For Amerikan, the threat from China is real and imminent.
Even in the interstellar age, resources are still not unlimited, and China is the only country that can directly pose a strategic threat to Mars.
The Europa League and Russia have either fallen behind for too long or are seriously biased in the aerospace field.
Russia's economy cannot maintain its previous all-round competitiveness and has been shrinking for more than thirty years.
The Europa League is biased and has cooperated with Amerikan in a large number of areas. Now that it is unable to cooperate and has to start anew, it is discovered that there is too much to make up for.
Another very important point is that the Europa League is well planned, but its execution is very problematic.
Take the Galileo system as an example. The Galileo satellite navigation system was announced as early as 1999. At that time, it was clearly stated that it was to get rid of Amerikan's GPS dependence and break its monopoly.
China signed a cooperation agreement with the Europa Union in 2003, investing 230 million euros, and wanted to participate in the Galileo project.
But later, because the Europa Union did not allow China to participate in the core technology layer, and at the same time the political winds changed in the later period, China officially withdrew from the project and was determined to build its own satellite navigation system.
That is the source of Beidou navigation. If China and the Europa Union cooperated happily, there would be no Beidou today.
Beidou obviously started six years later than Galileo. As a result, by the end of 2012, the Galileo project only launched six satellites, while China's Beidou launched a total of 16 satellites.
At that time, only the golden frequency band of 1260-1300MHz was left for the satellite navigation system. Beidou came from behind and occupied the satellite frequency band originally planned by Europa.
It can be seen from this incident that the Europa Union often has early plans in the aerospace field, but the implementation is very problematic, and the budget is discounted from time to time.
After Amerika learned that China and the European Union were cooperating on life-extending medicines, they immediately planned to sabotage the cooperation between the two parties.
As the boss, I can't see the second and third children mixing together.
What's more, China and the European Union can achieve almost perfect complementarity in many places.
If this cooperation between the two parties can get off to a happy start and lay the foundation for more subsequent cooperation, this will undoubtedly be bad news for Amerikan.
To give a very simple example, China’s Zhurong Mars rover only landed on Mars in July 2020.
The Europa Union's Mars Express probe was launched into Mars orbit as early as 2003 and has orbited Mars more than 6,000 times.
Among them, evidence that part of the surface of Mars was once covered by oceans, including the remains of large rivers on Mars, was captured by Mars Express.
At that time, the Europa Alliance also launched a lander called Beagle 2 on Mars.
If the data accumulated by the Europa Alliance on Mars exploration is given to China, it will be of great help to China's landing on Mars.
Russia gave China observation data about the moon, saving China at least two years of time.
However, compared with the Europa League, Russia is nothing to worry about.
Of course, America can't offer anything to impress Russia, so don't get mixed up with China.
In order to prevent cooperation between the two sides, America sent a special envoy to the Europa League to prepare for a subsequent higher-level substantive visit.
Among them, Witten, who has been to Stockholm before, is a mysterious guest visiting the Europa League this time.
The people responsible for hosting Witten were Jean-Pierre and Wiles of France.
Witten's attainments in the field of mathematics allow him to have many common topics with the two top mathematicians.
"I didn't expect that seven years have passed since the last time we met. Seven years have passed and we have both become magicians."
The last time the three met was at the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Rio de Janeiro in 2018.
"Who would have thought that magic would exist in the world? Although I am a theist, I have always thought that God is aloof and will not interfere with everything in the world."
"Merlin is not a god. He is a forerunner in the field of magic. He is far from an omniscient and omnipotent god."
"Of course he is not a god, but now that magic has appeared, can the emergence of gods be far behind? The more I study magic, the more pessimistic I become about the future of mankind."
"Contrary to you two, I am very optimistic. The help of Magic Brain to scientific research is obvious to all. In recent years, cutting-edge technological breakthroughs have become more and more common, and a technological blowout similar to the 1980s and 1990s is about to come again.
This time we will enter the interstellar age. Even if we can only colonize the solar system, it will be the interstellar age.
The future of humanity has never looked better. "
"This is an ideal state. Where Merlin wants to take mankind, no one knows yet."
"Isn't the bounty mission in the magic forum very straightforward? Starry Sky, Merlin needs humans to enter the interstellar age.
To him Mars is just the starting point. "
"What he says on the surface may not necessarily be his true thoughts. The unknown substances scattered throughout the ocean have not yet been determined, and Merlin's true purpose is shrouded in mystery.
I hope the future of mankind will be what you say. "
Compared with Witten and Wiles, French mathematicians are obviously more aware of socialism.
Jean-Pierre, who was born in 1926, still vividly remembers the Algerian incident in 1971 even today.
There are very important historical reasons why France is more white-left than the other two countries here.
Jean-Pierre said: “The best times for mankind may be only the best times for a few.
The wider third world people may not be able to enjoy the dividends of the interstellar era.
Artificial intelligence is progressing faster than we expected, and industrial intelligent automation is getting closer.
Once there is no need for so many workers and the manufacturing industry returns, the polarization of the world will become more serious, between peaceful and prosperous developed countries and the unstable third world that cannot even guarantee food and clothing. "
"Pierre, I think you are worried too much. Technological progress can bring benefits to all mankind, and technological progress will cause spillovers.
The wave of Internet revolution we launched and the spillover technology have brought benefits to the world. People all over the world are enjoying the richer entertainment and cultural prosperity brought by the Internet era.
The technological spillover from developed countries has brought China’s rapid development this century.
Future technological progress will also bring about similar changes, and technological progress will be of universal benefit to mankind. "
Regarding Witten's quibble, Pierre did not want to argue too much: "Maybe you are right, I hope you are right."
I saw Witten stretching out a finger, and a fire appeared in the position millimeters away from the finger.
"Well, I thought that mastering magic fireball, light, and magic hands were basic operations. Space teleportation was the real gateway to magic.
As a result, it is only now that I have initially mastered the fireball technique, which is not even a flame. "
What Witten said depends on who he says it in front of. Saying it in front of the mages of the European Union is pure Versailles.
You must know that the development of magic by the mages of the Europa League is still at the level of moving items, which is no different from telekinesis.
The outside world may think that after becoming a mage, you can do anything, but the mages on Blue Star know that a mage is nothing but a high-level worker.
Just a high-level part-time worker with a fully optimized brain.
The mages had watched Merlin's public spellcasting in Stockholm countless times. Not to mention the reappearance, they didn't even understand how Merlin appeared at the scene.
Looking at the flames on Witten's fingers, Wiles and Jean-Pierre looked at each other and noticed the vague envy in each other's eyes.
Wiles asked: "Did you redeem the basic spells?"
Wiles wanted to say what it was, but he couldn't.
Witten just asks, what do you know? He and Pierre would have to show their cowardice immediately.
Witten: “This is a secret, I think there are many areas where we and you can cooperate.
Amerikan's research results in magic are definitely beyond your imagination.
Including biological storage technology can also be shared with the Europa Union. "
Pierre was much more cautious: “Conditions?
What are your conditions? "
Witten said without hesitation: "The ownership of five magic coins and the right to use one magic coin.
The exchange of biological storage technology requires 10 magic coins, and we also give away detailed casting instructions for the fireball spell. "
Amerikan is a thief. It is equivalent to paying an extra magic coin for the right to use it in exchange for the casting details of the fireball spell.
But their fire technique is at best, and after obtaining biological storage technology, it will not take more than a month to develop the fire technique.
This business has been very profitable for Amerikan.
Jean-Pierre: "We need to discuss it before we decide."
The Europa League is definitely not in a hurry. America and China both have to win over me. If I don’t take the opportunity to raise a price, how long will it take?
Americen's quotation was directly transferred to China. Let's see what China said.
Not to mention that both Huaguo and Amerikan have sold biological storage servers to them.
Witten continued: “And I think Amerikan can better cooperate with the Europa Union on life-extending potions.
Our achievements in the field of biomedicine are much stronger than those of China. "
The most coveted thing about Amerikan is the life-extending potion.
Life-extending medicines are not just used by big shots. This is a market that is ten times larger than that of sildenafil, and the profit can even be a hundred times that of sildenafil.
"I can make suggestions, but we don't have the say."
In fact, the idea of the Europa League is also very simple. There are few benefits to be transferred when cooperating with China, but there are huge benefits to be transferred when cooperating with America.
In the cooperation agreement reached with China, China has the right to use the results of research and development of life-extending drugs in China, and the Europa Union has the right to use them in other regions.
If we cooperate with Amerikan, the global benefits will be equally shared.
“The more I study, the more I realize the gap between humans and magical civilization in the biological field.
The number of life-extending potions that Merlin provided us is too small, and it is difficult to reverse engineer the synthesis route from these only life-extending potions. "
Wiles said this as a test to see how much Amerikan knew about life-extending potions.
As early as 2013, when the Prism project was revealed, the Europa League knew that Amerikan must have tampered with communications equipment.
Including that they have been strongly resisting Huawei's communication equipment to expand market share, also because if Huawei replaces Cisco, it will make it more difficult for Amerikan to collect intelligence.
This time Amerikan was even more naked and made it clear that he knew the life extension potion was in the hands of the Europa League and that you were cooperating.
Even without hiding it, the intention is directly stated.
The Europa League does not know through what channel the news was leaked, but the insider was still eavesdropped.
For Wiles, the mission was entrusted even before he met Witten.
He needed to find out how much Amerikan knew about the life-extending potion.
Witten: "There are already a lot of life-extending potions. If you cooperate with us, you will be able to reverse engineer them to a certain extent."
"Maybe it won't have the same effect as the potion provided by Merlin. We can make a weakened version first."
After Witten finished speaking, Wiles made a judgment in his heart, that is, the specific quantity of the life-extending potion was unknown to Amerikan.
After the three of them chatted for a while about life-extending potions, Pierre changed the topic:
"With the deepening of my research on magic and the discovery of new particles, I feel more and more that your string theory is correct.
It just needs to be more perfect. "
The previous largest quantum accelerator was in the Europa Union, and they accumulated a large amount of data on particle collisions in the soul.
The new quantum accelerators built by China and Russia will only be completed this year.
As for the large-scale quantum accelerator that Neon, England and Kangaroo Country originally planned to build in 2026, due to England's "rebellion", it is now far away.
When it came to professional issues, Wiles also seemed very interested: "The emergence of Merlin caused chaos in the world of physics.
The emergence of special souls and new particles makes physicists doubt life.
Looking back, I feel more and more that string theory can include these. "
String theory believes that the most basic matter is not particles, but "strings" one by one.
There are a total of 5 types of strings in string theory: type 1, type 2A, type 2B, hybrid O(32) type, and hybrid E8×E8 type.
These strings are unified within a framework called "M-theory".
M theory believes that the world has eleven dimensions, ten of which are space and one dimension is time.
It must be applicable to our universe in 11 dimensions, but the universe in which humans live has only 4 dimensions.
Witten nodded and said: "I also suspect that after the emergence of magic, I have more confidence in string theory.
Michio Kaku's wild idea may be right.
Human beings live in a four-dimensional universe, and there is also a six-dimensional universe.
Magic allows humans to communicate with the six-dimensional universe and realize material exchange between the six-dimensional universe and the four-dimensional universe to achieve the purpose of casting spells. "
Michio Kaku is an enthusiastic supporter of string theory and has authored a series of popular science works for the public, "Conceiving the Future", "Beyond Einstein and Hyperspace", and "Parallel Universe".
"I guess the soul exists in the six-dimensional universe. When humans think, it will briefly go from the six-dimensional universe to the four-dimensional universe, and then quickly return to the six-dimensional universe."
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Procrastination strikes again. . . My procrastination is really bad
Originally I was going to add an update today, but I will put it later and try to finish it before next Wednesday.
