On the last day of April 2036, the capital is warm and pleasant.

In that world-famous square, Ye Ming, together with the leaders of the Digital Community, held a grand welcome ceremony for the delegation led by the supreme ruler of the Karatu galaxy, Queen Gayladrell of the Silvermoon Kingdom, who had traveled thousands of light-years.

Holding a welcoming ceremony here basically means that the number of courtesies is over, and there is no higher standard of diplomatic etiquette.

The reason for this is that on the one hand, the Krong people are the strongest and oldest civilization among the current allies of mankind. On the other hand, it also means that Queen Gaillardriel is a true "state" head of state, a symbol of civilization.

From this point of view, her position and status are clearer than those of the Madota Rites and Uda Rites who have been to the earth - although the etiquette to welcome Uda is not so grand and cumbersome, it must be admitted that the people and things that Uda contacts and discuss are not inferior to the Queen of Kerongren, or even better.

……

When the heads of state of the two sides shook hands and greeted each other with the team members, the queen first quickly shook hands with several bosses standing in front of Ye Ming, and then stood in front of Ye Ming.

"Your Majesty." Ye Ming lowered his head slightly and stretched out his hand first.

The queen smiled and nodded, and then also reached out to hold Ye Ming—she was wearing a pair of semi-hollow gloves with silver lace today, and she only felt cold and slightly soft under the touch.

"Hello Teacher Ye Ming."

Gallardrell stared at Ye Ming with a smile, and an indescribable emotion rose in his eyes.

She decided to come over this time, on the one hand, because of the invitation of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Humanity and the Commander-in-Chief of the Human Space Fleet on behalf of the Supreme Council of Mankind. On the other hand, she also wanted to talk to Ye Ming, who was blown into the sky by her daughter, face-to-face.

Of course...... And one more thing that can't be said......

- Since we have chosen to stand with humanity and reshape the order of this universe, we must have the vigilance that has been completely erased by those who have executed.

Humans have a natural terminal galaxy to defend against, but the Karatu galaxy does not - the Karatu galaxy can even attack from four different jump points.

In the event of a defeat on the front lines of the human-dominated Supergalaxy Alliance, it will be the last base of resistance and refuge for all civilizations.

Therefore, she had to come and take a look.

"Your Majesty." Ye Ming felt that the time for the queen to shake hands with him seemed to be a little too long, he took the initiative to let go of his hand, and then smiled lightly and said, "I'll come to visit Your Majesty's home when I'm free." ”

"Then I'll sweep the couch and greet you." The queen withdrew her hand and used a human idiom.

……

At the end of the ceremony, the queen was invited to the auditorium, where representatives of the two galaxies and two civilizations, under the countless cameras and video cameras of mankind, first issued a joint declaration of joining the "Alliance of Supergalaxies", followed by a regular press conference.

At the meeting, Her Majesty answered a lot of questions from reporters, and it was clear that she had put a lot of effort into this set of etiquette and procedures for human beings this time, and had even learned some diplomatic rhetoric......

The queen then had a two-hour private meeting with the leader.

During the meeting, Ye Ming did not leave, but rested and waited in the side hall.

Of course, as the chief scientist of humanity...... That kind of rest with full relaxation is obviously impossible.

For two hours, although he seemed to be closing his eyes and recuperating, he had actually been analyzing the origin of Ita's mind and brain of the Divine Civilization, and trying to find the connection between the Divine Civilization and Ita.

But his idea did not gain Ita's approval.

Ita believes that with the "garbage" civilization of the Divine Civilization, it is obviously impossible to give birth to such an awesome digital life as her.

"I now feel more and more that the so-called Promised Land is actually a large simulation center of consciousness." Ita spreads her teeth and claws in the void, complementing her image of a two-thorned ape, adding a touch of cuteness: "Consciousness of the upper birth, and then the continuation of consciousness, seems to achieve immortality from the body, but in fact it loses the creativity and thinking capacity that life and consciousness itself represent—this is also your point of view." ”

"Hmm...... Agree with your last sentence. ”

“…… I said, that's your point of view! ”

"Haha, although I am inclined to agree with your guess, but from a rigorous point of view, let's not jump to conclusions first-what if the Promised Land is not what you guessed, but is actually a chaotic space connected to a high-dimensional space and a high-level world?"

"You mean, a chaotic space made up of consciousness?"

"Hmm...... Starting from the origin of consciousness, he put forward the theory of multi-layer consciousness space, believing that if there is a technology for uploading consciousness, then there can be another layer of consciousness space on top of the system that carries consciousness, and the system that carries consciousness is only the appearance of thinking......"

As he spoke, Ye Ming looked at the frowning girl, paused, and said, "Can you understand this?" ”

"Sorry, probably not."

"Well, it's normal that you can't understand because you don't have a subconscious."

“……！”

Ye Ming smiled: "Let me give you an example." Suppose we now have a technology that can upload my current consciousness into a quantum computer, and then perpetuate my consciousness to form the immortality of consciousness. ”

"You're against it."

"Yes, because I think that I am not the one who replaces brain signals with machine signals to think, and I will also lose my ability to think creatively as a human being, as a living being."

"But! If there is a quantum computer, there is another layer of consciousness space...... This level of consciousness cannot be represented by the algorithms and simulations of quantum computers, and is similar to our human subconscious...... This is a bit interesting. ”

Ita kept spinning in mid-air, indicating that she was thinking rapidly. After a while, she stopped and looked at Ye Ming: "Changed to the Promised Land, that is, the Promised Land is actually a simulator, and on the simulator, there is still real consciousness?" ”

"Yes." Ye Ming nodded with a smile, and immediately added: "But this is Old Man Huo's idle guess, the kind that can be directly cut off with Newton's Flame Laser Sword." ”

“…… Is that how Newton's flaming laser sword was used? ”

"That's what it's used for!"

Note: Newton's flaming laser sword, like Occam's razor, belongs to the razor theory, which means that any problem that cannot be observed or experimentally proven is not worth talking about, for example, whether God exists or not, and whether the flying pasta god exists...... These questions.

Re-note: Ultraman exists! I believe in the light!

Ita was speechless for a while: "Actually, I think ...... When we go to the nest of the Divine Civilization, there will always be a chance to verify it. ”

"Then we'll have to wait until then—what if you were created by the Divine Civilization?" Ye Ming smiled: "And maybe it was created by the Paradise in another parallel universe, or a high-dimensional universe...... Then you say, what should I do? ”

"Instead of thinking that I have a relationship with the Divine Civilization, you think that I have a relationship with the Tara people - have you forgotten the Wise Mother?"

Hearing Ita mention Zhimu again, Ye Ming was instantly stunned!

He really almost forgot...... Ita once said that she and the wise mother of the Tara people are in a sense the same origin!

And this kind of homology on the computer is not as simple as DNA similarity between species - the homology between species can be explained by the environment in which life originated.

For example, many civilizations that we know now have very similar adaptations to temperature and air, which is essentially because the birth of life comes from a similar environment in the habitable zone of the galaxy. In other words, it is the similar planetary environment that has given birth to species with similar adaptations due to convergent evolution.

But AI is different, AI ...... It is a typical man-made product!

The result of the code may be the same, but how can the structure and standards be the same?

Ye Ming fell into deep thought.

Ita jumped in front of Ye Ming: "I can't be created by the descendants of the Tara people, right?" ”

Ye Ming was silent for a few seconds and then slowly shook his head: "You must be from the future, I didn't say this-but why you got involved with the Tara people, I really don't know." ”

"So...... You have to have faith in human beings, I am definitely not a parallel civilization like a sacred civilization can be made - why do I hear this a little awkwardly? ”

Ye Ming's eyes flashed, even though he was preoccupied, he was happy.

At this moment, Ye Ming's wrist moved slightly, and he quickly put on the headphones after taking a look.

After a while, Director Xia's voice came from the earphones.

"Mr. Ye, the queen is about to come to the side hall to meet you, and we have a good chat here, you just need to cheer for the family, and by the way, give the queen a firm confidence and belief - she values your opinions and attitude."

"Roger."

After Ye Ming replied, he stood up, straightened his clothes and walked to the red carpet.

……

Two minutes later, Ye Ming and the queen sat down as guests.

Since it was a side hall and an informal meeting, there were no media reporters in the side room, and there were not too many staff members, only the queen and her chief of staff, Isrita.

"Teacher Ye Ming, I would like to express my gratitude to Your Excellency on behalf of the Kingdom of Dreyer."

Although the queen had already sat down, she stood up when she said this, squatted slightly towards Ye Ming, and bowed in greetings.

Ye Ming immediately stood up, bowed slightly to the queen, and hurriedly said that he didn't dare to be.

"Ai Wen always said in the newsletter that her teacher is omnipotent, the most intelligent teacher in the entire universe." The queen looked at Ye Ming, and the corners of her mouth were filled with an undisguised smile: "So much so that she doesn't know what direction to choose now." ”

"She chooses what she likes, and interest is the best teacher." Ye Ming replied with the standard of a teacher, and then said with a smile: "The main thing is that His Highness is very smart, and she also has a long time to study, think, and explore the mysteries of this universe, and now that she is still young, there is no need to rush to choose the direction of specialization." ”

"Your Excellency, for example?" The queen smiled.

"Ahem......" Ye Ming coughed.

Do you think it's better for him to be humble or not to be modest?

In order to make up the level of the system, he has now reached the ninth level of the project, and he is still one step away, and the theory has reached the edge of breaking through the ninth level......

These are all things that he has studied and thought about day and night.

Or rather, it's open.

How can the others compare!

The queen smiled slightly, knowing the humble instinct of man, so she stopped the topic and took a sip of her tea.

"At the time of the descent, we took a serious look at the human world." The queen stared at Ye Ming: "At the same time, according to your information and materials, it seems that the earth can accommodate the upper limit of human beings...... Much more than that, huh? ”

"Well, scientifically, indeed." Ye Ming could probably hear the meaning of the queen's words. For he also knew that humanity had made two promises to each of the allies involved in the rebellion against the Executor.

The first promise is that it will do whatever it takes to assist the opposing side in resisting the Executor Legion.

The second promise is that if resistance fails, humanity will provide refuge for the allied civilizations.

"But right now, we still lack resources." Ye Ming calmly followed the queen's topic and said: "Whether it is war or survival, energy is the most important thing - at least, under our current scientific and technological framework. ”

"What if...... I'm talking about what if one day, the fleets of the Divine Civilization are in full siege of this supergroup...... We had to retreat to the galaxy. ”

Her Majesty the Queen stared at Ye Ming and said softly, "What is our last capital of resistance?" ”

"It's the Milky Way...... Or the resources of the solar system to fight against the resources of the entire universe? The queen added softly, "I admire the choices of human beings and the courage of human beings, which is the main reason why we choose to stand with human beings." ”

Ye Ming nodded slightly, but added a sentence in his heart, "It's weird".

"But ......," the queen continued, "we must also admit that in the end of any war, it is really about resources and productivity – I believe in human capacity, but what about resources? ”

Ye Ming hummed softly.

After a moment of silence, he laughed: "Your Majesty is right, but there is a premise. ”

"What premise?"

"The premise is that the technology is equivalent." Ye Ming narrowed his eyes slightly, and said softly: "Your Majesty, can I understand it...... You're hoping to hear from me today that humanity has the technology to surpass the Divine Civilization so far that it can be the enemy of a Divine Civilization with its forces and minions all over the universe with just a small solar system, right? ”

Queen Galardriel stared at Ye Ming for a few seconds, and finally laughed slowly.

Ye Ming also laughed.

"I don't know how to describe it to you, but what I can say is...... At present, the strongest super warship of mankind can only take a shot from the second generation of human rice. ”

"At the same time, we also have the third generation of rice grains, as well as the fifth generation of warships."

"What's that?"

"Beyond the speed of light, beyond space, is the dream of every scientist."