Chapter 556: Bring the Pilgrims

The news told to us by the pilgrim leader is absolutely very important, and it is important information related to the success or failure of our immigration.

If we rashly take all mankind into the universe without knowing this information, the consequences will be very horrific. Imagine that when the immigrant fleet carrying the hope for the future of mankind enters a lonely deep space of the universe and loses the shielding of the gravitational waves of the huge planet, we will be completely exposed to the induction of the Zerg. At this time, the Zerg is out of control. Instinct will be to attack our fleet.

It's not that our immigration fleet itself doesn't carry any weapons. After all, even if no one attacks us, just the meteorites flying around in the universe are quite dangerous. Therefore, deep space vehicles in the universe must be equipped with some interception weapons. However, these weapons may have no problem dealing with meteorites, but the Zerg are not meteorites. They will change their navigation posture. And the number of Zerg is definitely not comparable to that of meteorites.

Although there are many meteorites in the universe, generally speaking, unless you encounter a large group of meteorites, they are usually scattered meteorites passing by. These floating meteorites are actually very easy to intercept. But bugs will never come just one or two, and even if there are only one or two bugs at the beginning, after we eliminate them, won’t the remaining bugs do something?

If we are attacked by some animal on earth, we can still run away if we can't fight it. However, the immigration ship itself does not carry much fuel and cannot be used for air combat. If too much fuel is wasted to avoid bugs, that means This means we may not have enough fuel to slow down. Of course, the super electromagnetic engine does not use fuel. Even if we run out of fuel in the rocket booster in advance, we can still slow down through the super electromagnetic engine. However, the output power of the super electromagnetic engine is very low, which means that we cannot complete the deceleration in a short time. therefore. If we still start to slow down according to the scheduled time point, the fleet will pass the target and fly to an unknown place. So if we plan to rely solely on the super electromagnetic engine to slow down, then our only option is to slow down in advance.

Decelerating in advance allows us to slowly reduce the speed over a longer period of time, so that we have enough time to complete the deceleration, but the result of this is that it will extend our entire immigration time.

In fact, the immigration plan is now calculated to take up to two thousand years. During this process we were unsure whether our immigration ship would be able to hold out for that long. The reason why there is a plan to reduce the population during the journey and then dismantle part of the spacecraft for use as backup parts is because we have estimated that most spaceships will not last two thousand years. So, if we slow down early, that means our voyage may be longer than two thousand years.

As we all know, there may not be much difference in fatigue level between running 50 meters and running 100 meters. Although the distance between the two is doubled. but. The difference in fatigue between running 10,000 meters and 10,000 meters is extremely exaggerated. Because you are exhausted after running 10,000 meters. At this time, let alone running another 100 meters, even if you are asked to take two more steps, you will find it extremely difficult.

The same is true with our immigration ships. If you only plan to use it for a hundred years, then there is definitely no big problem in extending the service for fifty years. but. Our current plan is that these spacecraft will need to be used for two thousand years. If the service is extended for more than a hundred years, the results will be difficult to predict.

Once spare parts are exhausted, problems may arise at any time in this immigrant fleet. No matter what problems arise during the immigration process, it will be a disaster for us, because we simply do not have the extra time or ability to solve these problems.

In any case, the news the pilgrim leader told me was definitely nuclear bomb-level. However, I did not plan to notify the heads of state so soon, because I still need to deal with the pilgrim leaders first, and then I can explain the problem of this bug in one go.

After digesting what the pilgrim leader told me for a while, I asked: "So besides the bug problem, is there anything else we need to pay attention to?"

The leader of the pilgrims shook his head and said: "If your technology can solve the problem of the Zerg, then there will be no problem. Of course, the premise is that your immigration ship can really last that long. You must know that time is the easiest thing to make everything The existence of changes. Even if there are no problems on your side, there may not be problems on the planet over there. Just like the planet you live on now, if a group of alien immigrants arrive on the earth at this time, and then learn that the earth The end of the world is about to happen, how do you think they will react?"

I was confused by the words of the pilgrim leader and didn't know how to answer, but I soon felt relieved. If this kind of thing really happens, you will have no choice but to admit it is bad luck, because even if you know it, you have no way to take preventive measures in advance, so you have no way to deal with this kind of situation except to try your luck.

Moreover. The current situation of mankind is said to be migration, but in fact it is fleeing. There is no room for choice when fleeing. Think about the refugees fleeing from war zones on the earth. Do they expect to be picked up and dropped off in the luxurious presidential suite of a professional cruise ship? As long as they can escape, even if it is a harsh environment where hundreds of people are crowded into a container, they will still rush to get on the ship because they have no choice at all.

The current situation of mankind is the reality of those refugees. They are fleeing, and all they can do is choose a target and rush forward bravely. Success is a matter of luck, and death can only be considered bad luck, because if you stay, you will die, but if you rush over, there is still a glimmer of hope.

"I understand that the probabilities you mentioned are all possible, but in our current situation we really have no choice."

The leader of the pilgrims nodded and said: "It's a pity that our civilization is not here. Otherwise, it would not be too much trouble to help you solve this problem. Galaxy killers of that quality are actually not a problem for us at all. As long as we have a large mining ship, we can solve it. But unfortunately, these are the only people I have left now, and I can’t contact the mainland. So there’s nothing I can do.”

"That's right. Just talking about us, you haven't said anything about the question I asked before. What are your plans? We and humans are about to leave this planet. What are you going to do? Find a way to get a small spaceship and leave by yourself? With us? Staying on Earth is definitely not an option. This place will soon turn into hell."

The leader of the pilgrims thought for a moment before saying: "I personally prefer to leave with you, but we pilgrims are a race that values ​​equality. Although they are all my subordinates, in this decision that determines the future path , I can’t represent them rashly, I need to seek everyone’s opinions.”

"It's okay, I can wait, but you'd better hurry up, because we are also very busy now. Everyone is busy running around in order to escape for their lives."

"I know this." The pilgrim leader said: "Just wait a moment, I will use the spiritual network to connect with them. It will be over soon."

The pilgrims have a spiritual network just like us dragons, but theirs is called a spiritual network, but I think they are actually the same thing, after all, we were connected to the network before. And it worked. It shows that the two are completely the same thing.

There is a spiritual network channel, and the communication speed among pilgrims is also quite fast. The other pilgrims there did not move. They just connected to the spiritual network and started discussing. The exchange was completed in less than five minutes.

The pilgrim leader turned his attention from the psychic network to me again and said: "We have reached an agreement. We all feel that we should not be separated from you before we can build a spaceship that is enough to return to the home star domain. .After all, your overall strength now far exceeds ours. With you, our technology can be brought into play to a certain extent, plus your own technology and resources. We can gain the ability to protect ourselves if we are separated from you. But It is too dangerous to rely on ourselves. If we encounter the Zerg in the universe, we will definitely be doomed."

I nodded and said: "Understood, then I will arrange for you to leave with us. However, there are a few things I need to confirm with you."

"Please tell me," the pilgrim leader said politely.

I don’t beat around the bush either. Asked directly: "When I was connecting to the spiritual network, I seemed to find that you have been here for thousands of years. Does that mean you have lived for thousands of years?"

The leader of the pilgrims nodded and said: "Yes, according to your method of timing, I am already over 7,900 years old. But don't worry, I am still middle-aged, and I am still very far away from death."

"Are you almost 8,000 years old or are you middle-aged?"

The leader of the pilgrims said disapprovingly: "Yes! According to your time, the average age of our pilgrims is over 15,000 years old. I am less than 8,000 years old, and I am still far away from death. Moreover, if I If I can understand the true meaning of void at the last moment of my life, then I can be reincarnated as a heroic spirit, and then I will have unlimited lifespan."

"Heroic spirit?" My jaw almost dropped. "Can you still be reborn?"

"No, no, no, it's not rebirth, it's reincarnation. Our bodies only have a lifespan of more than 10,000 years. At that time, our lives will end, but our minds and souls will not necessarily be destroyed with it. We will die when we are about to expire. When you reach your limit, return to your home planet, and then lie quietly around the void crystal waiting for the end of life. If you can understand the true nature of the void before death, your soul will enter the void crystal with memories and our thoughts, After that, the clansmen will build a mechanical body for us, and we will transfer ourselves to a part of the void crystal. As long as the clansmen cut off this part, we can be separated from the void crystal, and then we will become Eternal existence. Even if the fragment of the void crystal we are in is destroyed, we will not necessarily die. Instead, we have a high probability of returning to the mother body of the void crystal. As long as another small void crystal is cut off, we will be dead. It allows us to be reborn again.”

"If you cut it back and forth like this, won't you use up the matrix void crystal very quickly?"

"No, no, no, the void crystal is the essence of energy, and it is alive. We are like her children. When we die, only our bodies die, and our souls will be taken back by the mother body. But if we cannot understand the void There is no way to return to the mother's body with memories, and naturally there is no way to reincarnate. But if we come back with memories, the mother's body will absorb the energy, and then give us a new crystal to replace the previous body to carry our soul."

"You mean this void crystal matrix can grow?"

"Yes. When we first discovered the mother crystal, it seemed to be only as big as a mountain, but now it has covered most of the mother star. At this rate of development, in another five million years, our entire mother star will become a A whole piece of void crystal."

I shook my head and said I couldn't understand, but I didn't ask in detail. After all, this matter had little to do with us. I redirect the conversation back to what we need to care about. "If you live a long life, do you want to be able to enter the hibernation capsule or stay awake during the entire immigration process?"

The pilgrim leader did not hesitate this time and said with great certainty: "We hope to stay awake, because your immigration process is very risky. If we are awake, not only can we fight if danger occurs, but at least we can at least fight if danger occurs. We can leave on our own and increase the likelihood of survival for ourselves.”

The pilgrim leaders don't cover up their words like the people on Earth. They just say whatever they like. Human beings would never say things like what he just expressed. What does it mean for your own safety? Humans do this kind of thing, but they would never say it publicly.

certainly. I really like the way the pilgrims talk. It's much more relaxed and pleasant than talking to those hypocritical guys. At least you don't have to worry about the other party trying to trick you. They will do whatever they want to do to you directly and will never hide it.

"Then I understand, I will prepare a space for you. But I still need to know. Do you want to have a separate spaceship, or come with us? If it is an independent spaceship, we may not be able to provide you with much space. Spaceship, because..."

Before I could finish speaking, the Pilgrim Leader stretched out his hand to stop me from continuing. "I know that your current situation has no extra energy to take care of us. So we will not ask for additional spaceships. I am willing to use your large spaceships, but if possible. I hope to be on the same spaceship with you. In During the voyage, we may be able to jointly develop some equipment to increase the success rate of immigration. Although it is impossible for us to build large-scale equipment, sometimes even some small devices can play a big role."

In fact, I understand very well what the pilgrim leader meant. Because if he doesn't tell me, I'm going to ask next step. Although according to the information I got from the other party, the Pilgrims and the Creators are in an alliance, strictly speaking, we dragons cannot be sure that we are the power of the Creators, although we were jointly designed and manufactured by the Creators and the Pilgrims. Artificial creatures, but we are like orphans. In fact, they only completed the original DNA sequence. Even our embryos were artificially synthesized based on the sequence records and a few samples. That is to say, the creators and pilgrims designed us, and humans are our builders.

According to this situation, we dragons don't actually think that we are part of the creator, at least we didn't have this idea before contacting the other party. As for the Pilgrims... I can only say that I think we have a good impression of them. This race is easier to get along with than humans. The advancement of technology does not mean that people are more cunning. In fact, the pilgrims are so simple that you can't believe it. IQ and EQ are indeed things that I don’t want to do at all. In terms of IQ, these guys are several galaxies ahead of mankind, but EQ is not the same thing.

Precisely because we do not consider ourselves to be a part of the Creator, and we do not consider ourselves to be pilgrims, we can only be regarded as passers-by with them, and at most we can only talk to them. The relationship is similar to the person you met sitting next to you on the way home during the Spring Festival. We just chatted about something casually and thought it was a good deal, but that's about it for the relationship.

Now humans are on the run, and so are our dragons. Everyone is very busy at this time, and having to bring a group of unrelated people is not just a moral issue. However, I directly planned to take them with me without any hesitation, not because of that little good impression, nor because of my cosmological philanthropy, but because - they are useful.

The technology these guys have is very advanced. We really didn’t have time to learn and sort out these things before the immigration started, because everyone was busy with the immigration plan, but once the immigration plan started, we had nothing to do.

It may be said that we are the navigators, but everyone knows that the spaceship flies according to the orbit. Changing the route requires a lot of fuel. Even with a super electromagnetic engine, we can't move in the same direction during the flight. Therefore, after the immigration starts, we will be completely free, and then we can start from these pilgrimages. Let’s learn from the pilgrims the technology of the pilgrims. You must know that the technological level of these guys is higher than that of the creators! (To be continued ~^~)