From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 362 Differences based on the concept of time

Author: Dong Ali

Chapter 362 Differences based on the concept of time

The elves are indeed long-lived, but they have also subconsciously developed the habit of cherishing time through deliberate cultivation over the past hundreds of years;

Therefore, there are very few individuals who can let a few years pass by without any reason.

Their concept of time can be said to be the same as that of trolls. In the past, trolls had to rely on diligence to survive due to the inefficiency of the hunting and gathering era;

In addition, Nesta later brought its own concept of time, which originated from the earth, into the tribe and popularized it.

The result of such a delay is that the elves today, whose life spans are unknown, are accustomed to maintaining their lives according to the rhythm of short-lived species.

For example, in terms of 'sleep', except for extremely special situations such as seclusion, breaking ranks, and studying in the virtual realm during their childhood, they rarely fall asleep and are in a daze for several days, months, or even years.

habit;

With the efficient assistance of the sleep cabin, the elves will start their new day's life after the physiologically necessary four-hour deep sleep.

Therefore, the active period in a day can last as long as 44 hours. They will use these times to study, practice, work, entertain, have sex, and fight, but they will not get into bed and fall asleep;

Just because after spending deep sleep in the cabin, their physiological functions have been activated to a healthy state of excitement, so in fact they really can't sleep.

And when the Republic gradually entered the era of interstellar navigation with such a habit, it also gradually showed a variety of different influences, both good and bad.

Logically speaking, even if an interstellar journey often lasts for ten years, decades, or even hundreds of thousands of years, this time span is actually not enough to be described as a "natural chasm" for the lifespan of the elves.

It’s not that it’s unbearably remote;

But at this time, for them who have been accustomed to living according to the previous concept of time, such a span seems very long.

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In a blink of an eye, four years have passed. The five quasar fortresses have left the broad boundaries of the solar system and are now sailing in the interstellar space in the gap between star systems;

Among them, the Proxima 1 exploration ship should be the first to enter the broad boundary area of ​​the target star system, followed by the other three ships that are also heading to fortresses in different neighborhoods, and then the black hole exploration ship that is still far away from arrival.

ship.

But on this day, a somewhat special discussion took place inside the black hole exploration ship.

"According to the previously rough star map, we will pass a special star along the way."

Jian Ya was speaking excitedly, pointing to a point in the three-dimensional star map in front of him, and with the movement of his fingers and the changes in his mind, the small point instantly projected a complete three-dimensional overview on the side.

, and presented a picture of a star shining with light and tongues of fire.

Then he continued,

"This is a small star with only 0.4 times the mass of the sun. It can become an important puzzle piece when we study the gravitational collapse of stars, so I think it is really necessary to pay a special visit;"

"We can spend a certain amount of time conducting disturbance observations there, and build a permanent base using local materials, thereby providing the thinking corridor needed for the projection to reach the rear."

After summarizing his opinions, he looked at the crowd with expectant eyes and asked,

"So what do you think? You will definitely agree, right?"

"Fang, do you still want to reach the finish line as soon as possible? How long does it take to decelerate and brake during the process, and how long does it take after starting again to get the fortress to reach our current speed?"

Gonzalo, one of the high-level spellcasters accompanying the ship, immediately shook his head after hearing this and retorted, "There are not so many holy light generators along the way, which can be used to shorten our acceleration like when we set off. time."

After that, Coarse Ya nodded and said that he was thinking the same way, and also expressed his specific thoughts.

"Leaving a self-powered observation station on the periphery and letting it fly towards the center is something that can and must be done, but it must not slow down the fortress, let alone allow the main body of the fortress to enter the gravity capture range;"

At the end of his words, Ruya summarized his thoughts, so he continued to speak,

"We must move through gaps in the outer reaches of the star system along the way, otherwise the time cost would be too great."

But obviously, the successive rebuttals of Coarse Tooth and Gonzalo did not shake Canine Tooth. Instead, he spoke in a very nonchalant tone,

"If there is no Holy Light Station, then build it. As long as there is enough energy and material, we can't build it on the spot. Are we really going to choke to death because of this?"

After hearing what he said, Gonzalo retorted dissatisfiedly,

"Build again? What you said is very light. Can the cultivation speed of flesh and blood metal keep up? Or do you plan to let the crew members on the ship donate part of their bodies when they get there?"

"Stop messing around here. Do I still know how many Holy Light base stations can be built?"

Jian Ya glared at Gonzalo who casually 'helped' him with ideas, and then added,

"Brothers, as the saying goes, 'Haste makes waste'. Direct exploration of black holes will only yield incomplete disturbance results. Don't you deny this?"

These words from Fang Fang made Nesta laugh uncontrollably. These were clearly words he casually said at 34:00 on February 37, Year 13 of the Rune Calendar, in response to the tribe's 'Creation Project'. After a while, it actually became some sort of 'common saying'.

However, at this time, he had to admit that there was at least some truth in what he said, but before he could express his approval, he heard the rest of the explanations that followed the fangs.

"From pseudo-stars that failed in fusion, to low-mass critical point stars, to the sun, to large-mass stars, and then to white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes and other remnants of different masses, this is a puzzle of continuous improvement of gravitational fields and gravitational collapse disturbances. In the process, shouldn’t we seize all opportunities along the way?”

"You say it does make sense, but what about the reality before us?"

As a veteran who has been with the tribe since the tribal period, Gonzalo, who was not from the Tooth tribe, once again interrupted the fang's passionate speech and once again expressed his objections, and then continued to elaborate. road,

"The reality is that even if no time is wasted in the process, it will take at least 1,300 years to reach the goal. And if we stop and go as you imagine, how long will it take us? Let me tell you now,

Even if it takes five thousand years, we won’t be able to actually arrive!”

"So what? Let alone five thousand years, so what if it took ten thousand years to arrive? Will you go crazy, or will I die, or will the republic disintegrate?"

"Ah this."

In fact, there were not too many elves participating in the discussion at the scene. The bodies, clones, and projections of the physical elves on board the ship, plus the projections from the home planet, there were only dozens of individuals in total;

But at this moment, they all fell into an inexplicable silence because of what Jian Ya said.

"Things are just floating there, and they won't automatically come to us as time goes by and say, 'Please look at me,' so we have to take our own steps and get closer!"

Isn’t it appropriate to spend some more time?”

He looked around, looked into the eyes of the participants one by one, and then continued to state in a slightly slower tone,

"Everyone, precious time is indeed a good thing. I am determined not to deny this. But the question is, are we really cherishing time?"

"No, we are just frightened by time. We are frightened by the time that is beyond our current age and cannot move forward."

"But what is the reality? We have taken steps in the face of 1300 years. What will happen in the following five thousand years? What will happen in ten thousand years? Not to mention that we are very likely to arrive alive. Even if it is not possible, the worst is all the way.

If we continue to reproduce and let the younger generations continue to move forward, we will be able to achieve our goals one day, right?"

"If we continue on this journey, we may still get technological breakthroughs due to new discoveries along the way, which may in turn speed up our progress."

"But if we still stop moving forward because of this or that kind of scruples, technical capabilities will not grow on their own like living organisms, and it may take us longer to gain results."

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His words caused everyone present to fall into a moment of silence. Everyone seemed to be seriously thinking about whether it was correct or not, and some individuals might have been vaguely convinced;

However, more determined deniers still exist, and at this time they also give ideas based on another concept.

"What you said is too light. Even I, the eldest here, have only lived less than 700 years old. This time, we are determined not to return for thousands of years to take care of this journey along the way.

All goals in the project. It is normal for everyone to have concerns;"

"Moreover, the specific plan for this trip has been formulated in the parliament before departure. I am afraid it is not appropriate for us to suddenly propose a change in the middle of the trip;"

"Furthermore, our country is not just an exploration team. You can't expect us to take care of everything here by ourselves."

"So, I still have to stick to my opinion."

When he reached this point, Ruya said in a very cautious but firm tone,

"Our team must continue to move towards the end goal resolutely. Even if it takes more time, we must achieve the expected and deserved results as soon as possible and without hesitation. We cannot

The gains that should have been made are delayed indefinitely."

"Our lifespan is indeed very long. Even if we take into account all the goals along the way, it is very possible to successfully maintain our life;"

"But then what? Like you said, it took tens of thousands of years to finally get a complete perturbation puzzle?"

"No, instead of taking care of everything, it is better to choose to trust our companions. I believe Azshara will send more fleets to explore, and I also believe that these exploration teams can complete the rest of the plan. Likewise,

I believe that the headquarters will not become a hindrance in the face of a complete plan."

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The small meeting is still going on

At the same time, in the interstellar material detection laboratory on the other side, there is another fang, another Nesta, and more virtual and real figures, taking advantage of certain conveniences in the outer space of the star, carrying out

Other experiments that have nothing to do with the meeting.

"Haha, Sharptooth, why are you looking so bitter again? Are you being refuted by Coarsetooth and the others?"

A companion suddenly joked at this moment, and Jian Ya responded with a smile and curse as if he didn't care too much,

"Okay, you bunch of idiots, one moment I am right, another moment Coarse Tooth is right, and the next moment Azshara's considerations are reasonable, can't you have your own opinions?"

After hearing this, another female projection also intervened in the topic,

"But you are all grandpas, and little guys like me can only tremble by the side~"

"Little guy? Haha. You have become so thick-skinned. You are not as cute as you were when you were a child. After all, you are an old woman who is hundreds of years old."

"Damn it! Old man, what are you talking about!" Freya immediately retorted angrily, "What's wrong with being hundreds of years old! How do I look like an old woman? I'm still a girl, okay?"

"It's as if I'm not hundreds of years old."

After Jian Ya just murmured something in a low voice, he no longer paid attention to the dancing girl. Instead, he turned to Nesta and asked,

"What do you think, don't you want to see it with your own eyes?"

A buzzing sound sounded during the conversation, temporarily interrupting the discussion at this time. It was the sound when the particle accelerator of the Ring Fortress with an orbit length of even more than 1,500 kilometers was started;

Under the continuous supply of nuclear energy, the material inside was accelerated to the extreme of sub-light speed at a temperature extremely close to the 'zero point'. It completed a long trajectory in an instant and suddenly collided together in the generating chamber.

Suddenly, all the experimental participants at the scene held their breath and concentrated, and even stopped their thoughts, trying to give the few internal observers who were in a state of deep fusion a space with less interference in their vision;

In the outside world, there are also specialists who use inscription equipment to conduct real-time physical observations of the results and processes.

Until a little while later, various data were summarized in the fortress scientific research brain, and then sent to the scientific research center located in the three stars orbiting the moon through the virtual realm connection, and a large number of calculations and repeated simulations were carried out in the virtual realm.

Finally, Nesta also recovered from the observation of the soul data panel, and while using the main thread to conduct a secondary analysis of the experimental results, he also used the thread assigned to this body to answer the previous question;

"I really want to go and see it in person, but..."

He said,

"First of all, I came here as a clone, and none of you who have completed the advanced stage have appeared, so there is no way to go inside to complete the observation, so for the time being, it won't be of much use even if I go."

"Second, rough ideas should be the most efficient for the country as a whole. Sometimes we must restrain our thirst for knowledge and work hard to fulfill our own responsibilities."

“So to sum it up, it’s probably thoughts like ‘longing for it, not feasible, regretful’.”

"Tsk, tsk, should I say, 'You are noble and awesome, but it's my fangs that are selfish and narrow-minded'?"

"How come you, old man, are becoming more and more stingy as you live?" Nesta looked at him amusedly and said.

"Did you just find out? Didn't he already be like this hundreds of years ago?"

"That's nonsense. It's because you, Kuya, have been so conservative and stubborn since hundreds of years ago, right?"

"Okay, let's finish what we are doing first. There is no need to start this discussion in two places at the same time."

"Nesta is right, Fang, please come to your senses quickly."

The rough tooth on the side restrained the habitual 'quarrel' that was about to spread, and made a signal to the shadow of the sharp tooth to stop the discussion.

"Humph~ I won't tell you if I don't want to. You guys have no curiosity."

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Somewhere inside the fortress, the body of the fangs took shape in a training cabin that was one hundred and fifty meters high, and gradually opened its eyes.

There seemed to be a bit of annoyance and unwillingness flashing through his eyes, and then he looked sideways at the equally huge training cabin next door, and while muttering in his mouth, he spread his spirit;

In the culture cabin that he was looking at, the flow of purple cells seemed to be stirred by something, and little ripples appeared at this time.

'What for?'

‘Nothing to do.’

'Tell me, what's going on?'

'I see you sleeping too soundly and I just want to annoy you.'

'boring guy'

‘Let’s discuss it with you~’

'Then it's okay. Tell me what you want to do, and I will continue to advance.'

'Well, I think about it, I will follow the Void Realm delivery ship and go to various targets along the way to see with my own eyes.'

‘Stubborn guy, you haven’t given up yet’

'Anyway, the virtual realm delivery ship will definitely be sent, right? If I follow it, it won't slow down the overall speed of the fortress.'

'So what if we go there? If we can't get inside, what can you do with only the little equipment of the delivery ship?'

‘Hey, it depends on you’

'Huh? You want me to merge with you, and then use the fused clone to go together?'

‘Yes, just say it’s okay~’

'It's too dangerous. If there's an accident, we can never get that part of our body back.'

'But it's still a long time, what if we can complete the molecular level upgrade before arriving? Judging from the size at that time, even if we really lose a little body, it won't be a big deal, right? Nesta seems to have no problem either.

With a similar idea in mind, he is definitely planning to disperse his body this time, but his purpose is slightly different from mine.'

'I haven't heard of this, so what is his purpose?'

'Hey, let's just say whether you agree or not!'

'If we can all advance by then. Well, then I will accompany you.'

'Haha, you old guy is indeed the most reliable!'

'Okay, don't think that I don't know that you just couldn't bear to beg someone else. Now, stop talking nonsense and tell me what Nesta is going to do.'

'I mentioned it before. So, I don't know whether we will go in this direction, but the end points of the other four fortresses are definitely not his own end points. Nesta should be planning to let his clones disperse.

, use a smaller body to go to more distant star fields, or just go for a adventure. However, judging from the current sailing speed, this should not be the purpose, so it is more likely to be looking for a rock star on the way to plant the clone.

'

'real?'

'That's still fake. Haha, Azshara will definitely be pissed off this time. She lost a husband worth 200,000 tons for no reason. It's funny to think about it~'

‘Don’t gloat about the misfortune. But he actually planned to travel so far before carrying out the project. It seems he has good intentions.’

'How to say?'

'Idiot, he definitely doesn't want to damage the star field around us. After all, it is the development space that we need to survive before breaking the speed of light, but does he overestimate his destructive power? Wait a minute, I just said it again

After some calculations, the molecular liquid mode is indeed inefficient. Not only is the time too slow, but many components cannot be utilized, so...'

'So? So he should be preparing for the atomic level? Is he actually so fast?'

'Maybe, maybe the span from the molecular level to the atomic level will be relatively simpler, even easier than the cell to molecule level. Let me do the math first. Indeed, the ability will increase exponentially, and the target selection will be broader.

, and even theoretically it is not limited to rock-based stars. How should I put it? It feels a bit scary.'

'I also thought about it, once the overall base climbs up again. But how many orders of magnitude are we in total? In comparison, even if all 7 billion are put together, it is not as big as a grain of sand, and it is not really

Are you going to eat them all up?'

'Who knows, let's complete the advancement in front of us first. You have to do it as soon as possible. Don't disturb me anymore, okay? If you still want to join together and explore.'

‘Okay, okay, I’ll just listen to you. I actually got out of breath, hum.’

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After that, the journey in various directions was continued with the continuous frequency conversion of the gravitational field engine, and the fang's somewhat too radical plan was eventually rejected by the headquarters, but the rough fang's proposal was approved in the process;

Therefore, the headquarters decided to send more exploration ships to different targets in the next few years and carry out targeted disturbance observation operations against them, so that each relevant puzzle piece can move forward relatively simultaneously.

As for the specific plan, in addition to directly sending out ship hulls for exploration from the home star, it will also use the three Proxima star fields that are about to be developed as a starting point, use the materials there as raw materials to build new fortresses, and then move further.

The star field continues to advance towards its own pace, and then continues to spread out the range that the entity and the projection can reach, eventually forming an actual control area that is not ready to be capped even if it spans hundreds of light years.

It can be seen that Jianya's previous statement that "we are just frightened by time" still successfully influenced the decision-making of the headquarters. He actually planned to move such a distant place at a time when the maximum speed of light can only reach 0.7 times.

Distance as planned developable area.

Fortunately, the Republic's virtual tunnel technology is solid enough, which not only allows the headquarters' decrees to be transmitted effectively and smoothly, but also supports the projection to travel between all parties without hindrance;

Fortunately, the lifespan of citizens is long enough and they will not forget their origins due to reproduction and replacement within a thousand years;

Otherwise, when only one round trip takes hundreds or even thousands of years, if the super-light speed navigation technology cannot be broken through as soon as possible, the entire system is likely to fall apart.

Of course, it is also possible to obtain a breakthrough in super-light speed midway, but that is another situation.

At least based on current speculation, those foreign immigrants who will settle in the Far Star Territory are determined not to maintain unity with the parent star sect headquarters.

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Let’s talk about the present first.

Even if every quasar fortress built for a long voyage is equipped with a large number of cryo-sleep cabins, it is enough for the elf crew to survive the entire long journey without knowing it;

But in fact, few cryogenic cabins have been actually activated during this process. Even for the one that is going to the black hole, no one has yet considered entering a dormant state to survive this long distance.

As for whether they will feel bored and lonely because of this, at least there is no sign of it so far. On the contrary, the various fortresses seem very lively and even busy.

At this time, there are a lot of elves who are still in the three-star moon orbiting system, but their jobs are in the starry sky fortress far away, and several exploration ships are naturally one of the main providers of jobs, just like the rest of them are located in

They are as large and small as quasar fortresses that perform missions everywhere inside and outside the parent star system.

And for the physical crew inside the exploration ship, this trip to the starry sky is not actually closed, because it is common to use projection to visit friends or have fun on the home planet while on vacation.

(End of chapter)