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"This is the Supreme Commander of the Xiling Empire, where are you from?"
"This is the Supreme Commander of the Fiali Empire, where are we?"
The two voices rang through the communicator almost at the same time, and I heard a young woman's voice coming from the opposite side—I didn't expect that the leader of this group of wanderers turned out to be a woman, and she was also a woman who claimed to be the commander of the empire. Fairy Empire
I tossed this name back and forth in my mind several times, and then confirmed that I had never heard of it. Obviously, the macro world has never been in contact with such a civilization, and I have not reported any information about this civilization to myself.
I cleared my throat, and adjusted myself to a serious state according to the standard for approaching leaders of new civilizations: "You speak first."
"You talk first." The female voice came from the communicator almost at the same time.
Me: "... well, let me start with..."
At the same time, a voice came from the opposite side of the communicator: "Okay, let me say first..."
The corners of my eyes twitched twice, and I saw that the bastards around me were almost lying on the ground holding back their laughter and couldn't get up. Bingtis was the most exaggerated. This female hooligan was lying on the ground with one wing pointed straight at the ceiling, as if she Trembling like a cramp, I couldn't help but go up and grab the edge of this female rascal's wings, and the rascal suddenly let out a whimper of pain: the world finally quieted down.
"Ahem, this is just a small problem, don't worry about it," I pressed the communicator panel, trying to keep my tone steady, "I noticed that your spaceship is damaged, how is the situation now? If you need help, we will bring Powerful tugboat."
The three red-painted spaceships were not intact. They all had slight or heavy scars on their bodies. They were probably wiped by enemy artillery while escaping from the pursuit of the fallen apostles. Part of the structure of the tail of two of the spaceships was missing. Another spaceship with a slightly larger volume had a gap on the central axis that almost knocked off the upper layer of armor. According to the description in the help message, they have lost the ability to return: the return here should refer to the ability to cross the void and return to their own universe. However, they were able to transfer to this place after sending out a message for help, which shows that their basic motivation should be fine. I am asking this out of courtesy...
As a result, as soon as I thought of this, an overjoyed voice came from the opposite side: "Oh, that's great, our regular engine just stopped, if you are willing to help, it will really solve the urgent need."
"...Dad, I think we met a bunch of troublesome guys," Xiaoxue glanced at me and couldn't help muttering, "How about we pretend we didn't see them?"
I thought about it, and felt that I had already met a lot of troublesome guys in my life, so I slapped my daughter on the head casually: "Stop talking nonsense, let the barge pass by, just pretend they want to save me some fuel money..."
The three barges I brought with me when we set off are now in use (Xiaoxue’s good prediction), and soon, behind each barge, a "wrecked ship" from the Fiali Empire and who claimed to have a power system failure was dragged by the traction field. The small fleet composed of rescue teams and rescue ships left the hot sky area ravaged by quasars after ten minutes. We have not returned to the dark nebula to join the Sixth Fleet for the time being, but have temporarily stayed at the gravitational boundary of the quasar. We need to get in touch with the people in those three ships first, and get a general understanding of each other's ins and outs before deciding on the next move. The woman who claimed to be the queen of the Fiali Empire expressed her understanding and hoped to be a guest on the "big spaceship".
I naturally readily agree that this is the first step in friendly communication. It seems that these strangers have already gained initial trust in us, at least they can be sure that we are not with the fallen apostles—this point can be seen by everyone, the behavior of the fallen apostles is too distinctive, probably very few A couple of races in their right mind would mix with them.
The front end of the largest spaceship on the other side cracked a gate, and then a group of four small aircraft, probably shuttles, rushed out of the gate and quickly approached the aircraft carrier of the civilized community. A few minutes later, the main engine of the aircraft carrier reported that visitors from the Fiali Empire had boarded the ship, and the guests were transferred to the upper ecological area of the aircraft carrier, a total of twelve people. The shipboard host also specifically emphasized that the visiting guests are standard Type I humanoids, which means standard human appearance and physiological structure. This step is very important, because the members of the civilization community are diverse, ranging from molluscs to arthropods, and their spaceships also have the most complex material supply and life support systems, so that now the artificial intelligence they manufactured is the first The necessary function is to judge the life type of the target to prevent danger: such as providing strong acid drinks to humanoid carbon-based creatures... This almost happened back then.
When I led a group of noisy "followers" to the reception room of the ecological area, half of the twelve guests were busy studying the weird facilities in the room—the messy and patchwork interior decoration of the civilized community has always been It's a very eye-catching feature, and the other half are discussing something quickly, and it seems that a small disagreement has occurred.
When everyone opened the door and entered, a sentence just fell into my ears: "My lord queen, it is really risky for you to do this. We should send a representative instead of boarding the ship yourself. This is the most... "
The sentence was not finished, because the speaker noticed that the owner of the place had entered the room. Following the guidance of this sentence, my eyes naturally fell on the middle one among the twelve people, who was faintly surrounded and protected by the rest.
The person who spoke was a short woman next to her, perhaps her adjutant or a confidant, and the one who was surrounded in the middle, also known as "My Lady Queen", was naturally the person we were going to meet.
"Hello, I'm the supreme commander here, the leader of the empire. You can just call me Chen Jun." I extended my hand friendly, and the other party responded after being slightly stunned. It seems that there is a similar handshake in their world. In accordance with the etiquette, the two finally did not have the embarrassment of the first communication between different races at this time.
"Thank you for your selfless assistance. I am the queen of the Fiali Empire, Aphelis—well, you can call me Phyllis, which is an abbreviation," the other party said with a smile, "We come from a very distant This time, I really encountered a lot of trouble."
Slightly unexpected, the self-proclaimed queen was younger than I expected.
She looks to be about the same age as her sister, tall and slender, about half a head taller than Qianqian, wearing an all-black dress with a solemn style: it should be improved from some kind of uniform, or It can be seen that there are some traces of military uniform or official clothing, but it has been cut and modified according to the wearer's preference to look like a skirt. The young woman in front of me has black waist-length straight hair, exquisite facial features, slender eyes and slightly raised: this makes her look like a long-time superior, I am in Sandora I have seen similar vibes. Of course, considering that the other party claims to be the queen of a certain civilization, this kind of momentum can be easily explained.
Then, this is the leader of the other party. My first impression is that he is a young ruler with an aura that fits his identity—it’s just that I’m not sure if this new race has a lifespan similar to that of humans. After all, Sandora She also looks very young, but in fact, that girl is enough for humans to evolve from macromolecules to primates several times... Well, Sandora shouldn't be able to hear it, right
What do I associate with this mess! !
While I was observing the girl in front of me curiously, the other party was also observing the group of us curiously. Her eyes stayed on me for a while, as if to confirm the identity of the leader of the strange man in front of me, and then her eyes fell on On the protoss sliver group of five behind us, even though it was well concealed, I still saw an obvious look of disbelief on her face, and I didn't realize why she was surprised until I followed her line of sight:
Bingtis's wings have not been retracted, and that female hooligan is tucking her head under the wings and playing with her own fluff...
"Have you joined the KFC deluxe lunch?"
Everyone in the audience was shocked, and I looked at the queen who suddenly spoke out in a cold sweat: "Your world also has KFC?!"
"Also?" The other party was also quite surprised, "That group has already expanded its business to this world?!"
I coughed twice, indicating that this topic is over, and then blamed everything on the influence of information disturbance...
But in any case, the queen's sudden surprise made the atmosphere instantly more harmonious. Isn't there such a famous saying that human beings can only get closer when they lose their morals at the same time. This girl said the words "KFC" I immediately found a sense of intimacy from her: how well does this fit in with the gang of unreasonable things at home. Then I asked the other party a few questions, mainly about where the other party came from and whether they had a temporary residence permit. The woman who claimed to be Phyllis did not hide too much: because in fact they seemed a little confused about these questions .
During the conversation, we learned that the visitors of the Fiali Empire came from a world that has not yet completed the unification of the universe regime, that is to say, there are still multiple disputed civilizations in their universe, and the Fiali Empire is one of the more technologically advanced ones .
This is not common in cross-world civilizations, because most advanced civilizations start to understand the world outside the world only after they have mastered the entire universe, have strong resources and technological backing, and fully understand their own universe. areas to explore. A cross-world civilization should usually be the only representative of their home world, that is, as the saying goes, only after completing the unification war can it be possible to start expeditionary activities. However, the group of people in front of us seems to come from a civilization with a more radical development route. They recklessly ran to other universes without even exploring their own mother world. Of course, this civilization may also be lucky, God knows how they mastered the technology of cross-world navigation... This is not like a field that a civilization that has not even completed the unification of the universe can touch.
One thing is certain, the Fiali people's cross-world navigation technology has just started, and they are still in the exploration stage of this technology, which the other side has already admitted frankly.
"It's incredible, we just mastered the technology of jumping out of the universe!" The woman named Phyllis sat on the sofa in the living room, while talking, her eyes kept floating on Bingtis. I guess she was Curious about where the pair of wings with a wingspan of three meters went, Bingtis felt uncomfortable with the strange eyes of the other party, because Phyllis looked at her expression exactly like looking at grilled chicken wings, so the female hooligan chose Pulling Monina and the others to play cards, Phyllis finally focused on the conversation in front of her, "The world outside the universe, a completely different space and galaxies! Many unproven things are now Aside from running into a bunch of lunatics, I think our expedition was a complete success!"
I nodded to express my understanding. The race that jumped out of the universe for the first time will face huge turbulence in the world view. They can rarely remain calm under such circumstances. Being willing to jump out of the universe means having strong curiosity and enterprising spirit. And both of those will be most cathartic when really seeing what's out there in the world. Half of the eleven entourage brought by Phyllis were still curiously observing the surroundings, and almost everyone had an unconcealable surprise and desire to explore. The short, short-haired woman standing next to Phyllis couldn't help coughing, and calmed down the compatriots who were about to tear down the furniture: "Ladies and gentlemen, please be at least decent in front of the queen."
"This is my adjutant and assistant," Phyllis said, pointing to the short-haired woman with a serious expression, and then picked up the drink on the table, "In fact, we have visited two or three places before, Saw a lot of races - I mean before the lunatics. Some civilizations were pretty wary, some were hostile but still restrained, others were excited and friendly to sudden contact, and overall the world Outer is a place full of challenges and opportunities... well, except for those crazy people. And now we seem to have encountered a civilization that can talk well, and you seem to be very kind. We are not sure about the rules of other universes... , but I hope that the friendly local civilization can help, our spaceship needs to be overhauled, and we need to replenish some supplies: if we can find it locally. Of course, we will pay for it. The currency may not be realistic, but we have other worlds Supplies... wow!"
"What's wrong?" I was made nervous by the other party's sudden exclamation, but Phyllis just raised the cup in her hand and shook it at me: "Is the thing I drank okay? We haven't ingested another world yet." The scientists on the ship thought it was very dangerous, they had a short meeting before taking their first breath in another world, if it wasn't for almost suffocating, the meeting could have been longer... "
"Uh... don't worry," I feel familiar with the other party's attributes of constantly jumping between serious officialdom and escaping the topic, "We have already mastered cross-world technology, and the things we supply to you are all safe materials …”
During the spiritual connection, I informed the Sixth Fleet to prepare for our return voyage, and at the same time, I finally asked the most important question at the moment: "By the way, how did you fight the fallen apostles—that is, those lunatics you mentioned?"
Phyllis thought about it, and then said with three points of uncertainty: "Maybe they don't like paying in advance?"
I:"?"
Phyllis spread her hands: "So I said they are lunatics. We have never provoked those guys. They called for no reason. We just went to their outpost and asked if we would like to sell them at a discount. crystallized kyanite, and then those lunatics drove out the battleship... If it wasn't for the quick response of the adjutant, and the void space between the worlds is very suitable for escape... strategic shift, I am afraid they will really be killed. Their The ship is insanely fast - and the firepower is insane..."
I didn't know what expression to make at this time, and I told myself intuitively, this is probably the most amazing group of guys we have ever encountered: They went to the outpost of the fallen apostles to sell things? !
"What are you doing here?" I asked, wiping my brow.
Phyllis snapped her fingers naturally: "Do business! Isn't the greatest significance of traveling around the world to be able to do business?! Can you find a wider market and a farther business route than this!"
"Then you go to the fallen apostle's outpost to sell discounted ore..."
"Well, well," Phyllis nodded, "Those ores are special products from another universe. According to my experience, things from another world are the best-selling commodities..."
"You want money, not life!"
"What do you do with your life if you have no money?"
I thought about it, and felt that with my IQ, it might be difficult to explain to this void peddler in front of me what is called the three rules of super contact—that is, when civilizations from other worlds make contact for the first time, do not exchange world coordinates, and do not exchange with unknown effects From the other side's point of view, the three rules of safety for materials from other worlds and not to exchange racial customs before the language translation between the two sides, these three rules are definitely the biggest enemies that hinder the way of making money. By the way, she still claims to be Her Majesty the Queen of the Fiali Empire... Can this Queen's hobby be more wonderful
Of course, I thought about it, and there is a queen at home who can eat half a table full of Chinese people, and I suddenly think that maybe the queen should be a little weird...
"Wait," Xiaoxue didn't say a word since just now, and she seemed to suddenly remember something at this moment, she stared straight at Phyllis, "You said that those fallen apostles were first attracted by you from other places ?”
Phyllis realized the seriousness of the problem in an instant, so she replied seriously: "I'm a little dizzy, and suddenly I can't remember what I just said..."
"Dad," Xiaoxue ignored Phyllis lying on the table to pretend to be in shock, and tugged at my sleeve, "You see, the target of the fallen apostles was not the macro world at first, they were taken from the outpost by this time-travel peddler. Seduced out of..."
Me: "..." RS