"Your Excellency, I am just a representative of a first-level civilization that has just stepped into the age of science, but you are a representative of the most powerful civilization in the galaxy, and it is a kind of fate to be able to drink tea here today. I'm sure you have a lot of questions for me, and of course, I have a lot of questions for you guys too. ”

"What do you think? We ask each other three questions, each of which must be answered truthfully, and if the question is too sensitive, the other person can choose not to answer, but this wastes an opportunity to ask questions, so every question we formulate needs to be carefully considered. ”

The archon's fingers tapped lightly on the table, and he smiled, "Yes." ”

Pang Xuelin smiled slightly and said, "In our country, there has always been a tradition of respecting the elderly, please invite it first." ”

The consul looked at Pang Xuelin and said with a faint smile: "Then I'm welcome." Mr. Pang, we have checked your information on the earth, you are only thirty years old this year, and you have already received countless honors, and you are one of the top scientists on the earth. But we found out that you didn't have full academic training, but suddenly exploded at the age of twenty. There must have been something going on that would be incomprehensible to ordinary people, right? ”

Pang Xuelin frowned slightly, he didn't expect that the other party didn't ask who was standing behind him first, but actually asked such a question first.

This question is not important, and Pang Xuelin's feelings are mostly tentative.

After pondering for a moment, Pang Xuelin nodded and said, "Something has indeed happened that has made me change so much." ”

Pang Xuelin didn't say what happened, and the consul didn't continue to ask.

The archon smiled, "Mr. Pang, it's your turn." ”

Pang Xuelin's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked, "Your Excellency, have you ever seen the civilization of the extragalactic system?" ”

The archon's eyes narrowed suddenly, and after a long time, he said, "I have never seen it." ”

Pang Xuelin nodded.

According to the description, the battleships of the Carbon-Based Life Alliance need to use the energy of stars to make space-time transitions, which is called stellar frog jumping.

Flying across river systems, even the Great Magellanic Cloud, the closest to the Milky Way, is separated by hundreds of thousands of light-years of the vast void.

This process is largely unavoidable without energy from stars.

It can be inferred from this that in the galaxy, neither the carbon-based life alliance nor the silicon-based life alliance currently does not have the ability to fly across river systems.

"Alright, it's my turn this time."

The archon pondered for a moment and asked, "Mr. Pang, after observing the development process of the earth's civilization, we found that human beings are a species that has no memory inheritance, uses sound waves to communicate with each other, and communicates at an incredible rate of 1 to 10 bits per second. I would like to ask, is human civilization still in a state of undisturbed state? ”

Pang Xuelin laughed.

The implicit meaning behind the consul's question is obvious, whether the mysterious force standing behind Pang Xuelin will interfere with the future development of mankind.

Pang Xuelin said: "It depends on what you think, Archon, if you don't want the carbon-based life alliance to intervene in the development of human beings, then human beings will be in a state of undisturbed, and if the carbon-based life alliance intervenes, it will definitely be interfered with......"

"I see!"

The archon nodded, both aware of the implicit meaning behind each other's words.

Pang Xuelin said: "Your Excellency, my second question is, according to human experience, the development of civilization, the progress of technology is not in a constant state, but in a certain period of time, because of various factors, there is explosive progress, I call it a technological explosion, I want to ask, other civilizations in the galaxy, is there such a situation?" ”

The consul was slightly stunned.

He originally thought that among the three questions raised by Pang Xuelin, would it involve the technical field.

He was even ready to refuse to answer if it was sensitive technology, and if it was just a general technical question, maybe he could reveal something.

He didn't expect Pang Xuelin to ask such an almost meaningless question.

A technological explosion?

Is this question important?

The Archon thought for a moment and said, "This situation did exist, especially in the early days of the development of the Carbon-Based Life Alliance, and almost every civilization in the Alliance had a technological explosion. ”

Pang Xuelin laughed and said, "Your Excellency, the last question, it's your turn. ”

The Archon fell silent, this time longer than ever.

It took about fifteen minutes before the archon spoke, "Mr. Pang, my last question is, are we enemies?" ”

At this moment, not only the archons.

Everyone inside the Blue 84210 spacecraft.

Everyone in the entire carbon-based life alliance cleanup fleet was waiting for Pang Xuelin's answer.

After all, until now, the scientists of the Carbon-Based Life Alliance still can't answer what kind of existence Pang Xuelin is.

Behind him, what kind of power is standing?

Whether the two sides are enemies or not is very important to the Carbon-Based Life Alliance!

Pang Xuelin smiled slightly and said, "We are not enemies, we are just ...... Passerby! ”

"Passers-by?"

The archon frowned, somewhat puzzled.

Pang Xuelin just smiled, to this world, he is indeed just a passerby.

"Alright, it's my turn to ask one last question."

Pang Xuelin stood up, and after taking a few steps, he turned around and said, "Your Excellency, in the sociology of the universe, there are two basic axioms: First, survival is the first need of civilization. 2. Civilization continues to grow and expand, but the total amount of matter in the universe remains the same. There are also two important concepts, the chain of suspicion, plus what I just said about the explosion of technology. From this, the theory of the dark forest is derived, that is: the universe is a dark forest, and every civilization is a hunter with a gun, sneaking through the forest like a ghost, gently brushing away the branches that stand in the way, trying not to make a sound from his footsteps, and even breathing must be careful: he must be careful, because there are hunters in the forest who are just like him, and if he finds another life, there is only one thing he can do: shoot and destroy it. In this forest, others are hell, eternal threats, and any life that reveals its existence will soon be wiped out. ”

"I would like to ask, is this theory true in this universe?"

A look of surprise flashed on the archon's face, and he slowly stood up from the rattan chair, opened his mouth, and said after a long while: "Mr. Pang, where did you know this theory?" ”

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