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Chapter 351: Escape, not escape?

Since the evolutionary trap scheme was determined to be effective, and all robots around the solar system were "swept away" by that harvest signal, human civilization began a grand celebration. This celebration has not ended until now. Whether it is on Earth, Mars, Venus, Mercury heavy industrial base, or space islands, there are people celebrating everywhere. The "Robot Crisis" sword hangs above the head of human civilization for more than a hundred years. Now that the crisis has suddenly been lifted, no matter who it is, will feel relaxed from the bottom of its heart.

But this celebratory atmosphere did not affect the people participating in the meeting in the Earth Capital Municipal Government Building. The outside world is a sea of ​​joy, and here is a cold abyss.

Every participant who just received the news had this feeling, without exception. The sun was warm and warm as spring, and the cold wind was howling in the conference room, heavy and depressing.

"That's the case." Xiao Yun said with a heavy expression, "To sum up, I think the robot group is likely not completely destroyed by us. In a corner around the solar system, there may be several surviving robots acting quietly. When we discover them, their number may have increased to tens of millions or even hundreds of millions..."

After Xiao Yun finished his report, the head of state next to him took over Xiao Yun's words: "So, what should we do now?"

There was still silence in the conference room, and no one spoke.

In the midst of silence, the head of state's words continued to echo: "What should I do? What should I do?"

What should I do?

Anyone in this conference room is an important figure in human civilization. They have achieved remarkable achievements in their respective fields. They or senior government officials, any strategy they formulate may affect the fate of tens of millions of people, and the scientific research achievements they have made may change the lives of countless people... They are absolute elites. The fate of human civilization is also in the hands of such a group of people.

If this group of people cannot come up with a solution to the problem, no one in the entire human civilization can do it. Because they have the highest power, the most resources, and... the most outstanding wisdom.

The problem is very difficult, and it is difficult to solve this problem and there is no hope at all, but this group of people has no reason to escape.

After silence, Xiao Muhong said: "We actually have no way to confirm whether the robot group has adopted this strategy - inference is always just inference. No matter how reasonable or persuasive the inference is, as long as there is no real evidence, it can only be an inference. In this way, our situation and the risks we face can actually be classified into the following two types."

"One, fleeing hastily, but in fact the robot group did not adopt this strategy. The robots around the solar system have been destroyed by evolutionary traps. We have given up our hometown in vain and done the risk of useless work."

"Two, we chose not to escape, but in fact, the robot group adopted this strategy and made a comeback, encircling us, leaving us inseparable from the risk of being destroyed in the solar system."

"Escape or not to escape is a big problem." Xiao Muhong continued, "Every choice has its advantages and fatal weaknesses. It can be said that...the risk of every choice is very high. However, the so-called two evils are the least, and I personally think...we should choose to escape."

"Because, even if the robot does not adopt that strategy, and we choose to escape, the problem we face is just a waste of resources and delaying some technological development time. The foundation of our human civilization will not be shaken, and at least we will not face the risk of extinction of the clan and the race. If we do not escape, it is different. If we choose not to escape, our future destiny can only choose one between destruction or non-destruction. This... the risk is too great."

"I don't agree to escape."

After Xiao Muhong finished speaking, a white-haired old man stood up in the front row of the conference room and expressed a completely different view from Xiao Muhong. Xiao Yun glanced at him and recognized the old man.

He is the president of the Academy of Human Civilization Sciences. Although he has long stopped participating in specific scientific research because of his age, he is still the most famous in the human civilized scientific community.

Speaking of which, whether it is Xiao Yun or Xiao Muhong, they are all his juniors.

Although his views were contrary to his own, Xiao Muhong still showed enough respect to him. Xiao Muhong bent over to the old man, then closed his mouth. The old man nodded to Xiao Muhong and continued, "I don't want to explain the importance of the earth and the solar system to our human civilization through some humanistic and spiritual sustenance. This is meaningless. What I want to say is, have we all really thought about the impact of leaving our hometown and becoming a wandering civilization on our civilization?"

It was quiet in the conference room, and everyone was listening carefully to the old man's words.

"I can be sure... If we choose to escape, we will be different from before from the first step of our human civilization leaving the solar system. The difference is not the degree of development of technology, or the nature of civilization has only made some changes. I think that becoming a wandering civilization will have a comprehensive and profound impact on our civilization, and this is likely to lead to the final demise of our civilization."

"The continuous expansion of robots determines that we cannot stay in one place for too long, that is, we will become a truly wandering civilization. Every time we go to a galaxy, what we think about will not be how to build this galaxy better. What we think about is how to mine as much of the resources we need from this galaxy as possible in the shortest time. Everything else, such as the regeneration and utilization of resources, the ecological protection of native galaxies, will not be under our consideration, which means we will become a predatory civilization."

"The continuous demand for resources, the harsh universe environment we face, and the urgency of continuous escape, all of these things will comprehensively and completely change our civilization, our value system, the moral concepts we respect, and everything we think is very important, such as loyalty, trust, friendship, family affection, etc., will disappear. Because of the loss of hometown, the sense of identity of "human civilization" will continue to decrease. In this case, the scarcity of resources will inevitably lead to constant conflicts, and in the universe, the price of division is extremely low - anyway, it is just escape. As long as you pull up a fleet and choose a different escape direction from the main fleet, you can complete a split. So... what does this mean, do you understand?"

A low buzz sounded in the conference room. The president of the Academy of Sciences continued: "I think we don't have to question whether such a thing will happen. It will inevitably happen, because this is human nature, which is determined by what is engraved on our genes."

Xiao Yun was silent about this. Xiao Yun could understand the old man's words and agreed with the old man's words. Obviously, in the case of scarcity of resources, the government will only consider how to reasonably use these resources to seek benefits for the majority of people. Individuals will always be ignored, while individuals will always only consider the amount of resources they allocated - no one can ask the members of the civilization to have enough overall concepts. In the case of extremely low cost of division, and the situation where the day is in danger and fleeing all day long, there will definitely be people in the civilization who choose to split - after all, as long as they pull a team to split from human civilization, the resources they have obtained can be left to themselves to allocate, and the ambitious people who initiate the division will give priority to meeting their material needs in this distribution process.

No matter how much technology develops, as long as human civilization still exists, the ambitious will definitely not disappear. Similarly, in the entire universe, no matter what form of life exists, as long as there is something to ask for, there will definitely be struggles. This has nothing to do with the moral level of civilization and the level of technology.

There is no civilization as pure as a white lotus in the universe. The so-called power struggles and conspiracies do not mean the "lower" of human civilization. They are just a social phenomenon that naturally appears. Even if there is no "power struggles, conspiracies, intrigues, and intrigues" in a certain civilization, it cannot prove the nobility of that civilization. It can only prove that the struggles between individuals in their civilization are expressed in other ways.

The emergence of competition, struggle, power struggle and other things is just a normal social phenomenon. At some point, they have positive significance and can promote the better development of human civilization, but that is only under normal circumstances. If human civilization chooses to become a wandering civilization... then these things will become nooses that destroy human civilization.

Every split will weaken human civilization, and every weakening will lead to a worse environment. The harsh environment will in turn make more divisions, thus forming a vicious cycle. Human civilization will be wiped out all flesh and blood in such a vicious cycle. Perhaps there is no need to wait for the robot group to attack human civilization, and human civilization will be destroyed.

"Never give too much hope for a group of human nature." The old man said slowly.
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