Chapter 154 The Last Charge
"I think our thinking isn't wrong. As long as we ensure the possibility of human civilization continuing, the Moon Goddess will perish.
The reason why everything we have tried in the past has not worked is simply that those methods do not guarantee that we will have a sustainable possibility.”
"oh?"
A white-haired old man looked at Liu Yu with some doubts: "What's the problem?"
"Paradox. A new paradox."
Liu Yu said with great certainty, "For example, let's take the plan of building an underground base and ensuring the possibility of continuation through inheritance from generation to generation. If this plan works, and we regain our fertility and civilization is able to prosper, then what will we do?"
The old man thought for a moment and was suddenly stunned.
"You see, this is the paradox. If the plan works, we will cancel it and no longer implement it. The reason is simple: if it already works, why implement it?
This applies not only to this plan but to all the others.
Information recording plan... Assuming this plan is successful, what will we do with the carrier of information, whether it is a stone or a spacecraft?
Obviously, we will recycle it, or destroy it, or treat it as a cultural relic or something, but ultimately, this project will not continue.
No matter how determined we are now, it will be useless because our descendants will always end up suspending them in the future.
This being the case, there is this paradox:
If a plan fails, then we will obviously terminate it because it is useless.
If a project is successful, we will still terminate it because it is no longer useful.
Did you find any commonalities?
Whether a plan is effective or not, we will always terminate it. Since we always terminate it, how can it... achieve the possibility of our continuation? "
Another scientific advisor thought for a moment and suddenly shook his head: "No, you are not right.
If this is the reason why it is ineffective, then the option of "broadcasting to the universe with high-power radio" should not be included.
Because it is different from other plans. Once this plan is implemented, we cannot influence it, cannot interfere with it, and cannot withdraw it.
It shouldn’t fail either.”
Liu Yu nodded slightly. "I've thought about this question too. My conclusion is that this plan is correct in terms of concept, but it is technically impossible to achieve.
It truly cannot be influenced, interfered with, or withdrawn.
It's just that... our radio power is too small to be capable of transmitting information across the vast universe.
Our signals can only be transmitted a few hundred light years at most, or even less than that. They will decay to the point where they merge with the cosmic microwave background radiation. Even if the technology of alien civilizations is more advanced, they will not be able to decipher any information from them.
A plan that can produce results must not only meet the three conditions of 'unaffectable, uninterruptible, and irreversible,' but also meet technical standards."
Liu Yu quietly expressed his views: "I am a physicist and I have sufficient knowledge reserves.
To my knowledge, there is only one way to do this that satisfies all of the above conditions."
She raised her head and uttered the words: "Gravitational waves."
The conference room suddenly became quiet.
Gravitational waves are ripples in space-time that, in theory, could be generated by just moving a finger.
But it is too faint to be observed.
At its peak, the most advanced gravitational wave detection equipment in human civilization could only detect gravitational waves generated by the movement of large mass celestial bodies such as neutron star collisions and black hole mergers.
There was once a gravitational wave release process in which all the mass equivalent to three suns was converted into gravitational waves, which people could barely observe.
At the same time, gravitational waves have super strong penetrating power.
The penetrating power of neutrinos is already strong enough, but the penetrating power of gravitational waves is more than tens of millions times greater than that of neutrinos.
This means that it is almost unaffected by any real matter, and unlike electromagnetic waves, it cannot be disturbed by stardust, nebulae, stars, planets, etc.
This gives it the potential to become a new means of communication: as long as people can accurately detect and create gravitational waves, they can use gravitational waves to communicate just like they use radio waves.
Based on these characteristics of gravitational waves, it perfectly meets the several conditions proposed by Liu Yu.
It is unaffectable, uninterruptible, and irrevocable. At the same time, it is not as easily interfered with as electromagnetic waves.
Therefore, Liu Yu’s plan was about to come out.
"Using gravitational wave communication technology, we will broadcast the entire genetic data of our human civilization to all potential extraterrestrial civilizations in the universe."
In this way, as long as an alien civilization with advanced technology, out of curiosity, creates even just one human being according to the genetic data blueprint, humans will not be considered extinct.
Moreover, this possibility is real and cannot be eliminated.
Since even something as bizarre as the Moon Goddess existed, how could there be no other alien civilizations in the universe? With so many alien civilizations, who could guarantee that there wasn't one with enough curiosity?
Just one is enough.
Moreover, once this plan takes effect and allows human civilization to continue, it will be impossible for human civilization to withdraw it.
Because it cannot be interfered with and cannot be withdrawn.
"Gravitational waves..."
The scientific advisor sighed shakily.
He knew that this plan was feasible.
As long as Zhou Cheng's idea about the Moon God's existence model is correct, this plan will definitely be effective and save civilization.
only……
At the peak of our technological advancement, we could only detect gravitational waves released by the merger of massive black holes. With our current technology...how could we possibly master gravitational wave communication technology?
Liu Yu said quietly: "We don't actually need to master gravitational wave communication technology. We just need to produce gravitational waves that meet the standards.
Whether we can detect it is not important. What is important is whether alien civilizations with advanced technology can detect it."
This undoubtedly reduces the technical requirements by countless times.
But even so, this still seems unfeasible.
For humans, especially those in their twilight years, the technological requirements are still too high.
There was still silence in the meeting hall.
Liu Yu stood up gently: "The children are almost grown up. They will soon be able to complete the basic knowledge reserves and participate in subsequent scientific research.
In that case... let's launch a final charge, what do you think?"
The first decision maker nodded slightly.
"Then let's launch one final charge."
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