The content of the email was quickly displayed. Academician Zhang was concise and to the point without any unnecessary nonsense, and he went straight to the point.
Jiang Chen and He Yanya also saw the key point at the first time: "...According to my inference, these items seem to have no pattern, but in fact they contain multiple ecosystems and most of the chemical elements discovered so far. I have no research on chemistry, only discussing the collection of plant parts. Most of the plants on this table are relatively rare in my country and have high research value..."
The two of them read the email quickly, looked at each other, and saw the solemnity on each other's faces.
Before receiving the email from Academician Zhang, they also had many guesses about this table, but because some words had not been deciphered and the clues they got were too few, most of them were overturned one by one.
However, in this email, Academician Zhang even speculated about those words that have not yet been translated and are only composed of unfamiliar characters: those may be the names of relatively obscure chemical elements in real life.
Jiang Chen had not speculated in the direction of chemical elements at first because the things recorded in these tables did not directly indicate their true uses in words. For example, balloons, bracelets, and bronze ware seemed to have nothing to do with each other at first glance, but when connected with what Academician Zhang said in the email, it can be found that their manufacturing all involved chemical elements.
Because of this, Jiang Chen and his colleagues did not associate those untranslated characters with chemical elements with complex names. After being reminded by Academician Zhang, Jiang Chen suddenly remembered that he seemed to have heard an unfamiliar word when he heard a conversation between He Qianjian and the system. He was very puzzled at the time, but now he thought of it and it seemed to correspond to one of the elements on the periodic table.
In order to confirm his guess, Jiang Chen said hello to He Yanya and hurried back to his laboratory. It was not yet seven o'clock, but there were already people in the laboratory. When they saw Jiang Chen come in, they said hello and went about their own business.
Jiang Chen walked to Shi Fengyue's seat and sat down, opened his translation system, input the words in his mind, then dragged the table in and pressed Enter for matching recognition.
A few seconds later, one of the unfamiliar characters in the table was indeed missing, which proved that Academician Zhang's guess was highly likely to be true.
If this is true...
That proves that the system has been collecting data on the Earth's biosphere, and most likely has collected samples. A high-tech civilization system appears in a galaxy with a lower level of civilization. What is it doing by collecting data on a planet in this galaxy? Jiang Chen had the answer almost immediately.
In the interstellar age, with strong technological support, interstellar flight is as common as today's high-speed trains and airplanes. Most people have traveled between different planets, either for travel or business trips, or more likely to collect and develop new energy.
These planets were not habitable from the beginning, nor did they originally belong to a certain national organization. Instead, they were acquired through searches and conquests by various national organizations. No matter in which era, the territory and technological level determine the strength of a country.
Under the premise that the inherent territories have been allocated, the discovery and exploration of new planets is particularly important.
Under the exploration of peace-advocating countries, if new planets or new civilizations are discovered, most of them use diplomatic policies to negotiate. However, as the saying goes since ancient times, "weak countries have no diplomacy", the same is true in the interstellar space. Even for negotiations, planets with lower levels of technological civilization will mostly serve as satellite planets of the discoverer.
However, this is already a very good result. Even though many races have reached a consensus on peaceful coexistence in the interstellar space, some races are still extremely xenophobic and warlike. As far as Jiang Chen knows, there are many races in the galaxies that are like this. If these races still possess powerful technology and weapons, most of the newly discovered planets will become slave stars, resource stars, or garbage stars.
Slave stars and garbage stars are just as their names suggest and need no further explanation. Resource stars mean that one or more resources required by the discoverer have been found on this planet. After collecting enough information, the discoverer will "disinfect" the planet.
Disinfection refers to clearing away everything on the planet that may hinder the excavation, growth, and reproduction of resources, turning the entire planet into a planet that only serves and produces resources. Even intelligent races with a certain level of civilization will be listed as targets for elimination as long as they may consume resources or are useless to resources.
Based on the behavior of He Qianjian's system, the possibility of the latter is much higher than the former. Jiang Chen's expression changed slightly. If it is really as he thought, He Qianjian's system may have bad intentions.
"What's wrong?"
While he was thinking, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind him. A hand was placed on his shoulder, and a familiar breath blew behind his ear. Jiang Chen did not turn around, but raised his chin to signal Shi Fengyue to look at the computer, "One more character has been deciphered."
Shi Fengyue's eyebrows twitched slightly, and his eyes moved away from Jiang Chen's profile and fell on the computer screen. He was very good at reading ten lines at a glance, and he quickly found the unfamiliar Chinese characters in the lower right corner of the table. After reading it clearly, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes: "Radioactive elements?"
Jiang Chen added: "This table contains almost all the elements except for a few that are difficult to collect."
Shi Fengyue knew that Jiang Chen had been studying this table for a while, so he asked, "Do you have any idea?"
Jiang Chen nodded: "My aunt found his teacher, Academician Zhang Qi Zhang, and wanted him to help take a look. He gave some clues."
Jiang Chen told Shi Fengyue the contents of Academician Zhang's email. Shi Fengyue seemed to be thinking about it. After a while, he said with interest: "So, the purpose of this system in He Qianjian's hands is not He Qianjian at all, but the entire planet?"
"It's very likely." Jiang Chen repeated his guess and said, "If it's what I think..."
Shi Fengyue interrupted him, his eyes flashing with interest: "It means that there must be other civilizations in the universe, and their technological development level is higher than that of the Earth. They may even have found a way to travel to the Earth."
Jiang Chen paused. He was not surprised that Shi Fengyue could guess his guess so accurately, but he was very surprised that he seemed to be very... familiar with alien civilizations?
Most people have heard stories about UFOs and aliens, and many are very fascinated by them, but these stories have no evidence to support them, so they are still just stories. Even for students of astronomy or scientific researchers who specialize in this area, when they first learn that there may be a real alien civilization appearing on Earth, they still need a period of surprise before they can accept and study it.
But Shi Fengyue seemed to skip the stage of surprise, accepted this fact without any obstacles, and seemed to believe it firmly.
Jiang Chen couldn't help but ask, "Do you think this must have been done by aliens?"
Shi Fengyue curled his lips and asked, "Do you think there is any country or research institute in the modern world that can develop the thing in He Qianjian's mind?"
Jiang Chen frowned and asked his doubts: "You don't seem surprised at all."
Shi Fengyue lowered his eyes, stared at him for a while, and suddenly said jokingly: "If I tell you that I have been to an alien planet, and it was an alien planet many years later, would you believe it?"
Jiang Chen suddenly raised his eyes.
Shi Fengyue rubbed his head amusedly: "So surprised? I was just kidding."
Jiang Chen frowned slightly. He didn't think he was joking, because he had really been to the "alien planet many years later" that Shi Fengyue mentioned, and Shi Fengyue's expression didn't seem like he was joking.
Shi Fengyue mistakenly thought that Jiang Chen was angry that he was joking while discussing serious matters, so he straightened his face and apologized: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't joke at this time."
Jiang Chen came back to his senses and shook his head. Now was not a good time to ask Shi Fengyue about his "joke". He thought for a moment and said, "Since we captured the core files in He Qianjian's system, the system has been out of Changjiang's signal range. I suspect it has not completely collapsed, but is quietly repairing itself. After the repair is successful, it is very likely to look for He Qianjian again."
Shi Fengyue immediately understood what he meant: "You want to go to the prison to see He Qianjian?"
Jiang Chen: "After he went to prison, he kept sending messages through other people to see me. My parents didn't want me to meet He Qianjian again, so they never sent messages to me. It wasn't until a while ago that I found out that he had changed his target and went to see my parents."
Shi Fengyue knew how much Jiang Chen valued his adoptive parents, and that the system and He Qianjian could no longer pose a threat to Jiang Chen, so he said without hesitation, "Since you want to go, go and take a look. I'll accompany you."
After He Qianjian was imprisoned, Jiang Chen had always planned to meet with him to confirm whether the system had really disappeared from his body. However, his busy work and study prevented him from finding the time.
"No need, I can go by myself." Jiang Chen didn't want to have a companion when visiting the prison, and there was a lot of work to do in the laboratory. If he was not there, Shi Fengyue could watch it for him so that he would not make mistakes in a hurry.
"Oh, right." Jiang Chen remembered something and said seriously, "Should we not report this matter for the time being, or should we report it immediately?"
The purpose of the system is very likely the entire earth. This is a serious matter and must be reported. However, everything is just their speculation at the moment and there is no evidence to prove the purpose of the system. Blind reporting may not be a good thing.
"Wait a minute." Shi Fengyue said calmly: "He Qianjian's system has been with him for so many years, and it has only collected these things. It is still a long way to go to build a complete earth ecosystem. It proves that the system is not in a hurry. No matter what the reason is, we still have a lot of time. It is more appropriate to thoroughly understand his system before reporting it."
Jiang Chen had the same idea. The existence of the system was too bizarre, and they had no evidence. It would be difficult to get the country to take it seriously if they reported it to the country at this time. It might even alert the enemy and let the system, which was currently hidden somewhere, get wind of it.
"Then I'll go visit He Qianjian first."
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