Chapter 425: Upload, upload!
0.4 light years!
When hearing this answer, even though Richemont had now grown into a dominant figure in the Milky Way, experienced all kinds of battles, and witnessed all kinds of civilizations, he was still deeply shocked.
You should know that the diameter of the entire solar system is only 0.003 light years!
The concept of light-year is completely different from other units of length. Light, which can move 300,000 kilometers per second, takes one year to travel. This length is really beyond the imagination of many ordinary people.
In other words, compared to the Earth, the diameter of the Earth is about 12,000 meters, and the distance light travels per second is more than 20 times the diameter of the Earth. It is easy to imagine how big 0.4 light years is.
Such a huge object turned out to be a creation of civilization!
Seeing Lifeng's astonished expression, Buzhoushan couldn't help but laugh proudly and said, "How is it, not bad? I was one of the designers at the beginning. Of course, the initial structure was only the size of a small star system, and then it began to increase in size rapidly. I didn't expect it to be so huge now."
At this moment, an entrance capable of accommodating the starship Earth quickly appeared on the endless smooth plane in front of him, with a black dot as the center. The whole process was as smooth as flowing water, as if this thing was a living organism.
Without any hesitation, Richemont immediately controlled the starship Earth and entered the super-giant structure.
Unlike the prosperous city in imagination, the space inside this super giant structure is extremely vast and empty, with columns crisscrossing like ganglia everywhere. There is no silicon-based life at all as far as the eye can see.
The starship Earth entered what seemed to be a huge cabin. The dome, which was tens of thousands of kilometers high, looked solemn and majestic, and the surrounding columns were densely packed.
Above these columns, there are also thinner columns extending out, which are connected to other columns. At the same time, one can also see some tangents slowly emerging from some of the columns. The length of these tangents is constantly increasing, and new columns will obviously be formed.
When the starship Earth completely entered it, the entrance behind it immediately closed quickly, and no trace could be seen.
Immediately afterwards, in the passage ahead, columns as thick as hundreds or thousands of kilometers contracted to both sides, forming an unobstructed passage in front of Starship Earth.
Richemont smiled and quickly released his thought field. At the tail of the starship Earth, three blue light circles appeared one after another, accelerating instantly and heading towards the interior of the super-giant structure.
As he continued to go deeper into the interior of the super-giant structure, the structure and internal conditions of the entire structure also appeared in Lifeng's thinking field.
The closer you get to the inside, the more spoke-like columns with contacts there are and the greater the density. In many places, huge nodes as big as planets have even been formed.
As for the materials that make up these pillars, Lifeng also had a certain understanding through Mount Buzhou. These things are all superconductors that can transmit signals most quickly and losslessly.
The most unusual thing was that they didn't see any silicon-based creatures along the way!
In other words, no living creatures were seen showing any signs of activity. The structure was always similar , with huge columns, densely packed tentacles, and spoke-like structures, forming a network structure that was almost spherical.
You have to know that the speed of Starship Earth at this time has reached several times the speed of light, and it has been traveling for a long time, but it is still in this situation. This really makes people think deeply.
Almost an hour later, Starship Earth entered a huge space with a diameter of one million kilometers and then stopped.
In the middle of this space is a round sphere that is about the same size as Starship Earth. When Starship Earth stops, a huge holographic image appears on the surface of the round sphere, which turns out to be a humanoid robot.
"Dear guest from afar, what can I do for you? I seem to smell the breath of an old friend." The robot is silver-white in color, with a constantly flickering pink light around its body, as if to express emotions.
"Hahaha, Gerst, you old lump of metal are still using your previous appearance." Starship Earth instantly emitted beams of radio waves, and the thought field of Mount Buzhou spread out.
"Yes... it's you! Buzhou Mountain!" Upon hearing this voice, the holographic image of the metal robot fluctuated, as if it couldn't believe the facts before its eyes.
"Haha, it's me! Don't tell me that the super-giant structure doesn't receive any external information right now. I don't believe that the matter of Starship Earth has caused such a big stir in the Milky Way, and you don't even know about it?" Buzhou Shan said angrily.
The light around Gerst quickly turned orange, as if to express shame, and said: "I was just awakened by the giant structure and came to greet you. To be honest, I don't know much about what's happening outside. But I am now receiving the information collected by the giant structure's information collector recently..."
As he spoke, the light around him turned red again, expressing surprise, and he said in amazement: "Ah! I didn't expect so many things to happen!... You are Li Feng, right? Good, good, you have the style of Li Lang back then!"
Buzhoushan did not answer, but asked in a solemn and deep tone: "Gester, has the original idea really come true? You...all uploaded!?"
At this time, Richemont had quickly deduced from the other party's words, and had a preliminary understanding of the current situation of the entire Norton Silicon Federation, and could not help but be deeply shocked.
No wonder there is not a single silicon-based life form in the super-giant structure that is as large as dozens of star systems. Even along the way, no trace of individual life activity can be seen.
It turns out they have all uploaded it!
You know, these silicon-based life forms, especially some silicon-based life forms evolved from artificial intelligence, are extremely easy to separate from their own thinking consciousness due to their own structural characteristics. At least it is much .
For all intelligent life, the death of the body does not mean true extinction. Only the complete destruction of consciousness is the true death.
As for silicon-based life, they can choose to abandon their original bodies and allow their consciousness to enter another carrier.
No wonder most of the entire megastructure is made of superconductors. It turns out that there has already been a world of consciousness all its own inside!
Hearing Buzhoushan's words, Gerst couldn't help but reveal a proud smile, and the light around his body turned blue. "Yes, my old friend, as early as 80,000 years ago, the silicon-based life forms of the Norton Silicon Federation began uploading their own consciousness. A hundred years ago, the consciousness upload rate of the entire federation had reached 99.999%, and now the overall upload has been completed. In addition, all the new silicon-based life forms that have joined the Norton Silicon Federation have chosen to upload their consciousness."
"Old friend, we have realized our original dream and created a perfect paradise that belongs only to silicon-based life! In our conscious world, all lives are equal. There is no evil, no restraint, and only endless freedom." Gerst said excitedly, "I also understand the purpose of your trip, old friend. I think you may be disappointed. The purpose of the Norton Silicon Federation is to live in harmony with the world, be independent of the universe, and perfect our own world."
A holographic projection appeared from the void in front of the starship Earth. It was Mount Buzhou. However, this time he chose the appearance of a white-haired old man. The wrinkles on his face and his deep eyes all showed that he had experienced many vicissitudes of life and seen the world.
"Oh, I never thought that our plan could actually go this far. Come to think of it, should I also feel proud of myself for having participated in this great plan..." Buzhou Shan even showed a leisurely and fascinated expression on his face.
"Yes, old friend, be proud of it. If you want, you can also connect to the world in the super-giant structure and feel the new evolutionary path taken by our silicon-based life!" Gerst said with joy.
At this moment, a cold voice suddenly sounded, interrupting Gust's excitement: "Humph, what evolutionary path, it's nothing but a dead end."
