"For the case of exponential development, you can refer to Moore's Law, which has been correct for decades, to the speed of computers, to the explosion of the population...... Referring to all the energy controls of our human civilization, you will find that 'exponential growth' is everywhere. ”

"You might be wondering why I'm talking about exponential growth, and what does that have to do with human civilization and what I call 'undersea civilization.'"

"That's a question I can answer right now."

"Because, I'm going to estimate one thing through the concept of 'exponential growth.'"

"What I want to estimate is: how weak our human civilization is."

When Duan Qing said this, Xin Zhengzhong, the commander of the self-defense system next to him, jumped out and expressed his incomprehension of the word "weak". Regarding the great changes and exponential growth of human civilization, he can only understand them in general, and he does not understand them very well. However, the fact that "human civilization is weak" is obviously contradictory to Duanqing's previous statement of "strong".

Duan Qing glanced at him, waved his hand, and motioned for him to return to his seat and continue to listen.

"There is no contradiction." "Human civilization is a civilization that is both strong and weak. ”

"Strong, it's to compare it with yourself."

"In the history of tens of thousands of years, we have exceeded our limits by an infinite number of tens. This is a testament to our ability to grow exponentially! It shows that we have unlimited potential! ”

"But at the same time, we are weak. This is compared to the vastness of the universe, and to the 'other civilizations' that may exist. ”

"There is a very popular estimation system for the strength of civilization levels."

"This system divides civilization into three levels."

"At the first level, we can fully grasp the full amount of energy provided on the planet and have rudimentary astronautical capabilities. This energy includes all available energy such as solar, nuclear, and geothermal energy. ”

"At the second level, we can fully grasp the energy that the galaxy provides us. This energy refers to the complete use of solar energy, extracting all the energy in the super fireball 150 million kilometers away and using it, such as the fantasy Dyson sphere. ”

"At the third pole, we can fully grasp the energy of the entire river system, including the energy of the hundreds of billions of stars in the river system, the super black hole in the center of the river system, and the possible existence of dark matter 20 times heavier than all visible stars! Completely become the overlord of the entire river system. ”

"It's a grading method that has been passed down to the public."

"So, if we use this hierarchy, what exactly is the level of our human civilization?"

"You might think it's level one?"

"No, far worse! It's too far off. ”

"The gap between this is like that of a beggar on the street and a billionaire!"

"As I said before, our human civilization has a nuclear bomb and seems to have the ability to destroy the world, but in fact, our nuclear bomb is just an itch for the earth."

"If you compare the earth to the human body. Then the world's largest nuclear bomb, the Tsar Bomba, is equivalent to a bacterium on your finger to remove waste from its cells! ”

"As for the tsunami up to 13, it's just the equivalent of taking a shower for the human body!"

"And the so-called reaching the first level of civilization strength, converted into the metaphor of the human body, is equivalent to completely mastering all the energy of the human body!"

"Imagine losing weight...... It takes 70 kilometers to lose a kilogram of fat, and you can imagine how much energy is stored in the human body! ”

"You can imagine how insignificant the nuclear bomb in the hands of mankind is compared to the entire earth."

"It is said that human civilization is weak for this reason."

"All of our nuclear bombs together would be enough to trigger a geographic change as big as the Indian Ocean tsunami, which would be enough to consume all the energy at human disposal."

"And this energy is increased by six or seven orders of magnitude, that is to say - hundreds of thousands of times more - to reach the strength of the civilization under the sea - the civilization that caused the tsunami."

"And whether it is us or the civilization hidden at the bottom of the sea, there is still a considerable gap between it and the first-level civilization in the distant imagination.

"And this is just the first level of civilization, there are second and third levels on it......"

"You can understand now that what I said about the weakness of our human civilization is really a relatively speaking, more objective description."

It took Duanqing a lot of time to finally give a general overview of the civilization system.

From the early stage of the development of human civilization when Ru Mao drank blood, to the agricultural civilization, to the industrial revolution, to the civilization that can cause a 13-level tsunami, to the classification of the legendary cosmic civilization......

The gap between each civilization and each civilization can be described as "exponentially growing".

This may be analogous to Yin Zhiping can't beat Qiu Chuji, and Qiu Chuji can't beat Wang Chongyang. Yin Zhiping - Qiu Chuji - Wang Chongyang is a "linear system", and the difference in strength between them before is not large, which can be made up by quantity; However, in the "exponential growth" system corresponding to the linear system, the gap between generations is so large that it cannot be smoothed out by quantity.

"After knowing this." Duan Qing continued: "We can ignore those things that are too far away for the first time, and simply focus on the present. ”

"If a powerful civilization hidden at the bottom of the ocean wants to destroy all of humanity at once, what should they do?"

"They should know that human beings may not be strong individually, but their adaptability and resurrection ability are close to that of a bug-level creature like Xiaoqiang, so the best way to do it is ...... It is also the most convenient way, which is to turn all the sea water where they are! ”

"Stir up all the sea, flood all the land, and maybe you can kill the human beings who breathe with their lungs instead of their gills, and 13 and the day the tsunami ends, that is, when they come out!"

"This is the enemy we are going to face after the 13th tsunami!"

"Remember one thing, they are six or seven orders of magnitude stronger than us, which is a difference in energy of hundreds of thousands of times."

"Of course, there is another premise for talking about these problems, that is, we must survive, that is, to ensure that we will not be drowned after this imminent super tsunami."

"Only by surviving the tsunami can we be qualified to talk about 'after.'"

"And if you want to survive the tsunami......" Duan Qing said here, looking at Xu Liang with burning eyes, "You need a ship." ”

"A ship capable of fighting a super tsunami, an incomparably huge ship."

"I've been building this ship for ten years."

"So, now it's finally back to the beginning, and back to the purpose of why I came here and stood here in the first place."

"My big ship."

She said, "Listen to me so much...... Do you still want to blow it up? This is our only reliance! ”

(To be continued)