General Emek's words made Xiao Yun fall silent again. General Emak seemed to have a lot of confidence in Xiao Yun, but Xiao Yun, who was the person concerned, was really at a loss.

Seeing Xiao Yun's silence, General Emek asked Xiao Yun a question as if chatting casually: "Xiao Yun, are you really sure...... Is the robot empire that has developed that can replicate itself infinitely invincible in this universe? ”

"Of course I can't be sure." Xiao Yun replied, "I can only say...... They are invincible within a certain level. As long as it is not crushed by the unrivaled technological strength, then the robot empire can use its huge number to smooth out this gap. After all...... Robot empires don't have internal consumption and other miscellaneous things, they are born with the mission of constantly copying themselves, the more the better. ”

"You mean to say that the Robot Empire has a great advantage over a group-living intelligent civilization like human civilization, right?" General Emak asked.

"Of course." Xiao Yun nodded.

"So why hasn't our galaxy been taken over by the Robot Empire yet?" General Emak spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders, "After all, according to your calculations, it only takes tens of thousands of years for a full-fledged robot empire to occupy an entire river system. ”

"General, why do you think our galaxy should be taken?" Xiao Yun asked rhetorically.

"It's a pretty obvious thing." General Emmerk tapped a finger on the table and said, "You don't think that we are the only human civilization in this galaxy, do you?" ”

"Of course not." Xiao Yun denied, "Although there is no direct observational evidence. But judging by what we have seen and heard in human civilization...... Since two civilizations can be born in one solar system. There's no reason why the remaining 100 billion stars in the galaxy can't give birth to intelligent civilizations. ”

"So do you think our human civilization is the earliest civilization in the galaxy?" General Emak continued.

"Obviously not." Xiao Yun said. "The age of the Milky Way is already tens of billions of years, and even if we count from the beginning of hominids, the entire history of our human civilization is only a few million years old. I think there must have been many intelligent civilizations in this galaxy that were born before our human civilization. ”

"I think so, too." General Emak said, "And if it is inevitable that a civilization will eventually give birth to a robot empire, and the robot empire has a natural huge advantage over civilizations of the same level, or the technological gap is not too large...... This galaxy should have been occupied by the Robot Empire long ago. ”

Xiao Yun nodded silently. The rate at which the Robot Empire multiplies is almost unimaginable, a normal Robot Empire. Even if they could only travel at twice the speed of light, it wouldn't take long to capture an entire river system.

"But it's clear that our galaxy isn't being taken over by the Robot Empire." General Emak shrugged his shoulders again, "What does that mean?" This means that the Robot Empire may not be as scary as we think. Once the key points are found, the key tricks are found, it may not be difficult to destroy a robot empire - it is even so simple that even an aging civilization like Mars can do it. In that case, why can't our human civilization do it? ”

"But I can't think of a way to destroy an army of robots that can replicate itself infinitely and that may have spread." Xiao Yun said gloomily, "General, can you think of such a way?" You imagine that. One occupies several star systems, up to hundreds of trillions of trillions in number. And how do you wipe out the army of robots that are still spreading? Don't forget, it must be wiped out, because if only one is missed, it will flourish again in just a few decades. ”

General Emak smiled and said, "Of course I can't think of this way. But...... If even a soldier can find a way, what else do I want you, an AI expert, to do? Don't forget, it's your job, not mine. If all our speculations come true...... I'm only responsible for providing you with support, and you still need to find a solution. ”

"Why do you trust me so much?" Xiao Yun raised his head and looked straight into General Emmerke's eyes, "You and the Yuan Yuan are important figures in our civilization, why do you think that the key to solving the robot empire falls on me?" Is it just because the robots didn't kill me, and that challenge-like message that came from somewhere? I don't think that's a good reason. ”

"I'm sorry, Xiao Yun, it's enough for you to know that I, the Führer, and some of the rest of our civilization trust you very much, as for why we trust you......" General Emak said, narrowing his eyes and looking Xiao Yun up and down with an inexplicable gaze: "You don't need to know this. It may be said that your current level is not enough, and this level of classified information cannot be disclosed to you. ”

"But I want to know." Xiao Yun said.

"Not right now." General Emak shook his head, "If you insist on knowing, I'll tell you about it at the right time." ”

Xiao Yun was silent again, but his brain was still running wildly.

"General Emmerk, as well as the Führer and others, have withheld some information from me, and it is this information that makes them think that I have the ability to solve the robot empire. So...... Does this mean that the fact that the things in the Raqqa system are infinitely replicating robots has been confirmed? Why, then, did General Emmerk tell me before that the Führer's team of think tanks gave him a forty percent probability? ”

As if he had seen through Xiao Yun's inner thoughts, General Emak smiled again, and walked over and patted Xiao Yun on the shoulder: "Young man, don't be cranky, except for this one thing that I have hidden from you, all the rest of what I said is true, and there is nothing else to hide from you." ”

"Alright, you go out first, the expedition will officially begin after a month of preparation, and we will spend fifteen years sailing to the Raqqa system. You'll start hibernation in a month's time, and I'll wake you up when you reach the Raqqa system. General Emak continued.

Xiao Yun stood up and was about to say goodbye to General Emek, but at this moment, a communications soldier hurriedly rushed into General Emek's office, and without waiting for General Emek to speak, he said loudly: "Report to General, there is an urgent military report from the Raqqa system!" ”

General Emak frowned, then glanced at Xiao Yun, and Xiao Yun immediately said, "General, then I will leave first." ”

General Emak said, "No, you can stay here, since you are from the Raqqa system, then you should listen to it too." ”

Xiao Yun nodded and stood aside. General Emak gestured to the signal soldier, and the signal soldier raised his arm and operated on the laptop computer, and a three-dimensional projection appeared in front of the three of them.

In the projection is a bald, middle-aged man in a white lab coat who appears to be a scientific researcher. After the projection turned on, the middle-aged man hurriedly said, "Report General, according to the latest observations, we have found that the Raqqa Star has a very abnormal flicker in the previous period. We don't know what caused the flickering, but this is an unusual incident that we thought we should report back to you. ”

The Raqqa system is the destination of the expedition and the place where there may be infinite replicating robots, and every move from there will be valued.

But Xiao Yun felt that something was wrong. Raqqa is a sub-brown dwarf, its mass is extremely low, its temperature is extremely low, it is basically invisible from the visible light band, but at this moment the middle-aged man said that it flickered?

But the middle-aged man answered the question in Xiao Yun's heart in the next moment. The middle-aged man continued, "We have observed that the star has been unusually dimming in the infrared band since a month ago, and the dimming amplitude has been fluctuating, as if it was flickering. The flickering continued for a month, until recently, when the brightness of Raqqa returned to normal levels. ”

Xiao Yun sighed in his heart, and secretly thought, "It turned out to be the flickering of the infrared band." ”

General Emak asked, "What does this flicker mean?" What are the reasons for this? ”

"It's not clear." The bald middle-aged man said, "But as far as we can guess...... This may be due to the large amount of interstellar material occluding. It is possible that during this month, a large amount of interstellar material appeared between Raqqa and us, blocking the radiation of Raqqa, so we can observe this phenomenon. However, this kind of flickering has not occurred in the past few hundred years, and only recently appeared, and we believe that these flickering are most likely not natural. ”

"At the same time...... Because our observatory is more than 20 light-years away from the Raqqa Galaxy, these flashes actually occurred more than 20 years ago, and we didn't notice them until now. ”

General Emak said lightly: "Continue to closely observe the Raqqa system, every move there will be reported to me." (To be continued.) )

PS: The second update arrives ~ continue to ask for tickets ~ tickets ~