Wandering Meteor
Chapter 324 - 323: Survival of the Fittest

Chapter 324: Chapter 323: Survival of the Fittest

Under the chairmanship of Constant Star Lu Chen, the science summit was successfully convened.

And the first topic of this science summit is: Is the universe really stopping its expansion?

After all, this matter is of great importance, and cannot be taken lightly. Many scientists who traveled from afar certainly wanted to double-check, as nobody wanted to find out that they had been discussing the wrong issues after a long discussion.

Utilizing the numerous devices within the Wandering Base, the scientists once again verified this, with at least hundreds of small science teams using different methods to validate their calculations. After accurate calculations, all the science teams present obtained the same result - the universe has indeed stopped expanding!

Although they still do not know why the universe has stopped expanding?

But the scientists believe that this is not a mistake, but a fact!

Having established that this is a fact, the summit then introduced the second topic.

— [What impact or consequences will the cessation of the universe’s expansion bring?]

In this discussion, the speakers were very numerous, with virtually every scientist having their own view, much like the saying "a thousand readers, a thousand Hamlets."

After summarizing all the scientists’ views, the most probable phenomena were finally outlined.

One is that the sudden halt of the universe’s expansion might generate a phenomenon of expansion wave backflow, much like the giant waves of the sea crashing onto the shore, with a very high possibility of echoes.

Of course, the specific impacts and power of the expansion wave backflow are still unknown to the Wandering Alliance, and further research is needed.

The second is that the universe would not stop expanding for no reason; the most likely cause is that the universe has begun to contract. This is a scenario that scientists least want to see, yet it’s also a highly probable situation.

If the universe really starts to contract, then according to many scientists’ calculations and guesses, the universe will eventually contract into an infinitesimally small singularity and explode again, reproducing the big bang that occurred at the birth of the universe. And this would be a lethal disaster for the Wandering Alliance, including many civilizations not of high enough level, because their technological strength is not yet sufficient, but they would not have much time left to develop!

The third is that along with the cessation of expansion or the start of contraction of the universe, some physical rules might collapse, and it’s difficult to say exactly which rules might break down—rules like the Four Basic Forces, Higgs Field (Fuzhi Field), atomic structure, molecular structure, etc., all could potentially change or collapse, or perhaps nothing happens at all, but the Wandering Alliance, as an ambitious civilization alliance, must take precautions!

The fourth phenomenon, which is also the last, is the most brutal and is sure to occur.

Because whether it’s expansion wave backflow or the start of the universe’s contraction, these phenomena will be accompanied by a serious issue: the survival space and resources of civilizations across the universe will be severely exploited.

Of course, perhaps some very low-level civilizations will not notice that the universe has stopped expanding, or even if they do, they might not be able to respond, but there are still many advanced civilizations in the universe. They will notice, and they will definitely find a way to deal with it, and the plunder of living space and resources among civilizations will inevitably become even more brutal!

This also means that the survival law formulated by Constant Star Lu Chen—the Entropy Reduction Law will definitely become invalid.

Because the proposal of the Entropy Reduction Law is based on a process of the universe slowly dying, where everyone has sufficient time to develop, making it possible for various civilizations to use different methods to reverse their own entropy increase.

However, as the universe begins to contract, the living space and resources will drastically reduce, turning the originally vast, rich universe into a brutal death cage, where every civilization will inevitably fight fiercely for living space or resources, thus the Entropy Reduction Law will naturally no longer be effective.

Theories in the world are such that they all have some sort of limitations, east or west, which are accompanied by cognition.

Even many scientific theories, which seemed classic at the time, will turn out to be erroneous or inapplicable with the progress of the times and deeper understanding of the universe.

For example, the geocentric theory turned into heliocentric theory, Newton’s Three Laws not applying to microphysics, Dark Forest Law only being applicable to low-level civilizations, and Entropy Reduction Law being applicable to advanced civilizations, are numerous to list.

However, regarding Dark Forest Law and Entropy Reduction Law, both are actually upgrades from the survival of the fittest.

Since the survival of the fittest is the original law of the universe, only over time, certain details may subtly change, and thus these upgraded, more precise theories emerge to more accurately describe the new era’s laws.

And without a doubt, after the cessation of the universe’s expansion, another new survival law might emerge.

Thinking about how civilizations across the entire universe will be vying fiercely for a little space and resources, Constant Star Lu Chen naturally thought of an ancient Earth game—PUBG!

The overall situation of the PUBG game has many similarities with the current universe’s predicament, with the living space continuously shrinking, extremely scarce resources, and similarly, teams are the main body striving for survival. Therefore, fierce battles for every resource, every important position will ensue.

Its full name describes it best—PUBG, life or death!

Even, Constant Star Lu Chen thinks the practical situation of the universe in the future might be even more brutal and intense than that game.

After all, the universe has more civilizations, fiercer weapons, and as the universe contracts, the living space will keep shrinking, inevitably intensifying the fighting and slaughtering among civilizations.

And more cruelly, even the civilization that survives till the last may still not escape death—as the universe explodes once again and re-evolves, it is believed that no civilization could survive.

Of course, this is just Constant Star Lu Chen’s conjecture; the Wandering Alliance is currently just a Level 4 Civilization, they don’t have a way, but it doesn’t mean that a Level 5 Civilization definitely won’t have a way, after all, a Level 5 Civilization is the highest level of civilization in the universe, and what kind of technology and cognition they possess is far beyond what those just entering Level 4 Civilization can imagine!

Eventually, the deeply influential and grandiose science summit came to a successful conclusion.

Under the chairmanship of Constant Star Lu Chen, the Wandering Alliance finally determined its future survival strategy.

They will use all their power to collect all possible resources and enhance their nearby intelligence and civilization detection capabilities while also doing their utmost to explore the true causes behind the cessation of the universe’s expansion to see if there is any possibility of salvation.

Of course, another critical point, they will still continue heading towards the Cosmic Center.

Whether it is to explore the Origin of the Universe or to find ways to save the universe, or even to avoid the expansion wave backflow and the universe’s contraction, the Cosmic Center is the best location, without parallel.