Chapter 8: Permission to Go on an Expedition

Another earth year has passed, David has already established a good relationship with Muma, under the deliberate guidance of David, through simple words and body language communication, Muma gradually learned a lot of English words and sentences, and can talk to humans like a three- or four-year-old child.

Lulu and Martin also have a huge interest in Muma, and like to go to the basement with David's permission to play with Muma and teach her English, although Muma spends most of her time scolding them.

Joseph had asked David to be equipped with a computer with 3D holographic projection function, but he was not allowed to connect to the Internet, so David used it most of the time to watch the latest TV movies sent from Earth to Proxima Centauri B base and the expeditionary force's footage of Proxima B.

Brought from the earth, the computer is small and designed to fit the size of the marmoset, but it projects a virtual projection keyboard and mouse that can be set in any size, so it can also be enlarged to fit a Troma's hand.

David tried to enlarge the keyboard and mouse and "push" it into the wooden cage, so that Wooden Ma could learn to play like himself, and as soon as he got started, Wooden Ma quickly learned to operate the computer simply.

When watching the film and television projected in front of the two cages with David, he can also immerse himself in the plot like a human, with joys and sorrows.

Joseph saw it, and the worry in his heart grew stronger.

Because Muma is so smart, although it seems that there is still a certain gap between it and modern humans, it seems that it is also caused by different knowledge. According to its performance, if the "Kaka" group is very large, it must have formed a primary civilization similar to that of primitive humans in the Paleolithic period.

This is definitely a small but not a small but not a small threat to the new world colonization plan of the human beings on Earth.

A threat to colonial plans is a threat to his own empire.

However, the strange thing is that no matter how much the expeditionary force continues to explore, it has not found a third "Kaka", or other creatures with a similar intelligence level to "Kaka".

This is ostensibly good news, but it may indicate that the number of "kaka" is very scarce and not enough to threaten the earthlings.

But it may also mean that the "Kaka" have the ability to evade the search of the aircraft, and if it is the latter, it is indeed not a small trouble.

David also saw Joseph's anxiety, and at the same time, he gradually sketched out a bold plan in his heart.

On this day, Joseph excitedly carried a glass jug filled with red liquid to the basement, and said to David with his goldfish eyes wide open, "Hey, buddy, what do you think this is?" ”

David was accustomed to Joseph's temperamental and hot and cold virtues, and said lightly: "You are beginning to be so empty that you are sucking blood? ”

Joseph was unimpressed: "Wine! The Earth brings the best grapes from the seeds of the improved Cabernet Sauvignon grapes! ”

“…”

Joseph shook the flask: "Come a little?" ”

David shook his head: "Okay, come a little." ”

Joseph patted his forehead and shouted upstairs, "Come on, get my glass of red wine!" ”

When a soldier brought down a glass goblet, Joseph poured himself and then filled the small white plastic bowl that David had protruded from the cage.

Joseph sat down in a red chair beside him, tilted his head and drank the small half glass of wine, and said, "Old man, why are you so troubled, I remember that you used to drink the best French wines, and you must use a good crystal goblet, and now, hehe, plastic bowls." ”

David returned to the brown cushion, took a sip of wine, and put the bowl back on the small yellow table: "The Tao is not the same. ”

Joseph's eagle hooked nose let out a "snort" and chuckled: "Pedanty! As he spoke, he poured himself another small half cup and drank it again.

In a square silver metal cage next to him, which was larger than the round cage he had been held in at the time of his arrest, he smelled the rich aroma of wine, and curiously lay on the edge of the cage and watched the man and monkey drink each other.

David took another sip of wine and said, "Let's talk about scientific research, when the soldiers sent me and Muma out to go out to the wind, I found that Muma was often in a daze to the east, and I suspected that she was missing her species." ”

Joseph asked, "Does that mean she has a clear sense of direction?" If she escapes, will she return the same way to get revenge on us? ”

"Possibly, they may even call all the Kaka on the planet to wage war against us, the invaders," David said. ”

Joseph stood up on the ground, glared at the goldfish and asked, "You often communicate with her, do you know the size of the Kaka population and the level of civilization?" ”

David said: "There is no way to understand this, my communication with her is limited to whether this is good or not, whether it is fun or not, when it is time to go to bed, when I get up or something." I wanted to ask her about the situation at home, and she would be alert and change the subject. But I watched for so long, and found that her vocabulary was not small, and as far as I could hear, there were at least five or six hundred Kaka words. She is also very good at learning and as you can see, she has been able to communicate with us in English. ”

In fact, David already had a general understanding of the basic situation of the "Kaka" ethnic group, but he told Muma not to tell anyone else, otherwise her race would suffer bad luck.

Joseph said, "That means? ”

David said: "Indicates that her IQ is equivalent to that of a child of twelve or thirteen, and maybe even higher. ”

Joseph pouted, "A teenager has more than five or six hundred words. ”

David said: "Teddy dogs on the planet have an IQ equivalent to that of a three-year-old child, can they speak a word?" That's not how it compares. ”

Joseph said, "Okay, okay, you're the best in biology, and you have the final say." ”

"Actually, I'm more interested in her ethnicity now, crazy to know about their social structure, and how civilized they are," David said. There is no other creature on earth that arouses my curiosity so greatly. ”

"That's the beauty of this planet," Joseph said. I think like you, I want to know more about her people. ”

David said, "No, you're thinking about how to destroy them." ”

Mulma nodded in agreement and grimaced at Joseph, revealing three sets of sharp canine teeth.

Joseph said, "No, no, no, if this animal can be used by me, I will be more than happy to be their god and love and protect them, after all, we need servants and gardeners, or factory workers and so on to help us with the work." ”

David said, "Can you promise not to hurt them?" The revised plan after discussion at the United Nations contains detailed rules for the eradication of native intelligent beings in the New World. ”

A gleam flashed in Joseph's goldfish eyes: "Of course you can, we humans are here to enjoy this planet, and there are ready-made waiters, so why not do it?" And we've already torn ourselves up with the UN, haven't we, even though those idiots haven't found out about that fact yet. ”

David said, "Pleasure, ready-made waiter... Isn't that an idea that only slave owners have? ”

Joseph said: "Keeping slaves, that's what Martin himself said back then, and I have already criticized him harshly afterwards. We are civilized people, how can we allow the idea of being slave owners, my old fellow. ”

David said: "If you can ensure the future welfare of the Kaka race, improve their civilization, and not force them to do things they don't like, it is admirable that humans and Kaka can coexist peacefully on this planet, and maybe they will go down in history instead..."

Muma interjected at this time: "Don't believe it, you, humans, are all big bad guys!" ”

Joseph hurriedly said: "No, no, no, Muma, we humans are very kind species. David, I can assure you, I swear to God, I will never kill innocents. ”

Mulma turned around and continued to fiddle with the virtual keyboard and mouse projected in front of her, choosing her favorite TV series and ignoring Joseph.

David said, "Then I want to find a way to find a clue from Muma." ”

Joseph almost said the sentence in his heart, "Just waiting for your statement", swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said: "Don't be too reluctant, the coming days are long, you study slowly, now, the most important thing for us is to continue to taste the wine!" ”

A few more solar days passed, and David made a rare effort to press the call button and call Joseph to the basement.

"My old fellow, did Mulma tell you where her house is? I knew you had a way, hahaha! Joseph said as he descended the stairs, dancing with his hands.

David said lightly: "I relieved Muma by knowing it and reasoning, and I was able to roughly understand that Muma and her companions were actually found by humans after running away from home for several months, and their home was still very far away from the place where she was caught in the helicopter, and it seemed to be a desert. Of course, this 'many months' is the Earth's month that I calculated based on Muma's description. ”

"No wonder our men searched the neighborhood so many times without results," Joseph said. ”

"She told me she really wanted to go home," David said. ”

At this time, Muma was very cooperative, "Huh!! Whimpered.

Joseph looked at Muma with a loving look and said, "What a poor child, shall we send her home?" ”

David said, "Let's find a time to go together?" ”

A hint of embarrassment flashed in Joseph's goldfish eyes: "Well, I still have a lot of things to do, I'll send a few soldiers with you." ”

David had long expected that this coward would not dare to leave the base to go out on an expedition: "That's okay, when I find the Kaka group, I'll be responsible for negotiating with them." ”

Joseph said, "Please, old man." You can go whenever you want, but it's best to do it as soon as possible. ”