With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 396: Holding it back a lot

"39.1% similarity..."

Wang Jing was surprised by the comparison result obtained by the shipboard mainframe: "So high?"

"It seems that this civilization has been greatly affected by the ghost fleet." She frowned slightly and murmured in a low voice, "This is not a good sign."

Chen Fan nodded with deep understanding at Wang Jing's words - the New Varela civilization regarded his investigator starship as a spiritual totem. Under normal circumstances, this "morbid" behavior would definitely be detrimental to the development of the civilization itself.

but……

Just like there is no need to consider many sequelae during rescue, the node universe is a severely affected area. Compared with the extinction of civilization, all sequelae can be temporarily ignored.

In fact, in a sense, for "critically ill patients", poison can even be a life-saving medicine - the New Varela civilization is a good example. Without this spiritual pillar, it would be impossible for the Varela people to rebuild civilization and order in such a short time!
Thinking of this, Chen Fan speculated in a low voice: "Maybe... the ghost fleet just wants to save this civilization?"

"Just like the Hazardous Technology Administration does on a regular basis."

Wang Jing's eyebrows relaxed slightly: "If this is true, then these effects are indeed inevitable."

"It's just that... since this civilization has already developed normally, what is the purpose of the ghost fleet leading us here?"

Chen Fan was speechless.

"It's really weird..." Wang Jing bent her fingers and tapped lightly on the main console in front of her, the uneasiness on her face gradually becoming more intense.

Not only Wang Jing, but Chen Fan also had alarm bells ringing in his heart: since passing through the black hole, strange things have happened one after another.

The ghost fleet that quietly left after leaving behind a coordinate, the haunted starry sky with a suitable environment but no trace of any life, and... the only surviving civilization in the no-man's sky whose construction style was influenced by the ghost fleet.

If he was not in the endless starry sky, Chen Fan would even suspect that he had traveled to some horror movie - a closed village with villagers suddenly appeared in the uninhabited deep mountains and forests. There is no need to say more about the subsequent plot.

In addition...

Based on his previous experience investigating the node universe, I'm afraid...

The big one is coming soon.

"drop!"

As soon as this thought flashed through my mind, a clear reminder sound suddenly sounded in the cockpit of the research vessel.

Chen Fan, who was thinking deeply, suddenly shuddered.

This unusual reaction immediately attracted the attention of Hongshi and two assistants.

Facing the inquiring gazes from others, Chen Fan smiled awkwardly and waved his hands without further explanation - he couldn't tell others that he had just associated the civilization in front of him with something like an old corpse in the countryside, right?

"We have received electromagnetic wave communications of the same frequency band, source: unknown starship."

"Information harmlessness detection has been completed, and the translation process is being executed..."

The electronic synthesized voice of the ship's main computer came, attracting everyone's attention.

Chen Fan calmed himself down, put aside the chaotic thoughts in his mind, and looked at the holographic interface in front of the cockpit.

[This is the Xinalo civilization...]

……

boom! ! !
As soon as he saw the first sentence at the beginning, Chen Fan felt a roar deep in his brain, and a strong feeling of dizziness surged into his heart!
While feeling dizzy, a thought flashed through Chen Fan's mind involuntarily: Sure enough, his premonition just now was not wrong.

With so many strange events happening all around him, this anti-universe really gave him a big headache.

Not only Chen Fan, everyone else in the cockpit was also shocked when they saw this message!
"Xina Luo?" Wang Jing, who was sitting in the driver's seat, stood up suddenly, staring at the holographic interface with words appearing continuously with wide eyes, "How could this be the Xina Luo civilization?"

"How could this be the Xinalo civilization?!"

Yes, just like Wang Jing said, how could this civilization be the Xinaluo civilization? !
According to the many distress messages heard previously, the Xinalo civilization was almost extinct, and the last fleet also launched a charge and attack on the so-called alien life forms.

Not only that, under the erosion and attack of alien life forms, the macro structure of the universe also collapsed.

Because of this, Chen Fan had previously speculated that the Xinalo civilization was the predecessor of the ghost fleet.

The so-called distress signal from the Xinalo civilization is nothing more than a means by which the ghost fleet uses information interference technology to attract Chen Fan and the Human Union. The information displayed in the distress signal is just the ghost fleet narrating its own history to Chen Fan.

but now……

The civilization in front of us still lives peacefully inside the star system. Even if they have starships, they have not exposed "threshold technologies" such as curvature navigation. Not only that, the galaxy structure in the vast starry sky is quite stable, and there is not even any trace of active intelligent life! !
Just like that, you tell me this is the Xinalo civilization?
Are you... lying here?!

"Academician Wang, could there be something wrong with the translation program, or is there something wrong with the other party's dictionary information?" Hongshi's questioning voice came from behind.

Chen Fan endured the strong feeling of dizziness and looked up at the holographic interface in front of him again.

In the interface, the text translated by the ship-borne main brain was quickly displayed.

[This is the Xinaluo civilization, an unknown advanced civilization, greetings to you. ]

[The attack just now was a misunderstanding. Our artillery identified your aircraft as an alien life form that is invading our territory. Here, on behalf of the Xinaluo civilization, I would like to express my most sincere apologies to you. ]

[You are the first civilization that Xinaluo has encountered since it entered the starry sky. ]

[We have no experience in communicating with other advanced civilizations. If we have offended you in any way, please forgive us.]

【…】

The text in the holographic interface was very clear, but Chen Fan felt like his brain had turned into a mess.

"The other party mentioned an alien life form..." Chen Fan's voice trembled a little as he responded to Hong Shi's question: "There is no problem with the translation. This is the Xinalo civilization..."

"This..." Hongshi's voice paused, and the blood-red light on his body flashed rapidly like a marquee.

Obviously, the strange scene in front of her made her mind smoke. She asked hesitantly: "If this is the Xinalo civilization, then what about those distress broadcasts you heard before..."

Chen Fan fell into silence.

After the initial shock, he calmed down a little and had a very bold guess in his mind.

Under the gaze of the two assistants and Chen Fan, Chen Fan took a deep breath and turned to look at Wang Jing: "Academician Wang, do you think that time travel, this technology is possible?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the cab fell into deathly silence.

"What you mean is..." Wang Jing raised her head slowly, her pupils slightly dilated, and cast a horrified look at Chen Fan.

"Time dislocation." Facing everyone's gaze, Chen Fan said word by word, "The Ghost Fleet is not in our timeline, it is in our future."

"This should be the only explanation that makes sense."

"Ghost fleets can compress time and thus overcome the time dilation effect inside a black hole."

"This is the technology that the Ghost Fleet showed us. If we expand it a little, what if the Ghost Fleet completely masters time technology?"

"They can definitely transmit information to the past timeline to avoid some unexpected situations, right?"

"That would explain those distress calls we heard earlier, wouldn't it?"

Wang Jing hesitated for a moment and shook her head slowly: "Modify the past timeline..."

"In theory, this will lead to the emergence of a time paradox." For the first time, Wang Jing's face showed confusion and bewilderment about academic knowledge. "I, I'm not very clear about this aspect... I can't give an accurate answer."

After a long silence, Wang Jing raised her hand and gently rubbed her temple, and said softly:
"...Chen Fan, you respond to the other party's message."

"The situation here... is a bit beyond my control. I have to report to the Academy of Sciences."

Having in-depth communications with unknown civilizations is Chen Fan’s forte.

It's nothing more than deception and flattery!

Think back to the beginning...

That’s how [Gaia] was tricked into joining the Human Alliance!
……

A few minutes later.

After a series of operations by Chen Fan, the other party's enthusiasm for responding to information has obviously increased a lot.

even……

Something happened that was beyond Chen Fan's expectations.

"Academician Wang, this..."

Looking at the latest text appearing in the holographic interface, Chen Fan suddenly looked embarrassed.

Chen Fan turned his head to look at Wang Jing, who was whispering with a young man in a white coat and had no intention of paying any attention to him, and he was hesitant to speak.

In the end, it was the young man in the holographic interface, wearing a white research robe and with deep eyes, who first noticed Chen Fan in the corner of the camera.

The corners of his mouth lifted up, revealing a gentle smile: "Academician Wang, this should be the Chen Fan that Xiao Song mentioned earlier, right?"

Wang Jing was slightly stunned and quickly turned to look behind her, just in time to see Chen Fan raising his head and struggling to get in front of the camera.

She glared at Chen Fan with anger in her eyes, then turned back to look at the holographic communication interface in front of her: "Chief Lu, let me introduce you, this is Chen Fan, currently a... Level III investigator."

Chen Fan: "??!"

"What?" He was shocked and stared blankly at Wang Jing in front of him, "Academician Wang, you must have remembered it wrongly. I am not Level II..."

Before he could finish his words, Chen Fan noticed a hint of murderous intent flashing in Wang Jing's eyes.

"…Level III. Yes, I am indeed a Level III investigator."

Chen Fan didn't hesitate at all. His face turned serious and he nodded repeatedly.

'now it's right.'

Wang Jing's voice suddenly rang out in the mental network provided by the intelligent terminal: "Tell Moore later that your salary be raised to that of a Level III investigator."

Damn it?

Can it still be like this? !
"Then...what if Director Moore doesn't agree?" Chen Fan asked calmly in his heart.

"No?" Wang Jing sneered, "Tell him to go to the Academy of Sciences to find Chief Lu."

"Chief Lu..." Hearing this name again, Chen Fan subconsciously muttered it in his heart.

Then, he recalled some of the content he had read in the Human League history book before.

"What the hell?"

He was shocked and blurted out:
"Lu Zu?!"

(End of this chapter)