Whispers

Perhaps, "shocking" is no longer an appropriate word to describe it; rather, it's a complete reshaping of one's worldview.

Sure enough, just as the two sides saw each other and before they even began a formal conversation, several Nair People couldn't help but whisper to the people next to them, and from time to time used their unique "expressions" to signal to their companions to look at the humans they were referring to.

"This is what a single individual in Human Civilization looks like; they seem quite small."

"They are indeed very small. They are only about 1.7 to 2.0 meters long, half the length of us. I never expected them to be so small."

"How can you tell? The reference objects in the video are all creations based on the size of aliens. There's no way to judge them at all!"

"You're right, but what you don't know is that we already know the dimensions of some of their objects during our previous conversations. For example, the thing behind them is about 3 meters long."

"I see!"

One by one, the Nils whispered to each other using their abdominal vocal organs.

"Tsk tsk. So this is an alien? Doesn't seem that impressive!"

"Who says otherwise! It's so small, I could probably snap it in two with one claw!"

"Hey, Nuo Wu, look, their appearance is like meat."

"It's meat, it looks disgusting, and it's even moving, it's so disgusting."

"Shh, keep your voice down. The Grand Governor his communications. Don't let it get back to Human Civilization, or he'll be accused of being impolite."

"What are you afraid of? Can't we even talk about such an ugly species? So what if they get angry? Do they dare to cause trouble? My Great Fleet will teach those Nair People a lesson in no time."

"Ugh~~~ How disgusting! You even teach Nair People. To be honest, this is the first time I've ever seen such an ugly creature."

"Can't you two keep your voices down?"

"Hey, okay, but look at how colorful their appearance is, and how many wrinkles they have. It's completely different from the condition of their heads and the ends of their hands. It's quite amazing."

"Oh, that's true! I didn't even notice until you pointed it out. The colors and composition of their bodies seem to be very different from their faces! Look at the human in the middle, his hand is reaching into his own body. Hmm, what strange creatures, their bodies even have layers?"

"That's true. And have you noticed that they all have one thing in common? Their faces and the ends of their hands are almost the same color. Their bodies are divided into two different styles: one is mainly red, white and purple, and the other is mainly blue, white and gray. The former has a larger chest, I don't know why, but the latter looks more robust."

"Your observations are truly remarkable, Tomor. Now that you mention it, I understand why!"

"Why?"

"They should be of two different genders, but we don't know which one is male and which one is female."

"While it's hard to imagine that male and female aliens are distinguished by differences in body color and body shape, I have to say that what you said makes sense. After all, the universe is full of wonders, and it's not unreasonable to have some strange aliens."

"Yes, you're right, but I think the exterior of their body parts isn't their real carapace, but rather the skin of these aliens who call themselves humans. Their fleshy faces and hands are their real carapace."

"Now that you mention it, it does seem to be true. I remember that some animals on our home planet also have fur, so they should be the same as them."

Perhaps because it was their first time encountering "aliens," the whispers of the Nair People did not diminish; instead, they seemed to grow louder.

What was initially thought to be background noise from the other side was that the intelligent language recognition system had identified some of the louder words and translated them into white speech, translating these recognizable whispers to the human side.

What humans heard was precisely this passage from the Nair People discussing human appearance and gender.

Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged bewildered glances, because they realized that the few Nair People were discussing human clothing and the differences in appearance between male and female chests.

Moreover, it's a bit amazing that these Nair People seem to mistake human clothing for skin. What kind of difference in values must there be to make that mistake!

Logically speaking, as a Level 2 Civilization, they shouldn't be able to mistake skin and clothing, but the Nair People did. They even brazenly took the difference in appearance between men and women wearing different styles of uniforms as a manifestation of different colors representing male and female genders.

They even described someone's action of putting their hand into their pocket as inserting it into the lining of their body, although they later mistook it for fur.

Even though they had seen that the Kuntai People and Dog-Headed People, everyone present felt that this concept was somewhat outrageous.

Originally, Yue Yuan intended to break the mutual observation and bring the video call to the main topic, but he saw that not only were the Nair People whispering curiously, but even the people present were starting to discuss the Nair People in hushed tones.

Therefore, he felt there was no need to rush.

Stroking his chin, Yue Yuan leaned over to look at Yi Kai in the seat to his left and said softly, "Old Yi, these Nair People are really ignorant."

"Hey, Chief of Staff, perhaps that's not the case."

Before Yi Kai could speak, a linguist to his left couldn't help but lower his voice and continue, "I was wondering why they never used words like 'clothes,' 'wearing,' or 'dressing' when we communicated with them. I thought it was because they did it on purpose or because they didn't use these words often. But now it seems I was wrong. It's not that they made a mistake or deliberately didn't use them; it's that they simply don't have these words."

Suddenly Yi Kai, caught in the middle, had a bright idea. He lowered his voice and said, "Damn, it's true! Did you guys notice? The Nair People are covered in jet-black armor. I hadn't noticed before, but now that I look at them, they're practically naked. No wonder they don't wear clothes."

Perhaps due to preconceived notions of arthropods and aliens, Yue Yuan did not initially notice that the Nair People, despite their appearance, were actually naked.

Now that Yi Kai has said that, looking at it from a different perspective, it's indeed true.

Perhaps due to their carapace-like exterior, these Nair People were all shiny black, truly a glossy black, and most of their bodies were like that, without any trace of clothing material.

However, Yue Yuan also noticed that just by looking at it, he couldn't tell what the difference was between the male and female Nair People. Anyway, after looking at it carefully for a while, he didn't find any obvious features.

I don't know if it's a symptom of hidden gonads, or if it's located somewhere behind me, or for some other reason.

After waiting a while, just as the discussion between the two sides was about to intensify, Yue Yuan finally looked at the Nair People in the center of the big screen, cleared his throat, and said loudly, "I suppose you are the Grand Governor of the Nair Civilization. It is a pleasure to meet you. I am the Commander-in-Chief of the First Fleet Human Civilization's Space Exploration. I am very pleased that you have opened your doors and granted our request for supplies."