It's better to use money, Ringer said to himself, "It's a strange place, money has its own value." If nothing has meaning and value, what is the meaning of the existence of this society. ”

"Honorable extraterrestrial guests, the Soviets have no archives of your records." The robot learned Ringer's information after communicating with the government terminal, but apparently the terminal already had a record for dealing with guests from the alien system, so the robot didn't make a fuss and said directly, "Since it is already an intelligent creature of the second-level civilization, I will ask a simple question, based on what you just said, then please answer the question, what is the definition of the second-level civilization." ”

"All the energy that can be used in the entire solar system, whether it is a star or a gas planet, is only a part of the energy." Ringer patiently replied, "That's the answer of an astronomer from the age of Earth." ”

"If Academician Kardashev were in the capital, I believe you should be glad with your answer." The robot humanized its joy, but this answer made Ringer instantly blindfold, doesn't this mean that Kardashev, the astronomer, is still alive? What the hell is this strange place.

"So Mr.'s question just now is meaningless, how can a civilization that can collect the energy of the entire solar system ask such a backward thing as money, we know that a primary civilization often uses precious metals as currency, but once it is fully utilized on its home planet, it will be found that many precious metals are far from precious, even if they are not everywhere." The robot said in a beaming voice, "Taking the earth as an example, if there is technology to dig deeper, the elements contained in the mantle belt are more than 100,000 times the surface of the earth, and the planet the size of the earth will not accommodate many people. ”

"So what is the measure of value? How can a thing be judged if it has no value? Ringer asked blankly, "Contribution points or cosmic coins?" ”

"In the case of intelligent beings, of course, knowledge is the most important. This is also the official answer given by the Soviets at the moment, after all, we are still in the early stages of communism, and this criterion can only be used temporarily. The contribution points you said about things like cosmic coins are essentially money! At this point, the robot scanned Ringer and said, "According to your nutritional intake standards, your ethnic tastes, so Chinese food is recommended." ”

"You still have Huaxia people here?" Ringer glared and asked, why didn't he see anyone? The people I've seen so far have been blonde and white-eyed.

"Of course there is, but there are fewer capitals. The Soviet nationalities are equal. There are various ethnic groups as well as aliens, and the rights of the ethnic groups are the same, if you don't agree with me, please go to a psychiatric hospital for treatment. The robot gathered the menu as he spoke, "Excuse me, how much food is needed, as long as there is something in this world, we have it all here." ”

Can you stop bragging? Ringer was not happy when he heard this, and said, "Bring me a penguin to stock potatoes, can you?" ”

"Yes, how much you want, there is no cap!" The robot's words directly made Ringer lose his temper,

Coming out of the restaurant, not the cafeteria, Ringer looked at the bustling crowd, he didn't know where to go, it was very good here, but he always felt as if something was missing, and shook his head and walked back. He had a good memory, and after seeing the first statue, he finally returned to his temporary place.

When the automatic door opened, Ringer's standards became very helpless, and Serov sat there lazily and pretended to sleep.

"Mr. Serov, aren't you busy at all?" Ringer asked weakly, "I just went out and saw a lot of statues, all of them are made of gold, and you are not lying to me when you say that gold has no value at all." ”

"You haven't seen the Palace of the Soviets, it's made of gold!" Serov plucked his ears and said nonchalantly, "There is a lot of research on the face project in Xia, so if you go out and walk around, you can still see the Comintern building made of diamonds." Do you have a good taste, and you know the penguin hoarding potato. ”

"It seems that I can't hide everything from you, but I can't hide anything from you here." Ringer didn't know whether to be sarcastic or admiring, "Are you trying to tell me that there's a big brother watching me?" ”

"In a sense, as long as I want to know, no one can hide it from me." Serov spread his hands and said reluctantly, "I am also responsible for international security. Not only the planet that is the capital, but the entire planet under the Soviets, as long as something happens, it can't hide it from me. ”

"With all due respect, you're no different from the politicians of the Human Confederation, and there's a compromise between them, and you're in charge, so it's really good." Ringer sat down slowly, facing Serov and said, "No one is dissatisfied?" ”

"I must correct one thing, although I have more than 300 positions, these are all forced on me by others. The reason is not very complicated, because I am not a class alone. The Soviet people hated the formation of the bureaucracy, and in front of the bureaucracy and me, the people chose me. Serov said very relentlessly, "Do you think I am willing, do you know how tired I am every day, do you know that I have nothing to do and still attend scientific conferences?" Fortunately, the times have progressed, otherwise even if I don't sleep for a year, I can be exhausted just by stamping. ”

"But I don't see that you're tired there!" Ringer was deeply skeptical of Serov's words, "Don't you have time to talk to a Gestapo here with me?" ”

"I've been idle lately, so I have time to ink with you here!" Serov yawned and said, "In addition to the annual regular meeting, I use a bionic robot to chair the meeting instead of me. Anyway, the cadres who attended the meeting were just observing whether I was there or not. What does it work for me to put a robot? When I have time, I can go fishing, cultivate land, engage in scientific research, and provoke wars. If you are idle, you will make a cameo appearance to save the world. ”

These things don't match at all, right? Ringer smiled bitterly and said, "You've been interested in the Gestapo lately?" ”

"I knew it when you were experimenting with dark energy. The experiment was successful thanks to my help, otherwise you would have died. Yet you are not thanking the savior right now. Serov shook his head and said, 'People in this world are always ungrateful.'

I'll spit at you, Ringer sneered, but he remembered that he sensed that someone was interfering with the experiment.