The Memoirs of Cultivating Immortals

Chapter 343: Peace
As the host, Wallace is not an idiot. He frowned and thought about it, and asked slowly, "Have humans passed this civilization filter?"

"It's possible," said biochemist Dr. Pym. "The Great Filter does not refer to the normal evolution of species, such as the evolution from apes to humans.
And at least one in hundreds of millions or even one in billions of chances of passing the level can be regarded as a big filter.

For example, the first filter is likely to be set at the beginning of the birth of life, that is, the emergence of prokaryotic cells, or the evolution from prokaryotic cells to eukaryotic cells. "

"That's right." Reed Richards further explained: "It took the earth a billion years to produce prokaryotic cells, and it took 20 billion years for prokaryotic cells to evolve into eukaryotic cells.

If this is the first wall, it means we have successfully passed it. "

Neil deGrasse Tyson, who once filmed the documentary "Travel to the End of the Universe", interjected: "This is why humans want to explore other planets in the solar system."

"Oh?" Wallace laughed: "If we can find prokaryotes, eukaryotes, and even intelligent organisms on Mars, wouldn't that prove that the Great Filter really exists, and we humans are not alone?"

The scientists looked at each other, and finally Raj smiled wryly and said in English with an Indian accent: "No, no, no, no matter what we find on Mars, it is very bad news."

"What do you mean?" Wallace was even more confused.

"It's like this." Raj spread his hands and explained: "If we find prokaryotes on Mars, it means that the universe is likely to be full of prokaryotes, which means that the appearance of prokaryotes is not the first big filter. device.

If we find eukaryotes and even complex life on Mars, it means that the emergence of complex life is not the first big filter.

This means that human beings are not special, and it is not the deviation of survivors. The first big filter is still in front of us. The human civilization on the earth is developing, and may hit the filter at any time, and encounter rapid extinction. "

Raj's Indian-accented English is a bit comical, but the content is astonishing.

Wallace only felt that it was difficult to breathe. He took off his tie, poured himself a glass of water, gulped it down, and said, "Sounds scary."

"It's really scary." Li Ang said with a smile: "When it comes to the Fermi Paradox, no news is the best news. For humans, no matter what they find, it will be bad."

"But now" Wallace pointed his finger at Schwarzschild's throat in the picture, "is this good news?"

"To a certain extent, yes." Li Ang laughed loudly: "With the Chitauri as a sample, at least it proves that human beings will not encounter the big filter before they step into the wormhole."

"Huh, this is equivalent to the Chitauri walking in front of us to explore the way?" Wallace breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "What is this? Crossing the river by feeling the stones?"

Everyone laughed, and Nair said casually: "Not necessarily, and the Chitauri may not be able to resist the big filter.

If the effect of the Great Filter does not exist in the past, then it is very likely that the Milky Way happens to be in a golden age that is conducive to the development of intelligent life.

There is a giant black hole in the center of the Milky Way, and various horrible disasters erupt around that black hole, such as gamma-ray bursts that radiate outward periodically.

This catastrophe will cleanse all life within the galaxy at regular intervals, acting as a filter.

In short, we are likely to be in the leading position in the quiet stage before the arrival of the Great Filter, and in this stage of the universe-there are not many advanced civilizations ahead of us, let alone third-level civilizations. "

This mysterious and mysterious theory made the host Wallace frowned in pain. The old man digested the information with difficulty, and it took a long time before he said slowly: "In the sky of New York, the Shiva Are the Chitauri of West Throat, like us, an advanced civilization in this quiet phase?"

"It's still the answer, it's possible."

Li Ang said with a smile: "However, from another perspective, the appearance of the Chitauri who are also a higher civilization may also prove one point - the big filter does not exist.

If the Great Filter didn't exist, why haven't we contacted the Chitauri, or even observed any traces of a higher civilization before them? "

"Oh?" Wallace frowned and said, "Isn't it possible that we just encountered a higher civilization at this time point?"

"There is such a possibility, but a bigger problem is coming. The appearance of the Chitauri proves that the people on Earth are not alone, and it also proves that there must be more advanced civilizations in the galaxy.

Tens of thousands of advanced civilizations are transforming the surrounding environment in various ways in the Milky Way, and no matter what, they can be discovered by humans. "

Li Ang spread his hands and said: "There are several reasons why we didn't observe it.

First, advanced civilizations have visited the 40 billion-year-old earth long ago, but we have no relevant records.

Second, there are advanced civilizations gathered in the center of the Milky Way, and human beings are like savages in remote areas and ravines, who don't know it at all-after all, we cannot observe beyond the speed of light.

Third, for advanced civilizations, there is no need for extraterrestrial colonization. They can drag planets, or build Dyson spheres, and build a habitable zone next to Dyson spheres.Even all members have uploaded their consciousness to the online world, where they can enjoy happiness.

Fourth, the dark forest theory.All advanced civilizations in the Milky Way are extremely aggressive. Any behavior that reveals its position will be fatally hit by other civilizations, so no civilization reveals its position.

Fifth, there is a supreme super civilization.This civilization monitors everything in the galaxy, and when any intelligent species develops to a certain level, it will destroy it.In other words, there is only such a super civilization in the Milky Way.

According to the mathematical model, this possibility is extremely high - human beings can span from modern times to modern times in 200 years, so if we give human beings 2 years or even 20 years, 200 million years, maybe we can really Grow into a super civilization.

However, the appearance of the Chitauri negates this point. If there is such a super civilization, the Chitauri may have died long ago. "

"Oh?" Wallace frowned and said, "Can't the Chitauri be super-civilized?"

"It's still far away." Li Ang spread his hands and said, "Their Schwarzschild throat is certainly miraculous, but it's not miraculous enough to monitor the entire Milky Way.

The sixth possibility is that the cognitive structure of human beings is very different from that of alien species.If the human brain works much faster or slower than other civilizations, then we simply cannot understand their messages. "

"The speed of the brain?" Wallace frowned and said, "What does this mean?"

"Hehe, assuming that the brains of alien species operate [-] times faster than humans, that means that they only need electromagnetic waves of extremely short frequency to communicate—humans cannot extract enough effective information from them."

Reed Richards said indifferently: "And if the brains of alien species work much slower than that of the earth, then it may take them several years or even more than ten years to finish saying 'hello'-humans also cannot learn from it." After extracting effective information, we will only treat those erratic electromagnetic wave communications as meaningless white noise."

"That's it." Wallace nodded, and let out a foul breath: "Then we can only hope that the Chitauri are not too physically different from us."

"Hehe, in the vast world, everything is possible. I wouldn't be surprised even if the Chitauri are a group of white silk maids dressed as cat ears who are light and soft and easy to knock down."

Li Ang said indifferently: "The seventh possibility is that higher civilizations know and detect our existence. They are like a group of generous elders, overlooking our free growth, and have extremely strict restrictions, prohibiting any interaction with lower civilizations. Contact or direct interference.

Or, advanced civilizations exist around us, but we simply cannot effectively observe them.

Just as ants cannot understand human beings, we cannot understand the way of existence and communication methods of advanced civilizations—they may even be abstract existences like the laws of the universe, standing quietly, neither sad nor happy. "

Wallace was a little confused by this abstract way of expression. He glanced around the scientists present and said slowly: "Well, dear doctors, you are the most intelligent people on earth, please tell me , how can we be sure that the Chitauri came in peace?"

Hank Pym was silent, Reed Richards was thoughtful, and Tony Stark had a sloppy smile on his lips, but he held the suitcase tightly with his fingers, refusing to let go.

In the end, it was Li Ang who broke the silence, "Among the several possibilities I mentioned before, the first to fifth are the most likely, but no matter which one it is, the Chitauri do not know the third type of civilization. .”

Wallace spread his hands and smiled wryly, "But you also said that only a few hundred or even a few thousand years of technology generation gap is enough to form an all-round crush."

Li Ang just smiled plainly, and lay down heavily on the sofa, "Whether they have the power to crush the earth or not, they will sit down and negotiate."

"Who will guarantee peace?"

"Peace is not guaranteed, Mr. Wallace." Li Ang said gently: "Peace is rewarded by the strong to the weak."

Before the words were finished, Schwarzschild's throat in the picture suddenly burst into light, and the beam of light piercing the sky was like a miracle, hovering over New York.

The footsteps of aliens are approaching.

　These three chapters are foreshadowing...

　　Might be used a few hundred chapters later...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)