Chapter 1,147 The Weird Old Man

(Hey, I didn’t notice that it’s almost the end of the month, so I strongly urge you to get monthly tickets. I feel like this month’s monthly tickets are very bleak... Comrades who still have tickets, don’t hold on to them, you should be out of insurance in six or seven days. )

It’s really hard to tell that the white-bearded old man floating in outer space is actually an old man full of romantic science fiction elements. After a messy conversation and the other party’s unilaterally self-feeling “diplomatic rhetoric on behalf of mankind”, , we know that this great old man actually wrote a set of instruction manuals suitable for the first face-to-face communication with aliens. It includes how to let both parties understand each other's goodwill as quickly as possible, and how to communicate with aliens face-to-face. Identify whether aliens are malicious in the shortest possible time, how to avoid misunderstandings that trigger Star Wars, how to determine that aliens and humans (of course in the eyes of the old man) have the same thinking process and understanding of the world, and in addition he still……

"! # ￥%￥ # %￥ # %...￥￥%##" the old man said to us in a cadence.

I:"……"

He also studied an alien language based on revelations from God knows where...

And all of the above are because he has never seen aliens in his life, and it is visually estimated that if we had not entered due to a traffic accident, he would not have seen aliens in his next life (the scanner shows that the nearest to this planet is The reaction of life was studied (discussed) under the condition that the galaxy is six light-years away.

"Is this old man really okay?" I couldn't help but glance at Sandora, "Didn't I talk to him just now? Why is he still here alone studying how to communicate with us?"

Unexpectedly, the communicator in front of me was not turned off. This sentence was directly transcoded and sent to the contact channel of the exploration team. I clearly saw a very embarrassed look on everyone's face - except for the white-bearded man. When the old man heard my comment, he blew his beard very grandly, with an expert and scholar look on his face: "Academic rigorous! Researchers should have the spirit of doubting everything, so I think there must be some kind of relationship between you and me." There is a 'comprehension disorder', so the words I say may have another meaning in your ears, and the same language may also have other purposes after being spoken from your mouth. For example I just welcomed you to Azur Star, so to your ears, this sentence probably means 'have you eaten?'. Then you replied 'have you eaten', but these two words are very different to us humans. The language may well be interpreted as 'We are very satisfied with the scenery of this planet', as my long-term research on the project 'Several ideological differences between alien civilizations and humans' shows. The two are in completely different contexts. The intelligent creatures that have completed the evolutionary tree will definitely have very different world views, and considering that the universe is extremely broad, this difference..."

One member of the expedition team finally couldn't stand it anymore. The leader interrupted them loudly: "Master! Please remain serious in formal situations!"

The beaming old man puffed his beard and stared at the team member who was about a hundred meters away from him: "I am quite serious now! This is academic, not a joke - I think aliens with advanced aerospace technology will also agree. my point of view……"

"Well... I'm sorry. I'm afraid that although your research does make some sense, it's... not needed now." Sandora and I looked at each other, almost not knowing how to face this unexpected situation and... Unexpectedly, this old man was so funny. "I can confirm that there is no 'understanding error' in the communication between you and me."

"Arjun, to be honest. This is the first time in so many years that I have seen such...cute indigenous people," Sandora looked at me dumbfounded. When she spoke, she remembered to turn off the communicator temporarily to prevent Embarrassing people. "Their curiosity and optimism are truly amazing..."

"I agree, this depends on the American blockbuster's peeing. At this time, the enemy should send a battleship and a bunch of big soldiers up, or simply stay in a bunker on the surface and use the radio tower to shout to us three days and three nights. , how come there is a..."

In the spirit of respecting the elderly and caring for the young, I really can’t say the second half of the sentence: Why is this old man coming up here...

"How do you think their surface government will react now? Are they organizing an army or something?"

Because I felt like I couldn't communicate with the old man outside, I chose to chat with Sandora, who thought about it very seriously and shook her head decisively: "Based on the general situation. The indigenous civilizations below have certain space knowledge and can confirm the fifth The current situation of the fleet, and partially understand key technologies such as anti-gravity, so they can clearly judge the huge gap between the Fifth Fleet and their local strength, so I don’t think the local indigenous people will have the guts to actively express hostility to us, but they are definitely We will maintain a high degree of vigilance, and if I guessed correctly, people on the surface have already begun to evacuate... Sigh, if I had known earlier, I should have brought Lin Xue with me before coming. She will definitely remind us to turn on the fleet's cloaking device before jumping, which will save a lot. No need to bother, you don’t have to be stuck here and being watched..."

"Actually, I think we are watching others." I looked at the blue planet below, imagining the local residents who were in chaos due to the "Visitors from Space" incident. "Don't forget, the people of the Fifth Fleet How big is the scale, the entire fleet is completely expanded, and it is not smaller than their star system."

"Actually, the scale should have been larger," Cocokina's voice suddenly interrupted, "We originally had more huge immigration ships, just like the Hayden III ship, and there were also several planetary fortresses, but the giant ships It suffered heavy losses during the raid, and the Planet Fortress had to be completely abandoned during its exile due to the long-term overrunning of the power furnace... Because of this, today's Fifth Fleet is quite tight in per capita resources."

In fact, there is no need for Cocokina to say this, we can also see it. After all, when Sandora and I first saw the Fourth Fleet in the void, we lamented the scale of the latter. The Fourth Fleet is massive, and its various starships remain largely intact—even if they are old. The Toberu fleet still has a considerable establishment, and the fourth fleet also has a very large immigration ship the size of the planet fortress. When they went into exile, the five squadrons were the same size, and the Fifth Fleet we saw...

You also know what it looks like.

While we were chatting, the exploration team patrolling near the fleet was also idle. They didn't know why the "alien visitors" suddenly became silent, and they didn't dare to approach the fleet at will. So they were gathering together for a hasty discussion. After a while, it seemed that they were intending to break the dull state between the two parties. They still took the initiative to contact us, and it was the old man with a white beard who had a strange personality who spoke: "Ahem, I was a little busy just now - please forgive me. This is the most shocking moment in my life, and some gaffes are inevitable. .Allow me to introduce myself. I am the chief expert and president of Azur Star's Deep Space Life Forms Research Committee. You can call me by my name directly: Joe. Our committee is..."

Just as he was mid-sentence, a member of the exploration team immediately interrupted: "The master is the senior advisor of the Blue Star Space Exploration Administration. Please remember this identity."

"The 'Research Committee for the Study of Life Forms in Deep Space' is my most important job!" The old man blew his beard and stared at his team members, and then continued to try to communicate with the "alien", "I will emphasize again that we have Looking forward to peace and friendly exchanges, Blue Star is a peaceful and peaceful world. We have received God's grace. We are also willing to share these graces with any strangers who have the same good intentions. Well, you just mentioned that you are here because of the fellowship. We were forced to dock next to our planet by accident..."

"Yes, that's it, so you don't have to worry at all. We have good intentions - in fact, you can see that, if we come with bad intentions, such a large fleet will not need to fire at all, just scratch two handfuls of dandruff. It's enough to turn you into an underground civilization... Well, I'm just making an analogy. Don't mind, I often go off the rails."

Shandora continued to lie on the console and twitched, unable to bear to read her boyfriend's mouth.

The white-bearded old man made a move that made me feel amazing when I think about it in the future: he took out a small notebook and confirmed it very seriously: "Do you aliens really have dandruff?" Then he He turned around and yelled at his team members: "You guys know it now! My research on 'Do aliens also lose dandruff' is correct and has academic value! Learn from those stingy people who try to exploit me. The research funds will be punished by the God of War!"

So I got two pieces of information in an instant: First, this weird old man is really a scientist, the best kind of scientist. Second, this indigenous civilization with space technology still maintains absolute belief in theocracy, and among the gods they believe in is at least a god of war, and... even this old man who can fly into space in an aircraft believes in gods!

What kind of weird world have we come to! ?

Well, there is no contradiction between belief in gods and aerospace technology. Let us skip this question.

Since the fleet was trapped in this world for the time being, I had nothing to do, so I had some free time to chat with this seemingly interesting old man. During the conversation, I learned that their planet has indeed been developing mysterious technologies since the beginning of civilization. ——This world has a highly active arcane energy environment that the earth does not have, so they have relied on totems and spiritual fanaticism to transform or adapt to the environment since primitive times, and have embarked on a completely different civilization path from the earth. However, Sandora also told me that sometimes the distinction between mysterious technology and technological technology in different worlds is not so rigid. In many cases, the same thing has different meanings just because the two civilizations have different ideologies. Interpretation methods are therefore classified into different technical systems. It seems that the old man accidentally mentioned during the conversation that there is something called a "natural guidance structure mechanism" on Azure Star. After asking for a long time, I figured out that he was actually talking about a wind/water hybrid machine, but In this world, since conventional technology has not formed a mainstream technology tree, this kind of mechanical equipment that does not rely on magic is regarded as a relatively special "construction technique".

The old man also discovered that we were very interested in the local technology of their planet, and he enthusiastically introduced some related things. It seemed that he was trying to promote Azure Star to the entire universe, but he still intentionally or unintentionally avoided it. There are many topics that should not be revealed. For example, their military, the forces on the planet, etc. It seems that this eccentric alien enthusiast is not one to make mistakes in this regard - no matter how well-intentioned we seem to be, he still remains vigilant, and this vigilance has nothing to do with whether the Fifth Fleet can resist , but an indispensable responsibility.

And just after I had a brief understanding of the civilizational form of this planet, the early warning system finally issued a prompt and detected a large number of fast-moving targets from the planet below.

It seems that the authorities of "Azure Star" have finally completed their emergency investigation. And regular personnel were sent - it can be seen that the exploration team led by Mr. Qiao set off in a hurry, and may not even be the official representatives sent by the authorities to communicate with "aliens". They were more like an accident investigation team that came for research purposes, so there was a second-rate old man who was not suitable for diplomacy among them.

The second batch of aircraft that set off from Azure Star were not the small, single-person "flying saucers" of the exploration team, but a long and narrow one. The ellipsoid-shaped spacecraft is like an elongated rugby ball, with a long axis of 230 meters - suitable for limited-time cruises around the home star, but it obviously does not have the endurance for long-term deep space voyages. I can't see what principle this silver-white metal "rugby ball" is driven by. It looks smooth, with only two golden rings inlaid at the front and rear ends. I guess they are not energy-gathering rings...

There are three ellipsoidal spaceships in total. This may be Azur Star’s most advanced space equipment. We are still unscrupulously monitoring each other’s communications. We can hear the exploration team reporting their status to the people in the “big” spacecraft. , and information on "uninvited guests from outer space". Mr. Qiao looked very excited. The excitement came from two aspects. On the one hand, he thought that his life was finally complete - he had studied aliens for half a lifetime under pressure from many parties, and finally saw a living alien in this life. Although he hadn't met him yet, he already had something unprecedented in his life. On the other hand, he knew that he had just received funding from his superiors. He can continue to study his next topic: Do aliens pick their feet when they are bored...

From a botanical point of view, I really don’t understand the mentality of this planet’s “General Space Exploration Administration” in allowing this old man to continue to stay in the team.

Then the shuttle detected that one of the three silver-white spaceships was trying to send out various contact signals, as if hoping to talk to us. Sandora simply cut into their internal channel: "Say."

Then she regretted it: because when the other person heard the word "say" from her, he immediately read out the diplomatic rhetoric in an ups and downs for twenty minutes without any politeness. We were both dizzy and annoyed after hearing this. Finally, the other party finally shut up. I pressed the communicator and gritted my teeth and confirmed: "You have four core questions: where did we come from, where are we going, What are we doing here, and are we going to fight, right?”

The person on the other side was silent for a while: "...To sum it up, that's it."

Then what kind of trouble do you bring to the level of peace in the universe with these four questions? ?

The other party already knows the reason why the Fifth Fleet is here, and knows that we are not here to destroy world peace, but if you think about it with your back molars, you will know that if such a giant starship formation falls, it can even destroy the sun. What a stressful thing it is to be on top of one's head - so the other side hopes that we can move the fleet to some other place. This is of course no problem. After all, the Fifth Fleet has violated other people's airspace whether intentionally or unintentionally. Although for obvious reasons, the envoy of Azur Star did not condemn this outright, but I think it is still a kind person. OK. So he ordered the Fifth Fleet to move to the gravitational boundary of this star system. However, due to the inextricable entanglement of the Fifth Fleet, many spacecraft were partially fused during the jump. I am afraid it will take some time for them to complete this operation.

Even so, after the outermost spacecraft of the fleet began to move into deep space, we were able to reach initial trust with the local indigenous people of Blue Star. At this time, Sandora proposed that we would like to visit their world as a representative. look.

As we expected, the other party readily agreed - in fact, their mission here includes one: if possible, try to invite "visitors from outer space" to the surface of the planet for face-to-face friendly communication. When we offered to visit their planet, the other party naturally asked for it.

But when Sandora and I appeared directly in their spaceship through space transmission, it still caused a considerable degree of... confusion.

Obviously, the other party did not expect that we could directly enter the inside of their spacecraft without positioning it. This move caused a huge panic in the other party. The second thing that confused the other party was that Shandora and I were almost identical in appearance to the local indigenous residents.

We appeared in the other party's control room, which is the place where the entire spacecraft is densely populated, so Sandora and I naturally received tons of curious looks. The commotion was not until a minute later when the person who looked like a supervisor here forced us to stop. Take control. And the strange old man from before is now in the big spaceship sent from the surface of Blue Star. He finally saw with his own eyes what the so-called "alien" looks like. With a look of disbelief on his face, he pointed at us and said: "You... Where are your tentacles?"

I:"……"

So I will always insist that this is a strange old man.

"Do you think aliens must have crooked melons and cracked dates?" I gritted my teeth and looked at the strange old man, and then looked around curiously. Now here is the inside of a "football spaceship", which is similar to the imperial starship. In comparison, this place seems a bit crowded and cramped, and you can see weird... equipment running everywhere. I don't know if those things can be called equipment. They look like totems, cylinders of different sizes, with surfaces There are constantly refreshing runes floating around, and the staff in short robes use the arcane energy balls in their hands to rearrange these runes to control the operation of the spacecraft. The scan showed that there was a complex energy environment inside those totem poles, but no conventional electrical parts were found - the control of a spacecraft driven by magic energy was so unique and innovative.

While Shandora and I were studying the control equipment here without any scruples, a large circle of curious locals around us were stunned - I guess they didn't expect aliens to speak like this... (Unfinished) To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)