Chapter 180: The Time of a Generation
Homestar is now moving towards the era of intelligence, and the use of robots to replace traditional human labor is a general trend.
Even so, under the provisions of national laws and regulations, many enterprises are still unwilling to use manpower, and are trying to eliminate labor in batches and use more and more intelligent and cheap robot labor.
It is precisely because of these that Dong Qingchen thinks that this "Tylen Empire" has flaws, after all, he is a beneficiary of intelligent labor and knows the convenience of artificial intelligence best, so he asked such a question.
Hearing Dong Qingchen ask this question, Team Leader Ye thought for a while and said: "There is not much information in this regard, after all, this is just a low-level scientific research ship going out, not a library, but we discussed it based on the information in some crew diaries, and also guessed some possibilities." ”
"First of all, there is a premise, Mr. Dong, that is, the intelligence of this spaceship is not high, at most it is only semi-intelligent, you should have noticed it just now."
"Actually, we felt very strange at the beginning, after all, their technology has entered the era of interstellar expansion, it shouldn't be like this, and then after in-depth research, we noticed a word called "Robot Rebellion" in the crew diary, and we understood why they didn't use smart devices......"
Dong Qingchen understood, after all, the word "intellectual machine crisis" has summed up the reason very well, just like the scenes that happened in many science fiction movies on Homestar, they were frightened by the creations they invented, and they also made a shadow in their hearts, so they no longer use advanced smart devices.
Coupled with the fact that they have attacked other living planets and discovered cheap labor, they will definitely not develop too advanced smart devices.
And Ye Yufan also revealed a detail, that is, the overall social pattern of the Tylen Empire, their "Tyran", that is, their emperor, is the pinnacle of the entire population, and then extends to the next level, which is a standard pyramid structure.
If the people below want to work hard to climb up, they have to keep giving until the moment they successfully level up or die completely.
From the perspective of the social development of the home planet, the more developed the intelligence, the lazier human beings become, and the individual differences are getting smaller and smaller, the emperor of the Tyranid Empire is called "Tyranny", and he directly refers to himself by the name of the race, which shows that they very much hope that the greater the individual differences, the better, and even the best can be called "God", and the existence at the bottom can only be like dirt, so even for this, they should not develop too intelligent technology.
Some of the information isn't very clear, not in the ship's database, not in personal records, but scientists have speculated based on the ancient imperial age of Homeplanet, and have some opinions about the non-use of biotechnology for population proliferation.
As a country similar to the feudal social structure, they also provide a channel for rising when emphasizing class, so that the people below will not make too much trouble, and even other intelligent races that have been conquered are the same, as long as they are not pressed too hard, they will accept the rule, even if it is relatively reluctant.
However, these are just speculations based on the ancient situation of the homeland planet, and the aliens may not necessarily act according to this law, after all, the brain circuits of the two sides may be completely different.
And why did they have to enslave intelligent beings on other planets?
It can be guessed that they are simple and rude, tyrannical, martial, and don't like all the bells and whistles, so they use this way to show their strength.
Or maybe people just like it, and they feel that it will be pleasant in their brains, so they want to do it.
For example, some people on the homeland star like sweet, some people like salty, and some people like sour, so don't you allow the Tyranid Empire to like to do other civilizations?
Scientists can only speculate based on limited information, and the true cause can only be known after direct contact with the Tyranid Empire.
In fact, these things are not what they have to think about, what they have to think about is how to deal with the other party after they really call.
It's easy to say anything if you can do it, but it's useless to think about it, especially now that there is not much information, and a lot of it is a blind thought.
"So they're 20 light-years away from us, and the message has only been sent out for a few months, so we now have about 20 years to prepare?" Dong Qingchen asked Ye Yufan.
"This statement is not accurate, the time can't be calculated like this, the information emitted before belongs to laser communication, if there is no accident, it will be about 20 years to Tyranne, but if you analyze it carefully, there will be more accidents here, we have to consider the other party's scientific and technological development status, the expansion of the scope of strength, the importance of this matter, and ......"
Seeing that Team Leader Ye was about to start a tirade analysis again, Dong Qingchen hurriedly stopped, "Don't tell me those details, we probably have 20 years to prepare, right, maybe earlier, or later, but we'd better start preparing with all our strength from now on, and prepare as much as we can, right?" ”
"Yes, that's the case in a nutshell." Ye Yufan touched his face and nodded and said.
"20 years, more is not too much, less is not less," Li Bufan sighed, "a whole generation." ”
At this time, Li Qiong, who had been in a low mood before, spoke, and her interest suddenly became high.
"It's okay, what are you afraid of," Li Qiong played her female personality and slapped directly on the table. "Anyway, there are still 20 years to go, we humans have gone through so many hardships to get to where we are today, I don't believe that we will not be able to pass this hurdle, we are very strong in internal fighting, and even more powerful in unison, who will scare whom, scare them to death!"
"Even if they fail in the end, doesn't it mean that they will enslave the defeated civilization? As long as you live, you still have a chance, even if you can't do it head-on, we still have a military engineering team behind enemy lines, kill them! ”
In an instant, Li Bufan and Ye Yufan, who were a little depressed, were both stunned by Li Qiong, and even Dong Qingchen, who was thinking about countermeasures, was frightened, and gave her a thumbs up and said, "Sister Qiong, you are really a man!" ”
"Yes, Xiao Li is right!"
Li Bufan also reflected that he was "taught" by a little girl, which is really embarrassing.
"Now we haven't seen this Tyranny, we have lost confidence, it seems that our country has indeed been peaceful for too long, and the fighting spirit and blood are gone, if the ancestors who fought in the war years see it, they must laugh to death!"
"What is this scene, we will fight as many as they come, even if we can't beat it," Li Bufan said viciously: "We also have to bite off a piece of meat from them, and they will scream in pain!" ”
Hearing Li Bufan say this, Ye Yufan also raised his glasses, showed a mouthful of white teeth and said with a smile: "Then I will be responsible for sharpening your teeth and letting you see blood!" ”
"That's it, I'm going to report to my superiors again," Li Bufan lifted his spirits, looked at Dong Qingchen and said, "Boss Dong, come with me, we need the strength behind you." ”
"No problem," Dong Qingchen also grinned, "As a human being, it should be." ”