Voyage of the Stars

Chapter 16 Thought Work
The [-] or so people in the venue seemed to be in good spirits, but Yue Yuan knew that it was all temporary and was temporarily stimulated by his speech.

To solve this problem, we must understand the root cause of the public's downturn and then solve it.

As for this fundamental reason, Yue Yuan analyzed it from his own feelings and everyone's reactions these days. He believed that it was the fear and hesitation of the unknown.

This is the reason why the Sun and the Centauri triple star system exploded.

In this matter, as long as there is no reasonable determination from the upper levels of Callisto, this kind of fear, hesitation, and uneasiness will always be buried deep in the hearts of the survivors, and will always linger in the society of the Callisto base. middle.

Because it is unknown, people will worry about whether they will still face unknown threats after returning to the ground, or even another Jupiter explosion, or Callisto will be directly destroyed, waiting for various persecution imaginations.

If we want to unite and forge ahead and actively survive, we must eliminate this influence from the hearts of the people.

But for the surviving humans, it is impossible to know the real reason. After all, it is impossible for anyone to ask if they are aliens?

Therefore, this requires the leadership of the base to give a reasonable reason, whether it is true or not, as long as it can withstand scrutiny and dispel the fear in people's hearts.

Only by doing a good job in ideological construction can we get twice the result with half the effort and stay united.

Yue Yuan knew this truth well, so the first thing he did at today's meeting was to ask the meeting to give a reasonable explanation for this incident that would reassure the survivors.

If it is qualitative, Yue Yuanhe actually said it, which is also the first reaction of most people, that it is done by aliens. And if it is so qualitative, it will definitely cause panic, so this meeting must give a reassuring explanation.

As soon as Yue Yuan expressed his thoughts, noisy discussions broke out in the conference room.

After a few minutes, when the discussion gradually became quieter, Yue Yuan said: "This matter is an astronomical event, so I think astronomical experts have the best say. Now let's ask them to share their thoughts."

As an astrophysicist, Gander knew he had to speak.

"Based on the observation data, first of all, we can be sure that this incident must not have happened naturally." Gander opened his mouth to define the nature of the incident, and then continued: "Then we need to analyze this incident based on limited information. The logic behind the matter, and the possible truth.”

"There are two things we know for sure now. One is that the sun exploded and the Centauri triple star system exploded, and from a time perspective, the latter preceded the former. The other is that we are still alive today."

Both of the pieces of information Gander mentioned were obvious, well-known, and there was nothing mysterious about them.

"From the first piece of information, we can infer that the attacker, the unknown civilization, has mastered some means of destroying stars. We don't know what kind of weapon it is, but we can be sure that the technological strength of the alien civilization exceeds our knowledge. .

The second point is that the time difference before and after the outbreak is very important. From the time difference before and after the outbreak, we can draw two judgments.First: The unknown civilization attacked the Centauri triple star system first and is now attacking the solar system.Second: The unknown civilization attacks both at the same time. "If it is the first possibility, we guess that this unknown civilization should use our sun as a supplementary means to attack the triple star system. It is probably a supplementary attack for some strategic purpose."

But if this is the case, with the technology of this unknown civilization, it is impossible not to discover us when it goes to the solar system to destroy the sun. This conflicts with the fact that we are still alive, so I think the possibility is relatively small, and of course the unknown is not ruled out. Civilization may turn a blind eye to us, just as we walk without looking at ants. "

Gander said this, picked up the water on the table in front of him and took a sip. After moistening his throat, he continued: "If it is the second possibility, it means that the location where this unknown civilization destroyed the star was Centaur III. In the combined star system or in that direction, when the star-destroying weapon hit the Centaur triple star system, it crossed a distance of [-] light-years and hit the solar system four years later. This is consistent with our observation results and The fact that we’re alive right now matches up.”

"So I prefer the second point, but this is all based on our own human thinking and limited information judgment. We have no idea about the existence form and thinking mode of aliens, so we cannot rule out other incredible possibilities." Gan De added very seriously.

His words sparked another round of discussion.

Then some scientific elites proposed many additions, and social science elites also participated in active discussions.

This group of elites extended the discussion with Dr. Gander's views and discussed the possible forms and relationships of unknown civilizations and even other cosmic civilizations.

There are also alternative views and opinions, but they tend to go further and further.

Seeing this situation, Yue Yuan directly made a decision: "Very good, other possibilities such as alien thinking methods should be ignored for the time being. At this stage, we can only draw the second conclusion. Dr. Gan, please go back and provide the data for this conclusion." Prepare the evidence and then write it into an article in a reasonable context. The publicity department is responsible for cooperating with the publicity. No matter what the truth is, we need this result at this stage."

The unknown civilization did not discover humans, but destroyed the solar system for some purpose unknown to humans. Now the survivors are safe for the time being.

Yue Yuan needs to convey this signal to the people so that they will no longer regard unknown civilizations as the Sword of Damocles hanging over their heads.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, an unknown civilization discovered humans and wiped them out by destroying the sun. However, this possibility needs to explain why the Centauri three-star system was also destroyed. Is it possible that there is life there as well?
And it does not rule out the possibility that other surrounding stars have also been destroyed. After all, the survivors are now unable to observe the outside world.However, this cannot be determined until we return to the ground, re-establish various telescopes, and launch various detectors.

Therefore, it is not within the scope of this meeting.

As for whether alien civilizations are good or evil, and what the situation of cosmic society is, these are not the focus of discussion now.Each stage has its main contradiction. The main task at this stage is to unite people and work together to survive.

Everyone knew what Yue Yuan meant, so the matter was settled.

"Now, let me talk about the current general situation of the base in all aspects." After the first matter was determined, Yue Yuan began to introduce the second agenda item of this meeting.

(End of this chapter)