Just when people were having huge differences on whether to "escape", Yu Yifeng suddenly thought of something else. He looked directly at Hei sitting in the corner: "Let me ask you, in the universe, this kind of self-awareness was born.
Are Gaian organisms very rare? Can they be cultivated artificially?"
Hei was stunned for a moment. He still hadn't calmed down the fear in his heart, but wasn't Yu Yifeng's problem obvious?
If it could be cultivated in batches, Gaia's creatures would not be of such great value, but would be one for each interstellar civilization...
However, he still bit the bullet and said: "Yes...yes, the Gaia creature that gave birth to self-awareness is completely put together by various coincidences. It is quite difficult to...replicate..."
It's embarrassing, such a trembling voice is so embarrassing. Hei Yan twisted his thigh harshly, and the pain caused him to tremble violently, but his subsequent words were much smoother.
"This kind of creature is rare on a galactic scale, much rarer than interstellar civilization! The most important thing is... to give birth to 'self-awareness', this step is crucial."
"As for artificial cultivation... it's impossible! It's not impossible... Cultivating a Gaia creature with self-awareness would require so much advanced technology. It's much more complicated than ordinary life! At least L4 is definitely not possible.
Not even L5... S-level civilization... I have never seen an S-level civilization."
Hearing this, Yu Yifeng had a hint of urgency in his tone and continued to ask: "So... is that kind of collective life without self-awareness rare?"
"Well..."
Hei thought for a while and said hesitantly: "There should be nothing unusual about collective life without 'self-awareness', such as bee colonies and ant colonies... These groups have certain intelligence and can automatically adjust, but they have no self-awareness.
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"Even the entire planet is an organic whole and has a certain self-regulating function!"
"So, there is nothing strange about biological groups without self-awareness!"
"That's right!"
A glimmer of hope suddenly appeared in Yu Yifeng's eyes. He slammed the table again and said loudly: "Everyone, calm down and think about it. How long has this flying saucer been staying here?"
"Thirty thousand years!" When he said this sentence, he emphasized it loudly.
"So I think the flying saucer is probably just an unmanned scientific research spacecraft, controlled by artificial intelligence! This algae collective 30,000 years ago has no real self-awareness, and is just a relatively common collective in the universe.
biology."
"Although it's a bit bigger and has some value, it can't be said to be extremely rare... right?"
"So, these aliens have been doing scientific research based on this idea for a while, leaving behind an unmanned exploration spacecraft and leaving... Maybe they will leave behind some observation facilities for every potentially valuable planet.
Woolen cloth?!"
Hei thought for a while and immediately interjected excitedly: "This is possible... No, it is very possible! When we traveled among the stars in the past, we often threw things... ejection observation facilities to continue tracking."
"Captain Yu is right. The probability of it being an unmanned flying saucer is very high. After all, it is unlikely that there will be a crazy advanced civilization squatting in this remote place for 30,000 years. Of course, this pile of algae still has some potential... so they
A larger unmanned flying saucer was lost for continuous observation."
"This logic works!"
"But why don't these aliens just capture this collective algae?" someone asked in confusion.
After the initial panic, everyone has calmed down a little. After all, most people here have experienced death crises and have relatively strong psychological endurance.
Yu Yifeng waved his hand and said: "Because they clearly know that they have no ability to cultivate a real Gaia creature, so they might as well let nature take its course..."
"After all, it is very difficult to create something like self-awareness. It may require many opportunities and a series of coincidences. And maybe...it won't succeed in hundreds of millions of years!"
Everyone stared at Yu Yifeng, not knowing what he wanted to express.
"I mean……"
Yu Yifeng spread his hands and said loudly: "Since it is just an action to cast a wide net, maybe their large army does not attach much importance to this planet!"
"It's been 30,000 years! Think about it, 30,000 years later, will their fleet have been staying in this ghost place? From a probability point of view, their large force will not be very close to here..."
"So maybe we have more time!"
This reason is not very sufficient, but it gives everyone a little relief, because Yu Yifeng's idea makes sense.
Yes, if 30,000 years have really passed, and the other party doesn't pay much attention to it... will the other party's large forces still be wandering around this planet for such a long time?
For ordinary interstellar civilizations, thirty thousand years is not a short period of time!
Therefore, the probability of the other party being nearby is very low!
"But the premise is that the time records of the Dige people are correct..."
"This damn Dige civilization...has no serious history! Maybe the so-called thirty thousand years is only three thousand or ten thousand years?" Dr. Rimbaud suddenly questioned: "So Captain, this safety
The reason is not sufficient!”
Yu Yifeng frowned and thought for a while: "Perhaps, we should deduce the reason for the request."
This group of human elites used their brains and in a few minutes, they deduced the complete logic of this unexpected incident.
Thirty thousand years ago, an alien scientific research ship or an alien fleet visited this planet. They collected biological specimens, or studied indigenous society, in short, a series of scientific research activities...
After research, they discovered that the most valuable thing on this planet is this group of marine algae that may give birth to self-awareness... rather than the indigenous people who are trapped in cannibalism and crazy worship of gods.
"In other words, the indigenous people were simply ignored by them. Because in this universe, intelligent life is not a big deal. They believe that the algae collective is more valuable than the indigenous people... After all, this algae collective has a small probability of evolving.
Becoming a creature of Gaia.”
This unknown civilization obviously knew that Gaia's self-aware creatures were of great value, so they sent an unmanned flying saucer to continuously observe these algae.
Of course, the algae collective at that time did not have any self-awareness... and they did not want to touch it. Since the birth of self-aware Gaia creatures is a rare event on a galactic scale, aliens will not have any special intentions.