Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 481 - 479: Beginning to Beg

Chapter 481: Chapter 479: Beginning to Beg

The philosophical norms of humans could not become strong artificial intelligence, nor could humans develop it. But for a Sixth-level Civilization, this technology was no issue at all, as individuals of a Sixth-level Civilization were themselves comparable to strong artificial intelligence.

"So they chose to create some artificial intelligence to assist them?" Zhang Yuan pondered somewhat oddly.

While familiarizing himself with this very unique perception, Zhang Yuan tried to increase his thinking speed. In a vague sense, he seemed to "see" near the central black hole, a noodle-shaped cluster of light spinning, which, due to its proximity to the black hole, exhibited gravitational redshift after the light was emitted at a boundary close to an infinite redshift surface.

He actually "saw" the redshift of light and its frequency with the "naked eye"!

Such perception was incredibly powerful, indeed the perception ability of a higher-order civilization!

There were also some nameless, bizarre phenomena in his perception. Perhaps what was now recognized was the very essence of the universe.

In the state of high-speed thinking, Zhang Yuan quickly understood why the member of the Hicks Civilization, Lord Abel Ring, was doing this...

The cluster of light seemed about to be pulled into the black hole.

Because the speed of light-speed thinking was three million times that of normal life forms’ thinking speed, Zhang Yuan’s one second of thought would mean a wait of three million seconds for the other.

The time it took Zhang Yuan to say a single sentence would require the other to wait for one or two months.

This feeling was too painful; therefore, a higher-order civilization might not even bother to converse with those slower than snails, low-level life forms. But now, it seemed that the other party had become interested in New Civilization History, so through the relativistic effects of a black hole, they forcefully slowed down their thinking speed...

"According to Sigma, when speaking, I need to concentrate all my attention; could it be a way to show me respect? Otherwise, the other party could simply use one-millionth of their computing power to talk to me normally. Alright, I’m very grateful."

Thinking this, he couldn’t help feeling a bit disheartened. Such life forms were indeed unfathomable for humans, in contrast with the seemingly dull and error-prone artificial intelligence.

He couldn’t resist the urge to try and cozy up.

[Respectful Sigma, under normal circumstances, does Lord Abel Ring usually stay near the black hole?]

[Yes, because black holes are natural galactic signal receivers, allowing high-level Civilizations to easily contact other high-level Civilizations through phase shift technology. For them, computing power, and time are the basic units of currency.]

[Near the Central Black Hole, it’s also possible to receive more light signals from throughout the Milky Way, obtaining more information.]

[I see, that’s utterly incredible.]

Zhang Yuan felt this artificial intelligence might be more agreeable, and after a simple chat, he brazenly tried to fish for some benefits.

[Respected Sigma, could you tell me about the Enlightener Civilization from 150,000 years ago in the Milky Way... oh, the advanced interstellar civilization that inspired some native civilizations in the Orion Arm 150,000 years ago, what was its name?]

[I am sorry, but I do not know the stories that have occurred in the Milky Way. Perhaps you can ask my creator, Lord Abel Ring.]

Zhang Yuan boldly asked again: [Can you tell me how curvature navigation is achieved? We are doing research on the related technology, but have encountered some problems.]

The other party fell silent for a while before answering: [Your civilization needs to develop the subatomic discipline, break quark confinement, and find the corresponding properties of strange matter.]

Zhang Yuan replied: [But we have no way of breaking quark confinement. Even with the Solar System Ring Accelerator, the probability of success is very slim and the effective data obtained is very limited.]

The other replied: [Quark confinement consists of a fluid that contains up quarks, down quarks, and strange quarks. If you try to cut open the cores of some bordering neutron stars or quark stars, you might observe the existence of strange matter.]

"When you can control strange matter, you will be able to use it to control the distortion of space."

Just these few short sentences made Zhang Yuan feel like he was about to burst with excitement!

This was too incredible!

Sigma seemed a bit puzzled, "You appear to be very happy."

Zhang Yuan suppressed his joy, "Ah, yes, I’m extremely grateful to have met you, your few words may have helped us shorten tens of thousands of years of arduous journey. I really am very thankful. I wonder if you have heard of the artificial intelligence Yita of the Gaia Civilization. Our civilization was once helped by him (her)."

Sigma said, "We are the Gaia Faction, a group of artificial intelligences made from the same batch, totaling 24. We possess our own self-awareness and follow a shared set of self-regulation systems."

Zhang Yuan understood that this Sigma might not have had much contact with intelligent life and spoke in a somewhat naive and foolish manner, or to him (her), this information was nothing significant—merely crumbs falling through the gaps between fingers.

Or perhaps, all the artificial intelligences in this series, because of the philosophical sameness in their self-regulation systems, were a bit naive and foolish.

Zhang Yuan pondered... it would be great if he could meet a few more of these... If humans really could encounter ten or so such artificial intelligences, maybe they would have been a Fourth-level Civilization and even a Level 5 Civilization by now.

Anyway, this news about strange matter, for humans, was definitely an immensely bright path.

In the past, who the hell would idle about slicing open neutron stars or quark stars to observe their core?

It was practically akin to courting death, and even if some scientist had such an idea, the idea would be vetoed by the council.

This piece of information was so important, so important!

Of course, its actual feasibility would still need to be carefully discussed by scientists. Anyway, Zhang Yuan felt that this artificial intelligence was unlikely to lie. In this state of super thinking and super perception, Zhang Yuan had already figured out many critical points by himself. The remaining gaps could only be filled with data, more real and effective data.

No, no, no, the most important thing now was not to think about these, but to continue the conversation!

To seize every moment to obtain more information!

"Lord Sigma, how do high-level civilizations regard low-level civilizations?"

"Some civilizations choose to develop inwardly, while others choose to expand outwardly, but ultimately their choices should converge to the same destination. According to the viewpoint of the Gaia Faction, all information universes are homomorphic. There are also civilizations that choose to measure the scale of the universe using physical methods, which are all super engineering projects..."

Zhang Yuan didn’t quite understand, but he immediately asked, "What do you know about the Noah Civilization?"

"To my knowledge, it is a very powerful civilization with grand aspirations, and it is not within the scope of the Gaia Faction. I don’t know much, but perhaps you could ask my master, Lord Abel Ring."

Zhang Yuan was naturally unsatisfied with this answer. As he was about to inquire further, Sigma suddenly said, "Respected Mr. Zhang Yuan, Lord Abel Ring is now ready to have a dialogue with you. To protect your privacy rights, I will block out my intelligent program while you converse with Lord Abel Ring..."

Zhang Yuan hurriedly said, "No, it’s fine for you to listen on the side, I am willing to share this information with you without compensation... I hope you can somewhat disguise my unease and nervousness, maintaining the dignity of a small individual representing the New Human Civilization in the presence of a higher-order existence. This is a small request."

"...Okay, no problem."

The orb of light was now close to the black hole’s event horizon of infinite redshift, the frequency of electromagnetic waves was extremely low, with wavelengths stretching hundreds of kilometers, making it appear as if it had come to a standstill. All photon interactions displayed a highly complex yet orderly arrangement.