The base station of faster-than-light communication is like a post office on Earth. Mail can only be sent to a designated post office and then delivered to a more detailed place by a postman.

Therefore, the curvature spaceship acts as a postman.

Immediately after that, the big tree in front of me sent another price list, according to the current distance, each unit of data sent will cost 180 amoeba points. Renting an amoeba faction's curvature ship must be priced according to the rental time, starting at 100 amoeba points, even if it flies closer, it still costs 100 points.

Humans and hemispheres combined, there are only a little more than a thousand, and they are still relatively short of money. Unless people are willing to sell some anti-gravity materials or important technologies to the Green Leaf Alliance in exchange for amoeba points, which is not very willing.

"When the money is used, I hate it!"

Zhang Yuan sighed, and flew over to discuss with the leader of the hemisphere civilization on the side for a while, trying to exchange the amoeba points that the other party had into his hands.

The two sides have been living together for so long that there is no longer a need for amoeba points as a currency to guarantee credit, and it is enough to use the alliance currency for bilateral trade.

And hundreds of amoeba points are not a lot of money for the entire alliance, so after some bargaining, Zhang Yuan got it at a fair price.

"With more than 1,000 amoeba points, you can send a little more than 5 units of data in total, and hire a curvature ship of the amoeba faction. 5 units of data is not much, and your alliance can decide for a while. ”

"By the way, if your alliance is willing to sow our fruits and seeds on more distant planets, the fees can be cheaper. Only the cost price is charged! ”

After all, the main reason why these plants open up a trading market is to spread their seeds.

"How do you calculate the cost price?"

"How about seeding 20 planets with the right environment to send 2 more units of data? All you have to do is drop in the seeds, and nothing else is done. And rest assured, all of this is done without damaging the native ecosystem, just a few plants! ”

"Is there 2 more units of data? Let's ...... Think again. ”

Comparing the technological complexity of human beings, the complete curvature technology, it takes about 2.6 units to compress the data to the limit.

This is a lot of data, starting from the original data of the initial neutron star collision, to various experiments, and then to the subsequent hundreds of years of improvement, all of which have to be sent.

In other words, after the other party obtains this data, it can develop the curvature engine in just a few years and become a real fourth-level civilization!

If some of them are missing, it may take tens or hundreds of years before they can improve themselves.

As for other miscellaneous technologies, such as subatomic materials and anti-gravity technology, Calais may have 10 units; Subatomic Ray Cannon Technology, 1.6 units; Brain modification is even more complicated, the amount of data is currently huge to 398 units, even the simplest version, it costs 92 units of data, and humans simply can't afford to transmit it.

"Do you really want to give away curvature technology?"

"We'll have to find out what happened to the rest of the human branch, and we'll probably never see each other again...... If they have been completely assimilated by the Alev civilization, or have sunk too much to make any progress, it doesn't make much sense for us to send technology over. ”

"That's true."

"Moreover, as for what technology to send, it still has to be discussed with the alliance in the rear."

"That's right, we don't have any of these things on hand."

Zhang Yuan suddenly thought of something, and said to the big tree: "The less data sent, the less amoeba points are needed, is that so?" ”

The big tree replied, "Yes, but the minimum communication fee is 5 amoeba points, and you can only send a small amount of information." ”

"Is it okay then, if we send a very small amount of information and then hire a curvature ship from the amoeba faction to find our former people and bring them to the information outpost? How many people can a hired curvature ship carry? ”

The big tree replied, "It's no problem to bring ordinary life to the information outpost. The Amoeba faction's regular curvature ships are not large in size, nor do they have an overly high-end life-sustaining ecosystem. However, it is still more than enough to load dozens of lifeforms and spend ten years through hibernation......"

"If you have enough amoeba points, you can hire a better ship as well."

As if thinking of something, all the leaves of the big tree suddenly trembled: "By the way, if you are already the ideology of a fifth-level civilization, you can go to that starry sky in person through consciousness uploading." The premise is that your consciousness must be able to adapt to siliconization, otherwise it is easy to collapse outright with catastrophic consequences. ”

You can actually upload your consciousness and go to a distant star field in person!

This fact amazed everyone, but quickly accepted it. The functions that a fifth-level civilization can achieve, some things even superhumans, will not be able to figure out for a while. It is purely normal for older civilizations to achieve these functions.

After a long time, the diplomat Lao Yang couldn't help but say: "Ultra-remote consciousness upload...... Is it safe? ”

The tree said, "It's already a very mature technology, and basically you can't go wrong." We also detect malformations before transmission. ”

In fact, this plant doesn't know if it's safe or not, anyway, the device was given by the amoeba civilization, since those big bugs say it's safe, then it's over if you directly think it's safe.

Immediately afterward, a cylindrical robot was transported from a small spaceship.

The big tree said, "This is a common communication robot used in the information outposts of the amoeba faction. You can take your civilization back and see if your consciousness can be uploaded to this machine. ”

Zhang Yuan stepped forward to debug for a while, in fact, it is an ordinary fourth-level civilized industrial robot, the computer system is relatively developed, with a conventional perception system and movement ability, and the silver-white robot that is specifically responsible for combat is definitely not comparable.

A person's sense of self and important memories are about 1.9-2.6 units of data. Due to the modular thinking currently used by superhumans, those huge knowledge databases can be temporarily discarded, and the amount of data can be compressed again after returning.

This suggestion made people think of a better way, first teleport a superhuman past, rent a curvature spaceship, and go to find the humans in the solar system themselves.

In this way, they will definitely be able to investigate more information, and then give them some technology based on what they observe. Instead of unilaterally sending a piece of technology as it used to be, it's all over.

After completing this task, the super-new human was then teleported back through consciousness upload. Save as much as possible, the amount of data transfer is still sufficient.

"The risk seems to be a little bigger." Foreign Minister Yang couldn't help but speak: "Every superhuman is an extremely valuable asset, isn't it a bit risky to upload consciousness to this kind of robot?" It's not a silver-white robot, and it doesn't have a lot of resistance. ”

Zhang Yuan was very curious about this kind of trip, and he hurriedly said: "Lao Yang, for the current new human civilization, it is about to realize the transformation of itself, and it is necessary to realize the sublimation of the ideological level, and it will no longer be the original human civilization, and the two sides are about to part ways." ”

"But we still hope that our former selves can live a better life."

"At this point, we may never cross paths, so let's give them one last gift...... This kind of gift is nothing to us. ”

Lao Yang was silent for a long time, nodded and said, "Okay, I understand." ”

"Actually, I support your idea."

In this way, the group took the Zeus-class spacecraft, returned to the home planet, and discussed with the base camp in the rear for a while.

It took a little more effort to study the ordinary robot and confirm that the superhuman self-consciousness could indeed be uploaded to this robot......

After going back and forth, it took about a week for everyone to finally decide on this plan and choose a representative to go to the solar system.

Zhang Yuan took on this task without resignation, in fact, there is no better candidate than him. The number of humans left from the Earth Age is not large, and he is the only one who has become a superhuman.

Next, the group came to the Green Leaf Alliance again, and after explaining their intentions, a few small saplings that looked a bit like palm trees led Zhang Yuan and the others to the faster-than-light communication place.

For these plants, the smaller the individual is, the stronger the motor energy, and the larger the size, they prefer to stay in place and bask in the sun.

Therefore, important occasions are guarded by small saplings.

This faster-than-light communication place is a bit like a large glass test tube several stories high, and Zhang Yuan is no stranger to it. Because a long time ago, in the trading market of the Huantai civilization, he used to use it.

"Our race has never had such a big toy! Haha, the self-consciousness of a normal species, if uploaded to a robot, will soon collapse. Dear guest, you may be the first guest we have here to use this consciousness uploader! It's rare for a fifth-level civilization to come to our trading market......"

"But don't worry, the chances of it going wrong are low! Because it was once maintained by the worms of the amoeba faction five thousand years ago, it will definitely not be damaged in such a short time. ”

"Five thousand years?" Zhang Yuan complained a little in his heart about the time concept of this group of plants.

"Yes, after all, we are all very long-lived beings, of course, we can't compare with fifth-level civilizations." When this little sapling saw a strange guest, he kept talking, like a chatterbox. At the same time, he frantically sells the beautiful fruits he has produced, and wants Zhang Yuan to take them back and plant them, which is also the instinct of plants.

Each plant is also able to choose its own direction of grafting, that is, to grow more delicious fruits by grafting, which sounds a bit strange to this culture.

Taking advantage of this period of preparation, Zhang Yuan chatted with this guy.

"In very ancient times, we were plants that could move. Our home planet is a very arid planet that doesn't rain for a long time, and even plants will dry up and die if they don't make long-distance migrations, so they have evolved the ability to move. ”

"As for optical perception...... You know, plants are inherently phototaxis, they have the ability to sense optically. As long as this ability is more refined, it is equivalent to the optical perception of animals. ”

"Of course, there are even fewer producers who have evolved intelligence! Because it's a completely unnecessary feature! ”

The plant proudly says: "We slowly developed a cultural phenomenon that formed words by moving the leaves...... Of course, the main thing is to encounter a more advanced civilization to accelerate progress. ”

"As for the other two species, it's actually a similar situation."

"I see." Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Thank you for your doubts, so your ideology is completely different from the normal evolution of consumers." ”

"It's true, we don't believe in the idea of survival competition."

At this moment, the sapling said: "On the contrary, we feel that the meaning of existence is to share the fruits we bear with the rest of the species...... If your civilization is willing to plant these seeds and cultivate them within the civilization, we are more than willing to support them. ”

"Of course, the premise is that they cannot be slaughtered, destroyed, and tortured for no reason......

The sapling began to sell its people as vows, including but not limited to, "the fruit they produce is delicious", "non-allergenic, antioxidant, long-term use can extend the lifespan of many species", "improve the environment", and so on......

All kinds of nonsense are simply out of nowhere, and even Zhang Yuan is a little moved, planting these plants on his own planet, as if ...... It's interesting, but at least it doesn't hurt too much.

"Your civilization can also give seeds to the alien civilizations you encounter. Seeds are very vigorous, as long as there is air and sunlight, they can survive, can overcome most of the harsh environment, and can also adapt to most microorganisms. ”

"Sir, we'll plant the seed when we get back...... According to the agreement, at least 20 planets with suitable environments will be released. ”

"Thank you so much." The little sapling politely resumed.

Zhang Yuan couldn't help but be silent, this Green Leaf Alliance, in a sense, is actually quite successful, their ideas, their way of behavior, maybe a large number of interstellar civilizations gathered on the side of Dyson Sphere, all of them are raising these strange plants.

"In this way, the vitality of these plants is much stronger than ours! Maybe in the future, the whole universe will be able to see them, and on another level, this is also a great success......