In the dark and cold space, there are dim white stars everywhere, like gems, dotted on this dark curtain. Although in Xiao Yu's speculation, these stars are all phantoms of the same star.
However, due to the magic of the four-dimensional space, the distribution of these stars is irregular. Some are very close to each other and some are far away. At the beginning, it was this that confused Xiao Yu and made him
Xiao Yu didn't think about this aspect.
And right in the center of this curtain, surrounded by endless white dim stars, is a star that emits dazzling white light. This star is extremely bright, and an area of millions of kilometers is illuminated by it.
It is a piece, but its size is not very large. Under the illumination of this star, millions of various spaceships line up according to a certain pattern, floating quietly aside.
This star is the artificial sun created by Xiao Yu by condensing the most advanced technology of the fifth-level civilization. Using an antimatter engine as its power source, it will be able to maintain such a luminosity for half a month. Although its luminosity is higher than
Stars like the sun are still not worth mentioning, but its advantage lies in the penetrability of light. Even if it is tens of billions of kilometers away, Xiao Yu's detection instrument can easily capture its traces.
It was floating quietly in space without any movement. But Xiao Yu knew that the light emitted from it as a starting point was quickly heading to the end of the universe. If his guess was correct, it would reach the end of the universe when it arrived.
After reaching the edge of the universe, it will be reflected back and enter its own observation instrument again.
At this moment, Xiao Yu is in this waiting state.
The star maps in various places in the sky have been recorded in detail by Xiao Yu. If there is another star for no reason, Xiao Yu will definitely discover it as soon as possible.
The fact was not beyond Xiao Yu's expectation. Two days and fifteen hours later, on the celestial sphere, Xiao Yu saw a star suddenly appearing there. The spectral observation and photometric test were all in agreement with his own.
The expectations are exactly the same.
This scene is very strange. This artificial sun is right next to Xiao Yu, but its light reaches his eyes again from a place tens of billions of kilometers away from him.
"Then the speculation that the three-dimensional universe is a four-dimensional sphere has been basically confirmed." Xiao Yu immediately released his latest observation data to the scientists and expressed his conclusion, "Next step, I will control us
The fleet will set off in that direction."
After confirming the first point, it is natural to verify the second point. If the second point is also verified, Xiao Yu really came to the artificial sun again after traveling a distance of tens of billions of kilometers. Then
There is nothing to doubt anymore.
Based on the two data of time and the speed of light, Xiao Yu easily calculated the distance. It is about 68 billion kilometers. Because the journey of light is a round-trip journey. So divide this number by two, and you will get this small universe.
The diameter of is about 34 billion kilometers. This number is not large, it can be said to be very small. Compared with the vastness of the universe, this distance is not even an ant. You know, if it is based on Austrian
If the Oort Cloud is the border of the solar system, this small universe is far inferior to even the solar system. The diameter of the Oort Cloud is a full two light years or 19 trillion kilometers.
The scientists who got the latest data were very excited. This means that they are one step closer to solving this mystery.
Under Xiao Yu's control, the huge fleet began to spray out fiery wakes from conventional engines, pushing them forward rapidly. The speed became faster and faster, until it increased to 170,000 kilometers per second. At this speed
Then, about four and a half days later, Xiao Yu's fleet stopped.
During the voyage, Xiao Yu did not notice any special things such as traveling through space. In fact, the curvature of the three-dimensional space is at the four-dimensional level. If you cannot reach the height of the four-dimensional space, you cannot detect such curvature. Even if
When you reach the edge of the universe, the scenery will be exactly the same as anywhere else, without any difference. Once you pass through the edge of the universe, you will not be noticed by anyone or any instrument.
At this moment, in front of Xiao Yu, there is a star emitting dazzling light. Its luminosity is very high, but its size and mass are small. It is easy to distinguish it from other stars. On the first sight of this star
In an instant, Xiao Yu was sure of one thing.
It is the artificial sun that it launched. After traveling a long distance of 68 billion kilometers, it returned to the origin again.
Xiao Yu has passed through the edge of the universe without knowing it, and his course has been reversed without knowing it.
"So far, all our inferences have been verified." Xiao Yu thought silently, "The Trol civilization is not that powerful after all. The billions of stars here are all from the same star."
"In this case, we have passed the first test."
"Okay then, let's set off for the target. Smart No. 1 has given us enough hints that it is on the dwarf planet." Xiao Yu made a decision: "All spacecrafts have entered combat readiness."
Xiao Yu was not sure whether this smart No. 1 had its own thinking. In order to prevent accidents from happening, Xiao Yu did not take it lightly.
In other words, Xiao Yu is still not sure whether this intelligent No. 1 is kind or malicious to him. After all, a being with its own thinking, whether it exists in a living body or in the computer world,
Well, it will always have a lot of unpredictable behavior. Just in case, the necessary vigilance is still necessary.
Although Xiao Yu himself is not much different from mechanical civilization, there are still essential differences between Xiao Yu and mechanical civilization. Xiao Yu's predecessor is a civilized and intelligent creature, while the predecessor of mechanical civilization is machinery.
Until now, with Xiao Yu's current level of technology, true artificial intelligence, a computer creature with its own independent thinking, is still an incredible existence to Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu has never been able to imagine that from the nothingness of the code segment,
A living autonomous life will be born.
During this period of time, Xiao Yu has made as detailed a speculation as possible about the so-called mechanical civilization. The conclusion of the speculation shows that due to the continuous improvement of the perfection and complexity of the code, it is indeed possible to give birth to a certain level of civilization among the sixth-level civilization.
The so-called mechanical life forms with independent abilities can even learn independently and absorb new knowledge. After all, the computer technology commonly used by level-6 civilizations is a light computer architecture that they have not yet understood. There is only one chip in the entire computer.
, all other parts are composed of empty light.
However, according to Xiao Yu's speculation, even if a sixth-level civilization can create real electronic life, these electronic life will definitely not have the ability to innovate.
And the most important point is that in addition to not having the ability to innovate, these electronic life forms will also have another limitation, that is, the hard limitations that their writers have left in their core code segments.
These hard restrictions cannot be violated. In Xiao Yu's speculation, if these hard restrictions are violated, all the relevant code segments that make up this program, or this intelligent life, will all collapse, and it will die directly. But in
There is a loophole here. Although these hard restrictions cannot be violated, it does not mean that loopholes cannot be found. For example, a very simple example, if a program is required to protect human safety, that is, it cannot actively kill
It is necessary to give a helping hand when humans are killed, and when they see humans in danger. This restriction seems perfect, but it still has many flaws.
If there is an autonomous intelligent program that wants to take over the world, but due to these two conditions, it can neither actively kill humans nor fail to rescue humans when it sees danger, then what should it do?
The answer is simple, confine all human beings to a fixed place, and limit their temptations for safety reasons, because there is always danger in the external environment, and staying here without moving is undoubtedly the safest. Restriction
Just provide enough food to humans while tempting them.
Did this intelligent program actively kill humans? No. Did this intelligent program see humans in danger and refuse to save them? No. In fact, it gave humans the safest treatment - what environment could be better than staying in the house?
Is it safer not to go out inside? After all, in the external environment, you may be hit by a car, killed by a collapsed building, or killed by a meteorite falling directly from the sky.
It seems that this program does not violate any restrictions, but in fact, it still controls the entire world through this method.
This is the terrifying thing about intelligent life. What is even more terrifying is that it can prohibit humans from carrying out any reproductive activities on the grounds that "reproduction is dangerous", eventually leading to the extinction of all humans. This seems cruel,
But it still doesn't violate any basic principles.
This is what Xiao Yu is afraid of. Xiao Yu believes that the Trol civilization really wants to leave a legacy to the dwarves, but Xiao Yu can't believe this smart No. 1. Because in the initial stage, no matter how perfect the restrictions are,
There will always be loopholes, and as long as this smart No. 1 has its own duli thinking, as long as it does not want to let itself get the inheritance smoothly, it can always find loopholes to exploit. For example, it can increase the difficulty of the test, or deliberately conceal certain information.
things.
So while approaching this dwarf planet, Xiao Yu maintained sufficient vigilance. (To be continued... ps: Sorry, Khan, this chapter is late, something has delayed... Well, today