Chapter 92: Deciphering
This is the Noah, the Astronomical Observatory.
Strings of information codes appeared on the big screen, and everyone stared blankly at the screen, invariably choosing to stare motionless, and even their breathing was still......
It took about a quarter of an hour for the screen to cease.
These information codes are radio waves sent by extraterrestrial civilizations, and if written on human A4 paper, it would be 417 pages!
"Report, we ...... Not attacked! ”
"Repeat, we are not attacked!"
At the first time, Yu Yifeng received the news from the Ministry of Security, and immediately let go of the heart that was hanging in his heart.
The Ministry of Security is not just a few soldiers, but also a large number of weapons specialists, scouts, etc., who are constantly keeping an eye on the situation around them.
That's the horror of Lightspeed Strike, it can't be detected in advance, once seen...... It means that it has been attacked. This makes both sides suspicious, unless there is something faster than light, to observe the "light" in advance.
"Analyze this radio wave immediately! And also...... Permission to use the central supercomputer! Immediately, immediately! Yu Yifeng shouted loudly, his reaction speed was extremely fast, and he jumped up directly from his position.
However, the advent of radio waves means that the probability of war is greatly reduced. His mood was actually much lighter, and even all the scientists were much lighter, and they hugged each other and celebrated each other.
War? No one wants a war, especially when humanity is still in a situation where the face is swollen and fat......
Instead of being attacked, people received a series of radio waves, which shows that the other side wants to communicate peacefully!
On the other hand, humanity's camouflage program has been successful so far. The dark forest of the universe is not necessarily true, and there is a high probability that the other party will be frightened!
Yu Yifeng exhaled lightly, the first level had been passed, and the follow-up difficulties were still coming. The other party did not leave, and this scene will continue......
He clearly knew that human beings still could not relax, and could not let the other party have any chance of doubt. After all...... Humans can't afford temptation! They play a truly powerful civilization, and every detail needs to be very realistic, and they must withstand any scrutiny from the other side.
At the moment, people can only say that they are off to a good start.
But now there is a big problem in front of us, and that is - parsing this paragraph of information encoding!
If it takes weeks or even months for humans to parse a radio wave, then it is difficult not to be suspected!
“…… Be sure to do it as soon as possible! As soon as possible! Yu Yifeng kept urging, although he knew that this kind of urging didn't have much effect, but he really couldn't help it, he didn't want to be exposed because of this kind of detail.
After only a few minutes, a cryptographer jumped up in surprise: "Mr. Yu, the front part may be a complete dictionary sequence, and the back ...... It's a short article, it's a short text! ”
"You mean, they don't have encryption?"
"Yes, it's not deliberately encrypted, it's just a simple encoding of information, and they should want to communicate with us. But...... It's a whole language, there are 10,000 words alone, and there are all kinds of different ways to use it. ”
"The first few hundred pages are dictionaries, and the last page is the text!"
The expert said very anxiously: "What I want to say is...... Once our computer deciphers this dictionary, it probably won't be able to translate it well! ”
Yu Yifeng's brows furrowed, as if this was indeed the case......
Their human translation tools are very low-level, and they can also be said to be very rubbish, like Daoge Translation, Wudao Dictionary, Thousand Degrees Translation, etc., the level is in a relatively low state.
With these translation tools, even if you translate Chinese to English, or English to Chinese, it can be messy, and sometimes even bullshit.
Even the internal language of humanity itself cannot be translated well, let alone an alien language.
It's all about the unqualified AI system...... If there were a truly perfect translation system, the human profession of translator would be obsolete.
Yu Yifeng grabbed his hair, what should he do now? Is it forcibly overturned?
In the face of an alien language that has never been contacted, it can only be quickly deciphered by a computer, and it is impossible for humans to learn slowly for months or even a year!
"You just need to decipher it as soon as possible, and the time must be fast. We...... Just look at the general meaning! ”
"Just a rough idea, I guess it's okay?"
"This ...... We try our best. However, there should be no problem with speed. ”
The cryptographer immediately packed the ticket and said: "Since we received the first alien radio, we have been deciphering for more than half a month and have accumulated a lot of experience. Now that we have a complete dictionary sequence, I think a supercomputer can decipher this short text in an hour! ”
The expert was right, and it took about forty-five minutes for the alien translation to come out, and a large number of people hurriedly stood in front of the screen and watched.
What kind of translation is this, it's just a bunch of gibberish!
“…… Green Light Civilization ...... Fixed star...... Energy...... War...... Peace...... Destruction ......"
It's really a god's translation, the first time he saw it, Yu Yifeng scolded in his heart.
In the middle is a large paragraph of unclear and gibberish text, and even the logic is completely incomprehensible. However, according to the other party's dictionary sequence, one by one, the translation is like this.
Maybe there is no preposition or anything like that in the other person's language, and the structure of the language is different from that of humans. People can only barely get a rough idea through these few key terms. It's okay to want a more accurate translation, but you have to study it for weeks or even months, and people can't wait that long!
Yu Yifeng frowned and said, "Everyone, we must respond to each other as soon as possible!" Otherwise, there may be a flaw in our camouflage operation. Let's talk about it, what exactly does this text mean? ”
In this case, he had to gather the wisdom of the crowd before he could make a decision.
Dr. Rimbaud pondered for a moment and then took the lead in saying, "I don't think the first three keywords are too controversial. This civilization calls itself the Green Light Civilization, and their purpose is to come to the solar system to replenish the spaceship's energy. This is not much different from our guess. ”
Everyone nodded, even Yu Yifeng himself thought so.
But the last three key words, "war", "peace", and "destruction", can lead to too many ambiguities!
One way to say it: they are not here for war, they are here for peaceful coexistence...... So beg humanity not to destroy them.
Or another way of putting it: even if there is a war, they will enter the solar system, and peace and destruction will be left to humanity to choose!
These two statements are two completely different outcomes. Everyone opened their minds and made bold guesses, these three keywords can form at least dozens of different results!
Well, there are all kinds of different statements, maybe only one is true, but people don't know which one......
Yu Yifeng had an instant headache, and a large number of ambiguities brought several different possibilities, making him have no way to know what the attitude of this "green light civilization" was, and there was no way to make targeted decisions.
He's really angry, he really hates this garbage machine overturned!
Almost all linguists, informaticists, and cryptographers are concentrating on tackling the language hurdles. But he doesn't think a few hours will yield anything.
This alien language is completely different from any other language on Earth, and although the quality of the translation of the human brain compared to supercomputers is high, it is much less efficient, and it cannot be obtained for weeks or even months.
And they need to reply to each other within a few hours, and the sooner the better. The faster it is, on the other hand, it proves that human civilization is strong, and the better their "camouflage" effect will be.
In fact, it can be regarded as the luck of mankind, which studied the radio waves of alien civilizations for a few weeks in advance, otherwise, it may take a long time to decipher these keywords......
What to do?