Most of the time, the average person in the galaxy will see the Oldwells as intelligent machines. In fact, the Oldwells behave like machines, they follow their own rules of crucifixion at all times, and often share experiences and insights between individuals.

But there are some outliers among the Oldwell people, who believe that individuality is necessary for the progress of civilization, and every progress of the Oldwell civilization is born from the whimsical ideas of the Great Elders - in the Age of Enlightenment of Oldwell, the Great Elders are relatively not easy to be swallowed by the environment because of their large size, and the smaller young Oldwell people are likely not to survive for too long in the harsh environment of Oldwell's home planet, As a result, the Great Elders are not in a hurry to share their experiences: sharing may not be of much use.

A small number of modern Oldwells believe that this practice of the Great Elders was the key to the rapid progress of Oldwellist society during the Age of Enlightenment.

The more moderate individuals in these minorities choose not to accept the sharing of their fellow citizens in order to create their own uniqueness, but they do not refuse to offer their own experiences to their fellow citizens. The more radical ones completely rejected the very important shareism of Oldwell culture.

Among the few of these minorities, the most dangerous people in the galactic world were born, and for this group of dangerous Oldwells, there is a conventional name within the galaxy: the Dark Seer.

The Dark Seers are dangerous, but they are not evil, the Oldwells have no ill will at all times, they are pure utilitarians, and if they destroy a planet, it must be because they have sifted through it and found that destroying it is the best way to achieve their goals.

So Hei Xian compares to all kinds of villains in the galaxy. They are more dangerous and terrifying, because as long as it is in order to achieve their purpose. They can do any crazy thing.

Now, Lin Youde is facing this self-proclaimed "seeking" Odelwell. I couldn't help but ask, "Are you the so-called Dark Sage?" ”

"It's not for me to decide, the title of Dark Seer has always been decided by people outside the Udwell race who should be given an Oldwell individual. Also, my title doesn't matter, trading is based on the exchange of benefits, and incorporating reputation into the transaction is an inefficient act. ”

"You're right," Lin Youde had to agree, the Oldwell people never cheated in transactions, and it was extremely difficult to be deceived. So trading with the O'Dewels is generally a mutually beneficial equivalent exchange, "Actually, we need a shipboard science officer." ”

"So what you want is my personal labor? An employment contract? Got it, so what are you going to come up with in exchange? ”

"As you said, we have some ...... on board Good stuff. ”

"It depends on how good those things are, I have my own research projects, and your things have to be good enough to have the value for me to suspend my research projects for a while."

At this time, Lin Kaori interjected into the dialogue: "Can you ask what the project you are working on now?" ”

"The Impact of Extreme Emergencies on the Evolution of Civilization." The other party answered Lin Xiangori's question without hesitation at all.

At this time, Xia Yongzhi updated the ground images captured by the observation equipment of the Enterprise to the intranet of the Enterprise.

Lin Youde's first reaction when he watched the video was that there was a Resident Evil on the ground.

At this time, Lin Youde remembered that the following planet should be one of the original civilization protection stars demarcated by the Galactic Council, and there was a native civilization that had developed to the feudal era. However, now it seems that the civilization on the ground is not at all like the feudal era in Lin Youde's impression, but has a steampunk feeling.

"What have you done to the native civilization on this planet?" Lan Xiaolian couldn't help but cross the level and asked-according to the regulations. The only people on board the ship who have the right to conduct this kind of foreign-related dialogue are Lin Youde and Lin Xiangori.

"Just literally, create extreme emergencies and then observe the impact of those situations on the evolution of civilization. This is very important to my topic. ”

"So you started the Resident Evil on the surface of this planet?" Lin Youde frowned.

"Resident Evil? I haven't seen a special phrase before, if you can provide an explanation of this phrase. I will be grateful. ”

The Oldwells don't have the concept of gratitude, they don't get grateful, and they never take revenge. The term "seeking" here is purely to echo human etiquette - at least that's what Lin Youde thinks.

Lin Youde sent the Resident Evil-related commentary to the Oldwell people. The other party immediately responded: "I see, it has been updated into the memory bank." Truly. The current condition of the F-3 area on the ground is very close to that of Resident Evil, but in fact it is the experiment designation 4512D that is underway. is part of the 4512 group of experiments aimed at observing the effects of unequal development of biotechnology on the structure of society. ”

"Hey," Nhleko muttered in the officers' encrypted channel, "isn't it going to use the billions of natives on the planet below as its own experiments?" ”

"Clearly, Chief Engineer!"

"This violates the Galactic Charter! No wonder the Council is mobilizing more than sixty races to fight it. ”

With Noah's help, Lin carefully observed the condition of the ground, and asked the Oldwell people: "What is the strange steampunk style that the original civilization here is showing now?" ”

"Because of the last set of experiments, I stimulated the chemistry of one of them."

"So it's this kind of crusader knight wearing a gas mask with a prayer-like pattern?"

[You accidentally expressed your true feelings.] Noah reminded.

Then Xia Yongzhi and Freya sent messages at the same time:

"Hey, my personal feelings have come out, you riveting idiot."

"It's not good to mix personal feelings in negotiations, right?"

The other party also responded to Lin Youde's personal feelings: "With feelings? For human beings, can this condition be described as 'feeling'? ”

"Well, for some people." Lin Youde paused, "Okay, we've digressed for a long time, and we already know about the research you're doing here." We also know that you'll be doing some other work to earn the necessary funding for your research. Also, your research can't continue any longer, as the Galactic Council will soon send more fleets to encircle you. ”

"That's right, so I'm planning to experiment on a planet with a native civilization, and if I want to give up the subject for the time being, you must give me an option that interests me more than my current subject."

"Of course, but the two sides should be reciprocal, and we want to be sure that you have a secret worthy of us. I'll just tell you straight, aren't you a little small? ”

Among the Oldwells, the older the Oldwells, the older they are, and the wiser they are in general. Especially the Dark Sages, who don't like to share their experiences with other Oldwells, are definitely bigger and bigger cocks, no exceptions.

[Big is good, more is beauty, 100 billion turrets, 100 billion stars! ] Look, I've expressed your inner thoughts, thank me]

Lin Youde ignored Noah.

The "quest" in front of him was obviously not big enough, if it had the size of Mr. Laugh's dreadnought-level, Lin Youde would not have brought up this topic in the negotiations.

"I see," the other party reacted very calmly, "this is a common cognitive mistake, we are growing because it helps us to survive, so all the Oldwells are constantly getting bigger, making their power furnaces stronger and their shields harder. However, if being too large would reduce survival rates or cause trouble, we will also actively reduce our size. If I had kept my original form, I wouldn't have been able to hide here. ”

"Understood, I decided to believe your word and trust your abilities."

"I can't thank you enough for that."

Once again, the Oldwell people were polite and polite.

"Then, we have to say something from our side, and we will send you some of the information that can be leaked."

After Lin Youde finished speaking, he sent a summary of the information prepared in advance, and each of them was screened, which can arouse people's interest without revealing too much content, so it doesn't matter if the cooperation talks collapse later.

"A super-civilized relic, it's attractive, but I'm sorry ......"

The Oldwells rarely hesitate, and they seem to have a special set of quantitative criteria for evaluating options that humans don't seem to be able to quantify, so they are always very quick when it comes to choosing between them.

Lin Youde knew he was rejected.

But he was going to struggle for a while: "One more thing, are you interested in the evolution of supercivilizations?" ”

"The path of evolution?" The other party asked rhetorically.

"The information I gave you was only a mention of the Dark Fleet because of our concerns. Those people, conquering the galaxy everywhere, are trying to evolve to a higher level, and they seem to think that supercivilization has not disappeared, but has evolved and become a higher life form. ”

"I don't know the definition of this evolution into a higher life form, is it similar to the evolution of you humans from a low-level organic life form to a hybrid life form like this?"

Lin Youde did not answer, but sent the information of the main races of the Dark Fleet recorded by the Sherafi spaceship.

The O'Dewell were silent for two seconds.

"Interesting life forms." The response it finally gave made Lin Youde feel that there was a play, "When you say evolution, do you mean that the super-civilization has evolved into a life composed of pure psionic energy?" ”

"I didn't say that, I don't really know much about it, and I'm counting on you to tell me the answer. Isn't there some overlap between this and your current research topic? ”

"Well, there's research value. First, we're going to capture a lifeform of this dark fleet. ”

"They're supposed to come at us, so working with us is the easiest and most efficient way to get there."

"Agreed." The Oldwell replied with a bustling voice. (To be continued.) )