Kaptan Star

This is the remote and remote star Kaptan...

More than five hundred years ago, the "Golden Sun" spacecraft successfully arrived in this star field, bringing with it interstellar colonists from the solar system.

All the planets here have not bred any living things, and of course the humans on the Golden Sun have not encountered any alien civilizations.

Unfortunately, this branch of humanity broke out in a large-scale civil war because of the political revolution, and this series of civil wars greatly delayed the process of planetary development.

These painful memories are already a story three hundred years ago. The old generation gradually died, and the new generation took over the torch, leading the entire civilization to move forward. .

After more than 300 years of smooth development, this star field is like another "solar system", from the mineral mining site on the mining planet, to the interstellar shipyard on the main planet, to the nuclear fuel industrial base on the gas planet.

Even, you can see a huge global accelerator on the surface of a planet!

The only difference from the civilization on Earth is that this civilization is younger, more vigorous, and more poetic and yearning for a distant place... "...Is it

about the genetic adjustment plan for the next generation?"

In an office, several senior leaders and Scientists at the scientific agenda are discussing something.

"Yes, Mr. Captain. So far, the social public support system has been implemented for three hundred years. According to public opinion surveys, most people hope that our next generation will be smarter and more creative. There is not much resistance..."

"With a certain degree of screening and adjustment during the fertilized egg period, the next generation of children will undoubtedly be smarter. It is estimated that the overall intelligence can increase by 11%, which is a huge improvement. , far faster than natural screening."

The gray-haired old man, Xu Peng, who is also the current captain, listened to the complete plan and asked solemnly: "Although all of us humans no longer reproduce by themselves. But the sperm and eggs in the artificial incubation room , It is still donated by citizens in society."

"I still have a few key points to ask..." "

The first is that due to gene adjustment, it will move closer to the bia genome sequence, isn't that right?"

The young man The man immediately replied: "Yes, that is indeed the case."

"Then, will there be problems with the donated sperm and eggs of human beings after gene adjustment? A collapse occurred, but if there is a problem with the entire genetic system after thousands or tens of thousands of years of reproduction, it will be even more difficult to adjust it back. Is this possible?" "Captain, according to

the Some samples have no problems for the time being. But the current experiment only lasted to the fifth generation, and it is not clear whether there will be problems after dozens or hundreds of generations." "Besides, the implementation of genetic adjustment will indeed reduce the

genetic This is another risk... Alas, it would be great if we could find more high-quality genomes. As for how to improve human intelligence, the progress of research is too slow." Xu Peng was silent

, There was no reply for an hour and a half.

The reason for the rush to improve the overall IQ is that the development of science is getting harder and slower.

In addition, the entire civilization is also controlling the population and keeping it at a suitable level. If it weren't for the level of genius of the whole people, it would be a bit unsustainable. But blindly expanding the population will actually lead to a decline in mobility, which is something that the high-level civilization does not want to see.

And long-term stagnation will inevitably lead to the loss of spiritual ideals and fighting spirit. Human beings can only rely on the results of victory to keep whipping themselves forward.

But what is troubling is that human beings' understanding of genes is still in a half-understood state. This is the biggest problem. You can't move forward, and you can't retreat.

"Let's do this... the number of people who will try out the bia genome cannot exceed 5% of the total population for the time being."

Xu Peng pondered for a long time, then sighed, "Also... we have found a propulsion method using cosmic strings, it's time to The outside world has carried out exploration. There are always more powerful alien civilizations in this universe, and our difficult problems may be a piece of cake for them..." "

Even if this kind of external exploration has great risks..."

He looked up Look in the direction of kic8462852, Tabby Star.

The Dyson sphere is right there, proudly announcing to the entire Milky Way that the "Law of the Dark Forest" is broken, and that "the universe can communicate".

If this Dyson sphere has not been discovered, human beings are likely to still hide in their gentle hometown, arrogantly fantasizing that they are the only intelligent life in the universe.

"Captain, the plan for foreign exploration. We need a powerful interstellar fleet. From the main ship to the military spaceship, it will take decades to build." Xu Peng nodded: "This plan, the public will

definitely Supported."

"We still need to start cultivating relevant talents from now on."

"The education content of the school needs to be adjusted."

During such a heated discussion, suddenly, the door of the office opened, and a secretary from the secretary department walked in. lad.

He shouted with a little excitement: "Mr. Captain!"

"What's the hurry?"

"It's not an urgent matter." The young man hurriedly said: "In theory, Gliese 581 has received the message we sent, just in the past few hours! I don't know if the people from the Earth Times have received these The message... I don't know if they still exist, will they reply to us?"

"If they receive it, they should be very excited!"

Message?

Xu Peng was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that this was already a grand event more than 20 years ago.

That's right, the starry sky is so huge, once you send a message, it will take 20 or 30 years for the other party to receive it, so that most people have already forgotten about it.

He sighed: "Even if you want to get back to us, it will take twenty or thirty years to reach our planet..." "I do

n't think it will be so fast, it may take another hundred or two hundred years." Another A scientist said: "It's only been a hundred years since the Earth Age reached Gliese 581, right? Even if they haven't suffered any setbacks, this time is still not enough to develop themselves. Where is the productivity to build a large-scale electromagnetic wave launcher? "

Let's make a bet, two hundred years."

"Old Yu, you may not live for two hundred years." "

Then let's make a hundred and fifty years, what is the bet, let me think..."

A group of people There are even bets on it, but none are under a hundred years old. Because even the Golden Era took such a long time to develop to have enough redundant productivity to transmit information.

This is really a gamble that lasts for a lifetime.

Xu Peng sighed again, "Yeah, it's okay to reply later... I just hope that our information can help them."

I also hope that in my lifetime, I can wait for the news of the Earth Times.

Even if you lose the bet... that's fine.

In the vast universe, if you really know that there is another branch of human beings, it is really a very warm thing