The other party sent a pixel picture, which showed a human holding a long staff stroking the head of a kneeling human on the ground.

"What do they mean?" Everyone looked at each other. This round of communication will obviously slow down because the other party sends something that has nothing to do with mathematics: interpersonal relationships. Such a picture can be interpreted in many ways, social, religious

, artistically, formally...but there is no progress at all in terms of mathematics and informatics.

"Don't worry about the specific meaning, just look at it from a technical level." Ming Ming said: "We sent the pixel image using the coordinate system, and now that we have received this feedback, at least two things can be determined. First, they have understood it.

This method of conversion between digital coordinates and images, secondly, they know our basic image and also send their basic image."

"The guy opposite is also in basic human form. His knees can bend and he can hold a long stick in his hand - what's the point of this?"

"Don't worry about it at all. We can continue to follow our method. Just like the model of the compound evolutionary man's enlightenment square box - no matter what explanation the enemy has for the existence of the square box, whether it is placed in God or the ancestors,

Okay, or a simple conspiracy theory - just pay attention to whether they can understand it and whether they can respond." Ming Ming said while sending new information: "With graphics, you can establish nouns and pronouns.

Thesaurus - that's the only thing we need to worry about."

One word per picture, first of all, vocabulary related to mathematics. After first determining the vocabulary required for "sequence" and "reference", you can use multiple words per picture, which greatly improves efficiency. For example, draw a solar system,

The "whole" is the "solar system", and then the parts are "referred to". The one that shines and heats in the middle is the "sun", followed by "planets", "satellites", "asteroids", "comets", and "starships"

.When drawing a person, you can point out the organs respectively and distinguish "up, down, left and right". The more vocabulary you have, the higher the complexity of the expression, and the more precise the meaning will be.

If it is used for basic communication, it is enough to have thousands of basic words, but the communication between different civilizations does not stop there. Just like the wisdom cube, it is also very important to test the other party's level of technology and way of life. Ming Ming starts to use basic words.

Use the vocabulary to describe technological creations, use "improving the efficiency of information communication" as an excuse, and constantly throw out some scientific theories and engineering knowledge, which is equivalent to unlocking the wisdom cube layer by layer. Others began to place bets, and in the first few rounds

Everyone is losing, it’s just the difference between losing more and losing less. Finally...

"They are still studying the grand unified theory, and they still firmly believe that this is the most correct direction." Ming Ming raised her right hand high and said: "According to the rules of the Enlightenment Box, I declare that they cannot unlock this layer. They can

Let’s settle the bet!”

"Huh? Do I win now?" Alex was stunned for a moment, and then stood up. He was going to the bathroom before, so he crushed thirty-two berries casually. Since he had always lost before, everyone was

She thought it was bad luck and didn't want to have anything to do with him, so Padme dropped four berries as a token gesture. Alex didn't expect that he would come back from the bathroom and win effortlessly.

"Yes, according to the agreement, each of us will give you thirty-two." Xiaoxiao waved her fist in annoyance and said, "I wanted to bet just now, but I hesitated. I really regret it!"

"My luck has always been very good. But don't worry, I can't eat so many berries. Take them out and let Padme learn how to cook them-for example, make them into garnishes on cakes." Alex patted Padme gently.

Damei looked at the back of her hand, then turned to Ming Ming and asked: "They have stopped on unified theory, but it does not mean that communication has to stop. Should we focus on content other than technology next?"

Ming Ming nodded: "That's right, Captain, the vocabulary is almost ready, and we can start basic communication. But before that, we need to confirm our identity and unify the caliber of communication with them."

"There are many civilizations that use the earth to refer to the planet, so we are the earthlings. Our technology is kept at a higher level than theirs, and we are a more peace-loving civilization. Out of caution, the location of the galaxy is absolutely confidential

, the mother tongue is compound evolved human language, the frequency of use is reduced, but occasionally one or two words can be said. Is there anything else that needs to be added? "

Xiaoxiao said: "Ask more questions and answer less, act like you are very curious about knowledge, and at the same time show that you are willing to trade. According to the research of our Li Xing people, this kind of personality is relatively the most popular."

"You need to show a sense of pride and appropriately increase the sense of threat, so that people feel that you have advantages in some aspects and dare not act rashly." Padme added: "No deterrence equals destruction. Showing claws is more important than having claws."

"I have nothing to add." Amy shook her head: "In the end, the starship is the decisive factor. As for these communication tricks, you can say whatever you want. The bet is over, and I'm going to take a rest."

When I was waiting to send messages back and forth with the other party, I didn’t feel that time was flying fast. Now that I came back to my senses, everyone was a little tired. Seeing this, Ming Ming said: "I'll talk to them here, I don't need to sleep."

.This is the unique advantage of artificial intelligence.”

"I'm on duty here, you all go back to your room and go to sleep." Alex clicked a few buttons on the chair, put the back of the chair down, and lay down comfortably. "The captain's authority can be used here.

When dealing with any emergencies, I can only feel at ease if I stay in Cambridge. This is just the initial contact, there will be many things to come in the future, so please reply to the status as soon as possible!"

Padme wanted to stay with her, but Alex persuaded her to go away. The bridge quickly became quiet, and both Ming Ming and Alex remained quiet, while the images that flashed from time to time on the projection screen gradually faded away.

With the hypnotic effect, Alex lay on the chair, tilted his head and looked at it for a while, and soon dozed off.

Although he just slept not long ago, Alex's recent state is really bad. Mr. Ke's attempt to sort out the Shanhe Sheji drawings completely failed. The gap in computing power is too big. This obstacle cannot be solved by a trick at all.

Beyond. This time, in addition to the protective mechanism triggered by the brain-controlled body, Alex's brain was also affected, and his current state is "excessive fatigue." The evolutionary plug-in in his body has been working hard to synthesize the nutrients needed by the brain, and by increasing

Oxygen supply and faster metabolism improve brain condition, but the key requirement that really works is sleep.

Alex didn't tell anyone else about this situation. Anyway, he was just very sleepy and would be fine if he slept more. It wasn't a difficult thing. And it wasn't an absolute bad thing. Alex was a blessing in disguise to a certain extent.

The special needs of the brain make the evolution plug-in burst out with a strong "work enthusiasm". The result of continuous supplementation and strengthening is to increase the computing power by 3 points. It feels that this is similar to exercising muscles. Add more energy within the tolerance range of the body's repair.

Under high pressure, weak points are strengthened through the process of damage and repair.

In the dream, the computing power running-in progress reached 37, and no new functions were enabled. However, the number of external devices increased to six. One of them can be connected remotely, but only using the communication center function. On the other hand, if the six

With all the slots of the external devices occupied, Alex can fully control the streaming number, down to every data byte and every controllable switch.

This kind of control may be useful in accurately controlling the spacecraft, but it is essentially no different from him using the touchpad to control it on the bridge. Moreover, the remote external device only has one slot and cannot fit in the Liuma, so Alex

It's impossible to remotely control a starship with your mind - what a pity, what a pity!

Turning over in the captain's chair in a daze, Alex vaguely felt a hard object pushing against the side of his lower back. With that familiar shape and position, he knew it was a computing stick without waking up.

Wait, now he only needs an external device slot to control the computing stick. What will happen if he uses it as a remote connection? Alex suddenly woke up and sat up straight. He looked sideways and said.

Sentence: "Did you have a nightmare?"

"Composite evolved humans never have nightmares, nor do they dream about electronic sheep." Alex blinked and said, "By the way, do you have a resting mode similar to sleep?"

"There is a pattern similar to sleeping, and there is also a phenomenon similar to dreaming, but there is no electronic sheep." Menming shrugged and said: "Before you showed up, I had a lot of boring time to waste.

You can’t keep staring at meaningless data streams.”

"Yeah. The data flow like a waterfall is scary when you think about it." Alex scratched the back of his head: "Has the communication with the other party achieved any results?"

"There are a few. The other party claims to belong to an organization called the Alien Association. Its members include more than 400 different civilizations. He welcomes us on behalf of the Alien Association." Ming Ming said: "I know you care more about the continent under your feet.

I tentatively asked, but they did not mention anything related to Shanhe Sheji. They only said that this is the holy land of the Alien Association, and that the association has the responsibility to protect and manage this place. They hold some kind of ceremony here regularly - the name of the ceremony is already there

Yes, but I don’t know what it means. They are more cautious on this matter and are unwilling to say more.”

"This is normal and understandable. It would be the same for me." Alex nodded and said, "Did they mention how to get to this continent?"

"I asked this question directly, and they gave me a schematic diagram." Ming Ming put a map on the projection screen. "This square area is obviously a giant continent, and the particularly vacant bright spot is the entrance and exit, that is,

The location of the Alien Association. Unfortunately for us, we happen to be on the other side of the continent."

"Ah...yes, this is a flat continent, not a sphere, and its size made me forget that there is another side!" Alex patted his forehead.

"This is related to the direction we came from." Ming Ming explained: "One side of the giant continent faces the center of the Milky Way, and it is on the edge of a spiral arm of the Milky Way. Therefore, people in this galaxy are more likely to come from the other side.

We arrived. We came from another galaxy and just appeared on the far side. They only have relatively old communication satellite ships here. I hope we can go to the other side to meet them."

"Yes, but don't worry." Alex pondered for a moment and said: "There is an entrance on that side, is there an entrance on this side? It would be nice if we could find a way to confirm. Although the attitude of this Alien Association is quite good, but

I don’t want to be controlled by others.”

"I think so too. They blocked the entrances and exits, and they obviously have interests in it, not to mention that they mentioned some kind of ritual. I think Xiaoxiao's airflow detection method is promising to find the entrances and exits, but it must solve the problem of efficiency and time.

problem." Ming Ming continued: "We are slowly testing it out with them at the moment. If we really want to have a good communication, we probably need to meet in person. If you are sure that you want to continue investigating here, I will find a reason to delay it for a while."

"That's it. We have the general direction, and I trust you in the specific details." After Alex finished speaking, he took out the computing stick and held it in his hand.

Ming Ming turned her head and asked in a curious tone: "Why did you take out the computing stick? You haven't trained recently, are you a little uncomfortable?"

"I just had an idea when I was half asleep and wanted to see if it could work." Alex established a communication center to remotely transmit the signal from the composite evolutionary human's touch pad, and at the same time set the computing stick as an external device. "

The computing stick has the ability to deform and partially print and recreate it. I am very curious about the upper limit of its deformation ability."

The computing stick began to deform under his remote control. Mechanical parts such as gears could be deformed easily, and more complex things could also be constructed. Ming Ming stood up from the floor and looked at Alex: "Captain,

What are you going to do?"

"I want it to fly." Alex frowned and continued to deform the computing stick remotely. "Do you think the particle reverse thrust method is better, or the basic force thruster in the evolution plug-in?"

"The particle recoil is better and the explosive force is better. The basic force thruster is relatively soft and suitable for use on the human body, but the computing stick is a weapon. However, the basic force thruster can be made very small, but this is not the case with particle recoil.

advantages.”

"Then let's stick to the basic force thruster. I don't need it to fly much." Alex closed his mouth and focused on the computing stick. Under Ming Ming's gaze, the computing stick moved between two and three points.

Six rectangular slender sticks slowly "grow" at the position of one. Each stick is a basic force thruster, which provides power like a rocket engine, but they can be operated according to Alex's command.

Rotate for better maneuverability.

"The flight control algorithm still needs to be optimized. For now, let's do this..." Alex held the computing stick in one hand, put his index finger and middle finger in front of his nose with the other hand, and then jerked towards the computing stick.

He yelled: "Get up!"

The basic force thruster started, and the computing stick was swaying into the air. Since the flight control algorithm is not yet mature, it can only rely entirely on Alex's mental remote control, so the flying posture is a bit ugly, like a drunk straight man.

It's like getting into a plane and encountering strong winds.

Alex continued to adapt and adjust, and his flight control gradually became better. Although it was still not as flexible and smart as the fairy sword in the novel, it could at least circle around him and fly accurately into his hand.
Chapter completed!