Chapter 160 Preparation time Upon hearing this, Ah Dai used the powerful computing power of the photon computer to analyze the meaning of Fan Ren's words without any hesitation. His answer seemed to require no time to think. “Boss, my operation method is the same as the original one, which is to use the powerful computing power of computers to analyze and make decisions on everything. Even with the help of the photon computer on the Conqueror, I am now more powerful than our Star Sea supercomputer back then. Similarly, for some simple scientific and technological research and development that requires a lot of calculations, I can also participate in it to help them avoid detours and speed up the process. " Fan Ren nodded. In this way, although this series of crises were caused by the original problem. But the ending is relatively acceptable. After all, they now have a reliable "artificial intelligence" with self-awareness. With the help of Ah Dai, even if new artificial intelligence is accidentally generated in the human network in the future, he will be able to discover it in time and deal with it accordingly. And just from Fanren's perspective, Ah Dai is trustworthy, otherwise there would be no need to go to such great lengths to tell them all the details about the spaceship. You know, before this, Primordial also knew that the jump would trigger a crisis of being detected by other civilizations, but it didn't care about it at all.
Ah Dai was different. He told Fan Ren about his discovery immediately to warn him. Furthermore, although Ah Dai has now survived in another way, Fan Ren had after all "killed" him once with his own hands, and the guilt in his heart is difficult to eliminate. "That's great, Ah Dai, right? On behalf of Da Xia, I want to say sorry to you. And Fan Ren, don't be discouraged or feel guilty. Scientific research is like this, always accompanied by failures and accidents. Perfect success is basically impossible, of course, except for you. Compared to 99% of scientists, you are already very remarkable. Don't be discouraged by your "accidental" failure. Daxia needs your talent. Don’t forget, as you just said, this universe is not quiet.” Not only did Mr. Ye's few words dispel Fan Ren's newly-risen sense of guilt, but they also gave him full motivation. Yes, the crisis has not been resolved. "Here's what I think. Next, we have to assume that there is a civilization in the star system within 10 light years of the solar system, and that the other party has detected the jump fluctuations on our side. At the same time, they have made preparations, including but not limited to sending spacecraft to conduct on-site detection, electronic telescope detection, and the possibility of sending a fleet to launch a war and plunder here. As things stand now, we know nothing about the outside universe, so we must be extremely vigilant, because if we don’t respond in advance, what awaits us may be destruction, enslavement, or colonization.” Fan Ren escalated the crisis to a very serious level. After Liu Shengzhan heard it, he and Li Jian looked at each other at the same time. Both of them noticed the solemnity in each other's eyes. “For this reason, we should prepare for this. First of all, we must vigorously develop space technology. Xinghai is ahead in this regard, and I have no choice but to do so. In the future, Xinghai will devote its main energy to the research and development of space science. At the same time, I will hand over the production and processing of Xinghai to the Daxia Industry Department, and I also suggest that the Industry Department should let Ah Dai participate in this regard, make reasonable plans and coordinate, so as to achieve more efficient results, thereby saving a lot of manpower and material resources. During the attack test on the Conqueror, we discovered a fact that was hard to accept. It seems that no weapons produced by humans today can cause the slightest harm to it. We need to increase investment in research and development in this area. Take the Conqueror as an example. At least we need to have weapons that can damage its armor, so that we can have a certain resistance when we face extraterrestrial civilizations in the future. " Upon hearing this, Liu Shengzhan couldn't help but feel sad for a moment. Hundreds of years of weapons research by mankind seemed so ridiculous in front of the Conqueror. Fan Ren did not stop here and continued, "There is a good news. From the little information we have obtained from this spaceship, we know that this cutting-edge jump technology can only be used within the star system, relying on the star's gravity for positioning and space jump navigation. Outside the star system, even a high-level civilization should still only be able to use technology with thrust engines to propel the spacecraft across the long and desolate interstellar space where there is no planetary system. According to our current technological strength, taking our fastest spacecraft Peregrine as an example, due to stress factors our current materials only allow it to accelerate to a maximum speed of 1000 kilometers per second. In this regard, we calculate based on the extraterrestrial civilization being three times faster than ours. Assuming that their spacecraft can fly at a speed of 3 kilometers per second in interstellar space, then based on the distance of 3000 light-years from our nearest star system, the Centaurus Galaxy, the fastest time for this civilization to reach Earth would be years at the fastest.
Here we add other factors that we cannot currently consider and assume that it only takes 200 years. So, this 200 years is the shortest period we can use for development. I don’t know if my calculation is too optimistic, but this is the only way for now. Maybe they have other means to reach the solar system faster. But no matter what, my assumption must be taken seriously. Because, if it is true as I assume, perhaps in 200 years, humans without resistance consciousness will likely face a devastating extinction crisis. " Fan Ren's explanation was very easy to understand, and even Ye Rongshan, who didn't know much about deep space navigation, roughly understood what he meant. He said directly and firmly: "It doesn't matter. Now you are an expert in this field. Your estimate will prevail. Tell me what you have planned. I'm taking notes here." Fan Ren nodded and put away his lack of confidence. No matter what, facing the possible existence of extraterrestrial civilizations, humans must do their best to respond. Not only Fan Ren understood the truth that if you fall behind you will be beaten, but everyone present understood it. Not to mention that in today's space age, if the gap in strength levels is too obvious, it will not be a simple matter of being beaten. Logically speaking, once the enemy has the ability to completely destroy you, there is no reason for them to sit down and negotiate cooperation with you. Unless you have something that the other party likes and needs. But in any case, relying on this kind of demand to survive is not a safe way. (End of this chapter)