Unyielding Stance
"Impossible, absolutely impossible! We Nair People are the core of our Nair Civilization. Every Nair People is a noble life. We will never allow any Nair People to be sold like a commodity!"
After confirming that the humans were indeed after their scientists, Governor Niel couldn't help but become agitated and loudly vented his dissatisfaction into the communicator.
The two sides have been exchanging information for quite some time, and the translation system has become increasingly sophisticated, to the point that even changes in the voice caused by the Governor-General of Niel's dissatisfaction have been detected by the translation system.
Therefore, what humans heard was a statement that clearly contained dissatisfaction.
This time, it was Yue Yuan who spoke on behalf of the people. He did not respond with anger to these words, but said in a calm tone, "You are mistaken. As a Grand Governor and the highest leader of a star field, you should know that for a civilization in the universe, survival is the most important thing."
This is one of the reasons why all civilizations strive to improve their technological level, and it's not unacceptable that some civilizations sell their scientists in Interstellar Transaction Market.
"You must understand that a scientist from a different race represents a way of thinking that is completely different from that of this civilization. You should know what this means for the technological development of a civilization."
This is why scientists have always been a highly sought-after commodity in the Interstellar Transaction Market; it's a pity we didn't encounter one back then.
Upon hearing Yue Yuan's words, the Grand Governor of the Nair People raised his pincers and snapped them a few times, while his abdominal vocal organs also emitted a strange sound.
When the message reached the humans, it was met with a scornful laugh.
"Hehe, since Chief Commander has said that scientist trading is a popular type of transaction in the Interstellar Market, and that such transactions are not unacceptable, then our Nair Civilization would also like to purchase a few scientists from you. Is that alright?"
Hey, this guy isn't stupid.
Yue Yuan thought to himself, then smiled and said, "It's not that we're unwilling, but rather that we're just an exploration fleet and don't have enough scientists to trade with."
Grand Governor: "I am merely a Grand Governor of a star region. Within my Second Star Region, there are no wealthy scientists to trade with. Moreover, I reiterate, we noble Nair People cannot be sold as commodities."
"Should the Grand Governor reconsider?"
"Impossible!"
The two sides went back and forth for a while about the scientists' Transaction Points, and finally, Yue Yuan spoke up again, "So, Your Grand Governor, since you don't want to sell your great scientists, what will you use to make up for the trade gap between our two civilizations?"
Judging from the initial contracts we've signed, you owe us a large amount of Transaction Points, not the other way around. And yet you still want to buy our scientists? How will you buy them?
The Grand Governor was speechless for a moment after hearing this.
"Please wait a moment, Commander-in-Chief," the Governor of Nair said after a short while, then went back to discussing the matter.
Following the advice of military expert Wen Erya, the Nair People adopted a "generous" strategy towards humans in trade negotiations. In addition, humans were already able to pressure Nair People on the price of goods in exchange for their own goods at higher prices. As a result, over the past few months, with the signing of one trade after another, the Nair People's trade deficit with humans has been growing larger and larger.
If all the agreed-upon transactions are completed by now, the Nair People will owe humanity at least 300 million Transaction Points.
Human Civilization and Nair Civilization obviously cannot continue to coexist like this indefinitely. Therefore, this so-called transaction is actually a one-off deal, and humans certainly cannot leave with a deficit on paper.
The reason this situation has come to this is entirely because the Nair People are so eager to buy all the technologies listed by humans, such as No. 1 Alloy Material technology, Quantum Computer technology, Artificial Intelligence technology, Combat AI source code, as well as the Wolf Biological Resources and Dog-Headed People Star biological resources that humans previously offered, and even some Magnetic Field Deflection Shield, Neutrino Communication and detection technologies that the Nair People already possessed.
They probably wanted to compare it with their own career path.
Oh, Nair People also proposed purchasing the blueprints for a Super-Large Main Cannon.
In short, he wants to buy whatever he sees, but he doesn't have much technology of his own. He only has a complete Technology Tree for Space Elevator, Technology Tree for Photon Computer, plus the plants and animals on several planetary bases on the Pot Lid Vastness Star, and of course, some other technology branches.
From one perspective, humanity has progressed far beyond the Nair People in the Technology Tree at the Level 2 Civilization; it's just that they haven't had the energy to explore certain branches of technology.
Humans have long seen this out, and the reason they so generously handed over deals and readily signed contracts, even knowing that the Nair People couldn't afford them, was precisely because they were waiting for this moment.
The goal is to first give the Nair People hope, to make their eyes light up with the technology in each transaction, to arouse Nair People desire, and then tell Nair People: You have nothing left to pay for except scientists.
In fact, after receiving the Awakeners's warning, "If you come across Interstellar Transaction Market, never sell your scientists under any circumstances," humanity has kept it in mind and conducted extensive analysis of the reasons behind this warning.
Some believe it's because individual humans may possess extraordinary talents that cannot be discovered by other civilizations, while others think it's simply a warning stemming from a lack of understanding of the universe. Of course, there are also various other analyses.
But regardless of the reasoning, they all point to one thing: no civilization is willing to trade its own individual lives unless absolutely necessary.
The most likely reason for this unavoidable situation is certainly not the current form of conflict between humans and the Nair People, but rather a war and capture between Cosmic Civilizations.
Therefore, from this brief warning, humanity knows that the universe is definitely not peaceful; it's just that humanity's current level is too low to see what kind of battles are taking place in the dark depths of space.
Of course, in addition to this, scientists have speculated that there is another reason: the relationship between the Technology Barrier encountered in the development of civilization and the wisdom of individual civilizations.
There is an old saying, "Even the wisest person can make a mistake, and even the most foolish person can have a stroke of genius."
Although the saying is old, it is not feudal dross.
Because after anthropologists have pondered a series of questions such as Technology Barrier, the development of technological civilization, individual wisdom, and the inexplicable talk of 'Racial Talent' by the Awakeners, they have discovered that the underlying reason behind the so-called Interstellar Transaction Market scientists may be that various civilizations have evolved to compensate for their lack of talent in certain branches of technological development.