In the space where the virtual universe open class is located, the background here is Proxima Centauri. There is a huge platform floating in the orbit of Proxima Centauri. This platform is the venue where the open class is located.
Just after Xu Zhengping announced the start of the open class, people scattered throughout the venue returned to their seats in an instant.
Xu Zhengping stood on the high platform in the center of the venue and looked around. Seeing more than three million people around him looking at him, he felt a little nervous unconsciously.
This is more than three million people, which means that the virtual universe can bring so many people together. This is impossible to achieve in reality.
In addition to the many people in the venue, there are also 400 million people watching the live broadcast.
The attention of so many people shows how important everyone is to controllable nuclear fusion technology.
"Hello everyone, I am Xu Zhengping, the president of Lingzhou University of Technology. The theme of today's open class is the future development of mankind. Welcome..."
Before Xu Zhengping finished speaking, everyone at the scene burst into applause.
The applause of three million people was so shocking.
After the applause ended, everyone was not idle and started shouting.
"Controllable nuclear fusion technology, we want to know the future development of controllable nuclear fusion technology, and whether we humans can really enter the interstellar age."
"Yes! We just want to know some details of controllable nuclear fusion technology and whether we humans will really achieve energy freedom in the future."
"The next step for us is to develop Proxima Centauri."
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Three million people, even if only a small part of them shouted, the sound was shocking.
In response to the shouts of these people, Xu Zhengping smiled easily and just said softly: "I know that everyone is concerned about cold nuclear fusion technology. Don't worry, after talking about the future development of mankind, our Northwest Nuclear Industry Director Duan of the institute will give you a detailed introduction to cold fusion technology."
Xu Zhengping's voice was not loud, but it sounded different to everyone's ears, as if he was shouting by a person standing nearby.
In an instant, the more than three million people present fell silent.
Xu Zhengping was polite again, and after greeting everyone present and watching the live broadcast, he started to get into the topic.
With a wave of Xu Zhengping's hand, the entire venue changed and turned into a starry sky, with countless galaxies surrounding humans.
At the same time, Xu Zhengping started talking.
He began to introduce the vastness of the universe, talking about how big the observable universe is now and how big the theoretical universe is.
He also talked about how many galaxies and stars there are in the universe.
When Xu Zhengping said this, those at the scene and in the live broadcast room were confused.
In the past, people with some common sense knew about the vastness of the universe, but they did not have such an intuitive way to see and appreciate the vastness of the universe.
At this moment, everyone felt firsthand the insignificance of the earth and the insignificance of mankind.
As he said, the large scale of the universe slowly became smaller, to the scale of galaxy clusters, to the scale of the Milky Way, to the scale of the solar system, and finally to the cradle of mankind, the earth.
After saying this, Xu Zhengping disappeared from the high platform and reappeared in the seats next to Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming.
At the same moment, a person appeared on the high platform, Professor Si Wenbo from Tsinghua University.
Professor Si did not speak, and quietly looked at the more than three million people who were discussing.
"This... this universe is too big. I knew it was big before, but I didn't expect it to be so big. It's so scary. Compared with the universe, we humans can't even compare to a grain of sand. We humans are too big. Too small."
"Yes! It's too small, but it's not us humans, it's our earth. Compared to us humans, the earth is already very big, but when comparing the earth with the universe, sand is not even included. Really, the universe It’s too big, it’s scary.”
"Comparing the earth with anything, the sun and the solar system are nothing compared to the universe. If we want to compare, we can only compare it with the Milky Way. In our opinion, the Milky Way is inferior.
No more than a grain of sand in the universe. "
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"I can't imagine that the universe is so big, but the small solar system and the earth have given birth to us humans. I really don't know whether we humans are great or small, but we know that we humans should go out of the earth and the solar system. We humans should embrace The whole universe."
"Yes, we humans should embrace the entire universe. The universe is so vast and contains so many resources and energy. We humans have now mastered controllable nuclear fusion technology. We should leave the solar system and explore the cosmic space outside the solar system."
"It's too big, the universe is too big, and we humans are too small. In my opinion, even if we humans master the controllable nuclear fusion technology, we humans can only explore the star systems around the sun. We have no choice. It is impossible to break through the speed of light now, we humans are limited to death by the speed of light."
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"The universe is so vast, but we humans can only explore a very small part of it. The Milky Way is only a grain of sand compared to the universe, but it is extremely difficult for us to explore this grain of sand. Really, we humans It’s too insignificant, and I always feel powerless when facing the entire universe.”
"I hope we humans can develop faster-than-light technology in the future, otherwise we humans will be confined to a small space forever. To be honest, it would be okay if we humans didn't know how vast the universe is, but now we know , but we can’t explore it, it’s too rushed.”
"I hope that controllable nuclear fusion technology is just the beginning. More and more technologies will appear in the future, allowing us humans to explore the entire universe."
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Not only the venue for the open class was lively, but also the live broadcast of the open class.
Originally, there were only 400 million people watching the live broadcast, but within a short time, more and more people were watching, and the number of people online at the same time in the live broadcast room reached one billion.
In other words, these people who usually don’t care much about science and technology are also watching the live broadcast.
Compared with the discussions in the open class venue, the speeches in the live broadcast room were posted very quickly.
While the speeches in the live broadcast room lamented the vastness of the universe, more people asked when brain computers would become popular.
Although everyone now lives a prosperous life, the current situation is that many people are still using outdated game cabins, and more people are still using mobile phones, computers and other terminals.
You know, with brain computers, all terminals can be replaced.
Why aren't these people in a hurry?
Because of these people's speech, the two anchors in the live broadcast room continued to explain, but it was useless. These people still shouted and asked when brain computers would be fully popularized.
Speaking of which, the brain computer manufacturing factory in orbit around the earth has been expanding production. Although the brain computer has not yet been finalized, preparations are already underway.
According to the plan, after the brain-computer is finalized, it will be fully popularized within a month.
It’s very lively at home, and it’s the same abroad.
You know, after the global deindustrialization plan was implemented, 99% of people abroad accepted the plan, even those who did not accept it at the beginning.
After all, as long as they accept it, they can live a prosperous life, and they can also obtain a brain computer and be qualified to enter the virtual universe.
For them, there are no more thoughts now.
Speaking of which, half a year ago, that is, after the asteroid impact incident, many people still had certain ideas and wanted to compete. But half a year later, these people all gave up. They no longer had such ideas.
Speaking of which, as long as they accept the earth's deindustrialization plan, they can live a prosperous life and have the qualifications to enter the virtual universe.
You know, half of these people have already lived a wealthy life, and there is too much news about virtual universes on their networks, saying that all dreams can be realized in virtual universes.
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At this moment, although these people cannot participate in the live broadcast, they can watch the indirect live broadcast.
After seeing the venue in the virtual universe in the video, these people only yearned for it.
On the high platform in the center of the open class venue, Si Wenbo saw that the discussion volume had become quieter. He first introduced himself, and then began to talk about the infinite resources of the universe in the vast universe.
Compared with Xu Zhengping who talks from large scale to small scale, Si Wenbo talks from small scale to large scale.
The reality introduces those resources on the earth, then the resources in the solar system, and then the Milky Way and the entire universe.
During the introduction, Si Wenbo's eyes lit up.
As it stands now, what humans have the ability to mine are the resources in the solar system. However, because of the need to maintain the dynamic balance of the solar system, the resources that humans can mine are limited.
Even if the resources in the entire solar system could be developed, they would still be nothing compared to the Milky Way and the universe.
Not to mention anything else, the combined resources of Nanmen 2 around the solar system far exceed those of the solar system. After all, Nanmen 2 has three stars.
In other words, when Si Wenbo talked about the resources of the entire universe, it was not just Si Wenbo whose eyes shone, but the eyes of most of the people at the scene and watching the live broadcast.
After introducing the resources in the universe, Si Wenbo changed the topic and talked about possible challenges for mankind in the future, such as solar anomalies, supernova explosions, aliens, etc.
At this time, everyone's expressions were ugly.
In the eyes of these people, mankind has entered the space age, and now that it has mastered controllable nuclear fusion technology, it is appropriate for mankind to enter the interstellar age.
But humans still face many challenges.
For now, the sun's anomalies and supernova explosions can threaten the entire human race, and then there is the damage to the environment caused by human development.
Si Wenbo focused on the threat of aliens to human beings.
Although humans have not yet discovered the existence of aliens in the space outside the solar system, we cannot deny that there are no aliens in the universe.
You know, since there are humans in the solar system, there are other aliens in the universe.
At first, these people didn't care much, but after listening to Si Wenbo's explanation, they all understood.
In the past, humans stayed on the earth and in the solar system. Due to distance limitations, aliens were not discovered or discovered by aliens. This is not surprising. But with the expansion of the space scope of human activities, aliens have been discovered and discovered. It's only a matter of time for people.
In the end, Si Wenbo made it clear that in the face of so many challenges, the only thing humans can do is develop science and technology.
It can be said that resources and energy are everywhere in the universe. What is lacking is the means to utilize these resources and energy, that is, science and technology.
Relatively speaking, the only thing humans can do to change is science and technology.
Afterwards, Si Wenbo talked about Tsinghua University’s Second Earth Project.
After saying this, Si Wenbo made a summary and then disappeared from the high platform.
At this time, the three million people present and the 400 million people watching the live broadcast were uneasy. Some started discussing with each other, and some sat there in deep thought.
The development of science and technology, to put it simply, means discovering and utilizing the rules of the universe.
The extent to which science and technology are mastered determines the living conditions of human beings in the universe. This is not only true for humans, but also for all intelligent life in the universe.
As for Tsinghua University's Second Earth Plan, everyone is also seriously discussing it.
In fact, many people have a certain understanding of Tsinghua University's Second Earth Plan. In the past, they only thought that this was the goal pursued by Tsinghua University, which was still far away from the present. This is no longer the case.
After a while, a person appeared on the high platform. This person was the person in charge of the relevant department.
After this man briefly introduced himself, he said that the resources and energy in the universe are almost unlimited. What is needed is science and technology and more people to exploit them, and the research and development of science and technology also requires more people.
Talking, talking, talking again
When it comes to the necessity of increasing human population, we also talk about population increase plans.
In the past, the population increase plan was only released through the grapevine. Now, although it is not very formal, it is almost the same.
After introducing the population increase plan in detail, this person also emphasized that the population increase plan is completely voluntary. Those who want to participate can participate, and no one will force anyone who does not want to participate.
To be honest, what Xu Zhengping and Si Wenbo said were all for the present, that is, to pave the way for the population increase plan.
Not to mention, after the introduction of the population increase plan, the response at the scene and in the live broadcast room was mediocre, and no one thought there was anything strange.
You know, news about the population increase plan has been released through the grapevine a long time ago.
Relevant feedback shows that the vast majority of people are willing to have children.
You must know that today is not the past. Nowadays, if you want to have a child naturally, you can also use an artificial womb, and all material needs will be provided. Even if you are taking care of children and doing housework, there are special robots.
When it comes to giving, it means spending some time with your children.
According to the thinking of more people, they can have as many children as they can.
In their view, the universe is so big that more people need to develop it, and the development of science and technology also requires more people.
This is still from a human perspective.
From a personal perspective, who doesn’t want to have as many descendants as possible?
Many people have already shouted out, saying that the future of mankind is to continue to develop science and technology and spread mankind throughout the universe.
What everyone is shouting is to introduce cold fusion technology quickly.
Seeing everyone's reaction, the man didn't say much. After making a concluding speech, he disappeared from the high platform.
