Deep Space Fleet

Zhang Yuan and Zhao Qingfeng looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking carefully about the unique physiological phenomena brought about by the different environments.

Oxygen is a necessity for human beings, and a large amount of energy brought by aerobic respiration moistens every cell in the human body. Without oxygen, humans would suffocate to death in a short period of time.

But in the eyes of many biological experts, oxygen is also a chronic poison!

A harmful substance called "oxygen free radicals" produced by human respiration can cause damage to the biomembrane system and intracellular oxidative phosphorylation disorders. It is a direct participant in human diseases, aging and death, and is harmful to human health and longevity. Very big.

The Gliese people's circulatory system does not require the participation of oxygen, so they will naturally live longer

Then this group of biologists became fanatical, and started a lot of speeches about the conversion of ATP, CP, and ADP in "energy nuclei"... Ichiro Yamamoto took the opportunity to call for the use of artificial blood and artificial respiration System, to replace the current aerobic respiratory system, "the most intuitive benefit is that it can delay the speed of cell aging and achieve a higher life span"!

Anyway, Zhang Yuan understood, it was because of the lack of energy brought by anaerobic respiration, these Gliese people had to sleep for a long time.

Captain Zhao, who was sitting nearby, sighed: "So, not only the typhoon, but also this kind of dormancy method evolved from the primitive, which makes them prefer a small and well-connected environment. At least it consumes less energy...and It’s safe and reliable, and you don’t have to worry about landslides burying yourself alive!”

Then there is no other way, these high-level human beings can only be patient and continue to wait.

About 12 days later, the group of Gliese people finally regained their sobriety. Gan Yaduo, the leader, said: "Thanks to the generous human civilization, this sleep is very comfortable. Please forgive our daily schedule, I know there are Some civilizations don't sleep. I don't know how your schedule is?"

Of course humans don't care about such trivial matters...

This time, the long-overdue diplomatic affairs were quite grand. First, several civilized diplomats led the group of Gliese to visit some areas of the Earth Age, including industrial areas, agricultural areas, and part of the living area.

Of course it's only part of it.

In fact, this has a hint of deterrence. You want to let the other party know something, but you can't let the other party know too much. This ambiguous state of half-knowledge is the most beneficial to human beings.

Next, these Gliese diplomats sat in the same conference room as the high-level human beings and started face-to-face negotiations.

The leader named Gan Yaduo first asked: "First of all, I would like to know the specific history of your civilization."

"Why do you think that coming to our galaxy from a distant solar system more than 20 light-years away? From an economic point of view, there is no profit at all...We don't have any special material resources here, is it? Has the population exploded so that the entire galaxy cannot live?"

This question is quite important, and it involves the issue of human ideology.

After some deliberation, Captain Zhao gave a reply: "Our home galaxy has not exploded in population, but is in a stable state where the population has stopped growing."

"The purpose of coming here is not to colonize and conquer, but mainly to explore and discover."

"The great man of our civilization believes that after a civilization develops to a certain level, it will spontaneously stagnate. In order to avoid the decline caused by this stagnation, it must be separated by space and time, and learn from the past development process to walk out of a path. A whole new way..."

Captain Zhao briefly introduced the development of the entire civilization, including the history of human exploration. In fact, humans have launched probes into outer space very early, such as the famous "Voyager 1" and "Traveler 1". No. 2" and so on. These are very clearly documented.

Of course, there is no need to say too much about the core of the new civilization historiography.

Whether the other party believes these contents is not within the scope of human consideration. Diplomacy is itself a half-truth. There is no need to tell the truth, but there is no need to tell a complete lie.

After hearing this, the other party was stunned for a while, and for some reason, he seemed shocked after listening to the entire interstellar journey, and even began to whisper a few words in the slang of his hometown.

After a few seconds, the other party came to his senses and praised this kind of thinking: "So that's the case, no wonder you built such a huge spaceship and left your home planet... It's an unimaginably huge project! May I ask, how much did you spend? How long did it take you to build this gigantic ship?"

"About a hundred years or so."

If you count the preparations in the early stage, it did take so much time. Of course, this is also the earth civilization three thousand years ago. People don't know what is going on with the current earth civilization, and whether such a spaceship can be built.

This group of Gliese people were once again surprised and speechless. For them, in just 100 years, they may still be in the stage of growth and development...

At this time, Zhang Yuan asked solemnly: "Dear Your Excellency Gan Yaduo, your civilization launched several nuclear bombs at us at the beginning, although there were not too many casualties, it should be counted as an attack. I think you need an explanation for this attack."

The famous leader said neither humble nor overbearing: "Sir, I want to remind you that this is our territory. We don't understand your ideology, and we don't know whether you came to this planetary system with good intentions or malice. .”

"...If it were you, would you watch the other party grow stronger?"

Zhang Yuan was speechless for a moment. If he was on the other side's side, this kind of argument made sense.

Immediately afterwards, he said: "Then, we have sent a large number of electromagnetic waves to this galaxy in advance... Why didn't your civilization reply? We just treat this place as a land of no man."

"Even if there is any reply, it is impossible for us to go to this planetary system. There are so many planets in the universe, and there is enough room for selection."

The people on the other side were silent, and discussed in a low voice for a while, feeling that this question was not easy to answer. The other party has already spent three thousand years flying over, so there is no point in arguing here.

The Gliese said: "But don't worry, General Davian, who pressed the nuclear button without authorization, failed in the rebellion plan, and has committed suicide by swallowing a gun. Most of the population of our civilization, in general, still yearn for peace ...if you have no intention of attacking and colonizing on a large scale."

"But we only allow you to pick a planet as your foothold, and we don't allow you to colonize more planets. This is our bottom line."

This time, the human side was silent for a while. The other party's worries are not unreasonable. If after a few hundred years, humans colonize all the other planets, the strength of both sides will undergo earth-shaking changes...

But having said that, even if you promise to colonize only one now, and then back out later, what can the other party do?

Zhang Yuan didn't want to keep wrangling in this regard, so he changed the topic: "Your Excellency Gan Yaduo, can you introduce your civilization? The 200,000-year history of civilization really has a long history. For our human civilization, there has never been a written word. It’s only been ten thousand years since the record began.”

This 10,000 years even includes a 3,000-year journey into the starry sky.

Gan Yaduo pondered for a while, and said: "This is natural. The exchange of history is also the focus of our contact... We are a civilization that admires art and mathematics..."

"...We are even more shocked that you can reach your current level in just 10,000 years. This is quite an astonishing achievement!"

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