A year had passed since the last rescue mission. During this time, the so-called unknown entity hadn't arrived. It seemed the system was reliable enough as long as one was willing to spend the money.
However, during this year, the system hadn't issued any more rescue missions. When Chang Wei inquired about the reason, the system's explanation was flawless. It explained that those unknown entities had followed the trail and found themselves here, but since their leads were broken, they were now wandering the nearby universe. Therefore, issuing a mission now was inappropriate, lest it cause cross-border fluctuations and attract their attention. Once the situation had subsided, the system would naturally issue a new rescue mission for the host.
Upon learning of this situation, Chang Wei expressed his understanding. However, doing nothing and playing slacking off every day wasn't his style. So, he took advantage of this window of opportunity to vigorously develop.
First, the upper limit of the Light Chaser Fleet's legion size was upgraded from the original upper limit of 10,000 warships to the upper limit of 100,000 warships, which cost a total of 900,000 mission points.
Then, the factories were put into full operation, producing warships to fill the legions. To this end, the small Ymir galaxy had been developed to its limit, and many mineral veins and resources had been exhausted.
So, after consultation with all the captains and commanders, the Light Chaser fleet began expanding beyond the galaxy, occupying dozens of galaxies before stopping. Furthermore, Chang Wei spent one million mission points from the system store to exchange for complete wormhole excavation technology and the accompanying stargate technology, which would be used to form a transportation network connecting the major galaxies.
Coincidentally, after searching dozens of star systems, the Light Chaser fleet failed to discover any other civilizations. Even if there was life on some planets, it was extremely simple and low-level life. For example: monocytes and viruses...
The probability of this simple and low-level life advancing to the level of civilization and not dying due to various accidents along the way is extremely, extremely, extremely low!
This also proves that the aliens who explored the civilization were not lying. The universe where Chang Wei was born is indeed "vast and sparsely populated."
It has formed a cosmic social form in which the number of civilizations is extremely small, everyone is very lonely, and they are extremely eager to communicate and meet with other civilizations, as well as to understand each other.
In this cosmic environment, every intelligent civilization is extremely precious. It is possible that a civilization may never meet another civilization throughout its entire life, until it is destroyed!
This reminded Chang Wei of "Three major hypotheses about why humans have not discovered aliens."
These three hypotheses are: the rarity of life hypothesis, the dark forest hypothesis, and the great filter hypothesis.
The hypothesis of life's rarity is easy to understand. It posits that the birth of life is extremely demanding and rare. It's like throwing a bunch of parts into the ocean, and they'll automatically assemble into a cruise ship. This probability is the probability of life's birth. However, this hypothesis isn't reliable. At least in Chang Wei's view, while the birth of life is difficult, it's not yet so difficult as to render the universe so desolate! Given enough time and a large enough population, civilizations will flourish like a surging stream of crucian carp.
The Dark Forest Hypothesis, as anyone who's seen "The Three-Body Problem" knows, posits an extremely extreme and hostile cosmic social model. It essentially describes a universe like a dark forest, where all civilizations are armed hunters. While concealing themselves, they also strive to eliminate those who expose themselves. Over time, this dark forest of the universe becomes utterly desolate and silent, devoid of any trace of other civilizations.
The Great Filter hypothesis, on the other hand, suggests that there are one or more "filters" in the universe that filter out low-entropy objects that are unsuitable for the development of advanced civilizations. These "filters" could include natural or man-made disasters such as planet formation, artificial intelligence, and self-destruction.
Judging from various signs, the universe in which Chang Wei lives is very likely to conform to the Big Filter Hypothesis.
The universe is filled with countless stars and planets, and their formation depends on a complex set of conditions. Numerous factors, such as the orbital angle, distance, and mass of a planet, must be strictly met for a planet to form. This means that even under optimal conditions, life may not arise due to insufficient planetary formation conditions. Therefore, planet formation is one of the great filters.
While the continuous development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology brings convenience to civilization, it also carries various risks. If AI gets out of control, entire civilizations could be destroyed. Just when we think we have mastered AI, it may be the very moment it begins to control us. Therefore, AI is considered one of the Great Filters.
However, any civilization will need to address the issue of powerful weapons. Consequently, nations will acquire nuclear weapons, which could put any civilization at risk of self-destruction. They could misuse nuclear weapons for various reasons or unleash a war of unprecedented scale. In other words, any unexpected event could potentially wipe out a civilization. Therefore, this is also one of the Great Filters.
In addition, there are numerous catastrophic events, including high radiation levels, overoxidation, viral outbreaks, extreme climates, and meteorite falls. If even the slightest misstep occurs in the evolution of low-entropy entities, they could be eliminated by the Great Filter. They might not even have the chance to develop civilization. Naturally, the birth of civilization in the universe would appear extremely rare.
Because, it's not that they haven't appeared, but when you look for them, they have already perished. It's like a cycle of life, spending your entire life searching for each other, only to find that in the end, all that's left is a cold "tombstone".
This shows how fortunate it was for the Light Chaser Fleet to have discovered the Cats and Dogs! If the Light Chaser Fleet had arrived a little later, perhaps a hundred or eighty years later, the Cats and Dogs would have gradually become extinct. And after tens of thousands of years, all traces of their civilization would have vanished.
If there are three long and one short, choose the shortest; if there are three short and one long, choose the longest; if there are two long and two short, choose B; if they are the same length, choose A; if they are of different lengths, choose D; if they are all uneven, choose C.
Thanks to the person who created this formula! Otherwise, Chang Wei wouldn't have chosen C for this century-old problem, ABCD! And thus came to the Ymir galaxy.
Chang Wei looked at his remaining mission points and luck points. So he started spending them even harder. Hmm! It felt really good to have "money"!
"Fuck! Commander is cheating again!"
In the hangar, Zhong Kai leaped from the Quantum 00 Gundam and passed by a maintenance SCV. Instantly, he turned to look at the SCV behind him, his eyes filled with confusion and shock... as if he had heard the other person's hidden thoughts...
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