I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 497 - 497 496. Survival Plans for Civilization_1

Chapter 497: 496. Survival Plans for Civilization_1 Chapter 497: 496. Survival Plans for Civilization_1 [According to the current situation, the Committee has proposed three strategies for the continuation of civilization.]

[The first strategy accelerates research into aerospace technology. According to the Helsing Report, there currently exists a wormhole in this starfield that connects to an unknown universe’s planet. The main idea of this approach is to develop manned space technology and study space warp technology, achieving the transmission of humans to unknown starfields in search of a planet suitable for survival, ultimately preserving civilization.]

[The difficulty with this strategy lies in the almost complete lack of manned space technology at present. After the manned spacecraft incident of the Sun Chaser eighty years ago, various governments suspended the development of manned space technology under public opposition, and the information became scattered with the establishment and changes of the Alliance, equating to starting from scratch. To develop the corresponding technology within five years is an arduous and long journey.]

[At the same time, due to technological constraints, the number of the first batch of interstellar migrants is limited. How to select the migrants will be a highly controversial issue, and the ecological environment required for the lengthy space journey is also a challenge. Currently, this strategy is being secretly undertaken.]

[The second strategy is a human body modification plan. According to predictions from the Geological Research Office, the ongoing global geological disasters will gradually subside within twenty years. At that time, direct damage caused by geological activities will disappear. However, the ash cloud from volcanic eruptions that blanket the sky will lead to cooling and severe cold worldwide, and the spreading diseases will continue to harm the human body. To that end, the Committee decided to use the newly discovered radioactive mineral from the Kiranchar Region to study human adaptability modifications, aiming to strengthen the overall human physical condition to adapt to the forthcoming harsh environment.]

[The difficulty of this strategy is that the use of mineral radiation for human body modification has unknown side effects. Since medical research has stalled due to previous widespread diseases, achieving preliminary research goals within five years is exceedingly difficult.]

[Furthermore, the modification work is a lengthy process, a plan for the next hundred years. Since the current generation cannot enjoy its benefits, it is difficult to gain public support. This strategy is also being carried out in secret.]

[The third strategy involves creating a human civilization database, encoding all information of human civilization into it, and at the same time, digitalizing human consciousness to create a virtual human civilization. It is then sent into the cosmos by rocket. This is the ultimate measure taken to discard humanity’s homeland and physical bodies solely for the preservation of civilization.]

[The difficulty of this strategy lies in how to digitize human consciousness without damage, ensuring that no accidental errors occur during the storage process. Plus, whether the general public can accept such a plan is doubted by experts.]

[Due to advanced robotic technology, there was a proposal to load human consciousness onto robots, completing the mechanization of the entire population. Experiments related to this proposal are underway. However, because the plan poses a significant challenge to ethics and morals, it is also being carried out in secret.]

The report contained many more details.

It included reactions from various countries, sample surveys, and progress on each strategy.

Upon reading the report, Lu Ban had only one feeling.

‘It’s over.’

Every single strategy seemed to lead to despair.

Moreover, these strategies all bore traces of Pollution. In the face of calamity, contaminating oneself had become the only straw to grasp. It must be noted, the irony was rather striking.

Based on what Lu Ban had observed, the first strategy attracted swarms of insects, the second spread the Crystal disease, and as for the third, it likely hadn’t succeeded either.

The robots in Future City may resemble humans, but they are ultimately nothing more than thought constructs of code.

Lin was no exception.

Even if they had truly succeeded, it would be hard to say that human civilization could live on through the bodies of robots.

Looking at the lonely rocket launch structure, Lu Ban guessed that this was probably the launch mechanism for the human civilization database that had been sent out. However, no one knew where those databases would end up after drifting in space for hundreds of years.

After reading these reports, Shuangxin sat down wearily on the broken-down equipment behind her.

“What is this… what is this…”

Her eyes had lost their sparkle.

The report laid bare not just the terror of disasters faced by people of the old era but also the madness that was evident in these schemes.

Every plan was an act of extreme resolution, with success or martyrdom as the only outcomes; it was hard to imagine that they were proposed by sane minds.

Compared to natural calamities, perhaps it was the spread of insanity throughout all of human civilization at that time that was the most frightening.

What was even more despairing was that everyone in the world believed these schemes were feasible, capable of saving the world, and they put them into practice with the highest level of conviction.

“Are we now… are we doing the same as them?”

Shuangxin’s voice trembled.

Those people, when enacting these plans, never realized the insanity in them; it was considered “normal” at that time.

Thus, Shuangxin couldn’t help thinking, were the “normal” means of saving the world that she believed in now also twisted in some way?

Was there a possibility that the swarm of creatures couldn’t really be defeated, and that the world was doomed to destruction?

“There’s another report here.”

Lu Ban continued to search, and at the last timestamp, he found the final report.

[Status Report]

This report was not an official statement, but rather like someone’s notes.

[This is the Alliance Disaster Management Committee reporting for the… I’ve forgotten how many times, screw it.]

[There’s one piece of good news and several bad ones, I’ll start with the bad.]

[Firstly, the Bridge Project succeeded, but regrettably, this is bad news, because from that wormhole of the Bridge Project a bunch of goddamn monsters emerged, directly devouring the group of engineers who built the bridge. Fuck, we sacrificed an entire platoon of people before we barely managed to seal them on the other side of that impulsive wormhole that couldn’t be closed]

[Secondly, the damn Transformation Project was also successful. The morons in the biology department started to promote the serum after just three phases of human trials, claiming they ran out of fucking funding. Within three months, everyone around the globe was rushing to get the injections, but only the wealthiest could afford it. And now, fuck, it’s all over. The serum has serious side effects; people over the age of twenty rapidly deteriorate and die within a month of getting the shot. Those under twenty age faster, not to mention the ensuing crimes by those with altered abilities. Thanks to our colleagues in the biology department, they made this fucked up world even more chaotic.]

[Then there’s the fucking mechanical ascension, human consciousness uploading isn’t feasible at all. The uploaded human consciousness collapses in less than a week due to an overload of information. As for that so-called database that preserved all of human civilization, countries are fighting over which culture to save and which should get more space due to memory capacity limits. The most aggressive country is, fuck, one that’s not even three hundred years old, screw them!]

At this point, Lu Ban was overwhelmed with mixed emotions.

In the face of such a catastrophic disaster, it wasn’t external calamities that limited humanity, but their own nature.

He read on.

[Of course, there’s good news too, thank heavens, we found a way to save the world. Thanks to, uh, fuck those gods, let’s thank ourselves]

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