Star Railway: Building a Foundation from the Beginning

[Archive?-006]

[To all members of the Delta Council:]

[Briefly describe the results of our previous research.] 】

[Previous research led by O5-7 in the Department of Extraterrestrial Civilization Exploration has shown that]

[Any known civilization seems to have a special point in time in the process of development, after which the civilization suddenly loses the motivation to continue to develop, and remains in the same definite state for a considerable period of time.] 】

If they are lucky enough, they can get out of this state and continue to develop, and if they are unlucky, civilization will stagnate until it declines. 】

[Such events seem to have happened many times on Earth.] 】

The entropy pool hypothesis may explain part of this phenomenon. 】

[It attributes the self-isolation and stagnation of civilization to the disappearance of uncertainty within the civilization system.] ~】

[As we all know, uncertainty is a prerequisite for the existence and development of civilization. 】

At the same time, uncertainty is also one of the important reasons for the development of science and technology in our own human beings. 】

[Uncertainty brings us a sense of crisis, but also makes us feel excited and curious. 】

[We human beings carry out scientific exploration precisely to satisfy our curiosity about uncertainty and our expectation of infinite possibilities in the future. 】

[As civilization develops, uncertainty will gradually disappear, and civilization will lack the motivation and energy to compete with "certainty"—or, as we are more familiar with it, "fate".] 】

[Without uncertainty, a civilization can only exist according to a fixed set of patterns, and its future has been arranged by fate. 】

[It loses all possibility of change and development, and then dies silently in stagnation. 】

"What is an entropy pool?"

"It's supposed to be a similar term modeled after the concept of physical entropy, but I don't know what it means. "

"Entropy is a concept that measures the degree of disorder in a system. It's like if everything in your room is messed up, the entropy is high, and if it's neat, the entropy is low...... What is said here should be to describe the predictability of the future of civilization. "

"It's still a measure of the level of chaos - the future of civilization is chaotic, but still clearly visible. "

"Nature tends to increase entropy, that is, to disorder. But can the future of civilization be explained by this set of theories? I always feel that something is not right. "

......

[But the entropy pool theory has a fatal weakness, it does not explain why there is an upper limit to the entropy pool.] 】

[According to thermodynamic theory, a gravitational system like the universe bound by pure gravity can have, at least theoretically, a negative heat capacity.] 】

[Absorbing heat increases the energy of the universe, but the temperature decreases, which means that there is no theoretical thermal equilibrium state in the universe. 】

[Naturally, the resources we can utilize—that is, the "initial and meaningful possibilities"—are infinitely numerous, and the entropy pool has no theoretical upper limit at all.] 】

[As long as we can find more resources, we can keep the entropy pool inflated, and the increased uncertainty in this period is enough to support us to expand the edge of the entropy pool to a larger one.] 】

[At this point, the answer is already clear: there is something – or an anomaly – that is preventing uncertainty from appearing.] 】

[Based on what we have argued before, there is no doubt that this existence is enough to pose a potentially devastating threat to human development. 】

[—Insurgency Emerge Project Team]

The researchers of the Emergence-Project spoke a long way.

Simplifying and excluding the entropy pool theory as an explanation of the theory, the rest of the content is not fundamentally different from the O5-7 conjecture.

Without prior communication, O5-7 and the Project Emergence-Formation team came to a consistent outcome.

This state of affairs almost suggests that O5-7 is completely correct.

Next, it is only necessary to continue to collect evidence, observe human society, and maintain communication with other foundations to draw a final conclusion.

"The results of the Insurgency's own research are almost indistinguishable from those of O5-7?"

"It can't be said to be highly similar, it can only be said to be exactly the same. "

"I guess I came to the conclusion that the Foundation is the main culprit in preventing the emergence of uncertainty. "

"For the sake of your future life and safety, I suggest that you make it clear which foundation it is. Is it the Foundation that has an administrator now, or is it the Foundation that is about to split?"

"Besides, besides, how many parallel worlds are there? How many Foundations without administrators are there?"

"There is a high probability of infinitely many ...... Except for the Supreme Divinity, no one knows how many parallel worlds and parallel universes exist. "

"I don't know how many foundations will not be destroyed in so many parallel worlds, and how many human civilizations will be able to successfully enter the starry sky......"

The audience discussed, and the text on the screen stagnated for a while, then turned from white to black, and quietly faded.

After a few moments, the new content begins.

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[Archive?-007]

The warm sunlight is cut into gold leaf by the tree branches and sprinkled onto the wooden floor of the office through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Outside the window, the breeze is gusting, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant.

Inside, O5-7, sitting in the sun, only felt that the last few days were terrible.

There was a typewriter on the table in front of him, and an agent was standing behind it, holding an unfolded folder and showing him the documents inside.

"Containment Object Again-8260......"

Just by looking at the containment number listed in the title, he felt like someone had stuck a steel drill into his brain, stirring it up.

In order to dispel this feeling, he casually glanced at the papers, and kept scratching his hair until the pain in his scalp was felt and the uneasiness running around his body was relieved.

"Do it the old way. "

O5-7 lowered his arm, straightened his tie, and motioned for the agent to put away the papers.

—delete the paper, give Hahn a few of them a thorough amnestic, and then hint that they don't look in a similar direction. "

"Add a weak amnestic meme to the next issue of Nature......"

He was familiar with assigning assignments to the agents - nothing changed except the names of the people, including the journals in which the results would be published.

The familiar feeling made him a little uneasy, and it generally meant that some part of his soul had found an anomaly, prompting him to stop and think.

That's what he did.

"How many times has this been?" asked O5-7, looking up.

"The eighth. "

"Outside of the Foundation, this phenomenon has been discovered eight times independently...... he said to himself.

He shifted his gaze to the filing cabinet behind the agent, where there was a large pile of unpretentious documents, any of which would have unpredictable consequences.

Naturally, there are also 7 documents related to Containment-8260.

And he, Professor Fermi, physicist, O5-7, the chief engineer of the Insurgency, is both the discoverer and namer of 8260 and its sealer.

"Wait. "

"What's wrong, Professor?"

“...... Nick, inside the Foundation, I was the first person to discover Containment-8260. The Overseer Council agreed that this was an anomaly, and added it to containment. O5-7 said.

"But — as a physicist, I know very well how common this phenomenon is, how easy it is to spot. "

Agent Nick thought for a moment, flipped through the file, skipped through the section full of mathematical symbols, statistical tables, and jargon, and went straight to the conclusion.

When a neutron with sufficient energy collides with a heavy nucleus, the latter will fragment. 】

[This process will release more neutrons, so if enough heavy nuclei come together, this process will continue, eventually causing a large number of concentrated nuclei to break up in a short period of time.] 】

[This process releases energy.] 】

Seeing these lines, all the viewers who have really received education and are not all physics are a little nervous.

"WOC, original!" (read the violent novel, go to the Feilu Novel Network!)

"Isn't that a bit of a mess, man? The Foundation gave nuclear fission such a big number? I thought it was something earth-shattering. "

"Given that there are no electrical appliances in O5-7's office except for desk lamps, it's not too difficult to understand that the Foundation at that time regarded nuclear fission as an anomaly, right?"

"Isn't this difficult to understand?! It is understandable to include reproducible physical phenomena and physical laws into the category of anomalies?! To put it this way, either there is no anomaly in this world, or there is no normalcy in this world!"

"I have a rough idea of what the future conflict between the Foundation and the Insurgency may be, but I've decided to keep quiet for now. "

......

“...... So, indeed. It's no different from any other law of physics......" Agent Nick said.

O5-7 stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the lawn ahead.

The grass is green and the breeze is light.

The sunlight fell on his slender figure, casting a faint halo and casting a long black shadow.

His eyes were deep, peering into the distant unknown.

His thoughts then drifted away and turned into clouds of smoke, deducing all the things he had been doing since joining the Foundation, stating the mission and responsibilities of the Foundation.

Until a small bird swept by, breaking through the fog of history and the future, the O5 director looked at the faint reflection in the window and spoke:

"When you first took over the project, what were your thoughts?"

"I ...... Not much of an idea. I feel it needs to be contained. "

"I mean...... Do you think it's abnormal?"

"Nope. But what is an anomaly? I don't think it's any different from other anomalies. "

"Let them go. O5-7 turned, walked over to the agent, and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Archive Containment-8260 and no longer impose any restrictions on its information. Don't say this to anyone else, including any other Overseer Council members. "

"What?"

The agent's gray eyes widened, unable to give the order:

"But isn't Containment-8260 one of the most critical anomalies leading to the events of '48?"

"Exactly. O5-7 nodded, "I suspect we're overdoing it, Nick." "

He walked over to the filing cabinet, twisted the key on it twice, and opened the door, revealing the dense archives inside.

"Don't forget the letter I sent you earlier. Let this anomaly develop naturally. "

"Don't tell anyone else about it, just as it didn't happen. "

"I want to see what humans outside of the Foundation would do to something that we consider anomalous. "

"I'm more curious...... How it will affect normalcy. "

The voice fell, and the video material ended.

......

[Item No: Containment-8260-EX.]

[Hazard Level: Euclid (Obsolete)/Thaumie1 (Deprecated) Released.]

【Project Description:】

[Containment-8260-EX is an anomalous phenomenon occurring in heavy elemental atoms.] 】

[This phenomenon is mostly seen in atoms with atomic number greater than 90, with Uranium (U) being the most common element 92.] 】

[The observable effect of Containment-8260-EX is that when a neutron with sufficient energy collides with a heavy nucleus, the latter will fragment (a process known as "fission"). 】

[This process will release more neutrons, so if enough heavy nuclei come together, this process will continue, eventually causing a large number of concentrated nuclei to break up in a short period of time.] 】

[This process releases energy.] 】

[Under uncontrolled conditions, the occurrence of a Containment-8260-EX event will result in the instantaneous release of a large amount of energy, with devastating consequences.] 】

[At the same mass, the energy release induced by Containment-8260-EX far exceeds any known chemically dependent energy release.] 】

[Under controlled conditions, the energy release of Containment-8260-EX can be used as an excellent energy source.] 】

[Due to the potential for disruption and potential for the use of this technology, the Foundation currently considers the development of Containment -8260-EX on a small scale within the Foundation to be acceptable.] (Deprecated)】

[Further research is underway to promote the development of energy and weaponry based on Containment-8260-EX.] 】

[Due to the potential for damage and potential exploitation of this technology, information on Containment-8260-EX is no longer to be kept secret from other non-anomalous containment organizations, and is to be interpreted as a normal physical phenomenon.] 】

[Project personnel are to continue to monitor the use of the object by the normalcy community to determine its impact on normalcy in order to confirm signs of the presence of Containment-Laplace.] 】

[Items will be reclassified as Released.] Knives].