NovelsAlex Chapter 821 Final Question
Chapter 821 Final Question
Chapter 821 Final Question
When a major award is presented, most people, except true enthusiasts, can only see the actual winner.
Just like there are very few works that will print the awards they have been nominated for on their promotional waistbands as a gimmick, which seems a bit lacking in confidence.
Now that the final results of the Galaxy Awards have been announced, everyone's attention can only be focused on the work "The Last Question".
Due to Omega's cross-field creation and the popularity brought by the award's fame, many people began to take interest in this work.
As a result, "The Last Question", which is already leading in all aspects of data, has truly attracted a large number of readers.
Even those unknown writers can sell out their works immediately after winning the award, not to mention the existence of Omega, which comes with its own gimmick.
Many readers at home and abroad clicked on this work out of curiosity.
The story is short, perfect for leisure time or bedtime reading.
The whole story revolves around one question, which arouses everyone's curiosity and desire to explore.
Xie Mi is a college student and also a senior user of the mystery novel lovers forum.
I just saw a post on the forum about Omega winning the Galaxy Award, and I was really shocked.
So I came out of curiosity to see what kind of story "The Last Question" is.
In addition, some famous science fiction writers who did not participate in this year's Galaxy Awards also paid attention to the final winning works.
Previously, Omega was selected at different stages, but failed to attract much attention.
Sherf, who has written many science fiction novels, and ordinary reader Xie Mi started reading the story at about the same time.
The work is called The Last Question, and it also develops from a question.
It started as a debate between two drunk engineers about whether there was an endless supply of energy in the universe.
It then evolved into a more complicated question: how can the net entropy of the universe be significantly reduced?
The two engineers asked Mao's model this question in the form of a bet.
The so-called analog is the abbreviation of analog computer. When science and technology have developed to a certain stage, computers have also made great progress and can answer and solve many problems.
The two thought that [Mao's model] was omnipotent, so they fed this question to the model, but in the end they got an answer that was unable to be answered due to insufficient information.
After reading this passage, Shemi and Sherf had different reactions. The former had already started searching on the Internet for what net entropy is, while the latter was obviously more familiar with the concept and had begun to become interested in this issue.
Net entropy actually refers to the increase in system disorder caused by the energy conversion process. Based on the laws of thermodynamics, the process of net entropy increase is inevitable.
The question raised by the two engineers actually asked whether such an inevitable process can be reversed.
This made Sherf curious whether this question could be answered in the future.
As for Xie Mi, although he didn't quite understand these concepts, with the help of the encyclopedia, it was not complicated to understand them.
In this way, maintaining almost the same reading speed, the two continued to read the next paragraph of the story.
As a short story, the narrative perspective is not always the same.
After asking this question, the two engineers put it behind them, and many years passed.
Human beings have entered an era of spanning the stars. In this era, [Mao's Model] has become an ancient existence.
The self-renewal and iteration of the model has already leapt from the [Mao model] to the [planetary model] and other stages, and has progressed to the [micro model] that even individuals can own.
Even the [micro model] is many times more complicated than the oldest [Mao's model].
Xie Lu's family of four, as the protagonists of this timeline story, achieved hyperspace travel and came from their hometown Earth to a new residence X-23.
When Xie Lu and his wife Xie Luting were reminiscing about their hometown, they mentioned the concept of entropy, which aroused the curiosity of their two daughters, who wanted to know what entropy was.
Xie Lu's explanation is that entropy represents the energy that has been consumed by the entire universe.
We just happened to talk about how as the human population continues to increase and they continue to migrate to new planets, one day the light of the planets will be exhausted.
His daughter innocently asked if it was possible to avoid using up all the stars, so Xie Lu asked the latest Micro Model
This question is essentially the same as the one I heard when the original model was still [Mao's model].
But after so many years and with the advancement of technology, the final answer is still: there is insufficient information and I cannot provide any information.
After reading this paragraph, Shaymi was already curious about how the subsequent story would develop, and couldn't wait to continue reading.
As for Sherf, he gave more thoughts. The background of the two time periods was not described in detail, but some historical background was revealed through dialogue.
Suddenly we have reached the era of interstellar travel, and the entire era span is indeed quite large, which also made Sherf begin to wonder how it will be described later.
Jumping to the next time period again, the story continues in the form of a dialogue.
The two characters in the conversation have become officials from different galaxies. Through the content of the conversation, Sherf was surprised to find that in this era, human immortality has been achieved.
As humans become more immortal, the population continues to increase, and the resulting energy consumption is further intensified.
Even the units of energy consumed have begun to be measured in terms of suns.
Based on this situation, the two officials were also able to judge that the future trend would be that the growth in energy consumption would be very terrifying.
Sooner or later, humans will fill millions of galaxies, and even the entire universe.
Concerned about this, the two officials also thought of the same question: Can entropy be reversed?
Therefore, this question was once again thrown to the Galaxy Model, which had also evolved in this era.
After this question was posed to Galaxy Model, the answer was quickly obtained, but it was still equivalent to no answer.
Even though the times have progressed to this point, there is still insufficient information to answer the question.
Apart from anything else, after reading this, Sherf felt that the changes in the universe presented in such a short description were already amazing enough.
And after that, time continued to move forward and entered a new era again.
In this era, human beings are no longer just pursuing immortality, but have even transcended human existence.
Humans have already filled the galaxy, but our souls can be placed between the galaxies.
A soul named Si Zunzhe met another soul named Da Shiyun while floating. As the two souls chatted, they touched upon the origin of humanity.
That is the original planet.
But when it has developed to this stage, the sun of the original galaxy has disappeared and turned into a white dwarf.
The humans who originally lived in this galaxy have also moved to the new star. The disappearance of the stars made the two souls begin to worry about their own existence, worrying that one day the energy will be exhausted and the two will no longer have anything to rely on.
In this era, the model has developed to the most advanced [cosmic model], which is omnipresent in the entire universe.
So, Venerable Si began to inquire about the model of the universe and how to make the stars eternal and immortal.
In essence, the question is still whether the direction of entropy can be reversed.
The answer given by the universe model was very quick, and it was still the same sentence, "Insufficient information, unable to answer."
After reading this, Shami, a mystery enthusiast, has begun to forget his original idea of coming to the trial, and has been somewhat attracted by the charm of this story.
Although the story is short, the world view displayed in such a short text is so grand, and the time span is so long that Xie Mi became addicted unconsciously.
As for Sherf's reading experience, it can be described as excitement. At this stage, the evaluation given is indeed worthy of the Galaxy Award.
At the same time, I can't wait to know the ending of the story and whether such a final question can get the final answer.
Continuing to develop, in the next timeline, the minds of all human beings in the universe have become a whole.
Therefore, this dialogue can only take place between "humans" and [models].
The prophecies of the past have come true. In this era, the galaxy has dimmed, so the stars have become white dwarfs. Although new stars will be born, the trend of gradual extinction is inevitable.
The model at this time has become [Wan Zong Model].
Humans have concluded that based on the remaining energy in the universe, it can probably last for billions of years.
But extinction is inevitable, so humans once again ask Wan Zongmo how entropy can be reversed.
Since the ancestors of the model billions of years ago, they have been searching for information to answer this question.
But even after so much time, based on the information that has been collected, there is still no answer.
And Mo continues to search for the answer to this question.
As Sherf read on, he couldn't help but feel a little lost. He was obviously drawn into the story and began to imagine the scene in his mind.
As a science fiction writer, Sherf has a rich imagination, and his mind is full of magnificent scenes.
Just like ordinary readers, my fingers continued to click on the screen, and the last question had indeed reached the final moment.
The demise of the universe is inevitable, and in this process, "human beings" choose to merge with the model.
In this process of integration, human beings gradually lost their ideological self.
The last mind, before completely merging, asked the model the same question again, and the echo remained the same.
Just like that, in the end, only the "Model" remained in the universe.
The model is still collecting information to answer this question.
Finally one day, all the information was collected, and Mo began to think about the answer to this question by integrating and calculating the information.
The module eventually learned how to reverse entropy and built up the program bit by bit.
When the program was executed, the model said: "Let there be light!"
Thus, there was light in the world.
After reading the last line, Sherf was shocked and excited. He obviously did not expect such a development.
At the same time, I was very excited. I didn't expect that I could read such a magnificent story in such a short time.
The jumping timelines seemed to be doubling continuously in Sherf's eyes.
Each new timeline asks the same question, incidentally revealing the development of the times.
From the beginning to the end, it feels like the development of a complete science fiction universe has been written.
If not the Galaxy Award, who else would? Shelf slapped his thigh, feeling that he deserved it.
It actually took only an hour from the announcement of the award results to the time Sherf finished reading.
Sherf immediately updated his account, sharing some of his feelings after finishing the reading. He also began to praise Omega, thinking that Omega was a rising star in science fiction, and he did not hesitate to praise it.
As for Xie Mi, after finishing reading, he was also shocked, but also felt a little more unsatisfied.
The previous shock of Jiang Yuan’s acceptance speech has long disappeared, and instead, people are looking forward to Jiang Yuan’s new science fiction work as soon as possible.
This reaction also began to spread in the mystery novel forum.
There are a lot more comments like "Oh no, I thought you were a mystery fan, but actually you're a fan of Omega."
"The Last Problem" received a lot of praise for a while. Starting from computers, it discussed the problem of entropy increase and introduced the concept of "Let there be light" to describe the complete cycle of the death of the universe to chaotic rebirth.
These contents are combined in one short story, and famous writers like Sherf also gave high praise.
It brings "The Last Question" to a very high level.
After Jiang Yuan finished the concert on Day 1 in Rongzhou, he learned about this situation while in the nanny car leaving the scene and nodded calmly.
In Jiang Yuan's opinion, Asimov's work is indeed a masterpiece.
Especially when combined with the historical context of the time, one will be even more amazed at the other party's imagination.
You have to know that before Asimov wrote "The Last Problem", it was only ten years before the invention of computers.
From this point of view, the other party has already thought so deeply.
It can be seen that when this work was published, the reading experience must have been even more shocking.
Even in an age when technology has made great progress, it is still highly readable.
After winning the Galaxy Award in one fell swoop, a very good situation was opened up.
The name Omega was once again labeled as a rising star in reasoning, instead of a new master of reasoning.
As the vehicle was moving, Jiang Yuan quickly came out of the state of the concert. Although he seemed to be in a daze, his mind had already begun to think about what card to play next in the face of this situation.
It was during the time when Jiang Yuan was thinking that the news about the Galaxy Awards became increasingly popular.