While waiting, everyone felt a little anxious. This feeling was like a homeboy suddenly running into a bustling city, feeling a little uncomfortable...
This is also the first time that new humanity has officially come into contact with extraterrestrial life, in a peaceful way...
Soon, amid the panic, an image popped up on the screen, and a big-headed creature appeared!
It has frog-like eyes, a mouth, various uneven wrinkles on its forehead, and three short tentacles on the top.
At first glance, he or "it" looks a bit like Homo erectus!
But it is obvious that this species is not Homo erectus, because according to the text, this species was not born during that specific time period.
"...There is actually a big deal? Oh no, dear guest, what deal are you talking about?" The "Multiple Ball Man" said in the universal language of the galaxy.
But from the perspective of Yu Yifeng and others, he seemed a little absent-minded.
I don’t know if it’s this alien species that is so decadent in nature, or if it’s really like this…
Behind him, there was a group of similar-looking "multi-ball people" who happily wore various equipment and ran out of the door. They seemed to be engaged in some activity.
Only this unlucky guy on duty was disturbed by the new humans and could only stay in front of the screen...so that this representative looked a little unhappy.
However, he still had basic professional qualities and quickly adjusted his mood. He showed some huge teeth and seemed to be smiling.
Everyone was slightly surprised to see this "multi-ball man" opening instant messaging like he was making a phone call at home, without hiding his appearance.
"Is this market, or even the entire galaxy, really so peaceful?"
Yu Yifeng could only give himself an explanation: "...Well, in this kind of trading market, with Hicks Civilization as a platform, there is basically no possibility of being clever. It's just a look, it really doesn't count.
What on earth..."
In order to show etiquette, Yu Yifeng and others discussed for a while and decided to... reveal their appearance.
"Hello, multi-ball civilization." Soldier Zhao Yao stood in front of the camera, wearing power armor, standing upright, and appeared on the screen in a military style.
"Oh, Homo erectus! A new civilization of Homo erectus!" The "Multiple Ball Man" exclaimed loudly when he saw Zhao Yao's appearance.
Seeing Zhao Yao's appearance, he secretly guessed: This Homo erectus civilization may have practiced militarism due to long-term wars, and was somewhat similar to the ferocious Tiekui civilization.
"This kind of military management civilization is the most difficult to deal with."
"Those who have been fighting for a long time are all lunatics. This guy...couldn't he be the Tiekui civilization with a different name?!"
The multi-spherical man thought secretly and forced out a smile: "Hello, new human civilization, you can call me by my name directly, Banla!"
"We sincerely hope that you can win this long interstellar war. Applause!" "Banla" said to himself, clapping his hands and feet.
Everyone was discussing in a low voice where the camera could not see it.
Many interstellar civilizations in the Milky Way are vaguely biased towards Homo erectus, and they know this. This is also the main reason why the new humans reveal their appearance.
Of course, it is not ruled out that this "half-pull" is intentional, hoping to lower people's psychological alertness.
Yu Yifeng didn't waste any time and typed on the side: "I want to trade a technology trade with you for more than 50,000 points! Are you qualified to decide?"
Hearing this sentence, "Banla" was slightly surprised, "Wait a moment, I want to consult my companion."
Then he picked up the communicator. Balabala was saying something, as if he was communicating with his companions.
Immediately afterwards, he clapped his hands and feet: "I have obtained the authorization for this transaction! Applause!"
"But because I have a small number of people here, it is more troublesome to choose a large number of technologies, and your civilization...the credit record is indeed relatively low...ahem..."
"Dear guest, can you provide a small amount of high-quality high-value technology?"
Seeing this "banla" being so straightforward, even his eyes narrowed when he smiled, Yu Yifeng also nodded and said: "Okay!"
There is not much contradiction in what the other party said. The credit record of the new human civilization is zero. It is already good to find a trading partner.
In the first transaction, they don't care too much if they suffer a slight loss.
Although Yu Yifeng was a little doubtful, why was it so important that those guys didn't bother to come back or even make a deal?
"Could it be that...this multi-spherical civilization itself is this lazy?" He felt a little strange. But soon, he dispelled his doubts. What kind of ideology the other party has has nothing to do with the new humanity.
money relationship.
"Awesome! Applause for our friendship...!" After hearing the reply, "Banla" was very satisfied and clapped his hands and feet again.
The next thing went very smoothly. With Hicks Market as an intermediary platform, there basically wouldn't be too much fraud. It was just a question of "cost-effective" or "not cost-effective."
In the first large-volume transaction, the new humans are not very eager to take advantage, and of course they don't want to be taken advantage of by the other party, so as to save themselves from looking like a fool.
Obviously, the other party's thinking is a bit weird, some parts are very loose, and some parts are very strict. The communication is a bit strange, and several negotiators are sweating profusely.
There are all kinds of arguments and discussions. The shopping mall is like a battlefield. You can give in a step, but you can't give in every step. You don't need to stick to your bottom line.
As the discussion deepened, all the new humans gradually felt the bottom line of "multi-sphere civilization". They were very eager for "high technology" and were willing to pay a higher price to buy it. However, for the existing "low technology", they believed that
It's worthless, and I don't even have the will to refer to it and learn from each other's strengths.
"It's too utilitarian." Yu Yifeng thought to himself.
After 18 hours, the first batch of transactions were completed.
"Electron cloud topology, Jimmy Dovich's mathematical analysis, the stagnation effect of light, new aerogels, the generation principle of antineutrons... they are all very practical technologies!"
Dr. Rimbaud was shouting softly in the corner, extremely excited.
He can't wait to get this batch of technology!
People know that these things are very practical, but they have not studied them too deeply because they require a lot of experience accumulation and cannot be completed immediately by being "smart". Practice is more important.
Now, it appears directly in front of you, how can you not be moved?
"This kind of win-win exchange is indeed much cheaper than buying it directly from the store, and there is no need to pay tax!" Yu Yifeng thought to himself.
In the first batch of transactions, they selected a lot of "Multi-Ball Civilization" technology, more than a thousand items in total. These things were relatively trivial and generally of a relatively low level.
Of course, the price is also much lower than the standard price.
The technological level of the new human civilization is relatively high, and there is even a standard subject of genetic dynamics!
L4 subjects have considerable added value for level three civilizations.
The "half-pull" of multi-ball civilizations trembled with excitement. These bottom-of-the-box things are not difficult and have no particularly big bottlenecks. They can always be developed as long as there is enough time. Therefore, most civilizations choose their own
It is also extremely difficult to research and sell.
Unexpectedly, this time, a big customer really came!
"Ah, L4 genetic dynamics, the number of transactions is 0! You are really a very generous civilization. If we want to obtain these technologies in a level 4 civilization, we need to pay a considerable price!"
"Applause! Applause!" Banla said enthusiastically.
Obviously, he was also very satisfied with this transaction.
Unexpectedly, by staying on duty, I would get a huge advantage for myself!
Even... he felt a little embarrassed, because the goods sold were indeed low-end goods. As long as there was enough time, an interstellar civilization could always be developed.
"Theoretically, we are already climbing up the L4 disciplines... These little things are prepared for affiliated civilizations to allow them to form a certain industrial system." Yu Yifeng also wrote on the screen without shame. His sentence was half
Half true and half false, very confusing.
"We also want to learn from more civilizational ideas, starting from the underlying technology. If you have any good suggestions, you can provide us with some."
This purchase needs to be made in one go. Anyway, this L4 technology was tricked from Quinton. It actually does not involve the core of New Humanity, so it won’t hurt to sell it.
However, the "number of transactions is zero" at the end also reminded him that every technology transaction will be recorded, and no one likes things that have been sold many times.
In other words, if you use an L4 technology and keep selling it to other civilizations, its value will only become lower and lower.
"Banla" was stunned again when he heard what he said: "So that's it! Subordinate civilization... This, does the new human civilization want to challenge the intellectual barrier? It's really ambitious."
"Applause!" He clapped his hands and feet so hard that he could even faintly hear the "pop" sound through the screen. He secretly thought in his heart that this guy might really be from the Tiekui civilization... he thought
Do we need to rely on this to make a comeback?
"We know almost all the permanent civilizations in this trading market. If you need anything, you can let me introduce you... We all like high technology, high technology." "Banla" went along with the flow and gave a favor.
This kind of favor is worthless anyway...
"That's great, thank you! Applause!" Yu Yifeng saw that the other party liked to applaud very much, as if it was a unique etiquette of the civilization, so Zhao Yao also clapped.
Zhao Yao kept a straight face and applauded very seriously...
"applaud!"
Just like that, the data started to be transmitted, and more than a thousand practical sciences were received at once. All the new human scientists were extremely excited.
"Happy cooperation! Applause!"
After the first transaction, both parties began to use computers and their own algorithms to verify all technologies.
There is no "controversial technology" here, that is to say, all transaction targets have passed the verification of Hicks market.
But new humans always have to verify it themselves, and blindly trusting others is not a good thing.
When the technology verification passed, "Banla" laughed completely. He definitely took advantage this time.
"Let's see... we have indeed taken a big advantage. These ten tickets to experience the new world are given to you! The most important place in Hicks Market is here, you must not miss it!" Banla said very happily.
Although when he said these words, he felt a little pain in his heart, and he seemed to be a little carried away...
Immediately afterwards, there was the second transaction...
The third transaction...
The deal with the multi-spherical civilization ended in this way. It took 4 days and 17 hours. Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief. During these days, they hardly slept.
The credit record of the new human civilization also wrote a small sentence to get rid of the predicament of having no credit record: "Completed three large-scale transactions with the multi-spherical civilization, refer to the points contract 33621 points."
Many staff members consumed too much energy and ate a few tubes of high-energy food, then immediately closed their eyes and even snored slightly.
Even a superhuman body can't handle this kind of high-intensity work.
It's so tiring, so tiring. Just choosing so many technologies and all kinds of negotiations have already exhausted them, but they are tired and happy!
Yu Yifeng looked out the window, his heart surging.
His brain was still immersed in the fanatical thoughts of great development in the future, and he did not calm down for a long time.
"After digesting this batch of technologies, the bottom layer is finally solidified, and we no longer have to worry... How much time has been saved!"
He vaguely understood why the trading activities in the universe were so prosperous.
In theory, there isn't much competition in this universe.
The universe is not lonely. Needless to say, life is universal. There are actually many intelligent creatures. These days, they have witnessed the interesting and vivid side.
Civilizations can communicate with each other in various ways. As long as too many core interests are involved, it is generally relatively peaceful.
Also because of the large filter, there are only a few who can reach interstellar civilization. Basically, low-level civilizations do not consume much resources and can even be ignored.
Over tens of millions of years, there have been less than 3,000 civilizations registered at the Hicks Trading Market, and it is not ruled out that some civilizations have used multiple names.
In other words, each interstellar civilization can be allocated nearly...100 million stars.
Such a huge amount of resources can almost be described as infinite.
However, the resources consumed by interstellar civilization are still limited.
When more advanced civilizations are very rare, an old L4 civilization usually only occupies a few stars as its home star and does not occupy too many places.
Because huge stars are enough for L4 civilization. For example, the mass of the previous solar system was equivalent to 330,000 Earths. The amount of energy that can be utilized by building a Dyson sphere is an astronomical number.
If the weak barrier cannot be overcome, L4 civilization’s demand for resources is almost certain. Compared with the huge amount of matter in the universe, it is really not worth mentioning.
Moreover, the universe is too big. Even if there is curvature navigation, an overly large territory will only bring management inconvenience. Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun, is 4.3 light years away. It takes 4.3 years for light to transmit a message. In this case
, too large a territory, civilization can easily be divided and weakened.
"So for these problems, many interstellar civilizations will occupy several nearby stars for development."
"If a solar system is fully developed, it will not be a problem to develop a population of trillions."
"The gap between the strength and weakness of this universe is really too big. If you haven't passed the second screening, you can only do this... You can't use more resources."
Passing the second screening is another huge leap, and may even mean gaining greater freedom.
For example, the Hicks civilization is not native to the Milky Way at all. It comes from the Virgo extragalactic galaxy 40 million light-years away.
This is just a corner of their tour.
"Opening a trading market is nothing more than doing a good thing."
Marginal civilizations also come from the Large Magellanic Cloud. Traveling to the Milky Way is just a sightseeing tour.
According to this probability statistics, there are really very few high-level civilizations that can overcome the "weak intelligence barrier".
The entire galaxy, millions of years, will not exceed the number of... one hand, or even less.
"However, there are not many battles among low-level interstellar civilizations. Why do high-level interstellar civilizations have a series of conflicts?" Yu Yifeng frowned tightly.
"And...for such a long time, the number of ordinary interstellar civilizations seems to be too rare. After hundreds of millions of years, billions of years of accumulation, the number of interstellar civilizations should not only be three thousand."
"There is always a population explosion of some civilizations, like locusts, breeding hundreds of billions, or billions of billions of people. What should be done at this time? Have they disappeared or been destroyed?"
"Just like the Metamos civilization, although it declined due to the collapse of the system, it will not... be completely extinct, right? A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how it declines, an interstellar civilization will not be completely extinct like a low-level civilization.
! Where did they go again?" These were all kinds of questions in Yu Yifeng's heart. These questions lingered in his mind and refused to disappear for a long time.
Soon, he came up with several guesses: "First, what we see now is just the appearance of peace. Destroyer civilizations with different ideologies may still be very aggressive. They will devour these weak people.
civilization to obtain more technology..."
"Second, these interstellar wars for unknown reasons are just to reduce the number of civilizations..."
"Third... Is it related to the eternal world? A large number of interstellar civilizations ran to that place? But, for what reason, they abandoned all the current foundations and ran to another unknown place..." Yu Yifeng
I touched my chin and felt a little confused.
"Alas..." He sighed deeply.
Since you can't figure it out for the moment, then don't think about it.
He quickly closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep...