A Day Trip

"Commander Yue, what do we do now?" Zhu Pete asked, ignoring the Dog-Headed People.

"Let's wait. There's nothing to do back there. We'll wait for the transport ship to come and take this Dog-Headed People back, then we can wander around and look around." Yue Yuan controlled the robot to turn the view and look at the surrounding scenery.

Located between two mountains, the view is not very open. It is not yet a true desert. Moreover, due to the low-lying terrain and the presence of a river upstream, the soil is soft and there are many puddles.

It's a decent wetland. There shouldn't be a shortage of food in this environment. I doubt this Dog-Headed People will starve to death in a while.

Thinking this, Yue Yuan connected to Lu Xiaofen's team's channel in the system interface and asked, "Dr. Lu, where are you? When will you be returning to the base?"

"We've just found a city, so we won't be going back anytime soon. We're setting up equipment and deploying small drones to gather their language information. What's up, Chief?" Lu Xiaofen replied, while simultaneously speaking to the other members on the communication channel, "Meiqin, Xiao Qian, you two go and help Dr. Sinskaya. It's getting dark, we need to speed things up."

While speaking, he didn't forget to synchronize his team's location to the communication channel.

Yue Yuan opened the map and glanced at it, saying, "It's nothing serious. We just encountered a strange Dog-Headed People on the way. It seems to be heading towards our base. I thought you were going back to the base, so I asked. Since you're busy, go ahead and do your thing. By the way, we need to decipher the language as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, Chief of Staff. We're familiar with this. The first batch of small drones has already been sent out. I believe it won't be long before we get a lot of data on the Dog-Headed People' behavior and language. If all goes well, we should be able to decipher their language before nightfall."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

After disconnecting the communication, Yue Yuan glanced at the time. There were still about four hours until nightfall on this planet. To be able to decipher the Dog-Headed People's language in such a short time was incredibly fast.

The reason for the speed of this contact is that it was different from the past. In the past, the deciphering of Alien Civilization languages was based on mutual communication. In such cases, even with a dictionary, it would be difficult to decipher due to the limited information.

This time, however, humans went directly to the planet. In this situation, the ways humans could obtain information were not limited to simple communication, but included a series of factors such as the Dog-Headed People's behavior, expressions, and vocal characteristics.

With so much information and the assistance of the Intelligent AI 'Tianhe Light', deciphering the language is indeed not difficult.

Feeling a bit bored after waiting for four hours, Yue Yuan simply told Zhu Pete that he had disconnected the remote robot and returned to his office to handle some matters.

When he reconnected to the robot and returned, it was already late afternoon on the planet. Zhu Pete's robot was more than ten meters away from where he had logged off, and a small transport ship, about the size of an airplane, was parked next to it. However, he could not see the Dog-Headed Alien in the distance.

"Pi Te, where's the Dog-Headed People?" the robot asked as it walked toward Zhu Pete.

"They seem to be hungry and are hunting ahead!" Zhu Pete pointed into the distance.

The Dog-Headed People was well hidden. Yue Yuan looked around but couldn't find anything. So he switched his vision to infrared imaging and discovered that about a hundred meters away, the Dog-Headed Alien was lurking behind a rock, holding a Bronze Spear and ready to strike. Two or three meters away on the other side of the rock was an animal the size of a goat.

Do you only look for food when you're hungry?

Hearing Zhu Pete's words, Yue Yuan felt a little strange. The Dog-Headed People were supposed to be intelligent beings, so why would they only hunt for food when they were hungry? Didn't they know how to store food? "How's the language deciphering work going on Dr. Lu's side?" Yue Yuan didn't dwell on the issue of them only looking for food when they were hungry.

"It's not completely deciphered yet, but a simple exchange is enough. The data has been shared to the Central Computer; Commander Yue just needs to download it," Zhu Pete replied in the communication. Then he pointed to the transport ship and continued, "Once that Dog-Headed People finishes his hunt, we can bring him back."

Just now, Yue Yuan was wondering why the transport ships had arrived but the Dog-Headed People hadn't been brought back yet. Now that these words have been asked, he understands.

Humans have no idea what the Dog-Headed People's diet is. If they take a hungry Dog-Headed People back without knowing, it will probably starve to death.

"Um."

When Yue Yuan arrived next to Zhu Pete, the Dog-Headed People had also finished hunting and was happily carrying his prey, walking briskly towards them.

"Is he no longer afraid?" Yue Yuan asked curiously.

"When the transport ship arrived, it scared him again, but later it seemed to regard us as some kind of god." The robot controlled by Zhu Pete kept its eyes fixed on the rapidly approaching Dog-Headed People, seemingly very curious about it.

In fact, Yue Yuan was also quite curious, so he told Zhu Pete in the communication channel to see what this Dog-Headed People wanted to do.

Now that it was getting dark, and there was no fire lit, nor any tinder or anything hidden on the Dog-Headed People's body, he was curious to see how the dog-headed man would handle his prey.

Under the curious gazes of Yue Yuan and Zhu Pete, the Dog-Headed People first carried its prey to a puddle to wash it before it got completely dark, and then strode towards the two of them.

Arriving two meters away from the robot controlled by the two, the Dog-Headed People stopped, put down its prey, then rummaged around on its own body, pulled out a Bronze Dagger, gutted the prey, and then skillfully skinned it.

After that, the Dog-Headed People placed the dagger aside, then picked up the prepared prey and respectfully handed it to Zhu Pete.

Then this dog-man started babbling on and on, looking quite fanatical.

"Pi Te, this guy seems to be offering you food. Why don't you just accept it?" Yue Yuan teased with interest.

Having just downloaded the language decryption system, Yue Yuan was able to understand what the dog-man was saying earlier.

It roughly means something like, "Great God of Light, your people offer you the best food."

"Commander Yue, you must be joking. I've looked at the information on these Dog-Headed People, and they have indeed mastered fire. Since they've already recognized us as gods, why are they offering raw meat?" Zhu Pete said somewhat speechlessly over the communication channel.

"How would I know? Why don't you just ask this Dog-Headed People?" Yue Yuan was also quite curious, but after speaking, he suddenly remembered something related, so he continued to say to Zhu Pete, "Well, I heard Academician Yi Kai say that in the Earth Era, in some places, the meat used for sacrifices was also raw. Maybe the Dog-Headed People also had this custom."

Huh... Is that so? Zhu Pete remained silent in his heart. As a young man from the 22nd century, he really didn't know about this.

Seeing Zhu Pete in a daze, Yue Yuan turned his gaze to the Dog-Headed People prostrate on the ground, then had the system load the translation software, and then asked, "What's your name, and what are you doing here?"

After being translated and converted, the sound became the language of the Dog-Headed People and was then amplified by the loudspeaker of the remote robot.

His question was normal, but the Dog-Headed People heard it suddenly became extremely agitated. Dog-Headed People body trembled violently, and a change appeared in his eyes.

Instead of shedding tears, her eyes suddenly widened, and at that moment, the pupils changed from their normal state to appear as if they were split into several pieces, trembling slightly and shimmering, just like a pitiful and excited expression of someone she was about to cry.

After this change in expression, the Dog-Headed People began to mutter, "Great and mighty God of Light, you have finally heard the prayers of your people! You have finally answered your people! I—no, your people, I A Tu, and I have come here to seek you, the great God of Light!"

Considering the original dog-headed expression of the Dog-Headed People, and their current appearance, they're practically walking memes.