Planetary Museum

"Don't worry," the second consul immediately explained to Wu Xiaoqing, "They are all spontaneous... come to welcome us."

"Welcome?" When Wu Xiaoqing saw those faces, he was almost taken aback. You know, this is a dark place thousands of meters underwater—this alien's diving equipment is too good. !Or is it that in this virtual world, water is simply a decoration?Impossible to drown?Even if you can't drown, the pressure of such a deep water will crush you to death.Besides, shouldn't their itinerary be kept secret?

"Secret?" The second consul smiled contemptuously, "The consul has already announced the message you sent to us throughout the Federation, including your itinerary. Obviously, the consul wants to use you to improve The prestige of some governments."

The boat speeded up, and Wu Xiaoqing found it strange that the people outside the boat also kept going up with them at a high speed, which made Wu Xiaoqing a little surprised: "Didn't it mean that the rules here are the same as in the real world? They are not afraid of pressure." Has it changed too much?"

The second consul was stunned for a moment, and then pointed out: "The diving suits they wear can provide pressure protection. They look very close-fitting, but they are actually hard-they themselves provide pressure protection, so Wu Xiaoqing's worries are completely unnecessary. necessary.

After arriving ashore, Wu Xiaoqing, under the leadership of the second consul, came to a large ship on the water and participated in a public meeting.It is said that it is a ship, according to the standards of people on earth, it is actually a moving island-there is a large area on the island for parking in the air.People kept coming by plane to land on the island.

These people obviously came to see the alien "Wu Xiaoqing", but Wu Xiaoqing is inconvenient to meet them now.In any case, before they meet with the consul, that is, the official government of civilization b, it is better to participate in these folk activities as little as possible. When they come out this time today, Wu Xiaoqing and the others are actually just getting familiar with the "venue environment" in the name of Wu Xiaoqing and the others.Soon after arriving on the ship, Wu Xiaoqing agreed on the time to go online tomorrow, and found a reason to go offline.

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After Wu Xiaoqing "offline", soon Xu Yan and Shen Changwen also applied to enter this virtual world. As they will perform tasks here in the future, they naturally need to be familiar with the environment.It's just that with Wu Xiaoqing's example first, it is inconvenient for them to appear in public names, so they just walk around freely in the second world like ordinary people.

On Earth, messengers are naturally spies.

This principle is actually in the interstellar world, and it is estimated that the same applies.

Although this is only a virtual world, according to Changbai and Changxing's previous explanations, the geography and social and human conditions in it are almost completely equivalent to reality.It's just that in some completely different times from reality, and in the virtual world, it's hard to find key cutting-edge technologies.

For example, the second earth, the simulation is the "earth" 1500 years ago, that is to say, the "earth" in this world is the ancient times of b civilization in reality.

Although Wu Xiaoqing came once, but when Wu Xiaoqing came to a fixed place, most of his energy was spent talking with people. In comparison, Shen Changwen and Xu Yan seemed to have obtained more information in this world.With the help of the image sharing provided by the search and rescue team, Wu Xiaoqing and the others can easily see everything the two of them see from the computer screen.

The continent of the entire "Earth" can be roughly divided into four parts. It is not the same as the earth. The earth is surrounded by oceans, but here, it is the land that divides the ocean into various parts. There are even many mountains and ridges between the four lands. connect. In Civilization B 1500 years ago, it seems that many scenes are vaguely similar to the earth-such as huge ships in the ocean, and maglev vehicles traveling on land.

This is seen from Shen Changwen's perspective. He is more concerned about the lifestyle of this era.His position at the moment is in the middle of a huge underground city - from a simple historical understanding of Civilization B, it can be known that, as a small mammal, their life style in the early stages of civilization was more like a mouse on Earth , or like squirrels, are mainly burrowing.This habit has been maintained until after the formation of civilization - the entire city is still dominated by underground parts.

Therefore, the people of Civilization B are not particularly interested in sunlight. Shen Changwen’s pictures always have a gray texture, and the light along the way seems dim—these dwarves undoubtedly have better vision in the dark than people on Earth. strong.

According to the information Changbai and Changxing gave them, Shen Changwen tentatively walked into a public area similar to a restaurant on earth.

In fact, there is still currency in the real b civilization, but in this virtual "world" 1500 years ago, currency is only used as a decoration or decoration.

Before entering the gate of the restaurant, Wu Xiaoqing could see a cabinet at the door, and the people who entered in front would just reach into the cabinet, grab a lot of money, and then go to the counter to spend money. It is more of a mocking experience - this is also a manifestation of the superiority of people in the virtual world over real people, because in the virtual world, everyone's behavior does not need to be restricted by money.

Shen Changwen also imitated their appearance, took a handful of money, and then gave it to the counter according to the price suggested by the restaurant, and ordered a corresponding dish in the menu.

After sitting down, Shen Changwen began to try to listen to other people's conversations.As Changbai said, most people come here to talk.

"That lunatic is definitely going to advocate the theory of racial superiority in carbon-based civilization again," said a few people near the busiest table in the restaurant, holding drinks in their hands and shouting loudly - the B star spoke in a high-pitched voice, saying The tone is complicated. When a group of people chat, it is like a symphony. The tone set by the person who speaks in front, the person who follows up must follow the rhythm of the person in front. It is a perceptual language that is naturally inclined to social and artistic.

There was an almost chorus of echoes after he said that, "Carbon superior! Racist!"

"Judging from the information disclosed by the experts of the Academy of Sciences, the aliens who came this time are also carbon-based civilizations, and what surprised them is that these carbon-based civilizations seem to be more barbaric than us!"

"brutal?"

"How barbaric?"

"They are as tall as giant beasts, and it is said that we can lie down in their mouths!"

"My God! The whole man!"

"Brutal carbon-based creatures!"

The chorus of others turned into surprise and fear, and the mellow tone changes almost made Wu Xiaoqing almost think that he was listening to a Beijing opera or an opera.

"The official language library for communicating with them has been announced! A team of more than a dozen linguistic experts has made an accurate description of the other party's civilization based on the language library!"

It seems that they are not only smart in this world, what they can think of, the other party can also think of.Although the search and rescue team has kept technical terms in the language confidential, many things can still be detected by the other side—as long as the two sides need to communicate, the differences between civilizations cannot be concealed.

"It can be determined that the other civilization has not even completed the complete unification of the various political entities of this civilization. To a certain extent, these political entities still have some kind of hostility to each other..." The tone of the speaker raised again at this moment It has reached a new level, "I think we can't trust such a civilization until the other party doesn't take the initiative to explain their purpose and show enough sincerity."

"Yes, I can't believe it!"

"But the Archon's bureaucratic team won't care! All they need is an ally against silicon-based organisms! Friends, comrades! Tomorrow we must send enough people to the reception site on the second earth, we will let the government See our strength and attitude!"

"Yes, let them see clearly!"

"Any hostile behavior against a certain state of civilization is something we cannot tolerate!" The tone of the voice returned to the previous rhythm, as if a song had returned to the beginning of the melody, but the lyrics were changed.

"Long live freedom of consciousness!"

"Long live freedom of consciousness!"

"Long live the digitization of consciousness!"

"Long live the digitization of consciousness!"

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Next, these people shouted the same and similar slogans. After shouting for about ten minutes, the atmosphere of the restaurant reached its climax, and then suddenly, the conductor leading this "concert" Pause, this grand symphony was temporarily suspended.

Then the second public speaker came on stage, giving Wu Xiaoqing the feeling that it was like in a concert hall where everyone took turns to perform on stage.

"I just heard that the group of wall-riding factions on the fourth earth just betrayed us!"

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Compared with the political remarks that Shen Changwen heard, the meaning was not very clear, what Xu Yan understood seemed to be more straightforward.

According to Shen Changwen's request, the place where Xu Yan appears now is in space, in a space city.

This is the boundary area of ​​the fourth earth simulation——outside, all other planets, the sun, even the fleets above the cities...are actually just illusions and decorations.

Due to the limitation of computing power, what the Second Earth can simulate is only the main area of ​​their "Earth".

Xu Yan came here mainly because the name of this city is quite special - his name is Changming City.

Xu Yan and Changxing have learned about the history of this city, and this city has a very high reputation in the entire history of the development of b civilization interstellar.It is the first space city in orbit—it is called the Everlasting City because it never goes out.

In the history of the development of the galaxy for many years, the capacity of this city has been increased again and again. Gradually, it has changed from a city to a huge man-made island, and from an island to a real satellite—— In just over 300 years, the mass of long stars has surpassed that of the earth.

With the expansion of the Federation, Changxing, as a professional space port city, naturally changed from a satellite to a planet. He left the orbit of the earth, and followed the pace of the expansion of the entire civilization, towards the outer solar system, a planet A planet spreads out in leaps and bounds.Changxing once said that the history of the entire interstellar development of Civilization b is actually the history of the migration and expansion of Changxing...

About 200 years ago, long stars reached their historical peak, reaching a total mass of almost one-third that of Earth.

But now, in the real real universe, this interstellar city of humans, almost entirely populated by man-made materials, has fallen in a war not so long ago.

Because of the special historical significance of this place, in the Second World, almost most people who support this war will put their meeting place here. According to Changxing, when he came here decades ago, he could often Seeing that this space city often brings hundreds of people, in a harsh environment where even simulated gravity does not exist, discussing topics related to war.

Xu Yan originally planned to come here to listen to some different voices, but after he arrived, he realized that there was no one in the entire Changming City, but only at the entrance, he saw a row of eye-catching slogans: " Carbon-based racists are not welcome on Second Earth!"