If a civilization wants to develop for a long time, it is the only way to leave its home planet, the resources of a planet are limited, and there are huge security risks for gathering all members of civilization on one planet, so every intelligent race with normal thinking ability must step into the starry sky - or other realm after completing the technology accumulation of the home planet stage, in short, they must leave their cradle.But the Elim Elves faced a desperate dilemma: the distance between their cradle and the nearest supply point was enough to deter any rudimentary space civilization, and with their original space technology, they could not find a pedal and resource source in their star system like other civilizations, and then slowly research various space technologies with sufficient material and energy support, and there was no way to find a small station on Proxima Centauri that they could reach in their lifetime.For a normal civilization to step into space, unless they are smart enough to study deep space navigation technology and faster-than-light engines directly on their home planet without making mistakes, they will inevitably need to find a springboard in their own primordial galaxy and carry out a series of studies on other planets with suitable distances.The initial accumulation of technology for the faster-than-light engine is accompanied by great dangers, many experimental facilities with powerful power cannot be built directly on the home star, and the most primitive faster-than-light engine fuel can usually only be mined in a large area in the unsuitable gas giant.Even without these two conditions, there should be at least one other sun around the primordial star system – not too far away, at least to ensure that the original pioneers could reach it within a generation.But the Elim Elves have nothing, they have just broken out of the gravitational circle, and they will have to face an impassable moat - unless they have a way to directly develop a deep space navigation facility without skipping various transition technologies, they will have to be trapped in this barren land of tens of millions of light years.It is not impossible to directly build a deep sky starship with only one home star, but it requires not only talent, but also great luck, and the Elrim elves have no such good luck after all, they failed to find the right path and exhausted the planet's non-renewable resources, and then they can only face the barren road of tens of millions of light years and slowly wait for death.The planet began to dry up.The astral resources were extracted, and even the planet itself was reshaped into a more energy-efficient space floating island around the sun, and then the space floating island was slowly reorganized into other forms, and this group of elves trapped in the cradle could only use the little things they had at hand to keep transforming.Carefully trying to continue their civilization as much as possible, their home world is becoming more and more overwhelmed beyond recognition, and the Elrim elves, who once thought they had reached the pinnacle of civilization, are getting weaker and weaker day by day, and finally can only survive on a lone sun and a space floating island that has been reshaped countless times and can barely see the prototype.The population also began to decline violently under the brutal Resource Restriction Act."
When I was born, Erim had reached the breaking point," Hilda said quietly, "no matter how much we cherish our homeland, resources are constantly being consumed, and there is no truly sustainable resource circulation system in a lone planet environment.In the last few hundred years, we have even had to find ways to extract energy and matter from the sun, and for this reason we have built a lot of corona stations - they are very dangerous facilities, expensive and unstable, and the operation of each corona station has to pay a huge human and material cost, and sometimes even the lives of many good magicians, and this is only a stopgap measure. ”Hao Ren looked at Hilda curiously: "So you decided to build a portal when you found that you really couldn't build a deep space spaceship?"
”"Hmm.This was a grand plan that my husband had when he was still alive, but unfortunately until he died in a corona station explosion, we were not able to build a truly stable super portal that could lead to the depths of the starry sky," Hilda sighed, "After his death, I spent thirty years building a huge space-time accelerator with the help of the whole country, which used up almost all the energy accumulated by the three corona stations in a hundred years, but it caused a huge accident when it was first activated, I was on the observation tower with the ministers to witness the opening ceremony......
And then everything exploded.I don't know how serious the consequences of that thing will be, so now I have to go back as soon as possible.My people are definitely in disarray, and they need someone to appease them. ”Vivien glanced at Hilda with deep feeling: "I don't know what's going on, I always feel a kind of empathy for those Erim elves......
Lily nodded understandingly: "Because they're all poor." ”Everyone stared at the heartless husky: Is this the time to say such things on such a serious occasion?
Izax smiled slightly and looked around at the others, "Now you know what I meant by what I said to those witchers, right?
Resources are precious.can't stand the internal friction.When I first came here on the immigration ship, I once heard an old man say that any civilization has a 'fault tolerance value' in the development process, and this fault tolerance value is determined by their homeland resource reserves, the development ability of the race itself, the homeland environment and other factors.If a civilization wants to develop.They have to move to other places in the vicinity before they run out of resources, so they learn to protect the environment to reduce losses, plan routes to prevent mistravel, and most importantly, avoid internal friction to prevent waste.The resource reserves and surrounding environment of the homeland world are determined, and people can only decide themselves.Many races are born in fertile places, the planet is rich in products, and there are plenty of resources and springboards around the planet, so they waste their money wantonly, spend all their money on civil wars, and finally when they wake up, they find that they can't even build the last spaceship to Proxima Centauri, while some races are born in desolate and barren places, and they have to make careful calculations every step - it is still unknown whether they will be able to leave the cradle alive.There are many unjust things in the world, and nothing is more unfair than this 'racial fate'.To be honest, I think earthlings are a bit of a well-off loser — you have big and small springboards like Mars and the moon in your solar system, giant resource stations like Saturn and Jupiter, and every planet around you is full of fuel and ship hulls, and they're all so close that they can be reached with almost the most primitive chemical fuels, and yet you're busy dropping more bombs on your own people — it's stupid, just as stupid as the idiots in my old home.Look at those Erim elves, their tolerance for error is even negative......"
Hao Ren looked at Izax in surprise, he rarely saw this big demon speak such a long sentence in a fierce tone, this big man who looked fierce and vicious was usually very amiable, and never said much.He was vaguely aware that the story Hilda had told touched a sensitive point in the demon's heart, perhaps something to do with the latter's past.And Yitzhax waved his hand apologetically after noticing that the people around him looked different: "I'm serious, don't mind." ”The corners of Vivien's mouth curled slightly: "No......
I think you're saying it well, so good that it shouldn't come out of a demon's mouth. ”Izax smiled wryly and spread his hands: "You're not the first to say that. ”"I've thought a lot since I came to another world," Hilda was silent for a long time before she suddenly spoke again, "I've confirmed for the first time that there are other races or even other worlds, and I've confirmed a lot of the conjectures of our race.I happened to see your science program during my two days on Earth and knew what your star system was like, and how far away you were from the nearest star – I found it incredible.We've been curious about whether our surroundings are normal, but we can't find a reference, so we're not sure if Irem is too stupid or unfortunate to get to where we are today.Now I'm relieved – maybe the academics really shouldn't be blamed. ”"Except for exceptional exceptions, there are very few intelligent races that are truly stupid," the data terminal said suddenly, "as long as they are aggressive, they are worthy of praise, and the rest should not be blamed even if they go astray or even end up trapped on their home planet, because stepping into the sea of stars is indeed a very difficult task, and many times it depends on luck."
Sometimes a race can't find a way out of gravity after all the hard work, not because they don't work hard enough or are smart enough, it's just that they're not lucky enough. ”A slight humming sound came from somewhere in the ship.The virtual image around the bridge brightens again, and a brilliant sun appears in the corner of the frame."
Erim has arrived."
The data terminal said.
(To be continued.) )