Chapter 131 Is It a Dark Forest?

The wait of more than half a month was too painful. People suddenly felt that the speed of light was too slow. It took more than ten days to go back and forth...

During this period, a research craze on the "Dark Forest Theory" was set off in the Noah spacecraft. People wanted to study the "Dark Forest Theory" and find its loopholes to estimate the possibility of war between humans and alien civilizations.

"The Dark Forest Theory has many prerequisites, including the chain of suspicion, destruction is easier than communication, technological explosions, and world-destroying weapons. But I think the key lies in the sparseness of interstellar civilizations!"

In the largest forest park on the Noah, a group of people were sitting in a circle on the lawn. There was sunlight-like light above their heads, and grass and some insects under their feet.

Due to the shutdown of a large number of laboratories in the past few days, they could only "reluctantly" take a holiday. A large amount of energy and industry were freed up to make nuclear weapons.

The middle-aged man lecturing at the front was a cosmologist. There was a blackboard next to him, on which were drawn a large number of images and related derivation results. He pointed at the blackboard and continued, "If interstellar civilizations are sparse and rare, there is no need for civilizations to go to war for survival resources..."

"According to common sense on Earth, all conflicts between countries involve a basic concept, that is, interests. Interests can be traced back not only to countries, but also to the entire civilization. If the benefits of going to war are less than the losses caused by fighting, then war will most likely not happen."

The people below nodded, not quite understanding, and one of the girls suddenly stood up: "Teacher, I have an opinion..."

She said, "We don't know the other party's social structure or moral system. If the other party is a warmongerer or an irrational species... uh, for example, the Zerg? Then the possibility of going to war is very high."

People have had a lot of fantasies about the entire universe. Although the possibility of irrational things crossing the stars is very small, the universe is so big, who knows? Maybe it's possible?

The cosmologist nodded and said, "Yes, you are right, so just in case, we are increasing the production of nuclear weapons..."

There is too little time for development, and the technological level of human beings is still quite limited. The technology of space weapons such as electromagnetic guns and lasers is not mature, so the best way at present is to mass-produce thermonuclear weapons. Nuclear bombs fly slowly and are easy to intercept, but humans have no choice. Just like a last-minute cram, the more they are produced, the more secure people feel in their hearts. Whether it is ordinary people or senior leaders, they all have such thoughts in their hearts.

Yu Yifeng stood in the Kinov Industrial Factory, watching the nuclear bombs being mass-produced one by one, some of which were deuterium-tritium hydrogen bombs, and some were helium-3 bombs.

Of course, there are more atomic bombs, and the last thing humans lack is uranium resources. If they are not used, they can be dismantled.

"Time is still too short. It would be better if we could develop for a few more years..."

He kept lamenting that time was not enough, the incident was too sudden, too inexplicable, and time was really not enough...

According to his idea, there are three possible causes of war.

First, the other party is a crazy civilization that explodes at the first touch. The other party may think that the human's firing behavior is a sign of active attack, and will take the initiative to fight back in order to protect itself. Or the other party has seen the flaws of humans and knows that the human's combat power is less than 50%.

Second, the other party is a perverted civilization, a war maniac, and will get great spiritual satisfaction by destroying other civilizations. After all, the universe is so big that there are all kinds of wonders. No one knows whether there is really such a perverted civilization...

Third, destroying other civilizations may have inexplicable benefits, such as luck and so on... This statement is a bit fantasy, but humans have no way to rule it out, after all, humans know too little about the universe.

Too little information is really a headache. Even if scientists are smart, they can't think of a better solution. All the steps people take now are based on the highest probability of success, but the premise is that the universe is not a dark forest, and... the other party is not the civilization where the Mars UFO is located.

If the thinking logic of this alien civilization is similar to that of humans, or similar to any animal on Earth, and knows how to seek benefits and avoid harm, the possibility of war breaking out is very small.

"I hope they are not a perverted civilization that explodes when provoked..." Yu Yifeng muttered to himself as he looked at the batches of nuclear bombs. Even if it means a catastrophe, we must let them know that humans are not easy to mess with...

As time went by, people became more and more nervous. A group of scientists kept an eye on the observation instruments. The sunlight was too sparse when it reached too far away, and the reflected light was very dim, so it was difficult to find the spacecraft with an ordinary astronomical telescope.

According to common sense, if this alien civilization deliberately concealed itself, humans would not be able to find it at all. However, it actually emits huge heat all the time, so the alien spacecraft can be easily found with a thermal imaging telescope!

"This huge heat may be emitted by the engine... But it shouldn't be, even if the universe is not a dark forest, it doesn't have to be so blatant, right?"

Physicist Dr. Rambo made puzzled gestures and said, "This source of heat is too inappropriate, just like a nuclear bomb explosion... Could it be that they also use the power of a nuclear bomb explosion to propel the spacecraft?"

Rimbaud is a scientist that Yu Yifeng admires very much. He is young and has very active thoughts, as if he is a horse in the sky. He always gets to the heart of the matter in unexpected places.

"Impossible, we did not detect the flash of a nuclear bomb explosion." Yu Yifeng shook his head and said: "And relying on nuclear bombs to propel the energy conversion rate is too low, and it is impossible to accelerate the spacecraft to 0.4 times the speed of light..."

Lan Bo nodded, "You're right... but that's not what I meant. I always feel that the other party's behavior is very strange. He can obviously do it more covertly, but he seems to be at a loss. It's not what I expected at all. experienced."

"Interstellar civilization should be very powerful, very developed, and much more technologically advanced than ours... shouldn't it? Even the other party's radio signals have been detected by us, which is very inappropriate. Even if the universe is not a dark forest, civilization and If civilizations can develop peacefully, they don’t need to be so careless, right?”

"What do you mean?" Yu Yifeng asked doubtfully.

Rimbaud was hot-headed, a little excited, and spoke faster and faster: "There are two possibilities. First, they are novices who have just entered interstellar civilization! Maybe they don't know whether the universe is a dark forest..."

"Second, the other party's spacecraft may have been damaged. The spacecraft was in a dilapidated state and kept making mistakes... They ran into the solar system in a panic just to replenish energy and supplies!"

"No matter what the situation is, the other party will not dare to start a war easily. It is beneficial to us humans! Our camouflage plan can scare them with a high probability, and even squeeze out a little oil and water!"

After hearing this, Yu Yifeng suddenly stood up. He felt a chill on his back. He had to be shocked by Lan Bo's crazy idea: not only to intimidate the other party, but also to blackmail him...

He paced back and forth, constantly thinking about the feasibility of this "blackmail" theory.

No, it's too risky. Humanity currently lacks neither technology nor research direction, but only time. He still has to be cautious, no matter how cautious he is, he can't be greedy rashly!

"...Our astronomical telescope will discover the spacecraft in a few days, and we will make a decision then!"

No matter what, you must first know the other party's attitude... If a fight really breaks out, how about blackmail? Yu Yifeng patted his head and felt that he was a little nervous and thought too much...