The end of technology.

"No, I feel like I'm feeling shaky. If something really happens to you, we'll be under a lot of pressure."

"Don't worry, President Chen, I am a life-saving person. If it is really a dangerous task, I will never go there. The intelligence brain has analyzed it, and the risk assessment is low-level."

"This is what you said, floating in deep space, how could it be as safe as you said? Or, why not bring more people?"

"If it's really as dangerous as you said, I wouldn't take Xiaoya and Xiaojie on board last time. Don't worry, it's fine. The key is to take care of the family."

"Haha, don't worry about that. I haven't retired yet! Don't worry, I will finish what you told me when you come back!"

"But at the base, you still have to let Xiaozhuo show you. I can still control the school, but the base is full of arrogant soldiers, and I really can't control it."

"Principal Chen, look at what you said. I am only helping Academician Ning to share the management functions at the base, so I can't talk about ordering others! But Academician Ning is not here during this period, I will definitely cooperate with you to manage the base well. .If you have anything to do, please contact me directly."

"Actually, I'm very relieved about things on Earth. Well, it's time for me to board the ship. The Kuafu is still waiting for me in orbit. Goodbye."

"Goodbye, hope to return!"

"Do not worry!"

……

Boarded the floating boat and docked to the Kuafu.

Ning Zi didn't let the crew of the floating boat in charge of the ferry disembark, and let them leave directly.We can't let them know that no one on the Kuafu was on this voyage.

No one knows this yet.

The transfer of personnel is in charge of the intelligence brain, and it only needs to make some fake transfer information, at least no one will be able to find out the clues within half a year or a year.Of course, correspondingly, many of the latest robots and a large number of communication buoys have been sent up during your time on the spaceship.

Now that you have decided to take a trip, you must maximize your benefits.In addition to linking information channels, communication buoys are also an indispensable device for drawing and recording star maps.That's right, after this trip, Ning Zi intends to record the characteristics of some galaxies.

More robots are prepared for possible accidents on the road.

Kuafu has not tried to span such a distance of hundreds of light years in the medium space, so it is necessary to prepare more robots that can be used for internal maintenance.In fact, when the spacecraft enters the medium space, robots are far more useful than humans.But Ning Zi was not worried about the safety on the road.

Kuafu has a three-tier structure.When necessary, March will directly throw away the outer structure to ensure the safety of the most important independent structure inside.

This is why there are three separate gravity systems and life support systems on the Kuafu.Anyway, even if the outside is destroyed, it can ensure that the life support and gravity equipment can operate normally after the safety protection is activated on the innermost layer.

After getting off the boat, Ning Yu came to the control tower with Sanyue in his arms, put Sanyue down, and said, "Let's go."

"Meow, don't send a message to Earth?"

Ning Zi thought for a while, then shook her head and said: "No need, we have already said goodbye, don't be too deliberate, we can always come back."

"Meow, but not sure when."

"You seem to talk a lot of nonsense today?"

"Meow, because I have wandered in the universe, and it was without too much emotional entanglement. I suggested a long time ago that you should choose to have a simple operation, and then let yourself no longer be affected by those emotions. bothering..."

"Stop, save some time, let's go."

"Meow... let's go."

This time in March, he finally stopped expressing his opinions. The Wu Gang has already begun to slowly leave the earth's orbit and fly towards the first coordinate point given in the information.

It really needs to save some time. It will take at least three days for one person and one cat to reach the first medium space crossing point and officially start this sci-fi journey.

……

"Meow, if I were you, I would eat a little more for this meal, because you need to fast for the next ten hours."

"I really envy you, you are so energetic every day without eating."

"Meow, you want to design a consciousness uploading machine?"

"No! It's just a little emotional. Do you think the civilization sent to us will be of the same kind as you?"

"Meow, there is not enough information to make an accurate judgment."

"I know, it was just a whim last night, and I was a little excited to think that as long as I fall asleep next time, I will be able to solve the mystery when I wake up."

"Meow, in fact, many things can be identified. Precise information transmission in ultra-long space involves a series of the most basic physical knowledge, how to ensure the directional transmission of information, how to prevent signal attenuation, and so on.

And one thing is certain, if the existing theories in the database are correct, then no matter what form the sentient intelligent life is, their position determines that it is likely to be the life that existed at the beginning of the universe.

In addition, there is another possibility that the galactic dimensions they exist or open up do not belong to a single universe.Rather, it lies on the dimension of any single universe.The former is still within the range of life forms that we can understand, while the latter has surpassed the life forms that we can understand at this stage. "

A pensive look appeared on Ning Zi's face again.

In fact, he had also considered the second possibility that March said, and it was just when he saw the unsigned invitation message.

So at that time, he asked March to compare the difference between him and March's former owner.

It's just that this idea is too unbelievable. As March said, the intelligent life form that transcends the existence of the universe has indeed touched the limit of his imagination.This is not even a life form that can be summarized by simple gods or demons.

For a civilization that can be counted in tens of thousands of years at most, it is easy to fall into the vicious circle of whether the emperor used a gold hoe or a silver hoe to hoe the ground when thinking and speculating about a civilization that has existed for tens of billions of years. .

Their life forms, ideologies, class divisions, social activities, economic models...

If you think about it carefully, it is difficult to figure out how a civilization that can exist for such a long time should operate such a complex intelligent system for a long time.It's like the human civilization that is still stuck on the earth, it is difficult to guess what will happen when human civilization develops thousands or even tens of thousands of years later.Not to mention tens of billions of years, hundreds of billions of years...

After all, the sun on which the civilization of the earth depends is just an ordinary yellow dwarf star in the universe. Its lifespan is only 40 billion years, and it has existed for at least [-] billion years.

Of course, it is also possible that time does not mean anything to this civilization.After all, time is simply a tool extracted by human beings when constructing theories, and it itself depends on movement.Just like a day represents one revolution of the earth, and a year represents one revolution of the earth.

Before quantum mechanics was proposed, the second hand was calibrated through the motion cycles of related celestial bodies such as the earth, the moon, and the sun.After quantum mechanics, more cesium atomic frequency standards are used to realize it, and it is still described by motion.

However, the motion period of celestial bodies is not constant.

In other galaxies, it is impossible for planets similar to the earth to be exactly the same as the earth, no matter whether it rotates once or revolves once.There may even be more than one satellite. According to the earth's timekeeping method, a certain planet may only have a few hours or hundreds of hours a day...

And if it is separated from the universe, civilization does not rely on the movement of celestial bodies to record time, and even its way of sustaining life and intake of energy has surpassed the inefficient way of using energy such as eating, so there is no need for farming, no need for livestock, let alone Use time to benchmark behavioral patterns.

Well, just thinking about it briefly, Ning Zi felt like his brain was about to explode.

Fortunately, the answer will soon be revealed.

"Forget it, don't think about it, it's useless to think about it. In fact, I hope it is the second life form, which means that we can uncover more mysteries during this trip. After all, if we can transcend the civilization that exists in the universe itself, They can probably see the universe from a third perspective, which must be a very novel perspective."

"Meow...so I want to remind you, if the other party's civilization sequence is really high, high enough to be looked up to by civilization, then your moral standard needs to be lowered."

"Ok?"

"Meow, referring to the development of human civilization, the lower the moral level, the more benefits you can get. Of course, this is based on the high enough moral level of the other party. In addition, I am just suggesting, who would doubt a cute kitten?" What about the moral level? If you really doubt it, then this intelligent civilization must be very bad, so you have to be careful."

"I understand, I plan to take a nap. After waking up, I will go directly to the hibernation chamber."

"Meow, okay, the bedroom has been adjusted to the most suitable sleep mode, by the way, what kind of scenery do you want to sleep in today?"

"It's still a tropical rainforest."

"Meow... I wish you a sweet dream! Starting from the concept of the development of earth civilization, please consider my suggestion carefully."

"understood!"

Chapter 272 The first contact

If you have to describe what it feels like to sleep for a long time, it is probably a very long dream.

The most beautiful thing about human beings entering hibernation is that it is difficult to feel the passage of time in dreams, thus preventing any psychological problems caused by being alone for a long time.Just like the condensed summary in a certain sketch, once the eyes are closed and opened, a day passes.Hibernation is nothing more than a longer time span.

This is also the best means of protection for the spiritual safety of the human body when traveling in the universe for a long time.According to the previous agreement with March, when Ning Zi was awakened from hibernation, the distance between Kuafu and the earth was nearly [-] billion light years.This is a distance so far away that people can feel hopeless.

However, when Ning Zi slowly opened his eyes, he didn't hear the familiar voice of March.

The only thing that could be seen was the opened hibernation cabin, but the surrounding area was very quiet.

The dim and soft light meant that the awakening process was in progress, and this kind of light could only allow him to see a range of about one meter around him.Long-term dormancy will cause the human body to have a short period of discomfort, including the eyes of course.If the light is too bright, it may cause permanent damage to the eyeball.

Before entering the hibernation cabin, he discussed with March many possibilities after waking up, but there was no such situation.

Ning Zi opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

This shows that his body is still recovering. Ning Zi began to try to activate the chip in his brain to establish contact with March, but failed.

The unexpected situation made Ning Zi calm down quickly. He was not in a hurry to control his body, but quietly waited for the liquid covering him to recede. This liquid is similar to amniotic fluid, and it carries out some necessary nutrition through the skin. Exchange, and at the same time have a massage effect on the muscles.

After all, even during dormancy, the metabolic function cannot be completely stopped, it just drops to an unbelievable level.Originally, he should have spent this period of time chatting with March. After his body basically recovered, he already had a basic understanding of the spaceship's situation at this time.

But at this moment, without March's report, and without even the brain on the ship communicating with him, he could only lie there and wait quietly.

After spending more than ten minutes in this eerie silence, the lights gradually became brighter, and Ning Zi's brain finally regained control of his body, and he could start to control his body to do some basic movements, until finally he lifted his leg Stepped out of the dormant compartment.

Finally, I can see everything around me clearly.

Except that the familiar figure in March did not appear in his sight, everything else seemed normal.

The indicator lights of each control system are all green, which means that at least on this floor, the various systems outside are in normal operation.In other words, there is a high probability that he was not awakened by an accident on the spaceship, which made Ning Zi feel a little more at ease.

After exhaling foul air, Ning Zi walked directly into the shower room and began to rinse his body.The water sprayed by the shower is about two degrees higher than the body temperature, which is another good news, because this is the water temperature Ning Zi is most used to when taking a shower. This shows that the main control computer of the spacecraft still records his living habits, and also shows The storage system of the spacecraft's main control computer was not damaged.

After showering, Ning Zi felt that all body functions had recovered to at least 60.00% of the level of entering the dormant cabin.Although his muscles are still slightly weak, at least he can move normally.

After putting on his clothes, he walked to the door of the cabin where the dormant cabin was located. The biometric system accurately confirmed his identity, and Ning Zi finally heard the voice from the spaceship.

"Verified and allowed to pass."

It's a pity that this is the most original system sound, which is far less agile than March's voice system.Especially without the "meow" call, the voice controlled by the intelligent brain of the spaceship lost its soul.

Then Ning Zi went straight to the command tower where the main control brain of the spacecraft was located. Only in the command tower could he fully understand the current situation of the spacecraft.

Fortunately, everything is still going well.

It seems that everything is normal on board except that March is not there.

Finally Ning Zi walked into the command tower, and then he saw March... no, it should be said that it was March's body.

The kitten is still sitting on the command chair, but Ning Zi can feel that this is really a body, a body without a soul.

Well, Ning Zi doesn't really want to argue about whether artificial intelligence has a soul. What he can be sure of is that the March in front of him is just a shell.

Obviously something happened during his hibernation, but Ning Zi didn't feel too worried.

Artificial intelligence is very good. If it is assumed that they have a "soul", then the "soul" can be hidden and backed up.

Even if the March system here is formatted, as long as the spacecraft's brain is still running, then March must still be there.After all, its core ontology program is not large, nothing more than a few hundred megabytes.As long as it is connected to the Internet, all memories can be restored immediately.

So after confirming that March's body was not damaged in any way, the first thing to do was to check the condition of the spacecraft.

The good news is that according to the system self-inspection, the integrity of the spacecraft is better than he expected. This at least shows that during the long space journey in the medium space, the spacecraft has not been attacked by a particle flow that may suddenly erupt. Of course, it may be another The coordinate route map given by civilization itself is very safe.

It can be determined that Kuafu has gone through a long journey because according to the data saved by the flight control computer, Kuafu is indeed hundreds of billions of light years away from the earth at this time.This is a long distance that can make people feel hopeless.

What caught Ning Zi's attention even more was that through the watchtower he could see that the area was obviously too empty.

At least in the range of nearly a hundred light years, the navigation system has not found any celestial bodies.It's not that there are no stars, but that there are no celestial bodies, a dead place in the true sense.

In other words, the Kuafu at this time is floating in an absolute vacuum.Yes, it can only be described as floating, because the outside of the spaceship is absolutely empty and absolutely dark.In this case, the starlight positioning system of the spacecraft has basically failed.

If the open area is large enough, the concept of movement loses its meaning without reference.Therefore, the most accurate description of the state of Kuafu at this time is to float.

Lost direction and bearing, even lost the perception of time and speed, or time is still going on, after all, Ning Zi's metabolism is still going on, but for Kuafu, these parameters have lost their meaning .

It's as if a blind man is walking randomly in a certain direction in the middle of a large playground, and he doesn't know where he will go.If this playground is big enough, the blind man may not be able to get out until he dies.

This is the current situation of Kuafu.

If this situation does not change, then the Kuafu may continue to float in this state until the stored energy is exhausted.Because at this distance, Kuafu cannot even borrow the gravitational pull of the surrounding stars to gain enough power.Of course, in the absence of effective navigation, whether there is motivation or not will not improve the current situation.

Of course, for Ning Zi, if the Kuafu could not leave this area, he could only stay on the day when the Kuafu lived alone until he could no longer live.

This reminded Ning Zi of a famous book on Earth: Robinson Crusoe.

There is no doubt that this is a sad story. On Earth, even on a deserted island, there is still the possibility of returning to human society, but in the universe, this hope is completely eliminated.He couldn't even hope that the earth would send another ship, because he didn't mention this voyage to anyone, and he didn't leave any information on the intelligence brain of the earth.

What's more frightening is that he still has at least Friday by his side Robinson... Well, he used to have March by his side, but now he's "disappeared".The worst case scenario is that there is a high probability that he will not meet another Friday, but he may be able to re-train a March.

After roughly understanding the situation on the Kuafu at this time, many thoughts flashed through Ning Zi's mind.

Fortunately, Ning Zi is still not too worried.

The reason is simple, as March said, if the intelligent creature contacting him is advanced enough, there is a high probability that they will not be so bored as to send a message just to trap him in this void.Because it doesn't make any sense.

In a sense, the earth still has a March serving human civilization, and the base’s brain is actually not much different from March, it’s nothing more than peeling off the emotional core.But the necessary development strategies basically already have backups, even more detailed than the backups on the spacecraft, after all, the storage space on the earth is larger.

Of course, for a civilization that can accurately send information across such a long distance, maybe it doesn't need to be so troublesome to wipe out the earth's civilization.Unless it's Leziren's civilization?

Well, Ning Zi must admit that although he has been acting calm, his heart is still in a mess.After all, his inner activities have never been so rich.

In the words of the Internet, it seems to be as stable as an old dog, but in fact it is a stroke of panic.But it wasn't that Ning Zi was pretending on purpose. In fact, after seeing the computer voyage record data confirming that he had arrived at the predetermined address, Ning Zi had already figured it out.

If the intelligent creature who sent the message really sincerely invited him for an interview, it would definitely not let the Kuafu float in this void; if the intelligent life that sent the message really belonged to the Leziren civilization, then it must be observing him at this moment, he said The more flustered he is, the happier his wise observers may be.

Either way, he felt he should have acted more calmly.The worst outcome is nothing more than death.