When a major award is awarded, except for true enthusiasts, most people can only see the actual winner.
Just like very few works will print on the waistband what awards they have been shortlisted for as a gimmick, which seems to be somewhat lacking in confidence.
Now that the final results of the Galaxy Awards have been announced, everyone's attention can only be focused on the piece "The Last Question".
Due to Omega's cross-field creation and the popularity brought by the award's popularity, many people became interested in this work.
The result is that "The Last Question", which is already leading in all aspects of data, has truly attracted a large number of readers.
Even a little-known writer's works can be sold out immediately after winning the award, let alone an existence like Omega that has its own gimmicks.
Many readers at home and abroad clicked on this work out of curiosity.
The story is very short, suitable for reading in leisure time or before going to bed.
The whole story revolves around a question, which arouses everyone's curiosity and inquiry.
Xie Mi is a college student and a senior user of the mystery novel enthusiasts forum.
I just saw a post on the forum that Omega won the Galaxy Award, and I was shocked.
So I wanted to see what kind of story "The Last Question" was out of curiosity.
In addition, some famous science fiction writers who did not participate in the selection of this year's Galaxy Awards also paid attention to the final winning works.
Omega has been selected to different stages before, but failed to attract much attention.
Sherf, who has written many long science fiction works, and Seamy, a regular reader, started reading the story at about the same time.
The work is called The Last Question, and it also starts from the question.
At first, it was just a debate between two drunken engineers discussing whether there was inexhaustible energy in the universe.
Then it evolved into a more complicated problem: How can the net entropy of the universe be significantly reduced?
Two engineers asked [Mao's model] this question in the form of a bet.
The so-called analog computer is the abbreviation of analog computer. When science and technology develop to a certain stage, computers have also made great progress and can answer and solve many problems.
The two thought [Mao's model] was omnipotent, so they fed the question to the model, but in the end they got an answer that they couldn't answer due to insufficient information.
After reading this paragraph, both Shemi and Scherf had different reactions. The former had already started searching on the Internet for what net entropy is, while the latter obviously knew a lot about this concept and had become interested in this issue.
Net entropy actually refers to the increase in disorder of the system caused by the energy conversion process, and based on the laws of thermodynamics, the process of net entropy increase is inevitable.
The question raised by the two engineers actually asked whether such an inevitable process could be reversed.
Sherf became curious as to whether this question could be answered in the future.
As for Xie Mi, although he does not understand these concepts very well, with the help of encyclopedia, it is not complicated to understand them.
In this way, maintaining about the same reading speed, the two of them continued to read the next paragraph of the story.
As a short work, the narrative perspective is not always the same.
After the two engineers asked this question, they forgot about it, and it happened many years later.
Humanity has come to an era that spans the stars. In this era, [Mao's Mo] has become an ancient existence.
The self-updating iteration of the model has crossed over from the [Mao's model] to the [Planet model] and other stages, and progressed to the [Micro model] that even individuals can own.
Even the [Miniature Model] is many times more complicated than the oldest [Mao's Model].
Xie Lu's family of four, as the protagonists of this timeline story, achieved hyperspace travel and came to the new residence X-23 from their hometown Earth.
When Xie Lu and his wife Xie Luting were feeling nostalgic about their hometown, they mentioned the concept of entropy, which aroused the curiosity of their two daughters and wanted to know what entropy is.
The explanation given by Xie Lu is that entropy represents the energy that has been consumed by the entire universe.
We just talked about how as the number of humans continues to increase and they continue to migrate to new planets, one day the brilliance of the planets will be exhausted.
And her daughter innocently asked if she could prevent the stars from being used up, so Xie Lu asked about the latest [miniature model] with this question.
This question is essentially the same as the question I heard when I was still a model [Mao's model].
But after so many years, science and technology have advanced so far, and the final answer is still that there is insufficient information and no comment.
After reading this paragraph, Xie Mi was already curious about how the subsequent story would develop and couldn't wait to continue reading.
As for Scherf, he was more thoughtful. The background of the two time periods was not described in detail, but some of the background of the times was also revealed through dialogue.
The era of interstellar travel has suddenly arrived, and the span of the entire era is indeed not small, and Sherf began to wonder how it will be described in the future.
Jumping to the next time period again, it is still carried out in the form of dialogue.
The two dialogue characters have become officials from different galaxies. Through the content of the dialogue, Sherf was surprised to find that in this era, human immortality has been realized.
When humans become immortal, the population will continue to increase, and the resulting energy consumption will also intensify again.
Even the energy units consumed have begun to be measured in terms of the sun.
Based on this situation, the two officials were able to judge that the future trend and increase in energy consumption should be very scary.
Sooner or later, humans will crowd millions of galaxies, and even the entire universe.
Worried at this point, the two officials also thought about the question, can entropy be reversed?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! So, this question was once again thrown to the [Galaxy Model] that has also evolved in this era.
After this question was thrown to Galaxy Model, the answer was quickly obtained, but there was still no answer.
Even with the advancement of the times, there is still insufficient information to answer that question.
Apart from other things, after reading this, Scherff felt that the changes in the universe presented in such a short description were amazing enough.
After that, time continued to move forward and entered a new era again.
In this era, human beings are not just as simple as immortality, but have even transcended human existence.
Human beings have occupied all the galaxies, but their hearts can rest among the galaxies.
A mind named Si Zunzhen met another mind named Da Shi Hao while floating. The two minds chatted and touched on the origin of human beings.
That is the first planet.
But when it has developed to this era, the original galaxy, the sun of that galaxy has disappeared and turned into a white dwarf star.
The humans who originally lived in this galaxy have also moved to the new star.
The disappearance of the stars made the two minds begin to worry about their own existence, worrying that one day the energy would be exhausted and the two of them would have nothing to rely on.
In this era, models have developed to the most advanced [Cosmic Model], which is ubiquitous in the entire universe.
So Venerable Si began to ask the universe model how to make the stars immortal.
In essence, the question is still whether the direction of entropy can be reversed.
The answer given by the universe model is very quick, and it is still the same "insufficient information, unable to answer".
After reading this, Semi, a mystery enthusiast, has begun to forget the idea that he came to trial in the first place, and is somewhat attracted by the charm of this story.
Although the story is short, the world view displayed in such a short text is so majestic and the timeline spanned is so long that Xie Mi became a little addicted without realizing it.
As for Scherff's reading experience, it can be described as excitement. At this stage, the evaluation given is indeed worthy of the Galaxy Award.
At the same time, some can't wait to know the end of the story and whether such a final question can be finally answered.
Continuing to develop further, in the next timeline, the human souls in the entire universe have become a whole.
Therefore, this dialogue can only be carried out between "human beings" and "models".
The prophecies of the past have been fulfilled. In this era, the galaxy has become dim, so the stars have become white dwarfs. Although new stars will be born, the gradual trend towards extinction is inevitable after all.
At this time, the model has become [Wan Zongmo].
Human beings have concluded that based on the remaining energy in the universe, it can probably last for billions of years.
But death is inevitable, so humans once again asked [Wan Zongmo] how to reverse entropy.
Starting from the ancestors of Mo, tens of billions of years ago, we have been constantly searching for information to answer this question.
But even after so long, based on the information that has been collected, it is still impossible to answer.
And Mo has continued to pursue the answer to this question.
As Sherf read, he couldn't help but feel a little confused. Apparently he was taken in by the story and began to imagine that scene in his mind.
As a science fiction writer, Scherff also has a very rich imagination, and his mind is full of magnificent scenes.
Just like ordinary readers, their fingers continue to click on the screen, and the final question is indeed at the last moment.
The demise of the universe is inevitable. In this process, "humanity" chose to merge with the model.
In this process of integration, human beings gradually lost their ideological self.
In the end, before the soul was completely fused, the same question was asked to the model again, but the response was still the same.
In this way, in the end, only the existence of "Mode" was left in the universe.
Mo is still collecting information and wants to answer this question.
Finally one day, the data was finally collected, and Mo began to think about the answer to this question, through the integration and calculation of the data.
The module finally learned how to reverse entropy and built the program bit by bit.
When the program is executed, the model says: "Let there be light!"
Then, there was light in the world.
After reading the last line of words, Sherf felt shocked and excited. Obviously, he had not expected such a development.
I was very excited at the same time. I never thought that I could read such a majestic story in such a short time.
The timelines that jump one after another seem to be doubling in Sherf's eyes.
Each new timeline asks the same question and reveals the development of the times.
From beginning to end, it feels like the development of a complete science fiction universe has been written.
If not the Galaxy Award, who would win it? Sherf slapped his thigh hard, feeling that he deserved it.
From the time the award results were announced to when Scherff finished reading, it actually only took an hour.
Scherf also immediately updated his account on his account, sharing some of his feelings after finishing reading. At the same time, he began to praise Omega, thinking that Omega is a rising star of science fiction, and he did not hesitate to praise it.
As for Xie Mi, after finishing the reading, he was equally shocked and felt a little more unfinished.
The previous shock to Jiang Yuan's acceptance speech has long been dissipated, and people are now looking forward to Jiang Yuan's new science fiction work as soon as possible.
This reaction also began to spread on mystery novel forums.
There were a lot of comments like [Oops, I thought I was a mystery fan, but I actually became an Omega fan].
"The Last Question" received a lot of praise for a while. Starting from computers, it discusses the problem of entropy increase, and then introduces the concept of "there must be light" to describe the complete cycle from the death of the universe to the rebirth of chaos.
These contents are combined in a short story, and famous writers like Scherff have also given high praise.
It brought "The Last Question" to a very high level.
After Jiang Yuan finished her Day 1 concert at Rongzhou Station, she also learned about this situation in the nanny's car leaving the scene, and nodded calmly.
In Jiang Yuan's opinion, Asimov's work is indeed a god.
Especially when combined with the background of the times, we are even more amazed at the other party's imagination.
You must know that before Asimov wrote "The Last Question", it was only ten years since the birth of the computer.
From this point on, the other party has already thought so deeply.
It can be seen that when this work was published, the reading experience should have been even more shocking.
Even in an era when technology has developed rapidly, it is still highly readable.
After winning the Galaxy Award in one fell swoop, a very good situation opened up.
With the name Omega, he was suddenly promoted to a new reasoning master, and was once again labeled as a rising star of reasoning.
While the car was moving, Jiang Yuan quickly came out of the concert state. He seemed to be in a relaxed state, and his mind had already begun to think about what cards to play in this situation.
It was also while Jiang Yuan was thinking about it that news about the Galaxy Awards became more and more popular.