Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 583 - 580

Epoch 7892...

In the blink of an eye, humans had been in this Star Domain for a hundred years!

In these hundred years, many big and small events had taken place. The first major event was that a branch of humanity became the Sinking Civilization, a fact that would forever be etched in history, never to be forgotten by humanity.

The second matter concerned the domestic policies of the New Human Civilization itself: population expansion policy, education policy, and the integration policy of the Transcendents with the general populace.

Now, after so many events had occurred within the entire civilization, the elite had reached a certain consensus: the human longevity project must continue unabated, even though the current ideologies and social forms found it difficult to adapt to extremely long lifespans, it had to go on.

Therefore, life extension technology was continuously being vigorously developed, especially after the benefit exchange with the Tos Civilization yielded quite impressive life extension technology, theoretically increasing the average lifespan by another 100-200 years.

Lifespan determined a species’ strategic vision. Transcendents, akin to elite members who passed a "college entrance exam," were elevated in status, which became a social consensus. The establishment of the Scientific Council Staff distributed the power of various official positions, including that of the Captain.

In any case, in the future, everyone would have to pass this kind of "college entrance exam," and those capable could naturally obtain even higher status by passing the examination.

Of course, the majority of society’s population was still ordinary people, so Transcendents did not monopolize all the high-level positions, occupying at most only about 8-10% of societal resources.

Ordinary people could still obtain many good positions, especially breakthroughs in technological innovation, which still required truly young people, young in the psychological sense.

On the other hand, after reforms to the organs of power, the Captain was now primarily responsible for internal affairs management, including control over military power, issuing mobilization orders, and declaring the economic state, while most positions in the Staff were occupied by Transcendents, mainly responsible for external affairs, control of civilization ideology, and handling of high-risk technology.

Zhang Yuan, in these hundred years, naturally became an important member of the Staff.

With this additional job, he was actually quite busy. On the one hand, he had to manage the Unreal Laboratory, and on the other, engage in new work. Fortunately, the talents in the Unreal Laboratory gradually came of age, so he didn’t have to complete all the work by himself, which allowed him to slightly share some of the pressure.

The third event was that two neutron stars had successfully collided 70 years ago!

This neutron star collision yielded a vast amount of observational data, eventually resulting in the formation of a miniature black hole. This was the closest people had ever observed the fragmentation of neutron stars and the formation of a miniature black hole, reaping extremely valuable data... and the development of Curvature Technology was also advancing by leaps and bounds.

years ago, the first Curvature experiment was a success, and people had successfully created a curvature bubble the size of a soybean. Although this curvature bubble only existed for 1.1 seconds, it was a huge step forward in history.

years ago, the first "movable" curvature bubble experiment succeeded!

Then, the progress of experiments accelerated increasingly, quickly moving from the experimental stage to industrial applications.

years ago, people successfully developed a Curvature Spaceship with a speed of 0.1 times the speed of light!

years ago, the speed increased to 0.3 times the speed of light!

Subsequently, humans received electromagnetic waves from the Tos Civilization; the Tos People had also completed the development of their Curvature Technology.

People didn’t want to fall behind the old friends of the Tos Civilization; whoever developed a curvature spaceship exceeding the speed of light first would have an overwhelming advantage in both military and technological aspects.

Even though the current desire for cooperation between the two was far stronger than competitive intent, it was still necessary to be cautious about this aspect, although neither side explicitly stated this tacit understanding.

Of course, the fact that a certain degree of technological competition had arisen between the two did not imply a real breakout of hostilities; this was a positive competition. Since the distance between the two was not far, only a mere 0.5 light-years, they often exchanged communications, sharing some of the data collected, or technological papers. Such cooperation was, without a doubt, a good thing.

"Gentlemen! I have just received a letter from them, the Tos People have heard that we broke through the additional color experiments, and they seem to be chomping at the bit, haha!"

"This should be one of the most important collaborative projects between our two sides going forward."

"They plan to ride their Curvature Spaceship over here leisurely... he-he, it looks like their Curvature Technology is also very mature."

Zhang Yuan solemnly announced the value of this grand plan, "six thousand Amoeba Points," the moment he entered the room.

"Really? They’re coming over!"

"Old Zhang, what speed can they achieve now? They’re not faster than us, are they?" an older colleague suddenly asked.

Zhang Yuan waved his hand dismissively, "Hold on, they’ve only reached 0.3 times the speed of light, and it’ll take another two months for them to arrive."

"We’ve overtaken them! I heard the fastest experimental spaceship has reached 0.6 times the speed of light!"

Hearing that humanity was slightly more advanced than the opposition caused everyone to revel in joy uncontrollably.

Zhang Yuan waved his hand again, "Don’t be too happy too soon, we can’t rule out the possibility that they’re intentionally hiding their true capabilities. Haven’t we also deliberately concealed some of our own levels?"

The distance between the two was 0.5 light-years, and the exchange of information back and forth would take a year’s time.

While a year may seem short, in this age of rapid technological innovation, a year is more than enough time to accomplish a great deal.

The explosion of science and technology was happening; everyone was truly enjoying the sensation of witnessing advancements day after day. Obtaining curvature technology made all past suffering seem inconsequential.

"So, what should we do with the big project? Should we let the Tos People experience Virtual World Technology, or should we have them try out the newly developed Brain in a Vat feedback system?"

"It’s tough to say at the moment... The Brain in a Vat could be used to deceive them sufficiently, but we still need to develop what needs to be developed."

"However, even with the Brain in a Vat, it’s impossible to discern between virtual and reality. We’ve leapfrogged in technology, but we still need to study these things... they’re fundamental! Anyway, this time around, the exchange and collaboration involve warp speed, as well as our side. We’re the main event."

Zhang Yuan looked at his colleagues, whose excitement had gone wild. Upon hearing about the interaction with the Tos People, it seemed like their hearts had soared to the skies, and all they wanted to do was talk endlessly without any other concerns.

Noticing it was getting late, he simply announced they’d finish work early.

"That’s it for today, let’s call it a day!"

But everyone still sat in the laboratory, chattering away. Zhang Yuan shook his head and left the laboratory on his own.

Having the leader standing around in the room would dampen the lively chatter, and he had no intention of playing the bad guy.

As soon as he stepped out of the room, he encountered Mr. Yamamoto Ichiro, the virtual world specialist from the laboratory.

The creator of "Paradise" bowed precisely at a 45-degree angle, still as respectful as ever, despite hearing that his creation had ensnared fifty million people into a state of seclusion, seemingly affected by it non-stop even though the whole situation had nothing to do with him...

Zhang Yuan waved his hand, calling the seemingly twenty-something over for a cup of coffee.

It was an era full of old friends, even if the ages of these old friends were extremely varied.

"What’s it like, coming to this world? Any particular impressions?"

"Very anxious! The so-called Paradise should have been encrypted, but in the end, they managed to crack it," said Yamamoto Ichiro, ashamed.

"The event is in the past, and it has nothing to do with you... There are plenty of instances where humans have played themselves to death."

Zhang Yuan said with a smile, "If someone kills a person with a kitchen knife, you can’t hold the knife manufacturer responsible, right?"