Chapter 247 Why Pursue It?

According to the data in this document, it would take them three thousand years to sail from the solar system to the Nanmen II system. Calculated based on this time, the forward speed of a spacecraft using a black hole engine as a propulsion method is only a few hundred kilometers per second. Compared with the long interstellar voyage, this speed is no different from crawling at a snail's pace.

When Wei Feng saw this, Ye Luo's voice appeared in Wei Feng's ears again: "Captain, I think there are some contradictions in the description in this document."

Wei Feng shifted his gaze away from the information, then looked at the place where Ye Luo's voice came from, and said one word: "Oh?"

"The contradiction in my opinion is this." Ye Luo said, "Since this information says that their spacecraft using black hole engines as propulsion method can meet the needs of interstellar navigation, it is only hindered because the speed is too slow. , then... this means that their spacecraft has sufficient long-term survival capabilities. Although the sun has been violent under their attack, I don't think the sun can affect places 10 billion kilometers away. So ...Why don't they find a foothold in celestial bodies beyond Neptune? In this way, they will not only have a safe environment, but also have sufficient sources of material. As long as they slowly reproduce and live, they will be able to restore their population sooner or later, and then slowly Slowly develop technology."

Ye Luo described a possible way out for the Martian civilization at that time: using Xina, Sedna and other trans-Neptune celestial bodies as material sources, and relying on the life-support systems of large spacecrafts for survival. After survival is guaranteed Next, slowly develop the population and slowly restore technology. This seemed to be a feasible path, but... the Martian civilization at that time did not choose to take this path.

"I think I know the reason why Martian civilization did not choose to take this path." Wei Feng said slowly, "Actually, even if it were our human civilization faced with this situation, our human civilization probably would not choose this path. Road."

"Why? I don't understand." Ye Luo said.

"Of course you won't understand." Wei Feng said a little lonely. "You have overlooked one thing, that is...technological civilization will not only move forward. It will also degenerate...according to the description of this information, their population is only less than 10 million people. We According to the highest ratio, even if 10% of the 10 million people are scientific researchers, the number of scientific researchers is one million. Then let me ask you... one million scientific researchers in our human civilization... …Is it enough to pass on our technology?”

"This is obviously not enough." Ye Luo said immediately, "With the scale of hundreds of billions of people in our human civilization, and the technology we have accumulated over the past millennium. If we want to develop these technologies, no, let alone development, just When it comes to inheritance, at least billions of scientific researchers are needed. Technology has developed to the point where we are, and its branches have become too thin and too detailed, which is far beyond the ability of a few people."

"So the Martian civilization will inevitably face the threat of serious civilization degradation. If you choose to stay on a celestial body beyond Neptune, it will be fine at first, but as time goes by. As the few remaining scientific researchers die, the Martian civilization will decline. They will face various dilemmas: no one will repair the spacecraft if it breaks down, and no one will install the parts. Even if they can install it, no one will make it when the spare parts are used up... until their reserves are exhausted. How can you let the Martian civilization exist there? Survive in the cold zone far away from the sun?... In fact, I think that when the escape plan began, the Martian civilization was already facing this dilemma. I think the spacecraft they used to escape was probably manufactured before. Escape plan At the beginning... they no longer had the ability to build such a large spacecraft."

Ye Luo was silent for a moment, then retorted: "This can indeed explain the reason why they did not stop on the celestial body beyond Neptune, but captain, even if they finally reach the South Gate II system, they will still face the threat of civilization degradation. In the South Gate In the two galaxies, if their spaceship is broken, no one will repair it. If the parts are used up, no one will make it."

"But there is another kind of inexhaustible energy there." Wei Feng said, "There are stable suns there, and there are two of them. The acquisition and utilization of solar energy is a very simple matter, I think, Even if they degrade again, it’s not difficult to master solar energy, right?”

"But there is a sun in the solar system...well."

Ye Luo only said half of this sentence before he stopped. Wei Feng sighed: "There is indeed a sun in the solar system, but... the sun was already angry at that time, and its anger would take at least tens of millions of years, or even hundreds of millions of years, to calm down. And facing an angry sun A star...and which civilization dares to get close to it?"

"Okay, I have to admit, Captain, you are right." Ye Luo said, "Their only way to survive is to sail to Nanmen Er, use the two calm suns there to obtain energy, and then survive, slowly. Slowly restore your own population and technology."

"In fact, I think this is not the only reason why the Martian civilization chose to sail to Nanmen Er." Wei Feng said, "There is probably another reason... Similarly, you will not understand this reason. Because it involves Emotions. If you compare a civilization to a person, then... Suppose this person is trapped in a room for many, many years. When he is on the verge of death... will he make the decision "even if he dies?" What about the decision to go and see what the outside world is like?”

Ye Luo asked: "Even if this decision is not so wise?"

Wei Feng replied calmly: "Even if this decision is not that wise."

Ye Luo said: "Okay, I understand. But... I still have a question. The current technology of our human civilization is enough to create a spacecraft like the Xinghai spacecraft with a speed of up to three thousand kilometers per second. Why do the spacecraft built by the Martian civilization that is more technologically advanced than ours only travel at a speed of a few hundred kilometers per second? If the black hole engine can really only achieve such a small speed, then why don't they choose traditional nuclear fusion propulsion technology? Should you choose black hole engine propulsion technology?”

Wei Feng shrugged his shoulders and then said: "The Xinghai spacecraft built by our human civilization with a speed of up to 3,000 kilometers per second...how many people can it carry?"

Ye Luo immediately said: "One."

Wei Feng continued to shrug his shoulders: "So, do you think that the Martian civilization's long-distance spacecraft can only carry one person? Their spaceship, one... must carry tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people."

"Oh, I understand. A spacecraft using a black hole engine as a propulsion method has huge thrust and can stably provide endless energy for a long time. It is suitable for super giant spacecraft. Although its speed is slow, its technical content is still higher than The Xinghai spacecraft, which has small thrust but fast speed, is advanced. It’s just..."

Ye Luo stopped talking after saying the word "just". It seemed that the terrifying scene that followed these two words made even his intelligent program feel palpitations.

Wei Feng also didn't ask what it was. It seemed that Wei Feng also knew about it. But Wei Feng didn't say anything, but continued to read the information.

The previous information told that the Martian civilization's escape fleet split again after escaping for a period of time. One part still insisted on the voyage, and the other part turned around and planned to return to the solar system. Next, Wei Feng saw this description.

"Unfortunately, when our spacecraft had just decelerated to almost stationary relative to the sun, an extremely serious failure occurred in the propulsion components of the spacecraft... and this failure was beyond repair by us who were already at the end of our rope. We The spacecraft thus lost its propulsion and remained forever trillions of kilometers away from the sun, unable to move forward or backward."

"I sent a distress signal to the rest of the spacecraft in our civilization's escape fleet, but no spacecraft was willing to return to rescue us. Well, spare parts and energy are extremely precious to every spacecraft, and which spacecraft is willing to donate How about using your own resources to save us?”

"Although the miniature black hole is still providing us with energy continuously, but... in this vast and desolate universe, this energy will eventually be exhausted one day. So I entered a long hibernation, Before hibernating, I left instructions for the intelligent program that controlled the spacecraft. I gave it the authority to disassemble the spacecraft itself to replenish the black hole's mass when the black hole's mass dropped to a certain level. I hope that while maintaining my hibernation, Before I run out of energy...someone can save me, although I know that this wish is too ethereal and has basically no chance of coming true."

"Those spacecraft returning to the solar system will inevitably be destroyed, and all passengers will die. The spacecraft that continues to sail to the Nanmen II system... If they are lucky enough, they should be able to reach their destination before the spacecraft is finally damaged, but even if they finally After arriving at the destination, I am still not optimistic about their fate. The population is too small, the tools are too few, and after a long journey to a completely unfamiliar galaxy, survival... is not easy."

"This is what our Martian civilization has experienced. We were born in this void universe, and finally destroyed in this void universe, as if we had never appeared in this universe."

"I hope that you who are looking at this information at this moment...can remember us and this small civilization that once appeared in this small solar system. We are the Martian civilization. On behalf of our Martian civilization, I wish you all the best." Good luck to you."

This information ended here, but Wei Feng was still looking at it blankly. After a while, Wei Feng suddenly said: "This Martian is hiding a lot of things."

Ye Luo said: "It has already passed, why bother to pursue it?" (To be continued ~^~)

PS: Hmm, please ask for a monthly ticket again...