Chapter 532: The Heavenly Mother's Cosmology_1

Jiang Yu was reading this military report when the stars began to exhibit blue and red shifts, followed by the spaceship entering lightspeed.

Yang Dong had experienced riding a lightspeed spaceship before, but at that time she was in hibernation and had not witnessed the process of entering lightspeed with her own eyes.

For her, this journey at lightspeed was quite novel; she often held her child and gazed out of the porthole.

Jiang Yu, on the other hand, continued reading his report, wherein Zhuang Yue and Cao Yang opined that they should gradually phase out the star accelerators and install warp engines on every warship.

It must be said that the star accelerator was a product of its time, as the Solar System State had just begun to flee the Solar System; the immense pressure from the Dark Forest necessitated a large number of lightspeed spaceships.

However, the complexity of warp engine construction meant that even now they cannot be produced in whatever quantities are desired.

Under such circumstances, the star accelerators came into being, as a single star accelerator could propel ten to fifteen large spacecraft to enter lightspeed.

The large star accelerators manufactured for the Ark project could even propel a portion of Venus's crust, as well as several Space Cities into lightspeed.

It must be acknowledged that in this process, the star accelerators played a tremendously important role.

But now the situation is different. The pressure from the Dark Forest is much reduced, technology is advancing rapidly, and it is a golden era of development; there is the financial capability and resources to significantly increase the production of warp engines.

If every warship were equipped with a warp engine, then the spacecraft would have two power systems; while entering lightspeed flight, the nuclear engine could operate normally, and the warship's firepower would not diminish.

If every warship of the Second Group Army had been equipped with a warp engine during the Earth battle, Zhuang Yue would not have hesitated to order a retreat.

Even if the enemy were to catch up, they could retaliate while entering lightspeed, without having to worry about the reduced attack capacity during the lightspeed entry process.

Once entering lightspeed, not even gods could catch up, since it would be difficult for the enemy to know when humanity's ships would drop out of lightspeed.

The star accelerators decommissioned by the military could be converted for civilian use; for a long time into the future, the star accelerators would still have a significant role in civilian applications.

Only when all long-distance civilian ships are gradually refitted with warp engines will star accelerators completely exit the stage of history.

Furthermore, the trail issue is expected to be solved within the next thirty years, which would essentially support the plans of Cao Yang and Zhuang Yue from another angle.

In the past, the star accelerator was favored because it produced fewer and fainter trails.

The acceleration of a dozen spaceships by a single star accelerator would result in fewer trails than if each spaceship accelerated on its own.

And because the acceleration process of the star accelerator is longer, the trails naturally appear fainter and are not easily observed.

Since there is hope for solving the trail issue, there is no need to worry about the additional trails produced by each spaceship accelerating independently.

The moment Jiang Yu entered lightspeed flight, all the powers of the Solar System State's Wallfacer would be transferred to Yun Tony.

Jiang Yu estimated that given Yun Tony's character, this plan would not be approved immediately; only after decisive progress in the "Eraser Plan" would Yun Tony approve this military plan.

Jiang Yu took a deep breath, though somewhat apprehensive, he was clear that sooner or later he would have to let go and while he had the energy, he could try letting go.

If it didn't work out, he could take the reins again; there was still time to cultivate a new successor.

Then, Jiang Yu opened another report provided by the Academy of Sciences, an analytical report on his communication with the giant planetary organism.

Firstly, the expert groups simulated the other party's form, which should possess characteristics of both artificial intelligence and sentient life.

The traits of artificial intelligence are in relation to the Heavenly Mother, to whom they naturally obey.

But when these two characteristics are concentrated in one organism, they feel contradiction and confusion.

When Heavenly Mother no longer had a main consciousness, their life lost its purpose, and the contradiction and confusion deepened.

They wanted to escape their fate but had no choice but to accept it.

This seemed like an amplification of human life, which often transforms through a continuous process of escape and forced acceptance.

At the same time, their state closely resembled that of artificial intelligence with self-awareness; their contradictions and conflicts provide certain references and warnings for the development of human artificial intelligence.

The second piece of intelligence sorted out by the expert group was that the First Epoch Life Forms had generally withdrawn from the centre of the cosmic stage.

They were among the earliest creatures to struggle in the three-dimensional universe, and after billions of years of conflict, they were exhausted and scarred.

Although the current state of the Second and Third Era Organisms is unclear, judging from other civilizations humanity has encountered, the universe now belongs to the Fourth Era Life Forms, such as humans, Trisolarans, Silicon Star People, and other such civilizations.

The third piece of intelligence was an analysis of Heavenly Mother's cosmic view.

The expert group believed that the First Epoch Life Forms generally fused the consciousness of their entire civilization during or before their dimensionality reduction.

Under this premise, the consciousness of the First Epoch Life Forms became vast and, over time, their views on the universe and life also changed.

Unlike humans, Heavenly Mother's views on life and herself became increasingly abstract and blurry, which in turn influenced her view of the universe.

Theories and technologies valued by humans were gradually seen by Heavenly Mother as instincts.

For her, the entire planet was a life form, so could a planetary system also be a life form?

The sun provides energy, and planets move in predetermined orbits. The civilizations that arise within them resemble the existence of red or white blood cells.

Then, on a larger scale, could not a star system also be considered a life form? With a central black hole carrying a billion stars, it moves through the vast universe while the star system operates steadily within.

What about the universe? Could the universe also be seen as a life form?

Whether they are celestial bodies or civilizations, all operate according to certain universal laws, breathing with their own patterns.

Although it is unclear how Heavenly Mother sought to merge with the universe, from the perspective of humanity's cosmic view, Heavenly Mother likely wanted to become more abstract.

She wanted to abstract herself to the point of being almost indistinguishable from universal laws, and at the same time, she would use her strength to make these laws universally recognized.

God-level Civilizations have also done this, such as with the speed of light.

However, Heavenly Mother's unique cosmic view granted her actions an ample sense of mystery.

Heavenly Mother ultimately failed, presumably defeated by other God-level Civilizations.

It is difficult for humanity to guess what kind of weapons a God-level Civilization would use to defeat Heavenly Mother, much like asking someone from the era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to imagine the weapons of the future.

They might think of larger bows and arrows or sharper swords; a little more abstractly, they might think of using thunder and strong winds as weapons.

But nuclear explosions, matter-antimatter annihilation, Dark Matter Detonators—these are things they could not conceive of.

For now, it seems that the weaponry of a God-level Civilization can annihilate the main consciousness of a First Epoch Life Form, turning Heavenly Mother into a "vegetative state".

There was also a scholar who proposed the hypothesis of "mechanical life evolution" based on Heavenly Mother's cosmic view.