Voyage of the Stars

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The sound sounded, and everyone couldn't help but look around. The reverb-like sound made it difficult to identify the direction, but everyone quickly reacted and turned their attention to the rhombus crystal.

No one can think of anything else to say this.

At this time, the diamond-shaped crystal looks crystal clear, like a piece of exquisite art, and like a piece of warm jade. These two characteristics appear on it, making people very comfortable to look at.

The rhombus crystal actually spoke, and it took the initiative to speak.

This contrast was beyond everyone's expectation, because from the moment the rhombus crystal appeared to the time it arrived on the Lyran, it gave people the impression of being extremely advanced and a majestic image of a creation of a higher civilization.

In people's minds, such an image is often dismissive of weak civilizations, and even "Destroy you, what does it have to do with you!" However, this rhombus crystal actually took the initiative to speak, and even humans did not ask it questions. .

This feeling is like one day when a person spoke ant language to a group of ants on the roadside. Of course, humans play the role of ants here.

"Are you talking? You can speak our language. We are human civilization. I am Yue Yuan, the leader of human civilization. Who are you?" Yue Yuan, who was standing at the front of the crowd and closest to the rhombus crystal, said. Although it was most likely this crystal that was speaking, he still spoke out to confirm.

Now that he has seen more, he no longer finds it strange that a rhombus crystal can speak. Yue Yuan now suspected that the thing that was silent just now might be reading human language information.

Although I don’t know how it read it, the fact is that it did speak in human language just now.

"Yes, I am speaking. I am not anyone. I am just an information storage device left by the creator in the galaxy." The voice answered quickly.

It echoed in the Tianqin command center just like before, like the echo of the gods' speech, but it didn't have the arrogance of advanced civilization at all, at least that's what Yue Yuan sounded like.

"Creator? Is it a civilization? Why did you come to the flagship of our human civilization?" said a scientist who had been patient for a long time.

"No, he is my creator. For you new-generation civilizations, my creator is considered a pioneer. As for me, in the words of your human civilization, it seems that I can be called a drifting bottle." The voice of the diamond-shaped crystal paused for a while, and then sounded: "It's not that I came to your spaceship, but that you entered my range and awakened my mechanism."

New generation civilization? !

Pioneer? What pioneer?

drifting bottle?

Come into my range?

Wake up my mechanism?

Everyone was a little confused when they heard it, so they started whispering.

"You seem to be a group technological civilization." The rhombus crystal seemed to hear everyone's whispers.

"Yes, we are a group technological civilization. Listen to what you say, is there anything in this universe that is not technologically civilized?" Yue Yuan is very curious about this question, because this is not the first time he has heard the expression group technological civilization. Yes, the awakener also said it before.

He was curious, besides technological civilization, were there other forms of civilization in this universe?

"Of course, because the universe is so mysterious." The rhombus crystal said slowly, but in just one sentence, it did not say what form of civilization it was.

The rhombus crystal continued, "You should be the honorific title of your human civilization. I accept this title because you are so lucky. You are the first civilization in the new generation to trigger my mechanism."

Yue Yuan felt that maybe it was because he didn't ask specifically.

Only compared to other forms of civilization, at this time, he, including all the scientists and scholars present, were not more concerned about this issue, but the meaning of what the rhombus crystal said just now.

After a few short conversations, everyone now has an initial impression of rhombus crystals.

It calls itself a drifting bottle. Well, the core of the cosmic drifting bottle may be an intelligent agent, or it may be its creator speaking through super-distance communication.

He seems to be quite easy to talk to, at least now no one feels any malice.

At this time, Yue Yuan, who felt the enthusiastic eyes of everyone, asked: "What you said about 'pioneers, drifting bottles, entering my range, awakening my mechanism, and new generation civilization', we don't understand these words very well. Can you tell us what exactly it is?”

After a pause, Yue Yuan organized his words and seemed to be thinking about a better way to express himself. He considered: "And the creator you mentioned, please forgive us for being presumptuous, are you an intelligent agent?"

Hearing what Yue Yuan said, the scientists didn't think there was anything wrong. Instead, they seemed to be asking questions about their thoughts. They all looked at the rhombus-shaped crystal expectantly, looking forward to its answer.

"You have a lot of questions, but I understand. But you don't have to worry. From the moment you trigger my mechanism, I will tell you these questions even if you don't ask them. Although some things are still too much for you. It’s early, but it doesn’t matter, after all, which civilization doesn’t grow from weak to strong step by step?”

When the rhombus crystal answered, there was no other expression on its surface. It was still crystal clear and as warm as jade. Is this the state it said it would be in after triggering its mechanism?

Everyone present did not see any of its vocal organs, and did not know how it made the sound, because the sound did not come from the Lyran's amplification equipment, but more like it came from any space in the command center. .

The voice representing the rhombus crystal continued to sound: "So first of all, to answer your question about your understanding of me, I am a drifting bottle, but I am not an artificial intelligence-oriented self-awareness. When I use the self-described reference of 'I', I am a replicated life form consciousness. I am the consciousness that I voluntarily stayed behind after my civilization left the galaxy. Of course, I also agree.

Accepting your title of "you" is my acceptance as the "I" consciousness. When I say this, as intelligent beings, you should be able to understand what I mean. "

"So you are a living thing?" asked an outspoken scientist.

"It depends on how you define life. You are still too weak. Maybe in your eyes, I am a life, but in the definition of our civilization, I am not a living life, and of course I am not a low-level one like strong artificial intelligence. Okay, aren't you curious about why I appear on your spaceship? As for the issue of my existence, you will naturally understand it when you reach the fifth level civilization."