Chapter Ninety-One: The Ancient Stone Demon, the Demon Civilization, and the Great Filter
2-in-1 chapter
Huang Fu Lian asked, "Don't you have to perfect the sword moves you have comprehended? β
The moves and supernatural powers extended by theory do not appear out of thin air. After learning the law of gravitation, memorizing the formula of gravitation, or even deriving this formula independently, it is impossible to directly learn the gravitational law of Vientiane. The real role of formulas and theories is to help people better understand the phenomenon of "gravity". In fact, techniques that use gravity such as the "Heavy Addition Technique" have existed tens of thousands of years ago, and many demon clans also have similar talents. The role of the law of gravitation in this world is nothing more than to make people realize the true face of gravity and make better use of it.
The existence of aura makes it extremely easy for this world to generate "technological black boxes", and you can use power even if you don't understand the principle. The role of theory is to pry open the black box, see inside, and then improve it.
This is especially true of the moves that are derived from mathematical theories. When Wang Qi arranged the mana according to the arithmetic, he waved a sword by chance, which made him realize the "first-order sword". But such moves are not practical yet, and they still need to be improved.
Wang Qi shook his head: "Not for the time being." He still looked at the starry sky, and his expression was calm: "I've thought about it for a week, and it's good to change my brain." And these things, although I know that I can't think of anything, I just can't help but think about it. β
Huang Fulian originally wanted to ask, "Are these things really that important?", but he couldn't ask when the words came to his lips.
Judging from Wang Qi's expression, the other side of the starry sky seems to have an opportunity for him to become enlightened.
Mo Zhenzhen asked curiously, "Senior Brother Wang, what are you thinking?"
"I started to wonder if there was an immortal path on the other side of the sea of stars. Wang Qi said: "Is the Shenzhou Terran the only civilization in the vast sea of stars?"
This question made Huang Fuqi and Mo Zhenzhen a little unable to turn around. Huang Fuqi thought for a long time before saying, "Maybe ...... Isn't it?"
"How big the universe is, it's definitely not. Mo Zhenzhen was sure.
"If it's probability, it's definitely not. Wang Qi said lightly: "But why haven't we seen other celestial bodies and other civilizations?"
Mo Zhenzhen smiled and said, "Senior brother, the distance between the two stars is counted in light years, light years!"
"The Mahayana period has a lifespan of ten thousand years, and the ancient Dharma cultivation with high talent and sufficient resources can reach this realm in three thousand years. The nearest star to us is less than twenty light-years away from Shenzhou, and the speed of light of three thousandths is enough for that Mahayana monk to come here. β
The speed of light is about 1,000 kilometers per second, and the Mahayana monks can still fly at such a cruising speed if they play with their lives.
Huang Fuqi smiled: "Flying for 7,000 years, I'm afraid it's crazy." Besides, Mahayana will also think about ascending to the Immortal Heavens, right?"
"The history of the human race is 80,000 years old, and it has fought with the demons of Shenzhou for tens of thousands of years before, and there are many legends left in these tens of thousands of years, but I have never heard of such a visitor from the sky. β
"More than 100,000 years, there can always be a wonder, right?"
"Or take a step back, if they put one or two magic weapons such as the letter shuttle and the communication sword in the past 100,000 years......"
"Then it seems that there is no nearest celestial body. Mo Zhenzhen said in a regretful tone.
Wang Qi shook his head: "But the teleportation magic weapon and the like have also expanded the scope of possible communication." A celestial body hundreds of light-years and thousands of light-years away may also send out a teleportation artifact, or send out a spell to transmit the spirit rhino. β
Mo Zhenzhen replied: "That is, there is nothing nearby." β
"Impossible. Wang Qi said, "Do you know what the original life is?"
Huang Fuqi replied: "Ha, I happened to hear this mentioned by my acquaintance Tianlingling Daoist. Before the birth of a living being, we call it the Immortal. During the Underworld, there were no living creatures, and it was not until the late Underworld that the first creatures appeared in the primordial ocean. β
Wang Qi suddenly asked, "Have you ever seen a stone demon?"
Huang Fuqi was stunned for a moment, and followed Wang Qi's words and said: "Jinshi Enlightenment Demon Transformation? rare is rare, but I have seen it......"
"In ancient times, Shenzhou had gold and stones. In other words, it is entirely possible for them to open up the spirit and turn into a demon. β
As soon as Mo Zhenzhen wanted to nod, Huang Fuqi retorted: "Impossible." The current aura environment is very large because of the existence of the circle of living beings, and in the ancient times when the living beings did not exist, the golden stone also lacked the conditions for enlightenment. β
Wang Qi shook his head: "The Ancient refers to the period from the birth of this heaven and earth to the appearance of the first cellular creature, which is a period of billions of years. Even if it was difficult for the stone demon to transform at that time, it would always be able to transform into tens of thousands in four billion years, right?"
The Ancient Stone Demon Hypothesis, this is part of the information that Wang Qi heard from Feng Luoyi this afternoon.
Huangfu Lian raised his hand in surrender: "Okay, okay." But what does that mean?"
"In the ancient times, maybe there was already an immortal Dao. β
When Wang Qi said this, his expression was a little dazed.
In this universe, there is something like Reiki, which is not so compatible with the second law of thermodynamics, and the phenomenon of negative entropy from the lower to the higher level is more likely to occur. Here, carbon-based is not the inevitable form of life, and life doesn't even have to be silicon-based, sulfur-based, amino either.
Any substance, as long as it has a negative entropy aura inside it, then it can be life.
The soul is also a negative entropy aura, so these "living beings" who don't look like living beings have thinking organs from the beginning.
In this universe, the likelihood of civilization appearing will only be higher.
n=R*ne*fp*fl*fi*fe*Lγ
where n represents the number of detectable technologically civilized planets in the Milky Way;
R represents the star formation rate of Sun-like stars in the Milky Way, and it is generally believed that only in the vicinity of stars like the Sun is it possible to give birth to intelligent life;
ne is the average number of planets among the stars that may carry planets whose ecological environment is suitable for life;
fp indicates the number of stars that may have biological existence, that is, generally refers to the number of stars with constant luminosity that can shine for a long time to meet the needs of the formation of intelligent life.
FL is the share of planets that have already had life among the planets that are likely to have life;
fi indicates the number of planets that already have intelligent life, because the probability of lower life evolving into intelligent life is very small after all;
Fe is the share of these planets that already have intelligent life, the planets that have reached advanced intelligent life in advanced civilizations;
L indicates the average lifespan of a civilized world with advanced technology, and only civilized planets that have been developing for a long time are likely to have interstellar visits.
This is the famous Green Bank formula on Earth, which was proposed by American astronomers in the 20th century. Its role is to estimate the number of civilizations in the galaxy that are likely to exist.
Since the exact magnitude of the factor involved in the Green Bank formula is not reached, the magnitude of n fluctuates very much. But even the most conservative estimates suggest that there should be forty advanced civilizations in the galaxy in which Earth is located.
In this universe, the probability of life is very high, and even planets that are not habitable are very likely to harbor life. The four factors of NE, FP, FL, and FI in this universe are many times larger than those of the universe in which the Earth is located. And according to the history of the human civilization in Shenzhou for at least 80,000 years, the L factor is also terrifyingly large.
The only thing that is suspicious is the two factors of R and fe.
When Reiki participates in nuclear fusion, it is possible to suppress the speed of the reaction, so it will be difficult for this cosmic star to be born. However, it is just more difficult, and now what Wang Qi sees is still full of stars.
As for the possibility of the emergence of a high-level civilization...... Because it is too simple to make a "black box of science and technology" in this world, and on the contrary, it is frighteningly difficult to do a theory and climb the science and technology tree, and the conclusion that can be reached by ten real games on the earth is that this world has to do hundreds or even thousands of games, and then it has to deal with a vast sea of numbers. In other words, it is unlikely that science will be born in this world.
But in the endless sea of stars, there will always be one or two civilizations that will be a little weird and use scientific thinking to climb the skill tree, right?
Even if this ratio is only 1/10,000, it is an extremely large number in the infinite universe.
Huangfu Lian's thinking is still no longer on the same line as Wang Qi, and he still can't understand: "The ancient stone demon may exist, and then there are countless creatures in the stars in the sky...... And then what?"
And then ...... And we haven't met a single alien monk yet. β
Mo Zhenzhen smiled and said, "It's nothing, right?
Wang Qi frowned and asked, "You guys, do you want to live forever?"
Huangfu Lian and Mo Zhenzhen glanced at each other inexplicably, and then nodded.
Cultivating immortals asked, who doesn't want to live forever?
"Give me a good time to think about these questions for so long!" Wang Qi said loudly: "There may be countless civilizations and countless immortal paths in the universe, but we are still facing silence!
"There may be no civilization in the universe that can 'speak' at all!"
"There is a 'sieve' that stores zΓ i, and only a civilization that can pass through this 'sieve' can continue to store zΓ i. And many civilizations perished before they set sail to the stars!"
"This 'sieve', maybe the Shenzhou Terran has passed through unconsciously, or maybe it's right in front of us. β
"Think about it, if you attain immortality, but the entire human race perishes because of the sieve, you are the only one left in the universe. β
"This kind of immortality, is what you want?"
Wang Qi's voice was very soft, but it really frightened the two outer disciples who were listening to him. Huangfu Lianqiang smiled: "This is a fictitious thing, it's a little ridiculous to say it." β
Wang Qi smiled: "I think this is a possibility that can be handled." β
Mo Zhenzhen's face turned pale: "Senior brother, don't be joking......"
Because it's not funny at all......
Wang Qi said softly like a poem: "The universe is a dark forest, and every civilization is a belt, ahem...... The cultivator with the sword, sneaking through the forest like a ghost, gently brushed away the branches that stood in his way, trying not to make a sound from his footsteps, and even his breathing had to be careful: he had to be careful, because there were cultivators like him everywhere in the forest, and if he found another life, there was only one thing he could do: destroy it with his sword. In this forest, others are the Nine Shadows Yellow Spring, an eternal threat, and any life that exposes its own existence will be quickly wiped out, and this is the picture of cosmic civilization......"
Huangfu Lian's face stiffened: "The more you talk about it, the more you lose it......"
If other people said such things, Huang Fulian would probably only laugh three times, and forget about it as a joke. And it seems that he has been thinking about this kind of question for hours.
"The light of heaven...... Are they all enemies?" Wang Qi stood up and looked directly at the starry sky.
is reminiscent of the Xianmeng's secrecy attitude towards the results of the Xuanxing View, as well as the concealment of space activities...... It seems possible!
Mo Zhenzhen hurriedly grabbed him: "Senior brother, don't be scary anymore." β
Wang Qi shook his head and showed a weird smile: "I haven't said the most terrifying yet." β
"There may be only one higher demon leftβa superpredator, a civilization that is much more advanced than any other civilization, and they will destroy all civilizations that have developed to a certain extent. It is very inefficient and a waste of resources to destroy all new civilizations, but when a civilization's immortal path level has passed a certain stage, this demon path from the universe will begin to act. Because it knows that it is possible for any civilization to develop an immortal path capable of exterminating it...... This Demon Dao is even older than Xiantian, it is the first, and it will always win. And the immortal heaven is just gathering the immortal elites of various worlds to accumulate strength, in the hope of being able to fight back against the demon path......"
Mo Zhenzhen exclaimed, "This is ridiculous!"
Wang Qi suddenly became excited for some reason: "Maybe it's the other way around? In the immortal civilization, the ancient law is the norm, and the current law is really wonderful...... Then, the value of the ancient law is that 'people do not destroy the heavens and the earth for their own sake', and if one ancient method cultivator is allowed to grow infinitely, I am afraid that the stars in the universe will be extinguished one by one......"
The more the boy thought about it, the more he felt right: "That's right, that's right...... The bloodline root of the double helix is an evolutionary structure...... Evolution is negative entropy...... The power of the double helix is the power of negative entropy, symbolizing the energy of evolution. The bloodline root is the twin helix of creatures with the most potential for evolution. β
"As long as the blood root is a double helix, it can be called a spiral clan...... The nature of the spiral is the instinct of the creatures......"
Biological instincts are selfish, and the so-called ecological balance is nothing more than a compromise after multiple checks and balances.
In fact, if you release an alien species into an area where there is no heaven and earth, the species will breed wildly and then wipe out all living things in the area.
"In other words, the spiral clan cannot be allowed to develop indefinitely, so the anti-spiral clan has appeared, imprisoning the spiral clan in the whole universe!"
Wang Qi slapped his face and smiled at the starry sky: "Who do you think I am...... Let's go refine a drill first!"
Looking at Wang Qi, who was inexplicably excited, Mo Zhenzhen quietly asked Huangfu Lian: "True disciple...... Do you usually think about this?"
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Keywords in this chapter: Fermi Paradox, Dark Forest, Tian Yuan Breakthrough Red Lotus Eye.