On the Earth side, there is an inextricable battle for the quota of thirty people to go to Iridium Ruyi City. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 In the end, the five hooligans still relied on their strong pressure to win one-third of the 30 seats, each permanent member of the Security Council can send a diplomat and a scientist, and the remaining 20 places, the five hooligans also have a certain amount of influence.

During the day, diplomats and scientists from various countries who were preparing to join the mission hurriedly boarded planes and headed for New York. In the process, the Americans originally wanted to use a conspiracy to restrict the entry of diplomats and scientists from other countries, so that there would be a large number of vacancies in the visiting delegation, which could be crammed into their own personnel. However, this move was unanimously protested by various countries, and Bai Zhongqi immediately rebuked the behavior of the Americans, and in the end the United States had to send more than two personnel to participate in the delegation.

At two o'clock in the afternoon EST, the 30 members of the delegation waited in front of the United Nations Headquarters building. Zhong Zhiyan, the representative of country C to the United Nations, participated in the delegation as a diplomat of country C, and the other was a national heavyweight scientist who came from China overnight, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and academician Ding, who is also a senior adviser to the Office of Extraterrestrial Contact Countermeasures.

Zhong Zhiyan discussed with Academician Ding in a low voice: "Academician Ding, this time we went to the space city of the Iridium people, on the one hand, to have a more intuitive understanding of the civilization achievements of Iridium technology, and on the other hand, to deepen the relationship with Bai Zhongqi, the head of Iridium, as much as possible. If we can win his support for our country, our country will have the opportunity to obtain science and technology far beyond the current level of the earth, which is very important for our country to overtake and even achieve national super-leapfrog development. ”

Although Academician Ding is not particularly concerned about politics, if he can climb to the high position of academician, it is impossible to have no understanding of politics at all. He thought for a while and said: "Are we taking it for granted now, this alien head of state is true of our countrymen, but after all, he was reborn in our country with his previous memories, and in terms of national identity, he should still identify more with his alien home country, not to mention that he is still the head of this empire." We can't know exactly what Bai Zhongqi's plan is, in short, we can only contact it first. ”

Zhong Zhiyan nodded and said, "Yes, so this visit, we have to create as much as possible an opportunity to have a separate meeting with Bai Zhongqi or the representatives of Iridium." ”

A short time later, an Iridium landing craft emerged from the sky, growing from small to large. This time, the Iridium spacecraft did not carry out optical stealth at all, so people on the ground could see it clearly. At this time, not only in front of the United Nations Headquarters, but also in front of the mission, the people of the mission were able to see it. People who received the news yesterday also came to the vicinity of the United Nations headquarters to watch the excitement, and some even traveled thousands of miles from other regions and countries to New York to see with their own eyes the appearance of alien spacecraft.

Although this landing craft is not an advanced thing in the United Empire of Iridium, its science fiction level has already made many onlookers feel that the trip is worthwhile. Compared with the blue wave boat, this landing craft is actually a civilian transportation boat, specially used for planetary orbit facilities and planetary ground transportation, by analogy with the current means of transportation on the earth, about the same as a long-distance bus.

This "coach" is different from the rugby shape of the blue boat, and is directly a round pie shape, which makes it look very similar to a flying saucer. However, its flight principle is not the flight principle of a flying saucer, it is still an Iridium anti-gravity system. The pie-shaped design allows it to obtain a relatively large interior space, providing passengers with a better riding experience without feeling as restrictive as a real coach. The standard carrying capacity of the rail transit boat can reach 1,000 people, a total of three floors, the first floor is the driving and mechanical cabin, the next two floors are the cabin, the space is much larger than the first class of the aircraft, passengers can even lie directly on the chair, the distance between the chairs is also very large, the passengers who do not want to sit can walk freely in the cabin, the ultra-stable flight makes people almost feel that the traffic boat is moving, and will not be thrown down or something.

After the rail boat landed firmly on the ground, the gangway was lowered, and a very dignified-looking woman stepped down from it, who was actually the flight attendant of the traffic boat. Of course, she is not a real person, but an android.

"Welcome all members of the delegation to this flight of 'Iridium Express', I am your flight attendant and will serve you wholeheartedly. Based on the list of members of the mission provided by the United Nations, we will verify the identity of the members and allow them to board the ship. The behavior of this android flight attendant is not much different from that of the flight attendants of the airlines on Earth, which also makes a group of Earth cannons amazed and found it quite interesting.

A British diplomat raised his hand at this time and asked, "This young lady, it is a great honor to be able to participate in this visit." I have a question about whether you allow us to bring a Chinese translation, it seems that you do not provide this service. ”

The British are not uncommon in their intentions, and several countries have done the same.

The Iridium android flight attendant replied with a smile, "I'm sorry, sir, the number of members of the delegation is not allowed to be changed, but for the language barrier, we will provide you with an instant translation tool to meet this need." ”

Several female flight attendants with the same good faces and slender bodies came down from the boat, holding a small box with something like Bluetooth headphones in it.

The flight attendant demonstratively taught the members of the delegation to put the instant translation tool on their ears and said, "Set the target language for translation, no matter what language the other party is using, the translator can complete the translation instantly." ”

Some diplomats and scientists, who are at least forty or fifty years old, are like children getting toys, and these instant translation tools are extremely high-end, and the materials are difficult to figure out what exactly is made. After the setting is completed and hung on the ear, it can translate every language spoken by the other party in real time, and this translation is completely different from the technical content of those grain pigeon translations on the earth, which can analyze the meaning according to the context, and can achieve almost absolute accuracy.

It's just a small thing, a group of members of the visiting group can already see the power of Iridium technology, a technology that the earthlings have spent many years not perfecting, it seems that for the Iridium people, it is just a gadget that can be done casually with a wave of their hands.

Koji Komaka, a Japanese scientist, asked excitedly, "Excuse me, will this instant translation tool be taken back after this visit?" ”

The flight attendant smiled dignified and said, "This can be regarded as a small gift from the United Empire to the visiting delegation." ”

Everyone is on the lookout for a while, and perhaps by analyzing this small instant translation tool, countries can achieve certain breakthroughs in science and technology.

However, Bai Zhongqi was dismissive of this, and when they disassembled this thing, they would find that there was no such thing as integrated circuits and wires that they knew about it, and it would be finished if they dismantled this thing, and it was impossible for the earthlings to obtain any technology about this device through disassembly or reverse engineering without relevant knowledge. It's like asking a group of monkeys to disassemble a smartphone, and they don't know what's inside, let alone build it.