spaceship, of course they cannot move freely. After setting, the dream develops on its own, The watchman cannot interfere easily, and can only intervene when the dream develops to the point where it cannot be dealt with, when the central computer compulsorily resets the dream, compiles a new background story, and starts all over again."

"As for why it is so difficult for them to live in the dream, this is also a common decision made by everyone. On the one hand, we must limit the space for activities in the dream without creating a sense of disobedience. On the other hand..."

"Only in the face of pressure can we generate power." Shuer nodded. "The machines have told us the reason. It seems that this view is also what you have set for them."

"No, once the background setting is successful and no special circumstances are encountered, the central computer will not interfere with the memories of people in virtual dreams. Machines are actually humans in dreams, and their memories are also included in the scope of non-interference. So we just pretend to be the main brain and give them some instructions and guidance through the central computer, but we can't manipulate their memories. Most of the people inside will think so. In fact, their bodies themselves have this kind of awareness, such as Di... Camille.”

"Dad, my name is Delia."

"Kemire, she just..."

"My name is Delia."

"Alas, Delia has remembered everything in the past now. You can ask her. She also holds the same consciousness. She would rather live under threats and pressure, but also contribute to the continuation of civilization in her dreams. Power. Those people in the dream may have their own private messages, but this awareness is common."

"Okay, I roughly understand the so-called dream plan. In fact, it is nothing more than a lively farce." Shuer frowned and said, "The problem is that the time issue is still unexplainable. What you call virtual space is actually Or is it based on the real world? With your technology, it is impossible to touch the law of time. There is no doubt that you left Delia 60 years ago. What is going on?"

"Because... we made a mistake because of our selfishness." The two old people looked at each other with wry smiles, "We conditionally reset the internal environment once, and we paid a heavy price for it."

(End of this chapter)