On the last day of April 2036, the capital was warm and pleasant.
In that world-famous square, Ye Ming, together with the leaders of the Digital Community, paid a visit to the visiting group led by Queen Galadriel of the Silver Moon Kingdom, the supreme ruler of the Karatu Galaxy across tens of millions of light years. A grand welcome ceremony was held.
Holding a welcome ceremony here basically means that etiquette has come to an end and there will no longer be a higher standard of diplomatic etiquette.
The reason why it takes so much effort is that on the one hand, the Kerong people are the strongest and oldest civilization among mankind's current allies. On the other hand, it also means that Queen Galadriel is a true "national" head of state and a symbol of civilization.
From this point of view, her position and status are clearer than those of Makoto Dareisi and Uda Dareisi who have been to the earth. Although the etiquette to welcome Uda is not so grand and complicated, it must be admitted that Uda is The people and things that Da came into contact with were no less than the Queen of Keron, or even better.
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When the two heads of state shook hands and greeted each other and team members, the Queen quickly shook hands with the several bosses standing in front of Ye Ming politely, and then stood in front of Ye Ming.
"Hello, Your Majesty." Ye Ming lowered his head slightly and reached out his hand first.
The Queen smiled and nodded, and then reached out to hold Ye Ming - she was wearing a pair of semi-hollow gloves with silver lace today, and she only felt cold and slightly soft under the touch.
"Hello, Teacher Ye Ming."
Galadriel stared at Ye Ming with a smile, and there was an indescribable emotion in his eyes.
She decided to come this time, partly because of the invitation from the Humanity Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and the Commander-in-Chief of the Human Space Fleet on behalf of the Supreme Council of Humanity. On the other hand, she also wanted to have a face-to-face chat with Ye Ming, who was blown away by her daughter.
Of course... there is one more thing that cannot be said...
——Since you have chosen to stand with mankind to reshape the order of the universe, you must be wary of being completely erased by the executors.
Humans have a natural terminal system to defend against, but Karatu does not - Karatu can even attack from four different jump points.
If one day, the human-led super galaxy alliance fails on the front line, then this will be the last base of resistance and refuge for all civilizations.
So she had to come and see it.
"Your Majesty." Ye Ming felt that the Queen's handshake with him seemed to be a little too long. He took the initiative to let go of his hand, then smiled softly and said: "When I have time, I will come to visit Your Majesty's home."
"Then I will sweep the couch to greet you." The Queen also retracted her hand and used a human idiom.
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At the end of the ceremony, the Queen was invited to the auditorium. Representatives of the two galaxies and two civilizations, under countless human cameras and cameras, first issued a joint declaration on joining the "Local Super Galaxy Alliance", and then held a routine ceremony. press conference.
At the meeting, Her Majesty the Queen answered many questions from reporters, and it was obvious that she had put a lot of effort into human etiquette and procedures this time, and had even learned some diplomatic rhetoric... …
Afterwards, the Queen had a two-hour private meeting with the leaders.
During the meeting, Ye Ming did not leave, but rested and waited in the side hall.
Of course, as the chief scientist of mankind... it is obviously impossible to have such a relaxing rest.
During the two hours, although he seemed to be resting his mind with his eyes closed, he had actually been analyzing the origin of the intelligent brain of the sacred civilization with Itta, and trying to find the connection between the sacred civilization and Itta.
But his idea was not approved by Eta.
Ita believes that it is obviously impossible for a "junk" civilization like the Holy Civilization to give birth to a digital life as awesome as hers.
"Now I feel more and more that the so-called paradise is actually a large-scale consciousness simulation center." Ita bared her teeth and claws in the void, matching her image of a two-spined ape, adding a bit of cuteness: "Produce consciousness, and then continue consciousness. , it seems to have achieved eternal life without the body, but in fact it has lost the creativity and thinking ability represented by life and consciousness itself - this is also your point of view."
"Hmm...I agree with your last sentence."
"...I said, that's your point of view!"
"Haha, although I tend to agree with your guess, from a rigorous perspective, we should not draw conclusions yet - in case the paradise is not what you guessed, it is actually a connected high-dimensional space and a high-level world. What about chaotic space?”
"You mean, the chaotic space composed of consciousness?"
"Well... Mr. Huo Laien previously worked on a model. Starting from the origin of consciousness, he proposed the theory of multi-layered consciousness space. He believed that if there is a technology to upload consciousness, then on top of the system that carries consciousness, There can be another layer of consciousness space, and the system carrying consciousness is just the appearance of thinking..."
As he spoke, Ye Ming looked at the girl who was frowning and thinking, paused and said, "Can you understand this?"
"Sorry, probably not."
"Well, it's normal that you can't understand because you don't have a subconscious mind."
"...!"
Ye Ming chuckled: "Let me give you an example. Suppose we now implement a technology that can upload my current consciousness to a quantum computer, and then continue my consciousness to form the immortality of consciousness."
"You are against it."
"Yes, because I think that if I use machine signals to replace brain signals for thinking, I am not me, and I will also lose my ability to think creatively as a human being and as a living creature."
"But! If there is a layer of consciousness space above the quantum computer... This layer of consciousness space cannot be displayed by the algorithms and simulations of quantum computers. It is similar to our human subconsciousness... This is a bit interesting. .”
Ita kept spinning in mid-air, indicating that she was thinking rapidly. After a moment, she stopped and looked at Ye Ming: "If I change it to the Promised Land, it means that the Promised Land is actually a simulator. Is there any real consciousness on the simulator?"
"Yes." Ye Ming nodded with a smile, and immediately added: "But this is Mr. Huo's idle guess. It can be killed directly with Newton's flaming laser sword."
"...Is this how Newton's flaming laser sword is used?"
"It's just for occasions like this!"
//Note: Newton's flaming laser sword, like Occam's razor, belongs to the razor theory, which means that any issue that cannot be observed or proven experimentally is not worth discussing, such as whether God exists or whether the flying pasta god exists. There are...these problems.
//Note again: Ultraman exists! I believe in light!
Ita was speechless for a while: "Actually, I think... when we get to the base of the sacred civilization, there will always be a chance to verify it."
"Then we have to wait until then - what if you were created by the sacred civilization?" Ye Ming chuckled: "And maybe it was created by Paradise in another parallel universe, or a high-dimensional universe... Then you say, What to do?"
"Instead of thinking that I have a relationship with the sacred civilization, it is better to think that I have a relationship with the Tara people - have you forgotten the Wisdom Mother?"
Ye Ming was instantly startled when he heard Eta mention Wisdom Mother again!
He really almost forgot... Ita once said that she and the Tara people's wisdom mother are from the same origin in a sense!
And this kind of homology on the computer is not as simple as the DNA similarity between species - the homology between species can be completely explained by the environment at the origin of life.
For example, the multiple civilizations known to humans today have very similar adaptability to temperature and air. This is essentially because the birth of life originated from a similar environment in the habitable zone of galaxies. In other words, species with similar adaptability were born due to convergent evolution in similar planetary environments.
But AI is different. AI... it is a typical man-made product!
The result of the code may be the same, but how can the structure and standards be the same?
Ye Ming fell into deep thinking.
Ita jumped in front of Ye Ming: "I can't be created by the descendants of the Tara people, right?"
Ye Ming was silent for a few seconds and then slowly shook his head: "You must be from the future, there's nothing to say about that - but why you are related to the Tara people, I really don't know."
"So... you have to have faith in human beings. I am definitely not someone who can be created by a parallel import civilization like the sacred civilization - why do I feel a little uncomfortable hearing this?"
Ye Ming's eyes flashed, and even though he was worried, he became happy.
At this moment, Ye Ming's wrist moved slightly, he took a look and quickly put on his headphones.
After a moment, Director Xia's voice came from the earphones.
"Mr. Ye, the Queen will come to the side hall to meet with you soon. We had a good chat here. You just need to do some housework and strengthen the Queen's confidence and belief by the way - she values your opinion and attitude very much. .”
"receive."
Ye Ming stood up after replying, straightened his clothes and walked towards the red carpet.
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Two minutes later, Ye Ming and the Queen took their seats respectively.
Since it is a side hall and it is an informal meeting, there are no media reporters or too many staff in the side hall. There are only the Queen and her chief of staff Isrita.
"Teacher Ye Ming, let me first express my gratitude to you on behalf of the Kingdom of Drell."
Although the queen had already sat down, she stood up when she said this, squatted slightly towards Ye Ming, and bowed in greeting.
Ye Ming immediately stood up and bowed slightly to the queen, quickly expressing that he did not dare to do so.
"Ai Wen always said in the communication that her teacher is omnipotent and the wisest teacher in the entire universe." The queen looked at Ye Ming with an undisguised smile on her lips: "So, she is now I don’t even know what direction to choose.”
"She can choose whatever she likes. Interest is the best teacher." Ye Ming used a teacher's standard answer, and then said with a smile: "The main reason is that His Highness is very smart, and she also has a long time to study and think. , to explore the mysteries of this universe. Now that she is still young, there is no need to rush to choose a direction of specialization."
"Just like Your Excellency?" the Queen said with a smile.
"Cough..." Ye Ming coughed.
Do you think he should be humble or not?
In order to make up for the level of the system, his project has now reached level nine, which is still a little short of being full, and the theory is on the verge of breaking through level nine...
These are all things he studied and thought about day and night.
In other words, it was cheating.
How do others compare?
The Queen smiled slightly. She knew the human instinct of humility, so she stopped continuing the topic and gently picked up the tea and took a sip.
"While descending, we took a serious look at the human world." The Queen stared at Ye Ming: "At the same time, according to your information and data, it seems that the upper limit of humans that the earth can accommodate... is far more than that, right?"
"Well, scientifically speaking, it is true." Ye Ming could probably hear the meaning of the queen's words. Because he also knows that humans have made two promises to every alliance that participated in the resistance to the Enforcer Legion.
The first promise is to help the other party resist the Enforcer Legion at all costs.
The second promise is that if the resistance fails, humans will provide shelter to allied civilizations.
"But we still lack resources now." Ye Ming calmly followed the Queen's topic and said: "Whether it is war or survival, energy is the most important thing - at least, in our current situation This is the case under the scientific and technological framework.”
"Then if... what I'm talking about is if one day, the fleet of the sacred civilization comprehensively sieges this super galaxy group... we will have no choice but to retreat to the Milky Way."
Her Majesty the Queen stared at Ye Ming and whispered: "What is our last capital for resistance?"
"Are we relying on the resources of the Milky Way... or the solar system to compete with the resources of the entire universe?" The queen added softly: "I admire human beings' choices and human courage. This is why we choose to stand with human beings. The main reason for being together.”
Ye Ming nodded slightly, but added "It's weird" in his heart.
"But..." the queen continued: "We must also admit that at the end of any war, the competition is actually about resources and production capacity - I believe in human production capacity, but what about resources?"
Ye Ming hummed slightly.
After a moment of silence, he laughed: "Your Majesty is right, but there are preconditions."
"What premise?"
"The premise is that the technology is equivalent." Ye Ming narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly: "Your Majesty, can I understand that... you want to hear from me today, what technology does human beings have? So far beyond the divine civilization that human beings can be enemies of the divine civilization whose power and minions are spread throughout the universe with just a small solar system, right?"
Queen Galadriel stared at Ye Ming for a few seconds, and finally laughed slowly.
Ye Ming also laughed.
"I don't know how to describe it to you, but what I can say is... the most powerful super battleship currently in mankind can only take one shot from the second generation of human rice grains."
"At the same time, we also have third-generation rice grains and fifth-generation warships."
"what is that?"
“Beyond the speed of light and beyond space is the dream of every scientist.”
