Chapter 157, The Road to the Development of Civilization
Xinghan Base Camp, Mars Yanhuang Palace in the Solar System.
As usual, Qin Yi came to his office early and prepared to start a busy day.
Over the years, Xinghan's development has been very smooth. Relying on many national policies formulated when it was founded, Xinghan's development has always been smooth.
The population has been growing continuously, which has made Xinghan's internal development momentum very strong. Although there has not been another round of large-scale expansion, Xinghan's territory is still expanding, almost every year.
Expand the surrounding galaxies.
There are three or two galaxies, and as many as three or four galaxies. Over the years, with the solar system as the center and all the planetary systems within twenty light years around, they have been included in Xinghan's territory.
The Centauri galaxy, which was first included in Xinghan territory, has now become the center of Xinghan. Yandi Star and Huangdi Star are not only very developed in agriculture, but also now have a sudden rise in high-tech fields. Warp engine manufacturing, spacecraft manufacturing and other related industries are almost all
It can already compete with this side of the solar system.
The rapid growth of population, the continuous expansion of territory, and the development and trade of Xinghai have made the entire Xinghan prosperous and prosperous.
As the leader of an entire huge country, Qin Yi's life is naturally very easy. There are not many things that he really needs to worry about. Most of the time, he can immerse himself in the laboratory and concentrate on studying some things he likes.
"The total population has exceeded 50 billion, and this large base has finally come up."
What Qin Yi cares most about is naturally the population of Xinghan. Almost every once in a while, he will pay attention to the total population of Xinghan.
In the interstellar era, it is impossible not to have a huge population, especially now that the Xinghan is vast and sparsely populated, with dozens of planetary systems and dozens of living planets. If you include the planetary systems and living planets on the route to the star sea,
, Xinghan has more than one hundred living planets.
There are hundreds of living planets, and the total population has only now exceeded 50 billion. On average, the number of people on this living planet is only 500 million. It can be said that it is truly vast and sparsely populated.
An ordinary living planet can easily support tens of billions of people without any problem. Some large living planets can support tens of billions or hundreds of billions of people without any problem.
This population is still too small, too small.
Among the civilizations in the sea of stars, if you choose any civilization, even a level 1 civilization will have a population of tens of billions. As for a level 2 cosmic civilization, the population will be hundreds of billions, and some powerful ones may even have trillions.
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As for the Level 3 cosmic civilization, it occupies a rich star field and has an extremely huge population, which is measured in trillions.
Compared with these civilizations, the small population of Xinghan is simply not enough. That is to say, here in the solar system, the distance between the surrounding stars is too large, and there are no powerful civilizations, so they can live such a comfortable life in their small lives.
If Xinghan was in the sea of stars, the stars were close to each other, and the civilizations were numerous and powerful, then this small population would really be worrying.
Even today's Earth, after years of continuous population expansion and explosion, the population of the Earth has exceeded 50 billion. Now the Earth Federation is worried about satisfying the stomachs of these 50 billion people. A mere life
The planet alone has a population of over 50 billion, which is really stressful.
For this reason, the Earth Federation has proposed to Xinghan every year a plan to exchange the earth for several living planets, but Qin Yi has never agreed.
Because the Earth Federation not only wants to exchange for a living planet, but also a lot of technology, space battleships, etc., this is absolutely unacceptable to Xinghan.
Even though the earth has a relatively special status, in the vast universe, it is just an ordinary planet with life, and it is not worth spending a high price for it.
You must know that the warp engine technology, Xinghan's space battleship, etc. are things that not even the third-level cosmic civilization has. The Earth Federation is also ignorant and fearless.
You actually want to exchange a living planet for these things. If the civilizations in the star sea know about it, everyone will probably think that the Earth Federation is just having a fantasy.
"The population is still too small. When will we have a population of several trillions?"
Qin Yi shook his head slightly. He had seen too many powerful civilizations in the Science and Technology Tower. The population was so huge that it was unimaginable. With such a small population of Xinghan, the Xinghan people still had a long way to go.
"Um?"
"Letter from Huang Zhibin?"
While Qin Yi was reviewing documents and thinking about the future development of Xinghan, a letter from Huang Zhibin, commander-in-chief of Xinghan's First Fleet, was finally sent to Qin Yi.
With a thought, Qin Yi began to read the letter sent by Huang Zhibin in the virtual world.
"Dear leader, the First Fleet has completed its mission of surprise attack on the Leah Galaxy and returned to the Loulan Galaxy for rest and recuperation. Over the years, I have been fighting against the Heiyan Empire in the Star Sea. Through my research and discovery of the Heiyan Empire."
"The Heiyan Empire has developed to level 3 cosmic civilization hundreds of millions of years ago and has become the overlord in the sea of stars. However, after such a long time, no one in the Heiyan Empire has made any progress and has always stopped at level 3.
At the pinnacle of cosmic civilization, it has been unable to break through to level 4 cosmic civilization."
"The Heiyan Empire has conducted many in-depth analyzes on this. The general view is that it is very, very difficult to break through to level 4 cosmic civilization. It will take a very long time. The accumulation of the Heiyan Empire is not enough."
"There is even a view that the Heiyan Empire has reached the extreme point of civilization and cannot develop further. Otherwise, the Heiyan Empire would have already broken through."
The content of the letter written by Huang Zhibin is very long. The first thing he talks about is why the Black Yan Empire has always stayed at the level 3 cosmic civilization and has never taken a step forward.
Seeing this, Qin Yi also paused slightly and began to think continuously in his mind.
In the technology tower, Qin Yi also learned a lot of information. It is very common for civilizations such as the Black Yan Empire and the Ziyue Federation to stay at one civilization level and never be able to break through.
There are endless civilizations in the universe, but very few can develop into intermediate cosmic civilizations, and even fewer can break through to advanced cosmic civilizations.
Level 1-3 cosmic civilizations are low-level civilizations. If these level 3 cosmic civilizations can break through and become level 4 cosmic civilizations, they can enter the stage of intermediate cosmic civilizations.
The Black Yan Empire and the Ziyue Federation are indeed in the most difficult bottleneck period to break through. There are countless civilizations in the universe stuck in this bottleneck period for who knows how long, and even until the entire civilization is destroyed, there is no way to break through.
The Heiyan Empire has only been in this bottleneck period for hundreds of millions of years, which is nothing at all. Some level 3 cosmic civilizations will even stay for even longer and longer years.
In addition to the difficulty of breaking through between civilization levels, the development of this civilization is often related to the potential of the civilized race itself.
There are countless civilized races in the universe, and each civilized race is completely different. Some civilized races have great potential, and their civilization will naturally develop quickly, while some civilized races have low potential, and will naturally develop slowly.
Not to mention anything else, on Earth alone, while the civilizations in Asia, Europe, Central Asia and other regions were already dazzling, the civilizations in Africa could not develop at all. Even until modern times, Africa still cannot develop. When I stood up, I felt like mud that I couldn't support.
This is enough to illustrate the huge differences between civilized races. When magnified into the interstellar universe, the differences between different civilized races are even greater.
A civilization with potential develops rapidly, and it may take less than a million years to reach an intermediate civilization. A civilization without potential may take hundreds of millions or billions of years to reach an intermediate civilization.
As for the breakthrough from an intermediate civilization to a high-level civilization, it not only requires the civilization's racial potential to be astonishing, but also requires time and luck.
With the accumulation of time and enough luck, it may be possible to break through to an advanced civilization.
In addition to its own racial potential, it also has a lot to do with the external conditions for the development of civilization and its own development direction.
Some civilizations with strong potential are unlucky. They are in a fiercely competitive place like Xinghai and are dominated by other powerful civilizations when they are still very weak. It is impossible for them to develop.
Or maybe it is in the starry sky around the solar system. If the warp engine technology has not been developed, it will have been confined to an isolated island, and it will be difficult to contact other civilizations, so as to absorb the achievements of other civilizations to break through itself. It is also possible that it will eventually slowly disappear into the vast universe.
External conditions are also an important factor in the development of a civilization.
A good external condition can greatly promote the development and progress of a civilization, but conversely, it can greatly inhibit the development and progress of a civilization.
Thinking of this, Qin Yi continued to read, wanting to see what Huang Zhibin had to say about the Black Yan Empire.
"Based on my personal understanding and opinion of the Heiyan Empire, I believe that the reason why the Heiyan Empire has been unable to break through and has not made the slightest progress is closely related to the prevalence of hedonism within the Heiyan Empire."
At this point, Huang Zhibin finally expressed his opinion.
"Every citizen of the Heiyan Empire can get ten interstellar slaves for free from the time they are born. Therefore, almost all the people in the Heiyan Empire have been able to open their mouths for food and stretch out their hands for clothes since they were young. They have no ability to be independent."
"In addition, because the Heiyan Empire is the overlord of the Star Sea, it occupies the most prosperous and fertile star field in the Star Sea. It also has the largest number of affiliated civilizations in the Star Sea. Every year, this is the largest affiliated universe civilization alone. The tribute is enough for the citizens of the entire Heiyan Empire to live a carefree life."
"In addition, the Heiyan Empire's currency is the interstellar currency in the sea of stars, and it can take advantage of the level 3 cosmic civilization and rely on the huge industrial scissor gap to plunder low-level civilizations."
"So the citizens of the Heiyan Empire never have to worry about life. The most popular thing in the Heiyan Empire is hedonism. It can only be described as a life of indulgence and wealth."
"The entire civilization is addicted to pleasure, and there are not many people doing scientific research at all. There are also very, very few working hours every day. There are various holidays every now and then, and the work efficiency is extremely low."
"Even the people of the Heiyan Empire who are greedy for hedonism are unwilling to have children, so that the population of the Heiyan Empire has been continuously decreasing, even though the official side of the Heiyan Empire has introduced countless measures to encourage the remaining
It has no effect."
"I think this is the fundamental reason why the Heiyan Empire has never been able to break through to advanced civilization. If a civilization is too comfortable and pursues enjoyment too much, then the entire civilization will be completely decadent."
Seeing this, Qin Yi also nodded slightly. There are indeed too many in the universe, too many civilizations like the Black Yan Empire. They dominate one area and are powerful, but they are addicted to everything in front of them, and eventually slowly fall into hedonism.
Among them, it is like a hero who is addicted to the land of beauty and eventually loses his heroic spirit.
The situation of the Heiyan Empire is almost exactly the same. As the overlord of the star sea, the life of the Heiyan Empire is too comfortable. That is to say, every once in a while, it needs to clean up the newly emerged level 3 cosmic civilizations in the star sea.
, other than that, the Heiyan Empire is truly carefree.
It is natural to inevitably become addicted to enjoyment, and eventually gradually fall into decline, and the entire civilization is completely abandoned.
"But this is not the main reason why I wrote to you, leader, today. The main reason why I wrote to you, leader, is because I saw the signs of our Xinghan's development towards the Black Yan Empire here in the Loulan Galaxy."
"Here in the Loulan Galaxy, the interstellar slave trade is very popular. Interstellar slaves from the sea of stars are continuously imported into our star people. Among them, slaves that look very similar to us humans are the most popular commodities, and the price is extremely expensive.
, and demand exceeds supply.”
"Looking at the history of the development of our human race, and then looking at the development history of countless civilizations in the entire star sea, there are too many, too many powerful civilizations, and the countries were eventually destroyed in the hands of slaves and the importation of foreign populations.
middle."
"We Xinghan have finally reached the good situation we are in now. We still have a long way to go. Occupying the sea of stars in the future is only the first step for our Xinghan to rise in the universe."
"But if we Xinghan are addicted to hedonism like the Black Yan Empire and use a large number of interstellar slaves, in the future we Xinghan will most likely become the second Black Yan Empire. After developing to a certain point, we will no longer be able to
There is no way to make progress, and it will even continue to regress.”
"So I implore the leader to order a ban on the interstellar slave trade for the sake of the future of our Stars!"
PS: I have a cold and cough. Fortunately, I don’t have a fever and I still have a runny nose. I feel more relieved when I have a runny nose!