Hammer of Technology

Although Smith already had the mentality that he would die after hearing the truth, but when he really got to this point, he still felt a little uneasy, and Ning Wei seemed extremely relaxed because it was different.

"Because I believe in March." Ning Wei opened the survival pod beside him with a smile and gave the answer.

"What about you?" Smith turned his head to look at Liu Wei who still didn't care, and asked, "Liu, you don't seem nervous."

"I believe in Academician Ning." Liu Weiyan replied concisely.

It's not that Liu Wei still cherishes words like gold at this moment, the main reason is that the level of English expression is not high...

"Okay, don't think so much. It's already reached this point, let's think about it in a better direction, go to sleep, it will be a new world when you wake up." Ning Wei shrugged, said something and took the lead in wading in Drink the survival cabin, and then press the button in the cabin, and the hatch slowly closes.

Smith was stunned for a moment, then looked at Liu Weiwei, and found that the bodyguard was staring at him. He probably understood what the other person meant, so he could only sigh secretly, and then lay down with Ning Wei.Just before closing the hatch, he couldn't help complaining: "Liu, in March, are you still worried that I, a powerless person, will harm your academician Ning? March is the ship master of the

After speaking, without waiting for the boring person to answer, he closed the hatch.

Liu Wei also ignored Smith's complaints at all, and watched Smith's body slowly being wrapped in the liquid flowing out of the cabin, then stepped into her own survival cabin, and then lay down on her back.

He could hear water flowing, his whole body was enveloped by a warm feeling, and then a deep drowsiness hit him, causing his whole body to relax, and he completely lost consciousness the next moment...

At the same time, all the lights on the Kuafu went out almost simultaneously.People who need visible light have already fallen asleep, and naturally do not need additional energy consumption.

……

The original universe, the earth.

"Kuafu has entered the far side of the moon."

"Still no reply?"

"The Kuafu completely shut down radio communications."

"Who's on board now?"

"According to statistics, only Academician Ning, Smith, and Liu Wei are left on Kuafu. The information about Smith and Liu Wei is here... Wait, just received the news, the March system has just automatically printed out a copy Report and mark it as top secret."

"Top secret?"

"Yes, two reports, printed out by the equipment of the two departments. The first report is garbled characters, and the second report is probably a decoding tool."

"What about the report?"

"Sealed and on its way."

……

"What does he want to do? What does that person want to do?!"

"The spaceship has left."

"have they gone?"

"Yes, according to intelligence it flew towards the moon. But now it can't be tracked."

"Moon? Didn't the information sent back say that the Kuafu was not designed for lunar navigation?"

"I don't know, you know, the information sent back from the Fundamental Physics Laboratory has always been vague. However, judging from the structure of the Kuafu, it is indeed not suitable as a navigation vehicle."

"I see, tell them, we must find a way to locate the ship! Find out where the ship is!"

"Ok."

……

Just when countless people were in a mess, after a dazzling light flashed on the back of the moon, the Kuafu disappeared instantly.This missing ship will probably haunt some people for a long time.

……

Smith had a dream.

In general, dreams do not occur during deep sleep.Because dreaming itself represents the activation of cerebral cortex activity.But the dream seemed very real.

Dreams are simple.

He was running across the wilderness, God knows how he could run so fast, everything around him was quickly left behind by him.At first, he could still distinguish the trees, the grass, and the houses, but as his speed continued to increase, his field of vision began to narrow, and he could no longer distinguish the objects that were passing by the wilderness for a moment. entity.

Everything became a bunch of lights, and there was only one spot of light left in front of him.

However, his speed was still increasing, until finally the surroundings began to become dark, and the front was also dark, and even the light spot disappeared without a trace.He tried his best to look back, and found that there was still a light spot in the distance, but he was thrown further and further away...

At a certain moment, Smith in the dream suddenly had a kind of enlightenment.

It turns out that there has never been any darkness that swallowed the light, but the light keeps trying to swallow the darkness.And as long as he runs fast enough, the so-called light will never catch up with him.

This idea is very suitable for him as a philosopher.

However, suddenly, Smith suddenly found that his running speed gradually slowed down, and the light behind him almost swallowed him whole at the moment he slowed down, and the surrounding was full of light, as if drowning in water...

"Pfft...cough cough cough...heh...huh..."

Smith sat up abruptly, breathing in the air fiercely. His lungs felt extremely uncomfortable at this moment. A bad smell came out of his mouth, and then he was replaced with fresh air. After taking a few deep breaths, the feeling of discomfort finally subsided, and he recovered his five senses. Then he saw the two people in front of him, staring at him like giant pandas...

"I told you a long time ago that it's better not to participate in this kind of high-risk game when you're old. You just didn't listen, don't you feel uncomfortable now?"

Smith's mind is still a little confused...

But he quickly realized that the person who spoke was his friend in the Chinese academic circles—Ning Wei.

As for the high-stakes game, by the way, travel across the universe, enter the protection cabin, and now he is awake!

"Huh... Ning, the space crossing has been successfully completed? We didn't die?"

"It's just a high-risk game, and it's not a game of death? If there is no chance of surviving [-]%, there will be no such voyage. Well, get up quickly, take a shower, wake up, and then gather in the control room of the control tower. "Ning Wei shook his head, threw these words at Smith, then turned and left with Liu Wei beside him.

Smith sat there in a daze, then subconsciously raised his hands and rubbed his face, only to find that his hands were covered with viscous liquid...

Ok……

After sitting there for a while, Smith finally stood up, stepped out of the survival cabin, then walked into the shower room next to him, stood under the shower head and turned on the bridle.

The clean water at a suitable temperature made his brain clear up quickly, and his body began to relax.

Although I don't know how long I have been asleep, everything before stepping into the survival cabin at this moment began to appear in my mind.

"Bless March!" Smith muttered in his mouth, and then his desire to understand the universe made him act nimbly. He quickly rinsed his body, and then went back to the locker room to find his locker and put on himself. The old clothes, and excitedly rushed to the operation room of the control tower as fast as possible.

"Are we there yet?" Seeing Ning Wei sitting on the captain's chair, Smith asked impatiently.

"I'm looking at the voyage records in March. In theory, we should have arrived. But the bad news is that the positioning is not so accurate, there is a little deviation, and we are still a little short of our goal." Ning Wei looked at the computer. Screen, said without looking back.

"A little bit?" Smith was stunned, and then asked, "How much is the difference?"

"This is good news. Assuming that this universe is almost the same as our cosmic solar system, according to the starlight positioning system, we are located in the j2000 coordinate system in the solar system, and we are about 3860 million kilometers away from the earth in this universe at this moment. However, it is very close to the original position of Venus, only 870 million kilometers. Based on the current cruising speed of Kuafu in space at 12000 kilometers per hour, it will take about 1960 hours for us to reach the earth and contact another civilization, which is about 81 days. However, considering that the current orbit of the earth is approaching Venus, perhaps only [-] days will be enough."

Ning Wei replied without raising his head.

"Wait, Venus? Ning, how do you know that we have successfully crossed a universe? Maybe we just arrived near Venus. How much time has passed?"

"The first question, let me show you something. This is a galaxy map simulated after obtaining basic information through the space telescope on the Kuafu. Take a look at what should be here?" Ning Wei pointed at the screen asked the map of the galaxy.

Smith leaned forward to take a look, and then replied in confusion: "It seems...you didn't see Saturn?"

"Yes, the place where the original planet is located has become an asteroid belt. In the solar system of our universe, there is an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. At present, more than 1 asteroids have been discovered. Obviously, the current The number of planets in this asteroid belt we discovered even far exceeds that of the asteroid belt in our universe."

"According to our previous research, Saturn should be a gas giant planet, mainly composed of hydrogen, and a small amount of helium and a small amount of elements. But according to our estimates over the years, Saturn should have a diffuse core that lacks a clear boundary. Saturn The size of the core extends to about 60% of Saturn's radius, and it is mainly composed of metals."

"In addition, Saturn's rings are considered to be composed of hundreds of thin rings, and there are billions of small ice cubes in the rings. So consider a possibility, for example, if we want to change to Mars, but there are not enough water resources on Mars , If there is a way to blow up Saturn, and let these materials move in the direction of Jupiter and Mars and can be successfully captured, will it be beneficial to the transformation of the overall environment of Mars? Or reduce Mars' dependence on the resources of the parent planet? "

Smith's eyes widened, and he stared at Ning Wei in disbelief: "Wait, you seemed to say that you would blow up Saturn? Blow up a planet? What do you think? If humans can blow up a planet, even if it is For a gas giant planet like Saturn, what level of technology should it develop? Will they still need that resource?"

Ning Wei glanced at Smith, and said in a muffled voice: "First, resources are scarce at any time, and the more advanced the civilization, the greater the thirst for resources. Second, the above are all speculations, not certain. After all We're tourists, first time visitors, so maybe an extrasolar meteorite just hit Saturn?"

Smith had nothing to say, because Ning Wei had finished speaking, and he turned to look at Liu Wei who had been staring at the big screen beside him.Well, this guy is still the purest, he didn't care what they were talking about at all, he just stared at the scenery outside the window in a daze...

Indeed, these are too difficult to understand.

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528 Once Splendid Civilization

"Professor Smith, I have a question I want to ask you."

"Oh? What's the problem? Liu?"

"You said that since there is a universe very similar to ours, if there is Huaxia on the earth in this universe, and there is also a me who looks exactly like me and has the same ancestors, then which me is the real me? "

"Well... If this issue must be discussed, it probably involves the real self and the real self. Theoretically speaking, there is no concept of the real self in the multiverse, only the self, that is, you are you, because your experiences are unique. , just like if you come to his universe and meet someone who is like you, it means that he will not go to your universe at the same time. This experience is unique to you.”

"What if our experience is exactly the same before we met? Can I think that the me who has experienced the adventure of the universe is the real me, and the me in this universe is just a fake? But it doesn't make sense Huh? And if I extend it again, for example, I have an older brother and a younger brother, if I also have such a bunch of brothers in this universe, and their experience before I arrived here is the same as my brothers on earth, even the dna They are all the same, so are they also my brothers?"

"This... Liu, why do you ask me these things? Maybe you can try to ask Ning."

"But aren't you a philosopher? Professor Smith, I think these should be questions for philosophers to think about, right? Academician Ning studies mathematics and physics, so it doesn't seem to be related to these?"

……

These days, Smith feels like he's breaking down.Ning Wei spends most of the day in the control room of the command tower studying the operation of the astrophysical universe.In his words, it needs to be compared with the starry sky coordinates of the Metaverse.Because I don't know how long I can stay here, these are valuable materials.

Well, for this statement, Smith can not refute.He thinks so too, the only regret is that he doesn't have much research on cosmology.

So these days, he can only deal with Liu Wei's boring questions.

Fortunately, March is here, so there is no communication barrier between the two.But it was also because of March that Smith felt extremely headache.Because in his opinion, Liu Wei, who is like a curious baby, is obviously not a good seed for studying philosophy, and this guy is more suitable for raising arguments.

But in your spare time, it is still very good to have a cup of coffee and look at the scenery on the viewing platform.

Even though the scenery outside is quite monotonous, this is the universe after all.As long as you look at some scenery with a different mentality, you will never get tired of watching it.

Occasionally, Liu Wei would come over with a cup of tea to quietly watch the scenery with him, but more often the two would still get into some messy arguments in Smith's view.

Fortunately, after two months of living like this, I finally saw the light.

……

"Look, that's the moon." Ning Wei walked out of the control tower, pointed to the distant planet and said something, then he probably felt that he didn't make it clear, and immediately added: "It should be said to be the moon of this world!"

"The moon?" Smith looked in the direction Ning Wei pointed, and then found that he couldn't see it clearly, but there was a vague spherical body there.

"What about Earth?"

"Currently our flight route, the moon is in a straight line with the earth, and we will be able to see the earth in two days." Ning Wei said excitedly: "But the main thing is not to let you see the moon, you see, this is March through Kuafu Photos restored by the released telescope."

As he said that, Ning Wei casually called up the holographic image just sorted out in the March database, and the next moment rows of buildings on the moon appeared in front of the two of them.

"Wait, is this the back of the moon? Can it be so clear?" Smith asked subconsciously.

"The original photo is blurry. This is the photo after remodeling and supplementation in March." Ning Wei explained.

"Then what are these rows of buildings?" Smith asked in surprise.

"It looks like a mine." Liu Wei, who has more life experience, gave her own opinion.

"Well, I have the same opinion as March. There is already a relatively mature mining system on the moon here. It should not only be a mine, but also a refinery." Ning Wei nodded and said.

"Mining on the moon?" Smith marveled.

"Yes, according to our analysis of the lunar soil, the moon has more than 100 kinds of mineral deposits. Such as iron, titanium, aluminum, silicon, etc., the most important thing is that the moon has a kind of helium 3, which is very rare on the earth. But According to our estimates, there are at least 900 million tons on the moon, which can be used by the earth for tens of thousands of years if used to generate electricity." Ning Wei replied following Smith's words.

"Helium 3? Nuclear fusion? You mean the earth civilization here has mastered nuclear fusion technology?" Smith asked in surprise.

"Who knows? Even if you haven't mastered nuclear fusion, it's okay to do the mining and purification work first. I changed the route a little, and I should be able to see the earth in another twelve to eighteen hours. I Go to sleep first, and you continue."

After speaking, Ning Wei turned his head and walked towards the lounge, leaving the two of them staring at each other on the viewing platform.

After a long time, Smith suddenly said to Liu Wei: "I have a feeling that your academician Ning seems to know something, but he didn't share it with us."

Liu Wei listened to the words translated in the simultaneous interpretation headset, thought for a while, and gave a very pertinent opinion: "If you have this feeling, I think you should start to review yourself. Professor Smith, after all, Academician Ning Wei has always been a A scientist who loves to share."

After speaking, Liu Wei also walked to the lounge.

I will be able to see the earth in another universe soon, and I am a little excited to say it.

……

When navigating in the universe, the most anti-human thing is probably that there is no distinction between day and night. In this case, the human biological clock can easily become disordered.In fact, March has been working hard to find a way to maintain the biological clock of the three people on the spaceship. For example, the lights on the ship will show different brightness at different times.But apparently controllable artificial light isn't as useful as natural light.

At least for the three of them.

But usually when Ning Wei took the initiative to remind everyone that they should take a break, whether it was Liu Wei or Smith, they still gave face.

After all, everyone wants to see what the earth in another universe looks like for the first time.

Although it is impossible to see so clearly with the naked eye, the telescope on Kuafu combined with the AI ​​automatic modeling function in March is still very interesting.

In this way, after the three of them fell asleep, not long after, more holograms were displayed in front of the three of them.

But this time the hologram brought more doubts to Smith and Liu Wei.