Xia Ming turned his head to look at Su Yu. Su Yu subconsciously raised his chest and raised his head, muttering unhappily: "Don't you even recognize me?"

Of course, I can recognize that when the consciousness activity reaches LV1, the perspective of "new humans" in view of people will be different. At Xia Ming's level, their appearance and figure are just superficial things, their thinking structure characteristics, and their conscious activity intensity can be sensed.

In layman's terms, Xia Ming could already see through other people's souls at a glance. Su Yu in front of him was like a bright star in his "soul vision", with an extremely strong sense of existence, and the spiritual aura emitted was extremely friendly, like a planet pulled by his star. All the past seemed to be found in this aura, how could he not recognize it?

Xia Ming said with emotion: "I can recognize each of you, but I get together, but I become strangers."

In the auditorium, more than 40,000 people stood in the phalanx according to the group formation. Those who were sure that they were cloned also stood in the group where the original owner was, but their uniforms were white-backed gray lines, which could be seen at a glance. What's strange is that compared with the cosmic officers and soldiers with white-backed red lines, the cloned queues were more neat, with more upright postures, and more like soldiers. In other words, they were recruits who had not been forged by the cruelty of the war.

Lao Hong went to the reviewing stand with a solemn expression. After saluting, he saw that Xia Ming did not react fiercely and relaxed a little, but he still said timidly: "Since three years ago, Executive Committee Member Tang has been reporting on your status. Everyone knows that you are about to wake up. Now that you are really awake, everyone is not used to it, and it seems that it is not true."

There was no warm cheer in the auditorium, which was indeed a bit strange. Lao Hong's defense was also felt by Xia Ming. When he was scanning just now, he saw all the expressions of faces. In addition to the clone, the expressions of normal people were indeed very dazed, as if they were still sleepwalking.

Thinking of Xiaotang's reminder, Xia Ming felt that compared with this situation, cloning may not be the biggest problem.

"I don't want to check the logs like a spy to figure out what happened in the past nine years. I want to hear you tell me in person."

Su Yu and Lao Hong conveyed their gazes of refusal to each other, but in the end they bit the bullet and explained them one by one.

The first year was still full of passion. Although there was only a small refuge left in the high-dimensional space-time fragments, and they were all trapped in this narrow cosmic cage, everyone was full of hope for the future.

Count the heads, treat the wounded, repair the warships, continue training, and prepare for battle vigorously. Maybe the battle is not over and the enemy will come again.

Su Yu said with emotion: "Many people left their last words to participate in the Warriors' Resurrection Plan, but everyone never took it seriously. They felt that such things had broken through the ethical bottom line and were completely unacceptable. At that time, no one expected that the bottom line would be broken one after another in the future."

The following year, with the stability of the refuge, the enemy disappeared, and the blood that inspired the decisive battle finally cooled down. At this time, Xiaotang confirmed that Xia Ming and Qianyan could not wake up in the short term, and a series of biological resources such as food, drinking water, and air on the warships and space stations also began to be scarce, and everyone's work focus changed to scientific research.

The personnel and equipment of the Star Alliance Academy of Sciences were all withdrawn to Am, and only dozens of scientific researchers were left behind. Fortunately, all the materials were left with copies. Xiaotang led everyone to turn from inorganic substances to organic substances, and worked endlessly to eat and drink.

The warship engine was removed as a reactor, the biochemical warship was dissociated into fuel and raw materials, and countless officers and soldiers with scientific research talents changed to scientists and engineers, and Ma Guling also changed from combat partners to scientific research assistants. In this year, a series of technologies were pointed out from the inorganic synthesis of alanine to the production of artificial fat and muscle fibers, and then through the optimization of streamlining manufacturing, they have achieved that as long as they have corresponding elements, they can produce biological resources in the most efficient circulation.

While opening up the source, savings are also in parallel. The internal circulation of biological resources is an old topic in the aerospace field. Xiaotang specially formed another team to study it with the goal of achieving a completely self-sufficiency internal circulation.

The so-called internal circulation is waste utilization, allowing substances to be converted without loss between maintenance resources and waste. This goal is never possible, but one month of supply can meet the results of half a year of consumption, which is already a miracle.

When Lao Hong said this, his old face was so bitter that he was tangled: "Now everyone's concepts have changed a little. Only when food and drinking water made from new materials are said to be eating. If it is recycled materials, it will be replaced with recharge..."

Indeed, like many aerospace-themed film and television works, characters comfort themselves by "Don't ask what food is made of", internal circulation means that the psychological barriers of normal society must be overcome and the bottom line must be broken.

"It's uncomfortable to think about it. Although the things you make cannot tell what are related to those things, everyone is still accustomed to blocking their taste and smell when eating," Su Yu added: "There are some people, such as me, who can't accept them, and they think about another way."

How to survive under limited material conditions? In addition to the open source path of using inorganic substances to make organic matter, the direction of throttling is not only an internal circulation path.

Another team formed spontaneously, and then formed a scale with Xiaotang's support. This is to study new ways of human energy consumption.

Use nutrient solution to replace food to supply various nutrients needed by the human body, and then use alkaline water and flavorings as placebo for the stomach and taste buds. Of course, the necessary protein must not be missing, it is just to eat artificial protein and use the most simplified and easiest way to digest and absorb.

This transitional "simplified energy" became popular soon. Except for those who cannot overcome psychological barriers like Su Yu, most people alternate between streamlined energy and internal circulation. After a certain amount of artificial food is accumulated, they will enjoy a "food" that is close to normal life.

However, streamlined photography is not the end of this path. Medical scientists and biologists who became monks have begun to use consciousness to make more changes. Their ultimate goal is to enable humans to achieve photosynthesis and recharge energy, etc., which are only seen in science fiction works.

"At that time, some people said, let's just make all the physical body. In this way, in addition to supplying the organic matter of the brain, we only need electricity, and our society no longer needs to drag so many burdens. So many links, just to meet the needs of the fragile body, are unnecessary."

Su Yu said with lingering fear: "There are still many people who agree, and it's scary to think about it."

Lao Hong said disapprovingly: "What's scary? As long as your mind is still alive, what's the difference between organic and inorganic?"

It seems that Lao Hong and Su Yu are two opposing factions on this.

Su Yu said again: "If the neural model can be refined to the level of the brain in the tank, maybe everyone is now Cyborg."

Lao Hong shook his head: "It's a pity that our research is still far from this. The limbs can be prosthetized, and the organs are prosthetized, except for the heart and other things."

In addition to the sensualization, people with high consciousness activity are also trying to study energy absorption methods such as fasting, but the results are at most optimized. The digestion and absorption efficiency can be higher, and the energy consumption can be less. Simply put, it can be done to breathe 3 times a minute, drink a sip of water in half a day, and eat a meal in three days.

Whether it is prosthetic transformation, photosynthesis or charging, it involves the comprehensive transformation of the human body. The entire Star Alliance Academy of Sciences may have hope for this research. It may take dozens or hundreds of years for these military scientists who have become monks halfway through the journey to see the results.

In short, for the first three years, everyone has devoted themselves to solving the problem of how to survive.

After this problem is solved, the three paths of inorganic and organic conversion of matter, simplifying energy consumption and optimizing energy consumption, are no longer a problem. Of course, since the materials are abundant, there is no need to continue to use metabolites to directly convert food and drinking water, but decompose these "materials" into inorganic substances and add them to the conversion cycle.

Without the pressure of survival, everyone is confused. What should we do next? Everyone has lost their goal.

The universe is so big and there are so many people. Because of the uncertain future and the uneven ratio of men and women, we dare not disband the army and form a normal society. Whether it is the goal of career or life, not many people can find new directions.

Lao Hong recalled: "It should be November 30. We think we can't let everyone stay so idle, Su Yatou said..."

Su Yu gave Lao Hong a blank look and then surrendered to Xia Ming: "I just expressed the thoughts of many people, and I didn't want everyone to forget their military status or war. I didn't want to play games!"

"The problem is, that's the game," Lao Hong shrugged.

That's right, in the game, Su Yu's suggestion at that time was to "kill the war to the end in the virtual world", so the "Star League Army" based on "The Illusion Galaxy" was released.

"Star League Army" is a completely realistic world, moving the real situation of the shelter into the virtual world, without missing every detail.

Based on the reality, this virtual world has made new settings. The enemy has not been completely defeated. There is a star gate outside the shelter that can lead to a new battlefield.

At first, this virtual world was completely realistic, with personnel organization and technical equipment in comparison with reality, and the content was only single-person and team combat and training. According to Su Yu's words, the original intention of creating such a virtual world was to continue to maintain the morale and spirit of the universe army.

But the problem is that the virtual world is virtual after all, and people cannot spend all their time in it. And compared with reality, the sense of restraint is immersed from reality to virtual world, which is almost double the pain for people. Half a year after the virtual world was launched, no matter how authoritative the commanders of the past were, it was difficult for them to stop their subordinates from playing various farces on the battlefield, which in turn affected the morale in reality.

In the end, Xiaotang had to intervene and announced that he would use "Star League Army" as a game to give everyone complete freedom.

Now it seems that this decision is both wise and stupid. When Xia Ming woke up, Xiaotang did not stay by the side as he did before, and he had the mentality of escaping.

The wisdom is that this decision saved everyone's spirit and liberated everyone's hearts.

Everything is still the same in the shelter, any details correspond to reality, and any changes will be adjusted in real time.

Beyond the Star Gate is a free world.

Here, there are industrial space stations that can create new battleships. Players who like to play construction and management games act as scientists and engineers in the space stations, designing and building various weapons, infantry mechas, fighter jets, warships, and provide them to the Space Army. The Space Army is then sold to others through a market-style supply system.

Those who like to fight are rewarded from various tasks, and then continuously upgrade new weapons and equipment according to their preferences, while exploring the endless unknown universe and challenging various powerful enemies. Of course, chasing the predator is the main line, running through all versions.

If you don’t like both, you can also engage in competitive confrontation with "players" or even do various cultural and entertainment directions. In the latest version, Xia Ming once said, “Everyone has a universe”, focusing on business.

However, four or five years ago, when everyone was immersed in the virtual world for only one or two years, Xiaotang and others already felt something was wrong. Most people were soaking in the virtual world. In reality, the lively scenes that were originally coming and going no longer appeared, and the Am and Siyuan space stations almost became ghost domains. Many people even called for the study of the "nutrition warehouse" technology mentioned in past novels, which could make people soak in it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or even a month without having to return to reality.

Su Yu sighed, "At that time, Sister Xiaotang regretted it. She said that when you wake up, you will feel so sad when you see everyone is like this."

Xia Ming looked at the neatly arranged army in the auditorium again, and thought to myself, which one is more painful to me, is the game house or the cloned army. I really don’t know.

"We are also trying to figure out a way. Some people say that we have to let everyone do something in reality, such as improving the environment." Seeing that something was wrong with Xia Ming's eyes, Lao Hong quickly explained.

Since the fourth year, everyone has started the renovation project of the shelter. Now Xia Ming has seen a hollow planet full of Cyborg-style, which is how it comes.

The Am space station was demolished, other battleships were broken down, and new modules were made, and they were put together little by little to form the current appearance. Under the surface residence and work cabin, there were various types of gei, circular matter factories, fuel factories, and engines that pushed the planet's rotation. The Siyuan space station was regarded as the core of the planet and was buried in the deepest part.

The construction project was not in one step, and it is still being improved. By the third year of construction, because the ambition of the plan designers was too great and exceeded the limit of the existing personnel's capabilities, the difficulty of the project suddenly increased and the situation changed again.

Lao Hong's tone was full of praise: "Everyone returned to the virtual world, because there is no need to build a special console and establish a complex organizational system. People directly direct Ma Guling and robot construction in the virtual world. There is a real-time synchronization of real-time and virtual conversion mechanism, which greatly accelerates the construction progress."

"Real-time synchronization of reality and virtual conversion mechanism" is a great achievement of these refuge residents. Through metamaterial induction, external surveillance system, and Gei's programming intelligence, every board, every screw, every Maguling and robot, or human movement can be presented synchronously in the virtual world.

In other words, reality and virtuality are almost confused... If the technology goes further, when all buildings, equipment, and even people's clothes are made of metamaterials and can be programmed, this "almost" can be removed.

The body is soaked in the nutritional bin. The virtual body moves in the virtual world of "Star Universe Army", and its vision and perception also move in reality at the same time. When you encounter a person in person, if you do not give a mark, you cannot even tell whether the other person is in reality or like yourself, or it is also a virtual body.

Of course, this confusion is only for ordinary people. For those with high conscious activity, especially those with high perception ability, virtuality and reality can still be clearly distinguished.

But the benefits of inseparable from virtuality and reality are obvious. You only need to have the awareness of activity to change reality. So why bother letting the body move along?

So people returned to the virtual world one after another, but unlike before, they now have both games and jobs.

Su Yu and others were worried about this, always thinking of pulling everyone out of the virtual world, and not being able to soak in it 24 hours a day. But this time, she was weak because even Xiaotang didn't support her.

Xiaotang doesn't agree with this kind of life, but at this time, her whole body and mind were placed on another matter: cloning people.

"At first, Sister Xiaotang didn't seriously think about the possibility of large-scale cloning. She just wanted to realize some people's last words, such as Commander Liu Zhan. His last words clearly stated that he hoped to participate in the Warriors' Resurrection Plan. If the war is over, he hoped that his clone could take care of his wife and children. If the war is not over, he hoped that his clone would be a Marine and a destroyer pilot. In short, he could use his clones where he could replace natural persons."

Su Yu said with emotion: "Captain Liu Zhan hopes that he will continue to display his value after his death. He believes in his memory and his experience can serve everyone."

Speaking of this, Xia Ming looked at the "Liu Zhen" in the queue. The other party sensed his gaze and stood up straighter. In his response gaze, he was firm and a little uneasy.

Liu Zhen died after the rescue was ineffective. His pei was preserved quite intact. The pei of the officers and soldiers of the Star Alliance Universe Universe was an advanced generation than the general pei. They used metamaterials as chips, and the simulated mental model was more complete and more refined.

Xiaotang chose Liu Zhen as an experimental precedent for cloning, and probably considered this factor. Ignoring the technical problems of cloning in biology and medicine, as long as the cloning is successful, then gradually replaying the memory through PEI can give the cloning the memory and experience similar to the original owner, which is also a resurrection to some extent.

But this is just a simulation after all. In terms of self-cognition, what will happen to cloners, what will be the difference between cloners and the original owner? These questions are exciting to think about.

Xia Ming suddenly understood Xiaotang a little. For scientists, these problems are like treasures and are full of temptations.

There are only some problems, but they are not a problem for him. Just now, he clearly sensed that the clone Liu Zhen had less consciousness than lv1, and the original owner Liu Zhen's consciousness activity was close to lv4. Of course, whether it can grow to the level of the original owner, I have to ask Xiaotang.

This is true for Liu Zhen, An Sen, and Lao Huang. The experience and experience of the three battle leader is a precious asset. After successfully cloning Liu Zhen, Xiaotang was out of control and cloned all the three battle leader and Professor Xu.

"Liu Zhen11 is now a specially-organized destroyer pilot, Ansen 7 is a special assistant to the Corps Staff Department, Lao Huang 5 is a researcher in war history, and Professor Xu is a special assistant to the Academy of Sciences."

Lao Hong's expression was also very complicated: "At first, everyone was not used to it, and now they have accepted it, but they subconsciously regard these people as being like Ma Guling."

Speaking of Ma Guling, Xia Ming asked casually: "How is Ma Guling's situation now?"

Xia Ming also sighed a little when he learned that most of Ma Guling who survived the decisive battle had completed his life cycle early due to excessive brain loss.

The normal life span of Maguling is expected to be more than 30 years, but in the decisive battle, due to the fierce battle situation, Maguling and others are overloaded, and even many substitute Gei for calculation and control, which seriously affects their life span.

With Xia Ming's dimension leap, there were about 10,000 Ma Guling who survived, most of them did not survive for three years. Xiaotang's Tang 17 also passed away two years ago. Now there are less than 1,000 Ma Guling who survives, and they are basically in a state of resting their lives.

The improvement of the new race, Ma Guling, is still continuing in the Am Universe, and Xia Ming is not worried. Now he has only one big doubt that he has not solved.

"It's nothing to clone individual important people and let them continue to play their value, but now, what's going on with these more than 10,000 clones?"

Xia Ming asked the most critical question, and Su Yu and Lao Hong stammered, looking like they wanted to say but didn't dare to say it.
To be continued...