Chapter 19 second quarter

Stowe Candiber never needed anyone's affirmation of his worth, and he knew from a young age that he was different.When he was only ten years old, an agent of the second base discovered his spiritual potential, and he joined the ranks of the second base ever since. In the following years, Candiba performed extremely well in the learning process.He was fascinated by psychohistory, and like a spaceship is attracted by a gravitational field, psychohistory had a powerful attraction for him, and he couldn't help but plunge into it.When his peers were still learning differential equations, he had already started reading the introductory textbook on psychohistory written by Seldon.

At the age of fifteen, he was admitted to Galaxy University. (Galaxy University, formerly known as Trantor University, has now officially changed its name.) During the admission interview, the interview committee asked him about his future aspirations, and he replied firmly: "I will become the chief speaker before I am forty years old." .” His goal is not only the throne of chief speaker, for him, it is almost within easy reach.The implication is that his real goal is to challenge time.Even Prim Pavel took office at the age of forty-two. After Jian Dibo said this, the face of the interview committee member immediately changed drastically.However, the young Candib was already familiar with the psychological language and knew how to interpret that sudden change of expression.He knew very well (as if the interviewer had announced it on the spot) that his profile would receive a small note to the effect that he was a tough guy.

Well, of course! Jiandibo's original intention was to be a difficult guy. Now he is thirty years old, and in two months he will celebrate his thirty-first birthday.He was now a member of the Speakers' Council, and he had at most nine years at his disposal to realize his ambitions, and he knew he could succeed.Meeting the current chief speaker today is a crucial step in his plan.In order to get the best results, he has spared no effort to practice mental language communication skills. When two Second Foundation speakers communicate with each other, the language used is completely different from the rest of the galaxy.In addition to opening their mouths, they also cooperated with countless swift gestures and changes in various mental forms.

If there are outsiders present, only a few words can be heard, or even nothing can be heard.However, in fact, in a very short period of time, they have exchanged a large amount of thought information.As for the content of the communication, it cannot be faithfully restated except to the other speakers. The language that the speakers use to each other has the advantage of being extremely efficient and extremely delicate and vivid.As for its shortcomings, it is almost impossible to hide any intentions. Candib is well aware of his own perception of the chief speaker, who he feels has passed his spiritual prime.Moreover, according to Candiba's assessment, the chief speaker has never anticipated any crisis and has not received training in crisis management. If a crisis does arise, he will lack the ability to act decisively.Sandys was a kind, kind, good man, and that kind of man was a terrible source of trouble.

All these thoughts, Candiba must be well hidden, not only must not show any signs in words, actions, facial expressions, even in the thoughts must be hidden.However, he didn't know of any effective way to conceal these thoughts so seamlessly that the chief speaker would not be aware of the slightest clue. In the same way, Candib can know how the chief speaker feels about him.From the amiable attitude of the other party - which is quite obvious, and sincerely just right - Candiba can still feel a little bit of sarcasm and playfulness.So he tightened his mind control a little more so as not to show any resentment (or at least minimize it).

The chief speaker smiled slightly while leaning slowly back in his chair.He didn't put his feet up on the desk, but his body language was clear, a mix of confident security and personal camaraderie.This was enough to make Candibe scratch his head as to what effect his words had had. Since the chief speaker has not invited Candib to sit down, even if Candib wanted some reaction or action to minimize this doubt, there were very few options available to him.Of course, it is by no means impossible for the chief speaker himself to be unaware of this. Sandys finally spoke again. "The Seldon Plan is meaningless? What an astonishing statement! Have you observed the primordial light body lately, Speaker Candiba?"

"I do research a lot, chief speaker. That's what I do and it's a big interest of mine." “Do you usually only focus on the part you are responsible for? Do you always use microscopic observation to carefully examine certain equations and fine-tuning paths? Of course it is important to do that, but I always think that it is also important to take a big observation once in a while. Would be an excellent exercise. It is absolutely necessary to study the primordial light body inch by inch, but a bird's eye view of it is a very illuminating observation. To tell you the truth, speaker, I myself have I haven't done this anymore, are you willing to accompany me to review the past and learn the new?..."

Jiandibo didn't dare to remain silent for too long, he had to obey the order, and he had to be both happy and calm, otherwise he might as well not agree at all.So he replied: "It is my honor and pleasure, chief speaker." The chief speaker pressed a lever next to his desk.This kind of device is available in each speaker's office, and the Yuanguang body in Jiandibo's office is not inferior to the chief speaker's in all aspects.On the surface, it seems that the Second Foundation is a society where everyone is equal, but everything on the surface is not important.In fact, the only official privilege a chief speaker has is that he is the first to speak on any occasion, and this is clearly expressed in his title.

After the handle was pressed, the entire room was plunged into darkness, but almost at the same instant, the darkness transformed into a pearly light.The huge walls on both sides turned a light milky yellow, then became brighter and whiter, and finally showed countless neatly printed equations, each line was so small that it was almost invisible to the naked eye. "If you don't object," the chief speaker meant quite clearly, and he didn't give the other party any room to object. "Let's zoom in as low as possible so we can see the most at a time." The neat rows of equations shrank rapidly until each row became as thin as a hair, forming countless fuzzy black curves on the pearly background.

The chief speaker moved his hand to the armrest of the seat and pressed a button on the control panel. "Let's go back to the starting point, back to the era of Hari Seldon, and then adjust to the mode of slowly moving forward. We only open a window, and only look at the development of ten years at a time, which can give people a sense of watching history The wonderful feeling of pushing, without being distracted by small details. I wonder if you have tried it before?" "Never actually done that, Chief Speaker." "You should try it, it's a brilliant feeling. Notice how sparse the black streaks are at the beginning, because in the first few decades there was little chance of anything else. However, over time, Branch points increase at an exponential rate. Whenever a particular branch is selected, the development of most other branches is canceled, and if this is not done, the entire picture quickly becomes unmanageable. Of course, when dealing with future As we move forward, we have to choose carefully which branches we should cancel."

"I know, Chief Speaker." There was a hint of impoliteness in Candib's answer, which he couldn't quite hide. However, the chief speaker didn't respond, and he went on: "Pay attention to the curves formed by those red symbols. Their patterns seem to have a certain pattern. It stands to reason that they should appear randomly. Before a speaker can get the right to speak, he must To make a small addition to the original Seldon plan, these red lines are the content of the addition. It seems impossible to predict where it will be easier to add, or which part the speaker will tend to choose because of personal interest and ability. However However, for a long time I have suspected that the mixture of 'Seldon's black line' and 'speaker's red line', its pattern changes follow a certain strict law, this change has a great relationship with time, and other factors Almost irrelevant." Jiandibo stared at the picture on the wall carefully. As the "time" passed year by year, the black and red lines intertwined into more and more complex patterns, which almost made people drowsy after watching for a long time.Of course, the pattern itself has no meaning at all, what matters is the historical development symbolized by the symbol. At this time, some bright blue lines appeared here and there, and the range gradually expanded, and then gave birth to many branches, which became more and more conspicuous, and then began to converge together, and finally disappeared into the black or red lines. The chief speaker said: "Diverging from the blue line—" The two of them felt disgusted in their hearts, filling each other. "We pay attention to tracking its development, and finally we will come to the 'partial century'." Sure enough, they saw it, and they were even able to pinpoint when the "Mule Rebellion" suddenly shook the entire galaxy.At that historical moment, the blue lines emitted by the Yuanguang body suddenly accelerated and multiplied, almost skyrocketing to the point of being uncontrollable.As the blue thread continues to unravel, the blue light grows stronger and stronger, until the entire room seems to be blue and the entire wall is polluted by the blue thread (and only the line dye words can describe). The blue line reached the extreme limit, and then began to recede, slowly converging together, becoming more and more sparse.It took another century before it finally disappeared.The point where the blue line disappeared was obviously the brainchild of Prim Pavor, and since then the Seldon Project has restored the composition of the black and red lines. keep going, keep going... "Here is where it is," said the chief speaker in a relaxed tone. keep going, keep going... Then all the threads come together like a tight black knot with a little red thread in between. "That was the period when the Second Empire was established," explained the chief speaker. After speaking, he turned off the Yuanguang body, and the whole room was once again bathed in ordinary light. "It was a very moving experience," said Candib. "Not bad," the chief speaker smiled. "And you've been careful not to let your emotions show as much as possible. But it's not important, let me make it clear to you." "First of all you should notice that after the time of Prim Pavor, the eccentric blue line has almost completely disappeared. In other words, the blue line has not appeared for a hundred and twenty years. You should also note that in In the next five centuries, the probability of another "deviation phenomenon" higher than level 5 is too small. In addition, you should also note that we have begun to expand the Seldon plan, that is, after the establishment of the Second Empire Psychohistorical calculations. It must be clear to you that although Hari Seldon was a genius, he was not - and could not be - a jack-of-all-trades. We stand on the shoulders of giants and continue to climb, and today, our Understanding, has already exceeded the limit of what Seldon could have done back then." "Seldon's calculations ended with the birth of the Second Empire, and we help him continue to calculate. In fact, I can say with arrogance that most of the content of this 'Super-Seldon Plan' covering the subsequent development of the Second Empire came out." My own handwriting. And it is because of this contribution that I am able to get where I am today." "I tell you this because I hope you don't talk unnecessary nonsense to me. We have such perfect calculations, how can you say that the Seldon plan is meaningless? It is simply flawless. The Seldon plan can safely The fact that it is flawless is the best proof that it is flawless. Of course, Pavo's genius also contributed a lot. Young man, what is the flaw in the Seldon plan? How dare you use the word 'meaningless' to slander it?" Candibe stood stiffly where he was, and replied, "You are quite right, Chief Speaker, that Seldon's plan is flawless." "So, you take back your prejudice?" "No, Chief Speaker. Flawlessness is its flaw, and perfection its fatal wound!"