Chapter 396

"39.1% similarity..."

Wang Jing was shocked by the comparison result of the shipboard main brain: "So high?"

"It seems that this civilization has been greatly affected by the ghost fleet." She frowned slightly and murmured in a low voice, "This is not a good phenomenon."

Chen Fan nodded with deep understanding of Wang Jing's words - the New Varela civilization regards his investigator starship as a spiritual totem. Under normal circumstances, this "morbid" behavior is definitely not conducive to the development of civilization itself.

But...

Just like there is no need to take into account many sequelae during rescue, the node universe belongs to the hardest hit area. Compared with the extinction of civilization, all sequelae can be temporarily ignored.

In fact, in a sense, for "severely ill patients", poison can still be a life-saving medicine - the New Varela civilization is a good example. Without this spiritual pillar, those Varela people would not be able to rebuild civilization and order in such a short time!

Thinking of this, Chen Fan speculated in a low voice: "Maybe... the ghost fleet just wants to save this civilization?"

"Just like the work that the Dangerous Technology Administration usually does."

Wang Jing's eyebrows relaxed slightly: "If this is true, then these influences are indeed inevitable."

"But... since this civilization has developed normally, what is the purpose of the ghost fleet leading us here?"

Chen Fan was speechless.

"It's really weird..." Wang Jing bent her fingers and tapped the main console in front of her lightly, and the uneasiness on her face gradually became stronger.

Not only Wang Jing, but Chen Fan also sounded the alarm in his heart: since crossing the black hole, strange things have happened one after another.

The ghost fleet quietly left after leaving a coordinate, the ghostly starry sky with a suitable environment but no trace of life, and... the only surviving civilization in the unmanned deep sky whose construction style was influenced by the ghost fleet.

If he was not in the endless starry sky now, Chen Fan would even suspect that he had traveled to some horror movies-a closed village with villagers suddenly appeared in the uninhabited deep mountains and old forests, and the subsequent plot should be needless to say.

Besides...

Based on his previous experience in investigating the node universe, I'm afraid...

the big one is coming soon.

"Beep!"

Just as this thought flashed through his mind, a crisp prompt sound suddenly sounded in the cockpit of the research ship.

Chen Fan, who was thinking deeply, shuddered.

This abnormal reaction immediately attracted the attention of Hongshi and two assistants.

Facing the inquiring eyes of others, Chen Fan smiled awkwardly and waved his hands, without much explanation - he couldn't tell others that he just associated the civilization in front of him with something like an old corpse in the countryside, right?

"Electromagnetic wave communication of the same frequency band has been received, source: unknown civilization star ship."

"Information harmlessness detection has been completed, and the translation program is being executed..."

The electronic synthesis voice of the shipboard main brain came, attracting everyone's attention.

Chen Fan calmed down, threw away the complicated thoughts in his mind, and looked at the holographic interface in front of the cockpit.

[This is the Xinalo civilization...]

...

Boom! ! !

Just seeing the first sentence at the beginning, Chen Fan felt a roar in the depths of his brain, and a strong sense of dizziness surged into his heart!

While dizzy, Chen Fan couldn't help but flash a thought in his mind: Sure enough, his premonition just now was not wrong.

With so many strange events, this anti-universe really gave him a big scare.

Not only Chen Fan, but the rest of the people in the cockpit were also shocked when they saw this message!

"Xina Luo?" Wang Jing, who was sitting in the main driving seat, stood up suddenly, staring at the holographic interface with words constantly appearing with wide eyes, "How could this be the Xina Luo civilization?"

"How could this be the Xina Luo civilization?!!"

Yes, just like Wang Jing said, how could this civilization in front of him be the Xina Luo civilization? !

According to the many distress messages heard before, the Xina Luo civilization almost died, and the last fleet also launched a charge and attack on the so-called alien life form.

Not only that, under the erosion and attack of the alien life form, the macroscopic structure of the universe also collapsed.

Because of this, Chen Fan previously speculated that the Xinaluo civilization was the predecessor of the ghost fleet.

The so-called Xinaluo civilization distress signal was nothing more than the ghost fleet's many means of using information interference technology to attract Chen Fan and the Human Alliance, and the information displayed in the distress signal was just the ghost fleet telling Chen Fan about its own history.

But now...

the civilization in front of us is still living peacefully inside the star system. Even if it has a starship, it has not exposed "threshold technology" such as curvature navigation. Not only that, the galaxy structure in the vast starry sky is quite stable, and even no traces of active intelligent creatures can be found! !

Just like that, you told me that this is the Xinaluo civilization?

You... are you lying here? !

"Academician Wang, could it be that there is a problem with the translation program, or that the other party's dictionary information is wrong?" Hongshi's questioning voice came from behind.

Chen Fan endured the strong dizziness and looked up again at the holographic interface in front of him.

In the interface, the text translated by the ship-borne main brain quickly appeared.

[This is the Xinaluo civilization, an unknown advanced civilization, greetings to you. 】

【The attack just now was a misunderstanding. Our artillery identified your aircraft as an alien life form that is invading our territory. Here, on behalf of the Xinaluo civilization, I would like to express my sincerest apologies to you. 】

【Since the Xinaluo civilization entered the starry sky, you are the first civilization that the Xinaluo civilization has encountered. 】

【We have no experience in communicating with other advanced civilizations. If there is any offense, please forgive our mistakes. 】

[……]

The text on the holographic interface was very clear, but Chen Fan felt that his brain had turned into a mess.

"The other party mentioned an alien life form..."

Chen Fan's voice trembled a little, responding to Hongshi's question just now: "There is no problem with the translation, this is the Xinaluo civilization..."

"This..." Hongshi's voice stagnated, and the blood-colored light on his body flashed rapidly like a marquee.

Obviously, the strange scene in front of her made her core of thought smoke. She stammered and asked: "If this is the Xinaluo civilization, then what about those distress broadcasts you heard before..."

Chen Fan fell into silence.

After experiencing the initial shock, he calmed down a little and had a very bold guess in his heart.

Under the gaze of the two assistants and Chen Fan, Chen Fan took a deep breath and turned his head to look at Wang Jing: "Academician Wang, do you think that time travel, this technology is possible?"

As soon as this was said, the cab instantly fell into a dead silence.

"What do you mean..." Wang Jing raised her head a little slowly, her pupils slightly dilated, and cast a horrified look at Chen Fan.

"Time dislocation." Facing everyone's gaze, Chen Fan said word by word, "The ghost fleet is not in our timeline, it is in our future."

"This should be the only explanation that makes sense."

"The ghost fleet can compress time, thereby overcoming the time dilation effect inside a black hole."

"This is the technology that the ghost fleet showed us. If we expand it a little, what if the ghost fleet has completely mastered time technology?"

"They can completely transmit information to past timelines to avoid some unexpected situations, right?"

"This can also explain the distress broadcasts we heard before, doesn't it?"

Wang Jing hesitated for a moment, and shook his head slowly: "Modify the past timeline..."

"In theory, this will lead to the emergence of a time paradox." For the first time, Wang Jing's face revealed confusion and bewilderment about academic knowledge, "I, I'm not very clear about this... I can't give an accurate answer."

After a long silence, Wang Jing raised his hand and gently rubbed his temple, and said softly:

"... Chen Fan, you respond to the other party's message."

"The situation here... is a bit beyond my control. I have to report to the Academy of Sciences."

In-depth exchanges with unknown civilizations are Chen Fan's forte.

It's nothing more than a trick to get close to him!

Back then...

[Gaia] was tricked into joining the human network like this!

...

A few minutes later.

After a series of operations by Chen Fan, the other party's enthusiasm for responding to messages has obviously increased a lot.

Even...

there has been a situation that is a little beyond Chen Fan's expectations.

"Academician Wang, this..."

Looking at the latest text that appeared in the holographic interface, Chen Fan suddenly looked embarrassed.

Chen Fan turned his head to look at Wang Jing, who was whispering with a young man in a white coat and had no intention of paying attention to him at all, and was about to say something but stopped.

In the end, it was the young man in the holographic interface who was wearing a white research robe and had a deep look in his eyes who first noticed Chen Fan in the corner of the camera.

He raised the corner of his mouth and showed a gentle smile: "Academician Wang, this should be the Chen Fan that Xiao Song mentioned before?"

Wang Jing was slightly stunned, and hurriedly turned his head to look behind him, just in time to see Chen Fan raise his head and struggle to get in front of the camera.

She glared at Chen Fan with anger, then turned back to the holographic communication interface in front of her: "Chief Lu, let me introduce you, this is Chen Fan, currently... a Level III investigator."

Chen Fan: "?!"

"What?" He was shocked, staring blankly at Wang Jing in front of him, "Academician Wang, you must have remembered it wrong, I'm not Level II..."

Before he could finish his words, Chen Fan noticed a flash of murderous intent in Wang Jing's eyes.

"... Level III, yes, I am indeed a Level III investigator."

Chen Fan did not hesitate at all, his face was stern, and he nodded repeatedly.

'That's right.'

Wang Jing's voice suddenly sounded in the mental network provided by the smart terminal: 'Tell Moore later to adjust your treatment to Level III investigator. '

What the hell?

It can be like this? !

'Then... what if Director Moore refuses? ' Chen Fan asked calmly in his heart.

'Refused? ' Wang Jing sneered, 'Let him go to the Academy of Sciences to find Chief Lu. "

'Chief Lu...' Hearing this name again, Chen Fan subconsciously muttered it in his heart.

Then, he recalled some of the content he had read in the history book of the Human Alliance.

"What the hell?"

He was shocked and blurted out:

"Lü Zu?!"

(End of this chapter)