Chapter 180 Refusal to Respond
As members of the People's Political Consultative Conference, everyone present had a better mind, and they quickly understood Lu Yongchang's statement.
"That means that in order to let us understand the meaning of their transmission, Proxima Centaria also sent detailed annotations?"
Member Lee supported his elbows on the conference table and asked with frown: "What is their purpose?"
After all, this is the first time in history that human civilization has come into contact with alien civilizations.
No one, including Lu Yongchang, knows how to deal with such a situation.
"Wait a little longer." Lu Yongchang said with a frown, "Wait until Zero parses out all the information before reading."
The old man sitting on the main seat nodded silently, and a trace of contemplation flashed in his eyes.
"The darkest way of getting along between cosmic civilizations you mentioned last time doesn't seem to be very suitable for this situation."
During the waiting time, the old man whispered.
Hearing this, Lv Yongchang couldn't help but smile bitterly: "President, this is also the result I inferred based on the situation at that time."
"This time... I don't know what's going on."
Suddenly, his eyes moved slightly: "Maybe, they are just like us, a primary interstellar civilization that has just stepped out of the planet?"
"No, no."
Thinking of the traces of Hall thrusters on the moon, Lu Yongchang quickly overturned his argument: "The primary interstellar civilization does not have such high interstellar navigation technology."
In the conference room, every member of the parliament had his face full of worries and doubts.
"Professor, the analysis results are out."
Zero's voice broke the slightly anxious atmosphere in the conference room.
"For the sake of easy understanding, I translated it according to the human writing method."
As he said that, a "translation" appeared in front of everyone present.
[To the unknown higher civilization: We are the Proxima Centar civilization 4.22 light years away from you.
In the vast universe, it is extremely lucky to encounter a higher civilization with a degree of development.
Unknown higher civilizations, I wonder if you have encountered a "technology bottleneck"?
Regardless of whether we encounter it or not, we hope to establish a cooperative relationship with you and jointly analyze the endless mysteries in the universe to achieve the rapid development of civilization.]
At the end of the translation, the relative coordinates of Proxima Centauri and the solar system are also attached.
The moment when I saw the relative coordinates, Lu Yongchang's eyes lit up slightly.
"Like us, do we use multiple pulsars to locate it..." Lu Yongchang murmured to himself, "There are still technological bottlenecks, what does this mean?"
"Professor, this is a brand new word," Zero explained quickly, "I picked the most appropriate translation based on the context and the dictionary."
"The meaning is very simple. When a civilization develops to a certain level, it will encounter the so-called development bottleneck, and the development of science and technology will thus fall into a stagnation."
"The time to encounter a technological bottleneck depends on the development potential of civilization."
"In their concept, there are many factors that affect the potential of civilization development. The population size, the proportion of scientists, the importance of scientific and technological development, and even beliefs and willpower all have different degrees of influence on it."
Lu Yongchang's face changed slightly.
The stagnation of technological development is tantamount to chronic death for a civilization!
Especially the primary interstellar civilization that has just stepped on the planet!
Watching the resources around me exhausted, I was unable to go further to find new resources...
Thinking of this scene, Lu Yongchang shivered slightly.
Fortunately, humans have not yet encountered the so-called technological bottleneck.
Of course, this also has a big reason for the technology tree system in his mind.
"Yongchang?" Perhaps seeing Lu Yongchang's expression with a gloomy look, Congressman Li asked softly, "Is there anything important hidden in this message?"
Lu Yongchang came back to his senses and looked straight at the four Chinese characters "technology bottleneck".
Suddenly, his eyes lit up!
One clue after another formed a complete closed loop in his mind!
"Chairman, I know what's going on!"
Lu Yongchang said with excitement on his face and without any hesitation: "If their technological development has stagnated, then their behavior will make sense!"
Looking at the puzzled expression on the old man's face, Lu Yongchang hurriedly explained.
"President, you should still remember the basic conditions of the Dark Forest Law I mentioned last time, right?"
The old man was slightly stunned, and then suddenly said, "The law of the Dark Forest... This name is quite good."
"I remember the basic conditions you mentioned."
"It seems that there is some suspicion chain and technology explosion, right?"
Lu Yongchang nodded, with a strange light flashing in his eyes: "Now, they no longer have the prerequisite of technical explosion!"
"So, that's why they chose to communicate with us?" the old man frowned. "How do they make sure we were kind?"
Hearing this question, Lu Yongchang's smile became stronger and stronger.
“That’s the point.”
"I'm sure that the civilization on Proxima Centara, like us, is the first time we have come into contact with alien civilizations."
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"What are we going to do now?" Albert's voice rang out from the side, "Respond to them?"
The moment Albert finished speaking, the conference room suddenly fell into silence.
Need a response?
What are the consequences of the response?
How to ensure that Proxima Cialis civilization did not deceive them?
If Proxima Centar civilization is malicious, what are the consequences if they respond rashly?
Congressman Lee's expression changed slightly.
For the first time, he felt the endless chain of suspicion.
Unlike on Earth, the infinite distance between the two makes the chain of suspicion infinitely firm!
The conference room was extremely quiet, and the sound of the wall clock swinging kept coming to everyone's ears, aggravating the irritability in people's hearts.
Lu Yongchang silently felt the atmosphere in the conference room.
After a long time, he breathed a long sigh and said softly: "I chose not to respond to them."
The muscles on Albert's face trembled slightly, and he understood what Lu Yongchang said.
"You mean...prepare for war?"
Lu Yongchang nodded silently and affirmed Albert's question.
"Why choose war?" A low-ranking parliamentarian interrupted the communication between the two in dissatisfaction. "Proxima Centar civilization is now higher than our technological level?"
"Even they have encountered technological bottlenecks, if we go in the future..."
"Nothing happens!" Lu Yongchang's voice suddenly became louder, "Even if we encounter a technological bottleneck, it's the business of human civilization itself!"
"The most urgent task now is that we need to find a planet in the habitable zone to accommodate the billions of human beings!"
"Do you think Proxima will give us their home planet obediently?!"
The MP did not answer, but just lowered his head silently.
"Don't forget."
Chapter completed!