It is conceivable that those who can appear on this spaceship must be the well-trained personnel quickly summoned by the Azure Star authorities, so they quickly recovered from the state of curiosity and shock, and returned to work, me and Sandora is not worried about being watched as a rare animal-although we are prepared for this and don't mind attracting the attention of the locals, it is not fun to be seriously watched.
In the end, there were only a few high-ranking people in front of us. One of them was the leader of the previous exploration team, Mr. Qiao, but I prefer to call him the wonderful grandfather.
"Do you think aliens must grow crooked melons and dates?" I gritted my teeth and glanced at the strange old man.
"According to my research, because aliens evolved in completely different natural environments, and may have undergone completely unimaginable evolutionary paths, and have their own different origin ancestors, the appearance of aliens on two different planets is consistent. It is almost impossible for such intelligent creatures..." The old man seemed to have not heard the ridicule in my words, and answered very seriously.
"Well, the theory is correct, so there are indeed countless kinds of strange alien creatures," I replied casually, "but because of God, for some reason, humanoid creatures like you and me do exist in various forms. Intelligent creatures account for the vast majority."
The old man immediately took out his small notebook from his pocket, and started to take notes seriously. Halfway through writing, he suddenly froze, as if he suddenly realized something: "Wait, what did you just say?" You mentioned countless kinds of strange alien creatures... You mean. In this universe, there are countless intelligent creatures!? Like us, intelligent creatures that can consciously learn, evolve, seek the truth of the world, and yearn for the stars and the sea? "
I glanced at the other person, and suddenly felt that this was a very cute old man—the look in his eyes made me think that it was necessary to answer this question seriously. So he nodded solemnly: "It's absolutely correct. The universe is not desolate, and there is another planet with life less than ten light-years away from your galaxy—of course, I can't tell you their specific locations. Tell you whether they are friendly or not. But what is certain is that extraterrestrial life exists, and it exists widely. And not only extraterrestrial life, but also extraterrestrial life—the world outside the universe, there are also countless intelligent creatures. You are now It should not be able to explore that step, but if you can persist, one day you will find that everything is broader than you imagined."
The old man's eyes widened, and he even forgot to continue writing his notes. Beside the old man, an old man wearing a completely different white robe who looked not much younger than Mr. Qiao took a step forward, folded his hands on his chest Said in a very pious tone: "God also revealed this to us in a very subtle way. That's why we persisted until today, and walked into the cold space."
Seeing that Sandora and I were focusing on ourselves, the white-robed old man bowed slightly and said in a calm and forceful voice: "Let me introduce myself, I am the general manager of space exploration on this planet. You can call me 'Nuo', and once again welcome you to this planet favored by the gods. I hope that the two sides can complete this historic exchange in a peaceful and friendly atmosphere."
Sandora and I also remembered that we hadn't introduced ourselves until now, so we said our name, but we didn't mention things like the empire: because they didn't know anyway. We just told this old man named "Nuo" that the two of us were leading a fleet on a long journey, and it was a complete accident that we came here. Because it is temporarily impossible to start again, it is possible to stay in this star system for a few days-this should be enough.
After introducing ourselves to each other, I still couldn't help turning the topic to what the other party said about my own god.
"God... actually gave you hints about space exploration? What kind of gods do you believe in?"
As soon as this sentence came out, I felt a little inappropriate, because I suddenly remembered that when I chatted with Lilina before, the other party said that when interacting with different races, the issue of religious belief should be discussed last, and the two sides have a deeper step. It is more appropriate to discuss religion after confirming that there will not be conflicts on sensitive issues due to misunderstandings. As a result, I couldn't help but mention it now.
In other words, Sandora and I still hope to have a friendly and pleasant exchange with these curious indigenous residents this time.
Fortunately, the other party didn't seem to care much about my question, he just nodded with a smile: "We believe in the great God of War, a powerful, wise, and loving god. His appearance ended the ignorant age of the Azure Star, Worshiping the God of War unites the various ethnic groups that were originally divided and fighting. The God of War guides us. The real enemy should not be people who shed the same blood as ourselves, and the real war should not be used to burn the homes of our compatriots. In the God of War Under the protection of the Blue Star, and understand the meaning of the truth of the world, we began to explore the wider world, hoping to see the incomparably vast truth of the world in the mouth of the God of War."
I thought about it, and I still couldn't help it: "...you confirm that you believe in the God of War? Why do I feel that this doesn't fit the definition of the word 'God of War'..."
"There shouldn't be any position on God," the white-robed old man gave me a very serious look. "Mortals always impose a lot of their own understanding on God, which limits the purity of belief. The real God is God, They have wisdom and power beyond mortals, and they know what we don't know, so they can guide us, and all this is not limited to how gods claim to be, because in all areas that shallow mortals can reach, gods are all-knowing and omnipotent .In fact, the great God of War sometimes calls himself the God of Light, which does not affect our belief... "
I:"… "
I couldn't bear it anymore, and secretly touched Sandora's arm: "Why do I suddenly have a feeling of déjà vu?"
Sandora turned her head: "Ditto."
But it seems that now is not the time to continue discussing each other's beliefs, because the old man in white robe told us. The spacecraft is about to enter the atmosphere of the planet. The end point of this trip is near the capital of the Blue Star (it is said that it will land in the suburbs). Since the author has not yet figured it out, the capital has no name for the time being.
Azure Star's mana spaceship is obviously immature technically. When it lands, it needs to prepare a set of rather complicated gravitational traction and impulse buffer fields on the ground to land smoothly, so it wasted a lot during landing. Time, and during the process of Sandora's seemingly antique mana spaceship carefully falling into the buffer field, we saw the outside scene through a large screen at the front of the control room. As we expected. The landing site of the spacecraft is far away from the city, and there is still a wasteland at the end of the horizon. I don't know if all the spacecraft landing sites on this planet are set up in such a desolate place-according to their technical level, it should not be like this. Then there is only one explanation: the authorities do not want the "alien" landing on the surface of the planet to cause a greater impact on the people.
Sandora and I felt seven-point curiosity and three-point fun. Under the "escort" of Mr. "Nuo" and Mr. "Joe" (how come the names of the aborigines in this world are so strange), they walked down the gangway of the spaceship, and on the landing site, there was already a large group of people lined up neatly waiting. All are well-dressed and well-mannered. I can smell well-trained from them even though the cultural patterns are very different.
I don't understand this world, so I can't judge the identities of this group of people by their clothes, but I can roughly judge who they are by just guessing: the second in command in politics, the second in command in military affairs, the second in command in technology, There is also the second-in-command of the relevant department. The top leaders would definitely not be here: as long as they retain any normal vigilance when they first face this "supernatural contact", the top leaders should be squatting in the air-raid shelter by now.
I guess, before the spacecraft broke into the atmosphere, the photo of me and Sandora should have been passed to these people, so when the two "aliens" appeared. All eyes fell on the two of us quite precisely. Even these human elites who are best at hiding their emotions can't control their excitement at this moment. This kind of onlooker seemed to make Sandora a little uncomfortable, so Her Majesty the Queen snorted dissatisfiedly, and everyone fell into a short state of panic. After a few seconds, no pair of eyes looked directly at him anymore.
"Welcome to this planet very much. I am the deputy speaker of the Blue Star. Our speaker—that is, the supreme ruler of the planet is preparing a more formal welcome event for you, so I can't come in person," said a person who looked The energetic middle-aged man in black stood at the front of the queue. He greeted us enthusiastically, and when he was talking to us, his eyes were looking up at the clouds in the sky. The posture was as weird as it could be. This middle-aged man looked very excited, and I could feel the tension in his bones—the scene Everyone looks the same, trying to be as peaceful and friendly as possible, strictly paying attention to every action that may cause misunderstanding, but can't hide the tension deep in the heart, and farther away...
If my psychics are right, I think I've spotted a circle of troops.
Of course, Sandora also sensed the various energy reactions locked here in the distance, but she just smiled indifferently, and Her Majesty the strict and indifferent Queen would not be angry because of such things now. Because this is not a provocative behavior, but a normal reaction that a low-level civilization should have when facing supernatural contact for the first time—after the extraterrestrial visitors show some kindness and strength, their own side shows the same kindness, and at the same time, they are also prepared to deal with emergencies preparation. Most native civilizations should have this level of vigilance, or even more. The Imperial Military Academy even has a course dedicated to this project, called "Behavioral Analysis and Classification of Isolated Civilizations' First Contact with Extraterrestrial Civilizations", and there are probably hundreds of different civilizations that first contacted aliens The possible response patterns are all based on experience. This course is mainly for the students in the college who are aspiring to become "pioneers", teaching them how to become an excellent alien who can quickly establish a bilateral consensus with the local indigenous people. Due to the faster and faster expansion of the empire and the discovery of more and more indigenous civilizations in the territory, this course is quite popular. By the way, the honorary editor-in-chief of the relevant textbooks is Her Majesty the Queen beside me...
Therefore, Sandora has quite a lot of alien experience, don't look at her usual harshness and indifference to outsiders. But when facing the cautious and nervous aborigines in front of us, she is more tolerant than me-of course, she is still indifferent to the eyes of the crowd.
The group of people who came to receive the "aliens" first expressed their peace wishes briefly and clichéd in diplomatic terms, and then invited Sandora and I to their temporarily prepared "reception room" for a rest. In fact, the so-called living room is a big white yurt-like house next to the landing field. According to the state of its base, I judge that this thing has just been airdropped on this wasteland—it took no more than fifteen minutes to land. However, all kinds of facilities are available in this hastily prepared house. After discovering that the "alien" looks like human beings (by the way, why do I feel this sentence is so awkward?), they simply followed the habits of their own race. It's time to decorate the room. Sandora and I expressed that we are quite used to such an environment, and hoped that they could relax a little bit—really, if they continue to be so nervous and serious. I'm about to get nervous.
Nima, I actually came down to see the scenery, why did it become a state visit...
"Really. You don't have to be so serious, I'm not used to it," watching two carefully selected language experts (maybe they should be called negotiators?) sitting opposite Sandora and me, showing kindness The appearance of the conversation, followed by a row of uncles who are holding a small notebook and preparing to take notes, and a large group of guys who seem to be nothing but who may be experts, scholars, special forces Schwarzenegger in their bones, I feel a little dumbfounded, "We are Passing by, the fleet can't leave, so I stayed here for a few days, you are so serious, it makes me feel like the fleet has caused trouble for you... "
Sitting in front of me and Sandora is a middle-aged man and woman. After hearing my words, they were a little dazed, and then looked at each other: "This is a historic moment for our planet, but it doesn't seem to be... special to you?"
This is the problem, the natives on this planet are in a period of enthusiasm for space development, they are enthusiastic about life in outer space (of course, they can't imagine the level of extraterrestrial beings), but they have never seen the real Therefore, after seeing the Fifth Fleet suddenly appearing above the planet, they thought more of excitement than panic—well, and the alien threat theory, in short. They viewed my landing with Sandora according to the specifications of a turning point in history. In our eyes, the situation is just the opposite. This is an unplanned outing, and even if it is unplanned, it is also an outing...
The diametrically opposite judging criteria caused the two sides to always be a little bit off the same channel, especially when I felt that someone had arranged various sensitive instruments outside the room, I felt even more disobedient.
Perhaps the only good thing is that Sandora and I haven't met the kind of mad scientist who wields a small flying knife and is eager to slice aliens for research, otherwise we will have fun—but think about it, when your head There is a group of giant alien ships that are more than ten times the size of your own planet hanging above, and when they are not sure why they will use dandruff to destroy your home planet, normal people probably dare not think about "slicing" thing.
"There's no way," Sandora spread her hands, "This will happen to semi-civilized civilizations who have just left their home planet when they first come into contact with alien races. Today's situation is still good. Because of the fleet, the local races are not There will be overreactions, and in many cases, it is not uncommon for the two sides to directly conflict, and no matter which world, the world is not peaceful."
She told me, but the experts around me were taking notes quickly, occasionally talking in a low voice, and the two negotiators in front of me also lowered their heads and muttered a few words, and the middle-aged woman raised her head: "I think we know What are the differences of opinion between the two sides. We are obviously still an immature civilization, seeing the outside world for the first time, while your side has traveled countless planets and is used to it... But please understand our excitement now... "
I waved to her: "Understood, our elementary school textbooks all talked about how to be a good alien with five lectures and four beauties, so I will try to get used to it—as long as you don't watch too cruelly. It will affect our mood. "
Another middle-aged male negotiator grinned: "Of course, we will pay attention. In addition, I am very glad that we have met friendly alien guests. You must know that many people have shown panic about your appearance. Now it seems that the great God of War is still protecting his people, and our first step out of the cradle is on a safe land."
Hearing the locals talk about their gods again, I felt the curiosity in my heart was quite irresistible, so I said aloud: "Well, if we can, we would like to see your gods... well, I mean look Your church or something. Sandora and I are very interested in religious things."
Directly asking questions such as "where is your god, what does he look like, and how do you know if he exists" are quite reckless, and can easily cause conflicts. It is better to show interest in their religion. Not being too attentive, not blindly questioning, this is the key to communicating with believers - Lilina language.
And I'm really interested in their god, no matter who he or she is, a god who encourages his followers to study aerospace technology and find aliens... This is indeed a bit high-end. RQ