Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 827: Because of the Consciousness Uploading Research
According to Adeli, a semi-Gaia creature, the Adeli civilization suffered an unexpected disaster. They believed in the first level-five civilization they came into contact with, but while fantasizing about harmonious coexistence, they were taken for experiments by that level-five civilization, and the entire civilization was destroyed.

It was also unlucky for the Aderi civilization that it had developed to the fourth level without encountering any alien civilization, and the first one it encountered was an advanced civilization, and such an evil one at that. Perhaps it could not be called an evil civilization, after all, from the perspective of the fifth level civilization, what they did was in the interests of their civilization, and for them, using the entire Aderi civilization as an experiment might not be a big deal.

Just like when humans defeated the Kuntai civilization, they wiped out all the Kuntai people in the Kuntai civilization fleet and left only their newborns. Humans do not think they are evil. Of course, humans were also suspicious at that time, and always had persecution fantasies. Besides, that was the safest way. If they had not done that, perhaps humans would have been in a small universe in the Silver Heart Alliance.

There are no ifs.

Now, humans will not simply use their own moral values ​​to measure the behavior of other civilizations. There is no such thing as good or evil in this universe. It is just the conclusion drawn by humans by measuring other civilizations with their own moral values.

Perhaps as far as that level five civilization is concerned, what they did was the most correct and just behavior. Perhaps the culture of their civilization was like that, and their individual life forms might be the kind that devoured their own kind. When they set foot in the starry sky, they naturally thought it was right to destroy other civilizations.

Human beings have come into contact with many civilizations and are no longer the pure newbies who just set foot in the starry sky.

Not to mention the distant past, just take the Chiyan civilization for example. Their individual lives think it is normal for large factories to hatch offspring. As for whose offspring they are, they don’t care at all. In their civilization, there are no ethical issues like those of humans.

In their view, human ethical concepts such as father and son, brothers and sisters and family are very backward.

Every civilization has its own ecology, and the various concepts of civilized individuals influenced by the ecological environment are deeply rooted. Therefore, from the perspective of their own moral values, humans do sympathize with the semi-Gaia life Adeli and will define that level 5 civilization as an evil civilization.

But that’s all!

Humanity has been through a lot. Even if Yue Yuan wanted to, others would not agree to help another civilization out of pity and empathy, unless humanity was truly powerful enough to help at will. In that case, everyone would actually be happy to do so.

Ultimately, we must put human survival and development first.

And even if humans wanted to help now, they were powerless. Just as the half-Gaia creature Adley said, he wanted humans to help take him away, but humans couldn't take him away at all.

With the current technology of mankind, it is possible to destroy a planet, but it is impossible to take a planet away intact. It is true that mankind has heavy nuclear fusion technology, and it is also true that this technology can be used to build planetary engines. Humans can even build super-large magnetic thrusters with more powerful thrust. If they are installed on a planet, they can definitely push the entire planet away.

and then?
Without the next step, this type of propulsion cannot even reach the speed of light, not to mention that the strong thrust will bring a strong impact force, and the planet's plates may not be able to withstand it. Even if the planet can withstand it, the biosphere on the planet will definitely not survive. Without the biosphere, Gaia life will die.

Therefore, it is unrealistic to take away a planet with life by conventional propulsion. It is necessary to use a planetary warp engine as Adeli, the semi-Gaian life, said, and install a small sun in the planet's orbit when packing it up. Next, Adeli, the semi-Gaian life, was still talking, and humans were listening, and they were still talking about the Adeli civilization that he remembered.

However, he himself did not completely inherit the memories of every Aderi person, so he spoke in a discontinuous manner, and some places could not be connected at all. In particular, he basically did not know the history of the Aderi civilization before the fourth-level civilization. What he remembered most was the persecution of the Aderi civilization by the fifth-level civilization.

He also talked about a lot of things he knew about the Level 5 civilization and Gaia life experiments.

According to him, the direct reason why the fifth-level civilization conducted such a cruel experiment was to study the technology of consciousness uploading. They wanted to perfectly realize the uploading of the consciousness of an organism into a computer, thereby achieving immortality of the body and long life.

The essence is to study the eternal problems of life.

This kind of research may lead to two side effects: one is the second artificial intelligence crisis, and the other is the decline of civilization.

That being said, Adli, the half-Gaia creature, also did not know the specific reasons for the side effects. He only stated it to humans based on what he still remembered.

However, humans are quick-witted. Although they don't have a full picture, they can guess a little. The so-called second omnic crisis is nothing more than a crisis caused by those who turned into robots when researching consciousness uploading technology. From this point of view, the fifth-level civilization is not a silicon-based creature.

The second point about the fall of civilization is a little hard to guess, but this information is a wake-up call for humans. Because a long time ago, humans heard from the awakeners that they awakened the fallen civilization to obtain some intelligent life that awakened the third person's dream, and then turned them into their own people.

In general, it seems that when a civilization reaches level 5, it will evolve into a degenerate civilization. The reason why it becomes a degenerate civilization is related to the research on consciousness uploading to obtain eternal life.

In the common people's thinking, if the physical body is perfectly replaced with a machine, mechanical ascension can be achieved, thus obtaining eternal life. Humans used to believe this, but as their knowledge continues to increase, humans have realized that simply uploading consciousness to a machine will not ensure eternal life.

If humans can realize something, there is no reason why a Level 5 civilization with more powerful and advanced technology cannot realize it. After all, a Level 5 civilization has the technological foundation to study the field of spiritual consciousness. As long as a Level 5 civilization points out this technology tree, it will definitely know it.

The immortality of life is not only about the immortality of the body, but also the synchronization of the spiritual consciousness. After becoming a mechanical body, the thinking organ is also replaced, and the machine will also break down, so it is necessary to upload consciousness technology to constantly replace the body.

But who can guarantee that every time I change my body, the consciousness that represents "me" will not gradually weaken and eventually disappear in the process?
(End of this chapter)