They call themselves "Nei".

This seems to be the name of the planet under their feet, and it is also their name for their own ethnic group. In fact, the interpreters do not even know whether the pronunciation of this word is correct, and can only use this special word as the code name for "alien civilization".

According to the "Neyi" people, they have been transmitting signals in deep space for a full 1,400 years. This long action has even spanned two generations of dynasties and the lives of many "Neyi people". Now it has become a nearly "regulatory order" behavior, deeply imprinted in their social operations.

This mysterious alien civilization is more open and easy to communicate than people think - of course, it is possible that as they say, time is not long and they have no choice.

In Cecil City, Gao Wen sat behind his desk and paid attention to the progress of the whole thing. The holographic projection in front of him presents the real-time scene of the Thorin Command Center. The interstellar communication spans light years is constantly translated by the star interpreters behind the scenes and is sent to him simultaneously. The most nervous and most variable "first conversation" seems to have been safely spent. Now the experts in front are transmitting the carefully prepared self-introduction and communication content to the distant starry sky according to the plan. At the same time, various information about this mysterious "alien civilization" is also constantly being transmitted here.

"They seem to have known the existence of the 'demon tide' for a long time, and even vaguely knew the truth of this celestial disaster," Amber looked at the paper spitting out by the printing device, and looked up at Gao Wen and said, "They mentioned a 'pioneer group', which left them with 'prophecies' and a lot of technical information about disasters, but this pioneer group is not the setter... The setter has another special word in their language."

"This is very likely the remains of the fire from the previous season of civilizations," Gao Wen said of his own guess. "There is not much information now. We can only guess that there was a civilization on their planet that almost defeated the demon tide. This civilization now seems to be extinct, but they left many things for the 'Nei' people... This made the 'Nei' people understand the world in some fields further than us."

"...This did not cause any divine problems?" Amber seemed incredible.

Gao Wen frowned and shook his head gently: "I don't know yet, so we should ask about this in the future."

As soon as he finished speaking, another new document was printed. With the sound of squeaking rollers running, the still-heat paper fell on the table. Gao Wen and Amber's eyes immediately fell on it, and they saw that it was the latest communication record between Neuyi and the Star Explorer:

Noy: "The pioneers have left a profound influence in our civilization, but when we generate wisdom in (not translated here), the pioneers have come to an end, leaving only a few 'descendants' who are in chaos and have completely lost their intellectual characteristics wandering on the earth. We get inheritance from (not translated here), understand the essence of the world, and know how to think. This inheritance is constantly unblocked with our development until we are qualified to accept the 'star tower'..."

Star Explanator: "What is the ‘Star Tower’? This is not on our standard word list."

Noi: "The ‘Star Tower’ is the ancient equipment we use to communicate with you. It is the relic of the ‘Star Tower’ left by the ‘Star Tower’ above our planet. The pioneers successfully awakened the Star Tower, but failed to change the fate of their own. At the last moment, they left the Star Tower as a gift to us."

Star Explanator: "We understand. In other words, you have not really mastered the technology of superluminal communication, and can only rely on this 'legacy' to establish communication with us?"

Noy: "That is true, we must rely on it to make our own voice among the stars - so using the star tower has a special and glorious meaning in our tribe, and only a few qualified individuals can (not translated here) and resonate with each other."

Due to the cumbersome process and limited translation speed, the efficiency of this conversation was not very high. When Gao Wen finished reading the latest information, the interpreters who were far away in the Solin Command Center were still conducting the next stage of interpretation, which gave Gao Wen and Amber time to slowly think about the information revealed in the conversation.

"It's true that we had speculated before," Gao Wen exhaled softly and put the page aside. "They used the legacy of the setter to send signals out... The technical level of this civilization is not as amazing as we imagined. I think this can make everyone feel relieved."

"Not only the technical level...the frankness they communicated was even more surprising," Amber said with a frown. "They answered many questions and even revealed a lot of things on their own. You know, in their eyes, we are also an 'alien civilization' that is unknown, but this group called 'Nei' does not seem to be so... afraid of it."

"In fact, we may be equally 'candid' in the eyes of the other party," Gao Wen shook his head with a smile, "Didn't we also prepare a lot of information about our own situation and pass it on? But all the information has been rigorously discussed to ensure that there is no harmful content in it - I believe the situation in the 'opposite' is similar. For the first time, the two alien civilizations who have never been in contact with each other, both sides can only see what the other party showed frankly, and they cannot see the secrets that have been hidden from the beginning. The information on both sides is so closed that both sides are even very limited in proactively asking questions. In this case, the conversation itself means frankness."

Amber thoughtful as he listened to Gao Wen's words, and at this moment, new content began to be spit out from the printing device next to him-

Star Explanator: "We have already understood the 'disaster' you mentioned. On our planet, it is called the 'demon tide' - our scholars believe that it will cause distortion of the cognition of the world by intelligent creatures, and thus lead to the out-of-control observation effect in the macro field and ultimately lead to the extinction of civilization. Is this in line with your cognition?"

Noi (there is a long time blank waiting here): "Yes, this is exactly what we want to warn you! You already have some understanding of this, and this is really good news."

Star Explanator: "So can I understand this way: you know how to deal with the 'demon tide', but you can't do it independently, so you need to cooperate with us?"

Noi (again wait): "At this stage, we do not have the technology to completely resist the demon tide, but we have some theory that we may be able to protect the minds of intelligent creatures when the demon tide arrives - but we really cannot do this independently."

Star Explanator: "We need a clearer explanation to determine whether this kind of 'cooperation' should be carried out. What is your theory? Why can't you complete it independently, but there is hope for cooperation with us? How do you judge that a completely unfamiliar 'alien civilization' can help you accomplish this?"

Noy: "Because we have to calculate some parameters of the magic tide on the astronomical scale to ensure that the protection technology takes effect, and in order to collect the most primitive data, we need to establish at least two observation points.

"The distance between these two observation points must be at least greater than four light years - this is the basic scale of the magic tide during a complete oscillation.

“In this range, you are the only civilization that responds to our response.”

The conversation on this piece of paper ends here, and at the end of the paper there is a line of small footnotes left by technicians: the above-mentioned "light-year" units have been converted.

Gao Wen raised his head and looked at Amber, and almost at the same time, they heard Bell Tira's voice coming from the Magic Net terminal beside their desk: "Do you think the things that 'they' say are trustworthy?"

Gao Wen looked at Belltila, then looked down at the conversation records on the printing paper, and couldn't help but frown slowly: "There is too little information... Our research on the Demon Tide is actually quite superficial. Even the first 'simulation laboratory' was just a plan not long ago. Based on these simple understandings alone, it is not enough to determine whether these 'alien' are lying..."

He pinched his eyebrows, his mind began to think quickly, and continued to say slowly: "... According to their statement, if you want to resist the demon tide, you seem to have to first conduct some large-scale "observation" of the demon tide, and set observation points at two points four light years apart to confirm a certain real-time state of the demon tide... In other words, their theoretical "protection means" should be an adjustable thing, perhaps its principle is to "counteratize" the demon tide?

"It sounds like the 'pioneer group' they mentioned has left them a lot of knowledge, but there are also many 'knowledge loopholes', which makes them know more about the world in some fields than us, but there is no corresponding solution...or, the solution temporarily exceeds their current capabilities..."

Belltila was silent for two seconds and slowly spoke: "I don't know if they would like to share their 'protective technology' with us first - or even just share their ideas in this regard, which should help us judge the credibility of this matter."

"Let the Star Explorer prepare for this issue," Gao Wen nodded, and then he thought about it again, "By the way, how do they plan to 'cooperate' with us - judging from the information revealed in the previous conversation, we are at least four light years away from their planet, and the only connection between us is this unreliable super-light speed communication. If they consider these actual situations, they should at least have a more feasible solution."

"Yes, the Stars Resolver team has begun to edit the text."

Next was a rather unbearable waiting process. There was almost only breathing in the study. Gao Wen and Amber stared at the magic net terminal on the table and the printing device connected to the magic net terminal. At the same time, subconsciously tapped the armrest of the seat with their fingers - until a few minutes later, a click suddenly came from the printing device, and then a piece of white paper was slowly spit out with the sound of the machine shaft running.

Gao Wen and Amber's eyes fell on the paper in an instant—

Star Explanator: "We do have the intention to cooperate, this is for the survival of both of us, but we must first understand your 'protection theory' to evaluate the feasibility of the whole thing. Please understand our caution - because we are also studying the magic wave, and we do not have unlimited energy."

Neuyi (a longer time of blank waiting): "...we understand and are willing to share with you our ideas in this regard in advance.

"The destruction mechanism of the magic tide originates from its 'cognitive interference' with smart creatures, and our 'protection' theory is based on this. We believe that if we can fix the 'cognition' of the smart creature in a certain state of uninterference by some means, or place the mind of the smart creature in a 'force field' that can effectively fight the magic tide, we can avoid this disaster.

"The knowledge left to us by the pioneers mentions a 'Mental Unification Field' device that covers the entire planet. In the past 1,400 years, we have placed all people in the shelter of this device, and now the only thing this device lacks is the observation parameters of the magic tide.

"So, we need your help."

Star Explanator: “…We already know, but cannot give an answer immediately. Our leaders need to have a more careful understanding and evaluation, but please rest assured that the response will be given in the near future.

"Before that, we want to first understand one thing - if we really establish cooperation between the two sides, how should this cooperation be carried out? The distance between the two planets is so far away, and we only have an unstable super-light speed communication link with each other."

Noy: "We will send technical information to you, including how to build an observation device for the magic tide and a complete blueprint for the 'Mental Unification Field' device - although the latter may not necessarily be suitable for your ethnic group, it may still be valuable to you."

Looking at the handwriting on the printing paper, Gao Wen fell silent for a moment, his face seemed extremely serious.

A "mental unity field device", a technology that can resist the demon tide.

Does he want it? Of course he wants it!

The "Nei people" need the help of the alliance. They spent 1,400 years to complete a grand project that could protect the entire civilization. Now they have almost completed all the preparations, but have been stuck in the most critical step. Now only a observation point located four light years away can they enable the protective device to be activated, and then their civilization can be saved.

But they are not the party who "seek others", at least not entirely - because compared with them, the alliance is really unstable, and the "mental unification field" mentioned by Noyren... is now a fatal attraction to Gao Wen.

In addition, things like "whether the alliance has the ability to create that mental unified field device" or "how long it will take to create this thing" are things that need to be considered later.

But no matter how impulsive he was in his heart, Gao Wen could not make a clear response immediately.

After all, all his understanding of this mysterious "Nei" civilization is only derived from the conversation records on these pages, and many of the technical related content mentioned in these conversation records still need to be discussed and verified as much as possible by real experts. He also wants to hear the opinions of both Tifeng and the Silver Empire. As the actual leader of the alliance, he is destined not to leave his allies in this matter.
Chapter completed!