Tracing China: Through history, dialogue between ancient and modern

Chapter 229 Year 9222 is the era of machine industry
What is the "Dyson Sphere Project"?
Perhaps many people are hearing this unfamiliar term for the first time.

It is a theory proposed by Freeman Dyson in the 60s.

The so-called "Dyson sphere" is actually an artificial celestial body with a diameter ranging from 2 million kilometers, which is used to wrap stars to mine stellar energy.

This is a natural nuclear fusion reactor using stars as a power source.

A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical giant man-made structure proposed by Freeman Dyson.

Such a "sphere" is composed of satellites orbiting the sun, completely enclosing the star and receiving most or all of its energy output.

Dyson believes that such structures are a logical necessity for civilizations that exist for a long time in the universe and whose energy needs are constantly rising, and he proposes to search for such man-made celestial structures in order to find extraterrestrial supercivilizations.

Since then, various designs involving the construction of an artificial celestial body or series of such structures to surround the sun have been proposed by some fanciful engineer or science fiction, and have been dubbed "Dyson spheres". .

These subsequent ideas didn't stop at solar harvesting stations—many of the engineering designs also included building human colonies and industrial bases.

to be honest.

Its essence is...an artificial celestial body that wraps around a star to harvest its energy.

The role is...the star is a natural nuclear fusion reactor as a power source.

It is an astonishing idea. No one can imagine what the sun wrapped by artificial satellites will be like. Even after the sun is wrapped, the plasma energy is constantly impacting on artificial satellites, and how artificial satellites will behave. One way is to absorb and transform all the energy emitted by the sun, or to make the plasma energy form a termination shock wave as in the heliosphere. All the energy stops in front of the artificial satellite, and only a small part of the energy is absorbed by the artificial celestial body, but Even if only this small part of the energy is absorbed, how will it all be transmitted back to the earth?There are so many problems that plague human beings that many people think that the "Dyson sphere" theory is just a crazy idea.

but.

The scientist who proposed a theoretical experiment.

Thinking that such a structure is a logical necessity for a civilization that exists for a long time in the universe and whose energy demand is constantly rising, he also suggested searching for such an artificial celestial body structure in order to find an extraterrestrial super civilization.

Yes.

The plan at the time was to use the "Dyson sphere theory" to find alien super civilizations other than human civilization.

That is, the search for so-called aliens.

However, since the 60s, human beings have never found the so-called man-made celestial structures, or even alien civilizations. They have not been discovered for decades. Decades of detection have already worn away the patience of some people, and even some People have questioned the "Dyson sphere" theory. It is impossible for any civilization to utilize the energy of most or all stars. This theory can only exist in science fiction, and it cannot be realized in reality.

Yes, the control of the stars has always been a fantasy of human beings. Thousands of years ago, the mythical Chiwu was controlled by gods and men. Thousands of years later, people still want to control the Chiwu. hands, and the "Dyson sphere" is just such a theory.

From the initial amazement and hot discussion to the fact that few people care about it, people have thrown this bold idea into the corner and discarded this absurd theory. Probably only a few people still think that maybe it really exists. "Dyson Ball"!

Human beings cannot find it because of the different levels of civilization. Earth, as a planetary civilization, is the lowest level among interstellar civilizations. Even space travel cannot be guaranteed, so how can it be possible to discover advanced civilizations?
The civilization with the "Dyson sphere" has already learned to hide the entire galaxy in darkness, and has lost the detection of light. Coupled with the shielding of the "Dyson sphere", humans naturally cannot detect the existence of other civilizations.

Although many people no longer mention the "Dyson sphere" theory, it is undeniable that the manufacture of the "Dyson sphere" will be a leap forward in human civilization. Fly freely, and solar energy will also become one of the main energy sources of human civilization.

Who can imagine.

This is a theoretical plan ahead of its time.

After thousands of years, it was realized, truly born, and put into action.

In the time and space of 7222.

Standing in front of a huge "energy mask", looking from the air, Lin Feng was still deeply shocked by the scene in front of him.

on the outskirts of that star.

Countless mechanical parts surround, wrap, and fit together. This is an unprecedented grand project.

The key is to look at the cosmic orientation in all directions, and there are more than one pictures of the Dyson sphere project.

Roughly count.

I'm afraid there are hundreds of them.

"Rumble..."

"Rumble..."

……

The monstrous sound of heavy mechanical vibrations can be described as deafening, like thunder across the nine heavens.

unimaginable.

In just a few seconds, using the heat from this star, how many billions... trillions of trillions of kilowatt-hours of electricity can be produced?

There is no civilization technology beyond the age.

Can't do it at all.

"Master, are you kidding me?"

"The question is, although the scene we saw is very fantasy, it is also very real?"

"I used to think that the Dyson sphere was an incredible and stupid project, but it really has a sense of technology."

"Yes, it feels like this is what will happen in the starry sky in the future."

"I have to say that the creativity of human beings is truly incomparable and comparable to that of any other species."

"Don't talk about this kind of larger-scale stars, just say that our sun, the sun, occupies almost all the mass of the solar system, and continuously releases a large amount of energy in the form of nuclear fusion. Only about one billionth of it reaches The earth basically constitutes the sum of the energy used by human beings. Except for geothermal energy, all other energies use solar energy directly or indirectly. Building a Dyson sphere can bring abundant energy, create a lot of material wealth, support interstellar navigation, and nurture higher The research of the Department of Physics on energy requirements is a sign that civilization has entered Type II civilization."

"This thing, can it really be made?"

"Dyson sphere, I can't take it literally, I think it's a rigid sphere that wraps the sun, because first of all, there is no such strong material that can resist the gravitational force of the star, and the light pressure is not enough to provide a balanced force. And the rigid sphere is unstable and subject to small disturbances It could cause a drift and eventually fall into the star with unacceptable consequences."

"Of course modern times can't be made, but that will be 5000 years later!"

"That's right, there is nothing on our blue star that can really build a Dyson sphere, and we don't have the conditions. When the first Dyson sphere is built, humans will definitely be able to skillfully use antimatter energy."

"Those materials look more like dark matter energy."

……

Just when modern audiences are talking.

Another amazing scene happened.

I saw the starry sky farther away, a smear of blue-green flame came, from far to near, an extremely huge starship pierced the starry sky and came across.

its tail.

As if dragging an infinitely elongated star, the flame is magnificent.

And its appearance and color are black and faint, like a huge and boundless dark matter beast.

of course.

On this dark matter starship, there is also the logo of this ancient China, which is very eye-catching.

Lin Feng didn't bother or say hello.

He still stood in the distance, and gave the audience the direction of the universe starry sky where he was at this time.

"Universe--remarkable universe--galaxies--Hercules--Great Wall of North Pluto--Pisces--Cetus supercluster of galaxies--Lania Kea supercluster of galaxies--Virgo supercluster of galaxies--center Super galaxy."

did not expect.

At this moment, it is actually in the center of the Virgo supercluster of galaxies.

The pace of development of human civilization and their plan to conquer the starry sky really cannot be underestimated.

"Vertical penetration opens..."

"The next 9222 years..."

As Lin Feng's voice sounded, the picture changed again.

Shortly after.

The camera flickered, and a piece of the live broadcast was blurred.

Everyone, following Lin Feng, came to the future time and space 7 years away from modern times.

Still living in the vast universe.

but.

At this time, the scene that the audience saw was not darkness, silence, and dilapidation...

But a thriving scene.

It seems that a revolution of "starry sky industrialization" is in full swing.

Standing on a huge "industrialized" planet, Lin Feng looked down from a height, calculated according to the area.

This planet is more than a million times larger than our earth.

It's a "super planet."

The surrounding stars are not enough to see.

Overlooking the earth.

Robots as high as ten feet high are busy transforming this super planet.

Unexpected.

Actually saw the existence of a living person.

The so-called "starry sky industrial revolution" is more like an industrial miracle of robots.

What about humans?
Replaced by robots?

a time.

The audience couldn't help getting nervous, secretly worried about the future after 7000 years.

Humans have developed powerful robots, but in the end, they were backlashed and civilization was lost.

The terrible haze hangs over the heads of many people, lingering.

The good thing is.

At this time, over the super planet, another "robot battleship" passed by, its shape looked like a dragon.

The image of the robot dragon.

It is as long as a million and stretches like mountains. From a distance, it looks like a giant dragon that can devour the starry sky.

Lin Feng couldn't help sighing, "This is the era of machine immortality?"

It turned out not to be.

A flying saucer building fell rapidly, and the people who came out of it were still alive, and like everyone else, they had black hair, yellow skin, and black eyes...

Lin Feng once again positioned himself.

result.

To his surprise.

At this time, he has already come to the outside of the "visible universe".

Here, there is a gap of 629 billion light-years away from the earth where we humans were born.

A long and unbridgeable chasm.

of course.

This is also the most distant area that humans can reach at present.

Then conquer in the opposite direction of the earth, no one knows how big this "visible universe" is.

Attentive audiences will find out.

Human civilization at this time uses a conception of a "von Neumann robot".

What is a von Neumann robot?
To put it simply, it is a self-replicating robot. Ideally, as long as there are enough energy and resources, this kind of robot can achieve great achievements that human beings cannot complete and take a hundred or even a thousand years through unlimited reproduction.

However, it is not surprising that this kind of robot, which is known to be troublesome once out of control, will become a regular villain in science fiction works.

For example, in the "X" series of games in Germany, in order to transform the planetary environment, human beings invested a von Neumann machine with the triple characteristics of self-thinking, self-replication, and self-repair into deep space. After thousands of years, these The robot came back with a bug, mistaking the earth for a planet that needs "environmental modification", the consequences can be imagined, the sins I did, I will bear it myself.

Robots, as long as they get the resources of a certain planet, can realize self-replication, and the number is unlimited.

It is indeed densely covered with the disadvantage of insufficient number of human beings.

The only thing that makes Lin Feng strange is that it will be 7000 years in the future, can human beings still fail to thoroughly study concepts such as "wormholes", "black holes", and "time and space travel"?
"The next 12222 years..."

"Turn on..."

"Through..."

Lin Feng also wanted to know what would happen after 1 years.

(End of this chapter)