Beneath Deep Space

Metamos, the edge of the Orion cantilever, is a planet with a very harsh environment. Since there is no massive satellite to help it rotate stably, the planet's rotation is very unstable. Just like a top that is about to fall over, the rotation axis will shift a lot every once in a while.

The shift of the axis of rotation has caused the former North and South Pole to become the hot equator, and the former equator to become the cold North and South Pole. This huge change in the environment, coupled with the super storm, has caused the life here to evolve extremely strong survivability.

In the ocean of Metamos, there is a huge plant called "Antimisia". Its roots are deeply rooted below the sea level and can even be rooted on the rocks on the seabed. In order to obtain more light, " Antimisia's huge canopy is ten kilometers in diameter.

This is the paradise of life.

When it's cold, "Antimisia" will automatically look for warm and comfortable areas, that is, it will automatically swim with the changes in the planet's rotation axis.

In order to prevent being broken by strong winds, the canopy of "Antimisia" does not exceed one meter above sea level. The Metamos civilization lived on this huge plant. They are shaped like a sixteen-clawed octopus, with strong muscles and attached suckers. These physiological structures can withstand strong winds that continue throughout the day.

The intense inspection work on "Kunton" is still going on, and there is no result for the time being... Many senior officials retreated to a conference room and discussed with great interest, so as not to interfere with the work of the soldiers.

The fat man's voice was slightly deep: "An Antimisia is a complete ecological chain. This plant is the home of our primitive era."

"When we developed advanced intelligence, our brains were already extremely developed. And because of the ability to read brain waves, members of society basically communicate with each other."

"You know, we were once...a world without lies, where we didn't have secrets of our own."

"You can think of it as transparent thinking."

What would happen in a world where everyone had the ability to read minds?

People in the conference room were quite surprised and started talking loudly.

Yu Yifeng was also surprised and thought: "An interesting sociological model."

"The first answer is excellent, a world full of truth, goodness and beauty. All societies will progress extremely fast, and all the dark sides will have nowhere to hide."

"...If the new human race suddenly evolves the ability to read everyone's minds at this time...it will probably cause chaos. People are not saints, how can they make mistakes?"

"But human beings are extremely adaptable. If all human beings are like this and continue to develop without genocide, it is possible to develop into a better society where there are no lies and everyone can understand each other without any barriers. Society..." he thought.

After a while, after hearing various discussions among the people, Yu Yifeng thought that his idea just now was too good.

"The second answer is extremely poor. In other words, concealing some thoughts is more flexible and advanced than everyone being able to read minds. It not only provides a buffer zone for the direct conflict between individual will and social norms, but also gives Individuals have more power to make decisions. Transparency of all information is a good thing, but it is not necessarily a good thing.”

"If information transparency started in ancient times..." Yu Yifeng thought for a moment, "It might be due to religious factors... there are too many variables and it is difficult to judge."

Hearing everyone's discussion, Hei smiled and said: "Wrong, all wrong! If everyone had been like this from ancient times, there would be no such thing as social impact. Because we would think that this world This is how it is, there is interoperability between individuals.”

"If I had to come up with a metaphor, our civilization... is like a nest of ants. At the beginning, the individuals were very scattered. When a society gradually formed, because of the ability to read each other's minds, it was like an ant nest. There is a collective will!”

"Each of us is just a mediocre ant, a screw in the development of society. When each individual can read minds, personal will is actually very, very weak. Although our brains are very developed, they are limited to making We can do more complex work."

When talking about his former civilization, Hei Weiwei was a little proud.

He does not feel that this phenomenon is wrong, but has a sense of pride in having been great.

Almost everyone was stunned. Such an individual without self-will sounds a bit pitiful?

Today's new human beings are gradually moving towards a kind of comprehensive freedom. Except for special periods when called upon by the government, people can basically choose the job they like.

And this "Medamus Civilization" turns out to be a screw for all people, and it still looks like "that's how it is". What is this?

Many people laughed dryly. They couldn't understand it, but they could accept it.

Because if you think about it carefully, it seems quite normal. When the whole population is mind-reading, individual will will indeed be suppressed.

Hei paused and continued: "Of course, with complex brains, we always have a variety of ideas. This kind of individual difference is impossible to erase. And the mind-reading ability of a single individual, It’s also limited to the surrounding area, quite limited.”

"In the beginning, that is, in the primitive period, our thinking was relatively simple, and there were no rules and regulations. Everyone still relied on instinct to do their own thing. And our collective will was also quite chaotic in ancient times, limited to the most preliminary Division of labor, such as hunting, cooperation, driving away natural enemies, etc. "

"The changes in social development are slow and complicated. We have not experienced any slave society at all. Because of the existence of the large plant Antimisia, getting food is a very simple matter. As long as 'Antimisia' does not fall, we will There will be no danger of starvation."

But the Metamos civilization was not without natural enemies.

According to the development laws of cosmic sociology, if a species wants to naturally evolve intelligence, there is a high probability that it will not be at the top of the food chain, nor at the bottom of the food chain. In a situation where there is pressure and enough energy, life will accidentally tend to the strange attribute of wisdom.

Due to strong winds, creatures on land are generally short and close to the ground, but some creatures in the ocean have a tendency to become larger and larger.

The natural enemy of Metamos civilization is the giant turtle!

The giant tortoise is an amphibious and reptile creature. If measured in new human units, it is more than thirty meters tall and weighs more than two hundred and twenty tons.

They are the real overlords of the ocean, eating everything from simple plankton to the giant Antimisia. When they gnawed on "Antimisia", they often also ate the Metamos who had no time to escape.

This is not the most important thing. Giant turtles often appear in groups. An extremely lush "Antimisia" that is more than ten kilometers away is also in danger of being eaten up. Now the Metamos people have nothing to do. Survived.

As they begin to gain wisdom, they can only stand up to protect their civilization and fight against the terrifying giant turtle.

In this case, the strength of a single individual no longer matters. A stronger social system must be developed instead of being as loose as before, otherwise there is a risk of extinction!

"Only the smartest and strongest individuals can climb to the upper echelons of society. This is natural. Everyone knows its thoughts, whether it is selfish and whether it is depraved. This is also a tradition from our primitive era."

"These smart individuals began to try to summarize what was good and what was bad in war after war. They began to formulate various rules and regulations to standardize the entire society and play a more powerful role. "

"After this series of systems were formulated, everyone could only follow them because of their transparent thinking. A stronger collective will was slowly cultivated in this way."

"We gradually defeated all life on the planet... The huge and terrifying giant tortoises were exterminated by us through the efforts of generations. Because the soldiers' thinking is extremely unified and their brains have no distracting thoughts, although they will be afraid and sad, But it can be overcome.”

Hei is describing their unique social system in great detail.

"So, where did your weapons from the primitive era come from? How were they smelted? Can weapons made of plants kill hostile creatures?" Yu Yifeng asked.

"Some minerals are obtained from the ocean..."

Hei thought for a while and said seriously: "There are certain metal stones in the ocean, and some are even simple metals that can be directly polished and used. There are also some weapons that are indeed made of plants. 'Antimisia' can fight against giants." Storm is actually extremely hard.”

After answering this question, he continued: "After exterminating our natural enemies, our population began to grow massively, and geniuses also revised our rules and regulations from generation to generation, so that our collective consciousness could keep up with the times... …Everyone needs to live better, this is normal, it is the norm of genes.”

"Gradually, the original ecosystem can no longer support a large population. Because of internal struggles and other reasons, we must open up a larger ecosystem, that is...land..."

"This is the transition from ancient times to medieval times."

"But isn't your civilization troubled by religion?" Professor Sean, a cosmological sociologist, asked puzzledly.

"Of course!"

Hei pondered for a while and seemed to be constructing language: "In the Middle Ages, we began to develop our culture. That is, it truly originated from a branch on land."

"We are afraid of death and hunger. We listen to the collective wisdom, and there always seems to be a warm whisper in our ears... These are all puzzling things."

“Our civilization is called ‘Medamos Civilization’, and ‘Medamos’ is our god. We once believed that the sacred Medamos connected us.

"but then……"

These land octopuses have discovered through long-term practice that once they leave the collective, this collective consciousness will disappear, and this consciousness will change with the changes in rules and regulations...

Very strange.

So, a wise man named "Alborg" put forward this point of view: Gods do not exist.

The gods are composed of thoughts shared by everyone, so this phenomenon occurs.

"So, isn't blasphemy a sin? In any civilization..." Yu Yifeng asked with a frown.

Hei quickly shook his head: "That's true! But our civilization is very lucky. At that time, the theory of gods had not been completely solidified, and there was still room for discussion."

"Also because the thinking is highly purified, there is no series of crimes such as blasphemy. Therefore, individuals of that era did not know how to deal with the wise Arburg."

"The statement of doubting the gods was a big deal at the time, so it was listed for separate discussion and was called...the Alborg Conference."

A miracle happened. During the meeting, when many individuals doubted the existence of gods, the collective consciousness also began to doubt the existence of gods... At this time, these octopuses realized that the god Metamos may not exist, and may really is their common thought.

"When most people hold this view, Metamos actually thinks that he does not exist!"

The description of the gods began to become dim, and a large number of cultures were born. Some scholars described it in poetry: Rejoice, we are our own gods!

It is better to turn to God for help than to turn to ourselves!

"However, we still name our own civilization after 'Medamus'... She is still our collective consciousness."

Hearing this series of remarks, Yu Yifeng felt incredible for a while. He still doesn't understand how this strange society works...

But from this simple information, he believed that such a society was undoubtedly the darling of the entire universe.

From the perspective of civilization as a whole, it is quite powerful. The disordered diversity of individuals tends to disappear and is replaced by clear hierarchical classification.

Because the new human civilization is also moving towards a transparent society. This was achieved through a lot of hard work, and the Metamos civilization, because of its inherent superiority, was able to achieve it directly.

In an opaque society, each individual wants to find the position that best suits him or her, but the cost is high and the accuracy is not high. Not to mention wasting social resources, it has not yet reached the optimal level.

Just like the earth age and most low-level civilizations, everyone is too cunning and falls into the prisoner's dilemma in game theory. Individual development is good or bad, but the entire civilization has been punished the most.

But in a transparent society, this situation will no longer exist. The gap in ability, who is competent and who is not, will be clear at a glance, and the division of labor will be greatly accelerated.

Of course, complete transparency is a very cruel thing to the individual will. You didn't even know there was such a thing as "freedom."

I heard Hei continue to say: "This is the process from medieval times to modern times."

"Our terrestrial branches are getting stronger and stronger, and soon they are sweeping the world. They are getting rid of religion, and there is no such thing as exploitation. They naturally flock to the embrace of technology."

"The entire era has begun to change rapidly. With only a hundred years of scientific progress, we have caught up with achievements that were not possible in the past ten thousand years combined. The entire world is changing at a rapid pace, and we have begun to challenge the vast majority of natural disasters."

"We are naturally capable of understanding more complex neuroscience, and we have even invented thought amplifiers that can increase the scope of mind reading and make the collective will stronger and more powerful."

In this understatement, Yu Yifeng seemed to see the rise of a great civilization. This is not just natural superiority, but also the result of great men, wise men and various coincidences.

Whenever this moment comes, he will always be moved like the rising sun. Although Hei was understated, there was a kind of moisture in the corners of his eyes.

“Naturally, we set our sights toward the stars.”

"Although we encountered some obstacles, as long as the collective will does not fall, we still... passed it. It took three hundred and forty-nine years."

People have seen a civilization whose racial value is countless times higher than their own...

Stepping towards the stars and the various traps of the Great Filter are just a small thing for them.

Two chapters in one, I won’t update if there’s something going on at night.