Chapter 551: Us and Them

"According to you, these aliens seem to be very technologically powerful, right?"

I looked at a large room of people at the scene and said, "That's what the other party said. The technological strength of these aliens is very powerful, but the war is about comprehensive strength rather than absolute technological strength. Although these aliens are It has very outstanding performance in terms of technological level, but because the population is too small and its own racial characteristics do not like war, its overall strength is the weakest among the three parties."

"Is the second strongest the owner of the ruins we discovered?"

"Yes. The second strongest ones are the builders of these ruins on the earth. Their technological strength is slightly stronger than that of the third party, but their strength is limited. The third party's power is due to its huge territory and population base, although its technology is lagging behind. , but the huge production capacity advantage brought by the demographic dividend has completely filled up the shortcomings caused by this technological backwardness, and has surpassed the first and second technological forces and has become the most powerful existence."

"What about you? You said before that your dragon clan is a biological weapon. Is it specifically designed to deal with this interstellar war?" asked a head of state.

I nodded again: "That's right. After the war began, the relatively backward civilization has been suppressing both sides due to population base issues, so these aliens and the creators of the ruins were forced to join forces to form an alliance. . After the establishment of this alliance, it began to integrate its military forces. Using the relatively large number of troops of the creators and the super powerful technology of the aliens to form a mixed fleet of high and low levels, it did indeed contain the enemy's attack and combined the forces of both sides. The combat power comparison stabilized. However, during the battle, these aliens discovered a problem, that is, their population was still not enough.

Casualties are inevitable in war, even after joining forces with the creators. The main sacrifices have been borne by the creations, but these aliens will still suffer losses, and the birth rate of this race is actually unimaginably low. Although this casualty rate is not high, they cannot afford it.

So, at the suggestion of the creators, the two races decided to pool their strengths. Design a biological weapon.

The original creator's idea was to create something similar to a monster that could fight with physical strength alone, possess the same reproductive ability as an insect, and crush the enemy's insect sea tactics with an overwhelming numerical advantage. "

"Holy crap, isn't this the Zerg from "StarCraft"?" The young technical officer said again. This person seemed to be quite familiar with games and stuff.

I nodded and said, "But this plan didn't pass because those aliens..." I paused for a moment. Then he said again: "As for those aliens, they also have their own race names, but they are transmitted through dark matter communication. I am not sure whether it can be translated this way, but there should be no big difference. The translation of their race names It should be a 'pilgrim' coming here."

"Pilgrim? What's this name?"

"This race has its own spiritual sustenance. They all believe in a religion and believe that they are the creation or descendants of some great existence, so they named themselves Pilgrims. We have humanistic issues about each other. We’ll talk about it later when we have time. It’s not very important anyway. Now let’s talk about our problem.” I continued: “The creators plan to design biochemical monsters similar to the ‘Zergs’ in the game. But the pilgrims seem to be concerned about this The idea is quite opposed. Because the Pilgrims believe that they are the creation of a certain super being, they task the beings they create if they are intelligent. They should have basic rights, although not necessarily equal, but at least Communicate with each other as an object of the same level, and cannot simply think that these creations are like slaves. This is why the mechanical life forms created by the pilgrims also have citizenship rights."

"The social cognition of this pilgrim race is really strange." A tycoon said.

The leader of a country next to me who I didn’t know said: “It’s normal to have cultural differences. It’s strange not to have them. The earth is such a small place, and the cultural differences are still huge, let alone the entire universe? In my opinion, this A small cognitive difference should actually be considered very small."

I clicked on the head of state who spoke and said: "What this person said is very reasonable. In fact, the reason why the creators and the pilgrims can form an alliance is certainly one of the reasons why the creators and the pilgrims can form an alliance, but there are more reasons. The reason is actually that the two races have similar values. Oh, by the way, I need to add something here. The creators of those alien ruins are very close to humans. I now even suspect that these creators and humans have a common ancestor, because the two The appearance is so similar to the social structure.”

"Aren't the ancestors of human beings apes?" A tycoon asked: "I remember this seems to be confirmed information, right?"

I nodded and said: "Yes, human beings are indeed not some kind of alien existence that was suddenly sent into the earth's ecosystem. This is for sure, and it is not as outrageous as what is said in science fiction. However, we are in the computer of the Fourth District. An order issued by the Supreme Executive Yuan of the Creators was retrieved. The content of this order is called the 'Spark Project'. Does it sound familiar? Yes, it has exactly the same name as the science and technology development plan China has carried out. , but the content is very different. The content of this Spark Project is that all official ships belonging to the creator civilization, including but not limited to warships, scientific research ships, transport ships, etc., must be forced to carry a device called an originator. .When a planet suitable for the development of life appears in the area where these spacecrafts pass, the device will be launched to the planet. This device can create the most basic biological proteins on the planet and directly generate the most basic primitive single cells. Life form. In other words, this device can artificially start the life process of a planet."

"You mean this thing can bring life to a lifeless planet?"

"Yes. As long as the planet has the basic conditions that can support the existence of life. And according to the information mentioned in this plan, the creatures reproduced by this device seem to be unstable, but in the end they will definitely evolve into humanoid creatures. The creators use this method of casting a wide net to spread the seeds of life everywhere in the universe, and then when humanoids evolve on this planet and these humanoids can walk out of the planet's surface, they will send people to contact this planet. Civilization. After that, the two sides will establish economic and trade exchanges. The creators will use economic means to assimilate this civilization and eventually make it a part of themselves."

If ordinary people heard this theory, they might think it was a bit unreliable, but no one at the scene was an ordinary person, and they all knew that what I said was not surprising at all.

The technological power of these creators is far ahead of ours. Compared with them, we are like indigenous cannibals in the primeval forest. You can imagine it. What will happen when a cannibal tribe comes out of the forest and suddenly comes into contact with a powerful country like China, the United States and Russia? The natives must be on guard and fearful at first, and maybe some of them with bad brains will clamor to attack first. Of course, this kind of attack is not even a scratch for the superpowers outside, because their strength is countless times stronger than this indigenous tribe.

After discovering that their own strength is like a baby in front of the other party, these natives will definitely not dare to make mistakes. Then as long as this powerful party shows some goodwill. And if you use all kinds of good things that the other party can't think of to win over the natives in the indigenous tribe, then the tribe will be completely disintegrated soon. No matter how their chiefs and wizards tried to stop it, it was useless because there was an essential gap in power between the two sides. Not to mention resisting, they can't even understand each other's powerful methods. Under such a gap, there is no need for war at all. You can win over a civilization by just throwing in some benefits. After one or two generations of educational reform, this civilization will become a part of the creators, and the creators' power will expand.

This method is almost zero cost for the creators. But what they will gain will be planetary civilizations one by one, which means that this kind of distribution can quickly expand their power. Although, look at the development history of a planet. This process is a bit slow, but don't forget that the creators don't just drop one planet at a time and wait for it to join their family before considering the next one. What they use is a random shooting method, casting a wide net. At this rate. In just one cycle, they can acquire an unimaginably huge territory and population. This kind of thing is definitely much faster than direct immigration that slowly increases the population.

"Okay, you seem to have gone off topic." Chief No. 1 suddenly said: "Continue to introduce your origins."

I said embarrassedly: "Sorry, the main reason is that the information I get from the pilgrims is completely unfamiliar to earth civilization. It is like explaining to a child what a nuclear power plant is. I have to explain it to everyone from time to time. Explain the relevant knowledge, otherwise there is really no way to explain it. So let's get back to the topic. Because the pilgrims did not agree to build that kind of insect-like monster life form that could be sacrificed in large numbers, the creators thought of a way, That is to use the Pilgrims as a model to create a biological weapon that has their abilities and specialties, but is more survivable and can be mass-produced or manufactured without worrying about casualties. This kind of biological weapon will no longer be available It appears as a consumable, and at the same time, this biological weapon will no longer rely on its own ability to fight. Hey... At this point, I really want to digress again. "

Chief No. 1 said helplessly: "Try to keep it as short as possible." They have not rested for more than 30 hours since yesterday, and many of them are very tired, but the things now are so important, and it won't matter if they don't understand it clearly. They couldn't sleep when they went back.

I nodded and said, “Here we need to explain the way the pilgrims fight.

Basically, the Pilgrims belong to an energy civilization, and they are very good at manipulating energy. At the same time, the pilgrims also possess certain technologies from both mechanical civilization and biological civilization, but they are mainly based on energy technology. Relatively speaking, the technology of the creators is very similar to ours. They are a purely mechanical civilization. Mechanical technology is the mainstream. Biotechnology is only an auxiliary technology. In terms of energy, it can only be said that they can barely keep up with the demand, which is a lagging project.

Due to reproduction problems, the population of the Pilgrims is extremely small, so there is no concept of warriors in the usual sense among their race. All pilgrims must be commanders as long as they participate in the war. "

"They are all commanders? Then what are they being commanded?"

"Machines." I said directly: "All those being commanded are machines. The Pilgrims also have robotics technology. They are good at making a kind of robot that mixes part of energy technology and mechanical technology. To be honest, in my opinion, that thing is simply magic. product, but according to the explanations of the pilgrims, it is actually a kind of robot. No, it should be said that it is a mechanical core with a mind, can think, is generally very kind, and has a somewhat rigid brain. But it is very efficient in executing orders.

The Pilgrims created many mechanical bodies. These mechanical bodies have basic self-discipline systems, which are equivalent to low-level robots. They do not have much thinking ability, but they have instinct-like things. Their intelligence level is similar to that of some animals with higher intelligence, but they have no self. consciousness. He doesn't know anything about creativity and can only follow orders mechanically.

The Pilgrims' army is basically composed of countless types of these mechanical bodies, but the mechanical bodies have no brains, so the mental models command these mechanical bodies, and the Pilgrims command the mental models. certainly. Whether it's the Pilgrims themselves or that mental model, they have to be on the battlefield. Although dark matter communication is very powerful, it is not immune to interference, so the distance needs to be close enough. therefore. The mental models and the pilgrims themselves will have their own vehicles, and they will wear or drive special versions of the machines on the battlefield. Then direct the battle. Basically, the basic organization of the pilgrims is that one pilgrim commands 12 mental models, and each mental model commands 8 robots. In other words, a pilgrim's direct unit will have 96 pure robots plus 12 carrying machines. A battle machine with a mental core, which is 108 subordinates. Including his own combat vehicle, the total is 109. This is the minimum combat organization of the pilgrims. Of course, this is a regular army, and pilgrims may be dispatched directly on special missions without being equipped with combat machines. Oh, by the way, the Pilgrims seem to have an instinctive ability called Void Storm. The effect is similar to a large-scale space storm. It is very powerful. It is said that it can take down a fleet at once, but as long as it is used once, the Pilgrims will fall into a period of weakness. , it takes a long time to recover, so generally they will not use it easily. However, after cooperating with the creators, they often use this trick. They do it before starting the war, and then just sit on the command ship and command not to participate in the war. Anyway, there are allies watching in front. "

After introducing the situation of the Pilgrims, I paused for a moment before continuing: "The fighting methods of the Pilgrims have been explained, and the design plan of our Dragon Clan is to borrow the fighting methods of the Pilgrims, that is, we are not a combat unit. Biological weapons are used directly on the battlefield, but are used as commanders. In other words, they take the place of the pilgrims."

"Then why do you need such strong physical ability?" someone asked.

"This is the request of the pilgrims. They believe that although we dragons are created, we should enjoy basic rights, so we cannot be used as cannon fodder and consumables. In terms of design, our design draws on the special brains of the pilgrims. The functional structure allows us to have dark matter communication capabilities similar to theirs. As for the electromagnetic control capabilities we have been using before, it should be said that we have been using them in the wrong way, which is equivalent to using cannons as fireworks."

"Your fireworks are really amazing."

"The idea of ​​the creators is that since they are to be used as powerful biological weapons and are not intended to be cannon fodder, they must be as strong as they are. Therefore, our brains are optimized in an optimized way, omitting those that need to be eliminated in the evolutionary process. Those useless parts improved the efficiency of thinking and increased computing power. Later, a quantum computer was added as an auxiliary brain. The subsequent body parts were based on the original Zerg plan of the creators and were modified and strengthened by the pilgrims. After a while, we finally got an individual composition like ours. As for why we look like humans and not like pilgrims, this is for disguise. Because the other party also knows that the pilgrims have a small population, so they will not hesitate to find individual pilgrims. The cost of elimination, on the contrary, is that the population base of the creators is very large, and the other party will not spend a lot of money for an individual of the creator civilization, so it is safer to use this appearance."

"I really didn't expect that there are so many inside stories in this." Chief No. 1 said: "You can communicate with each other because you copied the other party's brain structure?"

"It should be said that our brains were designed by them in their own way, and our brains were idealized by the pilgrims. They removed all the redundant parts and added what they thought was a more reasonable configuration, so we The computing power of today's brains is actually better than their own."

The President of the United States suddenly said at this time: "You have almost understood the situation, so can you explain what is going on with these pilgrims? Why do they appear in that room?"

"Regarding this, the specific reasons are very complicated and involve many things that cannot be explained by earth's technology, so I don't know how to explain it to you. But you can understand that the other person is stuck in the room and cannot get out."

"Stuck? That room is so big..."

"Space is not the only reason why things can be stuck, so can time. The other party can be said to be stuck in the crack of time, so they can't get out. There seems to be some kind of device in that room that can stabilize their time, and once they When they leave this room, time loses its rhythm, so they are stuck in that room.”

"Time machine?" The President of the United States frowned and said, "It's really getting more and more complicated! I can't understand it at all!"

"Actually, it's different from the time machine you imagined. I don't know how to explain it, but this thing can't travel back in time or anything like that. Specifically, you can give those scientists a headache." (To be continued~^ ~)