Age of Cataclysm: I can light up the technology tree

Tao Yuda's words echoed in the command center.

Lv Yongchang frowned and said after a moment of silence.

"You mean..."

"The other side is just a first-level or second-level civilization like us?"

"Yes, this possibility cannot be ruled out." Tao Yuda nodded and said in a deep voice.

"No, that's not right."

He Bilin's voice of objection came from the side: "Academician Tao, according to your statement, what does the second sentence mean?"

"Why does the other side call us little guys?"

"Isn't this contradictory to the previous sentence?"

Tao Yuda's mouth corners slightly raised, and he said softly: "In my opinion, this is a deliberate trick arranged by the other side."

"The purpose is to confuse our judgment."

"But how can you be sure that the first sentence is not a trick?"

He Bilin asked directly without any hesitation.

Tao Yuda's expression suddenly stagnated.

This is indeed a problem.

Lv Yongchang, who was in the first place, sighed slightly and waved his hand helplessly to interrupt the argument between the two.

This is the chain of suspicion...

Just two short sentences can cause a series of endless questions.

"Okay, in this regard, I suggest that we temporarily identify the other party as a civilization that is not much stronger than us."

"And, for some reason, the other party's war power should be greatly reduced."

"In other words, it is a third or fourth level civilization in a broken state."

Lv Yongchang's conclusion immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Facing everyone's puzzled eyes, he explained softly.

"Everyone should have understood what Tao Yuda and He Bilin said."

"There is a huge contradiction between these two names."

"From the two names, we can see the caution of the other civilization."

"On the other hand."

"From the other party's second sentence, we can see that the other party discovered our attempt to attack Ross 154 at the first time."

"And we have not found any traces of the other civilization until now."

"The interstellar probe next to Ross 154 did not find anything unusual."

"Based on the above two points, we can roughly draw a conclusion."

"The other party should be an advanced civilization whose strength has been greatly damaged due to the influence of unknown factors."

"This so-called unknown factor may be a war or a civil strife."

Everyone nodded in agreement with a look of realization in their eyes.

Fang Xu frowned and suddenly said, "Yongchang, if we have to consider the name, shouldn't we also pay attention to the other party's self-proclaimed name?"

"The other party uses 'I' instead of 'we'."

"Does this mean that the other party is an individual of advanced civilization?"

"If it is just an individual of advanced civilization, can we..."

Speaking of this, a cold light flashed in Fang Xu's eyes.

Lv Yongchang instantly understood what Fang Xu meant.

At this moment, his heart beat violently.

If it is really like Fang Xu said, the other party is just an individual of advanced civilization, then humans, with their huge fleet, may really be able to...

But soon, he suppressed the throbbing in his heart and shook his head slowly.

"No, I don't recommend doing this before the other party has completely revealed their malicious intent."

"If the other party is only a level 3 civilization, we may still have the strength to fight."

"But if it is a level 4 or even level 5 civilization... I don't think we can win by relying on our numerical advantage."

"Think about our current starships, and then think about the starships of the Proxima civilization in the past."

"The gap between the level 1 civilization and the level 2 civilization is so big."

Fang Xu nodded silently, with a trace of regret in his eyes.

If a starship from a high-level civilization can be sunk or captured, the development speed of human civilization will surely increase a lot in an instant.

"Now, it's the second question."

Lv Yongchang shrugged and spoke again.

"How should we understand what the other party said about having no ill intentions?"

"We can't believe them!" Fang Xu said at the first time, "Thinking about the fate of the solar system and the Proxima Galaxy, I don't think a strange advanced civilization can have good intentions towards us."

Lv Yongchang pondered for a moment and nodded gently: "Then how should we respond to the communication initiated by this advanced civilization?"

"Ignore it?"

"Or... respond positively?"

The moment the question was raised, the expressions of everyone present were moved.

The first to speak was Academician Cao Liangcai.

"I think we can't respond to the other party's communication."

"This will bring us some unpredictable consequences."

"Such consequences may be fatal to human civilization."

Fang Xu's voice also sounded: "Since the other party has chosen to communicate with us, we should take the opportunity to understand the other party's information."

"We know too little about the universe."

The moment Fang Xu's voice fell, Lv Yongchang's eyes moved slightly.

This is not wrong.

The current human civilization has too shallow understanding of the universe.

If we can use this opportunity to learn some basic information about various civilizations in the universe...

I think it will be of great help to the subsequent development of human civilization.

Thinking of this, Lu Yongchang stretched out his hand and pressed it in the air: "Everyone, be quiet."

The voices of debate in the command center quickly died down.

"Try to get in touch with the other party first."

Lu Yongchang said calmly: "No matter what, we need a chance to understand the civilizations in the universe."

"Otherwise, the situation of human civilization will only become more difficult in the future."

His remarks brought the debate to an end.

Even Cao Liangcai nodded silently and agreed to the proposal after hearing the reasons given by Lu Yongchang.

…

An hour later.

A message was sent from [Earth], flying directly towards Ross 154, which is 5.8 million kilometers away.

The message content is simple.

【Hello】

Just two words, not even punctuation.

Lu Yongchang stood on the podium, staring at the holographic projection in front of him.

In the holographic projection, there is a real-time image of Ross 154 from the interstellar probe.

19.33 seconds later.

Looking at the image in front of him that had not changed at all, Lu Yongchang's brows suddenly wrinkled.

"Calculate the time, the other party should have received the signal."

"Why is there no response?"

Time passes minute by minute.

20 seconds later, a piercing alarm sounded in the command center.

"Professor, a signal from Ross 154 at 1420 MHz was received."

Lu Yongchang took a deep breath.

Coming!

The other party responded!

[Hello, little guys, I have been following you for a long time. 】