Declining Civilization
"...a civilization 20 light-years away has come to our satellite and is carrying out colonization activities??" When the
Gliese people in the conference room heard the news, Qi Sensen was startled.
They deeply know how huge the astronomical figure of 20 light-years is, and how much power is needed to cross it!
It's simply unbelievable, even... inexplicable! Because this kind of colonial activity has no benefit at all.
"Our place is just an ordinary star field, right? Why did you choose this place?" "Maybe
because of the existence of liquid water...the living environment is similar to ours." "
However, it is impossible for them to overcome our microbial environment , so what if there is liquid water on our planet?"
Discussing in unison, all the Gliese people were very anxious.
"...That is to say, this civilization called human beings has been sending electromagnetic waves all the time to detect whether there is intelligent life here? If there is no response, they will come to interstellar colonization?" However, it is better to do more than
less The idea of one thing, their original ancestors, did not reply anything...
This thing has already happened, so there is no room for regret.
There was a long silence in this narrow room.
I saw the astronomer continue to say: "Everyone, please be calm and calm. According to the observation results these days, the opponent's technological strength is not as advanced as we imagined, but is at a relatively delicate stage... In short, it is not Powerful."
"Their spaceship is about 300,000 kilometers away from us, and there is only one. There is no artificial gravity, and there is no technology beyond our expectations." It pulled out
a photo it just took and showed it to everyone. It has a blurry image of the Earth Times sign on it.
"...Yes, there is only one mothership. This mothership is quite large and should carry a large number of people. I even suspect that in order to cross such a long distance, this mothership does not have the tonnage to load any weapons."
"Using our most powerful interstellar missiles and loading some nuclear warheads, there should be a possibility of hitting and destroying the opponent's mothership... In this way, the opponent will lose their mothership and will soon be extinct here." After a while of silence
, Soon another Gliese yelled: "Choose war, Davian, are you crazy? In our current state, it is impossible to endure a war!" "Plus, where did the nuclear warheads come from?
" ...According to the peace treaty, we have destroyed all these weapons a long time ago...It has even been destroyed for tens of thousands of years!" "
Yeah, we don't have such weapons..."
"There has been no war for a long, long time."
" We don't even have enough soldiers..."
Many Gliese people were discussing the feasibility of this plan, and the current situation of the entire civilization is really bad...
"...Even if the nuclear bomb production line is restarted, with the industrial capabilities of our city, at most Only one interstellar rocket can be built within half a year, plus a few nuclear warheads. Even if it hits, there is no possibility of completely destroying the opponent's mothership... It will only trigger an endless civilized war!
" Can you afford it?"
After hesitating for a while, the astronomy expert named Davian seemed a little unwilling, and said again: "If..." "
What if?"
"...Human civilization is developing our Satellites, as time goes by, their industrial capabilities will become more and more powerful. If you want to launch an attack, you must do it as soon as possible, instead of procrastinating here...Otherwise, such an opportunity will slip away in a blink of an eye ."
The leader was silent for a while, "Is it possible for them to leave?"
"The probability is very low... They came here through a long interstellar voyage. The fuel in the spaceship has probably been exhausted, and it is impossible to carry out the next interstellar voyage. Letting them leave here is nothing like letting them die Two different..."
Another pangolin said angrily: "Why is this happening? Could it be...the population is so large that it can't even accommodate a planetary system... If so, it is likely to be a civilization with a tendency to colonize and expand infinitely outward !"
Thinking that the same planetary system accommodates two different intelligent civilizations, while the other is flourishing and has a tendency to colonize and expand; while our own is weak and the people have no fighting spirit, every Gliese present Everyone felt a faint sense of panic.
"Don't be nervous, maybe it's a friendly civilization! They sent a large number of electromagnetic wave signals in advance, which should be the meaning of inquiry, because we didn't reply, so they mistakenly thought it was a land of no man... It shows that this civilization has a basic civilization. The logic of thinking and etiquette culture."
"Maybe we can try to communicate!"
"We can cooperate friendly... No one likes war!"
The whole room was noisy and noisy, and there were various differences.
"Enough!" The leader roared heavily, suppressing all voices, and then it returned to normal, "This is not a risk that our city can take, and other cities really have no reaction to this matter. Is it?"
"They... have no opinion."
"What does it mean to have no opinion?" "
It means no opinion, an attitude of indifference, how long they can hide, at most during this period of time, produce some weapons that can protect themselves. It is possible to launch an attack... You also know what the outside cities look like, and it is impossible to withstand a war between civilizations."
These high-level officials discussed for a while, and decided to produce some self-protecting weapons first, but I don't want to be the first to attack.
"Hey, let's talk peacefully after we have a certain strength... It would be great if we can get along in peace."
A scholar jumped up angrily when he heard this kind of surrender speech, "What, peaceful talk? Here is Ge The homeland of the Lize people! Do you think that all civilizations are friendly civilizations?"
"We have no conflicts of interest...why do we fight?"
Another person also said, "Yes, we just hide in the ground like this... Whether the civilization of the opponent is good or bad, what does it matter to us? As long as we develop enough weapons to protect ourselves, what is the point of the opponent attacking us?" "As long as we have the ability to attack the opponent and can threaten the opponent
, This kind of peace can last forever."
To the anger of some Gliese people, there are not only one such dovish remarks, but there are many! Those who even agree to peaceful negotiations occupy the vast majority of the entire civilization, including their supreme leaders!
Their city is not bad, and they can seriously discuss countermeasures here.
The rest of the cities... are still in that state of drunkenness and dreaming, and have no determination to start a war at all.
At this point in the discussion, it couldn't help feeling sad again...
This is a civilization that has completely sunk... It can't be saved, and it can't think of a good way to save it.
Almost all the people are indifferent to what happened in the outside world, just hiding in the underground city. Even when faced with the threat of death, they still have an indifferent attitude... Unless the sharp knife really cuts the skin, it is possible to jump up and resist, that is, resist for a second or two, and then lie obediently on the ground.
It's just... unreasonable!
"War! We need a war to save the entire civilization and cheer everyone up!" The scholar thought in his heart: "If it fails, let's... die together!"
The other Gliese who reported the same idea also looked at each other cautiously, as if they had made up their minds.
What human civilization does not know is that because of the appearance of human beings, various differences have arisen within a civilization on the opposite planet of life, and even a political riot has occurred quietly!
The crisis is coming!