Compared with the official speech style that has always been formulaic and formalized on the Loren continent, the interstellar communications from the Neui people always give people a human feeling. As the two civilizations communicate more frequently and the translation work becomes smoother, this feeling becomes more and more obvious, so that many times Belltila doubts whether the Neui people do not have the ability to "hide emotions" at all, and suspects that they are a group that can directly tell everything in their thinking.

But to be honest, even if it is with Neuer, it is the first time that this situation has happened to him.

She looked at the words that appeared on the communication device in amazement, imagining what kind of alien was busy opposite the sentence. It was hard for her to imagine that this mistake would appear on a "interstellar spokesperson". She was unexpectedly a little unaware of how to respond. Just as she was thinking about how to give the opponent an answer, the magic network terminal suddenly buzzed again, and the communication system received a message from several light years away again-

The Star Explorers who were on duty quickly completed the translation work with the assistance of the servo brain. A line of letters appeared clearly in the projection of the Magic Net terminal: "Can you chat with me?"

Belltila and Bad were stunned at the same time. This was a situation that no negotiating expert or naturalist had ever considered. But the next second, another magic network terminal next to Bad's workstation suddenly connected automatically, and Gao Wen's figure appeared in front of them: "Respond to this request - this is the first time that Neuyi sent us a message as an 'individual', which may help us understand this distant ethnic group. Belltila, you are leading this conversation."

"Yes," Belltila nodded immediately, then sat down at the workstation next to Bud, and looked like operating the magic net terminal on the surface. In fact, more than a dozen nerve fiber bundles in the giant Thorin tree were directly connected to the equipment in the command hall. Her thinking turned into words and was quickly encoded and sent to the other side of the starry sky. "Of course, I'm very happy."

A moment later, the antenna array received a message from afar: "Thank you - I hope you don't mind the trouble I brought to you. I'm just... a little uneasy. By the way, are you the one we've been talking to?"

Belltila immediately looked up at Gao Wen in the communication screen next to her, then retracted her gaze while entering her words in the system: "No, the leader has gone to rest. I am the technical official responsible for managing the communication array. You can call me 'Ms. Belltila' or directly call me 'Beltila'. Do you want to talk to our leader?"

"No, don't bother him," the reply opposite Xinghai came quickly. "I just wanted to have someone to chat. It's good if you're willing to respond. Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. You can call me 'Nova', this is my name before I became 'witch'."

"Witch?" Belltila was a little curious, "Is this your profession? Or is it a title for a position? In Loren, this term refers to a woman who masters magic..."

"The Witch is my position, the one who is responsible for controlling this ancient Settler Communications satellite," explained the Noi, who called herself "Nova", who seemed a little proud. "In our society, there was only one Witch at the same time, and it was a very honorable job."

Belltila checked the machine that automatically recorded the data exchange data next to her, and then looked at several workstations in the hall. She saw that the on-duty personnel who stayed here were staring at the equipment in front of them with all their hearts. Gao Wen in the communication screen on the other side seemed to be thinking about something, so she withdrew her gaze and continued the conversation: "It sounds like my job. I am also responsible for managing the communication equipment, but our equipment is not the legacy left by the setter, and I am not the only technical officials in charge of each link. You are the only one who is responsible for controlling the communication equipment on your side? But now the two planets maintain uninterrupted signal transmission for twenty-four hours... don't you need to rest?"

"The Witch will not rest," Nova replied quickly, "the machine that comes here with me will take care of me, and the Witch will not be exhausted until the service expires."

Seeing the words appearing in the holographic projection, Belltila subconsciously frowned again, and Gao Wen's voice came from the side: "The machine is taking care of her? What is her state now?"

Bell Tira calmed down and quickly organized the language: "You said you can work all the time? And be cared for by the machine? Please forgive me for your offense. I am curious about your...'state'... In Loren, there is no one like you. Are you living in a highly automated control facility? And have you received some adaptive transformation?"

"...I live on this satellite," the sound of the other side of the star sea entered Loren's atmosphere and turned into clear words to present it in front of Belltira. "It has been twenty-one years - ah, here is according to our chronology."

"She lives on the Decelerator satellite?!" This time, even Gao Wen, who was supervising next to him, was stunned and blurted out subconsciously, "And she has lived there for so many years? How did the Neuyi control the Decelerator satellite?"

Belltila quickly sent a message: "I was surprised, does the 'Witch' actually live directly on the satellite? That is to say, you are in space at this moment? And what you mean... you want to live there forever? Why do you do this? Is it because you have to use this method to control the Decelerator satellite?"

"Yes, this is a necessary means to control this ancient satellite," Nova responded quickly, "We... do not have the ability to fully control the legacy of the Settler. In order to drive this ancient communication satellite, we can only take some tricks. The former pioneers laid the foundation for us, and they obtained relevant authority from the Departingler database. As species created by the pioneers, there are some special individuals in the Neuis who can inherit this legacy at the genetic level. These special individuals... are the witches.

"We have hundreds of candidates for witches. Selecting qualified witches from the public is an extremely important part of Neui society. The selected witch candidates still need to go through ten years of training and testing. After nearly a hundred tests, candidates with the highest adaptation index are eligible to be promoted from a 'candidate' to a formal witch, and after the ex-witch has finished serving, they are sent to space together, and there is also a survival system used to maintain the witch's survival..."

The words from the other side of the starry sky were transformed into words, and appeared in the holographic projection. Belltila's body had been leaning forward at some point. She looked at these words with all her heart, and the servo brain array was trying her best to imagine what kind of picture it was, to imagine how a civilization four light years away looked at this matter and carried out this matter. But Bud, who was beside him, muttered softly: "But I don't understand why the 'witch' must stay on the satellite forever until the end of service - aren't there many candidates? It's okay to find a few more people to rotate, with their technology, it shouldn't be too difficult..."

Belltila hesitated for a moment and sent Bud's question to the opposite side. After a while, she got the answer sent by Nova-

"After the brain is taken out, it must be connected to the pioneer servo system forever. The nervous system of the Neuyi people is very fragile and cannot withstand the damage caused by secondary connections."

The letters presented on the holographic projection are clear and sharp. The technicians on duty in the command hall are quiet at the same time. Even Belltila, who once was a high-level priest who died of everything and witnessed countless dark twists, was a little stunned at this moment. She was silent for a long time, and only after a few minutes turned her thoughts into a message: "This is shocking, I don't know how to evaluate it - in Loren's cultural perception, this is an amazing price, you and your predecessors have made great and noble sacrifices."

"This is a great glory. For the Noi people, this is one of the ultimate values ​​that an individual can achieve in his limited life," Noi replied. The distance across the starry sea and the limited communication mode erased the emotions in his words. Noi's "witch"'s expression at this moment, but Bell Tira seemed to see a heartfelt pride from the heart from the heart, "I am very happy to be a witch, and I am even happier to hear your voice during my service cycle. At this point, I am far more lucky than my predecessors.

"For many years, generations of witches have been sent into this satellite and transported back to the earth in the form of a 'holy skeleton'. The starry sky they face is empty and dead most of the time. Even if the "noise" leaked by different civilizations can be heard occasionally, those civilizations often fail to develop super-light speed communication technology that can directly communicate. For those predecessors, the starry sky is a cold and lonely place, and I... luckier than them.

"Ms. Belltila, I am the first witch ever to get a response in Star Space. I don't know if you can understand what this means to me, but you should congratulate me - on the day the communication was first connected, my family also congratulated me."

"Your family?" Belltila hesitated for a moment, or sent the message out, "Do they stay on the ground? What do they do?"

"Most of them live on the surface. My grandfather was the chief in charge of industry. My parents were workers in hydroponic farms. I also had two brothers who worked on a low-Earth orbit station. This was also a glorious thing for the Noy people."

Belltila quietly stared at the words presented on the communication interface, without words for a long time, and in this meditation, she suddenly recalled a sentence that Gao Wen had said to her-

The differences between two civilizations that grew up in completely different parent star environments are even far more than those of gods and ants.

The communication between Loren and Noy has been carried out many times. The two civilizations sent countless texts and screen materials to each other in an attempt to let the allies across the Star Sea understand what kind of group they are. In Cecil, thousands of learned people and wise people studied the information of alien stars day and night, exhausting their imagination to outline the historical trajectory and cultural outline of the Noy tribe. But even so, the two civilizations still seem to be separated by thick fog thousands of miles. Occasionally, the glances revealed from the gaps between the fog are enough to shock the wise men of both sides.

Just like the Loren in the minds of Neu people, Loren is a cold, orderly, and efficient war-crazy civilization, they cannot imagine the "moderate plan" and "peace and love" in the people of Loren. At this moment, it is difficult for Belltila to understand what kind of mood the witch named Nova "live" "in her cold space palace, and they cannot imagine what extreme concepts of glory and responsibility that Neu society maintains operation.

She could only pay tribute to the witch and the distant alien race.

"According to your calculations, we only have the last three months to communicate with each other," the communication system captured the signal from space again, and Nova sent a new message, "I can connect with people on the earth here, but for some reason... I prefer to hear the 'voice' coming from you. The wise men said that this may be the legacy of the setter affecting my emotions, but I think... it's just because the sounds you come from can make me feel some kind of 'temperature'.

"Ms. Belltila, do you know? Actually, I can feel the 'temperature'. Although I am connected to a cold machine, this machine has its own 'perception' method. It will convey many things to me. Although most of the information is difficult to understand, on the day when the communication between our two planets was established, I clearly felt... warmth and kindness, and that kindness is filled with every unit of data you send, and to me it is as real and clear as touching with my fingers.

"The wise men cannot interpret this 'feeling' without theoretical support, because no witch has ever successfully established a connection with alien civilizations, but I believe in my judgment. I feel that I can indeed feel your reliability and sincerity, so even though you have shown some... 'scary' fighting tendencies, which have even caused tension among some wise men and elders, I am willing to give them suggestions to make them trust you."

Looking at the communication information emerging in front of me, Gao Wen, who had been watching and not speaking much, suddenly broke his silence: "Thank you for your efforts, Miss Nova, we also know how difficult it is to build true trust and understanding between the two civilizations, especially there are difficult obstacles between us, but please believe that Loren always faces his friends with the greatest sincerity and kindness. We... are also very happy to hear your voice in the Star Space."

Gao Wen's words were quickly translated into alien words, and a moment later they were sent into the starry sky. After confirming with Gao Wen, Bell Tira added: "It was our leader talking to you just now, and he paid attention to the communication between us."

Nova responded quickly: "Ah, leader - I'm happy to talk to you, and I hope you don't mind my recklessness."

In the blue velvet study at Cecil Palace, Gao Wen couldn't help but smile: "Don't be so nervous, Miss Nova, we often talk, aren't we?"

A moment later, a response from Nova appeared before Gao Wen: "Yes, we talk a lot, but then I represented Noi, you represented Loren, and now... I am Nova."

"My name is Gao Wen," Gao Wen said solemnly, "Then let's say hello again - I'm glad to hear your voice, Nova."

After a moment of silence and delay, the greetings that crossed the sea of ​​stars came into Gao Wen's eyes:

"I'm glad to hear your voice, Gowen...Mr. Leader."

(The time for the book is up again! This time is "Above the Sky" from Yintian Shenyin, a fantasy category and an old author. Although the number of words is still small, I feel that the future is promising. Everyone is welcome to support it.

ps: Have you been pushing books a bit frequently recently...)
Chapter completed!