Chapter 55: Energy Crystal and the Golden Triangle Region
Luo Tiancheng combined the knowledge of the other universe and compared it with the civilization level proposed by the earth, and was shocked to find that the energy consumption of each level of civilization would indeed increase in an order of magnitude.
However, the energy consumption per unit area is increasing, and in the past, within 1 square meter, the energy emitted by the ignition of wood and the energy dissipated by burning coal, or the energy of igniting heat dissipation by filling up with oil are all increasing, and the energy content per unit volume is increasing at the same time.
Energy crystals are the common currency of all universes, and the energy per unit area of energy crystals varies from different levels, energy crystals can be naturally formed or artificially formed, and the carriers of energy crystals can be diverse, which is equivalent to the evolution level of the origin genes of various intelligent races.
The carrier of energy crystals can also be jumped, and the jump of energy is equivalent to the level of energy crystals, and ordinary substances will completely collapse because they can't withstand the infusion of energy. After the carrier that can withstand the energy infusion obtains energy, the internal structure stores more and more energy, and gradually forms a crystal on the outside to surround the original substance, this process is called material energyization in civilization, which is needed for the development of the race, so it is named "energy crystal", referred to as "energy crystal".
The energy crystals of high-grade material carriers can be recycled, but after the energy in the energy crystals is released sharply in a short period of time, the material energy crystals will automatically collapse, crack into particles, and dissipate in the universe, so a large number of low-level civilizations have strict requirements for the use of energy crystals, after all, there are not many substances that can be used as energy carriers.
According to Luo Tiancheng's understanding in China, from the memory of later generations, in order to catch up with the world's front-end technology, Huaguo has led to a large number of imitations and copycats of products with technical content in the world, and the subsequent level of innovation and self-development can not even enter the top 20 in the world, which has affected two generations, which can already reflect the results of technological leap, Luo Tiancheng does not want the technology he provides has not been digested and absorbed by the Chinese, forming a technological fault.
Failure to obey the laws of natural development and the use of external forces to forcibly break the process of racial development will lead to deformed racial development...... Luo Tiancheng didn't want to see this happen, and it was acceptable to appropriately improve the progress of science and technology.
Luo Tiancheng suddenly remembered that in addition to the frequent wars in Africa and the Middle East, it seems that the Golden Triangle region has always been unstable, and according to his habit of watching the news through these years, the Golden Triangle, which has been vigorously hit in the past few years, has begun to be chaotic again.
The Golden Triangle refers to a triangular area located in the border areas of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos in Southeast Asia, which is famous for its long-term abundance of opium and other drugs and is the world's main drug producing area.
The "Golden Triangle" covers more than 3,000 villages and towns in northern Myanmar and Kachin State, Chiang Rai and northern Chiang Mai in Thailand, Luang Namtha Province, Phongsali and Oudomxay provinces in Laos, and Luang Prabang Province in western China.
The average altitude of the region is 1500-3000 meters, the land is fertile, and the climate is warm and humid. The long-term sunshine in the subtropics makes it enough to have enough sunlight to promote the growth of all kinds of plants, the changes in the monsoon zone in Southeast Asia make the formation of dry and wet seasons here, the southwest monsoon brings a large amount of moist and hot water from the sea in summer to form the wet season when the rainfall is abundant, and the dry season is formed when the dry and cold monsoon belt in the north is affected by the east season, and this periodic change regulates the rhythm of local organisms.
The Mekong River is another important geographical reason for the formation of the "Golden Triangle", it flows straight south from Qinghai in northwest China, through six countries of China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, with a total length of 4,009 kilometers of river to cut off the lofty mountains and mountains of Southeast Asia, plus numerous deep valleys and turbulent tributaries between the mountains, resulting in countless canyons and cliffs, forming a large traffic blind spot. Due to the above special geographical reasons, the Golden Triangle region is less connected with the developed regions in terms of economy and culture.
The Golden Triangle is rich in opium poppies and is famous all over the world for producing opium, heroin and other drugs through local warlords and drug lords. The Golden Triangle region, the Golden Crescent region on the borders of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan, and the Silver Triangle on the border of Colombia and Venezuela are known as the world's three major drug sources.
At the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, Britain, the United States, France and other countries successively went to the area to teach planting, refining, marketing technology, and to take the purchase of opium, in the 50s of the 20th century, the first opium production climax was formed here, and then there was a "golden age" in the 60s, the output rose from dozens of tons to about 200 tons, to the early 80s, the output has reached about 700 tons, increased to 1200 tons in 1988, doubled in 1989, and the output reached 2400 tons.
In the 20th century, the area was home to many of the most famous drug lords, and for a long time, it has been home to rebels and other drug forces, so it is also known as the "adventurer's paradise". For example, Kun Sha, Luo Xinghan, Peng Jiasheng, etc. In order to produce and sell drugs, these drug lords have organized a group of well-armed local armed forces to openly confront the central governments of Myanmar and Thailand.
In the past, the most drug-producing local forces in Myanmar were Kokang in the First Special Region and Wa State in the Second Special Region, which were actually controlled by local warlord forces, but they were still subject to the central military government of Myanmar and had great autonomy rights, which also facilitated their own supply and trafficking of drugs.
In the late 70s and early 80s of the 20th century, as the Burmese and Thai armies intensified their attacks on the Khunsar group, a number of opium poppy plantations were destroyed, and at the same time, the United Nations Drug Control Foundation allocated special funds to implement the policy of replacing opium poppy cultivation with cereal and coffee in the "Golden Triangle" region. Over a period of time, opium poppy production fell sharply, with the "Golden Crescent" in Central Asia once replacing the Golden Triangle as the world's largest opium production base.
However, since 1986, opium poppy production in the "Golden Triangle" has rapidly recovered and developed, and production has increased dramatically, far exceeding the record high, and once again becoming the world's number one opium production base.
Every year, 60%~70% of the world's heroin is trafficked through the "Golden Triangle" region, and the annual production capacity of heroin in this region can meet the needs of global heroin consumption for two years.
If there is chaos, there is a chance, if the world has been developing peacefully, it is estimated that Luo Tiancheng can only shrink into a corner and develop silently, Luo Tiancheng secretly keeps the Golden Triangle in mind......
Now Luo Tiancheng has no technology in his hands that can be taken out, and the technology content on the earth is too low, and there is no record at all in the heart of the swarm, although there are a large number of technologies from other cosmic civilizations in the heart of the swarm, but there are not many livelihood technologies in the planet, in the eyes of the Zerg, the human beings on the earth belong to the indigenous people, there is no genetic level evolution, there is no technology for star immigration, and 25 billion people and 200 countries are huddled on one planet, which is simply incredible.
Luo Tiancheng has an optical brain based on light quantum, which can only record 0 and 1 like semiconductors, and can represent multiple states at the same time. If a semiconductor computer is compared to a single instrument, an optical quantum computer is like a symphony orchestra that can handle many different situations in one operation, so a 40-bit optical quantum computer can solve a problem that a 1024-bit electronic computer has spent decades solving.
Luo Tiancheng has 10-bit, 20-bit, and even 500-bit light brain technology in his hand, but now he doesn't even understand 2-bit 0 and 1 thoroughly in China, and there are even a large number of people who haven't even touched the computer, and the 10-bit light brain technology is even darker, and they don't know anything.
On a starship, a huge amount of computing data is required, and the computing speed of 2-bit is completely unable to meet the operation needs, and only the master brain seeking multi-bit elements can realize the timeliness of data transmission. It is impossible to say that the captain sent a command to activate, and the time between receiving the information and the reaction of the main brain was delayed by more than 10 minutes, and it is estimated that it would have been destroyed long ago in an interstellar war.
What's more, to achieve global information exchange, and even information exchange within the star system - at this stage, the earth is more and more complex to achieve global data, only by increasing the number of servers to meet the communication requirements, and even in the 2030s, personal computers are actually 2-bit enough, but for the calculation of cutting-edge technology, the computing speed of 2-bit can not meet the requirements, which requires the development of optical quantum computers.
A 4-bit computer alone is twice as fast as a 2-bit computer!