When that moment came, the sky boiled, and the blue sky suddenly turned red, and then a large white cloud emerged that was constantly tumbling and expanding. By the time the thunder of the earth was heard, the clouds were already overwhelming, and a red-hot object rushed out of the clouds, dragging a long trail of smoke and dust, piercing the sky with a sharp whistling sound until it disappeared below the distant horizon.

"That's Taiyuan over there."

"Not only Taiyuan, but also Xi'an and Shijiazhuang." Chu Tianjiang turned around and said to Zhang Xiaogang, who was holding a telescope, "I'm afraid that all cities in my country with a population of more than two million have been attacked. The question is, do extraterrestrial civilizations not know that we have evacuated all the big cities? ”

"Perhaps, the invasion operation has already been planned, but it is only carried out according to the plan."

"Lao Zhang, the catastrophe was more than ten days ago. If this were a war, let alone extraterrestrial civilizations, even we would revise our battle plans. ”

Zhang Xiaogang was stunned for a moment and said, "Lao Chu, you are really a fucking genius." ”

"Let's go, let's go find the professor."

The two immediately returned to the command center and found Luo Jinyong, who was discussing with Melanie in a low voice.

"Professor......

"What's the matter?" Luo Jinyong nodded, and Melanie turned to leave.

"Have all the big cities been attacked?"

"Of course, are there any exceptions?"

"It's a big exception." Zhang Xiaogang called one of Luo Jinyong's assistants over, "Let's go to the office and come to the professor for something." ”

"Professor, let's go." Chu Tianjiang called Luo Jinyong.

"What are you two doing?"

"Professor, have you thought about it, the current situation is very abnormal."

"Abnormal?"

Zhang Xiaogang nodded, walked to the front, first entered Luo Jinyong's office, and when Luo Jinyong and Chu Tianjiang came in, he closed the door again.

"After the catastrophe, we carried out a widespread evacuation, and then extended the evacuation to the whole country, and all the residents of the big cities moved to smaller cities and towns, and we have not allowed the evacuees to return to the cities. In addition to us, other countries have also carried out nationwide evacuations. Chu Tianjiang picked up the cigarette on the desk, "So far, I'm afraid that only the United States, which is in a state of anarchy, has a large number of evacuees return to the city." Other countries, even European countries such as France, Germany and Italy, have delayed their return to the city. ”

"Of course."

"Well, the vast majority of big cities don't have residents at all, at least not too many." Zhang Xiaogang went to the cupboard and took out a bottle of Erguotou. "If your guess with Williams is correct, then isn't the extraterrestrial civilization making a fuss and doing useless work?"

"This ......," Luo Jinyong took the wine glass handed by Zhang Xiaogang, "Perhaps, the extraterrestrial civilization will establish a base first." If the necessities of life are guaranteed, the city is the most suitable for human habitation, and it is also suitable for control and management, and extraterrestrial civilizations definitely need such a base. ”

"Do you think extraterrestrial civilizations will provide a living guarantee for captured humans?"

"Of course it's possible."

"That's not the point." Chu Tianjiang lit three cigarettes and gave one each to Zhang Xiaogang and Luo Jinyong. "It's been almost half a month since the catastrophe, and even if extraterrestrial civilizations need nests, they don't need to occupy all the big cities. The point is that if the extraterrestrial civilization knows that we have been evacuated, it will adjust its offensive deployment in time, such as allocating some of its forces to deal with civilians evacuated to the suburbs and small cities. The current situation is that the first spaceships to arrive have all gone to the big cities, and the extraterrestrial civilizations have not dealt with the evacuated civilians. ”

Luo Jinyong frowned and said, "What does this mean?" ”

"Obviously, the extraterrestrial civilization has already formulated an invasion plan, but it has not been revised in time." Chu Tianjiang paused slightly and said, "There are only three possibilities. First, extraterrestrial civilizations do not cut down on changing plans. Second, it is too late to change the plan. Third, it is not clear about the current situation. ”

"This ......"

"If it's the first case, it's useless for us to do anything. The difference in strength is here, and the enemy is so strong that he doesn't need to worry about our resistance. Zhang Xiaogang drank the two pots in the cup in one gulp, "If it is the latter two cases, it illustrates a problem." ”

"What's the problem?"

"This powerful civilization is very backward in the art of war, severely lacking in experience in warfare, and has never even experienced it."

"Is this possible?"

"Why can't it be?" Chu Tianjiang smiled and said, "If a civilization is strong enough to easily destroy nearby civilizations, it won't pay attention to tactics. This is just like the US military fighting Iraq, the huge gap in strength makes the US military not need to care about tactics at all, and the huge combat superiority is enough to make up for the tactical shortcomings. On the contrary, if the two belligerents are evenly matched, tactics can play a decisive role, especially for the weaker side, where correct strategy and tactics are the only way to bridge the gap in combat capabilities. Imagine that extraterrestrial civilizations conquer weak civilizations and last for a long time, do they still care about the art of war? ”

"Even so, it shows that the gap between our strength and extraterrestrial civilizations is too great."

"That's true, but let's not forget that we've defeated powerful enemies in the past, and we relied on the right strategy and tactics."

Luo Jinyong sighed, then said with a wry smile: "Do you think this is like the War of Resistance against Japan a few decades ago?" Although it is true that we did not have a technical advantage in that war, the advantage of the invaders was not obvious, at least in terms of technical skills, we were on the same level. The only difference is who has better guns, who has more artillery, and who has better quality soldiers, and even if our weapons are worse, we can still kill the enemy. On the contrary, in this war, the gap in technology has reached the point where it cannot be bridged. ”

"Anyway, we can take advantage of that."

"How?"

Zhang Xiaogang was stunned for a moment, and then sighed. Chu Tianjiang was thinking about it, and he didn't put his mind on this issue.

"But what you started to say reminded me."

"Really?"

Luo Jinyong nodded and said, "It made me think of a problem that I ignored. That is, it is very likely that we are not dealing with a civilization, but an individual within that civilization. ”

"What?" Zhang Xiaogang's eyes immediately widened.

Hearing this, Chu Tianjiang was also taken aback and looked at Luo Jinyong.

"You think about it, if Williams' judgment is correct, our universe was created by extraterrestrial civilizations, and it is much smaller than what we see. So did extraterrestrial civilizations create only this one universe? In addition, if the technology of extraterrestrial civilizations is extremely advanced, the resources required by an individual are extremely staggering. The development of human civilization has also proved that with the progress of science and technology, the resources consumed by individuals have increased exponentially. In the Stone Age, it was nice to be well fed. In the era of farming, in addition to being well-fed, you also need to dress well. In the industrial age, spiritual enjoyment was also pursued. In the information age, the resources consumed by one person are probably 10,000 times that of the Stone Age. Civilization has developed to a certain extent, and I am afraid that the resources needed by an individual are equivalent to a planet, or even an entire star system. ”

"That's true." Zhang Xiaogang nodded thoughtfully.

Luo Jinyong took a sip, found that it was wine, and drank it all in one gulp. "There is another point that can be succinctly proved to prove this speculation. That is, with the advancement of science and technology, the communication between individual civilizations has become more and more complex, so the communication methods of low-level civilizations may not work in high-level civilizations. In the case of human beings, the language of the Stone Age was simple, and a few patterns were drawn on the wall to convey a message. In the agrarian era, language became complex, but it was still relatively simple, and many things could be explained in a few words. Nowadays, however, language has become more complex, and some scientific and technological information is difficult to express in words, and even if it is written, only professionals can understand it. If human civilization continues to develop, language will certainly be obsolete by more effective ways of communicating. ”

"Telepathy?"

Luo Jinyong nodded and said, "This is not the key, the real key is the impact of this type of communication on the individuals in the civilization." To use a simple analogy, everyone is a fully functional computer, and the communication method we use today is equivalent to using floppy disks, CD-ROMs, etc., to store information and then hand it over to another computer. If communication is conducted telepathically, then it is equivalent to creating a huge network in which every computer can exchange information. To put it simply, the change in the way human individuals communicate is like the computer from the stand-alone era to the network age. ”

Zhang Xiaogang's brows jumped a few times.

"Professor, how did you come up with that?"

"Once I had telepathy with Melanie, I thought about it. That's not the point, though. ”

"Cloud computing!" Zhang Xiaogang muttered.

Luo Jinyong smiled reluctantly and said, "Lao Zhang said that this is the key. Human beings have not yet evolved to the point where they can carry the wisdom of extraterrestrial civilizations, which is equivalent to the hardware of computers is not advanced enough, but they have a numerical advantage, if they can connect everyone through telepathy, extraterrestrial civilizations can impose their super wisdom on the entire human group, each of whom is just one of the bearers of this wisdom, and the entire human group will become the carrier of this wisdom together. ”

"What does this have to do with the conjecture you mentioned at the beginning?" Chu Tianjiang asked.

"Lao Chu, believe me, any civilization is made up of individuals, and there are absolutely no exceptions."

"For what?"

"If civilization has no individuals, there will be no competition, and there will be no evolutionary power, so it will not be possible to develop advanced technology."

"What if you evolve to the highest level?"

"Is there a maximum rank?"

Chu Tianjiang was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this was a very stupid question.

"Extraterrestrial civilizations are also composed of many individuals, so the carrier of their wisdom is also individuals. If the individual gap between human beings and extraterrestrial civilizations is very huge, I am afraid that only by treating human civilization as a subject can we accommodate the individual wisdom of extraterrestrial civilizations. ”

"In that case, we're likely to be dealing with just one individual." Zhang Xiaogang made a summary.

"Maybe it's many, but definitely not as many as we see now."