For a long time, Ye Ming has not been interested in completing system tasks. He only completes them on the way when conditions permit, and he would not say that he has become that kind of "system wage earner".
But he was very interested in the task itself given by the system.
Because the task itself not only represents the attitude of the system, but also hides another layer of meaning - how does the system judge the completion stage of the task, and can even give the task progress?
Of course, as for the latter, it involves the location of the system body and how the information is transmitted. For such a mysterious thing, all Ye Ming can think of now is that the system is in a higher plane and can "observe" and "observe" without blind spots.
"Capture" real-world information.
What's more important is the purpose and logic behind the tasks given by the system.
After the mission of capturing asteroids is completed, according to past rules, the next step should be to establish a space factory - this is in line with the logic of technological advancement.
But the system directly skipped this stage and arranged for the detection of civilization on a cosmic scale, and it also accurately gave the definition of "relics"...
It was obvious that the new mission of the system was assigned to him after assessing the technological level of the earth.
As for the task itself...
"Civilization", "relics", "utilization".
This means that the system clearly and unmistakably informed Ye Ming, don't think about it, humans are not the only civilization in the universe. Not only are there other places, but they have also become "relics".
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When Director Zhang walked into the office, the famous paradox happened to appear in Ye Ming's mind.
——In the last century, when the physicist Fermi was chatting with a group of friends about aliens, he asked a thought-provoking question.
"Where are they?"
If there are aliens, where are they?
Human technology is advancing rapidly, but except for the alien craze caused by the popularity of science fiction works, humans have not really confirmed the existence of aliens in the scientific field.
In order to answer this question that is still of practical significance, the scientific community, science fiction community, and enthusiasts... have given a lot of imagination.
For example, the Great Filter Principle holds that in order for civilization to develop to a certain level, it needs to pass through layers of screening. Some civilizations just have not evolved to the present level. For millions of years in human history, the first man-made radio waves have not actually been emitted.
Two hundred years, this time, not to mention on the scale of the universe, even on the scale of human history, is just a drop in the ocean.
Another example is the simulated universe hypothesis, which has become very popular with the rise of computers. It believes that the human world is "simulated" by programs - people are not virtual, but the universe is just an established program that has been set. Therefore, humans
It is the only one in the universe.
Another example is the law of the dark forest, which believes that the universe is full of hostility, and civilization is similar to the hunter in the dark forest, the most ruthless predator of the jungle.
Naturally, Ye Ming also talked about the Fermi Paradox more than once with his colleagues and friends.
Everyone tends to believe that the basis of the Fermi Paradox is simply to guess based on probability how many solar system-Earth-like systems can give birth to life and civilization - this is not possible, it is best to amplify this probability to the entire
The universe is tens of thousands or hundreds of millions of light years away.
Then it can be explained.
Because of the upper limit of the speed of information, humans currently do not receive information from other civilizations. In the final analysis, they are still too far apart.
What humans currently receive is only information from other planets before their civilizations were born or evolved to a certain extent.
In other words, those civilizations are outside the light cone of human time.
As we all know, information outside the time light cone is meaningless.
but now……
The system's new mission told Ye Ming that it had meaning.
"Mr. Ye, why don't you go see the blind box?" Director Zhang appeared in Ye Ming's office.
Ye Ming calmed down and stood up laughing: "If you want to see it, see it now. Haha! Let's go!"
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Moon.
The Ares has made final preparations for its return.
Their experimental factory had been completed a month ago. During this extra month of stay, in addition to building a permanent base on the moon, they were also waiting to collect helium-3 and return it to the earth.
Like the Guanghan base next door, the experimental factory also adopts a fully automated production design, and also has ground remote control... But unlike next door, the automated factory here does not use Aita, or even long-distance communication.
Didn't even consider it.
After all, this is a project led by the Department of Energy, so one still needs to be stubborn in the end.
A group of astronauts wearing spacesuits stood under the spacecraft, watching the two lunar rovers approaching from far away.
After a while, the six astronauts from the Guanghan Base got off the car, greeted them on the channel, wished them a safe journey, and shook hands with them one by one.
"Are you all leaving?" asked Professor Huo Liang, who insisted on staying at the Guanghan base to stand the last shift.
"Yes." Commander Bet said concisely: "Come back in a few months."
"Well, it is indeed much more convenient to have spaceships now." Professor Huo Liang nodded and looked around the Artemis base again: "If you have trouble, you can contact us at any time, and we can come over and take a look."
Frankly speaking, the repairs here in the United States are quite decent, at least better than when the Yao Yue came over for the first time - because they launched several supply capsules before landing on the moon.
Experimental factories, lunar experimental buildings, lunar residential buildings, servers, power systems... these are all spread out, covering an area of tens of thousands of square meters.
It is almost 10% the size of the current Guanghan base.
"Okay, thank you." Bette nodded and expressed her gratitude politely.
But after hesitating for a few seconds, he finally couldn't help but look in the direction of Guanghan Base.
Under the bright sunshine, the Yao Yue was suspended in the sky, slowly descending with a huge thing.
"Did you... capture an asteroid?"
Professor Huo Liang turned around, his smile could be felt through the radio waves.
"Yes, I caught one back by the way."
"……Congratulations."
"Bon Voyage"
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Guanghan base, capture landing site.
Peng Xiaofei directed the robot to untie the net, and Yaoyue started its attitude engine and stopped fifty meters away from the asteroid.
Subsequently, two teams of astronauts from Yaoyue and Guanghan Base came out at the same time and approached the asteroid in full force.
Peng Xiaofei is naturally no exception.
He was holding a lot of tools in his hands and approached Ye Ming while sharing the field of view.
"Do you see clearly?"
"See clearly." Ye Ming's voice came from his ear: "Be careful."
"Don't worry, the previous test has come back and there is no radiation."
"Well, you go around in a circle."
He is engaged in mechanical automation control, so he can only help here. The real work is still done by those who are engaged in lunar geological science.
At this time, the astronauts from the Yaoyue also arrived. People on both sides connected to each other's channels to communicate, and began to take out tools and prepare to take samples.
But before that, everyone made a circle around the asteroid.
Some people even raised their mobile phones and asked their teammates to help take a photo.
Hmm...it's really worth taking a photo with.
At this moment, Liu Bo, the geological captain of Guanghan Base, suddenly took two steps forward, turned on the headlight, and pointed at the bottom of the asteroid.
After a moment, his voice sounded.
"Friends, why does this thing seem to have explosion marks?"