"It's ...... Planet-level superlifeforms? Planet level? ”

"Yes, after judgment, we believe that most of the life on this planet, including microbes as well as most of the plants, most likely formed a single self-consciousness."

"However, this consciousness is still in the initial stage of ignorance, and it needs a certain degree of education before it can form a complete intelligence."

“…… Really? Li Yueyue shrugged her nose a little incredulously.

The anthropomorphic AI nodded, and said with a smile: "In the myths and legends of the earth, there is a similar statement, it is called Gaia Life. ”

"In ancient times, people proposed that all life on the earth can form an organic whole, so the ecological environment of the whole earth has a certain ability to self-regulate. But here we see this true cosmic miracle, and the planet does have a holistic sense of self. ”

Everyone in Lin Yueyue's team was curiously looking at the planet under their feet, its surface was filled with a thick atmosphere, and the entire ocean was a milky white.

The entire ocean is home to a large number of plants, microorganisms, and some strange tissue structures. These tissues need to be replenished by other microorganisms in order to survive.

Most creatures are able to live in harmony, and competition with each other is gentle, but most of the time they live in harmony.

"You see, at the microscopic level, the microorganisms in the ocean, like the cells in the human body, have a clear division of labor. Some are responsible for producing nutrients, some are responsible for providing energy, and some are distributed neural network structures that can feed back information and connect the entire ocean, which is indeed a fairly rare evolutionary model. ”

One girl couldn't help but ask, "So how did this planet come to be?" The traditional ecological environment will not form such a living body, right? ”

Special living organisms, naturally brewed by special environments.

The planet's code name is KIC00***91234, a peculiar planet with high speed rotation and intermittent magnetic fields. It is estimated that in the early days of the planet's formation, there was an extremely abundant sea of organic matter.

Its organic matter is at least thousands of times more abundant than that of the earth!

It is not uncommon for this phenomenon to occur, such as Titan in the solar system, which is also full of organic matter, including some lakes of organic matter, including methane, ethane and so on. These naturally occurring organic matter provide a lot of nutrients for the emergence of life.

But what is rare is that the environment of this planet is special, its magnetic field sometimes declines greatly, and without the defense of the magnetic field, the solar wind and cosmic rays will sweep the planet without hindrance, killing the primitive creatures above; And sometimes the magnetic field will be greatly enhanced, and even this strong magnetic field can affect the growth of life.

According to the analysis and calculation of superhumans, this periodic change in the magnetic field may be one of the main reasons for the formation of consciousness by all creatures on the planet.

"In ancient times, the organic environment of this planet was too abundant, but the ecological environment was relatively poor, so that in the early days of these primitive life, there was not much competition between microorganisms, but most of them cooperated with each other," the AI explained to the students. ”

"You think, the surrounding environment is full of organic matter, there is no lack of energy, but the environment is very harsh, only cooperation, can better survive in the harsh environment, so in the long-term effect of time, it has gradually evolved into a collective consciousness. This consciousness is able to automatically regulate most of the life in the ocean of organic matter, allowing microbes to appear a symbiotic phenomenon. ”

"And then the neural structure evolved."

"Due to the formation of life on the planet as a whole, other single-consciousness life forms cannot evolve."

"Of course, this is just a preliminary guess, and the exact cause is yet to be investigated."

In the face of this miraculous statement, the students were all amazed.

This strange planet can be regarded as the most amazing discovery of new humans in the Large Magellanic Nebula for so many years!

A large number of research forces have gathered near the planet, not only traditional humans who have come here for tours, but also well-known transhuman scientists, plus scientists from allied hemisphere civilizations, and even a battle star has been moved.

"Now, will we be able to land on this white planet?" Lin Yueyue asked.

"Of course you can, but you need a certain degree of reporting, in order not to disturb this strange life form, you can land on the planet every day, and the number of tourists is limited. You can register first, wait a few days, and then there will be a tour notification. ”

Seeing that her companions showed expressions of interest, Lin Yueyue greeted: "Let's go, let's go to register first, and then go to the museum on the planet to see how the research goes......"

"Let's go."

All board an anti-gravity ship.

A girl sitting next to her was a little curious and said, "Sister Yueyue, you have been emotionally fluctuating a lot these days, are you in love?" ”

"Huh? How can it be? Who do you listen to? ”

"You're so good, and you're so cute, aren't there any boys to pursue?" The girl was a little gossipy.

Lin Yueyue played with her for a while, and there were naturally many people who pursued her, but she rejected them, how could women in the new era indulge in romance.

"I am an advocate of the classical human mind...... Those boys whose minds are controlled by hormones are too boring. ”

"Classical humans? Is that the Platonic concept of love? Oh?! Really fake! So traditional! ”

"It's the first time you've known me. Those who indulge in their desires have been thrown into the virtual world by the superhumans to fend for themselves! ”

"And what should I do if a boy chases me?"

"It depends on whether he is interesting and ambitious, if he is simply hungry for your body, forget it, ask him to find a robot."

Just like that, the chat room arrived, and the destination arrived.

In the new human civilization, the largest museum above each battle star is called the "Museum of Wonder".

These museums are tourist attractions in the new human civilization trading market. Almost every alien civilization that comes to the trading market will come here for a tour.

Its price is naturally free, which can be regarded as expanding the horizons of low-level civilizations and spreading the popular culture of new human civilizations, which can be regarded as a kind of cultural export.

Sure enough, a new branch has opened in the "Marvel Museum" dedicated to the newly discovered planetary lifeform "Beta".

The central screen is full of pictures and on-demand videos, and the superhuman group has been educating this creature for decades, and some progress has been made.

Some hemispheres also lingered in the museum, and "crackling" applause could be heard everywhere. They still haven't gotten rid of their love of applause.

"Hello, I'm AI No. 091, and I'm here to serve you." Artificial intelligence in the museum can automatically interpret the information in the museum for visitors.

This planetary lifeform is currently named "Beta". Because the original environment only had one consciousness and did not form a complex society, its intelligence did not evolve for a long time. It was only after the discovery of it by human beings that it possessed the most rudimentary intelligence after a series of indoctrination.

Lin Yueyue sighed: "Yes, society is an important factor in the formation of wisdom. If a baby is born in a blank environment, his mind will only be blank, and there will be no concepts such as language and words. ”

"How should beta's education be conducted?"

091 said: "According to current research, the formation of the intelligence of living beings is divided into three stages. ”

"The first is the most elementary stage of 'not seeing is equal to forgetting'."

Before Beta carried out this "to see is to forget" experiment, there was practically nothing in its mind other than what it could see, hear, and touch at the time.

In other words, what it perceives is all it perceives.

"What does that mean?" A boy had a curious look on his face.

Artificial Intelligence No. 091 explained: "For humans, 4-month-old babies are in the initial stage of "not seeing is equal to forgetting", and robot parents can play "grimace" games with babies during this period. When the mother covers her face with both hands, she suddenly lets go, and the baby laughs. ”

"Because at this stage, when a child can't see his mother, he thinks that his mother doesn't exist. In the world he knew, his mother disappeared and then he forgot. ”

"Then, when Mom suddenly appears in front of him, he will be very surprised by the memories of the past, and he will laugh out loud."

"So mentally retarded...... But it seems to be like this," one boy sighed.

"We weren't so mentally retarded before...... Haven't you volunteered in a kindergarten? Grimacing can make a child laugh, and it's tried and tested. ”

"It turns out that Beta is so mentally retarded, I thought he was so smart that he could learn everything in one day."

The girls collectively have a strong maternal love, even if their maternal love object is a huge planet.

091 continued, "It is conceivable that intelligent beings do need to make a leap of self-consciousness before they can understand that even if something is invisible to itself, it still exists. ”

"We call this ideology a naïve materialist theory of the immortality of matter."

"There are a lot of animals that don't develop this kind of cognition; With this kind of cognition, it is a leap forward in the form of wisdom. And Beta is in this phase of indoctrination. ”

“…… It's been decades since we discovered this planet. Lin Yueyue was a little puzzled

The AI replied, "It's not that the intelligence is low, it's that the work of training is complicated." For Beta, its own perception is too strong, and it is able to perceive almost all of the planet. For it, everything is visible, and even the concept of 'invisible' is difficult to form. ”

"It doesn't even know what the so-called invisibility is."

"It was only after the superhuman appeared again and again that it slowly understood this concept, and it turned out that there were still things in this world that it could not perceive."

On the big screen in the museum, there is a video of experts educating about this vast living being: a huge glass ship has been built above the planet's ocean, and a number of colorful sensor light bulbs have been installed on board.

As soon as the ship is violently shaken, the light bulb will glow, and if the shaking stops, the colorful light will stop.

This massive planetary "beta" can easily form a joint force through the movement of microorganisms in the same direction to create waves. During one of its actions, he spotted a steamer that would shine, and began to swing it again and again, looking extremely happy.

"Does this kind of education increase intelligence?" Lin Yueyue asked.

"Yes!"

"In this way, the activity of the beta is no longer limited to the subject itself, but begins to involve the influence on the object, and the object is affected and in turn causes the subject to act on it, so that through the influence of the action and the result of the action, the subject has a circular connection with the object, and finally gradually the action (means) and the action result (goal) are differentiated, and the action is exercised to achieve a certain goal."

"From shaking the toy aimlessly by accident to shaking the toy purposefully and repeatedly, intelligent movements began to sprout."

"But at this stage, the differentiation between ends and means is not yet complete. In other words, we don't know why Beta gave birth to the so-called 'purpose'. ”

"Okay......"

For those superhumans who think about the so-called philosophical tree, Lin Yueyue has always admired it incomparably.

However, if she can't figure out something, she won't think about it, otherwise it will be a mediocrity.

In the video that followed, scientists can be seen sending spacecraft in the sky from time to time, and using a series of optical stealth methods.

The ships appeared and disappeared, leaving Beta puzzled.

However, he fell in love with the game of "peek-a-boo", and his understanding of the immortality of objects began to become complicated, and he tried to find them everywhere after they disappeared.

"This is the second stage of intellectual development. For a specific discussion, you can refer to the book "Biology and Cognition". ”

After visiting the whole museum, it was also an eye-opener for the group, and they sighed again and again that this trip was worth it. Even if the new human civilization is already a fifth-level civilization, there are still many, many mysteries that have not yet been explored.

……

"How far can its ultimate intelligence go? How many levels of civilization can it develop? ”

"This question...... But I don't think it's going to be too smart. ”

On the 6th day, Lin Yueyue's team finally waited for the place to visit the "Beta" up close.

In the midst of an excited discussion, everyone stepped onto the shuttle. Lin Yueyue felt that her heart was beating fast. Girls in this era basically don't choose to give birth by themselves, and there is often a little excess of maternal love. They just like to be innocent and innocent, plus life forms that are dumber than themselves.

In just a few minutes, the shuttle cut into the atmosphere and drew a long white line.

At this time, a white line also appeared on the surface of the sea, which was supposed to be Beta imitating the scratches of the shuttle.

"Has it learned to imitate? It's really fast! One of the girls kept waving at the window, even though it might not make much sense.

"Soon? No, no, no, it only takes a few months for humans to learn this process, and it takes so many years! It's not that fast. ”

"The calm sea below, there is a sense of self, and it feels a little strange to think about it."

"Will he imitate humans? For example, the action of the power armor and the excavator. ”

"It will mimic a very large object, and if you make the power armor the size of a house, maybe an image will appear on the surface of the sea to simulate it."

"We should show it an educational video of a human baby!" Lin Yueyue suddenly made a suggestion.

The artificial intelligence inside the spacecraft replied: "Playing educational videos of human babies has already been proposed by some education experts. But there are more experts who believe that this type of education is not very good, because it will be educated into the ideology of human beings. It is unique and should not be human. Its body structure is not human. ”

"Okay......" Lin Yueyue pursed her lips, disapproving.

She believes that being human is the best.

It is only one person, and there is no way to form a society, so naturally the so-called culture will not be born.

Before coming into contact with humans, Beta was just a dumb and silly being.

In this case, it is only able to passively accept the culture of other races. Since it can only accept the culture of other civilizations, of course, it is the best of mankind, should it accept the hemispheric civilization or the Green Leaf Alliance?

Thinking of this, Lin Yueyue turned around and glanced at the hemisphere civilization tour group sitting behind. One of the hemispheres seemed to notice Lin Yueyuezheng, and quickly raised his head, clapped lightly a few times, and greeted each other.

She responded with a smile and muttered in her heart: "Compared to hemispheres, human culture is indeed quite good......

With that in mind, the ship arrived safely at the surface.

Outside the glass window, scientists are educating them with various shiny toys, and the water splashes wave after wave, and it can be seen that the living form is very interested in these toys.

It's a lot of fun.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if you want to go down and experience it for yourself, you can take a vaporetboat. It will use water waves to propel the motorboat up. ”

"I'll go, I'll go!"

A considerable number of people jumped into the motorboat, playing with the occasional waves.

Lin Yueyue didn't go down to play, she just stayed in the large transport plane, put her hands on her cheeks, looked at her companions, and began to be in a daze......

She was thinking, is there any kind of Gaia creature in the vast universe? If there is no kind, it is too lonely, and only when humans come here can it get some sense of companionship...... How did it survive hundreds of millions of years in the past?

Or maybe there is no concept of loneliness in its thinking. Photosynthesizes alone, grows alone, and if humanity does not come, it will remain in obscurity until the end of the world.

Or a sudden meteorite that smashed the ecological environment to pieces, and then it died.

But how is this not the case with human beings? One person eats hot pot, one person watches a movie, one person goes from day to night, many times it is like this.

Thinking of this, she felt a mysterious sense of loneliness, as if a person had fallen into the void of the universe, and there was a black hole called "loneliness" pulling her mind.

Looking at the lively play of her peers outside the window, Lin Yueyue sighed, she felt that she was out of place with the people around her, she had been like this since she was a child, and she had never changed. There don't seem to be many people who like to think in this era, and many people feel that the problem they have been thinking about for a lifetime can be solved in a second by superhumans, so what else do they think? But Lin Yueyue felt that others were others, she was herself, and no matter how strong others were, the two could not be compared.

"What difficulties are you experiencing?" A voice came from the headset, it was an artificial intelligence that was specifically responsible for Lin Yueyue's life growth. At present, traditional humans have their own exclusive artificial intelligence, and it is quite common to ask for help from artificial intelligence. Especially when the current artificial intelligence is becoming more and more advanced and smarter.

Lin Yueyue recounted her troubles.

The other party replied: "Your question has been thought about by many people, and here I will give the answer given by a well-known scholar." ”

"People seem to be very lively with each other, playing and laughing, but there are very few real bosom friends. This kind of playmate relationship can't afford too many setbacks, and if you don't contact for a while, you may break up. ”

"If you're not willing to engage in these kinds of activities, there's no need to push yourself. Because this excitement is always short-lived, it lasts only through happiness, like a fire without roots, and cannot last for a long time. A true friend should be found in pain. ”

But even if you are a close friend, you have to understand that there is no such thing as empathy in this world, and those you have experienced, no matter how good your friends are, can not truly understand it. That's why you feel lonely. ”

"To solve this problem, you either keep yourself busy and do something meaningful, and there are actually always some like-minded people; Or, find the purpose and meaning of life...... Really good friends, there is no need to have too many, one or two are enough. ”

"Of course, for superhumans, this problem is not a problem, loneliness is a kind of insecurity, and for superhumans, they can create a sense of security for themselves, and there is no need to care too much. It can be understood in this way that loneliness is eternal and long-term companionship. ”

"Thank you for your answer, thank you very much."

"Oh, by the way, there's actually another way to say loneliness."

"What?"

"Due to the affluent life, the peaceful environment, in our civilization, the traditional human beings who can feel this emotion, have been greatly reduced. In fact, only those who have deeply experienced various emotions can better understand themselves. ”

"Know yourself better......" Lin Yueyue shook her head.

"There is also a copy of "The Most Amazing Event in the Universe", about the small probability of loneliness, you can understand what the superhuman understands, what real loneliness is."

Lin Yueyue became a little interested and checked this information. She was about to read, when suddenly, a wave of sea water rushed to the glass window, and it was "Beta" who was greeting her.

This huge and simple life form seemed to sense that Lin Yueyue, who was hiding in the spaceship, was not in a very good mood, and greeted her in her own way.

"Hello!" Lin Yueyue raised her head and said hello to the sea.

Another wave of water crashed onto the glass windows.

"Beta" is beckoning her out to play, and it's the latest way he's learned, almost tried and tested.

"Hehe, I want to read, but ......"

Lin Yueyue just shivered at the first glance of "The Most Surprising Event in the Universe", the content on it was beyond her imagination.

Lin Yueyue sat up from her seat with a numb scalp and scratched her head at a loss.

She felt that she had just become ill, and it seemed a bit hypocritical to think about some inexplicable things.

No, it's too hypocritical, compared to the real loneliness, her psychology is a little bit of complaining like petty bourgeoisie. Compared with those extreme loneliness, what she sighed was a fart, no different from moaning without disease.

Lin Yueyue took out a camera from her backpack, did something she liked, and enjoyed the beauty of the universe, isn't this what she likes to do?

"Let's go out and play, we still have to be full of energy!"

After Lin Yueyue left, the screen still displayed "The Most Amazing Event in the Universe: Loneliness", only to see that it read:

[Cosmic Loneliness Event...... An extreme athlete was seriously injured in an accident and was diagnosed as vegetative by doctors. He lost all movement, couldn't speak, couldn't move, couldn't even blink his eyelids. His relatives put a nutrition tube on him, hoping that he would be able to wake up one day. 】

[Fifteen years later, by chance, the doctor found that he had only lost all the functions of his body, but his brain was still the same as a normal person, and he lay like this for 15 years...... No one knew that he was still conscious, and no one knew that he was still eager to communicate. 】

[But in reality, he was awake.] He was left alone in a hospital bed. 】

[Note: This incident is not a small probability phenomenon, and the tragedy that occurred is not an isolated case, and many patients with still consciousness in civilizations with underdeveloped medical conditions are also misdiagnosed as vegetative people.] Even in the civilization of the earth, similar events have occurred. 】

[Example: In the 21st century, Belgian man Rom Upon was in a car accident and became a vegetative state. Twenty-three years later, through special equipment, he told the world that he had been conscious all these years. 】

[This general state of affairs is a great tragedy, and it is difficult for us to imagine the feelings of the victims in such an extreme state. Therefore, even if it is not a rare event, we still consider this phenomenon to be one of the most extreme loneliness. 】