How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 552 Interrogation (Part 1)

In the dark interrogation room, three people sat facing each other, and the only light available was a lamp on the table.

The two interrogators stared at the person sitting across from them with stern faces, as if they were about to reveal all the secrets of the interrogator in front of him from inside to outside.

One of them was the first to break the silence.

Bilun, a native of Introspection, his parents passed away due to an accident when he was young, and he was brought up by his grandfather. He graduated from the National School in 1750. After graduation, he worked at the No. 804 Astronomical Observatory. During this period, he published many articles about new stars. The observation data of...

Because of its outstanding performance, it was assigned to join the 'Cosmic Voice Project' at the time of its 1788 revolution, and participated in the national mission of searching for alien civilizations...

Revolving around 1805, Lun, as the first discoverer, discovered that there is an alien civilization named Amoeba in star b of the Sutton star cluster five light years away from us, and successfully established contact with it...

The 1815 revolution wheel was dismissed for sending signals outside the star system without permission, and has since disappeared. Until the 1834 revolution wheel, he was arrested and imprisoned for being suspected of joining an equality organization during the census.

After speaking, the interrogator looked coldly into the eyes of Billen who was sitting opposite him, and asked.

Is there anything I need to add?

No.

Billen shook his head, his face was normal, and he was not overwhelmed by the interrogator's aura at all.

Would that tell us what you're hiding? asked the interrogator.

Hearing this, Billen sighed. This was not the first time, and he had already confessed all the information he had obtained from the amoeba civilization very sensibly.

No matter how hard he tried to extort a confession, coerce and lure him, he couldn't say anything.

You all know what I know, and I have nothing to hide.

We want to know, what level of technology has the amoeba civilization reached? the interrogator continued to ask.

I don't know about this. The amoeba didn't reveal any more information about civilization.

Billen said he didn't know anything just like before, another colleague next to the interrogator who had remained silent slammed the table and stood up, shouting angrily with a ferocious face.

But you gotta know something! You brought them here! You betrayed all the Carters on Sori!

Don't get excited, sit down first. The interrogator said.

The colleague looked at the interrogator, glared at Bilun as if he was about to eat people, sat down again, and warned Bilun with a voice of hatred between his teeth.

You'd better tell everything you know, or I will try my best to pry it out of your mouth. Believe me, you will regret it at that time, why didn't you tell it earlier.

Billen doesn't know much about the simple interrogation techniques, but he has heard of them occasionally, and his heart is still calm. After all, he is not even afraid of death. What else is he afraid of?

Seeing that it didn't work, the interrogator no longer tried to use this method, but looked for loopholes in Billon's words and got to the bottom of it.

Since you don't know the amoeba's technical level, why can you be sure that the amoeba has the ability to travel five light years and reach us? You must have a basis, right? Can you tell us?

Yes, I have a basis. Relying on that, I can vaguely understand what level the amoeba civilization is.

Billen frankly admitted that because there is nothing to hide about this, the information can also be obtained from other channels, but the government has not yet collected information in that direction.

Say it!

The interrogator's colleague hammered the table and continued to shout angrily.

At a certain scientific seminar, someone raised the question, if there are many alien civilizations in this universe, how should these alien civilizations be divided into levels?

Billen raised such a question in his narration, and then raised the answer to this question.

Then based on this problem, some people proposed three levels of cosmic civilization division. The first level is the high development and utilization of the parent planet where they live, and the second level is the high development and utilization of the parent star where they live. The third level is the development and utilization of the height of the mother river system where they live.

After Billen finished his narration, the interrogator with a loud voice began to question in a hurry.

Then what level does our civilization belong to? What level does the amoeba civilization belong to?

Billon thought for a while and answered his question, The Carter civilization belongs to the 0.6th level, and the amoeba civilization may be at the second level.

Why are we 0.6?

The interrogator asked inexplicably. The two of them did not have a deep understanding of science as academic members like Biron. In their view, the current Carter civilization has a high level of technology. After researching nuclear weapons, their civilization already has The power to destroy the world.

Although the amoeba civilization seems to be stronger than that of the Carters, in their minds, even if there is a big gap, it is the kind of gap that the Carters can catch up with.

This is the result we obtained by importing the calculation formula based on the total energy output value of the Carter civilization. We also hope that the result can be higher, but it doesn't work.

Billen explained the origin of this value to the two interrogators.

We have developed nuclear weapons, and the nuclear power plant will be able to produce a lot of electricity in the near future. What is the result after taking these into consideration?

The irritable interrogator continued to ask in disbelief, but Billon's answer made him feel uncomfortable.

It's 0.6. The academic members who hope that the value can be higher have deliberately taken into account the technology that will be practical in the near future, otherwise the value will be lower.

As soon as these words came out, the interrogation room fell into a brief silence. An inexplicable emotion emerged in the hearts of the two interrogators. It was hard to explain, but it was very bad.

After quickly adjusting his mood, the interrogator continued to ask.

You just said 'possible', which means you are not sure, so on what basis do you think that the amoeba civilization belongs to the second level?

Since the level of the Carter civilization is calculated through mathematics, what is the basis for the calculation of the level of the amoeba? The interrogator grasped this keenly.

According to the way the amoeba civilization feeds back information, they achieve interstellar information transmission by making stars change brightness in the visible spectrum, which is consistent with the description of the second level. Billen replied.

However, Billen's answer did not satisfy the interrogators, and the irritable interrogators questioned loudly.

What nonsense are you talking about? There are stars in the night sky flickering like car lights. This kind of big event will make headlines the next day. It is impossible that the only discoverer is your observatory!

This kind of brightness change is difficult to detect with the naked eye, but it is very obvious in high-precision astronomical measuring instruments-the star is transmitting information by 'blinking'. Billen replied.