Earth Era

According to the data in this document, it takes three thousand years for them to sail from the solar system to the Nanmen two galaxies. If calculated according to this time, the forward speed of the spacecraft using the black hole engine as the propulsion method is only a few hundred kilometers per second. And this speed is no different from a snail crawling relative to a long interstellar voyage.

When Wei Feng saw this, Ye Luo's voice appeared in Wei Feng's ears again: "Captain, I think there are some contradictions in the description in this document."

Wei Feng staggered his eyes from the document, then looked at the place where Ye Luo's voice came out, and said a word: "Oh?"

"I think the contradiction is this." Ye Luo said, "Since this document says that their spacecraft that use black hole engines as propulsion methods can meet the needs of interstellar travel, it is only because the speed is too slow that it hinders them. , then... This means that their spacecraft has sufficient, long-term survival capabilities. Although the sun has been rampant under their attack, I don't think the sun can affect 10 billion kilometers away. Then ...Why don't they look for a foothold in the extra-Neptunian celestial bodies? In this way, they will have a safe environment and sufficient material sources. As long as they multiply slowly, they can recover their population sooner or later, and then slowly Slowly develop technology."

Ye Luo described a possible way out for the Martian civilization at that time: using Xina, Sedna and other extra-Neptunian celestial bodies as material sources, and survival depended on the life-sustaining system of large spaceships. Next, slowly develop the population and slowly restore technology. This seems to be a feasible path, but... the Martian civilization at that time did not choose to take this path.

"I think, I know the reason why the Martian civilization did not choose to take this path." Wei Feng said slowly, "Actually, even if our human civilization were to face this situation, our human civilization probably would not choose this path. the way."

"Why? I don't understand." Ye Luo said.

"Of course you won't understand." Wei Feng said a little lonely. "You have overlooked one point, that is... technological civilization will not only move forward, it will also degenerate... According to the description of this document, their population is only less than 10 million people. We According to the highest ratio, even if 10% of the population of 10 million are scientific researchers, the number of scientific researchers is 1 million. Then I ask you... One million scientific researchers in our human civilization... ...is it enough to pass on our technology?"

"This is obviously not enough." Ye Luo said immediately, "With the scale of our human civilization with hundreds of billions of people and the technology we have accumulated in the past thousand years. If we want to develop these technologies, no, not to mention development, only Speaking of inheritance, it also requires at least billions of scientific researchers. Technology has developed to the point where we have too many branches, and this is far from being borne by a few people.”

"So the Martian civilization will inevitably face the threat of serious civilization degradation. If you choose to stay in the extra-Neptunian celestial body, it will be fine at first, but as time goes by, with the death of the few remaining scientific researchers. The Martian civilization will There will be various dilemmas: no one will repair the spacecraft if it is broken, no one will install the parts, even if it can be installed, no one will manufacture the spare parts when they run out... After their reserves are exhausted, how do you keep the Martian civilization there? Survive in the cold regions away from the sun?... In fact, I think the Martian civilization was already in this dilemma when the escape plan began, and I think the spacecraft they used to escape were probably created before. In the beginning...they didn't have the capability to make such a large ship."

Ye Luo was silent for a while. Immediately retorted: "This can indeed explain the reason why they did not stop in the celestial bodies beyond Neptune, but captain, even if they finally reach the Nanmen two galaxies, they will still face the threat of civilization degradation. Among the Nanmen two galaxies. They If the spacecraft is broken, no one will repair it, and if the parts are used up, no one will manufacture it.”

"But there is another inexhaustible energy source there." Wei Feng said, "There is a stable sun there, and there are two. The acquisition and utilization of solar energy is very simple, I think, Even if they degenerate. Mastering solar energy isn't that hard, is it?"

"But there are also suns in the solar system... um."

Ye Luo stopped after only half of her words. Wei Feng sighed: "There is indeed a sun in the solar system, but... the sun was already angry at that time, and its anger would take at least tens of millions of years, or even hundreds of millions of years to calm down. In the face of a furious The star... which civilization dares to approach it?"

"Well, I have to admit, Captain, you are right." Ye Luo said, "the only way for them to survive is to sail to the second South Gate, use the two calm suns there to obtain energy, and then survive and slow down. Slowly restore your own population and technology."

"Actually, I don't think there is only one reason why the Martian civilization chose to go to Nanmen 2." Wei Feng said, "There may be another reason... Also, you will not understand this reason. Because it involves Emotions. If a civilization is compared to a person, then... Suppose this person is trapped in a room for many, many years, and when he is on the verge of death... Will he make "Even if he dies, he will To see what the outside world looks like "the decision?"

Ye Luo asked, "Even if this decision is not so wise?"

Wei Feng replied calmly: "Even if this decision is not so wise."

Ye Luo said: "Okay, I understand. But... I still have a question. With the technology of our human civilization at the moment, it is enough to create a spacecraft like the Xinghai spacecraft with a speed of up to 3,000 kilometers per second. Why is the speed of the spacecraft made by the Martian civilization, which is more advanced than ours, only a few hundred kilometers per second? If the black hole engine can only achieve such a small speed, then why do they not choose the traditional nuclear fusion propulsion technology, and To choose the black hole engine propulsion technology?"

Wei Feng shrugged his shoulders and said, "The Xinghai spacecraft that our human civilization has built with a speed of up to 3,000 kilometers per second... How many people can it carry?"

Ye Luo immediately said, "One."

Wei Feng continued to shrug his shoulders: "So do you think that the voyage spacecraft of the Martian civilization may only carry one person? Their spacecraft, one... How can they carry tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people."

"Oh, I understand, a spacecraft that uses a black hole engine as its propulsion method has a huge thrust, and it can also provide a steady stream of energy for a long time. It is suitable for super-giant spacecraft. Although its speed is slow, its technical content is still higher than The thrust is small, but the fast Xinghai spacecraft is advanced. It's just..."

After Ye Luo said the word "just", he stopped talking. It seemed that the terrible scene that continued behind these two words made even one of his intelligent programs feel palpitations.

Wei Feng also didn't ask what it was, and it seemed that Wei Feng also knew about it. But Wei Feng didn't say anything, but continued to read the document.

In the previous information, it was described that the fugitive fleet of the Martian civilization split again after escaping for a period of time. Next, Wei Feng saw such a description.

"Unfortunately, just as our spacecraft was slowing down to almost stationary relative to the sun, the spacecraft's propulsion components failed terribly...and this failure was beyond our means to repair. We The spacecraft thus lost its propulsion and stayed forever in a place that is trillions of kilometers away from the sun, unable to move forward or backward."

"I sent a distress call to the rest of our civilization's fleeing fleet, but none of them came back to rescue us. Well, spare parts and energy are precious to every ship, and which one would give? own resources to save us?"

"Although that miniature black hole is still providing us with energy, but... in this vast and barren cosmic space, this energy will always run out one day. So I entered a long hibernation, Before hibernation, I left instructions to the intelligent program that controls the spacecraft, and I gave it the authority to disassemble the spacecraft to replenish the mass of the black hole when the mass of the black hole decreased to a certain level. I hope that while maintaining my hibernation Before the energy is exhausted... someone can save me, although I know that this wish is too ethereal and basically impossible to achieve."

"Those ships that return to the solar system are bound to be destroyed~www.readwn.com~ all passengers will die, and the ships that continue to sail to the South Gate II system... If they are lucky enough, they should be able to reach their destination before the ship eventually breaks down land, but even if they finally reach their destination, I'm still not optimistic about their fate. Too few people, too few tools, and after a long journey to a completely unfamiliar galaxy, to survive ... easier said than done."

"This is what happened to our Martian civilization. We were born in this void, and we ended up dying in this void, as if we never existed in this universe."

"I hope that you who are looking at this material at the moment... can remember us, remember this small civilization that once appeared in this small solar system. We are a Martian civilization, and I represent our Martian civilization, wishing Good luck."

This information is over, but Wei Feng is still staring blankly. After a while, Wei Feng suddenly said, "This Martian is hiding a lot of things."

Ye Luo said, "It's over, why should we pursue it?" (To be continued.)

PS: Well, ask for a monthly pass again...