Chapter 225 Chill

Yuriko thought for a long time this time, and then said: "This report is conceptual, and the content is relatively new, but the important points are missing, and it can only be seen freshly. For us, it is not particularly worthwhile. Reference content.”

"Before we achieve interstellar navigation capabilities, we are unlikely to encounter more low-level civilizations, so..."

Yu Yifeng nodded in agreement. Something like "spiritual level" sounds very mysterious. It's not bad to fool a kid like Zhang Peng, but it's not enough to fool Yu Yifeng and others.

In fact, there is not much difference between "spirit level" and "race value" in some games.

It is of no great use to the development of human society. Can it still classify people into different grades? Moreover, the report does not contain any numerical calculation content, and it does not clearly explain what situations will result in high scores and what situations will result in deductions...

"But if we can think beyond the contents of this report, we will draw more conclusions."

"We assume that this scoring system does exist, and the content in it is true, then... Why would a more intelligent alien civilization come up with this entire system to judge low-level civilizations?" Yuriko asked. .

Why create a scoring system?

Faced with this problem, Yu Yifeng felt a little baffled.

Regarding aliens, who knows what they think. Maybe they just overeat. Can humans guess their thoughts?

However, he still listened patiently.

There must be a reason why Yuriko said this.

"I'm wondering if there are many low-level civilizations... If civilizations are very rare, there seems to be no need to spend a lot of effort to design a whole set of ratings, right? Obviously the thinking behind this rating system is very rigorous, and it should be spent It took a lot of effort.”

When she said this, her tone was a little low: "What I mean is: since the universal law of life is likely to be true in this universe, then... is intelligent civilization also universal?"

"As long as there is a planetary environment where large organisms can evolve, is there a high probability that intelligent civilization will appear?"

"If intelligent civilization is also universal, the value of this scoring system will be higher. Because it can more quickly judge the potential of low-level civilization..."

"If...intelligent civilization is as rare as a rare thing, this scoring system seems to have no effect, right? Rarity, in itself, represents high value!"

Yu Yifeng did not expect these words. After hearing this, he frowned and fell into deep thought.

Everything Yuriko said was just a hypothesis without any basis. It was completely divergent thinking. But overall, this kind of analysis is quite interesting.

From this scoring system, we can think of... Are intelligent civilizations common in this universe?

If civilization is universal, a scoring mechanism will certainly have greater value. If civilization is rare, what's the point of having this kind of rating?

Not necessarily... Although diamonds on the earth are rare, there are also three, six or nine grades. Although jade agate is rare, it also comes in various varieties.

That's not right... The rarity of diamonds and jade and the "rareness" of the universe are two different concepts...

To be "rare" at the cosmic level, it must be at least one in a billion!

One billionth here is measured in stars, that is, it takes 100 million stars including their planets before an intelligent civilization can appear, whether it is low-level or high-level.

This is truly rare! It is completely incomparable to the diamonds on the bad streets.

And "universal" in the universe does not mean that a planetary system has the density of a civilization.

There are hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way! The entire number is like a crucian carp crossing a river. Even if one civilization appears among 10,000 planetary systems, it is too many... and it can be called common!

Thinking about it this way, what Yuriko said makes sense!

If low-level civilizations are very rare, and interstellar civilizations are very lucky to encounter them, they can completely study and observe slowly, instead of making a set of programmed judgments... It can be seen that low-level civilizations should not be very rare. s things……

At least it’s not rare!

Yu Yifeng was deeply entangled. He was not sure whether this idea was correct...in fact, it was just a wild guess without evidence.

He had thought about this kind of thing before, but he didn't want to think about it deeply.

It's like... facing the biggest fear in the world!

This kind of fear is not the fear of personal life and death, nor the fear of danger, but the fear that comes from the quiet universe, the brilliant galaxies, and the Fermi's Law that makes everyone confused and difficult to crack!

It comes from deep worries about the future of the entire new human civilization!

If civilization is universal, it is really the worst and worst outcome for mankind. There is nothing worse than it!

If civilization is universal, why are interstellar civilizations rare?

Now, people have come into contact with the green light civilization, which is a real interstellar civilization, but the two sides have not fought, which shows that the universe is not a completely dark forest.

Since it's not because of the dark forest or anything else... then what could it be?

The answer is already out: the great filter of life!

Is there an insurmountable filter of life that blocks countless lower civilizations and filters out almost all civilizations?

Because of this life filter, almost all low-level civilizations are trapped on their own planets, and they have no contact with each other until they die?

Is it still waiting for humans in front of it, quietly waiting for people to approach?

After people get close, it will hit them with a stick, completely breaking the human spine, so that humans can never get up again? !

The dim starry sky is so quiet, there are no fantasies like losers, only bloody facts.

If the facts are really like this, what should people do?

This is a question that Yu Yifeng and others don’t want to think about, but have to think deeply about.

Humans who claim to be "the spirit of all things" are just the spirit of all things on the earth. What are they on the scale of the universe? Even the most conceited people dare not say that humans are the smartest species in the universe.

So...what virtue and ability do humans have to want to cross the life filter that countless races cannot cross and challenge the inhumane one in a billion probability?

Are humans smarter, braver, and more united than other races?

This is a question from the entire universe, and also a question that Yu Yifeng himself asks himself.

What is the Great Filter of Life? I don’t know!

What will humans face? I don’t know!

Yu Yifeng looked straight at Yuriko and found that she was also staring at him with a panicked look. This girl rarely showed such a confused expression.

This kind of gaze is completely human subconsciously huddling together for warmth...

This is the endless chill from the universe...

It’s not just the chill of falling into an ice cave, but another kind of confusion, confusion about the future...

He moved his throat, and his Adam’s apple moved. He wanted to say, "All this is just a hypothesis, not necessarily true."

But suddenly he couldn’t say it, just like escaping.

"We will become an interstellar civilization..." He stood up with difficulty and said in a hoarse voice: "It will!"

When he said this, it seemed that he had used up all his strength.