The next few Green Star trips, no matter where the ship lands on the Green Star. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAt night, there are always some little ones to be found around the ship. For these "big men" that he has never seen before, almost a little guy will be afraid, and most of the time he will actively approach the people on the ship out of curiosity. As for each group of crew members who went to the Green Star, because they knew the experience of Ralph and his party, they were also used to the sudden appearance of these little ones at night, so much so that some people even chose to go out at night in order to contact the little ones. With such proactive contact between the two sides, each crew member who goes to Green Star will always be able to make friends with the little ones near the landing site.

As a result, under the crew's spontaneous organization, contact with the little ones seems to have escalated from the initial personal behavior to the routine of every trip to the Green Star. Of course, there is nothing in communication itself, after all, it certainly doesn't hurt for Zhou Xin and them to be able to befriend an intelligent race. Therefore, Zhou Xin had already acquiesced to this practice of the crew.

But in the communication with the little ones, there was one thing that made Zhou Xin feel extremely surprised and confused. As a result of Ralph's experience, they had already strengthened the monitoring and protection inside the spacecraft. However, no matter how much they strengthened their protection, they couldn't completely prevent the little ones from entering. As a result, each return of the ship would trigger an alarm for an anomalous biological invasion, which also made it necessary for them to take the time to inspect the interior of the ship in detail every time they arrived. And after every inspection, there are always a few more little guys in the base. After a few incidents, although doubts still existed, Zhou Xin and the others were used to the "invasion" of the little ones. Later, it became a habit to become natural, and before the alarm sounded, the probe was already ready to board the ship for inspection at the location where the spacecraft was moored.

At the beginning, Zhou Xin originally planned to send them back to Green Star after only letting them stay in the base for a few days. But when the number of little ones in the base increases, and there is no way to prevent the little ones from slipping into the ship every time. Zhou Xin could only reluctantly give up this idea, and changed it to send all the little ones back collectively when he went to Green Star for the last time. Ralph was initially against Zhou Xin's decision, and she didn't even want to keep the little ones in the base, but also to bring them back to the Voyager. Although there was nothing wrong with this, Zhou Xin didn't want to force the little ones to leave their homes because of his own will, so he finally refused the request.

Almost a month passed in the company of the little ones. Although the progress of the previous arrangement has been slowed down by their arrival, at least more than half of the people have been to Green Star by now. At the same time, Zhou Xin and the others did not stop their research on those little guys.

"Brother Captain! Brother Captain! Just when Zhou Xin was observing the gathering of the eighth batch of crew members and the little ones who went to Green Star, Atlas's usual voice suddenly turned into surprise, "So that's the case, people have finally figured it out!" ”

"What did you finally figure out?" Zhou Xin was slightly stunned, and then asked curiously.

"People finally figured out exactly how the little ones communicated." The little girl replied.

"Oh?" This answer suddenly made Zhou Xin interested, "Didn't you have no clue yesterday?" Why did you suddenly realize it? What is the communication style of the little ones? Then he added, "Are you sure you can understand what the little guy is trying to say?" There will be no ambiguity? ”

"Well, there is no ambiguity anymore." The little girl said happily, "It turns out that people have always misunderstood the direction of research, and they always think that the same movements may be different for the little ones in our opinion." For this reason, people even took thousands of photos of the same action made by different little guys for comparison, but they still didn't have any clue. Just yesterday, after a long exchange with you, the captain's brother, people suddenly realized that this kind of thinking is probably wrong. So people change their thinking, not from the action itself, but to look for other factors to interpret the different meanings of the same action. Unexpectedly, it was really simple to be discovered. ”

Without waiting for Zhou Xin to ask, she continued, "Brother Captain, you must not have imagined that those little guys actually have two completely unrelated communication methods, and only by combining the two communication methods can they truly understand what they want to express. One of them is the body language system that we have already discovered, of course, in fact, there is another language system that we have already experienced, but no one realizes that it is also a language system. Speaking of which, the little girl sold a pass.

"Experienced?" Hearing Atlas's words, Zhou Xin couldn't help but think. After a few minutes, he shook his head, "Still don't know what you're trying to say." ”

"Because before people say it, brother, you don't think it's just a language system." The little girl replied in a mysterious tone, "Of course, it is not a complete language system strictly speaking, it can only be regarded as an auxiliary to a language, just like the tones in your language. But without it, we will be ambiguous when we understand the body language of the little ones. After talking for a long time, Atlas finally announced the correct answer, "Brother Captain, do you remember the aroma around those little ones?" ”

"You mean, aroma is a language in itself?" It's already such an obvious reminder, if Zhou Xin can't think of it, he will really become a fool.

Nodding, Atlas continued, "That's it, the body language of those little ones needs to be combined with the scent they emanate. That's why they can express many different or even opposite meanings with the same action. Then she added, "Although some people have noticed the change in the aroma for a long time, people think that the fragrance around those little ones is passively emitted, so they don't pay too much attention to it." However, yesterday, after reorganizing my thoughts, I realized that there might be something wrong with this idea, so I combined the action and smell with the idea of trying it out, but I didn't expect to see the pattern from it quickly. Originally, the same action could only express one meaning under the same aroma. ”

"In other words, the different aromas around the little ones are actively released by them, and the aromas themselves are part of the language system they use." Zhou Xin concluded, and then his brow furrowed, "If you look at it this way, then their language system is much more complex than the several language systems that exist on the Voyager. ”

"It just sounds very complicated." "But in reality, because of the limitations of body language, even with the aid of aroma, the richness of the content expressed is not comparable to that of the three civilizations on the ship." However, there is no guarantee that this language will become in the future, and that they may eventually be able to develop a complex language that is independent of the conventional language system as we understand it. ”

"That's not what we're focusing on right now." Zhou Xin replied casually, and then he asked, "Now that you can understand their language, can you successfully communicate with them now?" ”

"I'm afraid it's going to take some time." Atlas shook his head, "It's okay to say that the body movements, although some of the movements are a bit exaggerated, but the probe may not be able to do it." However, the various aromas are different, people need to analyze the ingredients before they can be slowly synthesized one by one, and only when all the aromas are prepared can we have normal communication with those little ones. ”

"How long does it take to prepare it all?" Zhou Xin asked.

"Not sure." The little girl replied, "Many of the ingredients in the aroma can't be found in people's databases, so you can only try it slowly." However, the amount needed is not very large, so if everything goes well, it can be completed in two or three days, but it is not sure if it is long. ”

"That's it as soon as possible." Zhou Xin said.

"Hmm." Atlas nodded, and then she suddenly laughed, "Brother Captain, I'm afraid we're going to have to upgrade the translator we're using now." ”

"Upgrade?" The sudden change of topic made Zhou Xin not react at once.

"That's right, it's an upgrade." The little girl smiled and said, "Our current translator doesn't have a module that can support body language and smell language, aren't you going to install it, brother captain?" ”

After thinking about it, Zhou Xin refused, "It's better not to be so troublesome, let's not talk about when you will be able to prepare all the aromas you need, let's just say that the little guys below can't stay in the base for a few days, and there is no need to deliberately modify the translator for these days, just send a few detectors to communicate with them when the time comes." ”

"That's fine." Atlas said, "Now that it's decided, it's time to prepare the aroma." Don't worry, Captain, they'll be done before we leave here. ”

"This just needs to be done as soon as possible." Zhou Xin reminded, "Since we have discovered an intelligent life that can communicate, then we are not in a hurry to leave. ”

Next, although the preparation of various aromas was not completed in the shortest possible time, as the little girl had expected, it did not actually take long. Just six days later, Atlas was done.

Originally, Zhou Xin didn't plan to fake the first communication with the little ones, but when Ralph learned the news, he strongly proposed to Zhou Xin to give him the first opportunity to communicate. "Since they were the first to meet those little ones, there's no problem in giving me the first chance to communicate with them." In front of Zhou Xin, she said such a sentence.

Since she had already said so, it was not easy for Zhou Xin to refuse. So, the task of communicating with the little ones for the first time fell on Ralph. Of course, Zhou Xin must be accompanied, and Spred and Dart will definitely not let go of this opportunity after knowing about it, plus Kristy and Aina called by Ralph, as well as the indispensable Atlas and the robot used for communication, this makes up all the members of the communication team. And the people who communicated with them were the five little guys who came to the base in the first batch.

At first, when Ralph brought them into Zhou Xin's office, there was a look of confusion on their little faces. But soon, a smile appeared on their faces, and they danced in front of the crowd, and as they moved, a fragrant aroma wafted through the office.

"Play, play, let's play." At this time, the robot that had already been modified by Atlas did exactly what the little ones wanted to say.

Hearing this, except for Ralph and Aina, everyone else present had black lines on their faces. didn't care about the faces of these "big men" in front of them, the little ones flew to everyone after a series of actions and played.

However, Zhou Xin and the others have something to do now, and it took some time for them to catch these little guys who were drilling around on them. At first, the faces of the few little guys who were caught in the palm of their hands were still smiling, and they still thought that Zhou Xin was playing with them now. However, when several people turned the little guy in their hands in the direction of the robot, their little faces finally showed a confused look again.

After holding this action for a while, Ralph took a deep breath and finally said his first words to the little ones in his hands.

"Hello, can you understand what I'm saying?"

With Ralph's voice, the only robot present moved. As it made a few mechanical movements, a faint scent appeared in the office.

After watching the robot's movements in a daze, several little ones showed surprised looks on their faces at the same time. Breaking free from the hands of several people, the five little guys flew into the air at the same time, and then made a series of movements in front of everyone synchronously as if they were doing exercises, and then, everyone present smelled a burst of fragrance (in the future exchanges, the changes in the aroma will not be repeated).

"You guys—got it?" As the robot mechanically uttered two words, Zhou Xin and the little one were finally able to communicate normally......