Great Power Technology.

Chapter 461

After more than 6 hours of flight, the Kunpeng-3 that Ye Zhou and Lin Ling took finally landed at a certain base in Lop Nur. According to the plan, Ye Zhou will visit the nearby photovoltaic fusion tower power station on the next day, so this One night, the two stayed in the base.

At this time, the Lop Nur base is no longer what it was decades ago. Although the base is still closed in the depths of no man's land, because of its super delivery capabilities, some of the fruits after their meal were even airlifted from Lingnan lychees.

Lin Ling was not willing to take it at first—she probably thought it would be difficult to transport a batch of lychees, and wanted to save more for the soldiers here. She watched the cooking team throw baskets out one by one at night because of the temperature change and the transportation process. When the lychees were bumped and damaged, she belatedly ran to the freezer in the cafeteria to grab a basin full of chilled lychees, ran to the yard in the middle of the camp, and sat with Ye Zhou to enjoy the cool.

The temperature difference between day and night in the desert is huge, but there are a large number of photovoltaic power generation devices near this base. After more than ten years of operation, the entire base has formed a small oasis. Bitter cold.

The two sat quietly in the yard. Most of the lights in the base had been extinguished. In this vast desert, starlight became the protagonist again.

"Should we talk about something?"

Lin Ling asked tentatively while eating lychees.

Hearing her words, Ye Zhou vaguely felt a little funny, but for a moment he didn't know where the funny was. After thinking for a while, he answered:

"You can talk if you want to talk, but you asked this question. I brought you out this time to relax, not to go on a blind date."

Lin Ling's face showed a bit of embarrassment. She really didn't think about it, but after thinking about it, what she just said was really misleading.

"That's not what I meant. Mr. Chen told me before that he would let me get in touch with you, and then let you enlighten me. He said that you are growing very fast, so you should have a lot of experience."

"I think what he said is very reasonable. You are only one year older than me, but your thinking is much more mature than mine. Is this also a talent?"

Ye Zhou shook his head and replied:
"It's not a talent, it's just that after going through some things, you will automatically, or be forced to mature."

"It's a common saying that with great power comes great responsibility. When you start to really take responsibility, it's time to grow."

Lin Ling hummed thoughtfully, then asked after a moment's pause:
"Have you been through a lot?"

"That's too much but I can't even tell you."

"I know, I won't ask about confidential matters. But thank you anyway, what you showed me today is more effective than all the treatments those psychiatrists have given in the past month."

"My structure is too small. It's so small that I'm trapped. In the future, I should learn some astrophysics and broaden my horizons—it's really easy to dig into the corners of my head if I'm always doing microphysics. "

After she finished speaking, she put down the half pot of lychees that she hadn't finished eating, stepped back in a relaxed body, and sat back on the chair.

This was the first time in more than a month that she felt so relaxed, and this kind of ease even made her feel a little puzzled.

She always thought that her mental problems came from a huge sense of crisis, but after today she discovered that the root of the problem is not a sense of crisis, but a sense of powerlessness.

That sense of powerlessness that doesn't know what to do and what to do.

Ye Zhou didn't answer her, and the two of them remained silent until Lin Ling felt that he was about to fall asleep, when Ye Zhou's voice suddenly came from her ear.

"What does the universe look like to you?"

"universe?"

Lin Ling was taken aback for a moment, then replied:
"If you say it subjectively, it's probably the same as everyone who studies physics. It's empty, cold, and a little romantic."

"I remember I told you when I first met you, I think the universe is a very lonely concept, there are so many planets in this space, there are so many possible civilizations, but in my In this lifetime, I may not even see one of them.”

"The universe is probably a dark forest for us humans? I actually agree with this concept. No matter what the purpose is, probably those civilizations that are more advanced than us are avoiding us."

Hearing her words, Ye Zhou shook his head and said:
"I think you still don't really understand the meaning of the adjacent dimension. If you can really understand the adjacent dimension, then you will never say the term 'dark forest'."

"why?"

Lin Ling had a puzzled expression on his face.

Ye Zhou sat up straight from the chair, and then said:
"To discuss this issue, first we need to identify a few basic principles."

"The first point is that adjacent dimensions exist, and there are many of them. Different civilizations will be born in each adjacent dimension."

"Second point, there are differences in the technological level of civilizations, but they are all constantly developing, and the purpose of development is to survive."

"The third point is that energy can be exchanged between adjacent dimensions, but matter cannot be exchanged."

"Fourth point, all known civilizations are based on matter, and there is no civilization in the form of pure energy."

"These four points are the basis for all our subsequent inferences."

Hearing Ye Zhou's words, Lin Ling thought carefully for a moment, then nodded.

"From the current evidence, the four principles you mentioned are accurate."

"Okay, then, then we can continue our deduction."

"The process of this deduction is very simple, and there is no complicated game, suspicion, etc. In summary, there is only one sentence."

"When the civilization of any dimension develops to the point where they can control the energy exchange across dimensions, they will definitely absorb the energy of the adjacent dimension at all costs, until all the civilizations in the adjacent dimension die due to energy suffocation."

"Why? They don't need to do this. According to the information you gave me before, the energy absorbed from the adjacent dimension is actually far inferior to the energy directly obtained from the stars—even if it is to build a Dyson sphere? This is also Better than wasting time and effort drawing energy from adjacent dimensions?"

"They don't need to...wait."

Having said that, a thunderbolt suddenly flashed in Lin Ling's mind.

She suddenly understood the relationship between the four principles Ye Zhou said.

In the physical world, the so-called "adjacent" is actually a broad concept. One dimension is adjacent to another dimension, which does not mean that the two dimensions are in a sequential relationship. On the contrary, it is a full-scale The adjacency, any dimension in it, can touch all the dimensions in this “aggregate of adjacent dimensions”.

Therefore, in the case of differences in technological development, a dimension with advanced civilization must have the ability to absorb energy from any dimension with only backward civilization.

Then came the most critical factor.

The exchange of matter is not feasible between dimensions, but civilization is based on matter.

Therefore, it is impossible for any civilization to enter another dimension. For them, another dimension will always be just their energy reservoir.

So, one day, when a civilization invents a water pump, what are they going to do?
Drain the cistern next door, no matter the cost.

The reason is simple, because there is also a civilization in this reservoir, and this civilization will definitely pump water from the reservoir it is in no matter the cost after clicking the "water pump" technology tree!

Who cares if another cistern lives or dies?Who will protect a place that they will never reach?

The first need of all civilizations is to survive, and when survival is not threatened, any so-called "bad things" they do are reasonable!
So, the answer has been revealed.

As long as these four basic principles are not broken, the behavior of "pumping water" between dimensions and civilizations will never stop.

Seeing Lin Ling's expression, Ye Zhou sighed deeply. He knew that the other party had understood.

"So I say, you're wrong about the universe."

"In the same universe, no civilization will deliberately hide from other civilizations. On the contrary, all civilizations are like us, looking for allies all the time."

"Under the war between dimensions, the civilizations in the same dimension are actually a whole. Only by forming an alliance can we build water pumps at the fastest speed and have the ability to fight back."

"But the problem is, the enemy from another dimension will not give us this chance."

"They are already one step ahead of us, and this step is the difference between life and death."

"This is what you said, the truth of the loneliness of the universe."

"We don't know how far the so-called 'water pump' technology is from us, but it is clear that we are at least hundreds of years away from this technology. However, the other party will start strangling us after 20 years."

"Do you know what that means?"

Lin Ling's expression became more serious. She is a smart person, how could she not understand the meaning of Ye Zhou's words?
After a full minute of silence, she spoke:
"This means that the strangling of our universe by the adjacent dimension has basically entered the end."

"The civilizations that threatened them most are gone, and now they're freeing up to deal with civilizations like ours that just 'have a chance' to build water pumps."

"I am afraid that there are not many remaining civilizations in this universe. We are now only 20 years away from the most advanced civilization."

"---wrong."

"The quantum ghost, or quantum probability cloud, sees future outcomes."

"That is to say, on this timeline, the adjacent dimension will inevitably attack us, which means that the civilization that is 20 years ahead of us will perish after 20 years."

"At that time, we will be the most advanced civilization in the entire universe."

"Yes."

Ye Zhou lay back on the chair again, staring at the starry sky above his head without blinking, as if he wanted to capture all the stars that had been twinkling since billions of years ago.

After a long time, he opened his mouth and said:
"Twenty years from now, we're not just the most advanced civilization in the universe."

"And very likely, we are the only hope of this universe."

(End of this chapter)