Chapter XVII: The Rise and Fall of Civilization

The scene changed instantly, and Lu Ze suddenly found himself in the universe. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

As far as the eye could see, there was an endless bright starry sky up and down and in all directions, even if the night sky was clear on earth, there could not be so many stars, and the endless starlight overwhelmed him, such a beautiful scenery almost suffocated him.

Not far in front of him was a blue planet the size of a washbasin.

If you look closely at the blue planet, you can clearly see the outline of Eurasia on the light-facing side, and in the dark side with your back to the sun, you can see the light of civilization - the lights of the city are clearly visible even in space.

It's so beautiful, I wonder what will happen next?

Thinking like this, Lu Ze suddenly found that the distance between him and the earth was rapidly shrinking, and soon, his entire field of vision was occupied by the earth......

At this time, Lu Ze also received the first message from the Star Spirit Network through the brain-computer interface.

——In 2016, Lu Ze, the "father of Xingling.com", began a century-long hibernation with the help of Regeneration Group, the world's largest technology group at that time.

The content of this message made him a little embarrassed.

But who asked him to contact the Star Spirit Network just now, and the question that he was most concerned about was the origin of his title of "Father of the Star Spirit Network"?

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At the same time, the distance between him and the Earth was still rapidly shrinking, even giving him the feeling that he was falling towards the Earth.

Soon, though, he stopped over a bustling metropolis.

Looking down from mid-air, he can clearly see the endless flow of vehicles between the high-rise buildings, the ships coming in and out of the busy docks, and even the Oriental Pearl that he is familiar with.

——In 2021, the world energy crisis began to emerge, and with this as the fuse, the global economic crisis broke out again. The scale and intensity of this recession far exceeded that of the Great Depression of a hundred years ago, and no country has been immune to the effects of globalization. At the same time, various terrorist incidents and wars have begun to break out in various parts of the world. Some even predicted that World War III was coming......

With this information, the number of ships coming and going on the docks has dropped dramatically, and the docks, which were once full of containers, are now empty, the endless flow of vehicles has become scarce, and the commercial streets have become crowded with people.

Then the scene began to change dramatically, a red stock market (red abroad means falling, but at home it is the opposite), a massive parade in front of the government building, bloody corpses, and the ruins of the war......

After a series of montage scenes, Lu Ze found himself standing in the ruins of the city.

At this time, Lu Ze had already understood that everything he was experiencing now was actually equivalent to watching a documentary. However, documentaries of this era are more advanced, not only allowing him to experience everything that happened in history in person, but also to generate it in real time according to what he has in mind.

——In 2024, after three years of recession, the Earth Neural Network (PNN), which was detailed in Lu Ze's novel, is considered to be an effective solution to the current crisis and revive the world economy.

The scene shifts to a factory that is empty and only the machines are running automatically.

This factory produces just ordinary thermos cups, but the thermos cups produced in the same assembly line are actually large and small, and the shape and pattern on it are also different.

Then these thermos cups are directly delivered to people of different ages through a fully automated logistics network, and everyone can be seen to be happy after getting it.

Lu Ze knew that this was actually the large-scale personalization of the Industry 4.0 concept that was very popular before he hibernated, which was also the inevitable result of the emergence of the earth's neural network.

——With the development of the Earth's neural network around the world, artificial intelligence technology is developing rapidly, many jobs are gradually being replaced by robots, and the number of unemployed people is hitting a record high every day.

Lu Ze saw unmanned cars driving on the road, robots engaged in dangerous technical work......

— But massive unemployment did not lead to social instability again.

-- The improvement of social welfare has made it possible for people to choose to do what they like instead of worrying about their livelihoods. Education has also begun to change from the original erasure of individuality and the training of human beings into machines to maintain the operation of society, to the encouragement of individuality and innovation.

Then he saw the children playing games in a circle, the children performing music, performing dances, performing paintings, performing martial arts......

However, when Lu Ze saw this, he began to be suspicious.

Does this laissez-faire really encourage individuality and innovation? It's just going from one extreme to the other!

-- With the expansion of the earth's neural network, all criminals who endanger the stability of human society have no room to live.

At this time, the scene suddenly became joyful, and the criminals who had been engaged in illegal activities were directly stopped from serving by the earth's neural network, and they even had problems with basic food, clothing, housing and transportation in the city. Either you can only hide and be a wild man, and live a miserable life in the wilderness. Either you have to turn yourself in, and you have to queue up to turn yourself in.

There is also the villain who just bullied the girl and just wanted to get in a car, and the car actually drove directly to the door of the police station.

Lu Ze couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw it.

-- Predictive econometrics based on the Earth's neural network optimizes resource allocation, not only is there no longer an economic crisis, but even the concept of money has begun to fade. By 2036, cash will completely disappear from people's daily lives, and the only role of money is as a collection.

The scene changes to a supermarket with no cashier, and not only that, but there is no need for automatic credit card charging or anything, and the customer can leave directly after selecting the goods they need.

-- Earth's neural networks have brought countries around the world closer together. Because it is so important, it is impossible for a single country or group to have complete control over it, so the International Joint PNN Regulatory Working Group was established to allow countries around the world to jointly control the operation of the Earth's neural network system.

The scene shifts, and a huge screen in front of it displays a virtual image of the entire globe, with countless lines intertwined on it. A few people from different countries are standing in front of the screen and pointing at the country, and in the distance are rows of computers and staff sitting in front of them......

If it weren't for Xingling.com telling Lu Ze first, he would almost think that this was the command center to defend against alien invasion!

At the same time, the first United Nations PNN Congress was held, and countries around the world jointly discussed and formulated the core rules of PNN. Any changes to the PNN core rules in the future must be voted on by all countries.

This time, the scene became the scene of the United Nations Congress that Lu Ze was familiar with......

- In 2050, PNN has penetrated into all aspects of human life, and it can be said that by this time, people in a country can live normally even without government management, and may even live better than if there is a government.

- However, even if people's lives seem so good, they are actually nothing more than false prosperity, and human civilization is facing the danger of extinction.