As for the Tula, the Tula do not have the ability to use tools at all, and the short front fin is good for swimming, and it can only be said that they think too much when they use tools.

Therefore, if the Tula people can't evolve psionic or physical modification abilities like the Jokas, they can only follow the same path as the dolphins on Earth.

But the Tula developed a civilization, or an instrumental civilization.

This is regarded by humans as one of the seven incredible things in the galaxy, and human alien behaviorists have studied it for a long time, referring to the opinions of extraterrestrial behavior experts of other races in the galaxy, but they still haven't been able to figure out what's going on.

Lin Youde threw this confusion directly to the second elder at this time.

However, other Tulas (probably scientists) in the council hall have also heard Lin Youde's statement - at this time, a special force field is set up in the council hall to allow sound to travel in the water without obstacles, so as to facilitate Lin Youde and other terrestrial races who cannot emit ultrasound.

The Tula people began to circle around Lin Youde, which was a sign that they made Lin Youde the center of the conversation.

Elder No. 2 continued to levitate, and said slowly, "It's not surprising that we were able to develop a tool civilization, it's just an accident. ”

Lin Youde had the audacity to speculate: "It's because of Tula's heart, right?" ”

"I have nothing to say about that." Elder No. 2 said this, and Lin Youde felt that it actually acquiesced to Lin Youde's statement. This made Lin Youde even more curious about the function of Tula's heart.

[Actually, you can speculate that a race that can't use tools can develop a tool civilization, and the function of that thing must be related to making the Tula people able to use tools.] 】

Noah's statement reminded Lin Youde of his experience after arriving in Tula. It felt as if he had never seen the Tula use tools directly, and they generally worked with a direct control mechanism with a brain partner. It feels like in the modern Tula civilization that the Tula people are the core of thinking, and the rest is mechanical.

It's a bit like a human being. But in the beginning, human beings were able to use their own tools to work, and eventually created everything.

However, it is also possible that the Heart of Tula is a device with a limited range of effects, for example, it can only be effective on the surface of this planet-

【Octopus. Lin Youde said suddenly.

[What? Noah is very inexplicable, [Tula's octopus? Well, it's delicious, do you suddenly want to eat it now? 】

[No, I'm talking about the Tula sea creatures I've encountered so far.] Only octopuses can use tools. You think about where you met the octopus, around the large floating structure of the Tula people, isn't it? The sea must be full of Tula machinery, right? 】

[Hmm.] Noah responds and sends everything she saw at the bottom of the sea, which is indeed full of Tula machinery, which looks like they are growing kelp and breeding sea creatures, as well as many small underwater planes flying in the sea.

[In such an environment, wild animals will leave, and there is only one possible explanation, the octopus was also raised by the Tula people.] Think again about the engineering boats used by the Tula people in space——]

Noah immediately took out the blueprint of the engineering boat.

[That's right! The Tula ship is modeled after a fish, but the engineering boat is an octopus. This is not just about learning how to shape sea creatures, because the Tula people have relied on octopuses to make tools in the first place. The so-called Heart of Tula is mainly used to manipulate the creatures of the Tula Sea, or something like that. Anyway, this kind of thing didn't run away. 】

[Oh, that makes sense.] Noah said, "The Heart of the Swarm! 】

[Nope.] It's the heart of Tula. 】

Lin Youde looked at the second elder, and the other party had also measured his body. Focus on him with one eye.

"Octopus?" Lin Youde asked, "You used octopuses as your own hands and feet to make tools, right?" The Heart of Tula is a thing that manipulates the sea creatures of Tula. Is that right? ”

"No comment." Elder No. 2 still threw out the answer.

Lin Youde knew that he was right.

Therefore, the Tula people developed their civilization with the help of sea creatures from the beginning, and the impact caused by this development process is also engraved in the "DNA" of civilization.

After generating such an idea, Lin Youde looked back at human civilization -

When humans picked up sticks as tools, they did so to resist ferocious creatures, and then humans began to realize that they could kill weak herbivores with sticks, in other words, the first "tools of production" that humans possessed were actually weapons.

Human civilization was born in the process of manufacturing and using weapons, and only then began to use the technology of manufacturing weapons to make real production tools.

Later, when bronze was just born, humans used it to forge swords; In the early days of iron tools, no one used precious iron tools to make agricultural tools, and all of them were turned into swords and armor.

That's why humans and Tula are so different.

[But there is a fatal logical flaw in your idea, which cannot explain why the Tula have not become a civilization that is keen to enslave other races.] 】

It seems to be right, because of the cooperation between the Tula and the octopus, look at it from another angle - no, maybe you don't have to change the angle, in fact, it is enslavement, similar to the enslavement of cows, sheep, chickens and dogs by humans.

Could it be that the key is prioritization? Humans first armed themselves, and only then domesticated cattle, sheep, chickens, and dogs with the support of force. The Tula did not arm themselves with this link?

Or is it a self-selection of civilization in its development? Lin Youde can't say clearly, this proposition should be left to philosophers and sociologists.

Now, Lin Youde still has practical things to do.

At this time, Elder No. 1 led the other elders into the council hall, and the Tula people who had been swimming around Lin Youde and them returned to the state of circling the outer wall of the council hall, taking the geometric center of the council hall as the goal of the circle.

"Now," said Elder One, "I declare the commencement of the five thousand nine hundred and tenth public meetings of the Council of Elders. ”

"When did this count start? Does it start with the composition of this council of elders? Lin Youde couldn't help but ask in a low voice, but he found that it was useless to lower his voice under the effect of the special force field that enveloped the council hall, and the entire Tula people in the council hall heard it.

Elder No. 1 immediately replied, "This is the number of public meetings that the Tula Presbyterian Council has held since its inception until now. The Presbyterian Church has been established for more than 14,000 years. ”

All right.

Lin Youde thought. In this way, it seems that the Tula people have developed slowly enough, 14,000 years......

"I know what you're thinking." Elder One said, "But it's not that we're slow. It's you humans who run too fast, it took us so many years to immigrate to shallow water to evolve to our current form, to the current level of technology, in the Galactic Council our speed is not slow, but compared to you humans is like a turtle crawling. ”

As soon as Lin Youde wanted to say something, Elder No. 1 continued, "Today, what we are going to discuss here is about the transfer of a super-civilization relic to Human Commander Lin Youde. Mr. Lin, could you please show us the super-civilization relics? ”

Lin Youde hurriedly gave instructions to Noah, so the super-civilization relic was taken out of Noah's stomach pouch. As soon as it came out, it immediately deformed and unfolded, and the light flowing from it overwhelmed the lighting in the council hall.

Lin Xiangzhi tried her best to oppose Lin Youde bringing this thing too, she thought that the Tula people might directly rob it, De Niro and Enleko seemed to agree with Lin Xiangzhi's idea, but the two chose to trust Lin Youde, Xia Yongzhi was a "Although I also feel hanging, but you say that you won't be robbed, then I will think that you won't be robbed" attitude.

So Lin Youde still brought things down, anyway, this thing was actually lost if it was lost, and he had a more tricky Noah on the ship, and the officers now think that Noah is a super-civilized artificial intelligence. So after picking up something super civilized, it's good to let Noah start it directly, it doesn't make a big difference whether there is this cube or not...... If you have it, of course, it's good, you can use it to pretend to be with outsiders, after all, outsiders don't know that Noah is super civilized. So pretending to be forced can only come in secret.

The Tula scientists all rolled over, presumably expressing their surprise.

According to Mr. Lin's speculation, it changed because it touched the fire on Mr. Lin's body. What some people may not know is that this is a nanomachine produced by a super-civilized relic in the hands of humans - and then it is an artificial intelligence. It was determined that Mr. Lin Youde and others were super-civilized descendants after the change of form. ”

"Doesn't that mean that the race that created the super-civilization is also a cyborg like humans?" One of the scientists interrupted Elder One. But in Tula, this is normal, and no one gets angry about it.

Instead, the Tula people began to discuss - with brain companions and radio waves, Noah monitored these discussions, so Lin Youde could see for himself how the Tula people fused each other's opinions through communication.

After a few seconds, he said, "Their communication was really not passionate. 】

[Well, it's not funny either.] 】

Wait, wait, why is the word "funny" here, Noah-sama! Communication isn't supposed to be funny, right?

[What is the use of a spark of passion and communication without a sense of humor? 】

At this time, Sasara sent a message: "I, I have broken the encryption of many of the communications here, monitored their exchanges, and are summarizing the intelligence. ”

[Don't look at me, I didn't guide her this time, she did it herself.] Noah said.

So Lin Youde exclaimed: "Well done, it's really right to bring you here." ”

In fact, his real idea is that he doesn't have to sort out and analyze it himself, which is great.

"You've won the prize, but, how to put it, their communication is so peaceful, it feels like—it's like old grandfathers chatting over tea."

At this time, Lily interjected: "It's better to say, it's like the so-called Qing Talk." Recently, the retro school of human high society has also started to play this, and I was forced to participate in it, and this is the feeling, which is particularly boring. ”

"Wait, how do you know what the Tula people are chatting about?" Lin Youde asked strangely.

"Because someone has shared the key after cracking, not only me, but Freya over there is probably watching."

In fact, Freya wasn't looking, the thing was now focused on the Tula swimming style, and she was still imagining herself swimming the Tula way in her mind. Her Royal Highness the Princess has obviously not adapted to the high-speed thinking and communication of human beings, even if human beings are distracted, they are distracted in microseconds and nanoseconds, and they are over in one moment, and they can still keep up with the progress of business, and Freya will completely fall behind as soon as she is distracted.

Maybe noticing her name, Freya came back to her senses, and sure enough, she was at a loss: "Huh? What the? ”

She also made a noise, and as a result, the Tula people stopped discussing and looked at Freya.

"Uh......" Freya was stunned for a moment, then decided to giggle first anyway, so she stuck out her tongue and giggled.

The girl is hopeless.

At this time, Elder No. 1 said: "Now, as you can see, Mr. Lin has agreed to order this artificial intelligence to cooperate with our research as a commander, and we can scan and test this relic as much as we want during the maintenance of the Enterprise, but after the Enterprise leaves, he will take this thing with him." ”

"It's not fair, it's our property." Immediately there were scientists who objected, and Lin Youde didn't know if the scientists were completely unaware of the Elders' decision to send this thing to the Latus - this is unlikely, after all, there are opposition parties that have taken tough action, indicating that the news has spread.

"So, you think we're going to take it back and give it to the Latus?"

"Of course, this avoids the worst outcome of cannibalism."

As soon as the scientist finished speaking, some Tulas immediately raised their voices against us: "The Latus have long stopped treating us as compatriots, and they all want to give it away anyway, isn't it better to give it to the master who can use it?" This would also prevent the loss of large areas of the country. ”

…… And so the debate began.

"This debate feels much more passionate than when they were discussing science just now." Lily sent a message.

"Because one of the parties involved is the opposition, which is more like us humans." Lin Youde responded.

"So the smell of gunpowder is strong, although it is the truth, it is a little unpleasant." Lily responded, then added, "And, you see, their discussion has nothing to do with the Aliens who want to take the opportunity to wage an arbitration war, and it always feels like they are not at all worried about an arbitration war with the Foreigners." ”

Lin Youde nodded.

"Yes, I feel it. They are not afraid of arbitration wars, but do not want to persecute the Latuans. Not only do they not worry about arbitration wars, they think they will definitely win. ”

Then Lin Youde and Lily fell silent.

I always feel that the more I know about the Tula, the more I feel that as a normal human being, I can't understand the way of thinking and acting of this race.

If the minority had come to power, the Tula would have become more understandable.

But that would probably cost humanity a friend who didn't have to be guarded.

It's paradoxical.

At this time, Shasara reported to Lin Youde: "Commander, I found a strange signal in the communication of the Tula people. (To be continued......)