Chapter 4 The Cosmic Bullseye Theory and the Law of the Dark Forest
A large meteorite hundreds of kilometers in diameter suddenly fell.
Rumble!!!
The moment it landed, a huge meteorite crater was created in an instant, and the Youzhou continent where the meteorite landed sank directly for 500 meters. Sea water poured in crazily, and the coastal areas of the continent turned into a vast ocean.
The huge shock wave is centered on the crater and spreads radiation in all directions.
For a time, landslides and ground cracks occurred, flash floods roared, seawater poured in, volcanoes erupted, tectonic plates collided, violent winds and rains, lightning and thunder...
It’s like a doomsday scene!
At the moment of the Blue Star Cleansing, the Blue Star biosphere went extinct at the same moment.
[Blue Star was attacked by a large meteorite, and the chaos lasted for hundreds of millions of years before it ended. At this time, only the simplest life forms such as archaea and cyanobacteria remained on Blue Star, and everything returned to the original appearance of Blue Star. 】
Chu Tiange's head was buzzing at the moment.
Totally incomprehensible.
Why?
Why are there meteorites?
It's too abrupt.
It is such a coincidence to connect the whole process of the deduction. First, the small meteorite caused the apocalyptic crisis, and then the large meteorite cleansed it.
It seems like a scientific testing ground that is completely devoid of humanity.
"If you save the file, name it Resident Evil: New Humanity."
Although the zombie civilization takes up a long time in the deduction, it is not "bright" at all. It is pointless to fight and kill all day long.
As for the arrival of the big meteorite, it was just for a moment, and during the turbulent period of hundreds of millions of years, no intelligent civilization was developed, so the core of naming was left to the short-lived but extremely sad new human race.
[A lottery is available at the end of the deduction. Is there a lottery? 】
"Smoke it."
[Congratulations to the host, you have obtained one copy each of x virus, x mutated virus, nx virus, genetic medicine 1, and genetic medicine 2 semi-finished products. 】
"Put it in the storage space temporarily."
Chu Tiange’s consciousness returned to reality.
The class is coming to an end.
The class teacher is a young physics professor named Lu Ying. He was awarded the title of full professor in his early thirties and has a bright future.
Lu Ying meticulously tugged at the corners of her slightly wrinkled clothes, and subconsciously adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses.
His smile is gentle, his eyes are clear, he is a gentleman, as gentle as jade, that's probably what he said.
Lu Ying glanced at his watch and said: "There are still ten minutes until get out of class ends, so let's not give lectures and chat about extracurricular knowledge for a while."
"Do students know that something big has happened in the astronomical world recently?"
Their major, whose full name is astrophysics, is a two-way interdisciplinary subject between astronomy and physics, so they pay close attention to the dynamics of the astronomical world.
"Teacher Lu, you don't want to talk about the set of mysterious signals from outer space that the Shenyan Observatory Observation Center received, do you?"
In the front row of the lecture theater, a girl with long hair said.
"Yes, that's it. I want to know what you think about it?"
There was a smile on Lu Ying's lips.
When you are a student, your thinking is the most divergent, you can imagine freely and eclectically, and you may even be arrogant and illogical, but you are often the most interesting and vivid.
"How can I watch it? I'll just lie down and watch it."
After the lively student finished speaking, the class burst into laughter.
The atmosphere in the university classroom is relatively relaxed, especially since Lu Ying is young and has no generation gap with her classmates. She gets along with the students after class, so she often makes jokes during non-class hours, which is normal.
Lu Ying smiled and waved her hands, continuing to bring the topic to the right track.
"In early March 1973, Blue Star humans launched strong electromagnetic wave signals into the mysterious deep space of the universe."
"Fifty years later, in mid-April 2023, just a few days ago, the Blue Star Eye Observatory observation center suddenly received a mysterious reply from outer space."
"My classmates are all studying astrophysics. Regarding this set of mysterious signals, you can use your imagination and express your own opinions."
An old-looking male classmate stood up and said, "I think it's probably because a certain satellite base station transmitted a wrong signal and was mistakenly received by the observation center. Take our Radio Amateurs Association as an example, there are often people who deliberately send some
A mess of signal codes.”
"What Mr. Wang said is very possible, but according to the staff at the observation center, that set of signals does not come from the Blue Star band, so what you said is unlikely."
Lu Ying smiled and motioned to Mr. Wang, a radio enthusiast, to sit down.
Another male classmate wearing glasses raised his hand to speak.
"If you ask me, they are aliens. Blue Star is just a drop in the ocean in the vast universe. Our detectors have never left the solar system. How can we know that there will be no other civilizations in the vast universe? So, I think, that is aliens.
The star’s reply to us!”
"I agree with this. Only by studying astrophysics can we better understand the insignificance of blue stars in the universe. Regardless of whether there are other civilizations in the universe, the possibility of their existence is very high!"
A boy who looks like a top student holds the same opinion.
"It would be great if there really are aliens. We humans can have friendly contact with them. If the other party is a beautiful civilization, it would be wonderful. I am willing to sacrifice my life's happiness to go to alien marriages for human civilization."
"Bah, you are shameless, can't you be a handsome guy and be civilized?"
"To be honest, if we really establish contact with extraterrestrial civilizations, it might not be impossible for us to travel to space in our lifetimes."
"Not only space travel, eternal youth and immortality may also be possible."
"The mysterious universe is so tempting."
The students all expressed their hope that there would be extraterrestrial civilizations, and advocated cordial contact with extraterrestrial civilizations and the establishment of friendly and cooperative relations.
Only a few students held objections. If there really is an alien civilization, it would be fine as long as the civilization is low. If the civilization is very high, they might colonize Blue Star.
Lu Ying was very pleased to see everyone expressing their opinions and the discussion turning into a lively mess. When exploring science, especially exploring unknown areas, we should use our wild imagination to maintain it.
Science is not afraid of losing its rigorous scientific attitude, but it is afraid of losing its unbridled imagination.
Without imagination, people have no creativity. How can we talk about scientific innovation?
Lu Ying clapped his hands and said, "Okay everyone, please be quiet."
"Let's do this. I'll ask a classmate to share his opinion, and then we'll finish class. You can discuss it privately after class."
Lu Ying looked around and saw Chu Tiange in a daze.
Lu Ying said with a smile: "Student Chu, you have been distracted for the whole class in my class. Seeing that get out of class is about to end, it's time to give me some face. Please tell me what you think."
The whole class turned around at the same time. Chu Tiange was quite famous in the School of Physics of Annan University. After all, the boys in the School of Physics were responsible for their good looks.
There were many girls who made secret glances at me, but unfortunately I didn't find anyone who could catch my eye, so I declined them all.
And the reason why Chu Tiange was in a daze.
It was because he heard the two dates of early March of 1973 and mid-April of 2023. If he remembered correctly, the date of the arrival of a large meteorite with a diameter of hundreds of kilometers in space and time was the end of March of 2073.
The three dates are exactly fifty years apart.
Coincidence?
suddenly.
Chu Tiange thought of some possibility of deducing time and space.
So he stood tall and blurted out: "The bullseye of the universe!"
Lu Ying and the whole class were stunned.
Cosmic bullseye?
Lu Ying felt as if he had vaguely grasped some core point, but there was a layer of veil and a layer of membrane between him, so he couldn't figure it out, so he hurriedly asked: "Classmate Chu, please tell me in more detail, what is the bullseye of the universe?"
"According to the cosmological view of the Dark Forest Law, the exact coordinates of the Blue Star have been exposed."
"In other words, in the near future, Blue Star Civilization will become the bullseye of the universe!"
The whole class was at a loss.
What are the laws of the dark forest?
Why do I have a creepy feeling?
Lu Ying asked curiously: "What is the law of the dark forest?"
Chu Tiange suddenly came back to his senses. The Law of the Dark Forest has never been mentioned in this world. There is no Three Body in this world, so the Law of the Dark Forest does not exist.
Now that I've said it all, let's just tell it all.
Quan Dang told a science fiction story.
"The so-called dark forest law can be simply understood as, once a certain cosmic civilization is discovered, it will inevitably be attacked by other cosmic civilizations."
"Why?"
Everyone was puzzled.
Why is Chu Tiange so swearing?
"Can't we establish friendly diplomatic relations?"
The boy who had previously clamored for a friendly marriage retorted.
Chu Tiange stretched out two fingers and said calmly: "Let's remember two basic axioms first. First, survival is the first need of civilization; second, civilization continues to grow and expand, but the matter in the universe
The total amount remains the same.”
He then stretched out two fingers and continued: "In addition, we must understand two concepts, namely, chain of suspicion and technological explosion."
"The chain of suspicion means that two civilizations cannot judge whether the other is a benevolent civilization. Good and evil are not rigorous in science, so we make the basic judgment of whether a civilization is good or evil based on whether it attacks or not."
"With technological explosion, the speed and acceleration of civilization progress may not be relatively consistent, and lower civilizations may surpass higher civilizations in a short period of time."
The introduction of the two axioms and the two concepts made the whole class fall into silence. If everyone can be admitted to Annan University, the top university in Zhongzhou, none of them are stupid, and everyone is smart.
Lu Ying's expression also became serious.
Is the theory rigorous? Very rigorous!
But is it invulnerable? Not really!
But the theory put forward by Chu Tiange is very deep and broad.
Chu Tiange continued to talk: "In other words, civilizations in the universe only have the lowest degree of goodwill; communication will inevitably reveal the exact location of civilizations; competition between civilizations is extremely cruel; it is difficult for different intelligent beings to communicate; all civilizations develop
The journey is very long, and the above five points are used to supplement the theory."
He moved to the podium, took out the chalk and simply drew a rough model of the entire galaxy, and then densely marked some chalk dots as celestial bodies and planets.
Lu Ying got off the podium and sat in the first row of the student table.
At this time, the get out of class bell rang.
Lu Ying and her classmates were unmoved and stared at him intently.
Chu Tiange also pretended to be in high spirits and continued to talk. It was already noon anyway, so dragging the class would only cause everyone to have lunch later, and would not delay the afternoon class schedule.
"Using big data probability theory to explain it, assuming there are many civilizations in the universe, there will always be civilizations that will destroy the broadcast coordinate planet."
"If a civilization learns of the possibility of the existence of another civilization in some way, then that civilization will have a higher probability of attacking directly without detection."
"In this way, due to the extremely large number of civilizations with the ability to strike, when the coordinates of a certain planet are exposed, regardless of whether there is civilization on the planet, it will inevitably be attacked by many civilizations and become a tragic bullseye in the universe!"
Chu Tiange saw that everyone's eyes were dull and some students were at a loss, as if they doubted the rhythm of life, so he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let me give you an easy-to-understand example."
"Suppose there is a forest shrouded in darkness, and there are a million hunters hiding in the forest. Suddenly, they find a suspected prey. Maybe 900,000 hunters turn a blind eye to this suspected prey.
Among the remaining 100,000 hunters, there may be 90,000 hunters who detected the location of the suspected prey, only to ignore it after discovering that it was not prey. Then among the last remaining 10,000 hunters, someone must do such a thing.
Choice: try shooting at the suspected prey!"
"Because for some high-level civilizations, direct strikes may save time and effort than detection, and are safer than detecting in person. If the suspected prey is really not prey, there is no loss for them by shooting."
"This is equivalent to saying that for the existence of advanced civilizations in the universe that are higher than our Blue Star, they will have to make our Blue Star the bullseye of the universe for four reasons."
After a pause, seeing the whole class staring at him with bright eyes, Chu Tiange coughed twice and continued to fool around.
"These four reasons are: first, the cost of coming to detect us and communicate with us is much higher than a direct attack;
Second, the attack in the dark forest is timely and accurate. Because of the existence of big data probability theory, as the bull's-eye of the universe, the dark gunmen do not have to handle the ten-ring, but as long as one shot hits the ten-ring, the bull's-eye civilization will be destroyed;
Third, the existence of long-range galaxy-level killer weapons, and the low cost of developing large killer weapons, also shows that the level of civilization is high. As far as Blue Star is concerned, distant relations and close attacks have only the only ending, destruction!
Fourth, only by participating in a strike incident will your interstellar coordinates not be exposed."
"In the dark forest, intelligent civilizations must shoot in secret to avoid being shot by others, so as not to expose their own coordinates. At the same time, in order to prevent being accidentally shot, they must strike resolutely and immediately whenever they find suspected prey. Therefore, every day
Every hunter must learn to hide, every hunter must learn to shoot with a black gun, and thus, the dark forest pattern is established."
As Chu Tiange's words fell, the entire classroom was silent, you could hear a pin drop, and the only thing that could be heard was the sound of swallowing saliva.
Everyone in the class blushed, as if fate had been grabbed by the throat.
"But why is it a dark forest instead of letting everyone stand together under the sun and live in peace?"
A top student immediately raised questions.
Chu Tiange looked at him indifferently: "Your sun is not equal to his light. To sum up, destroy you and it has nothing to do with you!"
The whole class was shocked, and their pupils shrank. It was obviously mid-to-late April, but the bone-chilling coldness still hit them in waves.
The top student frowned and retorted unconvincingly: "But there is no hatred between us and them..."
Chu Tiange put the chalk head into the chalk box handsomely and said expressionlessly: "However, there is no hatred between ants and shoes, but who cares?"
Finished speaking.
Chu Tiange said hello to Lu Ying, then left the classroom and went to the cafeteria to eat.
The top student slumped in his seat unable to regain consciousness for a long time.
As for the lecture hall, they continued to remain silent until more than ten minutes later, when they dispersed in droves.
But the information about Chu Tiange, the Law of the Dark Forest and the Bullseye Theory of the Universe were uploaded to the bbs website of Annan University, and a storm was brewing.