Under the intensive action arrangement, the "Xinghai Project" led by the Cecil Empire is advancing as scheduled. New research facilities and technical teams are gradually being put in place, while the existing monitoring departments and star-solvers have become the new team. Antaviion, located in the distant sea, sent a message that the antenna system was ready. Linguists, logicians, and negotiation experts from the three empires of Cecil, Typhon, and Silver After several nights of intense discussions, a series of "plans" for establishing initial exchanges with alien civilizations were drawn up.

In order to establish communication with an alien civilization that is very likely to be completely different from the Loren continent in terms of social and cultural aspects, and strive to achieve mutual understanding as soon as possible in the early stages of the exchange and reduce the chance of friction due to misunderstandings, these are said in their respective fields. The top experts considered all the details they could consider, but even so, the several sets of proposals they submitted were still rejected at an early stage.

They basically showed too much content related to the technical field too urgently, or too complicated and comprehensive in the display of culture and values. The original text was tedious and bloated. At first, the scholars seemed to get the wrong direction. They tried In the first communication, everything is clearly expressed with sufficient and complex language logic, and the diplomatic language must be elegant and decent, and at the same time, it must reflect as much as possible the thorough etiquette possessed by a "civilized society". .

One of the most obvious problems of the "copywriting" begins with this: to the sender on the other side of the star sea, the friend in the dark starry sky, we are a civilized and civilized ethnic group living in the world of "Loren", with a sensible and well-meaning attitude. In the name of the glory of the kings, saints and spirits and our ancestors, we would like to respond to your friendly greetings and establish a sincere, mutually helpful and peaceful relationship. We admire...

The copy was ninety-three pages long. Before finishing reading it, Gao Wen gave a "read, **** doesn't make sense" and typed it back. It's not entirely because the copy is too literal and can easily cause alien civilization to translate. The confusion and misunderstanding at that time, the more main reason was that he suspected that the siren’s communication array in a living state might not be able to resist sending this thing...

But after these immature plans were rejected several times, some reliable things were finally delivered to Gawain. Scholars are not stupid. They just got the wrong direction to think about the problem at first, and after straightening their thinking. , The situation gets better.

Some succinct self-introductions that are not easy to cause ambiguity, some greetings and simple inquiries that represent the intention of communication, through repeated analysis of the limited text sent by the "alien civilization", experts in various fields strive to outline the thinking of the sender Ways and communication habits, they find that the content they can analyze from that little thing is really very small, so what they can "play" in the first communication is naturally very limited.

Gawain lowered his head and carefully reviewed the documents that Amber had sent to him. He tapped his fingers on the table from time to time and unconsciously. After thinking and considering, he said softly as if he was talking to himself: "This looks more reliable. NS…"

"The Sea-Monsters suggest that we should not send more than one minute in a single transmission, and a single transmission of text should not exceed a thousand characters," Amber said next to him. "With such a small-scale, low-density signal transmission, their communication array can Hold on longer."

"So we can't directly transmit a voluminous self-introduction. The best mode of communication in the past was to start a'conversation' with the'opposite'," Gao Wen said slowly, "but it also depends on the'opposite' communication method. But in any case, the copywriting in our hands has taken into account all possible situations. Unless the "opposite" and our way of thinking are so different that they can't understand each other, there should be no fatal misunderstanding. "

Amber glanced at the pages of paper in Gawain’s hand, and couldn’t help rubbing his forehead: “I think about this stuff, it’s too big... it should be short enough to reduce the antenna pressure as much as possible, it should be concise enough to be easy to translate and understand. It’s clear enough to avoid misunderstandings as much as possible... It’s really difficult to deal with an'alien civilization’, compared to dealing with the Anzu nobles back then, it’s much easier..."

Hearing what the other party said, Gawain just smiled but didn't say anything. Amber rolled his eyes and said, "Do you think you should say the first sentence? The experts have discussed it for so long. , In the end, there is still no conclusion. It seems that you still have to finalize it now."

"The first sentence..." Gao Wen said softly, his gaze again falling on the pages of documents in his hands.

These documents have finalized most of the text of the initial exchange with alien civilizations, but the most critical "first sentence" is still vacant. Rosetta Augustus believes that when responding to "alien civilization", we should avoid exposing anything as much as possible. Even the "harmless content" discussed in the text of the initial communication should be placed in the establishment of official communications. Later, the Silver Queen Bersetia Morningstar also supported this.

In short, for the communication sent by the alien civilization, it is best for the Alliance initially to only make a "one-sentence response" and use the shortest way to indicate that it has received the communication. Don't say anything else. Any extra things, and then see what the other person will say after receiving this sentence, to further determine whether to continue the subsequent communication.

This is extreme caution, but this caution cannot be expressed too much in the "first sentence", because it will appear guilty, but this sentence cannot have any sharp intentions and the reason is obvious.

"The two of you have completely left this to you," Amber curled his lips. "And we'd better make a decision here as soon as you are thinking, Ancestral Peak Monitoring Station and Thorin Monitoring The station is still receiving communications from the universe. The civilization on the opposite side seems to have increased its transmission strength to this side after adjusting the signal mode. Now the two main monitoring stations are receiving 24 hours a day. The one sent to the other side...what does that word say, oh, the'Lianmai request' that the other side keeps sending..."

"Still sending it continuously? It seems that they are really anxious..." Gao Wen frowned, but his eyes never left the file in front of him, but suddenly, he knew what to do about it.

He picked up the pen next to him and scribbled a string of letters at the end of the document, confident and calm.

Amber immediately leaned his head and glanced curiously, and saw a clear sentence in white and black on it: "Please turn off Freedom Mai first, thank you." (paraphrase)

The room was quiet for a few seconds, and Amber slowly raised his head: "...Are you serious?"

"I think this is very appropriate," Govent nodded earnestly. "Look, it's polite enough, concise, not humble, it shows our self-confidence, but there is no aggressive attitude, and more importantly, this sentence It’s better to say nothing at all than to post "read"..."

Amber continued to look at Gawain with strange eyes, and the corners of his mouth trembled for a long time: "...historians will hate you."

Gao Wenyile: "They hate you even more. You pried at least the research results of hundreds of historians when you pried on the lid of my coffin..."

…

In the 4th year of Cecil, 2491 of the Gugangdor calendar, the last day of the harvest month, the atmosphere in the project hall of the "Xinghai Project" of the Thorin Giant Tree was solemn and solemn.

This will be the first time in the history of the mortal races of this planet to establish communication with an alien civilization. Everything is ready, countless pairs of eyes are watching this hall, and no matter what the outcome is today, as long as the Loren civilization in the future remains Existence, then everything that happened today is destined to be recorded in history.

Bud Wendell sits nervously in his place. As one of the most senior "listeners", he is fortunate to appear here as one of the main persons in charge. If it were placed a few years ago, it would be It was something he had never thought of; the avatar of Ms. Bertila stood at the front of the hall, as the body of the Thorin tree and the "foundation" of the entire facility, she would coordinate and direct all the work here; in front of Bertila It is a group of large-scale holographic projections, on which the three imperial rulers, Gawain, Rosetta and Belcetia, are shown.

The three persons in charge of the highest authority in the alliance will personally follow the progress of this matter.

There is also a special communication interface beside the three empire leaders. The ambassador of the Deep Sea Kingdom Tyr is on the screen. She seems to be in the center of some kind of complex magical device, with many mysterious runes and flashing lights. The energy sparks wandered in the air beside her. It was a special amplification device set up in the magic net hub of Cecil City. This device was specially prepared for the distant "deep sea allies". The "smart communication" between Antavien, because the core of the project is to use Antavien's super-light communication array to send and receive signals, so this "transfer line" is particularly important here.

"The Thorin command center is ready, the recording equipment is online, the translation team is in place, and the communication system is in good condition." Ms. Bertila's voice broke the almost solidified atmosphere in the hall. Regular, it is expected that the signal will be received in five minutes, and all units will be ready."

Bud Wendell took a light breath and slowly calmed down his buzzing artificial heart.

As the "alien civilization" adjusts their sending mode, the signal from across the stars has been "self-optimizing" for some time in the past, and now it has become a very stable and clear timed broadcast, unlike usual In that way, it can only be captured occasionally. Now the main monitoring stations on the Loren continent can basically receive clear communication content regularly, and according to the plan, the alliance’s "response" is set to be "opposite" after noon today. After the first broadcast.

Bud slowly adjusted his state. He looked at the mechanical clock hanging on the side wall, and almost at the same time, a report sounded from a command stand not far away: "Ancestral Peak Listening Station, A signal has been received in Ogure!"

The next second, another voice came from the command seat: "Solin main antenna received the signal! The signal strength is 4, the average value is normal! The content has not changed as before!"

Bertila's voice immediately sounded: "Wait for three seconds after the broadcast ends to send out a response."

Bud's gaze fell on the recording board in front of him.

"...Wait later, do we really want to send this to'them'?" An operator next to him suddenly whispered as if talking to himself.

"Accurate execution is enough." Bud sullenly, he has no doubts about his responsibilities in his heart. At this moment, he seems to have returned to many years ago, back to the days when he was still tenacious, and returned to being a man. The years that soldiers have fulfilled their missions. What is different from the past is that at that time his mission was to guard the frontiers of the motherland, but today’s mission is...

Let the aliens turn off Freedom Mai.

Well, there is still a little suspicion and wavering in my heart, but Mr. Bud Wendell has a good mentality.

At this moment, the signal response from the depths of the star sea disappeared, and the broadcast ended.

Three seconds later, the operation team did not hesitate to execute the operation in accordance with the order. The information reverse-translated by the star solvers was input into the main brain, and the main brain converted into the unique signal pattern of "alien civilization" according to special coding rules. With the aid of the magnifying device set in Cecil City and the "psychic echo" of Siren Tyr, this data was transmitted to the distant Antavien in an instant.

On the far shore of the sea, the superluminal communication array of the ancient starship was activated suddenly.

For the first time in millions of years, a superluminal signal was actively released from this humble little planet, and reached the depths of the stars in an instant.

At this moment, the command hall suddenly fell into a strange silence.

"Received feedback from Antavien," the deep sea ambassador Tyre sounded in the silence, "The message has been successfully sent, and the intensity has reached the theoretical value. Then we wait for a response."

After Tyre’s voice fell, the hall remained quiet. Except for the buzzing sound of the equipment during operation, no one spoke in this huge space. Many eyes were watching whether the main antenna in the center of the room was working. The light receiving the signal, and that light has not yet come on. Even though it was only a moment, Bud felt that the silence seemed to have lasted for a century.

He heard the murmur of a colleague next to him again: "Isn't the alien being too honest, just turn off the communication and stop contacting us?"

Bud lowered his voice: "Don't think too much, especially thinking about these impossible things."

"Communications may not respond immediately." In the large holographic projection at the front of the hall, the voice of the Silver Empress Bersetia suddenly broke the silence.

"Yes," Gao Wen nodded, "This is also one of the plans. If no immediate response is received, the monitoring stations will continue to perform regular monitoring tasks until we take the initiative to call."

At this moment, Bud suddenly noticed a flashing on the surface of the light in the middle of the hall.

In the next second, a commander's slightly excited voice broke the somewhat solemn atmosphere in the hall: "The main Thorin antenna has received a signal! It is outputting to Line 1!"

"Star Breaker," Bertila shouted immediately, "please translate it as soon as possible."

The hall that seemed to be frozen the previous second became busy again at this moment, and a completely different piece of information entered the monitoring range of Thorin’s main antenna, and this was obviously a response from the alien civilization, and it had been on standby for a long time. The star solvers immediately began to translate this new content and submitted the translation that was most likely to be close to the original intent to Bertila in the shortest time. Bud Wendell watched nervously at the holographic projection in the center of the hall. Seeing that letter after letter began to appear on the blank image specially left:

"Sorry, we have no intention of causing trouble to you."

This sentence was followed by a pause for a while, and then new information emerged:

"We have received your response. I hope you can understand our excitement in this process. For strangers light years away, we have no malice.

"We have run out of time.

"Whether you already understand that a kind of'shock' that can destroy intelligent creatures is approaching the area where we live, whether it is your planet or ours, you will face this shock directly."

(Ma!)