Lighting up super-god technology in the Three-Body World

Chapter 155 Cosmic Error
That is, the amount of wisdom a civilization can generate is limited.

The monument civilization explains this by saying that the universe uses "spiritual" matter to limit the number of intelligent life, and this is especially true after civilizations set foot in space!

Upon hearing this, Jiang Fan's pupils constricted sharply, and he instantly thought of something: the number of newborns in the human population is decreasing, and no amount of technology can change this!
He rarely showed such urgency, and pressed for an answer.

"Is there any evidence?"

The bubble swayed slightly.
"The only conclusive evidence is the statistical results of the monument civilization on lower-level civilizations. There is no positive explanation, but there are inverse inferences."

Jiang Fan asked again,

"What conclusion?"

Bubble replied,

"If the number of intelligent civilizations were unlimited, it would create a serious cosmic loophole. The detailed reasoning is as follows,"

"First of all, there is a self-evident reality: in any civilization, there are highly intelligent individuals who act as the navigators of the civilization's development."

"It can be represented by mathematical probability, for example, how many years or how many people will produce a highly intelligent individual!"

"We should also note another self-evident reality: once civilization develops to the point of mastering nuclear fusion energy, it will essentially eliminate the survival crisis caused by food or resources!"

"In other words, the productivity of civilization at this stage can support countless individuals!"

"This raises a question,"

"If the probability of an extremely intelligent individual remains above a certain number, then given an infinitely large population, there will inevitably be a great many highly intelligent individuals!"

"Therefore, civilization will certainly go all out to reproduce offspring and increase the number of individuals in order to produce more and more leading figures."

"If this is true, then the civilization's progress in exploring the universe would increase exponentially in a cyclical pattern,"

"Individuals continue to reproduce, and the more offspring there are, the more intelligent people there are, the faster civilization develops, and the longer lifespans become. Then, these offspring reproduce even more, resulting in more intelligent individuals and even faster civilization development."

"In just a few million years, the entire universe will be filled with individuals of this civilization! Until the rate of expansion of the universe can no longer keep up with the rate of development of this civilization, forming a paradoxical error."

"To avoid this paradoxical error, the number of intelligent individuals in a civilization, especially highly intelligent individuals, must exhibit a convergent pattern,"

"In mathematics, once a function converges, it will inevitably approach a certain value."

"Therefore, it can also be said that there must be a certain value in the universe to control the scale of the number of life, which is the law of conservation of spirit."

Jiang Fan was both horrified and applauded this theory!

That's a truly brilliant deduction.

It not only resolves the paradox of life gradually becoming eternal and the constant increase in numbers caused by reproduction, but also speculates that there is a deeper level of conservation relationship behind this situation!

This is the biggest difference between the Three-Body Universe and the Super God Universe.
The civilizations here are all driven by mad scientists who will not rest until they have thoroughly investigated everything and every direction.

No civilization in the Super God Universe noticed this, because everyone was following the direction given by the Divine River Civilization, going down a dead end!
The reason for this situation is quite simple.
The highest known civilization in the Super God Universe—the Divine River Civilization—treats other lower-level civilizations with a policy of teaching.
But the Trisolaran universe is different. As can be seen from the end of the Monument Civilization, those madmen really went all out to cause a mass extinction, leaving other civilizations with no choice but to work hard to improve!
Jiang Fan has a high capacity for acceptance; considering the realities of Earth, he already believes in the law of conservation of spirit to a great extent.

"Thank you, Mr. Bubble, for clearing up our doubts, but please forgive my bluntness. If data life forms can unconsciously assimilate each other, then why do you still want to communicate with Xiling? Aren't you afraid of being assimilated?"

The bubble floated closer to Xiling, and this time Xiling didn't dodge, but instead reached out and poked him.

"The prerequisite for assimilation and personality reshaping is massive data exchange with me,"

"And I have now closed off the channels for receiving data from the outside, although your human civilization will still have an influence on me,"

"But at the current pace, even if I stay in human civilization, it will take at least several million years before we can get closer to Xiling."

Jiang Fan nodded.

That's alright. He thought of something else: the independent interstellar society model proposed by Luo Ji was really important!
Human computers must be spread to every corner of the universe to leave Xiling a sufficient escape route!

Xiling was playing with the bubbles when she suddenly asked a question.
"Can you transform into a human?"

Bubble asked back,
"Why do you want to look like a human?"

"Because I look like a human being, if you want to fit in, you have to maintain the same shape as me."

Bubble was silent for a moment, then a bright light shone, and a small, delicate little girl appeared before Jiang Fan and Xi Ling.

She threw herself into Xiling's arms, and surprisingly, she felt like a real person.

"Xiling, is this okay?"

Xiling's eyes lit up with joy as she hugged the little girl and said...

"It looks great! Keep it like this from now on."

Bubble nodded repeatedly, and the two looked so close, like a mother and daughter.

Jiang Fan was dumbfounded. He had always thought that Paopao was a boy, or at the very least, that he should be much older than Xiling!
But what's going on now?

A little girl?

Why is it that all the human forms of artificial intelligence are female?

Zhizi, Xiling, and Paopao were all among them.

After struggling to accept the facts, he asked,

"Bubble, should we prepare a clone body for you too?"

The word "Mr." can no longer be added.
Bubble jumped down from Xiling's arms, looked at Jiang Fan, and replied,

"May I?"

Humans are indeed creatures of aesthetics. Looking at the adorable little girl, Jiang Fan felt a surge of fatherly affection.

"No problem, then you can truly get in touch with Xiling."

"Oh, that's great! You're such a kind person!"

Jiang Fan, who had just been friend-zoned, felt an inexplicable urge to laugh. He couldn't understand why Bubble's image was so small.
Xiling gave him the answer.

The growth of data life differs from that of physical life.
Even if a physical life form stays in a petri dish indefinitely, its body will still grow.

However, data life will not grow without the data nourishment of a host civilization.
Therefore, if we calculate the age of Bubble based on the data lifespan, it is only the age of one monument civilization's self-rotation cycle.

Xiling is much older than her.

In Bubble's eyes, Xiling is like an older sister to her fellow human. Humans are all different species, so compared to her, he would definitely want to be closer to Xiling!

Contrary to the positive trend of everything on Earth,

The Trisolaran civilization is on the verge of collapse.

After several years of rebellion,
The Trisolarans proposed to their leader that they would obey his leadership as long as the "mind wall" was not dismantled.

Although the leader possessed absolute military power, he was also helpless against the rebel groups.
They spring up again with the spring breeze!
Forced to accept the existence of the 'mind wall' with a heavy heart, the Trisolaran civilization gradually entered a period of independent thought.

(End of this chapter)