Observer: "It is a gift that was originally supposed to be delivered to you, but it was taken over by a group of indigenous people who lived on Mars billions of years ago. We are surprised that such a big plan appeared at the beginning. There were twists and turns, but fortunately among the misfortunes, that civilization did the only right thing in its short life of hundreds of thousands of years, and that was to preserve that gift."
If nothing else, the key to exceeding the speed of light should be hidden in hyperspace.
Lu Zhou: "...So you want me to find a way to exceed the speed of light?"
Seeing the expression on Lu Zhou's face, the man made a helpless expression.
Lu Zhou: "... There is a planet there, you want me to use a car to find it?!"
"If you are interested in this period of history, you can continue to calculate along the clues of this memory. Starting from the 5.67 trillion digits of n and ending at the 157.5 trillion digits, the empire's next 150 years are recorded. Ten years of history.”
Contrary to Lu Zhou's expectation, the observer smiled and shook his head.
"Of course, in addition to the topic about the super-light speed theory, as an additional expectation, we hope that you can recycle something for us...or for yourself."
But so far, everything about the hyperspace theory is just a conjecture, and it is one of the most unreliable of all the conjectures Einstein ever made.
"I am very willing to answer your questions, but unfortunately, this information is not included in this memory."
The two memories I saw earlier obviously belonged to General Reinhardt.
"Although we have lost the emotion of curiosity, for the first time the future is so exciting."
"How to exceed the speed of light? That thing is still too difficult for you now. However, any great technology needs to start from the basis of theory, right? I believe that with your acumen, you should have started from the Jialan Empire. What was discovered in the memory...like, about how they moved the spacecraft between star systems."
"I've met everyone, even though most of them have never met me."
The observer smiled slightly.
The moment he heard these words, Lu Zhou's eyes almost widened.
"Goodbye, civilized friends of A-01722, I hope to see you again..."
Lu Zhou nodded, took a deep breath, and continued.
Even the oldest dinosaur fossil is only 228 million years old!
It's really a snake oil type of perfunctory.
Lu Zhou: "Wait a minute, I want to ask the last question... Apart from me, how many people on earth have you met?"
If it's not dusty, it must be hanging on the wall.
"I can tell you a piece of news. In this young galaxy, you may not be the first civilization to awaken, but you can still be regarded as the first echelon. Although there is not much time left for you, according to our calculations, It should be enough.”
As the owner of this memory died, everything around him began to become illusory as his consciousness disappeared, and finally turned into light blue light particles and disappeared like scattered butterflies.
"...Actually, I'm more curious about what the civilization that once lived on Mars looked like."
"Let's be direct, what do you need me to do?"
"There have been about ten indirect communications. As for direct communication... the most recent one was probably a century ago. And the next time, maybe a century later, maybe several centuries... maybe never, it depends. Whether you can leave your home planet is our greatest expectation for you."
A first-tier civilization
"To be honest, it is not easy to collect these precious data, and bringing them to the new universe has given us a headache for a while. After our conversation is over in a while, I recommend that you don't delete it in a hurry and try If you continue to interpret it, maybe it can give you some enlightenment for your civilization."
When Lu Zhou came to his senses, he was already standing in the space of white light. And the man who claimed to be the observer was looking at him and smiling.
"It seems that time is almost up. Maybe at the end, I should go out and say goodbye as the Romans do."
"Please forgive me, after all, just keeping it in the new universe and sending it to this designed galaxy has already cost us a lot of effort. We cannot accurately predict where it will appear, let alone It helps you locate its existence across a void. But, I remember, didn’t we give you a Mars rover? It has not been found for so many years, which only means that your face is too dark. "
Lu Zhou didn't speak, just nodded.
"It's up to you to find out."
Lu Zhou is not sure what the so-called first echelon is measured by, but his intuition tells him that if in that so-called void, there is such a group of people who are keen to peek at the screen and like to "help the poor" everywhere Xenophile, fear that the universe may be more crowded than he imagines.
"In short, complete a project."
"Regarding the destruction of the empire, it was a long process." The observer nodded. "The oracle led to disagreements, and the disagreements led to civil war. The civil war intensified the conflicts within the empire, but changed nothing. This memory After the death of their master, the conflict shifted from the visible battlefield to the invisible battlefield, and the virus that spread along the neural network was far more terrifying than their proud fleet. They spent several Century of time to think about how to eliminate redundant weapons, but less than five years to acquire them again. But fatally, they were simply not prepared to possess them."
Natives of Mars
Lu Zhou's Adam's apple moved slightly, and Lu Zhou felt his throat was a little dry, so he spoke in an uncertain tone.
Lu Zhou sighed and said.
"Okay, I have answered your last question, and basically you have got all the information contained in this memory. In addition, I have to admit that this is the most enjoyable conversation I have had with you."
"...So, the Jialan Empire is destroyed?"
Lu Zhou: "...what?"
However, the observer didn't seem to take Lu Zhou's complaint seriously. He just looked at him and smiled gently.
That was 3.9 billion years ago!
However, after such a long time, I am afraid that even if that civilization once existed, nothing will be left.
Looking at Lu Zhou who nodded, the observer smiled appreciatively and continued.
In fact, it was not only the Jialan Civilization's theory of super-light navigation that inspired him. After discovering the existence of Z particles, he actually already had some clues about this aspect of the theory.
Perhaps within two centuries at most, Earth's civilization will have its first intimate contact with other civilizations.
However, when thinking about the Martian bacteria discovered some time ago and a paper he had read about the possible existence of a magnetic field and standard atmospheric environment on Mars 3.9 billion years ago, this does not seem to be an "absolutely impossible" thing. .
"Okay, then... what kind of gift is it?"
So far, the Mars rover has indeed scanned a lot of precious information about the Martian landscape and the distribution of mineral deposits, but it has never found any traces of the existence of civilization.
The observer said with a slight smile.
If his guess is correct, Xiao Ai is probably the intelligent navigation AI on the escape spacecraft.
"Aren't you curious what the gift is?"
"... Topic?"
"The big battle has ended, but the small battle is still going on. In order to maintain the connection with the edge galaxies and to meet the growing demand for supplies in the ring world, they have to use warships to escort the cargo ships. In the next one hundred and fifty years In the middle of the year, the Ring World gradually lost control of remote galaxies, and internal struggles also made the world inside the Ring less stable."
the observer said with a smile.
Looking at Lu Zhou who was deep in thought, the observer continued.
After leaving these words, the illusory figure merged into a space of white light and completely disappeared from Lu Zhou's sight...
Two centuries later, he is afraid that they will all turn into ashes.
Lu Zhou: "???"
"I'm becoming more and more attracted to you. Maybe we will actually have a chance to communicate face to face."
"Therefore, we believe that mastering the secret of exceeding the speed of light is the first element in the transformation from a planetary system civilization to a star system civilization."
However, Lu Zhou quickly realized that even so, what does this distant matter have to do with him
Lu Zhou was very doubtful whether this so-called "gift" still existed.
"Yes." Nodding slightly, the man who claimed to be an observer continued, "The universe is like a huge net, and only a few lucky people can slip through this net. Before stepping into the void, we once It has been observed that many civilizations in the old universe also left their home stars with the help of sub-light engines without mastering the secrets of super-light speed. However, without exception, most of these civilizations did not exist in this universe for a long time. .”