11 It is human nature to deny

"Hello! N consciousness. Miller said to the "housekeeper", abbreviating the consciousness of the N-star people.

"Hello, Miller." The N-star consciousness replied with the voice of the "butler", and called the commander by his name, as if greeting an old friend. "Hello, Gao Jie." Similarly, the N-star consciousness also said hello to Gao Jie, who entered later.

"Hello...... Are you really just conscious? Gao Jie replied and asked rhetorically.

"I can make some simple interactions, much like the AI you're working on. I'm more in line with biological thinking traits than mechanical thinking. The N-star consciousness replied.

"Very good technology." Gao Jie said admiringly, and at the same time found a place to sit down with Miller.

"Let's get down to business." Miller said, then looked up at Minerva AI and said, "AI, close the hatch, don't open it without my orders." The hatch closed, followed by a "click" of locking. Miller suddenly remembered something, and showed a look of annoyance, "Gao, use your PDA to record it, I forgot to bring mine, just record it." ”

Gao Jie turned the PDA into recording mode, and then nodded to the commander.

"Our two voice-activated N-particle people have been experimenting with various English words, phrases, and sentences since yesterday to now, and there are hundreds of sentences, if not dozens of sentences, but so far we have not found any kind of instruction that can control N-particles to perform any activities. Now, they had to rest, but I hadn't slept. Now I have to figure out one thing from you: the development time of the control instructions...... Cough...... Or in terms of development efficiency, in your experience, what is it? Miller said a long list of words at once, and his voice was a little hoarse because of eagerness and exhaustion, and Gao Jie on the side couldn't help but pour him a glass of water.

While Miller was drinking, the N-star consciousness replied: "There are two factors that affect the efficiency of instruction development: the number of test subjects and randomness, the latter of which can be increased or reduced by modifying the living environment of the test subjects......"

"Wait a minute!" Miller was keenly aware of something amiss, "As you mentioned in your previous note, there are only two living human beings...... Have you cloned humans? ”

"Yes, we copied and transformed humans." N consciousness replied.

"Why didn't I hear you before?" Gao Jie asked calmly, and she found that the green tendons on Miller's forehead had flare, so she took the initiative to ask so that Miller had time to calm down.

"Because you didn't ask. There is also the fact that the 'Development Directive' is not a priority option to help the Earth's civilization survive. N's conscious answer would undoubtedly make people more angry, and Miller didn't show any change in emotion on the surface, but his fists were clenched tightly. Fortunately, Gao Jie also noticed this, and gently calmed the tight fist with his hand to calm down the anger.

"Your thinking is very much in line with 'conscious' thinking, but it seems to us to be more like mechanical thinking." Gao Jie said in a sarcastic tone.

"That's a good point. But the mechanical mind would think that taking only one human to escape would be considered 'preserving the earth's civilization', and I wouldn't think so. I have to say that N's answer is also very realistic, especially in common science fiction movie scripts.

"Hmph, that's a good idea." Gao Jie sighed with admiration.

Miller softened a little, looked up and asked, "And how many humans did you end up cloning - maybe test subjects?" ”

"8 billion." The calm "tone" made Gao Jie and Miller tremble in their hearts.

"We have prepared four resource-rich, N-particle-modified planets for test subjects, each with 2 billion test subjects. In order to obtain the most primitive data and information, the level of development of civilization on the planet is the primitive tool period. We don't interfere with two of the planets, and let the subjects above develop naturally; The other two we interfere with to speed up the development of the humans above. At the same time, one of these two types of planets is close to the front line of our war with the Nt planets......" Hearing this, Gao Jie and Miller instantly had the urge to interject, but the N-star consciousness didn't give them a chance this time, and directly continued-"Don't be in a hurry to ask, I know you must be curious about why you do this, as I said before: there are two factors that affect the efficiency of instruction development, namely the number of test subjects and randomness. The base of 2 billion test subjects is not much, we can only seek a breakthrough in randomness, and randomness is mainly improved or reduced by transforming the living environment of test subjects, among which the most direct and effective transformation is to create a 'crisis' atmosphere, that is, to let the test subjects intermittently enter a state of war. ”

"So war is a catalyst for the development of science and technology." Miller said softly.

"Yes, Miller." It seems that the "butler" heard Miller's whisper, "After the experimental subjects successfully settled on the four planets, we periodically collected the control instructions that were continuously generated on the planets, and almost every time we collected, we gained the most from the data comparison, and the one that gained the most was the one that accelerated under our intervention and was close to the front line of the war, and sometimes the number of new control instructions generated from it was higher than the number of the other three planets combined." However, these nascent commands still could not meet our war needs with the Nt stars, until we were forced to use wormhole commands, and these planets were completely torn apart by the huge gravitational pull. ”

"How many voice-activated commands did you end up with?" Gao Jie asked.

"Of the more than 50,000, less than 1,000 can be effectively used."

"How long did it take you to collect so many instructions?" Gao Jie continued to ask.

"One generation, more than 70 years."

In an instant, Gao Jie and Miller's hearts cooled, according to common sense calculations, it took at least 70 years for the N-star people to develop a command that could fight against the Nt fleet. And here, before the Nt fleet came into the range of attacks on Earth, there were only 5 years left for human civilization. Gao Jie glanced to the side, and although the vision of the afterglow was not very clear, the desperate expression on Miller's face could still be perceived—even if he tried to restrain his emotions.

Miller let out a long breath and deliberately hid his shortness of breath due to his trembling: "Is it possible that our test subject base is small, but we accidentally bumped into the control command we wanted, and finally saved ourselves." ”

"It's always a possibility," replied the N-star consciousness, "but data and probability don't lie." In fact, the Nt Planetarians use the same method as us to obtain control commands, and we speculate that their test subjects are the same as us, and the reason why they have consistently surpassed us in the number and quality of instructions is that they have spent more than two generations developing and obtaining them, so that you can get a preliminary idea of how much manpower it takes and how long it takes to develop control commands that are sufficient for the Nt fleet. ”

Miller wiped his face with his hand, "Okay, I see. After saying that, he got up and ordered the AI to open the hatch and left, without saying anything to Gao Jie, who was still sitting there, and without even saying goodbye.

"It seems that Miller can't handle this." The N-star consciousness said to Gao Jie that if the "housekeeper" could make an emotional tone, it must be a sympathetic tone.

"It's not just him," Gao Jie responded, turning off the PDA's recording, "Me too...... I don't think any human being can accept such an unexplained fate. And then there's ...... Humanity will always try to fight against the so-called fate, but you have always tried to deny us. ”

"Human beings should learn to accept their fate, and struggle is sometimes not the best way to preserve themselves."

"Didn't you also fight against fate by blocking the Nt people through wormholes?" Gao Jie thought that this rhetorical question would give her some confidence, although it was of little use.

"For the intelligent civilization in the universe, being able to ensure the survival and continuation of civilization is the main purpose, and resistance and escape are important ways. We chose to fight because we were close in strength, and at the same time, we had the confidence to preserve the flame of civilization. On the other hand, the strength gap between the Earth civilization and the Nt fleet is huge, and passing through the wormhole to preserve the civilization is the highest priority. ”

"I will not argue with you about this, but I believe that humanity will not give up the struggle, because we will not bow our knees to those whom we have not fought against." Gao Jie paused, then got up to leave, "I'm leaving, it's a pleasure to communicate with you." ”

"Goodbye, I wish you a nice day, Gao Jie." It seems that he is well versed in the stubbornness of human beings, and the N-star consciousness did not refute further, only said goodbye.

……

Leaving the No. 2 research room, Gao Jie took a few quick and deep breaths, and the desperate and depressing conversation just now made her feel poisoned, and she rested against the bulkhead to ease her senses. Although there is no discomfort in the body, the depression in my heart is still wandering back and forth between the internal organs. At this time, there were approaching footsteps and conversations at the other end of the corridor, and Wang Chen and Toda Meizi immediately appeared in Gao Jie's field of vision.

"Gao Jie, what are you doing?" The two greeted Gao Jie, and a look of hurry and exhaustion appeared on their faces.

Gao Jie casually found a reason to prevaricate, without mentioning the content of the conversation between Miller and the N-star consciousness just now, "What are you studying?" Looks tricky. Gao Jie asked rhetorically, she noticed the unnaturalness of the faces of the two.

Wang Chen and Yazi glanced at each other and mentioned to Gao Jie: "Find a convenient place to say?" Gao Jie wanted to go to Miller to transmit the recording materials in the PDA, but felt that Miller should be in a restless state at this time, so it would be better to calm him down for a while. So he agreed to Wang Chen and Yazi's proposal.

The three of them went to the small cabin next to the living cabin - this was originally a place where household garbage was stored for recycling, and no one usually came. On the way, they met several researchers, who also looked serious and ugly, as mentioned before, the space station was filled with a heavy and strange atmosphere.

Wang Chen began to explain the situation: "Gao Jie, do you remember that there is a record on the space station that mentions that three satellites once crashed into a wormhole to explore the space on that side, but in the end they did not send any information back. ”

"Remember...... Could it be said? ”

"Yes, some signals came back, but the Commander and the people at the Space Command thought it was important to keep it secret from the general public." Wang Chen said cautiously, "He handed over the signals sent back to Lucien and them (the team of astronomers) to study, because of the influence of the huge gravitational difference, these signals have been completely fragmented, but they can analyze some content, but this is not the most important ......."

Bud continued: "The information sent back is a repeated, routinely sent calibration signal, and the final signal shows that the longest working time of these three satellites has exceeded the original design life by 10 times, about 150 years, but 150 years ago, even the 'mule project' did not even start!" It is certain that there must be a difference in the speed of time passage between the two sides of the space, so they began to calculate the time conversion between the two spaces along this line. ”

Gao Jie shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand much here.

Wang Chen explained in time: "Time is not constant, and the closer you get to a black hole, the easier it is to distort time, and the greater the difference in the speed of time passing." And the wormhole is very close to the center of the Milky Way, and the center of the Milky Way happens to be a huge black hole! So—" Gao Jie nodded lightly and motioned for the two of them to continue.

"They [the team of astronomers] analyzed the signals coming back, calculated the repetition frequency period, and finally determined the time ratio between the wormhole and our location." Yazi pursed her lips and said, judging from her hesitant expression, this number did not seem simple.

"How much?" Gao Jie took a deep breath and nervously waited for an answer.

"We're 1 hour, 10 years over there."