Beneath Deep Space

Gamma ray burst, the largest and most desperate disaster in the universe.

Some theories believe that the first mass extinction of species on the earth occurred in the Ordovician period more than 600 million years ago because the earth was hit by a gamma radiation 6,000 light-years away.

At that time, two suns appeared in the sky, 70% of the atmosphere was destroyed, causing the base of the marine biological chain to be destroyed, and 85% of species disappeared from the earth.

Fortunately, the distance of 6,000 light-years is long enough, and it was not directly swept away. The first mass extinction of species on the earth was not very complete. Instead, vertebrates became the new overlords on the earth.

However, at the moment before the earth exploded, mankind still did not get rid of the deep fear of this disaster.

Because people were shocked to discover that a star named WR104 was about to explode eight thousand light years away.

At that time, there may be gamma rays passing by the earth... I don’t know what impact it will have...

People on earth are scared of a distance of eight thousand light years, let alone the Tucker civilization, which is only more than a hundred light years away and is directly aligned with the rotation axis of the star?

If you don't run away, you're dead!

I saw the words behind the metal plate:

"After discovering this sensational fact, we launched these detectors as quickly as possible, hoping that they could escape. They carry part of our hope."

"We also plan to exhaust the power of the entire civilization to develop controllable nuclear fusion technology. We will use up all fossil energy to build spaceships that can accommodate a large population. At the same time, super shelters are also being urgently constructed... This is Two different options.”

"I hope we have enough time. I hope the universe... I hope the super star will give us another few hundred years. Time, time, our time is far from enough..."

"Tucker civilization, recorded in AD 011110011011, detector number 00011010100."

This letter ends here.

Everyone was slightly melancholy because the term "controllable nuclear fusion technology" was mentioned in it. People clearly know how difficult it is, at least...human beings have not yet realized it.

"The future of this civilization doesn't seem very bright... And how much engineering work is required to accommodate everyone in the spaceship... Super shelters are still somewhat feasible..." A scientist opened his mouth, then shook his head, no Go on.

Obviously, he is not optimistic about Tucker Civilization's escape project.

"... Even if a super shelter is built, if the planet's atmosphere is completely blown away and the ecological chain is greatly damaged, the life inside will not survive for more than a few years. More than a hundred light years away, it is still too close, too close." Yu Yi Feng shook his head.

Time flies, time flies like an arrow.

150 million years, this unimaginably long time has passed like this... All history has been condensed into just this little bit: more than two hundred pages of metal sheets, plus a metal plate.

Under the endless passage of time, the greatest individual becomes a name.

The most powerful country has only a short record.

How many things have happened in history?

Someone is crying, someone is laughing, someone is sick, someone is going through life and death... All major events related to oneself, all kinds of survival struggles, all kinds of laughter and curses, seem so insignificant in the face of endless time.

There is no trace of existence, so the crying and laughter in the past are nothing.

Human beings don’t know the final outcome of Tucker civilization.

Even from the current perspective, the image of the Milky Way they drew at that time is incorrect. 150 million years have passed, and astronomers have been unable to find the planet where they originally lived.

"Can't find it, because the Milky Way is also moving... It's hard to guess..." Professor Thomson from the observatory waved his hand regretfully.

The conference room was silent.

Seeing the lonely detector again and the last remaining information, everyone present suddenly felt an unparalleled sense of panic.

If humans encountered a truly insurmountable disaster, would they make the same move?

Will he record all his wisdom and pass it on to the next civilization?

Could it be that the Noah on the moon...is the same?

People are confused and frightened.

When its own future existence could not be determined, Tucker Civilization chose genetic inheritance or spiritual inheritance...

It is difficult to comment on this move. Maybe it is not the last resort, but it has caused people to have uncontrollable panic.

They don't even know why they are panicking.

Next, the metal disc started playing something new.

The following content is still the more important physics theorems, mathematical theorems, etc., of course... it does not exceed the scope of human knowledge.

Something that seems novel is just the equivalent of a certain inference, and some experts are discussing it.

The new human civilization is much more advanced than them and has basically all this knowledge.

The text on the screen, starting from calculus, to advanced algebra, topology, functional analysis, real variable functions... many courses are condensed into a few sentences.

Tucker Civilization listed the theorems they considered to be the most important, and even the proof process was omitted due to space constraints.

For a low-level civilization, launching any space probe, even one kilogram of material, would require a huge economic cost, so this civilization chose to condense and condense information.

Some of the mathematical definitions are different from those of humans, but the general idea is similar, that is, similar to Hilbert's axiomaticism.

At the end, the other party also emphasized the mathematical paradoxes brought about by some infinite problems and the huge mathematical crisis brought about by set theory. They felt deeply regretful that they did not solve these basic mathematical contradictions when they launched the probe into space.

These problems also puzzled humans, which is the so-called third mathematical crisis. To this day, the third mathematical crisis cannot be said to have been fundamentally eliminated, because many important topics in mathematical foundations and mathematical logic have not been fundamentally solved.

People even know that it is impossible to completely solve paradoxes and confusions with current methods.

Because the great Gödel's incompleteness theorem irrefutably reveals the limitations of the formalistic system, it mathematically proves the impossibility of attempting to solve the paradox problem once and for all with the formalistic technical method...

In other words, the entire bottom-up scientific thinking is not necessarily correct...

Perhaps, humans will never be able to solve all problems with this method, that is, they will not be able to fully understand the entire universe.

The last page of information was turned over, and this inheritance of wisdom from ancient times finally came to an end.

The screen was blank, and the back was all garbled. I don’t know if it was because of the loss of information or the metal disk itself.

"No more." The scientists present were disappointed.

"There is no technology, all theoretical knowledge."

Even if they didn’t get any epoch-making technology, everyone still felt the heavy history from a low-level civilization.

This is a mission, even if it is about to be destroyed, it is also a mission to pass on wisdom.

"When disaster strikes, what will humans choose?"

At this time, a team leader responsible for detecting the micro-ecosphere sent a message: "... There is no living life in the micro-ecosphere, only some traces of life that once existed. No genetic material was detected, no complex organic matter... Most of them have been hydrolyzed."

"We have no way to restore it, and there is not even protein."

This result is almost consistent with what people speculated.

Without energy, no life can last so long, and all that can be decomposed has been decomposed.

"The genetic inheritance of the Tucker civilization has failed... But the spiritual inheritance will remain in this world forever. We have learned an extremely important lesson."

"Don't be too pessimistic. Judging from this number, they have launched more than one probe... Maybe the genetic inheritance on another planet has succeeded? It is even possible that they have become an interstellar civilization!"

The scientists present are not sentimental people, but they keep thinking about the good side. Who knows the final truth?

But no matter what, tragedy is still a high probability...

For the universe, what does the joy and sorrow of an individual or a civilization have to do with it?

But at this moment, suddenly, a message popped up on the screen that shocked everyone.

There was something at the end of the metal plate! There was also information!