The signals encoded by Amy and Hades were sent towards the approaching micro-starships, and soon received feedback. Through gravitational waves, a new signal was sent. This time it was no longer a short and repeated simple signal, but a layered signal.

A new thing that is more complex and richer in content. However, it shares one thing in common with the previous signals: it is incomprehensible.

"Okay, now it's proven that the other side is an intelligent civilization that wants to communicate. Finding a way to communicate is the first priority." Alex scratched his face and said to Amy: "Sister, if you encounter someone during a patrol mission,

New civilization, what will you do?"

"Let's see what level of technology they have, and then give them a wisdom cube box. The boxes are layered one inside another, and each layer requires a different level of technology to open. Every time they unlock a layer, they can use it.

It is a technological creation at the current level to communicate with composite evolved people." Amy shrugged: "The Enlightenment Box was made by the research center. The outermost part is a very simple mathematical problem. As long as it can solve 8812-57-(32-

You can open it at 8)-19. I don’t have time to dismantle it layer by layer, but I know what the innermost layer is.”

"Don't be pretentious, what is it?" Alex asked.

"Boom!" Amy made an explosive gesture, and then said: "Each layer of the box has the requirement to 'contact the composite evolved person as soon as possible'. If an alien civilization has been busy opening the box but does not contact us,

Then he is the kind of civilization that doesn't listen to advice and has the potential to harm the universe. I don't know exactly how far it needs to be dismantled before the box explodes, but it is said that the weapons inside are so powerful that even the Evolver starship may not be able to carry it.

live."

Amy raised her hand and pointed at the people on the bridge: "Asari people, raccoon people, you have all received enlightenment boxes, but your technological level is limited, and you can't open them halfway, and then you get compounded with them.

The evolved man contacted me, handed back the box, and then joined the universe managed by the compound evolved man. Now that you know the inside story, are you a little scared?"

"It's not just scary, it's completely creepy." Padmé's shoulders trembled slightly and she asked, "What will happen if I can't open the box and don't contact you?"

"We are not worried about backward and closed civilizations at all. Let them fend for themselves on their own planet." Amy knocked on the console a few times and said: "Hey, there is no enlightenment box now. Use other

Please contact the other party. Alex, didn’t you learn anything useful at the Language and Emotion Compression Research Center?”

"I have seen the Qizhi box and done projects related to it, but I really didn't know that the innermost layer of the box was a bomb."

"Nonsense, of course you don't know. The box will not be loaded with weapons in the Evolver starship. It's just that I'm afraid that idle researchers will take it apart for fun and blow up the starship. When do we carry out inspections of new weapons?

When will the enlightenment box be loaded into the civilized diplomatic mission?"

"I understand, thank you to the strike fleet for protecting the researchers at the rear." Alex smiled bitterly, and then said: "I only have a vague impression of using the enlightenment box. At that time, I was responsible for optimizing the pictographic language on it.

Use as few words as possible to express complex meanings - there are several layers. I have never seen what the outermost layer looks like."

"I know." Mingming raised his arms, like a student asking to speak in class. "I have a complete set of models of the enlightenment box. I can send its contents to the other side, starting from the first floor."

"Do you have a complete set?" Alex became interested: "You send it over there and show it on the screen at the same time. Everyone will come to take a look. By the way, you can guess which floor the opposite side can open to.

"

"Would you like to make a bet?" Padme's eyes lit up and she said, "You can place bets on each floor. Bet on which floor they will fall. The one who gets it right will take it all."

"Each layer must have a time limit," Alex was also very interested and said: "Regardless of whether they can be solved in the end, as long as they are not solved correctly within 3 hours, or they establish a connection and decide not to

If they continue to solve it, then they will be considered a failure. Hmm... computing power coins should be useless in this galaxy, what should we bet on?"

"I know!" the little fox raised his hand and said: "The fruit tree downstairs is about to mature. I counted it and there will be a total of 340 delicious berries. How about we divide it evenly and use that as a bet? Let's

Five people, each with 56, can play 4 or multiples of 4 in each round. The winner will take all the rest of the others, and the loser will share it equally with the others."

"It's very simple, I agree." Amy nodded: "And I will definitely win!"

"I don't eat berries, but I really want to see you lose." Mingming said, "And if I win, I can give it to Mr. Jin to make him happy."

"Although technically everything on the starship is mine, including all the berries, but..." Alex chuckled twice: "Why not? I like Padame's bet, let's get started.

Bar!"

The Qizhi Box is a hexahedral metal covered with simple image patterns. It uses basic points, lines and planes to express mathematical concepts. Starting from understanding numbers, it gradually develops digits, size comparison, and simple four operations. Two civilizations that are completely unknown to each other.

The most basic communication can be established through mathematics, especially the concepts of "comparison", "equality" and "logic".

Mathematics has nothing to do with social structure. Mathematics has nothing to do with how to understand the world through experiments. Mathematics is an abstract concept that is not limited by history, culture, language and scientific ability. It can be regarded as a separate category. The most basic part of the enlightenment box

It's "point". Different numbers of points are gathered together to represent numbers, such as from 1 to 9, and then 10. This has base and digits. There is nothing else in the signal sent to the small starship, just

Just this simple set of numbers.

"One dot, long interval; two dots, long interval..." Alex yawned when he saw this set of signals. Before language communication was established, the enlightenment box was so boring. This is

It is unavoidable. After the simple nine-point first, the second set of data is relatively complicated. One point is followed by a code representing the number "1", and then a long interval; followed by two points and

The encoding of "2", thereby establishing a connection between numbers and encoding. The abstraction of mathematics begins here.

"Sent it, let's wait for the reply." Ming Ming looked around the bridge and said, "This is the first round, does anyone want to place a bet?"

"No less." Alex shook his head and said, "They have already invented the warp engine and the gravitational wave signal transmitter. There is no way they can't even recognize the numbers."

Padmé licked her lips and said: "If they don't want to communicate or don't understand our thoughts, and then don't reply for three hours, then they have failed - this possibility is still possible. Does anyone want to

try it?"

"As the captain, I want to get off to a good start." Alex waved his hand and said, "Four berries to warm up the scene!"

Less than two seconds after his domineering start, the reply from the small starship came. It started with the same basic points. When the second group started to cycle, in addition to using points, they also used other codes. It seems that

It's the number format they use. This is not over yet. There is a third group later, with more numbers and a new pattern. Before Mingming has sent the numbers, the other party is already establishing this concept.

"They are in hexadecimal system. I have already established the most basic number table." Ming Ming tilted his head and said: "Why is it in hexadecimal system?"

"The hexadecimal system is not difficult." Padme shrugged and said, "Anyway, it doesn't matter what system you use, right?"

Ming Ming explained: "Shanhe Sheji continues to launch earth balls to transform the universe, and the human race has an absolute advantage. Therefore, the ten-finger decimal system should have a greater chance of becoming a universal mathematical standard. If I face an unknown civilization, I will

I will communicate in the most extensive and basic way on my side, but how come the hexadecimal system has become the most widespread?"

"Maybe the hexadecimal system is not widely used, it just happens to be used by the civilization behind this small starship." Amy snapped her fingers and said: "Alex lost the first round, and we each added a berry.

,right?"

Padme nodded vigorously: "Yes! Thank you very much, Captain, for your generosity!"

"Okay, let's start the second round. What should we send next?"

The success of the first round was not only numerical coding, but more importantly, the establishment of a consensus: both parties understood the need to use basic mathematical concepts to communicate, and had the concept of "=". Both parties had the same idea, which would greatly save communication.

Difficulty and cost. In the second round, Ming Ming first uses his own and the opponent's codes to determine the conversion between decimal and twelve, and then starts simple addition, including those with carry and those without carry.

The other party also understood it very well. After establishing the code of "", they sent "-". The third round was not multiplication and division, but greater than and less than. These two concepts plus "equal to" and "not equal to",

The most basic logical relationship can be formed.

The fourth round, the fifth round, the sixth round... the communication continued very quickly, and no one had any desire to place bets. After the numbers were established, both parties began to establish a coordinate system, using groups of numbers to represent points on the plane space.

If it is a face-to-face communication, it is best to use images at this time. Take out an actual object that both parties know, such as the sun, and then use the logical concept of "equal" to associate the physical object with "coding", slowly explore the nouns, and establish

The basis of language. But currently the two parties are not face to face, and such complex communication cannot be achieved by relying on gravitational waves, so they can only continue to develop mathematically.

After reading the code of the message, Alex immediately understood Ming Ming's intention: "Use coordinates to represent an approximate circle, and then follow the analytical formula of the circle. Which level is this on the Enlightenment Box?"

"This is the third level." Ming Ming said: "If mathematics can be developed to this level, it means that you have the ability to understand 'waves'. Unlocking this level of the wisdom box will obtain the technology of radio waves, and there will also be the ability to travel through

By penetrating the correct frequency into the atmospheric ionosphere, civilization can hope to emit the friendly communication signals written on the box."

"If the destroyer goes to investigate again, it will receive this coded signal and know that the other party's civilization has basic ideas for communication." Amy shook his shoulders and said: "The sooner you communicate with the composite evolved people, the better.

The less likely it is.”

"It's not easy to survive in the universe..." Xiaoxiao sniffed and sighed in a low tone.

Coordinate axes, coordinate groups and analytic geometry information were sent out, and this time the other party's reply speed finally slowed down - but no one made any bets on it. The technology on the other side could obviously understand coordinates and graphics, but it was very likely that they didn't.

Ming Ming's thinking here is not as simple as before. It jumps from point to surface, from calculations to coordinates. This is a major turning point in the thinking.

Abstractly, mathematics is the same; in fact, the ideas for applying mathematics can be quite different.

Twenty minutes later, the other party sent an ellipse over using the same pattern. Alex laughed when he saw this: "Haha, they really don't understand what we are doing!"

"But at least this layer has been solved." Padme was thinking about the bet and said: "Everyone, please pay attention, we have entered a new stage, and the opponent's delay has reached twenty minutes. They may collapse at any time!

"

"It's not that fast. We've just arrived at the coordinate system." Alex was very relaxed. He put his legs on the console and leaned back on the captain's chair. He said, "Wait until he comes back to his senses."

, the speed will increase. But I don’t mind your bets! You have to have an adventurous spirit, just like me!”

"Haha." Amy shook her head, indicating that she would not be fooled.

Having coordinate axes is not just for drawing perfect circles or ellipses. Ming Ming immediately sent a set of data to the other party, using tens of thousands of point coordinates to draw a human pixel map. The coordinate system did not develop towards analytical mathematics, but

Back to the simplest of graffiti. If both parties can exchange basic images, even static and black and white, it is a major improvement.

"How long will this group take?" Xiaoxiao held her chin and asked curiously: "Generally, the enlightenment box is used..."

"The current model is different from the Qizhi Box." Amy said: "Generally when we encounter Wenmin who has obvious intelligence and ability, the main purpose of throwing the Qizhi Box is not to establish a communication method, but to see if the other party has communicated and

Willingness to communicate, and whether you can listen to advice. With the technological level of compound evolved humans, as long as they want to communicate, will they still be blocked by the other party's technology? They have already flown to the other party's planet, and everything is in full view.

It only takes a few minutes to learn the other person's language, so there is nothing unusual at all. We are not trying to learn low-level technology all over again, we are just filtering out dangerous civilizations in the universe that do not listen to advice."

"Oh...Fortunately, the raccoon people are not dangerous, and the Asari people are not dangerous either." Xiaoxiao shook her tail and continued to ask: "Is there such a situation: before throwing down the enlightenment box, the other party has already taken the initiative to ask

Have you been in contact?"

"Indeed, there is such a thing. I have also encountered people who directly sent tree-level starships to contact them. The method of the compound evolved people will not change in any way. They will still throw a enlightenment box over. As for the signals they send, it is like this

We ignore the mathematical communication signals." Amy said: "Their only option is to communicate with the enlightenment box."

Alex thought to himself: This is almost another euphemistic way of saying "lower civilization".

"Okay, here comes the other party's reply, which is also a large set of coordinates - it seems they understand." Ming Ming turned the coordinate set into an image and projected it on the screen. Then everyone was stunned for a moment.
Chapter completed!