After 44 years of interstellar voyages, humanity has finally reached the destination of this station, Riley.

On this planet, divine power and kingship are firmly tied together for millions of years. Due to religious conflicts, historical hatred, wars between kingdoms break out almost every few years, and soldiers fight fiercely and blood is shed!

For the Riley civilization, which did not give birth to science and technology, there is naturally no individual who can see the arrival of the Kunlun Mountain fleet with the naked eye, at most he can barely see the dim ion engine, and then mistake it for a small star.

In this planetary system, the central star is a yellow dwarf star about 5.4 billion years old, which emits 92% of the light intensity of the Sun, which is very suitable for the birth of life.

Riley's geographical location and climate are quite similar to Earth's, located in the habitable zone of the planetary system, with abundant water resources, pale green land, yellow deserts, snow-capped plateaus, and the North and South Poles with thick ice

The only difference is that the atmosphere is slightly thicker, about 123% of the Earth's, while the oxygen content is only 7.2%......

The oxygen content of 7.2% can barely support the aerobic respiration of living organisms, but there is no way to use it for combustion on a large scale. Except for a small number of highly reducible materials, such as white phosphorus, which can be burned in this low-oxygen environment, wood fibers are difficult to ignite.

That is to say, for this civilization, fire is a very rare thing, but it is not completely absent, and naturally no real technology has been developed, and even when it reaches the Bronze Age, it can only be said to be so-so.

For the sake of conservatism, humans have sent some probes to this planet in advance, even if the other party is only a low-level civilization, the necessary caution should be necessary......

The probes quickly transmitted back an approximate information about the planet.

A geographer explained from the stage: "...... Plants here are able to use carbon dioxide for photosynthesis, and why the planet's oxygen levels are so low is a mystery to us at the moment, possibly related to changes in the environment and the composition of the planet as a whole. ”

"However, we can make a certain degree of deduction based on the 4.6 billion years of evolution of the earth."

"According to the evolution of the earth, the highest oxygen content in the earth's atmosphere was from the end of the Carboniferous period to the beginning of the Permian, reaching 35% of the oxygen concentration, when the dinosaurs had not yet appeared...... On the contrary, the ancestors of the dinosaurs, the main dinosaurs, rose from the Permian mass extinction period, when oxygen levels fell to 12%. ”

"As a result, in the Triassic, the oxygen level increased dramatically, so the dinosaurs evolved to get bigger and bigger."

"So, according to the evolution of the earth, if it is a little more extreme, there is no problem with the oxygen content dropping to 7.2%. We are very interested in the evolution of these intelligent lifeforms...... Presumably they won't be very large. ”

"Your Excellency, if possible, I request to collect biological specimens from this planet."

"Mr. Captain, I have applied to investigate the geography and culture of this planet to provide a real sample for the creation of a virtual world."

At this landing meeting, many scientists submitted the long-prepared proposal in a hurry.

The planet that people currently choose to mine directly is a bare, atmosphereless planet located on the outskirts of the planetary system. After all, the other party is a wise civilization, and the necessary (respect) and prudence still need to be there. But the main thing is that this atmosphereless planet is the easiest to develop, able to avoid microbial contamination, and that's it.

However, since this civilization is not too threatening, scientific research and other issues are all trivial.

The most disagreeable point of opinion between Zhang Yuan and others is, how to view this kind of low-level civilization that has fallen into the trap of mediocrity?

Zhang Yuan said solemnly on the stage: "Everyone, don't take it for granted that a civilization that is even lower than us can be at the mercy of a sense of superiority and arbitrarily grasp the population for experiments. We must uphold the moral order of civilization itself, as well as the semblance of justice......"

“…… Note that this justice is not for other civilizations, but for our own citizens. ”

"All our actions will become history and have an impact on our ideology in the future."

Zhang Yuan stood on the stage and said what seemed a little "hypocritical" without changing his face.

What does that mean?

Human beings themselves are very contradictory creatures, for example, cats and dogs will be regarded as the object of live experiments by humans, and a series of experiments will be carried out in biological laboratories. But it does not affect some people to pet cats and dogs, resulting in animal protection associations.

However, will the Animal Protection Society protest against serious scientific experiments? Perhaps, but when it happens, few people support it.

With a population of 8 million in Kunlun Mountain, the people's wisdom has been opened, and the vast majority of the people are still relatively benevolent under the influence of the environment.

They allow a certain degree of biological science research, but aversion to indiscriminate slaughter.

This is called "superficial justice".

This kind of superficial justice is necessary for a civilization. Because everyone thinks that they are righteous and not evil, to gain peace in their hearts.

Human beings themselves are hypocritical creatures, and if all people's actions nakedly reveal the evil that belongs to human nature itself, then the entire civilization will soon collapse, and even if it does not collapse, it will affect the cohesion of the entire civilization. On the contrary, standing on the moral high ground can make oneself feel at ease.

"So, when it comes to diplomacy with the lower levels, we have to have our own rules of conduct, not one thing in the east and one thing in the west. What the people should be indoctrinated with is not justice per se, but a way of dealing with it that belongs to the whole civilization......"

This kind of diplomatic code of conduct, of course, is not fixed, and can be very flexible and realistic in light of local conditions. But in general, to give the people a sense of groundedness, to make them naturally think, "Oh, we must be on the side of justice!" We are a peace-loving and friendly human civilization! ”

"We don't bully the weak, and we don't commit massacres!"

That's enough.

However, this kind of "civilized justice" cannot be cultivated in a day or two, and it is necessary to have come into contact with more civilizations and have sufficient historical precipitation before all people can develop this mentality and produce a strong spirit from the heart.

Li Zhendong clapped his hands secretly, "I see, in fact, it is to cultivate a reasonable world view and values among the interstellar citizens with the help of low-level civilizations......"

"Only when a large part of the population identifies with the values of our own civilization will we be able to go far on the interstellar stage. That's a very reasonable thing to do in itself. ”

Most people understood what Zhang Yuan meant, and many of the scientists who submitted the bill also nodded cautiously and agreed with this point of view.

Zhang Yuan continued: "Regarding the diplomatic aspects of low-level civilizations, there are many routes, and I have listed three main routes here. Once we have made a choice, our own code of conduct should follow these lines, even if the other person is as weak as an ant, and we should follow it equally&"