Planetary Museum

The search and rescue team was silent for a long time, about 10 minutes.

During these 10 minutes, neither Wu Xiaoqing nor Shen Changwen spoke.Until the search and rescue team said: "Wu Xiaoqing, turn off the lights and take me out of the car."

Wu Xiaoqing turned off the headlights, and the cave was plunged into complete darkness.There was only the soft sound of the car still starting.It is difficult for the search and rescue team to get on and off the body of the trash can robot. Usually, it can only move back and forth on flat ground.They also need to move when getting on and off the bus.

Wu Xiaoqing put the search and rescue team on the ground, and then the search and rescue team projected light towards the wall of the cave like a projector.

It was exactly the same as the picture of Wu Xiaoqing looking at the sky at the riverside last time. It was a huge dot matrix composed of red blocky signals, most of which were blinking, and some had stopped.The difference from what Wu Xiaoqing saw last time is that this time the projection is projected with visible light - this is also the first time Shen Changwen has seen such a picture.

"This is the main interface of the search and rescue team. Every red flashing dot represents a critical alert of a civilization. This is just a part of it that needs to be dealt with most urgently," the search and rescue team said, and then he zoomed in on a part of the image. The bigger it gets, the whole center of the cave is left with only an orange lump, "This is the civilization you just completed, just out of danger."

"When the search and rescue team was first established, all yellow alerts needed to be dealt with in a timely manner. At that time, our ideal was to keep the entire screen green... But now, yellow is even a very safe sign, and we can only give priority to it. Deal with those red alerts."

Shen Changwen had just recovered from the shock, and he asked in surprise: "Is this... some kind of overall disaster in the universe?"

"This is what you people on Earth think," said the search and rescue team. "Your entire civilization and species have always lived in a stable environment. In your eyes, the normal world is just like the Earth, with only occasional little movements. For example, if there is a slight friction on the stratum plate, if there is an earthquake, you think it is a catastrophe; if there is too much precipitation and it is difficult to discharge floods, you think it is a catastrophe... The reason for the bad situation must be due to accidental disasters, because most of the time , the world is normal."

"There are also man-made ones, such as war." Wu Xiaoqing added.

"War is a luxury of civilization. Only when wealth reaches a certain level can war occur. Only when there are so many civilized individuals interacting with each other can war occur. Prodigal son is a bad word, and it is also a lucky word, because first of all, there must be a wealthy family , Only then will there be the saying of prodigal son. It can be said that in the universe, most civilizations have spent time in frequent disasters, such as meteorites in space, structural movements of planets, instability of stellar radiation, and gravitational forces of galaxies. The structure is abnormal... If there is anything wrong with these natural conditions, it will be a disaster for civilization itself."

"In other words, our earth can survive until now because of good luck?"

"That's right," said the search and rescue team. "In theory, the birth of all civilizations requires a certain amount of luck. The existence of the search and rescue team only increases the lower limit of this luck."

"Then what's the point of this improvement?" Shen Changwen asked again.

"The continuation of civilization itself is the meaning, the greatest meaning in this icy universe. But I am not going to discuss the history of the search and rescue team with you today. What I want to say is that if you choose to continue and officially join the search and rescue team, it also means that you The purpose of the search and rescue team itself must be respected. If you question the meaning of rescue itself, your best choice is to leave."

Neither of them expressed any objection, Wu Xiaoqing was quite excited: "Do you need to take an oath or something?" Shen Changwen gave him a glare, and he quickly stopped it.

"What I want to say next is the focus of this conversation, and it is also the most important code of conduct for the search and rescue team. Before that, I didn't tell you, because disclosing the code itself to you violated one of the codes. But now that The risk becomes acceptable when you intend to join the search and rescue team."

Shen Changwen even took out a pen and paper, ready to record, while Wu Xiaoqing didn't have any idea at all, the eldest brother is explaining things, just keep listening.

"Rule number one, do not touch or affect any civilization without warning. For this rule, the key point I want to emphasize is the earth."

At this time, the search and rescue team returned to the picture at the beginning, pointed to one of the green color blocks and said: "This is the earth, green, which means that the state is very good, and the color itself is stable, which means that there is no alarm. The color itself does not mean an alarm, the alarm is The flickering of the color block. Any color can flicker. Sometimes, many civilizations have entered a dangerous red state, but there is no flickering-indicating that those civilizations are not worth saving at all. You don’t need to know the mechanism of these alarms, Just follow that, understand?"

This is not difficult to understand.

"The earth is such a civilization in good condition. If in the past, the search and rescue team would never have come to the earth and had a relationship with you, contacting you would be a huge risk. Now that the risk has appeared, we must strictly Control, all the information you encounter in other civilizations during your mission, especially knowledge and technology, cannot be brought back to Earth."

Wu Xiaoqing felt that he had made a big mistake: "Then... I told a filmmaker about saving lives, is there anything wrong?"

"The event itself doesn't have much information, let alone in the name of the story. As long as there is no evidence of the real existence of other worlds in all these contents, for example, you brought back a leaf from another world, which is completely different from the creatures on Earth. Evolutionary route, that is strong evidence. For example, you brought back a few primitive people and were discovered by the whole world... This can be called a catastrophic impact."

"Disaster?" Wu Xiaoqing didn't understand.Shen Changwen was not very sure before, but now he almost understands.

"Remember the two rules I mentioned to you, one, no leaking of secrets, and two, no repatriation of materials. Strictly speaking, these two are the specific interpretations of the first rule. For the time being, I also It will not let you have the opportunity to contact other civilizations in a stable state. For you, this one is mainly to pay attention to your words and deeds on the earth. Things outside the earth can be used as stories and jokes, but never let people take them as Facts. Then there's number two, which may be more important to you and harder to do."

Wu Xiaoqing straightened his chest, especially in the feeling of doing morning exercises in junior high school and looking forward to being a flag-raiser.

"Principle two, on the premise that there is an alarm and the rescue mission is determined, complete the mission at any cost to this civilization."

Wu Xiaoqing still didn't understand, but Shen Changwen understood completely this time.

"Let me make an analogy, if right now the color blocks of the earth are flashing and I decide to go on this mission and tell you guys to capture a nuclear submarine and finally hit the nuclear button. Trust me, you have to do it, and probably only do it, This is the best ending for earth civilization. Compared with the continuation of civilization itself, all values ​​are meaningless, if civilization does not exist, everything derived from civilization will also cease to exist.”

Wu Xiaoqing immediately remembered the five people he shot and killed.To be honest, he was a little scared. If, as the search and rescue team said, they want to save the earth next time, let alone press the nuclear button, would he dare to kill an ordinary earthling?

"Indifferent and extreme, according to the language of the earth, this is the characteristic of the search and rescue team. Now that you are full members of the search and rescue team, you must start now and get used to this mode of thinking, which will not only help the mission, but also help Your own safety. Send you back first, and a day later, I will send Wu Xiaoqing to your next mission to do preliminary investigation."

Wu Xiaoqing and Shen Changwen looked at each other, and following a flash of white light, they arrived at the living room on the second floor of Wu Xiaoqing's house.

Shen Changwen greeted Wu Xiaoqing: "It seems that I have to move to your house in the future, I'll go back first, and call if I need anything."

Wu Xiaoqing called him: "Dr. Shen."

"Don't call me Doctor in the future, it sounds awkward," Shen Changwen said, "Just call me Old Shen. From now on, we will be on the same boat."

Wu Xiaoqing was a little hesitant, not sure whether he should ask his question, "I... used to think that big brother was pretty good, but just now... didn't you feel terrible?"

Shen Changwen laughed: "Didn't you still want to swear an oath before? What a kid, I thought it was a joke, and thought it was a joke. Let's put it this way, before you were forced to jump into the river, did you think it was scary? "

"That's just jumping into the river. After that, maybe I will have to take a gun and force others to jump into the river."

"Jumping into the river by yourself is already scary. At least I dare not. Just because of this, you are more courageous than me. Let me tell you, forcing others to jump into the river is much easier than jumping into the river yourself," Shen Changwen thought for a while, and then Added a sentence, "If you really force others to jump into the river in the future, I can guarantee that the person you force to jump into the river will definitely deserve it."

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In the cave of the primitive planet, the search and rescue team waited quietly.

15 minutes and 27 seconds later...

Outside the old house in Dayang Village on Earth, Wu Xiaoqing sent Shen Changwen to the end of the country path...

In the cave, in front of the search and rescue team, the star map shown to Wu Xiaoqing and Shen Changwen just now, the orange blocky dot representing the planet where the primitive civilization is located, suddenly flashed twice quickly, and then was covered with a light yellow halo.

The inflexible mechanical arm of the search and rescue team has pointed to this layer of light yellow halo. It still stands quietly, but the field of invisible light has quickly injected a long series of information:

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Task receipt:

Search and rescue team, long-distance imprinting wavelength...signature x-1701-4105-f.

Application processing:

Search and rescue team, long-distance imprinting wavelength...signature x-1701-4105-f.

Advance base:

The earth, the solar system, the fourth spiral arm of the Milky Way, the Virgo supercluster of galaxies...

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Task execution:

Intelligent organisms, carbon-based biological chain codes... the signature Xu Yan.

Intelligent creatures, carbon-based biological chain codes...Wang Youquan has all the signatures.

Intelligent creatures, carbon-based biological chain codes... The signature Shen Changwen.

Intelligent organisms, carbon-based biological chain codes... signature character Wu Xiaoqing.

Search and rescue team, long-distance imprinting wavelength...signature x-1701-4105-f.

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Rescue civilization level:

Carbonyl a-3-11

Disaster Level:

planet, nature, a-7-2

Disaster judgment:

civilization extinction

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Status of Civilization:

Survival, Endangered, c-5-5

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Post-rescue policy:

Observe, maintain low-level contact

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The right to guide civilization...the right to guide civilization...the right to guide civilization...

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The waterfall-like flow of information came to an abrupt end here...

After a long time of 0.00213 seconds, the follow-up, slightly changed information finally appeared:

Suggested civilized guidance:

Smart creatures, carbon-based biological chain codes...

signature...

Wu Xiaoqing.