The dome structure of Origin 1 has been officially completed. Although its internal facilities still need to be further improved, overall, the degree of completion of this experimental base prepared for "Forerunner 3" is already very high.
And the scientific researchers have been stationed in the Origin No. 1 experimental base as early as the day when the main body was completed, that is, a month ago.
Today is the day of capping, and it is also the day when Forerunner 3 conducts outdoor "free" activities for the first time.
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"Come with me, I'll take you for a walk." It was Zhang Fengyu who spoke.
The person invited was "Forerunner 3" who was 1.93 meters tall.
"Forerunner 3" looks like a white humanoid creature with no facial features and no gender characteristics.
However, some people hypothesize that the appearance of "Forerunner 3" is related to the donor from China. In other words, the real "Forerunner 3" may be an undetermined form of life with imitation or parasitic characteristics.
The "Forerunner 3" we see now is just one of its forms.
This hypothesis was proposed by researchers in the United States, and it is possible, but these are not the focus of current observations.
"Forerunner 3" has appeared to be very "well-behaved" since its birth.
Not only did it not cause bloody massacres like those in the classic Hollywood movie "Alien", it was even extremely friendly to everyone who came into contact with it.
Therefore, some biological experts inferred that the current mind of "Forerunner 3" should only be equivalent to the level of a two-year-old human child, which is the stage of strong curiosity, observation and love.
Of course, this is just an inference, and there is no actual evidence to prove the true mental age of "Forerunner 3".
In the days before the main body of the Origin 1 experimental base was completed, "Forerunner 3" had been staying in a room that was completely isolated from the outside world. There, humans prepared various "small things" for "Forerunner 3".
"Toy" is used to introduce the concept of human beings to this unknown life form.
"Forerunner 3" is not averse to isolation, and it spends most of its time in a state of near slumber.
Occasionally when it is awake, "Forerunner 3" will take various props, graphics and text in the isolation room and touch them repeatedly. It feels like a blind person using touch to understand the world.
From this, it can be roughly inferred that "Forerunner 3" does not have the sense of eyes.
In this regard, Japanese researchers have put forward a conjecture that is relatively depressing to morale.
That is, this "Forerunner 3" may be a very low-level life form. They are very ancient and primitive. In comparison, the evolutionary integrity of human beings far exceeds it.
And if this conjecture is true, it means that humans have overreacted to "Forerunner 3". The road we have spent a lot of energy exploring may not lead to treasures, but to disappointing abandonment.
Corridor.
However, researchers from Brazil hold opposite views to those from Japan.
They do not think that not having eyes is inferior, because eyes are an adaptive sensory element.
Because humans mainly live in light environments, they have the most basic visual system. However, if humans live in darkness underground for a long time and in a lightless environment, the possibility of human eyes degeneration is much greater.
Due to the possibility of evolution, that is to say, the way "Forerunner 3" perceives the world at this time is not necessarily primitive, but adaptive. If it is given enough
Over time, if we survive in a long-term light environment, maybe we can witness the entire process of "Forerunner 3" evolving eyes.
For the above two theories, the Chinese side either supported or refuted them, and they did not even participate in the discussion.
So what did scientific researchers from China do during this period?
The first is to establish communication.
This is very Chinese.
Because in the eyes of Chinese people, there is nothing that cannot be sat down and talked about.
What's more, we are facing such a "gentle" big man as "Forerunner 3".
However, it was not the researchers who proposed the "communication" plan at the beginning, but Yougege.
As an observer, Yougege had no intention of joining the research at first, but Chu Yanran valued her opinion and expected that this female writer with a very special personality could come up with a special plan.
You Gege did not disappoint Chu Yanran.
The first plan she proposed was to establish "communication".
The basis of communication is "language", and the concrete carrier of language is "words".
If "Forerunner 3" is an intelligent life, they should have their own writing. Although some people have objected to this, they believe that advanced life does not necessarily have the characteristic of "writing", and "writing" is not advanced
Essential elements for life.
But in Yougege's view, writing is the watershed in the evolution of life and the dividing line between humans and gods.
In a world without writing, civilization is in a state of chaos and disorder, and the emergence of writing is like Pangu opening up the world, and it is the most important sign that human beings have officially evolved towards gods!
And Yougege also explained his views in detail.
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Before the birth of writing, human beings already had the most primitive and oldest "language" communication ability, but this was like the way of communication between two mutes who had not learned sign language. It was through usual gestures or special pronunciation.
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The "language" communication at this time is not only confusing, but also very easy to cause misunderstandings.
It has also been recorded in ancient Chinese history that during the long period of time after the birth of "language" and the emergence of "writing", when the original government agencies issued multiple orders to ministers, the ministers wanted to remember these
I will carry a rope with me when I hear something important, and tie a knot in the rope every time I hear something important to facilitate my memory.
Similar situations are also reflected in all aspects of society.
But this method of "tying knots to rule" is still extremely primitive and backward. Even if people choose knots of different thicknesses, different lengths, and different spacing, it will be difficult to pass down a story completely, because this is only the oldest
trigger, the story remains in the person's mind.
But after "text" appeared, things were completely different.
Human civilization can finally be continued completely, accurately, and even vividly with the help of writing.
Therefore, in human history, the significance of writing to human beings is extraordinary.
In the relatively long past, human beings' worship and respect for "words" once became a cultural phenomenon.
Just like what we often call the "wastebasket".
From today's perspective, "wastebasket" is just another name for a trash can.
But in fact, what is reflected behind the "paper basket" is a culture of "cherishing words". The literati placed the "paper basket" in the study room to prevent the words on the discarded paper from being tarnished, instead of throwing garbage and trash like today.
broken
Paper thrown into a bucket.
This kind of culture can be traced back to the Song Dynasty in China. If we want to explain it in detail, it would take a long time, and it would also go a bit far.
In short, in Yougege's eyes, writing is of extraordinary significance to human beings, and even to all advanced civilizations. It can even be said bluntly that only a life with writing can be called a higher civilization!
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After listening to Yougege's words, all the scientific researchers couldn't help but marvel. Although they have made extraordinary achievements in their respective scientific research fields, they have ignored that the inheritance foundation of all this research is writing, and the importance of writing is self-evident.
So after determining the "communication" plan, how to complete the communication with "Forerunner 3"?
In this regard, the initial plan drawn up by Yougege was very simple.
That is to teach "Forerunner 3" to read Chinese.
This method is indeed simple, but it is somewhat difficult to implement.
First of all, given that the current research is still in the "observation" stage, no one can have direct contact with Forerunner 3 until Origin 1 is completed.
Secondly, once this plan is implemented, other countries will definitely follow suit. Will the different texts cause problems for Forerunner 3's learning?
The answer is obviously yes.
And if the plan is announced first and a language is determined, Chinese may no longer be the first priority.
Regarding the above difficulties, Zhang Fengyu, the security director of the China research team, thought of a relatively safe way, which is to use the original links in the current "observation" research to achieve short-term contact with "Forerunner 3".
This original link refers to data sharing once every hour. After the data has been shared twelve times in total, the background server terminal will perform a data cleanup and restart. The entire process takes an average of 25 minutes. During this period,
The heads of the research teams in each area will temporarily leave the observation room, other personnel will also go to the restaurant to eat, and shift personnel will not enter the observation room in advance.
In this way, as long as the researchers in China give up their rest time or leave one person to stay in the observation room, they can use these 25 minutes to achieve one-on-one communication with Forerunner 3.
And the most important thing is that the above operations do not violate the relevant research regulations of the research team. At the same time, even if someone notices the actions of the Chinese side, China only needs to disclose the results.
To sum up, as long as we can get the opportunity to teach "Forerunner 3" Chinese first, our research on China will be more effective with half the effort.
Chu Yanran still had some concerns about the method proposed by Zhang Fengyu, but after reporting it, Li Shaoan gave a clear answer.
“Just do it!”
With this reassurance, on the night of January 11, Yugege officially began to try to contact "Forerunner 3".
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"Have you seen the picture on this device? This is the only way to each observation room. Now everyone in the other observation rooms has gone to eat. It is estimated that the first person to come back is the palace guard from the Japanese area.
, he is a workaholic, but you have at least fifteen minutes to be alone with him and make good use of it." Zhang Fengyu said.
Yougege was a little nervous, but beyond the nervousness, there was more anticipation and inexplicable excitement.
"Xingcai, you stay here with her, I'll be back in a moment."