Volume 3 Chapter 82 Self-Replicating Nanorobots
Investigations into autonomous mechanical aggregates continue.
After thinking about this important matter, Lin Xu returned to the matter of Weiyang Zhenren.
"Do you think we should tell her the truth about aura and everything?" Lin Xu, who was unable to make up his mind, asked Miss Qiu for her opinion.
"Given her physical condition, she can't leave here, at least until a cure is found in the short term." Miss Qiu explained the facts.
"Yes, given her current condition, if she leaves here the disorder will definitely start over again, and she will be dead then. And even if we find a way to cure her in the future, it will be impossible to send her back." Lin Xu shook his head and said.
"In that case, it's impossible to keep it from her forever." Miss Qiu said with a smile.
Looking at Miss Qiu's smile, Lin Xu felt a little emotional. Miss Qiu's smile is really becoming more and more natural now.
"Yeah, that's all I can say. I hope she's okay." Lin Xu made a decision.
"Don't worry, master. She is actually very strong." Miss Qiu encouraged Lin Xu.
"That's true. Maybe I'm just overthinking it." Lin Xu smiled.
One hundred years ago, when Weiyang Zhenren Lu Yao was first taken in by Miss Qiu, Lin Xu had never thought of telling her the truth about spiritual energy.
After all, we thought she would not live long, so it was better to let her leave in peace.
Who would have thought that a hundred years later, she would still be alive, and it looked like she could survive.
There was nothing I could do but tell her the truth. After all, I couldn't keep it a secret forever.
"Nano robots? You said that spiritual energy is actually nano robots?" In Lu Yao's room, she even stopped playing the game at hand.
His palm held a ball of rotating spiritual energy, and he looked at a faint whirlwind above his palm, but he could not connect it with the nanorobot no matter what.
"I know the concept of nanorobots, but I never expected that I have been so familiar with them for a long time." Master Weiyang sighed.
"You, your spiritual faith won't collapse, will it?" Lin Xu was a little worried.
"Don't worry, I'm not that fragile yet. But now I understand why you are so powerful and can manipulate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at your fingertips." Master Weiyang said with some emotion.
But even at this time, her combat instincts that she had developed over thousands of years, as well as her subconscious monitoring of her surroundings, had not weakened.
He stretched out his hand and caught something that Lin Xu threw over.
When he took it in his hand, he saw that it was a wine gourd.
"This is?"
"The wine you gave me a hundred years ago is now aged for a hundred years. Would you like a sip?" Lin Xu asked.
Zhenren Weiyang did not hesitate, opened the cork and took a sip.
"Why does this taste a bit strange?"
"Maybe I didn't preserve it well. After all, it has been there for a hundred years." Lin Xu shrugged.
"Even with such advanced technology , even a bottle of wine cannot be preserved properly." Master Weiyang complained.
But he took another sip anyway.
"Well, it's actually quite delicious. Would you like a sip?" Zhenren Weiyang smacked his lips and threw the wine gourd back to Lin Xu.
"Ha, don't try to trick me into drinking. I won't drink it." Lin Xu was not fooled and simply put the wine gourd aside.
"Would you die if you weren't so smart?" Master Weiyang said unhappily.
Lin Xu smiled, and seeing that she was in a better mood, he continued talking.
"By the way, haven't you always wanted to break through to the Spiritual Transformation Stage? Do you want me to help you increase your authority?"
"Please let me get used to it first." Master Weiyang said with a wry smile.
Having known her for such a long time, Lin Xu always felt that she was extremely free and easy. This was the first time he saw her with such an expression.
It was obvious that the shock she felt deep in her heart was not as calm as she appeared to show on the surface.
"Okay, when you figure it out, just tell me."
Lin Xu didn't say anything, but turned and left, leaving only Miss Qiu behind.
There are some things she might not tell Lin Xu, but she will tell Miss Qiu.
So the friendship between girls is really incomprehensible.
When he returned to his own yard, the hundreds of years old tree had been transplanted and planted somewhere in Yanjing City, where it continued to grow well.
In Lin Xu's yard, there is a brand new transplanted tree of moderate size. Lin Xu sits on a familiar chair, and the shade of the tree above his head just blocks out the sunlight from the artificial sun.
Lin Xu had not been sitting for long when he received another message from Zhenxing.
"Master, the autonomous mechanical aggregate has discovered a planet that has had nearly half of its mass dug away. According to detection, the earliest time excavation began was about ten thousand years ago, and the excavation continued for ten thousand years, taking away a small half of the mass of the planet." Zhenxing reported.
"A small half of a planet? Could it be the material for making a Dyson sphere?" Lin Xu's mind raced and he immediately figured it out.
The mass of half a planet is indeed small enough to be ignored compared to the huge mass of a star, but it is enough to build a Dyson sphere.
After all, the Dyson sphere is not solid. In fact, most areas are only a thin layer. As long as it can cover the star and absorb the energy, it is just like a thin solar panel.
Only a small part of the living area is thicker, but it is also hollow, after all, people still have to live in it.
Therefore, the mass of half a planet is enough to build a Dyson sphere.
"It is very likely. If this is true, it means that the nanorobots that serve as the raw materials of the Dyson sphere are not construction waste discarded by humans." Zhenxing explained.
"Can we be sure that the raw materials for building a Dyson sphere are third-generation nanorobots?" Lin Xu asked first.
"The possibility is more than 90%." Zhen Xing replied.
"If that's the case, if it's not construction waste discarded by humans, then where did it come from? Could it be that they have a third-generation nanorobot manufacturing factory left behind by humans, which has been continuously feeding raw materials and producing nanorobots for tens of thousands of years?" Lin Xu asked puzzledly.
"Master, according to current calculations, the third-generation nanorobots used to build the Dyson sphere are a special variant of the third-generation nanorobots. This type of nanorobot has reduced many of the functions of the third-generation nanorobots, but has strengthened only one ability, which is the ability to self-replicate," Zhen Xing introduced.
"Self-replication? In other words, there is no need for a nanorobot factory, it can directly devour mass and replicate itself?" Lin Xu said in surprise.
"Yes, but also because of the enhancement of this single ability, this special nanorobot variant cannot be as flexible and changeable as the nanorobots on Xianyuan Star, nor can it be used flexibly as a spiritual energy." Zhenxing emphasized.
"If it is self-replication, then it can be understood. That is to say, before humans left ten thousand years ago, they gave this Dyson sphere civilization some variants of special nanorobots. Then after ten thousand years, the Dyson sphere civilization used the ability of this special nanorobot to continuously replicate itself to build the Dyson sphere. That's the situation, right?" Lin Xu inferred.
"At present, this is the most likely conclusion. In addition, the autonomous mechanical aggregate has just discovered an airport on the other side of the Dyson sphere. There are many spaceships from different civilizations constantly coming in and out and docking. These spaceships are all equipped with curvature engines, but judging from the construction materials of the spaceships, they are not ships of advanced civilizations." Zhenxing once again revealed new information.
"So, the Dyson Sphere Civilization did not create the Dyson Sphere because it was unable to trade for the curvature engine and had to go through a crazy involution and finally created the Dyson Sphere. Instead, it relied on the continuous self-replication of the mutated third-generation nanorobots to create the Dyson Sphere." Lin Xu nodded to show that he understood.
"Master, the Dyson sphere civilization is suspected to be selling energy at the airport." Zhenxing continued to explain.
"Selling energy? They have collected the energy of an entire star, so it is reasonable to sell energy." Lin Xu nodded, not surprised by this.
But on second thought, I discovered another blind spot.
"But how do they store the energy and sell it? If there is no good storage medium, it would be more cost-effective to produce energy on-site using nuclear fusion rather than buying it."
"An autonomous mechanical aggregate has already released third-generation nanorobots toward the airport, and will soon be able to monitor information within the airport," Zhenxing reported.
"Good idea." Lin Xu's eyes lit up. He had never thought that nanorobots could be used in this way. This is simply the best spy equipment.
Then I thought that this method could also be used to determine whether the Dyson sphere was built by nanorobots.
Although they are specialized nanorobots, as long as they are nanorobots, they can always be distinguished from each other.
"Nanorobots have been released in the direction of the Dyson sphere, and we are still waiting for them to arrive." Zhenxing replied.
Nanorobots are useful, but they are a bit slow. Even if they are given an initial acceleration, it still takes longer to reach the target. There is nothing that can be done about it.
As for allowing nanorobots to combine with each other to form aircraft, it can speed up arrival.
If this is the case, why do we need nanorobots to infiltrate? Wouldn’t it be better if autonomous machines could just fly over?
The purpose of using nanorobots is to make them small enough not to be discovered.
And so, Lin Xu waited.
Finally, the nanorobot arrived at the designated location and successfully contacted the Dyson sphere.
The information transmitted back completely confirmed that the Dyson sphere was composed of a collection of mutated nanorobots.
Even when the third-generation nanorobots released by the autonomous machinery come into contact with the nanorobots that form the Dyson sphere, Lin Xu's consciousness can directly spread to the Dyson sphere through the connection between the nanorobots.
It was only out of caution that Lin Xu did not do so.
Even so, after the two sides connected, they quickly established communication channels with each other.
So, without the Dyson sphere civilization knowing, their Dyson sphere had already established a connection with another civilization from afar.
Maybe this is also a kind of minotaur.
