Interstellar arena

"Humans are intelligent life with high technology." Zhou Qing disagreed with Liu Fei's views.

"What is wisdom? Wisdom is just another form of force. In fact, it is no different from the strong limbs and sharp teeth of dinosaurs. When dinosaurs dominated the land of the earth, human beings were still humble sea creatures, so powerful It is only relative, not absolute. In the eyes of many creatures, human beings are powerful and invincible, but in the eyes of many creatures, human beings are vulnerable. AIDS, Black Death, influenza smallpox, etc. have all been Torturing on the human land, human beings can only watch the death of their own kind but there is nothing they can do—"

"However, our current medical level can already treat the diseases you mentioned." Zhou Qing retorted.

"What about the new germs?"

"—" Zhou Qing was speechless for a moment.Although the level of science and technology of human beings is getting higher and higher, as the scope of human activities becomes larger and larger, there will always be some untreatable diseases that will cause headaches for human beings.

"Actually, this is also a kind of war, a war between humans and creatures. This is a life-and-death war. There can only be one winner, and the only ending for the loser is death."

"The destruction of human beings is definitely not something that can be destroyed by diseases." Zhou Qing said firmly.

"I'm just making a metaphor. Human beings face threats all the time. If we can easily kill viruses, then there will be a creature that can easily kill us humans, as easily as we trample ants to death. In the future, some One day, human beings will become extinct like the dinosaurs, leaving only a few ruins for more advanced creatures to pay homage to—of course, a bigger possibility is that we will leave nothing, not even a skeleton—”

"Don't—don't say it, I'm afraid—" Zhou Qing felt a strange feeling as soon as she said the words. She used to be a woman who would not give way to a man, but in front of Liu Fei, she always showed a soft and weak look. one side.

"What should come will always come, but the situation may not necessarily develop in the worst direction. At present, human beings have learned to coexist peacefully with some species, and even reserve some free ranges for other species. The progress of a civilization, if this progress can be implemented in every corner of the universe, then the death of the universe will not be completed by advanced intelligent life, but another unknowable reason—"

"I don't understand. Do you mean that the disappearance of the universe or the extinction of creatures is caused by advanced intelligent life?" Zhou Qing looked puzzled.In Zhou Qing's field of knowledge, the known universe collapsed because the life of the universe itself came to an end, leading to the extinction of all living things.

"Theoretically, the destruction of the universe is the process of the universe itself. However, advanced intelligent life can change this process. Unfortunately, so far, it seems that all advanced intelligent life is accelerating the death of the universe—look at the sky There are many stars, there is a star behind the starlight, but, during the development and migration of the human universe, people found that those stars have long since disappeared, I doubt—"

"What?" Zhou Qing urged, a little nervous.

"I suspect that tens of millions of years ago, or hundreds of millions of years ago, intelligent life ransacked the seven star fields where we humans now live. During this ransacking, all life disappeared, and the star field It became barren, the space became dead, and countless planets were completely destroyed—”

"Then why do we humans appear?"

"Actually, the universe is like a huge intelligent life. Although it is not aggressive, it has certain creativity. For example, amino acids are used to create life. In the long river of time, the universe slowly repairs this piece of damaged stars. One after another, the barren planets became full of vitality, and new stars appeared one after another. Unfortunately, this speed is too slow, and it took tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years to give birth to the human race. Life at the level of life intelligence. Compared with the speed of those predators, this speed is simply negligible."

"I have always wondered, when a species' level of intelligence reaches the point where they can easily plunder a star field, what will they do? Is it necessary to plunder and destroy?"

"Energy." Liu Fei said slowly.

"In this universe, energy is inexhaustible, is it necessary?"

"Who told you that energy is inexhaustible?"

"Cough cough cough—like the sun—"

"Didn't you know that life on the sun has a time? They are not eternal. A planet like the sun burns for only 50 billion years of life force, but in fact, when 30 billion years, the sun's life The gas and light are no longer suitable for human life, and the wind and solar energy and the oil and coal formed by photosynthesis will all disappear.”

"Humans can find another sun." Zhou Qing retorted.

"What happens after the sun you were looking for dies?"

"Find again—"

"Yes, look again until all the suns disappear. In fact, we don't have to be pessimistic, the sun is constantly being born. According to the data, the Huanxing not far from Drow is also a gaseous planet made of hydrogen. , but because its mass is less than the critical mass, the internal pressure and temperature cannot meet the conditions for thermonuclear fusion, so it can only be a gaseous planet. However, it is a potential sun. Some scientists speculate that in the future the sun will After being destroyed, Huanxing, which is not restricted by the sun, will rely on its status as the leader of the solar system to attract the surrounding planets to form a small solar system. At the same time, it will continue to absorb the surrounding matter to increase its mass. The sun, but that will be 50 billion years later. In other words, it will take 50 billion years to create a planet like the sun—"

"50 billion years—" Zhou Qing was in a daze for a while.If it really comes to the time of energy depletion, let alone 50 billion years, 5 years will be a kind of suffering.

"Okay, let's not discuss these unhappy things. Human life is too short, let alone 50 billion years, even 50 years is a long time."

"I want to know, what crisis will mankind encounter, or is there any way to resolve these problems?"

"There are many crises for human beings. In addition to the self-destruction of human beings, there are too many external threats, such as viruses, plagues, and incurable diseases. If these viruses that humans cannot treat suddenly break out on a certain day, human beings will perish. As for More specific threats, such as aliens, according to some data provided by scientists, the bodies of aliens are miniature chemical factories. Their bodies are perfect and can adapt to almost any harsh environment. Their only flaw is that they cannot create. However , this situation is changing, the aliens have learned how to maintain ecological balance, know how to control the number of races, look at this windy prairie, the species is still rich, some animals and plants have not been extinct because of the appearance of the aliens, which shows that they have done a good job in this respect Very well, the basis of survival is not based on destructive damage. It is expected that in the near future, there will be three possibilities, the first is that humans enslave aliens, the second is that aliens enslave humans, and the third is that aliens and humans Coexist in peace."

"Peaceful coexistence?!" Zhou Qing was shocked from ear to ear, she really couldn't imagine the scene of living with those dark aliens.

"Actually, these three endings are all the best. If humans destroy the aliens, or the aliens destroy humans, then neither humans nor aliens can escape the fate of being extinct in the end."

"I don't understand." Zhou Qing shook her head, she couldn't link the fate of aliens with the fate of human beings.

"This is just a general statement and a conjecture. If humans still cannot coexist peacefully with the aliens after they have evolved to the level of human intelligence, then it means that the existence of human beings is based on the extinction of other advanced life forms. You can Imagine, if the intelligence and technological level of the aliens reached the same level as that of human beings, and they fought against each other as the enemy of life and death, what would the seven star fields look like? The planet was smashed to pieces by giant cannons, and the star fields would become It will be desolate and quiet, the space channel will be congested by countless wreckage, and the surviving human beings will be confined to a small space to fend for themselves—"

"I see--"

Zhou Qing looked sideways at Liu Fei, with an imperceptible respect in his eyes.In addition to this young man's frightening skills, his profound knowledge made Zhou Qing, a talented student, feel unmatched. What shocked Zhou Qing the most was Liu Fei's wisdom. His thinking was farther and more comprehensive. Its far-sightedness does not look like the head of a mercenary regiment at all.

"Actually, we don't have to be entangled, even if the end of life is death, but we can enjoy the splendor and splendor of life during the process."

"Yes, we know it ourselves. We have all worked hard for the land under our feet and the sky above our heads."

"Yes, we all tried!"