The search and rescue team was silent for a while, about ten minutes.

In the past ten minutes, Wu Xiaoqing and Shen Changwen did not speak. Until the search and rescue team said: "Wu Xiaoqing, turn off the lights, and then take me out of the car." ”

Wu Xiaoqing turned off the headlights of the car, and the cave fell into complete darkness. Only the sound of the car still starting was softly rattled. It is difficult for the search and rescue team to get on and off the garbage can machine, and he can only move back and forth on flat ground. Getting on and off the bus also requires them to move.

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

It was exactly the same as the last time Wu Xiaoqing was on the riverside, looking at the sky, it was a huge dot matrix composed of red block signals, most of which were flickering, 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's work, and every red flashing point represents a civilized critical alarm. This is just the most pressing part of it," the search and rescue team said, and then he zoomed in on some of the images, getting bigger and bigger, until finally there was only an orange lump in the center of the cavern, "This is the civilization you just finished, just out of danger." ”

"When the search and rescue team was first formed, all the yellow alerts needed to be dealt with in a timely manner, and our ideal was to keep the screen green...... But now, yellow is even a very safe sign, and we can only prioritize those red alerts. ”

Shen Changwen had just recovered from the shock, and he asked in surprise, "Is this ...... What is the overall catastrophe of the universe? ”

"This is what you earthlings think," the search and rescue team said, "your entire civilization and population have always survived in a stable environment, and in your eyes, the normal world is like the earth, with only the slightest movement occasionally, such as a slight friction between the stratigraphic plates, an earthquake, and you think it is a catastrophe; If there is too much precipitation to drain the flood, do you think it is a catastrophe...... The reason for the bad situation must be because of a fortuitous disaster, because most of the time, the world is normal. ”

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

"War is a luxury of civilization, and war can arise only when there is a certain degree of abundance, and war can arise only when there are so many civilized individuals that they influence each other. Loser is a bad word, but also a lucky word, because you must first have a wealthy family before there is such a thing. It can be said that in the universe, the vast majority of civilizations have spent their time in frequent disasters, such as meteorites in space, the structural movement of planets, the instability of stellar radiation, and the abnormal gravitational structure of galaxies...... As long as there is the slightest error in these natural conditions, it will be a catastrophe for civilization itself. ”

"In other words, we have survived on Earth because of good luck?"

"That's right," said the search and rescue team, "theoretically speaking, all civilizations need a certain amount of luck for the birth of civilization, and the existence of search and rescue teams only raises the lower limit of that luck." ”

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

"The continuation of civilization is meaning in itself, the greatest meaning in this cold universe. But I'm not going to talk to you about the history of the search and rescue team today, but what I'm saying is that if you choose to continue, if you choose to officially join the search and rescue team, it also means that you have to respect the purpose of the search and rescue team itself. If you question the meaning of salvation itself, then your best option is to leave. ”

Neither of them objected, and Wu Xiaoqing was quite excited: "Do you need to take an oath or something?" Shen Changwen glared at him, and he quickly stopped it.

"What I'm going to say is the focus of this conversation, and it's the most important code of conduct for the search and rescue team, and I didn't tell you about it until then, because revealing the code to you would be a violation of one of them. But now that you're interested in joining the search and rescue team, the risk is acceptable. ”

Shen Changwen even took out a pen and paper and prepared to record, while Wu Xiaoqing didn't have any idea at all, the eldest brother explained the matter and continued to listen.

"Principle 1: Do not touch or influence any civilization without warning. The key point I want to emphasize about this principle 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 it is in good condition, and the color is stable itself, which means that there is no alarm." The color itself does not represent an alarm, an alarm is a flashing of a color block. Any color can flicker. Sometimes, many civilizations have entered a dangerous red state, but there is no flickering - indicating that those civilizations have no rescue value at all. You don't need to know how these alerts are generated, you just need to follow that, you know? ”

It's not hard to see why.

"The Earth is such a well-conditioned civilization, if in the past, the search and rescue team would not have come to the Earth at all, and it would have been related to you, and contact with you would have been a huge risk. Now that the risk has appeared, it must be strictly controlled, and all the information, especially knowledge and technology, that you encounter in other civilizations in the course of your mission, cannot be brought back to Earth. ”

Wu Xiaoqing felt like he had stabbed the big basket: "That...... I told a movie maker about saving people, is there something 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 existence of other worlds in all of this, for example, you bring back a leaf from other worlds that has a completely different evolutionary path from the organisms on Earth, 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 wasn't very sure before, but now he almost understands.

"Remember what I mentioned to you, two rules, one, no leaks, and two, no repatriation of supplies. Strictly speaking, both of these are specific interpretations of the first article. For the time being, I will not give you access to other stable civilizations, and this is mainly for you to pay attention to what you say and do on Earth. Things that are outside the earth can be taken as stories, as jokes, but never as facts. And then there's the second one, which may be more important and more difficult for you to do. ”

Wu Xiaoqing straightened his chest, especially having a feeling of going to morning exercise when he was in junior high school, looking forward to being a flag raiser.

"Criterion two, on the premise that there is an alarm and the rescue mission is determined, the mission will be completed at any cost to this civilization."

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

"I'll give you an analogy, if the color of the earth is flickering right now, I've decided to carry out this mission, telling you to capture a nuclear submarine and finally press the nuclear button. Believe me, you have to do this, and maybe only by doing so will it be the best outcome for Earth's civilization. Compared with the existence of civilization itself, all values are meaningless, civilization does not exist, and everything derived from civilization does not exist. ”

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

"Indifferent and extreme, in the language of the earth, this is the characteristic of search and rescue teams. Now that you are a full member of the search and rescue team, you must get used to this mindset from now on, which will not only help the mission, but also your own safety. I will send you back first, and a day later, I will send you Wu Xiaoqing to the next task to do preliminary reconnaissance. ”

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

Shen Changwen said hello to Wu Xiaoqing: "It seems that I have to move to your house in the future, I will go back first, and I will call if I have something." ”

Wu Xiaoqing called out to him: "Dr. Shen." ”

"Don't call me Doctor in the future, it's awkward to hear," Shen Changwen said, "Just call me Old Shen, and from now on, we will be in the same boat." ”

Wu Xiaoqing was a little hesitant, not knowing whether he should ask his question or not, "I...... I used to think that the eldest brother was very good, but I ...... just now Don't you think it's scary? ”

Shen Changwen laughed: "Didn't you still want to take the oath before?" It's really a child, I want to play it out, I think it's a joke. Let's put it this way, you used to be forced to jump into the river, did you think it was scary? ”

"It's just jumping into the river, and if it's okay, maybe I'll have to take a gun and force someone to jump into the river."

"It's already terrible to jump into the river by yourself, at least I don't dare, just for this, you are more daring than me. I also told you that it is much easier to force others to jump into the river than to jump into the river yourself," Shen Changwen thought for a while, and added, "If you really force others to jump into the river in the future, I can guarantee that the person who was forced by you to jump into the river definitely deserved it." ”

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

Fifteen minutes and twenty-seven seconds later......

Outside the old house in Dayang Village, 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 that had just been shown to Wu Xiaoqing and Shen Changwen, representing the orange blocky dots of the planet where the primitive civilization was located, suddenly flashed twice rapidly, and then covered with a layer of pale yellow halo.

The search and rescue team's inflexible robotic arm has pointed to this pale yellow halo, which is still standing quietly, but the field of invisible light has quickly injected a long list of information:

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Task Receipt:

Search and rescue team, long-distance engraving wavelength...... Characteristic X-1701-4105-F.

Application Processing:

Search and rescue team, long-distance engraving wavelength...... Characteristic X-1701-4105-F.

Forward Base:

Earth, Solar System, Fourth Spiral Arm of the Milky Way, Virgo Supercluster......

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Task Execution:

Intelligent Biology, Carbon-based Biological Chain Code...... Characteristic character Xu Yan.

Intelligent Biology, Carbon-based Biological Chain Code...... The characteristics of the king have all.

Intelligent Biology, Carbon-based Biological Chain Code...... Characteristic character Shen Changwen.

Intelligent Biology, Carbon-based Biological Chain Code...... Characteristic Wu Xiaoqing.

Search and rescue team, long-distance engraving wavelength...... Characteristic X-1701-4105-F.

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Rescue Civilization Level:

Carbon-based A-3-11

Disaster Level:

Planet, Nature, A-7-2

Disaster Determination:

Civilization extinction

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Civilization Status:

Extant, Endangered, C-5-5

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Post-rescue policy:

Observe, maintain low-level contact

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The right to civilized guidance...... The right to civilized guidance...... The right to civilized guidance......

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

After a long time of 0.00213 seconds, the follow-up message finally appeared, with slight changes:

Suggest the right to civilized guidance:

Intelligent Biology, Carbon-based Biological Chain Code......

Characteristic......

Wu Xiaoqing.