After more scientists joined in, two camps were formed, namely "initiator" and "follower".
According to Huang Weicheng, the "Spark Project" that led the various civilizations of the galaxy to escape at the beginning not only did not receive the support of young scientists, but also met with strong opposition. In order to maintain the prestige of mankind in the Galactic Alliance, the Human Science Committee also passed a ban, that is, no scientist may initiate, participate in, or discuss any escape-related topics, let alone launch other civilizations to conduct escape-related actions without authorization. Although more and more scientists realized that escape is the only way out for all civilizations in the galaxy, including humans, this ban became waste paper, but many scientists have taken action before that.
The scientists who took the first action were the initiators of the "Spark Project."
Of course, when many civilizations joined the escape plan and began to build spacecraft with the assistance of human scientists, more scientists joined in. Although it was a little late to join, these scientists also believe that escape is the only way out for the Galactic Alliance, and they have made great contributions to the "Spark Project" and participated in all subsequent work, so they are also the initiators.
Those scientists who joined in the later stage of the "Spark Project", that is, when the spaceships have been built by various civilizations and the escape action is about to begin, are followers. Unlike the initiators, the followers do not believe that escape is the only way out for the Galactic Alliance, at least at the beginning. They do not agree with the construction of spaceships that consume a lot of resources for escape, and they do not agree with the abandonment of the galaxy. Only when everything became a reality, in order to save their lives, they joined in and received the same treatment. Compared with initiators, the biggest difference between followers is the purpose of fleeing, that is, followers are just to save their lives.
Obviously, this is a fatal problem, and even more fatal is that the number of followers far exceeds that of initiators.
In the words of Professor Huang Weicheng, because any topic related to escape was banned at the beginning, the number of the first batch of people was very small, accounting for less than one in ten thousand human scientists. In order to keep confidential, we are also extremely cautious when developing members. With the introduction of the "Spark Plan", especially after some key details have been implemented, stricter restrictions have been imposed on development members. The key is that, according to the original plan, each scientist is responsible for the construction of a spacecraft and will also become the only navigator of the spacecraft, ensuring that the civilization carried by the spacecraft can reach its destination smoothly. Because the number of spacecraft to be built has long been determined, the total number of scientists participating in the "Spark Project" is limited, and there is no need to develop more members as before.
The problem is that before the disaster, all of these were in vain.
At that time, parallel to the "Spark Project" was initiated by the Human Science Committee, with the participation of many scientists, and concentrated most of the resources of the Galaxy Alliance, the "Project of Gods", which opened the way to other stars through the central black hole of the Milky Way. System of aerospace operations.
It can be said that the "God Show Plan" was the hope of almost everyone at that time.
At its peak, more than 90% of human scientists participated in the "Project God Show", and almost all civilizations were mobilized.
In fact, it was precisely in order to ensure the smooth progress of the "God Show Project" that the Scientific Committee issued a ban on escape.
However, in the more than one hundred years before the disaster, human scientists gradually realized that not only was it impossible for the "Project of Gods" to succeed, it would also destroy the Milky Way. That's why more and more scientists have chosen the "Spark Project" and joined the fleeing army.
As more and more scientists switched to the "Spark Project", the initiators who mastered the "Spark Project" were left with no choice.
Quite simply, these followers who joined later have a lot of resources and a high level of influence in various civilizations, enough to destroy the "Spark Project." If they are not allowed to join, they can ruin the entire Galactic Alliance by controlling other civilizations, blocking resources and technology and other means.
Because there is no choice, the initiator can only let go of the restrictions and no longer prohibit other scientists from joining.
That is why at the beginning of the flight, the number of scientists involved was dozens of times as many as in the original plan.
"Although we have realized the seriousness of the problem, and know that the'Spark Project' has deteriorated, at least it will not be as smooth as originally envisioned. We have also taken actions, such as developing a group of like-minded scientists with ours, and expanding the initiative. But these are too late, and in the face of the imminent disaster, there are not many scientists considering things other than survival."
"and then?"
Professor Huang Weicheng sighed and said: "In order to ensure the smooth progress of the escape operation and to ensure that we can all reach the southern Alpha galaxy safely, at least most of the spacecraft can reach the destination. Before the start of the escape, we will implement the control methods during the escape. The adjustment and the establishment of a control committee means that the scientists on each spacecraft are jointly managed, and the rotation system is used to ensure that no one scientist can hold the power forever. Simply put, it is to replace a single commander through collective decision-making. , There is another more important reason, that is, we will not live for 10,000 years, so we have to extend our life in other ways, and the most effective way is hibernation. Through the control committee and the rotation system, every scientist can be Most of the time in the hibernation state, you can reach the southern Alpha galaxy alive. At that time, there were at least dozens of scientists on each spacecraft. If only one scientist was awake and the other was hibernated, then every scientist was in During the flight, the period of awakening is only a few hundred years, the most is less than 300 years, and the shortest is only more than a hundred years, which has not exceeded the limit of human life."
"Obviously, the scientist who is in a waking state, that is, ruling the fugitive civilization, must be absolutely reliable."
Professor Huang Weicheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, and said, "Obviously, knowing people knows the face and does not know the heart. No one is absolutely reliable in this world."
"what's going on?"
"I don’t know what happened at the time, and I don’t want to know. It’s just that what I saw when I woke up was not the expected world. It’s just that I was lucky, or because of concerns about preventive measures. Saved me.” Professor Huang Weicheng exhaled, “As the first batch of participants and initiator of the Spark Project, I was opposed to accepting other scientists from the beginning, because I knew that there was no common ideal. It is impossible for us to share joys and sorrows, let alone create a new era together. Unfortunately, there were few scientists with this vision at the time, and most of the initiators took it for granted that other scientists were our compatriots, not our enemies, and we must not We can’t save you from death. Some people think that if we become indifferent to the life and death of our compatriots, what is the difference between us and them? After we reach our destination, what we create is definitely not the new era we are pursuing, but a human nature. The dark age of complete loss. Because most of the initiators held this view, the opposition of a few initiators was rejected. However, I have never pinned my hope on a group of scientists who gave up their ideals and goals in order to save their lives. The facts also proved that my judgment was not wrong, otherwise I would not be able to escape that catastrophe."
"what have you done?"
"Between followers and the civilization I am responsible for saving, I chose the latter."
Yang Yi was taken aback for a moment, and his brows frowned quickly.
"Including me, there are only 100 scientists in the first batch of scientists. We all have a special mission, and it is the same mission, that is, to do our best to preserve the scientific and technological achievements of mankind. To this end, the official launch of the Mars Before the plan, we took action to collect and aggregate human scientific research results through various channels. At the beginning of the escape, we all brought a copy. According to the plan, after reaching the destination, which is the Southern Alpha Galaxy, We will use these sciences and technologies to rebuild human civilization and help other civilizations achieve rejuvenation. Obviously, these scientific materials are more important than us, and we all swear to defend them with our lives. However, among the hundred scientists, I am different from the others. , Because only I am opposed to saving those scientists who are committed to the "Project of God" to follow us and flee. Just like this, after the start of the escape, I have a very bad premonition. In fact, before the start of the escape, I put my bet Betting on the saved civilization, the Mason tribe, cultivated and developed a group of diehard loyalties in the Mason tribe. During my hibernation, these Masons are responsible for my safety and protect the scientific and technological information that I hold. I am very lucky. , Because my worries became reality, and because the Masons who were absolutely loyal to me did not let me down."
"They saved you?"
Professor Huang Weicheng nodded and said: "After arriving in the Southern Alpha Galaxy, a scientist in power at the time was poisonous to other hibernating scientists, because in his opinion, he can become a Mason only by getting rid of other scientists. The only ruler of the clan. Because the incident happened suddenly and it was impossible for him to order the Masons to kill human scientists, nor could he attack dozens of scientists at the same time, so the Masons who were protecting me at the time created a chaos and blew up the hibernation. Rescued me from the cabin. Because the hibernation cabin was severely damaged, no one knew that I was still alive. They thought that I died from the explosion like other scientists. Unfortunately, limited by their own ability, they could not let me from the depth I can only hide when I wake up from hibernation. However, this allows me to avoid the subsequent rebellion. In order to wake me up, the Masons forcibly deciphered the scientific and technological data kept by me. Although finally found the relief The method of deep hibernation, but also caused most of the data to be irreversibly damaged."
"It's just that it's too late."
"Yeah, it's too late. When I woke up, the Galactic Alliance was no longer the one I was familiar with."