If there is alien life out there, where is it? — Fermi

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After hearing what Zhang Yi said, Ling suddenly laughed.

As if she had heard some childish remarks, she looked at Zhang Yi with a hint of pity.

"Have you forgotten what I said?"

"This planet is a testing ground created by the Creator. The entire universe exists to create such a perfect environment."

"So this is the center of the universe. This is the most suitable place in the universe for human survival."

"If we leave here, the world outside won't be any better. What's more -" Her tone became heavy, "We absolutely cannot leave the cosmic vortex centered on the sun!"

Zhang Yi raised his eyebrows.

Cosmic vortex?

This is their understanding of galaxies.

"why?"

"Because it doesn't make any sense. And no civilization can develop enough technology to support them to leave the solar system you mentioned, otherwise they will fall into extinction."

“No civilization can create a space travel tool that can exceed the speed of light.”

Zhang Yi thought of a term: "curvature engine".

His eyes widened: "Your technology is so advanced, but you can't do it?"

"Light is the limiter of this universe. It is an iron law that can never be surpassed. Everything in the material world is subject to its existence. The only thing that can surpass the speed of light is human will, that is, the [spirit]."

"So, there may be powerful biological individuals that can reach the speed of light. For example, you now, and the combined unconsciousness of our race."

"But there is no point in doing so. The desolate universe is a dead place. Humans dream of leaving this area, thinking that there is a vast world with abundant resources outside. But in fact, there is nothing there."

Zhang Yi was silent for a while, then said stiffly: "At least there are resources there."

"Yes! We have also developed the resources of the universe. We have tried everything you can think of. But we all failed in the end."

Ling said calmly.

Zhang Yi looked at Ling, thought for a moment, and then asked, "If you had been working hard to research technology at the beginning of the world, would you have already developed civilization to the entire galaxy?"

Ling said: "Maybe! But why should we do that?"

"Since you already know that the world is empty and only thoughts last forever, why do you want to chase after the illusory light in the empty world?"

Zhang Yi felt that he couldn't continue chatting with her.

The two people's thinking dimensions are not on the same level.

It's like a beggar who doesn't understand why a wealthy man who still has tens of millions of dollars in assets after going bankrupt would seek death.

"I think I can understand it now. The fifth generation of the Yihuan tribe died out because of self-destruction, so the Creator later created us, the sixth generation."

After listening to the previous story, Zhang Yi was already able to imagine the next story.

"But we made the same mistake as the Yihuan tribe, and thus faced destruction again. Is that what you mean?"

Ling still said indifferently: "Who knows? Only when a civilization is destroyed, we will know what the Creator wants to do."

"But you are wrong about one thing. The reason for the destruction of the Yihuan tribe was not entirely due to the Creator."

Zhang Yi raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Then why?"

“Because of the Drucker people.”

Ling said the name again.

Zhang Yi couldn't help but twitch the corner of his eye.

"No, how can these guys survive so well?"

Ling said calmly, "I've said before, they are the strongest life forms created by the Creator. The Creator originally intended for them to have almost indestructible bodies, but they did not need to have the ability to think, and then observe the world for them for a long time."

"But unexpectedly, they are beyond control. Even if the Creator has always wanted to kill them, there will always be Druks who survive."

"Moreover, they are becoming more and more powerful. Even if the Creator no longer allows them to reproduce, they can still continue their lives in their own way."

"And this method is plunder!"

"They plunder spirits from other tribes. This is an ability they have evolved after experiencing countless devastating blows."

"Every once in a while, they would recover from the devastating blow of the previous generation, and then begin to plunder the spirits of humans in this world. They would kill humans in this world in the simplest and crudest way."

"That's why, since their birth, they have been constantly attacking humans of all ages."

"The Yihen tribe chose to hide and never show up again because of them."

"Later, both the Yak people and the Yihuan tribe were directly destroyed in their hands."

Ling looked at Zhang Yi, "Now, it's your turn!"

Zhang Yi swallowed his saliva and asked a question with difficulty: "Is there any Drucker among us?"

He thought of Itugal, Changluan, the mysterious underwater man, the kid from the Wuluan Empire, and even the three pillars of the Neon underground.

Ke Ling said: "No, they are all the Yak and Yihuan people who survived before."

"But the Druckers are about to show up."

She took a deep breath, her expression calm and relieved.

"why?"

Zhang Yi clenched his fists, and for some reason, he felt a sense of panic.

The races they had encountered before were the Yak and Ihuan people. They were civilized races and not as brutal as Drucker, but they had already posed a huge threat to them.

And if a race that does not think about anything except killing and eating and cannot be destroyed even by the Creator appeared in the world, what kind of disaster would it bring?

Just thinking about it makes one's scalp tingle and a chill run down the back.

Ling said: "Because we showed up."

She sighed softly: "For endless years, they can eat everything and destroy everything in order to survive. We who have the most powerful spiritual power are their biggest target."

Zhang Yi opened his eyes wide and asked loudly in confusion: "If that's the case, why did you open the light gate?"

"With your technical level, no one should be able to find you unless you show up!"

Ling said: "Because we are tired of it."

She looked at Zhang Yi calmly, and Zhang Yi suddenly felt a gentle breeze blowing over his body. The white light behind Ling slowly dissipated, as if the fog was brushed away by a big hand, revealing a colorful bright world behind.

Behind Ling and in front of Zhang Yi, a tall staircase appeared, suspended in the air.

The world around me was filled with long, film-like images circling in the air.

Zhang Yi glanced around, curious and confused.

"What is this place?"

Ling turned around and walked upwards step by step.

Zhang Yi hurried to follow.

He looked up and saw that at the top of the long stairs, there seemed to be a huge object floating.

The stairs were very long and seemed to have thousands of steps, but the huge object was clearly visible and its huge size was hard to imagine.

Its shape is like several oval wheels intertwined with each other, with a space in the middle. The wheels overlap and rotate slowly.

"The Yihen are tired of this world and are no longer willing to reproduce in order to serve the Creator."

"However, the death mechanism set by the Creator for living things still exists. They don't have an almost indestructible body like Drucker, so the demise of the body is inevitable."

"So later, we developed something like this [Tianyu Palace]."

"The spirits of all the Yihen people have left their bodies and entered this palace."

"Here, we have created a world that is even more massive than the material universe."

"Our spirits can exist forever in it, and the ether will not be taken back by the Creator."

"In Tianyu Palace, we can enjoy all the pleasures of the material world and live as we please. In this way, we have spent an extremely long time."

Zhang Yi was extremely shocked.

"We humans have also said that uploading consciousness to the cloud can achieve immortality. I didn't expect that someone had already done this countless billions of years ago."

Ling and Zhang Yi walked upwards together.

"But a long life, a life that has no end, will eventually make people tired."

"Because there are only spirits in this place, and the spirits are well protected and cannot return to the ether. Therefore, there is no death here, and even subjective suicide is impossible."

“People live for one thing only, and that is to have fun.”

"In the early years, people lived happily because all their wishes could be fulfilled."

“However, if people do not have any goals, they will soon fall into endless suffering.”

"The repetitive life every day, the inability to reproduce the next generation, and the lack of work to be done will lead to self-doubt."

"In order to solve this problem, we have created jobs that allow people to experience troubles and find life goals while enjoying themselves. But since we know that everything is virtual, we naturally cannot get motivation."

Ling turned her head and glanced at Zhang Yi. This glance seemed to last for tens of millions of years.

"Do you know how long this process lasted?"

Zhang Yi shook his head honestly: "I don't know."

Ling gently spit out a number.

"According to the orbital period of this planet, it is 45 billion years."

Zhang Yi: "..."

What else could he say? He had nothing to say at this point.

45 billion years is a long time, the same as the lifespan of this planet.

To endure repetitive days that never end in such an environment is indeed an extremely terrifying thing.

"So, you're tired of it? You want to destroy yourselves?"

Zhang Yi finally understood everything at this time, why the Yihen tribe took the initiative to expose their location, and why they selected so many trial-takers to enter their world.

Perhaps, they just want to put an end to their existence and end this 45 billion years of eternal loneliness.

It’s just that they don’t want everything they have to disappear for no reason, so they have such a trial so that someone can inherit their things.

The two walked up the stairs step by step. The closer they got, the larger the nested rings became.

Its size is hard to describe, making people feel like a star is floating above their heads.

Zhang Yi's mood was a little difficult to describe. He didn't know whether he should be excited or melancholy at this moment.

Can he really solve a problem that even the second-generation Yihen tribe, a god-level civilization, cannot solve?

Oh no.

The Yihen people don’t care about these things at all. They are tired of their long lives and naturally won’t consider anything in the material world anymore.