Starting from Zero

"According to your statement, the technological prowess of these aliens seem to be very powerful, don't they?"

I looked at the big room on the scene and said:" According to the other party, this is the case. These aliens are very powerful in science and technology, but the war is fought with comprehensive strength rather than absolute technological strength. Although these aliens have a very outstanding performance in terms of technological level, it is because of the population. Too few, and its own racial characteristics do not like war, so the overall strength is the weakest among the three."

"The second strongest is the owner of the ruins we found?"

"Yes. The second strongest is the builders of these relics on Earth. Their technological strength is slightly stronger than that of the third party, but the strength is also limited. The third party's power is due to its huge territory and Although the population base is a bit backward in technology, the huge production capacity advantage brought by the demographic dividend just fills in the defects caused by this technological backwardness, and surpasses the first and second technological forces to become the first powerful existence."< /p>

"What about you? You said before that your Dragon Clan is a biological weapon. Is it just for the purpose of dealing with this interstellar war?" A head of state asked.

I nodded and said again: "Yes. After the war began, the relatively backward civilization has been fighting on both sides because of the population base problem, so these aliens and the creators of the ruins Forced to unite to form the Confederate Army. This Confederate Army began to integrate its military power after its establishment. The use of the relatively large forces of the creators and the super technology of those aliens to form a mixed fleet with high and low levels did indeed contain it. The enemy attacked and stabilized the battle strength of the two sides. However, these aliens discovered a problem in the battle, that is, their population is still not enough.

The casualties in the war are In the inevitable thing, although the main sacrifices are borne by the creators after the alliance with the creators, these aliens will still suffer losses, and the birth rate of this race is actually low to the point of unimaginable. Although the rate of casualties is not high, they can't afford it.

So, under the proposal of the creators, the two races decided to gather the two directors to design a biological weapon.

The original creator’s idea was to come up with something similar to a monster, fighting with physical power alone, possessing the same reproductive ability as insect, and in turn crushing enemy insects with an overwhelming number of advantages. Sea tactics."

"Damn, isn't this the insect race in "Interstellar"?" It was the young technical official who said again, this person seems to be familiar with games. .

I nodded and said: "But this plan did not pass, because the aliens..." I paused for a while, and then said again: "About those aliens, they also have their own race names. But it is communicated in the form of dark matter communication. I am not sure whether it can be translated in this way, but there should be little difference. Their racial name should be translated as'pilgrims'."

"pilgrims Who is this?"

"This race has its own spiritual sustenance. They all believe in a religion and think that they are the creation or descendants of a great existence, so they Name yourself a pilgrim. We will talk about the humanities issues of the other side in the future. It’s not very important anyway. Let’s talk about our problems first.” I continued: “The creators plan to design similar games. The'insect race' is the same biochemical monster, but the pilgrims seem to be quite opposed to this idea. Because the pilgrims think that they are creations of some super-level existence, they task the lives they create if they have wisdom, Then you should have basic power. Although it is not necessarily equal, at least you should communicate with the other party as a same level object, and you cannot simply think that these creations are slaves. This is why the pilgrims create The mechanical lifeform also has reasons for citizenship."

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

A leader of a country I don’t know next said: “The difference in humanities is normal, and it’s weird if there is no. Earth is just such a big place, and the difference between Heaven and Earth is still the same, let alone What about the entire universe? From my point of view, this little cognitive difference should actually be considered small."

I clicked on the speaking head of state and said: "This person said very It makes sense. In fact, the reason why the creators and the pilgrims can form an alliance is certainly one of the reasons for external pressure, but the more reason is that the two races have similar values. Oh, yes, there is a need here. Add it. The creators of those alien relics are very close to humans. I even suspect that these creators and humans have a common ancestor, because the appearance and social structure of the two are so similar."

< p>"Aren’t the ancestors of human beings apes?" A tycoon asked: "I remember this information seems to have been confirmed?"

I nodded and said: "Yes, humans are not suddenly It’s certain that it’s a foreign existence in the Earth’s ecological system, and it’s not as outrageous as it is said in science fiction. However, we retrieved an article from the creator’s Supreme Council on the computer in the fourth zone. Command. The content of this command is called the'Spark Plan'. Does it sound familiar? Yes, it has exactly the same name as the science and technology development plan that China has done, but the content is very different. The content of this Spark Plan is just , All official ships belonging to the creator civilization, including but not limited to warships, scientific research ships, transport ships, etc., must be mandatory to carry a device called the originator. When a planet suitable for life development appears in these spaceship pathways When the time, the device will be launched on the planet. This device can create the most basic biological protein on the planet, and directly generate the most basic primordial single-cell lifeform. In other words, this device can be artificially opened. The life process of the planet."

"You mean this thing can make lifeless planets appear?"

"Yes. As long as the planet has the basics that can support the existence of life Conditions are okay. And according to the information mentioned in this plan, the creatures reproduced by this device do not seem to be fixed, but in the end they will definitely evolve into humanoid creatures. The creators used this method of spreading nets in the universe. Spread life seeds everywhere, and then wait for humanoids to evolve in this planet, and when this kind of humanoids can get out of the surface of the planet, they will send people to come in contact with this civilization. After that, the two sides will establish economic and trade exchanges, and the creators They will use economic means to assimilate and absorb this civilization, and eventually Make it a part of yourself. "

If you hear this kind of theory to an ordinary person, you might feel a little unreliable, but none of them at the scene is an ordinary person. They all know that what I said is not strange at all.

The technological power of these creators leads us too much. Compared with them, we are like the indigenous food Human Race in the primitive forest. You can imagine that when a certain food Human Race Tribe walks out of the forest, Then suddenly I came into contact with a powerful country like China, the United States and Russia. What would happen? The indigenous people must be on guard and fear at first. If they don’t have a bad brain, they will clamor for attack first. Of course, this kind of Attacks are not even tickles for the superpowers outside, because they are tens of thousands of times stronger than this indigenous tribe.

Finding your own power in front of the opponent is like Like babies, these natives would definitely not dare to make a mistake. After that, as long as this powerful party shows a certain degree of kindness and uses all kinds of good things that the other party can't think of to win over the natives in the native tribe, then the tribe will soon It will be completely disintegrated. No matter how their chiefs and wizards stop them, it is useless, because there is an essential gap between the power of the two sides. Let alone resistance, they can't even understand the powerful way of the other party. Under this gap, There is no need for war at all, and you can win over a civilization by simply losing a little profit. After only one or two generations of educational reforms, this civilization will become part of the creators, and the power of the creators will expand.

This method can be regarded as a zero-cost investment for creators, but they will harvest one by one planet civilization, which means that this kind of distribution can quickly grow their influence. Although, look at one In the history of planet development, this process is a bit slow, but don’t forget that creators don’t just put one planet every time, and then wait for it to join their big family before considering the next one. People’s family is a way of shooting birds. , Cast the net widely. At this rate, as long as one cycle, they can get an unimaginable huge territory and population. This kind of thing is definitely much faster than the slow increase of the population by direct immigration.

" Well, you seem to have digressed. "The No. 1 chief suddenly said: "Continue to introduce your origin. "

My sorry said: "Sorry, mainly because the information now obtained from the pilgrims is completely unfamiliar to Earth civilization, just like explaining to a child what a nuclear power plant is. I have to explain the relevant knowledge to everyone from time to time, otherwise there is really no way to explain it. Then we return to the topic. Because the pilgrims did not agree to build a monster lifeform like an insect 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 special skill that possesses them, but A biological weapon that has stronger survivability and can be mass-produced or manufactured without worrying about casualties. This kind of biological weapon will no longer appear as a consumable, and at the same time this kind of biological weapon will no longer rely on its own ability to fight. Eh...Speaking of which, I really think I have to digress again. "

Head #1 helplessly said: "Try to be brief. "Since yesterday, they have not had a rest for more than 30 hours. Many people are very tired, but now things are so important. If they don't figure it out, they probably won't be able to sleep even if they go back.

I nodded and said: "Here I need to explain the battle method of the pilgrims.

Basically speaking, pilgrims belong to the energy civilization, they are very good at manipulating energy. At the same time, the pilgrims also possess certain technologies of mechanical civilization and biological civilization, but mainly energy technology. Relatively speaking, the creators' technology is very similar to ours. They are purely mechanical civilization, mechanical technology is the mainstream, biotechnology is only auxiliary technology, and energy can only barely keep up with demand, which is a dragging project.

Because of breeding problems, pilgrims have extremely small populations, so there is no such thing as a warrior in their race. All pilgrims must be commanders as long as they participate in the war. "

"All commanders? What is being directed? "

"The machine. "I said directly: "The ones being commanded are all machines. Pilgrims also have robotics. They are good at making a robot that mixes a part of energy technology and mechanical technology. To be honest, it seems to me to be a magic product, but according to the pilgrims' explanation, it is actually a kind of robot. . No, it should be said that this is a kind of mechanical core, with a mind, can think, generally very kind, a bit rigid in mind, but it is very efficient to execute commands.

The pilgrims have created a lot of mechanical bodies. These mechanical bodies have basic self-discipline systems. Equivalent to are low-level robots. They don’t have much thinking ability, but they have the same instincts. The level of intelligence is higher than that of certain intelligences. Tall animals are similar, but they don't have self-awareness or creativity. They only execute orders mechanically.

The army of pilgrims is basically made up of countless kinds of these types of machinery, but the machinery has no brains, so the mental model is used to command these machinery, and the pilgrims command the mind Model. Of course, whether it is the pilgrims themselves or that kind of mental model, they must all appear on the battlefield. Although dark matter communication is very powerful, it is also not able to be disturbed, so it is necessary to ensure that the distance is close enough. Therefore, the mental model and the pilgrims will have their own vehicles, they will wear or drive a special version of the machine to appear on the battlefield, and then direct the battle. Basically, the basic organization of pilgrims is that a pilgrim commands 12 mental models, and each mental model commands 8 machines. That is to say, a pilgrim’s direct troops will have 96 pure machines in addition to 12 machines. The combat machinery with the core of mind, that is, 108 subordinates, plus his own combat vehicle, there are a total of 109. This is the minimum combat organization for pilgrims. Of course, this is a regular army, and special missions may also directly dispatch pilgrims without a combat machine. Oh, by the way, pilgrims seem to have an instinctive ability called Void Storm. The effect is similar to that of a large-scale space storm. The formidable power is very large. It is said that you can handle one fleet at a time, but as long as you use it once, the pilgrims will fall into weakness. Period, 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. First come before the battle, and then just sit on the command ship and command not to participate in the battle. Anyway, there are allies staring at it. "

After introducing the situation of the pilgrims, I paused for a while before continuing: "The battle method of the pilgrims has been explained, and the design of our Dragon Clan is borrowed from the pilgrims. Battle method, that is, we are not directly sent to the battlefield as a biological weapon as a combat unit, but used as a commander. That is to take the place of pilgrims. "

"Then why do you have such a strong physical ability?" "Someone asked.

"This is what the pilgrims demand. They think that although Dragon Clan was 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 functional structure of the pilgrims’ brains, which gives us a dark matter communication ability similar to them. As for the electromagnetic control ability that we have been using before, it should be said that we have been using it wrong. In this way, it is equivalent to using cannons as fireworks. "

"Your fireworks are really amazing. "

"The idea of ​​the creators is that since we want to be a powerful biological weapon without intending to be cannon fodder, we must be as strong as possible. Therefore, our brains are optimized in an optimal way. The useless parts that need to be eliminated in the evolutionary process were omitted, the thinking efficiency was improved, and the computing power was increased. Later, a quantum computer was added as an auxiliary brain. After that, the body part was based on the original insect race plan of the creators, which was modified and strengthened by the pilgrims, and finally got our individual composition. As for why we are human and not like pilgrims, this is for disguise. Because the other party also knows that the population of pilgrims is small, so once the individual pilgrims are discovered, they will be eliminated at any cost. On the contrary, the population base of the creators is very large. The other party will not spend a lot of time for a creator civilized individual. It is safer to use this appearance. "

"Really didn't expect that there are so many inside stories. "The No. 1 chief said: "You can communicate with each other because you copied the other's brain structure?" "

"It should be said that our brains are designed according to their own appearance, and our brains are idealized by the pilgrims, who removed all the extra parts and added them Think more reasonable configuration, so our current brain computing power is actually more powerful than their own. "

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

"On this point, the specific reasons are very complicated. There are many things that Earth technology cannot explain, so I don't know how to explain it to you. But you can understand that the other party is stuck in the room and can't get out. "

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

"Space is not the only reason that things can get stuck, and so can time. The other party can be said to be stuck in the crack of time, so he can't get out. There seems to be some kind of equipment in that room that can stabilize their time, and once they leave this room, time will lose their regularity, so they are equivalent to being stuck in that room. "

"Time machine? "U.S. President frowned said: "It's really getting more and more complicated!" I don't understand it at all! "

"In fact, it’s different from the time machine you imagine. I don’t know how to explain it, but it’s because there’s no way to travel back to the past. Specifically, you can give those scientists headaches. . "