This is the highest-level meeting place of the Human Federation.
"In order to return to the pre-war level, after rough calculations, we concluded that it will take about 40,000 years, or even longer..."
At this time, Hua Ke, the top electronic and mechanical scientist in the Human Federation, was reporting the results of the scientific and technological loss search work to thousands of federal members.
Facing the results he reported, all the congressmen looked very ugly.
You must know that the Human Federation has only been established for a total of 20,000 years, and the total recorded history of human civilization is only 40,000 years.
And it would take up to 40,000 years to recover from just one war loss?
This is obviously unacceptable to many federal lawmakers.
A member of Parliament could not help but ask:
"Is there any way to shorten the time?"
Regarding this expected question, Hua Ke sighed helplessly:
"I'm afraid not...
Countless erroneous data are now flooding all kinds of technology, and in this era where there is no artificial intelligence and cyborgs to help us retrieve erroneous data.
It is very difficult to complete this task with the human brain and backward intelligent computers alone..."
Human technology in its heyday was almost entirely handled by cyborgs and strong artificial intelligence.
Their computing speed and information processing efficiency are far beyond what humans, who are flesh-and-blood creatures, or ordinary intelligent computers can achieve. The difference is hundreds of millions of times...
The top technologies of the Human Federation, even the existence of strong artificial intelligence, will take hundreds, thousands of years... to be deduced to completion.
Under such a premise, if you want to rely on backward intelligent computers to repair and improve those science and technologies...
For many anthropologists, it is already a nightmare-level task that is extremely difficult.
Even the 40,000 years that Hua Ke just mentioned was calculated based on the most ideal situation.
In actual circumstances, the time they need to spend is likely to be several times more than this number!
Although I don't know more details at the moment, countless members of Congress instantly felt a faint headache when faced with his straightforward reply.
Especially the Federal Speaker.
As the current leader, he knows very well that the current human federation is definitely a public enemy in the surrounding areas.
As the origin of fallen omnics and the initiator of this incident, all alien races that suffered heavy losses are now particularly hostile to humans!
In other words, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.
Even after experiencing such a major setback, the Human Federation still retains the force of 200,000 colonial stars and part of its fleet.
It can use force to deter the surrounding forces so that they do not dare to act rashly.
Otherwise, I'm afraid the other party's retaliatory attacks would have started long ago.
However, even so, the deep hostility shown by the other party still makes the Human Federation feel like it is walking on thin ice.
They urgently need to restore their strength faster and more steadily.
Otherwise, if the other party recovers its strength first, human civilization may be in danger immediately...
More than ten minutes later,
After Hua Ke finished reporting his work, he retreated.
The next speaker came up to the stage and looked at the increasingly uglier faces of the leaders, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
But I can only bite the bullet and report the next bad news:
"According to our investigation, the subspace of the entire galaxy seems to be slowly undergoing a change that is not conducive to us.
That is the increasing number of subspace storm phenomena!
Even with the help of a navigator, we can avoid most risks.
Now the probability of subspace accidents during subspace navigation has doubled compared to the past..."
Undoubtedly, this is indeed bad news.
But compared with previous reports, the news this time did not arouse much response among members of Congress.
Because the existence of subspace storms, in their view, is just a natural disaster in subspace.
Even if it happens frequently or frequently, it can only be regarded as something like climate change.
Therefore, although various congressmen expressed some opinions on this, they did not pay too much attention to it.
Just treat it as a vicious problem that is not too big or too small.
Just like that, it didn't take long.
Another person came on stage and started talking about new issues...
As the meeting continued, everyone present realized that the golden age of human civilization had ended, whether they wanted to or not.
Stagnant, slow... development speed will be the mainstream for a long time to come.
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The territory of the Eldar.
The central area of the [Art Temple].
Dico, who looks like a demon from purgatory, is reporting his findings to the Archbishop, who looks like a handsome middle-aged man in a golden robe with a respectful look on his face.
But what surprised him was.
After listening to what he said, the Archbishop did not show any surprise, but just waved his hand calmly.
"Whether it's records hundreds of millions of years ago or the so-called subspace demons, those are just trivial matters.
There is no problem except that our Lord's power far exceeds our expectations.
And I have more important things to tell you..."
The Archbishop pointed to a huge star map depicting the territory of the Eldar Empire, with a serious look on his face and a low tone of voice as he explained:
"Years ago.
Our Lord once sent down a divine edict, revealing that in a certain period of time in the future, we, the Eldar clan, will encounter huge disasters.
And more and more prophets, in the following years, also felt that something was wrong.
According to what they said, it was as if there was some indescribable powerful threat staring at us.
But in the face of this warning sign, most of the tribesmen still indulge in pleasure regardless of it..."
Having said this, the archbishop looked at Dico in front of him and pointedly said:
"You are a gifted person.
In this increasingly severe moment.
I hope you can use your talents in the right places instead of continuing to indulge in pleasure.
Otherwise, when the storm really arises, you may regret it..."
When he finished speaking, the other person not far away immediately fell into silence, and waves of turbulence appeared in his heart.
In the past, he had heard many Eldar prophets' fears about the future, but he had never taken them seriously.
But now that he heard the archbishop personally explain the accuracy of that matter to him, he felt as if a translucent veil had been lifted off him, and he felt an inexplicable sense of clarity in his heart.
He began to feel instinctive disbelief as to why his past self had ignored this matter.
Sudden!
He thought of a terrible possibility that he was afraid to face...
That is, the existence that will cause huge disasters in the future.
Maybe it has been secretly influencing them a long time ago!
It makes them ignore many unreasonable things without being able to detect that they are wrong...
Suddenly, huge fear began to emerge in Dico's heart.
Countless cold sweats slowly appeared...
In the blink of an eye, the thoughts in his heart had changed countless times.
Finally, he looked at himself as skinny as blood-colored bones, like the palm of a demon's sharp claws, and fell into deep thought for a long time.
More than ten minutes later.
Dico replied in a more respectful tone than before: