January 1st, 19th year of the new century.
At this moment, five years have passed since the plan to meet again in the future was implemented.
Although it has only been five years, the entire human civilization has been greatly changed.
Before the plan to meet again in the future is achieved, even if human civilization absorbs the relics and legacies of the Ai Bo civilization, its civilization level is actually just in the middle to late stage of the second-level cosmic civilization, and there is still a huge gap between the third-level cosmic civilization. .
Even if it is a comparative study of the relics and heritage of the Aibo civilization, it will probably take one or two hundred years of hard work to fully understand it and reach the peak of the second-level cosmic civilization, or just enter the edge of the third-level cosmic civilization.
However, with the successful completion of the future reunion plan, coupled with the absorption and integration over the past five years, humankind's technological level has definitely risen to the primary stage of the third-level cosmic civilization, and most theoretical knowledge and a small number of cutting-edge creations have entered the third-level. Intermediate level of cosmic civilization.
The government report on New Year's Day detailed the major scientific and technological breakthroughs in the past five years, including the completion of antimatter reactor testing, the achievement of two-particle quantum entanglement communication technology, the successful testing of super-large energy shields, and a number of biomedical technologies. Important technological breakthrough, the limit of human life span has been greatly improved...
In addition to announcements of scientific and technological achievements, the great development in the past five years is even more gratifying.
The inner frame of the mothership Unicron has been constructed. Viewed from outer space, a huge circular steel skeleton has appeared on the outer circle of the moon. This is a giant structure that can wrap the entire moon in it. Its size is not small. It is inferior to humans building a mechanical asteroid. The most important thing is that it only took five years!
According to the data mentioned in the report, the current productivity level of human beings has surpassed the original AIBO civilization by about fifteen times. This is of course due to the fact that there are more than 1.2 billion humans, and the AIBO civilization has already reached extinction at that time. Marginal, but this also shows that the current technological level of human beings has surpassed the Ai Bo civilization by a lot.
And that’s not all the progress in the past five years.
More than half of the four major fleet groups have been produced, and the latest combat mechas have been developed. There are three models in total, which meet the needs of reconnaissance, auxiliary, and main attack. They have also been produced more than half, and the matching pilots and debuggers have been completed. Everything is in place. The mechas that have been produced have been used in space battleships for dozens of drills.
All these developments and breakthroughs make all human beings extremely excited.
Ever since he stepped into the deep space, the strong feeling of uneasiness was not unique to Lu Yuanming, but it was only Lu Yuanming who had the ability to vent this uneasiness. The others could only suppress this uneasiness in silence. heart.
Why did more than 20 million people die without hesitation during the Battle of Pseudo-Steel? In addition to the sterilization curse, it is actually more about venting this huge feeling of uneasiness.
Until now, looking at the mothership that is about to be completed, looking at the latest space battleships and combat mechas, although I still have a fear of the dark and deep space of the universe, my uneasiness has indeed dropped a lot.
This is why the five-year report is released.
"...This coordinate information is too complicated. Even if it takes tens of thousands of years to calculate, it has not been fully understood until recently."
In a huge starry sky projection hall, the great astrophysics scientist Schiller Rodriguez was pointing at these stars and talking.
Lu Yuanming asked in confusion: "I have actually asked this question before. Didn't we use the space ring supercomputer matrix to calculate 10,300 years? No matter how complicated the coordinates are, they will not be Is it an infinite number like pi?"
Schiller Rodriguez immediately replied: "This is naturally impossible, but Your Majesty the Determinator, you have to know how big the universe is. With an observation range of tens of billions of light-years, there are still countless things that are unobservable. With a range of light years, even if we obtain the coordinate system and the position of the reference object in the three-dimensional space, just confirming and searching for its orientation requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Thanks to the current explosion of technology, until recently we Only then can the calculated data be sorted out.”
Everyone nodded slightly. Seeing that no one had any doubts, Schiller Rodriguez continued to point to the starry sky map and said: "The coordinates are divided into five sets of information data. The core coordinates are the so-called Land of Hope, Gold. The legacy of our time lies, and that is our ultimate goal, which is about 120 billion light-years away from us.”
"How many!?"
At least a dozen voices sounded at the same time.
Schiller Rodriguez repeated helplessly: "One hundred and twenty billion light-years away... Yes, according to the calculation data, it is at that location."
Everyone, including Lu Yuanming, had expressions of shock and pain.
A senior executive asked: "How many times the speed of light can the curvature generator operate at full power?"
Schiller Rodriguez still replied immediately: "Ten times, the ultimate speed of full power operation, but unfortunately, even if we use all the energy of the existing Dyson Cloud, plus all the antimatter reactors expected on the mothership, Including energy, we can only achieve about seven to eight times the speed of light at most, and the energy is insufficient...the energy is far from enough."
Another senior executive's face was ashen, and he murmured: "In other words, even if we travel at ten times the speed of light at full power, it will take us 12 billion years to arrive? By the way, doesn't it mean that the faster The closer to the speed of light, the more people inside it feel the compression of time, similar to the time-stop effect? Then if we move ten times the speed of light, more than 10 billion years have passed in the outside world, but we only feel the blink of an eye. almost there?"
Schiller Rodrigues showed a helpless expression, but here were all high-level officials, so he could only patiently explain: "It can't be done, Your Excellency, this situation only occurs when the matter itself reaches the speed of light. But except for the near-light speed of the Determinator, no material means can achieve this near-light speed, and the curvature navigation itself exceeds the speed of light limit. Although we are moving at super-light speed, we are not subject to the effect of space-time expansion. In other words , we should spend 12 billion years, but we can only spend 12 billion years in the curvature bubble."
It's over.
This was the first thought of most people, but some people were calmer and asked immediately: "This coordinate is an absolutely impossible position for us to get close to. Then Mr. Schiller can tell us the other four sets of data of the coordinates." ”
Schiller Rodriguez nodded, and he continued: "This is exactly why I asked for this hearing... The coordinates are very complicated. They are divided into five sets of data from the inside to the outside. The core is our target point. , a position 120 billion light-years away, and then the remaining four sets of coordinates increase in order of magnitude. The second set of coordinates has a total of eight positions, distributed on eight circular points with the first set of coordinates as the core, where The closest one to us is an area 86 billion light-years away, and the third set of coordinates has a total of 64 locations, of which the closest one to us is an area 32.5 billion light-years away."
"The fourth set of coordinates has a total of 4,096 locations, and the closest one to us is the center of a river system 180 million light-years away."
"The fifth set of coordinates has a total of 16,777,216 locations, and the location closest to us is only... forty-two light years away!"
Everyone frowned.
The order of magnitude of this distance has dropped too exaggeratedly. From the initial distance of 120 billion light-years, it suddenly dropped to 42 light-years...
According to the size of the universe, such a close distance is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and when you reach down, the needle is in your hand.
Some are weird, some are strange, and some are definitely problematic!
Schiller Rodriguez seemed to understand everyone's thoughts, and he said: "Whether there is a problem or not, this needs to be judged by you and the decision maker. I am just informing you of the situation confirmed so far. According to our Observe that there is nothing there at a location forty-two light years away. It is neither a star nor a special environment such as a nebula. However, when conducting gravitational detection on it, we found that there is a space-time curvature similar to that of a black hole. extreme case."
"After calculation and correction, we have great reason to suspect that there is probably a wormhole in that place!"
Many senior officials and Lu Yuanming had some sudden realizations. Lu Yuanming immediately asked: "You mean, that wormhole can lead to tens of millions or hundreds of millions of light years away? In other words, these five sets of coordinate systems , is it actually a short-term wormhole? As long as you go to the location of a set of coordinates, there will be a wormhole there, and then you can go through the wormhole to the core point of the next set of coordinates? "
Schiller Rodriguez shook his head and said: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty the Decider, I am just a scholar engaged in astrophysics research. The judgment of these matters is not my specialty, but I personally think... it is very possible, otherwise The infinite distance of 120 billion light-years is something that a cosmic civilization like ours will never be able to reach. Since there are coordinates, they must want us to go there, so I personally think it is very possible."
After that, Lu Yuanming held a discussion meeting with the senior executives.
Some senior officials expressed concern about this completely illogical coincidence.
The universe is infinite and vast, but they happened to appear forty-two light years away from the first set of coordinates. This situation was too coincidental, as if some civilization was watching them and waiting for them to enter.
Lu Yuanming felt very uncomfortable.
The situation before him had the same feeling as when he encountered the existence of the narrative layer.
The future is doomed, and humans exist like ants in a glass window.
"But we have no way out, even if it's a trap, we have to go!"
Lu Yuanming made a decision.
On January 28, 2019, the curvature generator underwent routine maintenance.
At the same time, a space battleship was temporarily removed from the army, and the soldiers and accompanying researchers disappeared from human society.
