It's reasonable for me to have a two-way foil for a second-level civilization, right?

At that time, almost all human beings will live on Ross 2.

Facing the enemy close at hand, they don't even have time to evacuate!

……

The next day.

It has been 24 hours since the first message was sent.

During these 24 hours, the advanced civilization on the opposite side did not make any moves.

Not only did he not show his trace, but he did not send a single message.

it looks like...

It's like waiting for a response from human civilization.

Although it sounds a little outrageous, this idea came to Lu Yongchang's heart.

……

【Earth】in the command center.

"Everyone, the details have been introduced."

Lu Yongchang glanced around, and said in a deep voice: "Now, we need to do a simple analysis of this advanced civilization."

Hearing this, almost all the scientific researchers present showed tangled expressions on their faces.

There is no other reason.

Just relying on two sentences, including punctuation, a total of 27 characters, to analyze a high-level civilization...

Is this difficulty a little too exaggerated?

In the command center, there was a dead silence.

Lu Yongchang shrugged: "Let me make a head start first."

"First of all, in the first sentence, it refers to us as a respected technological civilization."

"That is to say, in the eyes of the other party, we belong to a technological civilization."

As he spoke, Lu Yongchang chuckled lightly: "Maybe it's a bit of nonsense."

"But the underlying implication is that in addition to technological civilization, there are other types of civilization in the universe."

"For example, biological civilization? It's like the Zerg in the movie."

Speaking, Lu Yongchang shrugged: "Forgive my poor imagination, I can't imagine more types of civilization for a while."

With the example given by Lu Yongchang, the eyes of everyone present gradually became active.

Tao Yuda spoke first.

"Professor, it's still the first sentence."

"The other party used the word respect."

"Although the possibility of polite language cannot be ruled out, is there a possibility that, from the perspective of the other side, we are also not easy to mess with?"

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Tao Yuda's words echoed in the command center.

Lu Yongchang frowned, and said after a moment of pondering.

"what do you mean……"

"The other side is just like us, just a first-level or second-level civilization?"

"Yes, this possibility cannot be ruled out." Tao Yuda nodded and said in a deep voice.

"No, no."

He Bilin objected from the side: "Academician Tao, according to you, what does the second sentence mean?"

"Why does the other party call us little guys?"

"Isn't this contradicting the previous sentence?"

The corners of Tao Yuda's mouth raised slightly, and he said softly, "In my opinion, this is a deliberate trick set up by the other party."

"The purpose is to cloud our judgment."

"However, how are you sure that the first sentence is not a cover-up?"

He Bilin asked directly without any hesitation.

Tao Yuda's expression froze suddenly.

This is indeed a problem.

Lu Yongchang, who was in the first place, sighed slightly, and waved his hands helplessly to interrupt the argument between the two.

This is the chain of suspicion...

Just two short sentences can cause a series of endless questions.

"Okay, in this regard, I suggest temporarily identifying the other party as a civilization that is not much stronger than us."

"And, for some reason, the opponent's war power should be greatly reduced."

"In other words, it is a third-level or fourth-level civilization in an incomplete state."

Lu Yongchang's conclusion immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Facing everyone's puzzled eyes, he explained softly.

"Everyone should understand what Tao Yuda and He Bilin said."

"There is a huge contradiction between these two titles."

"From the two titles, we can see the cautiousness of the other party's civilization."

"on the other hand."

"From the other party's second sentence, it can be seen that the other party immediately discovered our attempt to attack Ross 154."

"And we haven't found any trace of the other party's civilization until now."

"The interstellar probe next to Ross 154 did not find anything unusual."

"Based on the above two points, we can roughly draw a conclusion."

"The opponent should be an advanced civilization whose strength has been greatly damaged due to the influence of unknown factors."

"This so-called unknown factor may be war or civil strife."

There was a sudden look in the eyes of everyone, and they nodded in agreement.

Fang Xu on the side frowned, and suddenly said: "Yongchang, if you want to consider the title, shouldn't the other party's self-proclaimed name also be taken seriously?"

"The other side used 'I' instead of 'we'."

"Does this mean that the other party is an individual of advanced civilization?"

"If it's just an individual of an advanced civilization, can we..."

Speaking of this, a cold light flashed in Fang Xu's eyes.

Lu Yongchang instantly understood the meaning of Fang Xu's words.

At this moment, his heart beat violently a few times.

If it is really like what Fang Xu said, the other party is just an individual of a high-level civilization, then with the huge fleet of human beings, maybe they can really...

But soon, he suppressed the throbbing in his heart, and slowly shook his head.

"No, I don't recommend doing this until the other party has completely shown their malice."

"If the opponent is only an individual of a third-level civilization, we may still have the power to fight."

"But if it is an individual of level [-], or even level [-] civilization... I don't think we can win by virtue of numerical superiority."

"Think about our current starships, and think about the starships of the Proxima civilization in the past."

"It's just that the gap between the first-level civilization and the second-level civilization is so big."

Fang Xu nodded silently, with a trace of regret in his eyes.

If it is possible to sink or capture a starship from an advanced civilization, the development speed of human civilization must be greatly improved in an instant.

"Now, the second question."

Lu Yongchang shrugged and spoke again.

"What the other party said was not malicious, how should we understand it?"

"I can't believe them!" Fang Xu said immediately, "Thinking about the fate of the solar system and the neighboring galaxy, I don't think a strange advanced civilization can have goodwill towards us."

Lu Yongchang pondered for a moment, then nodded lightly: "Then how should we deal with the communication initiated by this advanced civilization?"

"Ignore it?"

"Or... a positive response?"

The moment the question was asked, the expressions of everyone present were moved.

Academician Cao Liangcai was the first to speak.

"I don't think we can respond to each other's communications."

"It's going to have some unpredictable consequences for us."

"The consequences, for human civilization, could be fatal."

Fang Xu's voice also followed: "Since the other party has chosen to communicate with us, we should take the opportunity to learn about the other party's information."

"We know so little about the universe."

The moment Fang Xu finished speaking, Lu Yongchang's eyes moved slightly.

This is not wrong.

The current human civilization has a very shallow understanding of the universe.

If you can use this opportunity to learn some superficial information about the civilizations in the universe...

Thinking about it, it will be of great help to the subsequent development of human civilization.

Thinking of this, Lu Yongchang stretched out his hand and pressed in the air: "Everyone, be quiet."

The voices of the debate in the command center quickly diminished.

"Try to get in touch with the other party first."

Lu Yongchang said lightly: "No matter what, we need an opportunity to understand the civilizations in the universe."

"Otherwise, the situation of human civilization will only become more difficult in the future."

His speech put an end to the debate.

Even Cao Liangcai nodded silently after hearing the reasons given by Lu Yongchang, agreeing to the proposal.

……

after an hour.

A message was sent from [Earth], flying straight to Ross 580, which is 154 million kilometers away.

The message content is simple.

【Hello】

Just two words, not even punctuation.

Lu Yongchang stood on the podium, staring fixedly at the holographic projection in front of him.

In the holographic projection, a real-time image of Ross 154 from the interstellar probe.

19.33 seconds later.

Seeing the unchanged image in front of him, Lu Yongchang frowned suddenly.

"Calculate the time, the other party should have received the signal."

"Why is there no response?"