Chapter 413 Beyond the Milky Way

Huo Xiyu obviously meant that he gave up on a major matter related to the fate of civilization just because of a mere emotion. This should not be done by a high-level civilized person like Lu Xinghe.

Lu Xinghe said calmly: "From the perspective of us humans, maintaining the dignity of civilization is the greatest benefit."

Huo Xiyu said no more. After a moment of silence, he stood up and bowed slightly to Lu Xinghe through the glass: "Your Excellency Lu Xinghe, I would like to apologize in my own name and in the name of the head of Luotu civilization for my previous rude behavior towards you.

sorry. "

Lu Xinghe solemnly said: "I accept your apology."

Huo Xiyu said: "Now, everyone with knowledge of this matter already knows that Mr. Lu Xinghe terminated this negotiation because of our impolite behavior.

This space carrier is indeed a cargo ship. No other senior management knows about my arrangements here. This is the place where secrets can best be kept, so you can tell us what you humans are planning. "

Lu Xinghe's heart moved.

From this point of view, President Huo Xiyu's insistence on not apologizing does not seem to be that simple.

In the beginning, it was probably because of emotional factors. But later on, he took advantage of the situation and deliberately used this matter to send a signal to the outside world that the negotiations were terminated. Then he appeared here unexpectedly.

In this way, leaks will be prevented to the greatest extent.

But this is all in the past, it doesn’t matter anymore.

Lu Xinghe said in a deep voice: "As you can see, our human civilization is suffering from the same predicament as your civilization at the moment. You cannot be promoted to a sixth-level civilization, and we are also unable to be promoted to a fifth-level civilization due to external factors.

Our civilization is seeking to be promoted to level five, and in the future to be promoted to level six. Your civilization is currently seeking to be promoted to level six. We have the same interests and demands, and naturally have the basis for cooperation. "

"Promoted to level six, and promoted to level five, huh..."

Huo Xiyu sighed.

His meaning was clear.

Can these two things be confused? Can two ants compete for a crumb of bread, and two major companies compete for hundreds of millions of dollars in profits, be the same thing?

Lu Xinghe said calmly: "The essence is the same."

Huo Xiyu said: "Drag our Luotu civilization into the water and make us fail in the lawsuit. Is this your plan? The purpose is to make me recognize the reality? What a good method."

"The reality is there. It is better to wake up early than to wake up late. Besides... this can probably be regarded as a show of strength. If we humans have not shown the ability to plan certain things, I believe that the Head of State will not give me and you Opportunity for an interview?”

Huo Xiyu did not hide it, but admitted generously: "It is indeed true. Then, let me see your strength."

Lu Xinghe said: "We need to make one thing clear first. If you stay within the Silver Alliance system, your civilization will have no hope of promotion."

Huo Xiyu whispered: "I used to have some illusions. Now... I have to admit that what you said is right."

"The hope of promotion to level six civilization lies outside the Silver Alliance."

Huo Xiyu suddenly raised his head and stared at Lu Xinghe with two sharp eyes.

"I knew you humans were brave, but I didn't expect you to be so brave. Leave the Silver Alliance, oh, leave the Silver Alliance..."

Lu Xinghe was not afraid at all and looked directly at Huo Xiyu.

Huo Xiyu lowered his voice, which was full of solemnity: "If your human plan is just like this, then there is no need to say it! You can't be promoted within the Silver Alliance, and you can't be promoted outside the Silver Alliance! The Greenoka civilization has gone through millions of years of development. There’s no time for promotion!”

“Although we humans are only a fourth-level civilization, we can still make certain guesses about the promotion method of a fifth-level civilization.

If our prediction is correct...the key to advancing from a fifth-level civilization to a sixth-level civilization should be the observation of certain special physical processes that occur in the natural environment, right?

However, this kind of physical process is relatively rare in the Milky Way. In this way, the sixth-level civilization only needs to block these locations to strangle the promotion channels of the fifth-level civilization, right? "

Huo Xiyu admitted again: "Yes. The key to promoting a fifth-level civilization to a sixth-level civilization lies in the birth process of a macroscopic black hole. It must be observed closely. Only in this way can enough data be collected."

"Oh, in this case, there are only certain types of supernova explosions and neutron star mergers.

Throughout the universe, supernova explosions can be observed approximately three to four times a day. When the scope is reduced to the Milky Way, the number is much smaller, about once every one hundred years on average.

The number of neutron star mergers is much less than the number of supernova explosions and can be ignored.

In this case, there will only be one hundred observation opportunities within ten thousand years. With the strength of the founder civilization, there is no pressure at all to dispatch fleets in advance to guard these stars that are about to explode as supernovas to avoid being closely observed by any level five civilization. "

Huo Xiyu said: "This phenomenon of macroscopic black holes merging into larger black holes is also possible. However, the frequency of black hole mergers is lower than that of neutron star mergers and can be ignored."

"Can't a black hole swallow other stars?"

"The swallowing rate is too slow and the mass growth is too slow, it won't work. Unless it's a black hole swallowing a neutron star, but there are strict limits."

"I understand. In this case, as long as we are still in the Milky Way, no matter whether we have left the Silver Alliance or not, there is no hope of promotion... No wonder the founder civilization is so confident..."

Huo Xiyu snorted: "So, what plans do you humans have to bring us hope of promotion?"

Lu Xinghe smiled a little: "If it doesn't work in the Milky Way, then, what about outside the Milky Way?"

Huo Xiyu's face immediately showed anger: "What nonsense are you talking about? Who doesn't know that the tentacles of the founder civilization cannot extend to the extragalactic galaxy? Who doesn't know that as long as we can reach the extragalactic galaxy, we can be promoted without any worries. What is the use of observing the process of black hole birth?

But, what's the use of knowing? Even the tentacles of the creator civilization cannot extend to the extragalactic galaxy, how can a mere level 5 civilization reach the extragalactic galaxy? "

Lu Xinghe said: "In your level 5 civilization, what is the reason why level 6 civilization cannot reach the extragalactic galaxy?"

Huo Xiyu snorted again: "Of course it's the distance.

Even the satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, which is the closest to the Milky Way, is 25,000 light-years away from the Milky Way from the closest point. "

"With the speed that the most advanced level 6 civilization spacecraft can reach, At 1,000 times the speed of light, it only takes 250 years to travel 25,000 light years. This doesn't seem to be a big deal."

"No supplies."

Huo Xiyu shook his head again: "Interstellar space is too empty, and superluminal travel at 1,000 times the speed of light requires too much energy replenishment."

Lu Xinghe pondered: "In this case...why doesn't the sixth-level civilization consider remote control and launch some unmanned machinery or spacecraft to the satellite galaxy? There is no doubt that the energy consumption and mass of unmanned spacecraft are much lower than those of manned spacecraft."

Huo Xiyu said: "It's still an energy problem. Even if it is an unmanned spacecraft, it is still It is necessary to carry energy. However, the more energy, the greater the mass, and the greater the energy required for superluminal travel.

This is a simple mathematical problem. A simple calculation will show that unless there is a technological breakthrough, even if the mass of the entire universe is carried as energy reserves, it is impossible to reach the Canis Major dwarf galaxy. "

Lu Xinghe pondered and said, "Is it feasible to collect matter from star streams as energy?"

The so-called star stream is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. Under the influence of the Milky Way's gravity, the gas, dust and other materials in the galaxy flow towards the Milky Way like a river.

"Not feasible. The density of star stream matter is too low, even lower than the density of interstellar dust in the empty areas of our Milky Way. How can we collect enough energy?"

"Then... there is only one way left. Is it feasible to adopt conventional navigation? Conventional navigation can rely on inertial navigation and basically consumes no energy.

For example, directly send an unmanned spacecraft, accelerate it to 0.9 times the speed of light, and let it fly to the Canis Major dwarf galaxy in conventional navigation mode. It's nothing more than flying for more than 20,000 years. Your Luotu civilization has a history of more than 100,000 years. For the hope of being promoted to a level 6 civilization, it seems worth waiting for more than 20,000 years."

Huo Xiyu's tone was a little unfriendly: " If you humans are just fanciful and speculate on the behavior of advanced civilizations based on your own fourth-level civilization technology level, then I don't think there is any need to continue this negotiation. "

Lu Xinghe insisted: "Please tell me why it is not feasible first."

Huo Xiyu said coldly: "You probably don't know that the basic principle of ultra-long-distance communication, the underlying physical basis, is a certain effect of visible matter and dark matter.

Although the dark matter halo of the Milky Way covers the Canis Major dwarf galaxy, there is only a very small amount of visible matter in the empty area of ​​more than 20,000 light years between the two galaxies.

The intensity of this effect is too weak to support ultra-long-distance communication.

In other words, one Once it leaves the Milky Way, the unmanned spacecraft will lose contact with the controller.

Under unmanned control, relying solely on the preset program to fly for more than 20,000 years? Level 6 civilization can't do it, let alone our level 5 civilization.

Besides, even if it finally flies there, so what? Relying solely on the preset program to collect data more than 20,000 light years away?

Even if the data collection is completed, the relevant information cannot be transmitted back at all. Unless it returns to the home position under the control of the preset program.

The whole process lasts more than 60,000 years. Relying on the preset program to run for more than 60,000 years? Impossible. ”

Lu Xinghe sighed: "I see, it's true. Although President Liu Yuan I have guessed that there must be some kind of restriction that prevents level 5 or level 6 civilizations from conducting any form of intergalactic navigation, but I don't know what this restriction is.

Now I know that this is the case.

However... if I say that we humans have some way to complete 'launching multiple unmanned spacecraft and related scientific research facilities, sailing to the Canis Major dwarf galaxy by conventional navigation, and completing the data collection of the black hole birth process there, and then flying back by conventional navigation, bringing back this data, so that the level 5 civilization trapped in the Milky Way has the hope of being promoted to a level 6 civilization'... Are you interested, President? "

Huo Xiyu was suddenly shocked. After a long time, he exhaled lightly and shook his head: "You humans can't do it. "

"We really can't do it now. But after we are promoted to level 5 civilization, we will have hope of doing it. And if we want to be promoted to level 5 civilization, we must first leave the Silver Alliance. Just like if your civilization wants to be promoted to level 6 civilization, it must also leave the Silver Alliance first."

Without waiting for Huo Xiyu to speak, Lu Xinghe continued: "Let's not discuss the possibility of our human civilization doing this for the time being. Let's assume it is true for the time being. So, if it is true, what choice will you make, President?"

Huo Xiyu said coldly: "It turns out that your real purpose is to use the power of our civilization to leave the Silver Alliance."

"Indeed That's it. "

Lu Xinghe admitted frankly: "In this process, we also helped your civilization to leave the Silver Alliance and gain the hope of promotion.

I said at the beginning that this is a cooperation, a cooperation for common interests. "

"So, your complete plan is to use our power to help you leave the Silver Alliance, and you help us leave the Silver Alliance. After both of us leave, when your human civilization is promoted to the fifth-level civilization, you will take the conventional navigation method to the Canis Major dwarf galaxy, wait for tens of thousands of years, bring back the data of the process of black hole birth, and everyone will be promoted to the sixth-level civilization together?"

"Yes . ”

Huo Xiyu sneered: "Leaving the Silver Alliance... is it that easy? Our civilization can't even make ourselves leave, how can we help you leave?"

"Let's not talk about us for now, just talk about your civilization."

Lu Xinghe raised a question: "As far as I know, the Milky Way is vast and there are too many places that the founders of civilization cannot cover.

It is also very simple to leave the Silver Alliance. Just take a spaceship and leave. Can the Silver Alliance monitor the direction of each of your spaceships? "

"Civilization migration, how can it be so simple."

Huo Xiyu said coldly: "With a population of over one trillion, how many spaceships and supplies are needed?

Calculated by hibernation, A large aerospace carrier can accommodate up to 100 million people, which means 10,000 large aerospace carriers.

In order to transport supplies, our civilization needs to start a large-scale material reserve plan and carry out large-scale production for at least a hundred years.

In order to ensure that the civilization will not perish due to lack of energy after arriving at the destination, we also need to build a large number of bases at the destination in advance and carry out environmental transformation at the level of the entire galaxy.

This involves a huge amount of manpower and material transportation.

The entire migration plan is so huge, how can it be kept secret? I am afraid that the creator civilization has noticed it from the beginning. "

He was a little impatient at this moment. Because he felt that the human in front of him was always talking about some very ridiculous plans and asking some very untechnical questions.

But Lu Xinghe smiled again: "What if I say that we humans have the ability to make you lightly equipped, without any preliminary preparations, and just transporting people?" (End of this chapter)