Chapter 675: The Edge of the Universe
"Border battlefield..."
"The Creator Civilization is leading the power of [Salvation Alliance] and the [Annihilation Alliance] are in a fierce confrontation..."
Although Odembra's current status of the ultra-distance communication has been described too much, just in the words, Harashi-chan and others have already imagined it all. .
[The so-called border battlefield should be the outermost space of the universe...] General Volcano Ball guessed.
Yuan Shichen obviously agreed with this view that the Creator civilization should have arrived at the fringe world of the universe in a long time.
In the cognitive development of cosmic science, some people once thought:
The universe is limited and boundless, just like a circular balloon, all celestial bodies, interstellar matter, and even intelligent life live on the surface of this balloon. Therefore, the universe cannot be measured by the conventional concept of edges. Just like the ancient people, they imagined where the edges of the earth were, they could not understand that on the earth, the sphere, no matter which direction you go, no matter how long you have walked, they are still spinning on the surface of this ball.
Therefore, they used this to infer that the universe should be like this. No matter how we navigate interstellarly, we cannot leave this universe. Only the sphere can explain and describe the boundary problem of the universe.
However, Yuan Shichen knew that understanding the edge of the universe in this way was undoubtedly extremely superficial. If we rely solely on the conventional worldview, even high-latitude space could not be understood, so how could we talk about understanding the entire universe macro-level.
The surface of the earth seen by the ancients was indeed very flat, because the curved places on the earth were invisible to the ancients. But if they could go to the moon and the space station for a walk, they would immediately know that the earth was definitely round!!
By the same token, if the curvature of the universe is very small, then we cannot see far enough, that is, we cannot use sufficiently accurate measurement methods to detect it. Then, the universe may be really a spherical surface, a three-dimensional surface similar to a three-dimensional surface that exists in four-dimensional space.
(The so-called internal layer, middle layer to outer layer, which starts from the Big Bang singularity, extends outwardly, is based on the three-dimensional space, and is not inconsistent with the fact that the universe is the three-dimensional surface in four-dimensional space.)
It can be imagined that since there is space on the spherical earth, there must be another form of time and space on the sphere of the universe.
A definition of the universe refers to the sum of all existing time and space. However, if the space-time form outside the universe sphere cannot influence each other with the existing space-time, then how can it be considered as part of our universe?
"What should the margins of the universe look like..." This question almost plagued Harashi Chen's life.
Yuan Shichen believes that just like a black hole has a horizon edge, the universe will also have such a horizon edge!!
The horizon of the universe means that there is a point, or a line, and a surface. After passing there, we will no longer see anything, and it will no longer have anything to do with the universe, and we may never receive any signals.
Yuan Shichen once talked to General Volcano Ball. Based on the current dark energy civilization and the most accurate measurement parameters of human civilization, the edge of the universe we are in is at least 16 billion light-years away from the Milky Way.
[We cannot reach and communicate with each other, outside the cosmic horizon!!] Regarding the concept of the edge of the universe, General Volcano Ball said, [To some extent, the edge of the horizon we observe may be just the part of the cosmic mirror that we will never touch.]
"This issue cannot be investigated in depth..." Yuan Shichen thought that in another space-time form outside the universe's horizon, perhaps even the laws of physics will have completely different sizes, "Unless we go there in person!"
[Yes! It's too far away...] General Volcano Ball said silently, [I don't know if we have the chance to go there at the end of our lives.]
After hearing General Volcano Ball's words, Yuan Shichen didn't say anything, just remained silent.
Because at this moment, what he thought and thought in his heart were basically the same as that of General Volcano Ball.
Therefore, Yuan Shichen could understand why General Volcano Ball decided to stay with him at the last moment of negotiations with the silicon-based robot race.
Give up freedom in exchange for the vague opportunity to explore the truth of the universe!!
This crazy attitude of pursuing scientific truth can only be understood by those who truly keep scientists' blood in their bodies.
In the description of Odembra's ultra-distance communication center, in addition to [Border Battlefield], [Salvation Alliance] and [Annihilation Alliance] also impressed everyone in the Chris Super Black Hole Exploration Team.
【What kind of alliance are these two?】
【What goals do they have and why are they facing each other?】
[What is the structure of these two alliances? What is the war between them on the current border battlefield? Which one is better or worse?]
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Related questions trouble Yuan Shichen and others.
Although all this is infinitely far away from them, it is as if all this is closely related to themselves since the moment they know that these two alliances exist.
"So, this is why primary cosmic civilization is protected..."
Hatoshi Chen recalled the [Protection Regulations] he had come into contact with. As early as the Milky Way period, human civilization had known that there were regulations on the protection of primary cosmic civilizations in the universe, which were signed by some higher-level civilizations.
What kind of force is it and what purpose is it to protect these weak cosmic civilizations?
Yuan Shichen once speculated that the ones who signed this consensus must be those ancient super-universe civilizations that had already flown out of the Milky Way, such as the Creator civilization. Perhaps, after they flew out of the Milky Way and arrived at the fringe world of the universe one after another, they encountered resistance from other forces in the fringe world, and even irreconcilable contradictions and war broke out.
On this basis, in order to ensure that there will be a steady stream of epic forces, these super civilizations that have taken the lead will fly out of the "Galaxy and eventually join the camp, and will definitely not allow a certain advanced civilization to do something that will slaughter all the weak civilizations in the internal circle!
Later, through the dark energy civilization, Yuan Hashichen learned that every time nearly ten thousand years (equivalent to an era of the Creator civilization), the Milky Way (there must be other galaxies) would receive a cosmic broadcast expressed in the most minimal mathematical symbolic message.
The content of the statement is the details related to the [Protection Regulations]. The earth located in the solar system has received cosmic broadcasts many times, but at that time, the creatures on the earth were either not born yet or had the ability to receive and interpret.
Of course, Yuan Shichen understood that all speculations may not be correct. Only by truly reaching the fringe world of the universe and personally integrating into the relevant camps can we know the truth...
Chapter completed!