Chapter 20 The Beginning of Contact

"Your Excellency, the ship's fuel is running out. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"How can it be so fast?" Zhou Xin asked in surprise, "Didn't we just replenish the fuel before we fled?" ”

"There's nothing wrong with the fuel that was just refilled." The Voyager calculated earnestly to Zhou Xin, "But in the process of escaping, the explosion or abandonment of the three auxiliary engines caused a large leak of fuel in the fuel tank adjacent to it. In particular, the No. 4 auxiliary engine that exploded directly on the ship, and the explosion destroyed most of the No. 4 fuel tank, and you should be glad that the fuel in the fuel tank only leaked and did not explode. After a pause, it continued, "In addition, according to emergency regulations, during the forced landing, for safety reasons, and also to reduce the landing weight of the spacecraft, the ship also abandoned a large amount of fuel in the air. As a result, there is not much fuel left. ”

"Well, you didn't make a mistake." Zhou Xin held his head in his hand, and then he asked, "Then how long will the remaining fuel on the spaceship be used now?" ”

"Less than five percent at full load." The Voyager gives an accurate number.

"Is there still five percent?" Hearing this answer, Zhou Xin breathed a sigh of relief. "That's at least enough for us to get off this planet."

"But it is true that the minimum reserve line for fuel has been reached." The Voyager said solemnly.

"As long as it's enough to get out of here." Zhou Xin waved his hand and said, and then he commanded, "However, you still need to keep an eye on the fuel reserves, and once you get close to the minimum fuel line required to leave the planet, you must report to me." ”

"Understood."

After dealing with all the things on the Voyager, and the time came to the night of this planet, Zhou Xin stood up, stretched and walked out of the command cabin.

The time soon reached noon the next day, at which point Atlas reported good news to Zhou Xin, who had just returned to the command module after lunch.

"Brother Captain, people have basically understood the language of this civilization." The little girl's voice seemed a little excited.

"Really?" Hearing this, Zhou Xin was also a little excited, and then he asked, "Then when will we be able to communicate with each other?" ”

"As long as you want, brother captain, you can start at any time now." The little girl replied with a smile, "However, since there is no way to parse the other person's contact signal, if you want to talk to the other person now, you can still only use the most primitive way of shouting." ”

"Shout and shout." Zhou Xin said, "As long as I can communicate with the other party smoothly, even if it is a more primitive method, I can accept it." ”

So, after a few minutes of preparation, in the mood of everyone's expectation, Zhou Xin officially launched the first communication with the civilization on this planet-

"Ahem, hello, here is a greeting from the captain of the USS Voyager, Zhou Xin." After hesitating for a while, Zhou Xin cleared his throat and then spoke. In less than a second, Atlas translated the sentence into the local language and broadcast it.

Zhou Xin hadn't heard the other party's shouting in the past two days, and he didn't feel anything at that time. But now in comparison, the translation from Atlas and what the other party said actually made him feel two completely different feelings. In addition to the very low tone, the sentence on the radio was obviously very coherent, and even Zhou Xin could feel a very comfortable sense of rhythm from it, which showed that the language used by the other party was originally a very beautiful language. But for some reason, in the mouths of the natives, this language has become a strange look.

Although there had been a brief exchange in the previous shout, it was only a few words, and it was the first time that the other party had heard a full local dialect from the Voyager. Therefore, in the footage sent back by the probe, this sentence had just been broadcast, and it caused a lot of confusion among that group of people. But fortunately, in the confusion, they did not ignore Zhou Xin's words, and just a few minutes later, everyone heard the reply of the group of people.

"Fergulan-good-you-are-I-" Soon, a few incoherent words rang out in the command cabin. These words were repeated several times in reverses before they slowly became a complete sentence, "Hello - I am - this is Fergeland." ”

The answer of "......" made Zhou Xin not think about how to take it for a while, and the other party did not follow after saying this. Suddenly, the atmosphere fell into an eerie silence.

After a few minutes, the other party was the first to break the silence, "Who-you-are?" Purpose - here - what - there is - come? After two or three times, the whole sentence became "Who are you?" What is the purpose of coming here? ”

"Alright, don't make a fuss." Zhou Xin first reproached Atlas, "Don't translate the messy ones in front of you, just give coherent sentences directly." ”

"Okay, people get it." The little girl on the screen stuck out her tongue, "People just want you to experience how people feel in the past two days, Brother Captain." ”

Shaking his head helplessly, Zhou Xin replied, "We are a civilization from another planet, and because of an accident, our spaceship can only be forced to land on this planet. I'm so sorry for alarming you. ”

As soon as he finished saying this, Atlas said, "Brother Captain, there is no way to translate this sentence, there are no planets or words related to them in the other party's language. ”

"No?" The little girl's words surprised Zhou Xin at the first time, but then he didn't pay too much attention to it, but changed, "Then let's say that we are from outside the sky." ”

But they didn't expect that as soon as this sentence was broadcast, Zhou Xin and the others ushered in a fierce rebuttal from the other party, "How is it possible, how can there be something outside the sky, don't think that you can deceive us by making up a lie." ”

Such an unexpected response caused an uproar in the command cabin, and at the same time made Zhou Xin stunned for a moment, and after a while he asked rhetorically: "Don't you know what is in the sky?" We came from heaven. ”

Unexpectedly, the other party's answer surprised everyone even more, "Don't be kidding." He still sneered as he spoke, "How can there be anything in the sky, if there is, it is only a wall at most......"