AWB Chapter 381 Everything Was Planned [1-Word Celebration]
Chapter 381 Everything Was Planned [1-Word Celebration]
The Solar System, Star Ring Group.
Since Bi Yunfeng successfully seized power in a coup, the development of the Earth Alliance has been rapid over the past four years.
It's not just about technological advancements; in terms of culture, Dilian has also made up for this long-standing deficiency.
Since the breakthrough in digital life technology, humanity has become bolder in its exploration of the unknown.
Some young people have formed a group of daring enthusiasts to take on all sorts of novel and creative death challenges, and record the whole process into motion-sensing CDs, which are then sold on the market.
After all, their consciousness has been backed up in the Super Dream server, so unless all nodes are completely paralyzed, they can reshape their bodies at any time.
It is worth mentioning that the Academy of Sciences once tried to add a second information dispatch station for the Super Dream System. After all, Lin Xuan had been gone for many years, and it was not a good idea to leave the dispatch station empty all the time.
But people soon discovered a problem: apart from Lin Xuan, no one's consciousness could handle the scheduling work for all of humanity.
At first, the tests went smoothly and the scheduling work was progressing well. However, as time went on, a large amount of information flooded into the minds of the test subjects, and their consciousness was like a mark on the beach, which was directly washed away by the waves.
To date, much remains unknown in humanity's exploration and research of consciousness. Even though they have achieved basic separation of consciousness from the physical body, humanity still has a long way to go before it can be used as flexibly as electricity or fuel.
So the question is, how did Lin Xuan do it?
How did he manage to prevent his original consciousness from being overwhelmed by this massive stream of consciousness?
No one had ever thought about this issue before, and everyone thought it was a matter of course. Lin Xuan proposed the layered approach to the Super Dream server, so naturally, he would be the one to take on the central control role.
But now people are suddenly realizing that it seems only he can do this.
"Actually, it's not that surprising. If it happened to someone else, I might be a little surprised, but Lin Xuan... well, I think this is just how he is."
In the end, the matter was dropped. Apart from a few Yangtze River Scholars who were interested in this area and their unjustly treated doctoral students who continued the research, almost no one at the Chinese Academy of Sciences mentioned it again.
Nothing more, just tell me how you plan to research this kind of thing?
The only sample is still on Mechanical Earth, and the only person in the know, Sophon, has already escaped.
Lin Xuan was chosen as a Wallfacer because he was on the Trisolarans' protection list, but later his so-called observer status confused everyone.
What else can be said but to connect the two? Perhaps the observers are different from ordinary people. Their consciousness is tens of thousands of times stronger than that of ordinary people, which is why they can withstand the massive data flow from the Super Dream server every second.
Otherwise, no one could think of a better explanation.
"AiAA, the financial reports of Xinghuan Group for the past three quarters show that 130 billion yuan has been invested in the construction of Dilian's education system. However, so far we have not seen a single penny of return on this investment."
"I want to ask you, what exactly did you do with this money?"
Inside the roundtable conference room, Ai AA sat at the head of the table, flanked by shareholder representatives of the Star Ring Group.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on the woman, waiting for her to give a reasonable explanation.
Compared to four years ago, Ai AA has shed her naivety. If she was just a clever socialite who was good at navigating between various conglomerates, then Ai AA is now the true head of the Star Ring Group.
Hearing the shareholder's question, Ai AA remained unfazed. Her long nails lifted her beautiful face, which had been groomed countless times, and her beautiful eyes always carried a hint of ingratiating smile.
"I am the CEO of Star Ring Group. Am I not even entitled to the right to allocate this amount of funds?"
"Don't forget, who brought about the current glory of the Star Ring Group."
After supporting Bi Yunfeng's rise to power, Xinghuan Group transformed into the largest capital group in Dilian.
No... it was the same before, but the Star Ring Group was always on guard against by the Earth Alliance, so even though it had ample resources, it couldn't interfere with the political direction.
But things are different now. Xinghuan Group and Dilian are already deeply intertwined, so much so that it's no exaggeration to say that they are ingrained in each other's very being.
Upon hearing this, the shareholders' expressions all turned rather unpleasant.
“AA, please be clear about your position. You are the CEO, that’s true, but you should also have the right to inform the board of all fund flows, instead of acting unilaterally like this and making decisions without even consulting them.”
"What do you take Xinghuan Group for? Your personal dictatorship?"
"Then if you're so capable, fire me and bring in a new CEO."
Feeling emboldened, AiAA retorted directly.
She's like a graduate student who's finally passed the entrance exam. No matter how much I begged her to admit me, if she actually does, then I can sit back and relax like a grandpa.
Such arguments have become a regular occurrence at every board meeting. The root cause is that AiAA now wields too much real power, even exceeding that of the Star Ring Group itself.
The board members were uneasy because they realized that the little girl, whom they could have easily manipulated, was beginning to show signs of wanting to break free from their control.
But as AiAA said, they were helpless against this woman. Whether they trained a new person to replace her or tried other methods, it seemed like it wasn't worth it.
“Investing in education is essential. Even now, with a major retreat imminent, I personally believe that this long-term investment can still secure a place for Star Ring Group in the new world. On this point, I have to admire the wisdom of former President Luo Congmin.”
Ai AA spoke with righteous indignation, but some of the board members below couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"What a clever little girl! No wonder she graduated with a degree in sociology; her ability to exaggerate is truly exceptional."
"Others may not know what you're thinking, but surely we, your own people, know?"
"All that brainwashing education you've been doing is just a plan to build your own private army after you arrive in the new world. Do you really think we're all fools? You're letting me use Star Ring Group's money to build my own power. If the old shareholders were still in the solar system, I'd like to see if you would dare to do that!"
The construction of RimWorld is now complete. This facility is large enough to support the ecological self-sustaining of 30 billion people. With the energy provided by the sun, it is sufficient to support the migration of all humankind.
Of course, the figure of 30 billion is just Wei Cheng's calculation. If it is fully loaded, it can carry 45 billion, which is exactly the same as the current population of the Earth Alliance.
But in that case, we would have to compress living space as much as possible, and the number of golf courses, racetracks, and artificial oceans that officials love would have to be reduced.
This was unacceptable to the officials of the Earth Federation. After all, taking an additional 15 billion people to evacuate meant sacrificing so many recreational activities, something they would never allow.
In response, many officials chose to purchase warp drive spaceships from Starring Corporation in advance to evacuate instead of following the main force. However, many more officials did not want to pay the money but also wanted a better life.
Thus, an unwritten policy was secretly implemented: if someone in a household voluntarily chose euthanasia, the whole family could enjoy a higher level of survival pod treatment.
Bi Yunfeng set the time for the great retreat at the 5th year of the Eternal Era. According to the calculation data left by Wei Cheng, Ding Yi and others, the escape process was divided into three plans.
The first step for Ringworld is to extract as much energy as possible from the sun, and then use its 1550 gravity thrusters to convert that energy into an acceleration sufficient to bring it closer to the sun's original orbit.
It is important to note that this does not require the sun to derail directly, but rather to accelerate within its existing orbit.
The Sun's orbit is roughly elliptical, and the entire Milky Way galaxy's star system operates according to its own laws.
What the ringworld needs to do is accelerate the sun's orbit as much as possible, forcing it to get closer to their final destination within its original orbit.
Humans who escape to the Sun's predetermined orbit in warp drive ships will establish the first foothold for the RimWorld. Of course, if the RimWorld is struck by the Dark Forest, then they will be the last humans of the Earth Federation.
Therefore, anyone with some power would try their best to buy the early evacuation spaceships. The Earth Federation's officials promoted this behavior as a "first come, first served" approach, where those who evacuate first help those who evacuate later to benefit from the benefits.
However, not many people believe it.
However, this acceleration of the sun might change the final impact point of the Dark Forest attack. After all, the gravitational wave signal received by the civilization that launched the attack came from many years ago, and their calculated impact point might be based on the sun's normal orbital trajectory.
If the sun is accelerated by the circumpolar world within its own orbit, the final result could cause the Dark Forest Strike's final impact point to be wildly different from the actual position of the sun.
This is essentially gambling on the opponent's misjudgment.
Of course, this is only the ideal situation. Having learned from the lessons of the Trisolaran civilization, the Earth Alliance has become wiser. They never assume that what they cannot do is also impossible for others.
If someone else's prediction is correct, then everyone is doomed. Besides, trying to escape with an entire star is like trying to die in a latrine with a flashlight.
Even if you manage to dodge the first attack, there will be a second one.
This acceleration process will take approximately 5-8 years, and the sun will eventually carry the entire ring world and Earth to the first pre-designated point of contact.
At this time, the Earth Alliance was already quite close to the Elbato Cluster, and this project was known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa Project.
By taking advantage of the situation and using the sun's force against it, the sun's originally radiating gravitational pull is redirected in a forward direction, creating a miraculous chain reaction, much like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
The second step requires the ring world to derail from the sun, much like a bloodsucker that has drained the sun of its remaining value. After it has eaten and drunk its fill, it carries the sun's energy and begins to try to break away from the sun's original orbit.
The main challenge in this step is not derailing from the sun, since this problem was solved when the ring world was first designed.
The real challenge lies in how to create a gravitational field that can hold onto the Earth, essentially turning the entire ring world into an artificial star.
The Academy of Sciences considered many options, but ultimately decided on the Dyson sphere, a method that is feasible both theoretically and practically.
The plan is to transform the Ringworld into a Dyson sphere, then carry Earth and remove it from its original orbit in the solar system.
The precision required for this operation is akin to peeling the lens of a human eye with a straw; the slightest deviation would directly destroy Earth's original ecological environment, turning it into a useless, dead planet.
This is actually a very troublesome problem. The solar system has been dismantled by the Earth-Earth Alliance, leaving only Earth. If we simply dismantle it and merge it into the ring world, there wouldn't be so many problems.
But the problem lies with that underground device in Los Angeles.
It simply cannot be dismantled!
The Earth Alliance tried many methods to remove it from underground. After all, nobody knew what use it was now, and if it was left here and something went wrong, they wouldn't be able to explain it to Lin Xuan.
But carrying it along is like having it inextricably bound to the entire Earth; no matter what methods Earth tries, it cannot be separated from it.
Its hardness reminds people of the water droplets of yesteryear.
Therefore, everyone agreed that this thing was definitely not a creation of Earth, but no one knew who put it here.
The final plan is as follows: they intend to take Earth with them when they escape, because if Earth is gone, what kind of Earth Alliance is it?
The final step, and also the most crucial one.
When Lin Xuan left, she left the star map coordinates of the Elbato Cluster with the Earth Alliance. However, many years have passed, and it is unknown whether Lin Xuan is still alive or whether it is dangerous inside.
Therefore, the Earth Alliance needs a fleet to enter first and conduct reconnaissance, serving as scouts.
But that's where the problem lies.
Because of the existence of thought imprints, everyone knows that extraterrestrial civilizations have the ability to interfere with normal human thought.
So how can we verify that the security information provided by the fleet that has entered is absolutely accurate?
Cao Bin offered a seemingly feasible solution, similar to the three-way handshake in computers.
The specific operation involves the fleet first entering the Elbato star cluster to confirm the safety signals inside, and then turning back from there.
The Earth Alliance then applies a new layer of thought imprint to these people. Since thought imprints cannot be covered up, if their thoughts have already been modified, they will exhibit two completely different reactions, thus falling into thought confusion.
This has been verified by experimental results.
If you first implant a thought imprint into a person that is highly toxic to water, and then implant another thought imprint into them that they will die if they do not come into contact with water, then the second thought imprint and the first thought imprint are not overlapping, but conflicting.
Ultimately, the subject died in an extremely painful manner. After the forensic doctor dissected his body, it was discovered that he had drowned without ever coming into contact with water.
Although this method is cruel, it is one of the few verification methods that the Earth Alliance can think of.
As time went by, the day to begin the great retreat drew ever closer, but what still troubled Bi Yunfeng was the unknown whereabouts of Luo Congmin and the others.
When he first became president, he was very excited and didn't think deeply about many issues. But now, five years later, whenever he reviews his plan to seize power, he feels that the whole process went too smoothly.
It was as if all of this was part of a plan.