Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 562 - 559: The Entire Clan Relocates!

Chapter 562: Chapter 559: The Entire Clan Relocates!

"So, what different effects did the drastic changes in social trends bring?"

The first change brought about by the Blue Wave was that the average human lifespan began to rise again, returning to an average of five hundred years.

Despite the existence of Virtual World Technology, the majority of the populace was not fearful of physical death in the real world, so the priority of longevity technology was not high.

An average lifespan of five hundred years had already begun to impact societal stability; the marriage system was falling apart, and getting married had become a very sacred thing. Finding one’s other half could bring blessings from many people.

However, a single person living for five hundred years in society was an unstable social structure. Now people were relying solely on small family systems to maintain intimate social relationships. Yet the small family system was not originally designed to replace romantic relationships, so this aspect of social structure might still need to be optimized: for example, small family members could contract to buy larger houses together, joint retirement policies, and so on, all of which needed adjustment.

But all adjustments needed time to measure whether they adapt to the times.

Zhang Yuan continued, "...the average human lifespan is directly related to retirement age, so in civilizations dominated by Light Green and Deep Green ideologies, people voluntarily forsake longevity technology in order to enter the Virtual World as soon as possible."

"Exactly how many years one can live is indeed a matter of personal freedom, and no one else has the right to criticize anything, at that time the average lifespan was decreasing."

"Even if people verbally disdain this ’deserter’ phenomenon, their bodies are quite honest..."

A burst of laughter erupted in the classroom.

"However, in societies dominated by Light Blue or Deep Blue ideologies, people must extend their lifespans to adapt to future Longevity Species cultivation plans. People believe that one should not shirk working for the whole society."

"If we move toward a Fourth-level Civilization, the various plans will become more and more enormous, involving projects that last several hundred to a thousand years. A five hundred-year lifespan won’t be playable anymore. Our neighbors, the Tos People, have lifespans of one or two thousand years, and for them, a single generation can complete these plans; their social systems are also more stable, and we indeed envy them."

"Of course, how much lifespan to increase, and how to plan it without causing social stability issues, is another major headache."

At this point, Zhang Yuan sighed deeply. Even increasing lifespan was no longer so-called "welfare treatment"; this world was indeed a bit absurd...

Truly absurd.

Now there is a social viewpoint that there is a strong causal relationship between lifespan and human ideology.

It’s not that you have to achieve a certain ideology to deserve a long lifespan.

Rather, with a higher lifespan, human thoughts will naturally change, and whether the process involves many contradictions doesn’t need to be calculated too meticulously. So what if there are contradictions? Can’t they be resolved?

Humans are not Divine Beings of a Sixth Level Civilization; how could they plan everything? The reason why Deep Blue thinking is considered Deep Blue is because there’s such an awareness to overcome contradictions. Comparing human happiness with the advancement of civilization, it’s not worth mentioning.

Thus, they believe that lifespans should be extended first, and the human social structure will eventually adapt.

"Teacher, what would be the ultimate evolution of the Deep Green ideology? What do you think may happen? Can you predict the current situation of the people aboard the Radiant Galaxy?"

Zhang Yuan waved his hand: "It’s hard to predict! Even in a society where Deep Green thinking prevails, Light Blue thinking still exists. Humans are a highly contradictory species, and even within a single individual, contradictions arise, let alone in a complex society."

"Anyway, we’ll be able to see them soon! There are only a few days left before the appointment with Huantai Civilization. Everyone should rest well these few days, and please look forward to it!"

Thinking of the imminent meeting with their kin from one light year away, all the students became excited.

Just then the bell rang for class to end, and they chattered excitedly about what their far-flown kin might be like, yet their words still carried a strong sense of superiority.

"Will they feel ashamed when they see our successful return?"

"...We can’t say it was us alone; they also contributed."

Zhang Yuan smiled, shook his head, and no longer paid attention to the students’ discussion. He immediately packed up his things and left.

He hadn’t told the truth. "Very difficult to predict" didn’t mean it couldn’t be predicted, just that... he personally didn’t think it was very optimistic.

"Deep Green" represented complete freedom, and once such an ideology took hold, it was very difficult to reverse.

And for a civilization to truly progress, organizational capacity was absolutely indispensable.

Complete freedom and organizational capacity were contradictory.

What would happen to a civilization that no longer progressed? Of course, it would regress.

Furthermore, the human civilization of the Kunlun Mountain branch wouldn’t completely depend on the civilization that had already left. Could they really be content to move into the refuge arranged by others?

Impossible!

...

Three days after the class ended, human industrial activity had ceased altogether, and the entire civilization finally began preparations for mass relocation.

All kinds of large industrial mining and metal smelting machinery could only be left behind because there simply wasn’t enough spare capacity to accommodate them. Production lines above Alien Planets and Jupiter-like Planets also had to be abandoned.

The population lingering in the Planet Fortress was reduced to a million. If all went well, they could all be retrieved within a week, and then everything would be left to Artificial Intelligence to handle.

Various nuclear bombs had the Planet Fortress packed to the brim, humans had never manufactured so many nuclear bombs before—enough to turn a War Star into dust...

When the photos of those nuclear bombs came back, Zhang Yuan couldn’t help but swallow hard, feeling a bit of trepidation.

It was madness!

A super-sized fireworks show created by humans would erupt in a few decades, too bad he wouldn’t be able to witness it in person.

Of course, in any civilization, the most crucial element is the "people." With enough talent and a few key pieces of production equipment, it’s quite easy to rise again on an Alien Planet.

On the other hand, the last Mother Ship of the New Human Civilization, "Kunlun Mountain," was undergoing a safety check.

A formation of warships, large and small, lined up in a square, surrounding it.

This Mother Ship had undergone major modifications a few years ago to make it suitable for extra-long-distance travel. It could carry approximately twenty million hibernating people.

If the spaceships from the interstellar trading market failed to come, then humans would have to rely on the "Kunlun Mountain" and rent another Mother Ship from the Tos Civilization to pack up all the people and spend a few hundred years slowly flying back...

"So, you see, the eggs can’t all be put in one basket anymore. Both sides need to engage in a series of interest exchanges to strengthen the friendship..."

"What if the Tos People don’t rent the Mother Ship to us?"

"It’s not much of a problem. With one or two decades, we can also build a pretty good Mother Ship. It would just take a bit more time."

More and more people entered the Underground City within the Big Ice Ball; this cold city had never been so bustling before. During conversations, people were noticeably more irritable.

The spaceship from the interstellar trading market still hadn’t arrived!