How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 298 Civilization Paradox (Part 1)

Why are you a little weird today?

Am I weird?

Huo Gu obviously paused while eating, and then resumed, responding in a neutral manner to cover up his gaffe, and how could this kind of behavior escape Karenna's eyes.

Kelena sighed, with an expression of 'don't hide it, I've seen it through'.

You eat very fast every time, and you are always in a hurry to go back to the library to read, but today you are not like this. For a geek who loves learning like his life, doesn't this explain the problem?

Huo Gu turned his head to one side, looked through the window of the restaurant, scanning back and forth on the passers-by outside, his eyes were as sharp as a falcon eagle.

Seeing Huogu tilt his head, Karenna didn't think too much about it, she just lost her temper as someone poked at the center of the matter.

I want to slow down the pace of life, but you, don't you want to explain to me?

Uh, explain what?

Being asked by Huogu so suddenly, Karenna was a little stunned, thought about it carefully, hit the palm of her hand, seemed to understand something, and looked at Huogu suddenly.

Oh, you're expecting me to answer that question you asked last time, right? That's a really scary question to think about.

you understood?

Huogu paused again, but this time it was different from before. It was surprised that Karenna could penetrate it. According to the impression that Karenna gave it, it was not very studious, and its talent was not considered smart. Not too self-motivated, in the whole group is at most average.

It is doubtful that such a person actually claims that he has penetrated that question from two hints.

certainly.

I saw Kelenna straight and akimbo with arrogance, looking like she was full of confidence in winning.

She cleared her throat, and began to explain the deduction information she had comprehended from the two hints given by Huo Gu that day.

Today's empire has been able to make detectors of a certain quality reach sub-light speed, and the diameter of the river system we are in is about 180,000 to 200,000 light-years. Taking the maximum value can be concluded that sub-light speed detectors cross the entire The river system needs an answer of 200,000 years.

That is to say, assuming that there are other civilizations in the river system, it only needs to reach the current height of the empire 200,000 years earlier than the empire, and launch a probe, and the empire should have already contacted them by now.

This is only 200,000 years earlier than the empire. If it is an alien civilization that is 10 million years earlier, 100 million years earlier, the Serenes should have known about their existence when they first came into contact with the universe in the era of great powers. , or establish communication, because these civilizations have already occupied the entire river system.

However, the actual situation is just the opposite. Except for the amoeba, an alien civilization in this star system, we have never come into contact with any aliens at all, and the entire universe is very quiet.

That's right, this is the famous 'Fermi Paradox' on Earth, which was proposed by Fermi one day in 1951 - 'Where are they all? ’ A series of scientific derivations from this question.

Now, in a certain corner of the universe at an unknown time and location, on the home planet of an alien civilization far away from the earth, Hogu asked that question again.

Yeah, so why is that?

The Serenes did not discover this scientific problem. Although they were aware of the concept of 'alien', they were not aware of the Fermi Paradox. Therefore, when Hogu gave a hint, Karenna did not give it immediately. Huo Gu replied.

Everything she knows now is only based on the two hints given by Hogu.

When discussing academic issues, Karenna gradually put away her usual playfulness, and she has more of an appearance that a scholar should have.

From the question you asked, three explanations can be derived. The first one is that we Serenes and amoebas are the first civilizations in the early stage of this river system, so there has not been a flood of regular signals in the entire river system. .”

Second, regular signals exist, but because our technology gap is too large, even readable regular signals are mistaken for natural phenomena that should be so and ignored.

The third type is that all those civilizations perish without exception, and they have not yet reached the height of the empire. Otherwise, according to the continuation desire of civilization itself, even if it encounters an inevitable crisis of extinction, at least it must prove the existence of its own civilization. evidence remains.

Later, Karena explained why the detector was used as a tombstone.

The detector is an excellent choice for the tombstone, because it will spread information, and it is easy for other civilizations to know the information of the destroyed civilization. When it is accelerated to sub-light speed, the scale effect will prolong the life of the detector in disguise. Tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions of times, crossing the entire river system, the normal time is hundreds of thousands of years, but for the detector, it may only be a few years.

...Gu, what you meant at the beginning was imminent, did you mean this?

After explaining her understanding, Karenna looked at Hogu with complicated eyes, because this bad guy was different from ordinary people's thinking, which made her realize another terrible thing.

At the same time, unparalleled admiration secretly rose in her heart, but soon, this feeling of admiration disappeared because of Hogu's next words...

I'm a little surprised that you can think of it. After all, I always think you are a fool who doesn't study much.

Ignoring Karenna who had a stiff expression, Hogu continued talking on his own, explaining why he was inclined to the third option.

The first one is too arrogant. The age of the river system is as old as the universe. The tens of billions of years of history, whether it is the Serenes or the amoebas, are just a drop in the ocean in the vast years. It is simply a drop in the ocean to say that the first batch Makes people laugh out loud.

The second type can only explain those advanced civilizations that have existed for a long time, but the civilizations that are 200,000 or 300,000 years earlier like your example are not included, so these civilizations can only be explained by the third type.

Hoggu paused, and put down the tableware in his hand, because it was finished.

There is an unknown great terror that will wipe out these civilizations, and you have a little inference that is wrong.

What is wrong?

Karenna showed a thoughtful look, she shouldn't have missed anything, where did she go wrong?

And then, Huo Gu told her what was wrong and why.

Why do you have to subjectively imagine that no civilization can reach the height of the empire? Isn't the amoeba also able to achieve sub-light speed? The two known civilizations have reached this level. Can it be assumed that , is it common for civilizations to reach sub-light speeds in the universe?