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Volume II Extinction War: Chapter 83 "Alien"?

With the unremitting efforts of a group of experts and scholars, after about two Earth days, human beings finally analyzed part of the language of the "Gamma Civilization".

Although it is only a part, it is difficult to make effective communication, and they can only use some short characters to "spell sentences", but even so, they still make a judgment that the other party's linguistic attainments are higher than human beings.

That is, the other party is a civilization that is quite good at communicating.

Yes, although there is no real communication in the actual sense, for these scholars who have been immersed in this discipline for many years, this can be seen from the speed and accuracy of the other party's deciphering information.

This is another piece of good news. A civilization that is good at studying strange languages ​​and communicating sounds much friendlier than a civilization that has never studied foreign languages.

The basis for this judgment is the two omnic civilizations. As civilizations that do not communicate with organic life, they naturally do not work hard on linguistics—the communication between different omnics is more inclined to mathematics and computer languages. It is very different from their phonetic meaning system composed of vocabulary and grammar, and there is no reference to each other.

Moreover, according to the current deciphering results, the way of thinking of the Gamma civilization is very close to that of human beings—these two major evidences have basically ruled out the possibility that the opponent is an omnic civilization like the Iron Heart Exterminator.

In addition, computer scholars also believe that the computing resources mobilized by the other party on this project are at least an order of magnitude more than that of humans, otherwise it is impossible to explain that the other party can always complete the deciphering in a very short time-even several times , the other party has just obtained the data, and before it has time to import the supercomputer, the other party has already deciphered the language of the last round.

It takes 13 minutes for the communication between the two sides to go back and forth, and it only takes about 15 to [-] minutes from the time when humans send a signal to receiving the deciphered data returned by the other party, which means that the analysis speed of the Gamma civilization is likely to be measured in minutes, or even seconds calculated.

Whether it's doing miracles through stacking supercomputer numbers, or saying that the other party's computer attainments far exceed human beings, this can prove that the other party is not a very weak civilization.

After all, it is not an easy task to have such abundant computing resources and heat dissipation capabilities in the asteroid belt.

"How is the language team doing?"

After reading the latest report from the front line, the Pan-Asia commander straightened his collar and asked the adjutant beside him.

"It's almost there." The adjutant half closed his eyes, and after getting the data through the implant to access the fortress network, he continued to answer the boss's question, "The basic definitions have all been exchanged, and we expect to start sending them in an hour Some pictures."

"Very well, what about the video?"

"Video is theoretically possible, but the transmission speed is too slow, and it is not necessary." He explained, "Pictures and text are enough to communicate information."

"Then let the experts decide."

The commander, who knew well not to point fingers in unfamiliar fields, nodded—he was an expert in space combat, not language deciphering or diplomacy.

Of course, if naval guns and nuclear bombs are regarded as a means of communication, then he can be called a very good diplomat. Even in many cases, naval guns are a much more efficient means of communication than verbal guns. Way.

"By the way, since this is the case, inform the heads of all departments to hold a meeting in Conference Room 2, Area A." The commander checked the time and ordered, "The deputy commanders from various countries will also come."

"Yes!"

The adjutant saluted and conveyed the order.

Soon, they received the first long sentence from the Gamma civilization, and the first high-definition picture-although the resolution was frighteningly low compared with the pictures in their daily life, but At least compared with the Arecibo signal and the "Interstellar Rosetta Stone"-style "picture" used before, it is already extremely high-definition.

At least, they can see what these pictures are shooting, so that they can understand what the corresponding "characters" mean more quickly and efficiently.

"Has the signal been analyzed? What did the other party say?"

After giving the expert group a short time to decipher as usual, the Pan-Asia commander couldn't wait to ask.

"The signal has been connected and is being projected on the big screen."

The originally dim screen was suddenly lit up, showing the signal they received and the corresponding translation file - although there may still be misunderstandings and ambiguities in the details, in general, the experts still believe that these translations and the original sentence There is no big discrepancy.

But in this way, the amount of information in the first paragraph of this "email" is much larger than they imagined.

"We are the XX alliance (research notes: XX are unknown characters), and the member states are 'XX Consortium', 'XX Planetary Alliance', 'XX Dual Monarchy Empire', 'XX Federation' (research notes: The two sets of unknown characters preceding the names of the tentative Empire and Federation are the same characters)."

"Oh, four countries."

In just a short paragraph, two surprising news were revealed.

Naturally, the people present were not too stupid, and immediately understood the meaning behind this passage, and several relatively inexperienced officials could not even hide the excitement on their faces.

Except for a "combination of the same race" that only appeared this time and was spelled out purely by literal meaning, the remaining three national forms were written based on the previous exchanges between the two sides-that is to say, it can be determined that is almost unambiguous.

It means one thing to be able to form this kind of political system that humans have used now or before.

They are organic civilizations.

Not only that, by connecting with previous research, scholars can say that this is a race that is almost the same as human beings from language to text structure, way of thinking, and ideology.

A race with many characteristics that are almost the same as humans is no longer a heterogeneous civilization that is completely incomprehensible and communicative like omnics, but a civilization of the same kind that humans can truly understand.

"It turns out that this is a 2V2 match."

Among the crowd, the only one who seemed a little worried was the commissioner sent by the Jupiter military-industrial complex.

"However, is it really a coincidence that two organic civilizations are against two mechanical civilizations?"

He chose to pour a little cold water on everyone: "Will someone arrange all this behind the scenes?"

"Hey, don't promote your theory of black hands behind the scenes at this time." But obviously, the people present didn't care much about "whether there are black hands behind the scenes", "Eliminating those mechanical intelligences and continuing human civilization is our first consideration of."

"Compared to this, you should..."

"The second paragraph is coming!"

Before he could start his tirade, the commander-in-chief of Pan Asia interrupted his next words.

"The civilization that has fought against you many times before is the 'Extinction Unit'. It is an omnic civilization ruled by strong machine intelligence. Their goal is to destroy all organic life."

"As expected."

Several people nodded: "So it's called an extermination unit?"

"It's probably their name. Let's keep it first, and decide whether to use it as our name for 'Beta Civilization' depending on the situation."

"Ok."

The adjutant recorded this order.

"Third paragraph: As a civilization mainly composed of organisms, we have been committed to the war against the 'extinct unit', and successfully drove them out of the home galaxy of the 'XX Consortium'. Your probe is currently The planetary system at is the parent galaxy of the extinction unit, and the extinction unit is distributed on the satellites of the gas giant planet surrounded by the wormhole."

"Remarks from the research team, the other party's words specifically stated that it was driven out of the home galaxy of the 'XX Consortium', not the home galaxy of the other three countries in the alliance—this is an alliance composed of two different civilizations."

"Papa, another good news."

The commander-in-chief of Pan Asia applauded twice symbolically and said with a smile.

In addition to him, many other officials also showed joyful smiles-this passage told them that this alliance has at least two planetary systems, and its military strength can at least be equal to that of "Beta Civilization", or even better one chip.

Moreover, the most critical point - they are two civilizations united.

They are willing to cooperate.

"Heaven will not kill me."

Several officers sighed.

"At present, it seems that it is not 2V2, but 3V2." The commissioner of the Jupiter military-industrial complex repeated the old story, "Whether it is the number of civilizations or the number of galaxies, it is a proper 3V2."

"And this alliance can drive the 'Beta Civilization' out of the home galaxy of one of the member countries, which shows that their military power is also quite good." The commissioner of the British and French Commonwealth analyzed, "In this way, we don't need to fight against two civilizations at the same time. Omnic civilization."

"The alliance is against the Beta civilization, and humans are against the Iron Heart Exterminator. Both sides are at least balanced. We still have some advantages here."

After realizing that he didn't need to face the dilemma of one against two, the atmosphere in the conference room relaxed visibly.

Although the two sides haven't even mentioned anything about "cooperation" now, they have subconsciously regarded each other as allies—after all, no matter how alien an organic civilization is, it is much better than a completely incommunicable omnic .

Moreover, even if the other party is unwilling to form an alliance, it is bound to be hostile to the extinct omnics just for their own civilization—so, even if they do not cooperate, the other party will naturally involve or even destroy the combat power of the Beta civilization.

For humans, that's more than enough.

"In fact, there are still some difficulties. Looking at the current situation, the wormhole of the Alliance is in the asteroid belt, while the wormhole of the Beta civilization is on the planet in the core star field of the Iron Heart Exterminator. If these two omnic civilizations send troops at the same time Attack us, the alliance cannot support us in a short time."

Said one commander.

"That won't." When it comes to his old business, the person in charge of the defense platform immediately cheered up, "With the defense network of our G2-139d-a and the fleet of more than 8000 million tons stationed here, It is impossible for the opponent to break through our defense in a short period of time."

"Even if this beta civilization has a fleet of 139 million tons, as long as the Iron Heart Exterminator does not mobilize the fleets of other planets, we can last for at least a few years with the 5000 million tons on GE-[-]d alone-and if the Iron Heart mobilizes the fleets of other planets , we can definitely notify the alliance and let them take the opportunity to attack the empty rear of Beta civilization."

"Even if the alliance is unwilling to form an alliance, they will definitely send a fleet to attack when they see that the fleet is fully deployed and there is no defense at all."

The person in charge swears that - in fact, this is also the consensus of the vast majority of people present.

As long as it is a species with normal intelligence, when it finds that the enemy is actively launching a two-front battle, and even dispatches the whole army to fight another enemy (if it is unwilling to form an alliance and is hostile at the same time), it will definitely not sit there and do nothing. of.

"The fourth paragraph is here!"

As soon as this sentence came out, the intense discussion that was about to start came to an abrupt end.

After all, discussions can be made at any time, and the information about the "Alliance" is a new product that has just come out-someone will give up the soft bread that has just been baked, and instead eat the old bread that has been dehydrated for a week and is almost like a slab. bread?

"I rely on..."

Staring blankly at the passage on the big screen, an officer couldn't help uttering a refined and easy-going word.

"The alliance has a total of six planetary systems, including one 'XX Consortium', two 'XX Planetary Alliance', one 'XX Dual Monarchy Empire', and two 'XX Federation'. The schematic diagram is as follows..... .”

Attached is a picture that briefly explains how the wormhole network is connected between the six galaxies.

"Six..."

Everyone looked at each other.

In theory, under the premise of fighting omnic civilization, one is a strong ally of organic civilization, and they should be very happy about it-in theory, it is.

However, now they are a little unhappy.

"It's kind of..."

"The next paragraph is out!"

Before they could express their thoughts, the fifth paragraph that followed interrupted their discourse—the reason why it came so quickly this time was because the fifth paragraph was in the original sentence, and it was actually the same as the fourth paragraph. The paragraphs belong to the same paragraph, and it is only expressed in two parts under the deliberate division of the expert group.

However, after seeing the content of the fifth paragraph, everyone also understood the approach of the expert group.

Because the content of this paragraph is more shocking than any previous paragraph.

"Paragraph [-]: The founding race of the 'XX Consortium' - the Catus; the founding race of the 'XX Planetary Alliance' - the Farsati; the founding race of the 'XX Dual Monarchy Empire' and the 'XX Federation' — the Jeffreys."

"Appendix: pictures, pictures, pictures."

"Remarks from the research team: This is really a picture sent by the other party, really."

The expert group also deliberately marked the passage in bold to prevent them from missing it.

"Oh my god......"

Looking at the photos of the three "aliens", the commander-in-chief of Pan Asia murmured to himself.

Volume 84: The War Against Extinction: Chapter [-] Castel's Special Attack

After a while of flying around, the two... no, the four civilizations finally got on the line.

If you don't consider a bunch of related industry practitioners on the earth who lie down with guns for no reason, this is a matter of everyone's satisfaction.

The four species that share a common enemy, have no conflicting interests, have basically the same moral values, and even have very similar aesthetics and appearance, are simply born to stand on the same front.

Of course, although the Homo sapiens tried their best to explain, it is obvious that the two races (the difference in appearance between Fasati and Jeffrey are too subtle for non-participants to distinguish) have grown parts, not Homo sapiens Bica The Tusi lost a pair of ears and a tail, but after a vote, the alliance won the right to define "humanoid species" with an overwhelming vote of three to one.

That is to say, from now on, the meaning of humanoid species refers to species that look like Catus, not species that look like Homo sapiens.

Although there is no essential difference between the two, anthropologists still feel very sad about this-this is obviously bullying the few with more!

If it weren't for the calculations here that are all about "civilization" rather than countries, how could more than 300 countries, large and small, lose to them now!

They wanted to say that, but the other side looked so cute.

What bad thoughts do kittens have?

Of course, this is just a small episode that makes both sides smile.

Due to language barriers, all parties can completely use the original definition in their own country-taking humans as an example, they can still call other races humanoid species, as long as they refer to "Catus humanoid species" when negotiating with foreign countries. "Translated into "humanoid species", there is no problem at all.

What's more, the definition of "human" is a very vague setting if we really want to delve into it - it seems that many countries will call alien intelligent creatures "alien" regardless of whether they are humanoid or not. This in itself is unclear.

Anyway, you are cute, you have the final say.

For human beings, there are many benefits brought by the establishment of communication, but there is only one real highlight, and that is the mutual defense treaty.

A trilateral joint defense agreement consisting of the cat-mao single-push group - the Jaffa Alliance - a community of shared future for mankind.

Although experts in the relevant industries saw that the clause "when one party is attacked by the extermination camp, the other party is responsible for dispatching a fleet to attack the enemy" is not even clearly defined, and it is not binding in the slightest when it is implemented. The cake layers of both parties reached this agreement with great interest.

To be honest, any agreement signed between different civilizations is not binding in the slightest—at least for now.

Take the current Maomao single-tweeting-Jeffa Alliance as an example, if Hong tore up the agreement and asked the Jaffa Alliance to pay her tribute, would the alliance launch the so-called international condemnation, or even rise up to resist and fight for "freedom"?

No, the Three Kingdoms wouldn't even hesitate. As long as Hong didn't say a number that they couldn't even afford, the countries would even scramble to offer the confession.