Chapter 19: Unskilled Language
"Besides—" Atlas said with a hint of hesitation, "in the process of analyzing the other party's language, a strange problem was discovered. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”
"Strange question?" Zhou Xin asked curiously.
"Hmm." The little girl nodded, "After a long period of observation, it seems that they are not very proficient in their own language. ”
"How is that possible?" Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Dart, "How can they not be proficient in the language they use." Not only Dart, but many people present had puzzled looks on their faces.
"But that's just the way it is." Atlas affirmed, "In the past ten hours, the number of people on the other side has changed almost twenty. But no matter who they are, they stammer in the process of shouting, and people can rarely hear a whole coherent sentence from their mouth. ”
"Could it be that it's the first time you're communicating with an alien, so you're a little nervous?" Zhou Xin guessed casually.
"It's impossible for everyone to be so nervous." "And if it's just nervousness that causes a little stuttering, people can barely accept it, but what about being incoherent?" Without waiting for anyone else to ask, she continued, "From the very beginning of the conversation, people have noticed that they often repeat the same thing upside down several times before it can be coherent. At first, people thought that this was the characteristic of their language, but after learning more about their language, it was realized that it was not a characteristic at all, but just that there was no way to organize a smooth sentence at one time! ”
"And the fact that this is not happening to one or two people, but to all the people who shout shows that this is a common phenomenon." To everyone's amazement, she continued, "Almost all sentences, they often need to be repeated two or three times to be able to express them accurately. Even so, the performance of those people when speaking the full sentence still feels stiff. It's like—as if they're not speaking their own language. ”
"It's kind of weird." Zhou Xin said in a puzzled tone, "How can anyone not be familiar with their own language?" Could it be, as you guessed, that this civilization doesn't use their own common language to communicate with us? ”
"It doesn't look like it." The little girl continued, "During this period of investigation, the civilization on the planet has not been found to have any signs of too much ethnic integration, and it stands to reason that the possibility of such a civilization using different languages is very low. ”
"And even if they have different languages, why do they need to do that." Spred added.
Puzzled, Zhou Xin thought about it and put this question aside for the time being as before, "Forget it, anyway, you will be able to really have a conversation with the other party after a while, and then ask them." ”
Thus, the day ended in the process of both sides shouting at each other. On the second and third days that followed, shouting became the main activity between the two sides. With the foundation of the first day of communication, at noon on the second day, Atlas even took the initiative to ask the other party for more complex language materials. As for the other party's response, both sides were a little familiar, and they actually let the aircraft drop a box to the position of the cordon, which couldn't help but make Zhou Xin and them feel a little crying and laughing. He couldn't help but start to wonder maliciously if anyone on the other side remembered the downed probe used to transport data.
With this information, Atlas's work to decipher the language of the local civilization seems to be even more proficient. According to her exact words, the person who shouted at them yesterday was like "a group of children learning a language". This approach was initially a great help for Atlas to learn the local language. However, when she had a first understanding of the language of this civilization, this became an obstacle. The staccato tone of her speech not only seriously affected Atlas's learning efficiency, but also interfered with her comprehension of what she was saying. "Although the vocabulary of the local civilization is relatively small today, it is only a small vocabulary. If I had to use their language now, I might have been able to speak them more fluently than the person on the other side. Therefore, it is better to simply ask them directly for some language learning materials, and it is faster and more convenient for them to learn by themselves. These are the same words of the little girl.
Such arrogant words made Zhou Xin feel a little ridiculous, but at the same time, he also felt more and more confused about this civilization in his heart.
At the same time, when trying to communicate with the civilizations on this planet, Zhou Xin and the others did not neglect the maintenance work of the Voyager. Of course, even with a large number of robots working day and night, a few days would not be enough for the sprawling Voyager. According to Zhou Xin's order, the main work of the robot in the past few days is to eliminate a large number of hidden dangers in various sections of the spacecraft. For example, the cabin that could collapse, the clogged pipes with high-energy fuel remaining, and the various short-circuit equipment that could cause a fire at any time, and so on. According to the Voyager report, more than 60 percent of the similar hidden dangers in the spacecraft have been properly resolved, and most of the remaining hidden dangers are gradually being solved, except for some extremely complex hidden dangers.
As for the wounded on the Voyager, although there were many of them, they were quickly dealt with with with the cooperation of the medical robots and the medical team led by Wren. Even if they were seriously injured, most of their lives were snatched back, which made Zhou Xin feel a little comforted while being sad. Of course, there was also a disappointment for him, after opening the damaged dormant devices, the medical personnel found that at least half of the earthlings inside had been damaged beyond treatment. In other words, while they appear to be in the same condition as other normal dormant personnel, they have suffered the same kind of injuries as they are, and judging by current medical technology, these people are undoubtedly dead. After receiving the examination report, Zhou Xin pondered painfully for a long time, and finally reluctantly gave up hope, still insisting that the medical staff put the bodies judged to be "dead" into a new dormant device.
After reporting the above news, the Voyager finally reported one of the most important news to Zhou Xin:
"Your Excellency, the ship is running out of fuel......