A Sensation That Shook the World?
As the lines of text appeared, Professor Amir struggled to decipher them, managing to recognize only a fraction of them. He couldn't understand the meaning behind the combined text, so he immediately said to his student Chun Liuzai beside him, "Liuzai, quick, copy down these God's Script. These are the precious gains we've made on this trip."
"Teacher, camera, I've already taken pictures with the camera." While Chun Liuzai was writing furiously, San Mei behind him had already set up the submission camera and started snapping photos of the text on the screen in front of Professor Amir, capturing every line of text in the submission.
Not only that, after photographing the text on the screen, the San Mei quietly turned the camera to other directions of the base and snapped a series of photos.
She was quite nervous during the filming because she felt like she was taking photos without permission. Fortunately, the 'God of Light's Envoy' in front of her didn't stop her, which made the San Mei breathe a huge sigh of relief.
In this way, during Professor Amir's communication with the base's Artificial Intelligence, the San Mei took many photos of the base's interior, such as spaceships, base Engineering Vehicle, ground-to-air transport ships, lifting equipment, and Resource Mining Vehicle, all of which were captured on film.
Yes, there is more than one spaceship in this base.
Humans initially placed a complete set of equipment inside, ranging from basic mining carts on the ground to mineral resource extraction equipment suitable for the weightless environment of outer space. Of course, not all of humanity's most advanced technological creations were placed in the base. Humanity was at the peak of Level 2 Civilization at the time, and what was placed in the base was only a set of equipment that a Tier 1 Civilization would have.
Furthermore, the base contains a wealth of technological knowledge Tier 1 Civilization, and the information stored within it covers every aspect of Tier 1 Civilization's Technology Tree. In short, if the Dog-Headed People could thoroughly research everything in this base, they would become a legitimate Tier 1 Civilization.
This base was originally intended to enable the Dog-Headed People to leave this planet lacking crucial resources, so humans certainly wouldn't be stingy with its resources. As for whether it would interfere with the development of normal civilizations, that's not something humans are concerned about. Perhaps when they reach Level Six Civilization, and become beings like the Awakeners, humans might consider this aspect, but for now, they definitely won't. Otherwise, they wouldn't have taken a group of Dog-Headed People away and left the base behind.
Moreover, humans had already explored the planet and determined that, given its resources, the Dog-Headed People could not possibly develop into Tier 1 Civilization. We cannot stifle their path to space exploration simply by allowing native civilizations to develop freely; that would be putting the cart before the horse.
Let's get back to the main topic.
Amir's communication with the Artificial Intelligence at the base was unpleasant, mainly because Amir knew too few Chinese characters and couldn't understand most of what the Artificial Intelligence was saying. Conversely, because Amir knew too few Chinese characters, he couldn't express his true meaning to the Artificial Intelligence.
Therefore, the communication between the two was very unpleasant.
So after more than an hour of bumpy communication, Amir gave up, or rather, gave up temporarily.
Amir had a general understanding of the significance of this base to the Dog-Headed People, and he also roughly understood the goodwill shown by the 'messenger of God,' although he couldn't decipher its specific meaning.
So after much internal struggle, he decided to return to his own country and report the matter to the Imperial Court, so that the relevant departments could use the power of the state to get involved.
Professor Amir knew that his knowledge of Chinese characters as a Dog-Headed People was ultimately limited, but there were many Dog-Headed People in the country and even the world who studied the ancient God's Script. As long as the country was willing to do this, he believed that in the future they would be able to truly understand the words of the 'messenger of God'.
Then, we will be able to truly unravel the secrets of the God of Light Legend.
After making up his mind, Professor Amir asked the base's Artificial Intelligence a few questions with his limited Chinese language skills, such as whether the Heavenly Gate would open again if he returned in the future.
After receiving a positive answer, Professor Amir reluctantly embarked on his journey home.
Thanks to the presence of Wei Shiba, the group of five Dog-Headed People made it safely eastward from the desolate Center of the Continent back to their kingdom. Professor Amir then took the lead in reporting the matter to the relevant authorities.
After receiving Professor Amir's report, the Dog-Headed People leaders of his archaeological institution initially disbelieved him and advised Amir against fabricating academic records for the sake of reputation. However, after seeing a few photos developed from the camera, their attitude completely changed.
This matter was also directly sent to the highest levels of the government in Professor Amir's country.
In Amir's view, at this point, the next step should be to release the news, and then experts and scholars from the entire academic community around the world should unite to explore the 'God of Light's Residence,' and the whole world should be in an uproar because of this news.
The long-awaited God of Light Legend in the Dog-Headed People society will finally come to light, revealing the true image of the God of Light, unlocking the secrets buried in ancient history, and presenting the mysteries of the starry sky to the world.
This is such an exciting thing; it's undoubtedly a momentous event for the entire Dog-Headed People community.
Professor Amir was already looking forward to all the good things to come.
Gou Erpang was also fantasizing about getting lots and lots of money, then marrying Huang Fumei Dog-Headed People) and reaching the pinnacle of life.
Only Wei Shiba expressed concern, but seeing that Professor Amir seemed to be immersed in excitement, he didn't say anything more.
As expected, things took an unexpected turn for Professor Amir. After confirming that the information was basically correct, their country did not release the news to the world, but instead chose the opposite approach—to block the news.
The idea of it causing a worldwide sensation is simply not true.
Of course, choosing to block the news doesn't mean that Professor Amir's country does nothing; they simply choose to remain silent.
Soon, Professor Amir and his group of five received their new appointments and arrangements from the authorities.
Professor Amir was directly nominated as a lifetime honorary professor at the country's most prestigious university, and a host of bonuses and benefits were quickly bestowed upon him. Wei Shiba and Gou Erpang, the two Dog-Headed People, also officially received their appointment documents from the country, making them regular members of the archaeological force, with no shortage of benefits as well.
After the reward arrangements were made, the next step was the new appointments.
The country established a secret project specifically to explore the Heavenly Gate, and appointed Amir as one of the top leaders of this secret project, as well as the person in charge of the archaeological field.
This project not only included archaeology professionals like Amir, but also secretly recruited experts from various fields from major universities, including theologians, physicists, chemists, mathematicians, linguists, cryptographers, and communications experts. Any top expert in their field was recruited into the project and made to sign strict Non-Disclosure Agreement.
The previous group of five Dog-Headed People were also among them, Wei Shiba and Gou Erpang, the two Dog-Headed People, also signed the strict Non-Disclosure Agreement without exception.
However, they publicly claimed to be an ordinary expedition team.
Clearly, this Dog-Headed People Nation wanted to monopolize the base left behind by humanity, or perhaps they understood they couldn't keep it a secret from the world for long, but they wanted to keep it hidden for as long as possible. Ideally, when they were truly forced to reveal it, their kingdom would have already uncovered the mysteries buried in history, and most importantly, grasped the secret of the 'God of Light's Residence'.
Even if everyone knows about this alien base, its development will still be decided by their own country.
The choice of this Dog-Headed People Nation is actually quite reasonable. After all, the entire Dog-Headed People world is not under a single government; it is still divided into many nations, and there are many conflicts between them. Therefore, when it comes to finding an alien base, they would definitely prioritize their own nation.
In fact, there was another factor in this country's choice: its territory included the area where the Volcano Kingdom was located in the past, so they naturally believed that what the God of Light left behind was meant for them.