This alien higher creature calls itself the Dark Sanctuary, or is casually named Zeratul, and its appearance appears to be made entirely of blue energy, and its entire form is like a mist and illusion. If he hadn't really seen it with his own eyes and heard it with his own ears, it would have been hard for Du Fei to imagine that this would be a living thing, not the product of computer special effects.

I saw that the Dark Sanctuary Zeratul continued to absorb the memories and knowledge of the corpse of the awakened, and there was a steady stream of strange energy flowing from the corpse's eyes into his eyes, which should be selectively reading the memory information.

Zeratul began to check his body at the same time, and then sighed to himself: "It turns out that I have been asleep for more than half an era, huh? This planet calls this period of time six hundred years. It turned out to be an intelligent species with such a short lifespan, no wonder it was still a low-level civilization. ”

Du Fei stared at Zeratu vigilantly and asked cautiously, "What planet are you from?" ”

"Let me see." Zeratul absorbed the memories of the corpse of the awakened as if he were flipping through an encyclopedia of the earth, and after a while, he found the answer, "You've discovered this planet." Well, you even named it 'Kepler-22b', which doesn't seem very elegant, how can anyone have a fool who takes such a name. ”

The more human memories Zeratul absorbs, the more human-like his tone and demeanor become, presumably imitating humans.

Du Fei was slightly surprised to hear Kepler-22b, most earthlings on this planet have heard of it, but only about it.

Kepler-22b is the first exoplanet to be located in the habitable zone, which orbits a star very similar to the Sun, confirmed by NASA M in December 2011.

NASA has confirmed that Kepler-22b is habitable. The so-called suitable for human habitation means that the climate, temperature, water, air, etc. are suitable for the life of most earth creatures. In other words, it is highly likely that there are carbon-based organisms on this planet that are similar to those on Earth.

Carbon-based organisms are organisms with carbon C as the main element, and the bodies of earth organisms are all carbohydrates. On similar planets, as long as there is enough carbon and water, coupled with the right temperature and climate, it is very likely that similar carbon-based organisms will form. It's just that the energy creature in front of him is obviously not a carbon-based creature.

Kepler-22b is about 2.4 times the diameter of the Earth and is about 600 light-years away from the Earth, which means that it takes 600 years to reach Kepler-22b at the speed of light. But reaching the speed of light is not an easy task, at least not with today's human technology. If you fly to Kepler-22B with current human technology, it will take at least 20 million years.

At such a distance, how did the Corrupt Giant Tree and this Zeratul come over?

Du Fei was thinking about it, and suddenly remembered that Zeratul had said "half an era" and "six hundred years" before, which happened to be the time to reach Kepler-22b from the earth at the speed of light, which should not be a coincidence. So did the Corrupt Giant Tree and this Zeratul really fly from Kepler-22B at the speed of light?

Theoretically, there is no air in the universe, and there is no resistance, and if there is a power to push it all the time, it is possible to reach the speed of light, whether it takes 1 year or 10 years to accelerate to the speed of light, which is only a small number for 600 years.

It's just that this conclusion is really unacceptable. Moreover, Kepler-22b is inhabited by monsters that resemble corrupted giant trees? Or an energy creature like Zeratul?

I got some information, but more questions came up.

It was previously speculated that Zeratul was most likely running away from something or something in order to disguise himself as the seed of the Corrupted Giant Tree. So, Du Fei asked tentatively, "What kind of creature did you flee here for?" ”

"Run?" When Zeratu heard Du Fei's words, he learned from the corpse of the Awakened that it was very indecent, so he was a little stunned, insisted on his own point of view, and emphasized, "It's avoidance, understand?" I'm communicating with you in your language, not the lingua franca of higher civilization. Do you understand what avoidance is? It is to avoid the pursuit of truth. ”

Du Fei's mind was full of thoughts, and he seemed to find that the IQ of this so-called high-civilization creature did not break through the sky, perhaps because IQ was not something that could be described by numbers at all. If you have to use a numerical value to describe IQ, then the average human IQ is 100, so if you increase this value by a hundred times, will there be creatures in the universe with an IQ of 10,000? What would that look like?

Therefore, there is a limit to the intelligence quotient, and no matter what living thing is, it is just infinitely tending to this limit. IQ includes many aspects, such as observation, memory, imagination, analytical judgment, thinking ability, and adaptability. But in any case, no matter how high the IQ of a living being, it is impossible to guess with 100% accuracy what other intelligent beings are thinking. If it could, it would be the ability to read memories like Zeratul, not IQ.

IQ is like the power of the CPU, the higher the power of the CPU, the faster it can calculate complex problems, which should be reflected in the ability to analyze and judge.

Therefore, Du Fei guessed that the IQ of this alien creature may not be low, but it has not yet reached the point of exploding.

So, Du Fei catered to him and said, "I understand, it's avoidance." So what creature are you avoiding to avoid? ”

"You don't have to know that. Tell me now where there are inferior energy crystals, before I purify you. Zeratul said impatiently, apparently the word "purification" in his words was not a beautiful word.

"Then let me ask you one last question, are you mortal enemies or allies of the faction represented by the Corrupted Tree?" Du Fei asked.

"Not hostile, but also ...... Not allies. Zeratul said.

When Du Fei heard this, he became more and more confused. When Zeratul was still sleeping in the orb, he wasn't friendly with the Corrupted Giant Tree, but he said that it wasn't hostile, so what kind of relationship would it be?

"Will your people come to Earth?" Du Fei asked the question he was most concerned about, after all, even Pandora hadn't figured it out, if there was another alien invader, there would really be no need to live that day.

Zeratu listened to Du Fei's question, and did not answer immediately, but was silent for a while, and the spiritual fluctuations emanating from Zeratu's body made Du Fei feel that this energy creature was not happy.

After a long while, Zeratul said in an unfriendly voice, "Tell you, if you don't resist, you won't be extinct." I will not answer your questions again and tell me where there are inferior energy crystals, or I will purify you immediately. ”

Du Fei didn't know how strong Zeratul's energy creature was, but at least it wasn't too weak, so he kept communicating with him in a low profile, just not to provoke him. But at this moment, Du Fei realized that Zeratu had threatened him with purification three times before and after.

If it's really a creature strong enough to kill an opponent instantly and drain their memories, is it really necessary to use threats to get the answer?

So, Du Fei looked at the time, there was about a minute left, and he made a bold decision after thinking about it, and said tentatively: "I don't know where there is that kind of crystal, I lied to you." ”