The enlightened man came directly in front of Ruan Lin's eyes: "Oh! It seems that your civilization has just left its home planet, and is so interested in class classification! Due to the language, some translations may not be particularly accurate, so please send us the dictionary, analysis, and comparison table used by your civilization! We have decided not to charge any Enlightenment Points for this information! ”

Ruan Lin also contacted WIT at this moment, hurriedly sent them a Chinese dictionary and a comparison table, and the next thing was to wait for a response.

He glanced down at his bracelet: "Oh, we have received news from your civilization, and your words are really wonderful!" This is the most peculiar text I've ever seen! Please wait for our news! ”

7 minutes later, the Titan received a specific message, the whole text does not need to be translated, this is all in Chinese:

The level of civilization is mainly based on the total power of the civilization, and there is no need to refer to the number of planets in the sphere of influence and the scale of specific planets, only the power.

Each level of civilization level increases, the total power that can be controlled varies by tens of billions of times.

The increase in total power is a facet of the level of civilization. This is the improvement of the efficiency of the use and recovery of matter and energy, the evolution of culture and morality, the rationalization of distribution methods, and the better help of society to realize the value of life.

Ruan Lin was taken aback: Isn't this the improved version of the Kardashev Civilization Index on Earth? Carl Sagan also came up with a civilization hierarchy formula!

Since the Industrial Revolution, the total power of human civilization has increased by an average of 3% per year, and if human beings in the next Earth Age can maintain this rate of development, the energy consumption of Earth civilization alone will increase by a billion times in 700 years. If human beings on Earth develop fusion fuels on other celestial bodies, the energy consumption of civilization will also increase even more rapidly.

According to the International Energy Agency in 2090, the world's energy consumption in that year was about 2.7×10¹³W.

Applying the Karl Sagan level formula to the equation, the result is a level 0.74 civilization.

Ruan Lin fixed one of the values, and the total power of the current Earth civilization is about 2.7×10²⁶, and the result is an integer - a level 2 civilization.

He only had infinite admiration for this astronomer in his heart at the moment, and he was already looking forward to the future of civilization before mankind traveled the entire starry sky.

Since Carl Sagan's formula is correct, what does the previous Titan civilization mean by level 4 civilization technology? Does this mean that the entire civilization will be able to develop such technology after reaching the specified power? That's! How can this be explained if a civilization's tech tree is all focused on biotechnology and there are few enemies around, resulting in less research on weapon technology?

He decided to continue to ask the Qiming people in front of him: "During our civilization's journey, we heard from a certain civilization that a certain scientific and technological breakthrough can represent itself into a certain level of civilization?" Is it true? ”

He further posted it in front of Ruan Lin's eyes: "Oh, dear Earth civilization, this is not in the category of free, this information needs to pay 0.01 enlightenment points." Please list the technologies, minerals, materials, and number of saleable civilization members you have. Of course, if your civilization doesn't sell it, please ignore it automatically! After we have completed the evaluation, we will give the corresponding Enlightenment Points. ”

Except for the short-range jump engine he possessed and the information he had, Ruan Lin wrote it all down, and the members of the civilization directly ignored it.

After 15 minutes of waiting, he glanced at the bracelet again, and his face was full of smiles: "We are very interested in the three-layer thermal insulation combination board that your civilization has!" This is sure to be sought after by countless Level 1 civilizations. According to the unit of measurement of your civilization, 1 ton of three-layer heat shield is exchanged for 0.01 Qiming points! ”

Ruan Lin really wanted to say something: This is too profiteer! One ton of material is worth 0.01 points, which is worth only one piece of intelligence. Controlled nuclear fusion dares to sell 10,000 points! What a price those first-class civilizations paid!

Ruan Lin pretended to pause for a moment and continued to speak: "After our discussion, we have decided to exchange 10 Qiming points first, and then we will send 1,000 tons of materials to your civilization's platform. ”

His exposed teeth almost formed a crescent: "Thank you for your generosity!" The language phrases of your civilization are really interesting! To reside, I'm the ushers of your civilization, Cancy. ”

Ruan Lin muttered in his heart: Of course it's interesting, your idioms are all wrong.

At the same time, Nguyen Lin asked WIT to deliver the materials, which would last for four hours.

He went on to ask Kanhi, "We are very interested in how your civilization works, can you tell us a little bit about it?" This is the first time we have encountered a civilization of the Mercantile Empire class. ”

"Absolutely! According to your dictionary, we're a whole big company! There are many small companies in it, but they are still under the jurisdiction of the large companies of the whole civilization, and the whole is a pyramid structure. The assessment of your civilization is the responsibility of the assessment point company, and of course, they will also benefit from it. ”

"Every member of our civilization is an employee of the company! We all love it! ”

Speaking of excitement, Canxi's two sarcomas were pressed directly to his chest.

As the delivery of the materials was completed, Ruan Lin saw an extra string of characters under the stereoscopic projection, which translated as a number - 9.99.

Kanxi pinched the two sarcomas in his chest: "Congratulations on the completion of your purchase!" Information on the level of proof of science and technology will be sent immediately via quantum communication. ”

I have to say that although they are profiteers, their efficiency is really first-class. As soon as his voice fell, the Titan received communication messages, all of which had been translated into Chinese.

Explanation of the use of a technology to prove the level of civilization:

Most civilizations like to flaunt their level of civilization with weapons and engine technology.

This is the second way to prove the level in addition to the total power of civilizations, most of which are belligerent and have too many enemies, or have been hunted by other civilizations, and they have a strong ability to attack and protect themselves.

If a civilization wants to prove its level in this way, as long as their weapon technology can completely destroy a xx-level civilization, then they are a xx-level civilization, which is an extremely difficult way to prove it.

When a civilization reaches level 2.5, they can master dozens of star systems, and the members of the civilization are at least tens of billions, and the difficulty of completely destroying a civilization is self-evident.

Generally, civilizations that are not too threatened will choose the total power to prove the level, so as to highlight the living environment, material satisfaction, and social and cultural environment of the members of the civilization.

Each civilization chooses a technology direction, and due to the neutral attitude of the pioneers of the system's First Alliance, 80% of civilizations choose to focus on weapon technology, which leads to the chaotic environment of the system.

The theory of the dark forest in the dictionary of your civilization, it is bound to be born. This is the common denominator of every civilization in this galaxy.

Even if they haven't stepped out of their home planet yet, most civilizations have similar theories.

The pioneer civilization of the Great Magellanic system is a civilization that dominates peaceful coexistence.