Chapter 399: The Thriving Solar System State_1

As for the eight discussion groups dealing with the Dark Forest Strike, during the public debate, it was found that no matter what, the advance team would have to reside on a Earth-like planet for a period of time after reaching the New Star System.

In the initial construction phase, mining minerals, building farms and residential areas, and developing industry on an Earth-like planet proved to be more cost and time efficient than in Space City.

Most of the inhabitants of the Solar System State, however, lived in places like Space City, which had no gravity or very little gravity.

As a result, the average height of residents in the Solar System had already reached about 2.8 meters, and even Common Era people like Jiang Yu, who had long since fully developed, found their height increased by eight to nine centimeters after living in gravity-free Jupiter City for an extended period.

This meant that while most of the residents could manage short-term life in a gravitational environment, living there for a prolonged period would be too taxing for their hearts, waist, and legs.

Once this was recognized by the public, people began to reflect this to the Governing Council, hoping to retrofit the current Space City so that it would provide some gravity in preparation for future mass migration.

The Governing Council responded swiftly, planning to complete the retrofitting of all Space Cities within the next twenty years.

They also required that new or under-construction Space Cities should consider designs that would provide gravity for the city.

Space Cities generally used their own rotation, employing centrifugal force to provide gravity.

But since the Solar System State had very advanced research and extensive application experience in the field of gravity, the technique was directly applied to the retrofitting of old Space Cities.

Only when applying this new technology did the technicians realize that there were many immature aspects to it, and after multiple technical breakthroughs, were only able to provide 30% to 35% of Earth's gravity for the Space Cities.

Any more would interfere with the normal functioning of other Space Cities or celestial bodies.

New Space Cities could consider using their own rotation to achieve gravity, which would be more cost-effective and have fewer considerations.

With the sudden adoption of gravity, life for the people of Jupiter City changed as well.

Previously, drinking tea and eating required straws and squeezing, but now, they could finally see their tea and food.

Although there was still the danger of the contents not falling to the ground after leaving the container, the Space City's filtration systems had always collected such small food residues through ventilation and artificial natural wind.

The only difference was that before, it was about cleaning up food that accidentally slipped from the mouth; now, it was about collecting food that accidentally flew out of the container.

Such changes did not cause dissatisfaction among the people, because in the past seventy years, the Solar System State had actually undergone many changes.

For instance, after newborns who had undergone Genetic Modification gradually became the mainstay of society, there were some changes in communication.

Today's newborns, like Jiang Shiliu and Thirty-Six, were considered perfect humans.

Biologists recently discovered that the so-called perfect humans produced a vocal tone that was in addition to those of humans who had not undergone Genetic Modification.

Of course, this was not something that appeared out of nowhere. People who had not undergone Genetic Modification only had a certain probability of being able to produce this tone.

But those who had undergone Genetic Modification were certain to have the ability to produce this tone.

This additional tone allowed them to express many new phonemes, and many suggested marking new words and concepts with novel pronunciations.

Human expression primarily employs language and text, with language facilitating ear-to-mouth communication and text enabling hand-to-eye communication.

Text and language are closely linked, with text having corresponding pronunciations and language having corresponding symbols (i.e., text).

If one doesn't know how to pronounce a script character, it means they do not recognize it.

But if no one knows how to pronounce a script character, it will be eliminated due to its lack of practicality.

The quantity of script characters is directly related to language.

The reason why there are so many homophones and interchangeable characters in Chinese is that the human vocal cords can only produce so many tones, and when there are not enough tones to express more meanings, it becomes necessary to use homophones and interchangeable characters.

An extra tone could lead to the evolution of many new tones. Since humanity will be able to produce many new tones in the future, new concepts should be uniformly marked with the new tones.

Many opposed the idea, deeming it unnecessary.

Thanks to the research into "Black Square," brain-to-brain or thought-to-thought communication was not far from reach for humanity, a means of communication vastly more efficient and quicker than text or language!

The future should prioritize this novel form of communication, without the need to invest efforts into tones.

This debate didn't attract much attention, but the Governing Council and the Academy of Sciences took it very seriously, as it was essentially a discussion about the future modes of human communication, one that could affect the way information is transmitted for thousands of years to come.

The debate has yet to be resolved, but the newborns had already begun associating certain new tones with many new concepts of their own accord.

While these new tones were not officially recognized, they were already influencing the language of the Solar System State, with many new words bearing new tones emerging every year.

Jiang Yu enjoyed these debates, although they often led to heated arguments and even extreme views.

But it was far better than placing one's future entirely in the hands of the Governing Council, without taking any responsibility, and just idly passing time waiting for death.

A few years ago, university student Sean and others thought that uploading the consciousness of most people, and then having a few carry this collective consciousness for interstellar migration, was not baseless.

This idea stemmed from the Solar System State being at the forefront of research into Consciousness Materialization.

Now, Sean's proposal had reached a final outcome. Jiang Yu, who had initially planned to rest for a few days, was to meet with Sean and his group the day after returning to Jupiter City.

Sean had the honor of reporting the final conclusion of the proposal to the Wallfacer. After hearing Sean's report, Wallfacer Jiang Yu would go to the gymnasium to meet with all members of the group.

Walking into Jiang Yu's office, Sean was somewhat nervous. He puffed up his chest and said, "Good day, Wallfacer. I am Sean Zachary, a graduate student at Jupiter University, currently interning in Professor Laid's research group."

Jiang Yu pointed to the seat opposite: "Please, take a seat."

"I would prefer to stand while I speak."

Jiang Yu laughed and said, "Standing like that, with your head up, can you see me?"

"No, I cannot."

"Well, I can only see your nostrils, and considering I'm not conversing with your nostrils, please sit down."

Sean sat down as instructed, and then, lowering his head, he said, "I apologize, Wallfacer. Our proposal has failed."