Chapter One Thousand and Nine: The City, the Prison, the Cemetery
One of the concrete manifestations of the creation, development and growth represented by civilization is the shaping of matter through the operation of energy, making it fit the needs, or ordering.
Creating and maintaining this order requires energy consumption and can be seen as an act of entropy reduction.
The heat death of the universe is from chaos to chaos, which is the opposite of order, and is an entropy increase phenomenon.
In this context, the existence of civilization can be understood as accelerating the process of entropy increase through the act of frantically reducing entropy. Many mass-energy transformations and heat dissipations that would have taken millions of years to complete have been completed in a few years, even days, and hours, thanks to the intervention of civilization.
Not to mention the more direct and violent acts of war, destruction, and so on, that accelerate entropy growth by destroying the gains of order.
Therefore, the more high-end civilization is, the greater the energy consumption, the stronger the destructiveness, and the more prominent the acceleration effect of entropy increase.
So from this point of view, it seems that the extinction of civilization can really delay the arrival of cosmic heat death.
But in reality, it would be a foolish choice to do so.
Because even for a life like C Kane, there is no point in delaying the heat death of the universe itself, what is meaningful is to find a way out for life, of course, mainly for one's own life.
Then, it is the right choice to get out of the pit before the arrival of the cosmic heat death, or to save enough supplies and obtain materials or abilities to resist all kinds of dangers like winter.
And these, in general, can be solved by technology.
How was technology born?
It is nothing more than discovery and creation.
Civilization is a platform for discovery and creation.
Therefore, extinction is not easy to give birth to, but it is easy to destroy, it is simply Shi Lezhi.
But what if it's a civilization that has lost its upward momentum?
That's a real matter of opinion.
Some people think that it is possible for dead trees to sprout new branches in spring, while others think that artificially strengthening the effect of the Black Forest law is the right choice.
Because pressure is the driving force, life is often only under enough pressure to find a new way out in a miraculous way, and this process of finding often represents the progress of ideas and technology.
C Kane is biased towards the latter.
However, he himself does not admit this bias because he is far more indifferent to life (the lives of others) than ordinary people.
At least he doesn't admit it's the main reason.
He felt that if someone else was in his position, the choice in this regard would not be too bad. After all, as a short-lived species, human beings are born with a sense of urgency that time will not wait for me, and they cannot tolerate waiting for thousands of years or 10,000 years.
Therefore, human life is like a 90-minute family movie, 'They are together in the end, very happy!' just because until the moment they came together through hardships, there is no telling about the troubles of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, there is no interpretation of the physiological needs of the wife when she is pregnant, and there is no possibility of deducing the seven-year itch......
And once life is extended, the party-style friendship that can always show the good side of oneself becomes the bump of pots and pans that get along day and night, and the hooves, hooves, claws, and claws are exposed.
This is the disadvantage of the short-lived thinking mode and living habits, and it is also the embodiment of the short-lived species that cannot bear the weight of time.
According to the message given by the Lady of Death, Kane arrived in the first jammed world that fully embodied the world that could not withstand the weight of time and fell into a nightmarish state of failure.
He came here to get an extremely rare hybrid technology product born under a series of coincidences - nano network cloud.
Once this kind of creation is dispersed, in the area it covers, it can complete the reorganization of matter at the molecular level, and theoretically all things can be shaped by thought, as long as there is corresponding material and thought can edit every detail of what is created.
There is no doubt that this creation is an artifact for those who have exploited the brain domain.
Transcendents can complete creation editing through the construction of spell-like models.
On the scientific side, it can be built through computer-like calculations to edit creations.
And the end result is the same, that is, you don't have to carry anything superfluous to shape everything. Even ordinary people can easily create by keeping some formulas in mind.
Of course, C Kane is interested in it, not mainly because it can pretend to be 'out of nothing', but because it represents a more advanced productive force.
And according to the Lady of Death, with it, you can better get the next high-value item, which is the crystallization of high wisdom + high luck, and it is too tyrannical to sit back and watch it die in destruction.
What C Kane likes most is that he can do whatever he wants to get such an object, without constraints or strings attached.
In the words of the Lady of Death, "Even if you destroy the star with one blow, it's up to you." I'm just providing quality information, and it's good that you kill all the creatures in that world as a free debt collection for me. ”
However, when Kane arrived at the place, he found out that he was still somewhat suspected of being deceived.
Looking up, he saw the dome, the atmosphere was as thin as Mars in his memory, he didn't see stars, and the temperature was below minus 100 degrees.
This temperature alone means that this planet-level artificial creation is not a celestial body wandering in the stars.
Because if it is a wandering celestial body, the surface temperature will be lower, and the current temperature only represents the temperature difference between day and night, and perhaps the four seasons, aphelion, perihelion and other factors must be added, because the existence of the atmosphere itself is a kind of embodiment, he can perceive the main components of the atmosphere, and then deduce some information.
The coordinates given by the Lady of Death should theoretically be more comfortable, and more suitable for the initial growth after the Arrival.
However, it is up to him to decide how to play, and he would rather make the problem more complicated and difficult, rather than follow the path designed or planned by others.
For beings like the Lady of Death, beware is a concept that is permanently valid.
After all, when interacting with such beings, there is often a big difference in each other's perception of interests, and talking about feelings is a joke. If you don't talk about money or love, then there's really nothing to talk about, so there's nothing wrong with being careful.
This time, C Kane is almost personally clothed.
The ceiling of the extraordinary combat power of the Marvel Universe outside the cinematic universe is too high, especially after a big collision, those who can survive are either powerful in terms of comprehensive strength or auspicious luck with excellent luck. And no matter which one it is, it can't be done by sending some of his subordinates.
And there is an old yin beep-level security guard here, that is, what if the real purpose of the dead lady is to let the non-Marvel universe information represented by him leak as much as possible?
He is in the 20K universe, no one is scared, the particularity of the 20K universe makes any existence come here, and it is only the level of the ceiling of the laws of this universe.
The comprehensive strength is on the same level as him, and he is not scared at all, after all, there are a series of advantages, including the Kai Divine Palace left to him by the salary king Kane, and the infinite gems after the integration, it is almost the low version of the omniscient and all-powerful supreme gem bonus.
20K universe can be ......
Send miscellaneous fish, I'm afraid it won't work. How can it be easy for a civilization or a force that can create or hold something as magical as a nanonetwork cloud?
If you want to succeed, you have to send high-end combat power, and high-end combat power often means a large investment in technology and information enrichment.
In that case, in the eyes of some people, it is difficult to say whether the nano network cloud is more valuable, or the high-end combat power that he sent to enrich the information of the outer universe is more valuable.
So, he rolled up his sleeves and went into battle himself.
1, so that he is more sure that the soul escapes.
2. Even if he can't escape, he is sure to destroy important information instantly.
3. If he goes on it in person, he can rely on the force to support his strength, and he has the least dependence on technology.
In a cautious manner, he didn't even use the genetic technology system he was best at this time, nor did he use the dark technology system that he was second best at.
Instead, he made a metal druid.
This is an extraordinary combat job designed by himself, as a god who attaches great importance to knowledge and has a wealth of technical accumulation, he has the ability to create an advanced transcendent combat career system.
He also prepared himself a deputy position, the Earth Elemental Envoy.
Combined, these two positions correspond to the most common matter in the universe, earth and metal.
Plus life profession is a spa therapist and hacker. has made up a panacea state with no obvious shortcomings, and the rest is up to the gods and souls to elevate the position.
Do the math, he is now an old goblin who has lived for hundreds of years, and he is quite diligent and unrelenting in his cultivation during this period, and he is still confident in his comprehensive quality.
Shortly after his arrival, Kane squirmed on the rough ceramic-metal earth.
He now looks like a ooze monster, translucent.
In order to get a more suitable body, he arranged for Black Kane to invade the Marvel Universe to learn, and made a Low version of the first advent and then gestation mode.
It was now the gathering stage, so the ground was as clean as a plate licked by a cat.
Unlike the mechanical realms of the Dark Old Dominator universe, there are no flat metal fields in this vast space. Rather, it is a steel jungle of steep, cold and hard buildings, with simple and powerful lines and corners everywhere.
Whether it is perceived by energy or light, the light in the steel jungle can be recognized, let's be regarded as a light, which is very limited, so that the whole complex looks lifeless, like a cosmic fortress operating in an energy-saving state.
This is also in line with the relevant information given by the lady of death.
This megacity, which is about 1.5 times the size of the Earth, originally had a refugee ship at its core.
The Earth from 2260 is called Yingzhou.
After all, the word 'Yingzhou' was used by the ancient Chinese to refer to the immortal mountains above the East China Sea, and later, Dongying once referred to Japan.
According to Ms. Death's popular science, the earth of the universe has developed into a pattern of competition between the East and the West in the second half of the 21st century.
At the beginning of the 22nd century, the conflict between camps due to the competition for resources intensified.
The two sides are fighting fiercely, even with all their might, and seeing that a super war is about to break out, and the invasion from extraterrestrial civilizations will make it impossible for the two sides to temporarily suppress their contradictions and unite with the outside world.
As a result, all the secret weapons that were originally intended to be used on the other side were scolded, and they were not opponents of extraterrestrial civilizations, and later they were almost all supported by superheroes.
However, the ultimate is too passive, the battlefield is always in the solar system, but the rear of extraterrestrial civilizations is not affected, combat power, war materials, a steady stream of transport, superheroes have also fallen in frequent battles.
If you have to say that there is something to gain, then the war with extraterrestrial civilizations has promoted the science and technology dominated by military science and technology.
Just when the confrontation was unsustainable, and the two camps had to prepare for peace and exile, the fourth secret war began.
Since it's called a secret war, there's naturally something to say.
Like the previous three secret wars, one of its characteristics is that when it happens, it is earth-shattering, but only a few know about it afterwards, and most of them forget about it.
Therefore, the people on the Yingzhou, whether it is the captain, the crew, or the people who have taken refuge, do not know the past situation. Only a limited number of people, the former superheroes and current guardians of the Yingzhou, know the truth.
The next few hundred years are stories of interstellar exile and the search for a new home.
After searching for it in vain, the people on the Yingzhou decided to build a home by themselves, so they chose a star similar to the sun, and used one of the planets and its satellites as a resource star, with Yingzhou as the core, and continued to expand outward, and finally had the current super city.
However, the history of struggle from exile to the construction of a megacity is not the focus of this civilization, but rather the fact that the gap between the rich and the poor has reached an outrageous level in the later stages of the construction of the new homeland.
One of its manifestations is the invention of the nano-network cloud.
It allows the small group of people who have power and wealth to gain a power comparable to the power of the gods, and can enjoy the ultimate material life without relying on others.
At this point, the powerful and the general public have been completely separated. The powerful have the power, technology, resources, and productivity, and the production and creation can be completely completed by hyperautomation without ordinary people.
As a result, ordinary people gradually became playthings in the eyes of the powerful. Serious use, there is only one thing left to pick the fruits of technology research and development.
Studying and conducting scientific research is directly linked to survival.
This kind of scientific transformation of the whole people triggered by existential oppression has achieved a scientific and technological leap, but it has also sown the seeds of hatred.
Finally, one day, the demon of science was born from the ordinary people, and the demon launched a hacker-style cyber attack that tampered with some core data, making the privileges of the powerful use of the nano network cloud invalid, and the demon also died in the conflict.
In this way, the megacity has changed from the heaven of the powerful to the prison of everyone.
Lost the core brain of the administrator in accordance with the relevant regulations, as well as in accordance with the old practice, stereotyped operation, with the thinking logic of 'the master is not there, take care of the property for the master', and the human race has been completely expelled.
One party is meticulous and loyal to his duties.
In order to survive, one side follows the other.
As a result, the confrontation continues to escalate, and the core brain also continues to improve the security level.
After a lot of coming and going, killing has also become a common method.
But what really plunged mankind into chaos and quickly died out was the lack of means of subsistence.
After all, it was almost by the 'mercy of successful people' that he was able to have something to eat. Of course, it still looks very good on the surface, and even far more decent than most people in the origin world, after all, after the invention of the nanonetwork cloud, the height of productivity is there.
What puzzled Kane was that the technology was so bad, but it didn't expand to a wide area.
Worried about raising tigers, or the after-effects of interstellar exile?
In any case, more than 3,000 years have passed here, and what is the meaning of the once earth-shattering secrets to millions of human beings who live like rats?
Then, since even the bitter master doesn't care about this, he, an outsider, lacks the motivation to explore the truth.
For him, the main task is to obtain the nano network cloud, and by the way, he can try to help the people here improve the living environment.
But this 'by the way' is also very face-seeking, he has to understand the needs of the people living here before he can know how to help.
The possibility of encountering humans is relatively low, after all, this is 1.5 times the volume of the earth, and it is a three-dimensional space, and humans are living in hiding.
Manipulating Kane's mind, the metal body gradually took shape in a clay-like translucent substance, first forming a central vein around the core, which looked like nerves, but existed in the form of bone marrow, and was most closely protected.
Then there are the bones, then the functional organs, tendons, epithelium......
Finally, a hole is made in the navel, and the translucent substance is quickly sucked in.
It's the embodiment of transcendent technology, and here, Kane theoretically also has the ability to create pocket universes.
Of course, the space where the medium material is stored is just a space magic weapon created by him.
Kane moved his body, and without going into detail, he felt not much different from his body, pressing his skin, which was flexible, elastic, and normal to touch.
The corners of his mouth curled up with satisfaction, satisfied not with the body of the creation, but with the accuracy of the execution, even if the laws of the universe have changed, the generation process still completes the plan with quality and quantity, this is the point.
When you raise your hand, the invisible energy is released, and a silicon substance is precipitated from the ground of the ceramic metal, and then turned into a corset inner armor with obvious honeycomb dents.
With another wave of his hand, the ground near him tore a large piece, and then it was also molecular-level sufficient, forming a series of armor parts in the air, and then lit up with a silver light, like a holy garment, and clasped with his body movements.
This time Kane was not complacent, on the contrary, not very happy.
Originally, he didn't have such an ability, but suddenly he was able to do it, which could only mean one thing, the bonds caused by the Supreme Gem after the integration of the Infinity Stones were more serious than he imagined, and even his divine soul was affected.
That's not a good thing for him. After all, his skills in soul cutting are still relatively rough and jerky.
He now hopes that there will be enough time to mature the technology, or find a way to replace it, otherwise in the current situation, once something goes wrong, he can't escape.