Chapter 60: Chances of Survival(1/2)
"Do you know that?"
"What do you know?" Xu Feng and Yin Jiu obviously didn't know what I was asking.
I explained helplessly: "It's the end of the world. Don't you know?"
This kind of thing was originally very confidential. In order to ensure that it does not cause panic and causes the collapse of social order, countries are trying their best to limit the spread of this matter. However, as time goes by, countries have gradually started to disclose some news about the doomsday to some personnel.
Xu Feng and Yin Jiu are not ordinary people, and now they know our existence, which means that this matter is no longer necessary to keep it confidential to them, so I no longer concealed this matter and asked directly.
"The Doomsday?" After hearing my question, Yin Jiu stared at me with disbelief and asked, "Don't you have a fever? I told me before that you have a companion who can perform core fusion in the body, but now I'm talking to me about the Doomsday. I know that your Longyuan's skills are very powerful, but you can tell me some reliable ones, right?"
I shrugged helplessly, then turned to Xu Feng and said, "Yin Jiu has a problem with his comprehension, you should believe it, right?"
Although Xu Feng was not very sure of his judgment, he nodded and said, "I think what you said should be true. But the end of the world...will this really happen?"
I nodded and said seriously: "The earth is very fragile. Or our solar system is very fragile. The current solar system is like using a magnet to attract several iron blocks. On the one hand, you have to make the surrounding iron blocks rotate to prevent being sucked by the central magnet, and on the other hand, you have to ensure that the rotation speed cannot be too fast, otherwise the centrifugal force of the iron block will fly away from the magnets. If an individual is maintaining this system, it can be classified as advanced techniques like acrobatics, but the problem is that our solar system is maintaining this balance itself. Can you imagine how fragile and stable it is?"
Xu Feng nodded and said, "I know a little about this. The planets in the entire solar system rely on the sun's gravity to gather near the sun. Once the speed of these planets changes, they will be sucked into the sun or flew out of the solar system due to the changes in centrifugal force. No matter which one is, it is not a good thing."
I continued after listening to it: "You are right. Any planet that goes out of orbit will cause gravitational chaos in the entire solar system, and the original trajectories of other planets will also change. The gravitational balance in the solar system is only a small range, and beyond this range will inevitably cause planets to deorbit. Several planets in the solar system are not small in size, and they all have the ability to change the stability of the solar system. And now we know that a bigger guy is flying towards us. So..."
"What? There is a meteorite to hit the earth?" Xu Feng was really anxious now. He is not alone, he also has parents, wife and children. If such a world-class disaster occurs, let alone let them survive, it would be difficult to save one or two things. As a normal person, how could he watch his family die peacefully? Besides, even if you know the news in advance, it does not mean that he will definitely not die.
Yin Jiu seemed to be a little convinced when he listened to our conversation. He looked at Xu Feng and me with a nervous look, but he didn't ask out of anger. However, I still explained to Xu Feng and told her to tell her.
"You have seen the technology of Longyuan. We can create artificial monsters, strengthen humans, produce millions of megawatt-level energy weapons, and even directly destroy the moon from the surface of the earth. But... we can do nothing about that thing, because it is not a meteorite at all, but a deorbited planet."
"A planet that is deorbited?" Even Yin Jiu called out this time.
I answered seriously: "It is not only our solar system in the universe. There are countless small galaxies like the solar system in the Milky Way. There are countless large galaxies like the Milky Way in the universe. Can you imagine how many planets there are?"
"The visitor you are talking about is a deorbited planet flying over from other galaxies?" Yin Jiu asked.
I nodded and said, "The planet we call the Terminator of the Solar System comes from a galaxy in the universe, but it has now broken away from the gravitational constraints of the original galaxy stars and is heading towards us. We have countless ways to smash it before it enters the solar system, but even if it enters the solar system in a fragmented state, it will completely destroy the gravitational balance of the solar system. Moreover, this guy is a giant planet, a superplanet that can only evolve into a star just a little bit. When it enters the solar system, it will be traction with other planets in the solar system. The orbit we calculated shows that it will eventually have more than 70% chance of hitting Jupiter and then fusing with Jupiter to become a star without new one."
"You mean there will be an extra sun in the solar system?"
I nodded again and said, "It's not just about having an extra sun. A planet will have a star explosion before becoming a star, and its power will be enough to destroy the entire solar system. At that time, all the planets in the solar system, including the sun itself, will be destroyed. Then they will regain the gravitational force based on new stars and re-establish a balanced solar system, but that has nothing to do with us, because by that time if we haven't left the solar system, we will definitely have turned into a bunch of cosmic particles."
"In other words, disasters are inevitable, right?" Xu Feng asked.
I didn't mean to deceive them, so I answered truthfully: "Disasters are inevitable. We have calculated countless times and thought of various ways, but in the end they can't change the final result. And if we destroy this solar system terminator, it will enter the solar system in the form of a meteor shower, and then the scattered meteorites will fill the solar system, making it more difficult for us to escape."
"Escape?" I just heard about the end of the world, and death is undoubtedly the case. Both Xu Feng and Yin Jiu felt so heavy that they were almost unable to breathe. Suddenly, they heard the word "escaping". They were both stunned. Then they seemed as if the drowning man saw a lifebuoy. They almost instinctively grabbed me and asked loudly: "What are you talking about escaping? Is there any way to escape such a galaxy-level disaster? But the earth will be blown to pieces, where are we going to escape?"
"The solar system will be done, but it will be fine as long as you leave the solar system." I pointed to the room in front of me and said, "This is part of the escape pod."
"Escape pod? Just something like this small coffin can block the big explosion that destroyed the solar system?" Yin Jiu looked at me in disbelief and asked.
I had to explain: "Of course this thing cannot block the supernova explosion. In fact, it may not even be able to block a shell. However, this thing is an important part of escape."
"An important part of escape?"
"That's right. After learning that the end of the world is approaching, scientists from various countries gathered together to discuss feasible human preservation plans. In the end, it was found that the form was not as bad as imagined. We humans actually already have the technology to escape this disaster."
“We have such technology?”
I nodded and said, "We can build spacecraft, and then look for planets similar to the Earth's environment. We can even find a planet that is similar to the Earth's orbit, and then transform it into a human-friendly planet."
Xu Feng suddenly frowned when he heard this, "I know that it can be done to survive in the universe. After all, the National Space Station has been in the sky for decades. I heard that the couple who volunteered to participate in the complete human space survival experiment has lived in the space station for more than 20 years and have not returned to Earth. And they have given birth to two children in the space station, which is normal now. This at least proves that the timely current can maintain human survival in space for a long time. But... how many people can be sent out from the solar system? How do we choose these people? Whoever leaves who stays? What should we do if the remaining people do? We won't really only send hundreds of people away as human seeds. Everyone else is waiting for the end of the world together?"
"It's almost the same as what you said, we can't send everyone away."
"You officials must run away again, you bastards!" Yin Jiu suddenly grabbed my collar and roared angrily when he heard this.
I grabbed her wrist and pulled her off with a little force. She was still far behind me. "I was really surprised. A senior police officer like you is still an angry young man. But don't be blinded by anger, passion is a good thing. Being used by someone with a heart is an idiot. We really can't take everyone away, but the quota is far from as pessimistic as you think. The room you are seeing now is a test model for the personnel loading area of the immigration boat. These things like coffins are human maintenance equipment. And none of the loading cabins are game connectors. You can connect to the virtual network like wearing a helmet. After the immigration starts, we will let all the talismans go. And none of the loading cabins are a game connector.
All people who meet the immigration conditions enter this cabin, and then use the superbio computer to move the entire game system of Zero to the spacecraft to build a huge virtual world. After accessing the game, everyone's body has a cabin maintenance and does not need to be offline to solve problems such as eating, drinking, urinating, washing and other problems. The cabin will automatically assist the body in completing these tasks. Everyone can stay in the mental network and not come out. This is like on the earth. You should go shopping and entertain. Anyway, as long as you are not offline, it will basically not affect the normal life of immigrants. In this way, relying on these cabins, you can transport a large number of people in a limited space, which will greatly increase the capacity of people."
"But even if this life-sustaining cabin can meet various physical needs, what should we do if human reproduction?" Xu Feng asked: "Even if I am not a science student, I know a little bit about how big the universe is. Interstellar immigration cannot arrive in ten or half a month, right? Not to mention these adults on the ship, even children of a few years old, their future grandchildren may not be able to wait for the day when the immigrant ship lands, right? How do you solve the problem of human reproduction in this process? Arrange people to go offline to find a room to do that to reproduce humans?"
I shook my head and said, "Immigrant ships are indeed impossible to find a suitable planet for immigration so quickly. If they need to transform the planet's environment, it will take extra time. Conservatively, this voyage will take at least 800 to 1,000 years. Nowadays, humans will definitely die at that time, so reproduction is necessary. Otherwise, humans will die in space if they don't insist on their destination. However, we do not intend to let people withdraw from the system to reproduce, because as long as someone goes offline, the space required will be dozens of times that of his life capsule. It is better to waste space to build a special cabin to save more people."
"What should I do if I breed the next generation?"
"Artificial assistance." I said directly: "Everyone's consciousness is connected to the game, not in a sleepy state. So in the game we can still fall in love and perform normal sexual activities. Of course, this will not produce offspring. After all, the game is virtual and the body does not actually contact. However, we will use artificial assistance equipment. If two people do reproductive activities in the game, our equipment will collect sperm from the man's body and implant it into the woman's body. If you get pregnant, it means that their child will appear. During the woman's pregnancy, the characters in the game will also change, which will be the same as in reality for everyone's consciousness. After that, the pregnant woman will give birth.
At that time, our equipment will assist pregnant women in childbirth. There will also be a synchronous state in the game. After the child is born, our equipment will transfer the newborn and mother into a special life capsule. Let the child grow by the mother until he is about three years old before transferring it to the ** life capsule separately. This can ensure that the child and the mother's body have a long contact and ensure that the normal function of the newborn is established. Of course, these are all equipment operations. Everyone will not feel any difference in the game, just like a normal child, and the child can be raised normally, but what they raise is actually the child's consciousness. The child's ** is raised by the equipment in the life capsule."
"This method sounds very good to solve the reproduction problem," said Xu Feng.
I nodded and said, "Not only can we solve the problem of reproduction, the most important thing is that this method reduces consumption. If a person does physical exercise, he will definitely eat more. While using electric current to stimulate the body without muscle atrophy, our survival pod will also keep the personnel in the cabin in a lower neogenetic metabolic state as much as possible. In this state, the natural consumption of the human body is about one-third of the natural environment. In other words, the materials used to feed a person can now support three people. This design can maximize the space and take away more people. Of course, this entire system also has a defect, that is, we must limit the reproduction speed. The materials on the spacecraft can be recycled, but the recycling ability of the spacecraft is limited. In order to bring as many people as possible, we will use the materials,
The consumption of space and energy is accurate to the standards of each person. Therefore, even if one more person is born, it means that the newborn does not have its own life capsule to be available. Therefore, we can only limit the population birth rate and use the quota system for the offspring. For every elderly person die on the ship, we can allow a newborn to reproduce, so that there is enough life capsule to be used for newborns. After all, the space on the spacecraft is limited. What we can guarantee is that the total population remains unchanged and cannot increase the number of humans. We may even deliberately limit the reproduction, compressing the population through the natural death of the elderly and the birth control of newborns, so that the population can be reduced to four-fifths or less when boarding the ship. In this way, more materials can be spared to reduce the pressure of equipment, and in case of something unexpected happens, we have enough ability to deal with it."
Yin Jiu has confirmed our thoughts for the first time when he saw us for so long. "Yes, this method is very humane. Although you have to apply for a quota first for giving birth, it should be very simple to ensure that every couple can get one or more fertility opportunities according to the natural update speed of human beings. Only those fertility madmen who want more than two children may be a little depressed. But even if this method of compressing living space and stuffing as much as possible, how many people can we take away? It is impossible for everyone to have the opportunity to get on the spaceship, right?"
I nodded and said, "Although the situation is not bad, it is not that optimistic. Now all countries are taking their own personal care and preparing spacecraft for their own people. Superpowers like China may provide a small number of cabins to some small countries with good relations, and may also sell some positions to foreigners in order to raise funds. In addition to the 100,000 cabins prepared for these foreign personnel, our country can provide its own people with a capacity of about 1.12 billion, with a positive and negative error of less than 10 million."
"1.12 billion?" Both of them were obviously relieved when they heard this number. Although this number is still a big gap from the current Chinese population, it has been at least half of it. If this is the case, the situation is not that bad.
Seeing that the expressions of the two men were a little relieved, but they were still nervous, I continued: "Actually, you don't have to worry. Although there will be about 500 million or 600 million people unable to board the ship according to this capacity, these people are not that difficult to select. First of all, don't think we will run away in a hurry the day before the end of the day. The solar system terminator will eventually destroy the entire solar system, and we can't wait until the last day to start running. According to our calculations, if we want to survive the explosion, we have to set off at least two or three years in advance, so the remaining people will not die immediately."
"You want to keep all the elderly?" Yin Jiu immediately guessed what I mean when he heard my words.
I nodded and admitted: "There is really no way. After all, this is a escape, not a trip, and it is impossible to screen completely in a fair and just way. Our plan is to first screen the prisoners in the prison, and give up directly if the sentence is over eight years. If it is shorter than this number, it is a secondary screening based on the cause of the crime, and if it is excused, it is listed as a general citizen for consideration. If it is given directly if it is given to its own reasons, it can be screened out some people who are harmful to society. Next is a physical examination. Although the society emphasizes taking care of the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled, if we design a special survival pod for special groups, it will inevitably reduce the number of our rescue personnel, and that is,
That is to say, saving a sick and disabled person may cost two lives. Although the ideaists clamor for every day that human life cannot be calculated by numbers, we cannot be idealists, otherwise it would be God's help if these people on earth could leave one or two percent. Therefore, for special personnel, we can only distinguish them according to physiological conditions. Only those who can use regular cabins can be calculated according to ordinary citizens. If they cannot be used, they can give up directly. We cannot take special care of a certain person. Patients and disabled people are also humans. Their lives are not more precious than ordinary people, so we cannot make extra contributions for them, otherwise we are depriving others of their right to survive."
Yin Jiu and Xu Feng both nodded and confirmed this view. Anyway, we are not deliberately discriminating against the disabled, but have just screened them according to everyone's common situation. Those with stubborn limbs or language disorders can participate in immigration programs like normal people. Only those such as serious physical deformities or serious genetic diseases will be excluded. After all, we should do interstellar immigration to take away the genetic samples with problems, which are obviously more valuable than taking away normal healthy genetic samples.
"Even if some prisoners are screened out and some serious genetic defects are severe, this quota should not be much shorter, right?"
I nodded and said, "The above knowledge assists in screening. The real large number of years is age control. Now, because the news is still closed, there is no restriction. Soon, major developed countries in the world will start nationality control and no longer accept new immigrants, but there is no control over immigration, so as to reduce population pressure as much as possible. Then, restricting fertility, and introducing various measures to reduce the fertility rate in a short period of time and minimize the number of newborns. Also, in the five years before the last immigration, the news of the end of the world will gradually open up the news of the end of the world, and gradually transfer the country to the military control state, and completely announce the news of the doomsday three years before the immigration and immediately ban the birth of newborns."
"Why should it be completely banned?" Yin Jiu asked in confusion.
"Because newborns and pregnant women cannot complete the launch process, the process from the ground to space will be quite exciting. In the past, only astronauts who have been specially trained and wear a full set of space suits can withstand this process. Now our technology has developed greatly and can allow ordinary people to tolerate this process, but it is still not a range that pregnant women and children under two years old can withstand, and people who are overly weak are not allowed. This is also the reason why we do not take special care of the elderly, the weak, sick and disabled people, because even if they are given a quota, the only one we will launch into space in the end will be a corpse. Instead of doing this, it is better to leave the quota to those who can survive the launch stage."
"But what should I do if I don't cooperate?" Xu Feng asked.
"Before birth and pregnancy, a newborn will be prohibited from being declared, and the reasons for the ban on childbirth will be explained to the public. Those who are pregnant will be allowed to continue fertility, but new pregnant women are prohibited from appearing. If a new pregnant woman appears, they will be persuaded to have an abortion. If the other party refuses, they will be excluded from the immigration plan. Anyway, even if they are included in the immigration plan, they will definitely not be able to enter space alive. Under this system, we still insist on having children can only choose to give up on them and make room for others."
"Even if you control it like this, the population will still exceed the standard."
"Limiting newborns can reduce the population pressure by about tens of millions, and then limiting terminally ill patients. The immigration plan is directly excluded from terminally ill patients who are unable to cure. Anyway, they will not live long. Instead of dying halfway through the immigration path, it is better not to board the ship to leave a seat for those who can live for a long time. In addition, the remaining population pressure will be borne by the elderly. A comprehensive score will be based on the lifespan, physical health, occupational scores and the number of relatives of each elderly person. Finally, a sufficient number of elderly people can be screened to ensure that the remaining number of people can immigrate. We predict that after this plan is implemented, the age line may reach a level of 60 or even 58 or 59. Those who are higher than this age will not be physically strong or have irreplaceable special abilities, such as masters of calligraphy and painting, scientists, etc. Others may not get quotas."
"How do you ensure that all elderly people can enjoy fair screening opportunities?" Yin Jiu asked.
I shook my head and said, "We cannot guarantee that even the perfect system will have loopholes. If I were to implement it, I can guarantee that there will be no unfair situations in my hands. But the problem is that I only have one person, and the final data statistics and screening process will definitely require many people to cooperate. These people cannot all hope to continue screening fairly like me. They also have their own parents or even the elders of grandparents. So they will hope to add some of their own people to get immigration quotas. Moreover, during this period, all the people in society, those with relationships, connections, channels and wealthy will try their best to contact these staff, and then make them surrender and help them modify some of the data as they hope. These are all imaginable but almost inevitable things. No matter how strict the system is, some people dare to take loopholes, let alone in the face of such a big decision that can determine life and death, how many people will not take risks?"
"But……"
"We have a way to eliminate this injustice, but the price we pay for will be that more people cannot board the immigration ship. So, what we can do is to use various systems and audit methods to maximize the trouble for those people. It will make them unable to easily complete this method of obtaining quotas. As for the others, we really can't do it anymore. Otherwise, we will lose the big picture because of the small."
Although Yin Jiu was obviously not very satisfied, he still didn't say much. Xu Feng also smoothed out: "This kind of shit happens everywhere, just try to minimize it. It's unrealistic to expect no one."
"Our country still has too many people, otherwise it would have been not so hard." Yin Jiu sighed: "If we were like the United States or European countries, we would definitely be able to take them away."
"Yes, who told us that there are so many people!" Xu Feng also sighed.
"Don't think things are simple. Things are not as simple as you think." I explained: "Although Europe has a small population, its manufacturing capabilities are relatively low. Now when it comes to technical cooperation, countries have actually left their trump cards, and no one has taken out all their technology. Europe has suffered a loss in this regard and lacks key technologies, so the manned spacecraft they manufacture are not as capable as ours."
"Then aren't they even worse than us?" Xu Feng asked.
I shook my head and said, "No, although their production capacity is not as good as ours, their population is smaller than ours, so the final transportation ratio is actually not much from us. Almost every big country has 10 to 20% of the population that cannot be transported, and even the United States has more than 13% of the people who cannot get immigration quotas. Of course, compared with countries like Africa and South America, developed countries can at least transport most people. Those countries that are unable to build space immigration ships are real tragedy. Except for a few capable people who can leave with other countries, most people can only stay and wait for death."
"Will these people who have been left behind and countries that cannot immigrate will be distorted by jealousy and hatred? They will even have to invite people to be buried with them when they die, and then launch nuclear weapons and other things to die with us?"
I nodded and said, "This is something that is very likely to happen, so our dragon clan was born."
"You are just used to suppress civilians?"
"No. We are star navigators, pilots and maintenance personnel of immigration ships and security personnel." I said: "Human lifespan is limited. Immigration that lasts a thousand years is not easy for humans to complete. If a pilot is too old to control and maintain the spacecraft, then there must be substitutes. These substitutes require training and operational experience, and completing these requires them to leave the survival pole. Once these people plow the survival pole, it will take several times or even dozens of times the consumption of space and materials. At the same time, they adapt to the beautiful and dreamy environment in the network and suddenly appear inside a white and extremely cold spacecraft. There will definitely be many people who will not
I am willing to stay in the spaceship and want to return to the Internet world. In this case, I undoubtedly need to train more personnel as backups. In contrast, we, the dragon clan with super perseverance and tirelessness, are better choices, and our lifespan determines that we can drive the boat until we send your descendants to the destination and establish an earth ecosystem. More importantly, our physique determines that we can leave the earth after all ordinary people take off, and we can ensure that we can still fly even if we are retaliated. So, we are the insurance of the Chinese immigration plan, as long as we don’t have any problems, the immigration plan will not have any problems."
"So you are so important!"
"It can't be said to be important, it can only be said to be a heavy responsibility."
"No matter what, the immigration plan for ordinary people will still fall on you. I think you are still very important." Xu Feng suddenly remembered something and asked, "You brought us here to live in now, right?"
I shook my head and said, "Of course it's not to move in. Instead, use this instead of the game helmet. Didn't you say there is no helmet? Use this and just lie in it."
Yin Jiu nodded and said, "It just happened to enjoy the cockpit of the immigration boat in advance."
I smiled and said, "Actually, there is nothing. After you connect to the game, you no longer have any perception of your body. It is impossible to feel your body feeling. Oh, by the way, I just forgot to ask. Do you two have an account in the game? Even if you only stay in the city as coaches for us, you still need an account of at least level 20, right?"
Yin Jiu asked me with his waist, "Do you think I am an alien? How could I not have an account for such a famous game as Zero? Tell you, not only do I have an account, but my characters are already over 1,300, and I am already a high-end player."
Xu Feng nodded and said, "I have an account too. But it's not as high as Yin Jiu. My account is just 1,100 now, but the equipment is pretty good. Oh, right. Let me tell you a little secret, we actually saw it in the game."
"Ah?" I looked at Xu Feng in surprise and asked, "Have we seen it?"
Xu Feng smiled and said, "You don't know, my account is actually a member of the Frost Rose Alliance, and I have fought with you again in Japan. At that time, we were guarding the city wall, and it was almost impossible to stop it. You suddenly jumped over the wall from our heads and fell outside the city, and then instantly knocked down a large area of Japanese players and monsters outside. I saw you at that time, but you just didn't see me."
I nodded to show that I understood. No wonder I had no impression of him. It turned out that it was a meeting under that situation, and it could not be considered a formal meeting. It could only be said to be a passing by.
"What's your game character's name?"
"Big Man Bull."
"It's so tough!" After I said that, I turned around and asked Yin Jiu, "Where is yours? The name of the account and where is it now?"
To be continued...