853 In-depth exchange (2)
Otherwise, aliens were originally hermaphroditic, and later for some reason became the current asexual reproduction, which may be more reasonable. At the biochemical level of aliens, I don't find it strange to optimize the embryo genes before conceiving the baby.
My mind was getting more and more confused, I already had some eyebrows about the social structure of aliens, and when I heard Zaza say this, all my previous speculations were kicked out.
Because I couldn't understand it, the topic was stuck for a while, and Zaza wanted to say that I wanted to hear it too, but the communication just couldn't go on, if only I could learn a little more about the cultural background of aliens.
Later, we moved the conversation back to my mother, and then Zaza surprised me again, and I won't mention the specific process, in short, he said that his mother was a tree, not another alien.
I immediately thought of the insect tree, I almost thought that Zaza was a kind of intelligent giant insect, but fortunately Zaza said no, and popularized the knowledge of the insect tree to me, which I will talk about in detail later.
According to Zaza, he was born on a giant tree, but listening to his description, I think that the tree he calls should be a giant vine plant to be exact, and he said that his mother is full of fruits, and every ripe fruit is an alien.
Okay, co-authored aliens are the same as gourd babies, they all grow from vines, and no matter how I listen to them, it's like a mythical story.
I didn't know what to think at the time, so I casually asked him if all aliens grew like this, and Zaza said that they were the only ones who grew from trees, and there were no nobles on trees - I don't know if this was what Zaza meant in his words, and I used this word just because it was convenient.
When asked again, Zaza couldn't tell again.
After being in contact for so long, I also have a certain understanding of him, and I know that this is because he doesn't know how the alien nobles actually give birth.
The difference between the two levels of aliens is so great, it was really beyond my expectations, so I asked Zaza what is the relationship between the nobles, that is, mother and son, husband and wife, etc., in short, it was explained for a long time.
At that time, I had a very bold guess that the aliens growing on the trees were all commoners at the bottom of society, and those who were sexually reproductive, or the aliens born from the belly, were alien aristocrats.
But Zaza's answer to me was that he didn't know anything about the nobility, and knew almost nothing about it, but he told me with great certainty that there were no husband and wife or anything like that, neither the nobles nor the commoners.
Well, I frustrated him again, and seriously, I can understand whether aliens are polygamous or polyandry, but I really can't imagine a society without a husband and wife relationship at all.
This topic can basically be ended here, and then I asked Zaza again if he knew what gender was, and I thought his answer was not knowing, but the reality was the opposite, he said that he knew gender, but he only recently knew it. Then he told me that sex belongs to animals.
I don't need to ask me to know that commoners must have no gender, and if I asked him if the nobles had gender, his answer to me was still unclear.
According to Zaza, the occupation of alien civilians is similar to that of infantry and armor, rather than the profession in the human concept. After digging a little deeper, I found that alien civilians are all soldiers at all, they are born for war, nothing more than a lucky one to enter a battleship, and a bad one to be a small soldier.
As with all the questions, there is no answer to what happened to the aristocracy.
I dare to say that I now have a certain understanding of the social structure of aliens, but everything I know belongs to civilians, and those mysterious nobles are like mysterious legends, not to mention me as an outsider, even alien civilians know very little about them.
I wondered, are the two strata of one race so isolated?
But I thought of Ah San's caste system again, that set of things is not much stronger than the alien system, maybe not as good as aliens, at least the two-tier social structure of aliens is much simpler than Ah San's five-tier system, and there are not as many social problems as Ah San.
In addition, I also inquired about the military strength of aliens, and it was difficult to communicate, and I couldn't explain too deeply, so I didn't find much to find out.
I think Zaza understood what I meant, he just pretended not to understand and deliberately didn't say it.
It's right to think about it, even if the rebels are aliens, how can they wear the same pants as me, an earthling?
Later, I didn't know what to think, Zaza took the initiative to mention it to me again, saying that there were about a thousand warships on Callisto, and there were many, many infantrymen, and I didn't know if I understood it correctly.
That's all for now, and I'll add to it if there are new discoveries in the future.
Back to the insect tree.
This topic has been said several times, the role of the insect tree is the same as we think, is to make bugs, all kinds of bugs, as for the role of bugs, there is no need to go into detail, what happened to us captives has already explained the role of bugs in alien societies.
I mentioned the insect tree by accident and asked Zaza why the insect tree was not visible, and Zaza told me that all the insect trees were put away.
At first, I thought Zaza meant to hibernation, like burying a vine in the soil in the winter, but then I learned that he meant cutting it down and storing it.
I was surprised and asked a few more questions, only to find out that the aliens store the worm trees because they feed on them and are the main food source for the aliens!
The insect tree is such a treasure that it can produce bugs and provide food, and I would like to give him a thumbs up and tell him that your recipes are extensive.
But the question arises again, after being a captive for so long, why haven't I eaten anything like a worm tree? It's not like I've never seen an insect tree, it's fleshy, it's not like a plant but like an animal, what I ate when I was a captive in the dungeon, which thing looks like an insect tree?
Could it be that they are feeding us the offcuts of insect trees?
This question has been discussed for a long time, but there has been no answer, and I mentioned it to Zaza, but Zaza couldn't say why.
In fact, I have always known that there are only two possibilities why we have become this kind of human and ghostly appearance, one is that there is a problem with the water, and the other is a problem with the food.
I don't think it's strange that aliens eat insect trees directly for us, they have this thing, how easy is it to eat it directly?
But instead of doing that, they got us some strange things, and who would believe that there is no reason for this?