292 Cooking & Arts

I don't know if it's the bad taste of the search and rescue team, or out of the maximum use of space, on the search and rescue ship, the location of the portal is in the toilet on their floor.

Because the men's restroom still needs to be used, and all the members of the search and rescue team are now men, the portal is set up in the women's restroom.

Evgeny was just like when he first came to China, he just brought a few clothes and luggage with him, and the target area was constant temperature and humidity, and extra clothes were meaningless. Wang Youquan brought a relatively large box of clothes, as well as food and daily necessities prepared for them...... More than a dozen packages, large and small.

These packages were lined up from the door of the women's toilet to the washbasin, and when Wu Xiaoqing and the others came to see off Yevgny, Wang Youquan was still checking the packages one by one against the list of materials to make sure that they did not miss anything important.

"Go over there, be careful," Wu Xiaoqing took off the glasses given to him by the search and rescue team and handed them to Yevgeny, "Take care." ”

"You too," Yevgeny patted Wu Xiaoqing on the shoulder and joked, "Don't worry, life on our side may be much easier than yours." ”

After the search and rescue team confirmed that the portal was open, Yevgeny was the first to push open the toilet door and walked inside. After about five minutes, he opened the door from the other side and said to the search and rescue team, "Everything is normal, come here." ”

"It's amazing, space folding technology!" The door is open, but the view inside the door is clearly not the women's toilet, but a completely open space.

This is a room made according to the design drawings designed by Yevgeny, and the room looks completely decorated without any traces of decoration, just like Wu Xiaoqing's impression, the old brick house from thirty or forty years ago.

On Yevgeny's side, there were several flying machines suspended in the air, which looked about the size of sparrows, but had no wings to agitate, and it was completely impossible to see how they stopped in the air. The voice of the voice came from the two machines.

As if noticing Wu Xiaoqing's gaze, the two machines quickly emitted light, creating a virtual character in the air that was about the same size as an earthling, he nodded stiffly at Wu Xiaoqing's side, and then said, "It's an honor to meet you." ”

Wu Xiaoqing glanced at him, with a relaxed smile on his face, but he was very nervous in his heart. He even had a laser weapon in his hand that he had brought back from the Ascension Realm - the search and rescue team had said that if the other party had the same idea of conflict with them as the Federation, it was obvious that the time when the portal was open was the best time.

But the other party has not moved.

The layout of the room was already known to them, it was an ordinary small cottage with four bedrooms and two living rooms, divided into two floors. The first floor is a hall and a small garden, and the second floor is a bedroom and living room.

The whole small building covers an area of only a few hundred square meters, just walked in and looked, Wang Youquan almost didn't feel any difference from the earth, open the window he can even see the scenery outside the window, there is a lawn and surrounding buildings, as well as a road at the door, and a faint town at the end of the road.

But when Wang Youquan went downstairs and was about to go out to have a look, he found that everything he had just seen was just an illusion created by the light like those virtual illusions in the Ascension Realm. After stepping out of the light projection range, the only thing Wang Youquan could see was pure black.

"Don't look," said Yevgeny, "this is under the longstar, and the interior of this planet is hollow...... Our room is placed on a giant swivel arm, and if you really see the real environment, you will be scared to sleep. Search and rescue team, the portal can be closed. ”

When the portal was still there, Wang Youquan felt that it seemed to be nothing, from the earth to the search and rescue ship, and then from the search and rescue ship to here, it seemed to be completely no different from the earth. But as soon as the portal was completely closed, the fear of being isolated immediately made him feel uncomfortable, and he walked a few steps back and forth in the room, then looked at Evgeny: "Professor, what are we doing now?" ”

Yevgeny looked at him and smiled: "Negotiate with the intellectuals." ”

Wang Youquan glanced at the other party, then at the figure of the virtual light and shadow that was still maintained in the living room, and whispered, "What are you talking about?" ”

"Talking about your talks," said Yevgeny, pointing to the nearest socket in the room, "you go and try it first, and talk to him about our electricity supply......

Well, there is no electricity, which is a difference from the original negotiated conditions. But Yevgeny believes it won't be a big problem.

But it turns out to be true.

"He said AC was a completely new technology for them!" Wang Youquan is also a person who has read a lot of books, and after he went to the living room to explain this to the virtual character, the other party mentioned apologetically, "The electricity we can provide here is pure direct current, if it can be used for some of your electrical appliances." If you need alternating current, you may need to bring your own inverter power equipment. ”

"Can't you make it?" Evgeny wondered, "The design of the inverter should not be complicated. ”

"It's not complicated, but it's still a new field of research for us...... Consideration of necessary experimental and design optimizations...... We estimate that in three days you will be able to use electricity. ”

Yevgeny smiled: "It seems that we are overestimating you...... Without AC, how do you use energy? ”

"It used to be a nuclear battery, but now it's basically an antimatter battery...... "I've noticed that the power transmission in these houses is still using primitive wire equipment...... This is ...... for the level of technology you have reached now There seems to be something incongruous. ”

Yevgeny said nonchalantly: "In terms of living, we have always been more nostalgic...... Now the house you see, and all the electrical equipment, for us are all tens of thousands of years ago lifestyle, have you seen this mobile phone? ”

Yevgeny said, taking out the apple in his hand to show the aliens: "The battery can only be used for one day, and you need to face people to take pictures, and there is no intelligence at all...... Sometimes I really don't know how my ancestors lived that primitive life with such rudimentary tools. But now, you see, it's instead an antique, and in order to use it, I have to recharge it every day...... But if he's so advanced that he doesn't need me to do anything, what can I do all day idle? ”

It is obviously impossible for the Mind to recognize a new earthling who is running with him on the train at the first meeting, and Yevgeny's words are of course purposeful - they need to disguise themselves as a civilization capable of making super high-tech products such as search and rescue ships, and if the other party finds out that their technological level is only in the era of Earth...... This mission is over.

"Every civilization has its own way of playing time, I can understand," Zhiti said as he looked at Wang Youquan, who was cooking on the gas stove there, "Is he the robot you brought?" ”

"No, of course not," Yevgeny hastened to say, "he is my assistant." ”

"But he seems to be ...... Cooking? ”

"Yes, cooking," Yevgeny said, "in my civilization, cooking is more of an artistic act than a work, see those condiments? ”

"Well, I noticed," Zhiti went over and looked carefully at the large number of spices that Wang Youquan had brought from home, all of which were common things in Chinese kitchen, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, cinnamon bay leaves, thirteen spices...... Wang Youquan likes spicy food, and he also brought a lot of oil, chili pepper and garlic.

They were busy all day in preparation today, and to be honest, they hadn't eaten yet, Wang Youquan saw that there was gas here, and tried it to be the same as the gas stove on the earth, so he was ready to do it himself, first make two bowls of noodles to eat, "It's like a small chemical laboratory." ”

"If you bring all kinds of measuring tools, then this is a laboratory," Yevgeny said as he looked at Wang Youquan, who was busy in the kitchen, "but if it was just by feeling...... It's an artistic work, and do you notice his undivided attention? ”

"Ever since the two of them entered the room, the scans and analyses of their muscles had not stopped, and it was now clear to him that, as Evgeny had said, his assistant was now fully engaged in the artistic creation of food."

For example, they obviously brought all kinds of electric equipment, but Wang Youquan still insisted on cutting and processing ingredients with primitive cold weapons, and in the Federation, such behavior can only be seen in the museum's historical documentary.

For a civilization capable of using teleportation technology, there is no other reason to explain this primitive behavior than art, "and it can be seen that he is satisfied with his creation." ”

"Professor, do you eat spicy food," Wang Youquan tasted the freshly made oil and spicy seeds, and felt pretty good, no worse than his wife's cooking, and shouted to Yevgeny, "Should the noodles be harder or softer?" ”

"Softer, less spicy."

"It's a pity that you don't have our bodies," said Yevgeny, "otherwise you can experience our vast and profound food culture." ”

"I once experienced that the food of the Federation, with the body of the Federation people," Zhi Ti said, "was interesting, but did not appeal to me." ”

"That shows that there is still a gap between carbon-based and silicon-based organisms," Yevgeny said, "and that's a good thing, because if the whole universe has the same life form, then the universe will be too boring." ”

The intellect did not answer.

Wang Youquan's noodles were ready, and after taking them and handing them to Yevgeny, he took out some pickles from his bag. After Yevgeny took the noodles, he did not rush to eat, but looked towards the position of the avatar of the intelligent body, as if waiting for him to say something.

"I've heard what you've said in the Federation," said Zhiti, and Yevgeny heard the voice, as if the bowl of noodles in his hand had finally waited for the last topping, and began to eat, "Now, the Federation has declared war on you...... Do you still cling to your original idea of intervening in this war? ”

"No, we never said we would interfere in the war," Yevgeny said as he sipped his noodles, his posture could hardly be called elegant - this was the first time Wang Youquan had seen Yevgeny eat so fiercely, "but we believe that we will make each other understand that war is not the best way to solve problems." ”

"But war is the most efficient way," the intellect paused and asked solemnly, "can I understand what you just said to mean that you will remain neutral in war?" ”

"No," Yevgeny shook his head, his tone resolute and unquestionable, "we will reserve the possibility of the use of force." ”

The intellectuals raised their voices and emphasized: "The Federation has declared war on you!" Do you want to face the hostility of both of us at the same time? ”

"You also have the freedom to remain hostile," Yevgeny said, "and the Confederation will know later that it would be a great mistake for them to declare war on us." I certainly hope that such a mistake does not happen to you again. ”

"The Federation is our common enemy," said the Wise Body, "do you expect the Federation to change its mind?" ”

"Maybe, but what about you?" Yevgeny asked rhetorically, "Is it because the Federation is an enemy that you will be our friend?" ”