Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 456 - 454 Interstellar Diplomatic Team

Chapter 456: Chapter 454 Interstellar Diplomatic Team

Humans have their limits, and to surpass them, there’s only one path—to discard their frail flesh, meaning to cease being human.

Either through genetic modification or bionic mechanization.

Without a doubt, as of right now, the latter path is more feasible and aligns better with human ethics and morals.

In the whole process, there have been developments like eyes, skeletons, limbs, internal organs—a series of structures, but undoubtedly, the most significant change is the advent of assistive memory brains, installed in conjunction with a human embryo’s developing brain from the moment the fertilized egg forms. The entire principle behind this is incredibly complex and has taken countless hours of hard work from generations of science researchers.

Zhang Yuan distinctly felt that he had become smarter; he could even recall what dishes he ate and what he said to someone on a certain day last week!

Just like today’s conversation, he could recite it word for word a week later, without any discrepancies!

In past ages, he would have been considered among the smartest, yet it wouldn’t have been possible to read at a glance or recite from memory as he could now.

Of course, having too many of these inconsequential memories could also become a painful burden.

What he ate on a particular day or how long he spent showering are, in truth, of no great significance. Recalling such mundane details regularly could instead turn into a disease.

To avoid these adverse effects, the duration for which "complete memory" is retained is approximately a week; thereafter, these memories gradually fade, transitioning into general, vague, fragmentary recollections.

Only memories reinforced through intensive repetitive training are deemed important by the assistive brain and are preserved permanently.

Memory, such an important thing... When the assistive memory brain truly became a reality, it brought about an earth-shattering upheaval to society!

During the learning process, humans actually spend a considerable amount of time on repetitive practice to memorize the content.

In reality, this repetitive practice is dull and tedious, with no choice—as without it, nothing sticks. Many people have grown to dislike studying because of this.

But now, it’s different. The repetitive process has been cut down significantly, leaving only the understanding of knowledge already etched into the mind. Undoubtedly, this has increased humanity’s enthusiasm for learning.

At their core, people love to learn—or rather, they love "exploration."

To give a simple example, many people can spend a long time researching a novel game, which is essentially learning.

Humans just don’t like repetition.

When the game has been played enough and there’s nothing new left to discover, it gradually becomes tedious.

Therefore, with a substantial enhancement in memory, the need for repetitive training has decreased, and more people have grown to love learning, elevating the intellectual standard of human civilization by a notch.

In addition to bionic brains, there have been many advances in bionics—all parts of the body, including the skeleton beneath the skin, can now be replaced.

Regarding the full-body transformation surgery, it was all based on personal freedom. Not many people chose this kind of transformation, but some signs of it had begun to emerge.

Zhang Yuan believed that as long as these personal transformations were standardized and not modified haphazardly, there was not too much to worry about. He himself was quite open-minded.

Secondly, there were changes in the cultural realm. Compared with the time they had set out from Gliese 581g, the overall societal self-confidence had significantly improved.

On one hand, it was because of the substantial increase in military strength. Originally there was only one Mother Ship, but now there were two, and the number and quality of other warships had more than doubled.

On the other hand, as humans had more contact with Alien Civilizations, fear had subsided, and a sense of civilizational self-confidence had gradually developed.

Fear comes from the unknown, and as the unknown diminishes and one discovers surpassing 99% of civilizations, there really isn’t much left to fear.

According to the experience of the Third-level Civilization, the Badeit Civilization, this fleet’s strength was already on par with the top-tier "Emperor-level Fleet."

As long as the entire fleet wasn’t foolish enough to engage in battle near the Mother Star of a Third-level Civilization, they basically had nothing to fear near Cosmic Strings.

After all, fleets navigating near Cosmic Strings were mostly composed of Third and Second Level Civilizations.

Fourth-level Civilizations, having Curvature Technology, were not confined to the natural pathways within the universe and possessed much vaster skies. Factoring in the number and activity frequency of Fourth-level Civilizations, the probability of a direct encounter was minuscule.

During Zhang Yuan’s absence, the Kunlun Mountain Fleet had encountered five Alien Civilizations—four of which were Low-level Civilizations, and one was a Third-level Interstellar Civilization traveling near Cosmic Strings... some interesting stories occurred.

When discussing this matter, Lu Tao said, "A Third-level Civilization? Not really interesting, we just brushed past each other and exchanged some information. Additionally, two planets from Low-level Civilizations were assimilated by higher-level ones... How should I put it, too weak, they didn’t even have the right to interstellar diplomacy, they just became vassals to other Interstellar Civilizations without any chance to resist."

"Our fleet is approaching the market, and it might take us another decade or so to arrive... The probability of encountering Interstellar Civilizations will also increase! Even the planets nearby, they could all be colony planets, so we might as well skip visiting these and head straight to the trading market."

At this point, Lu Tao made a face as if he’d just remembered something, "Oh, right, the Diplomat corps might be quite large, possibly five or six hundred people! There should be spots for young people too, and the competition will be fierce. Haha, are you interested? Although you’re the youngest, if you put in some effort, you might be the most likely among us."

Zhang Yuan’s expression flickered slightly, as this was indeed something he cared about deeply.

Returning to the real world, he’d eventually have to do something he enjoyed. Now that he was no longer a Captain, becoming a Scientist wouldn’t be bad, but as for being an Artist or a Writer, he might as well forget it; he felt absolutely nothing for these things, no matter how many cycles he’d been through, still no interest.

However, these Transcendents returning had no special privileges; he had to demonstrate sufficient value to become a member of the Diplomat team.

If his status as a returnee from the Virtual World gave him privileges, it would be another form of unfairness to others. Past Civilization Contributions could only represent the past, proving his good personal qualities, but Zhang Yuan had left the real world four or five hundred years ago; he was far removed from the current era, so how could he be directly in charge and control the direction of civilization?

That was absolutely impossible!

Zhang Yuan pondered for a while. Going to the interstellar trading market was for purchasing technology and exchanging information; relying solely on Diplomats was not enough, they also needed advisors from various scientific fields. The most straightforward path, naturally, was to engage in scientific research and become a representative researcher. That was his original profession, after all.

"So then, study hard!"

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