Layers of Mystery

"It seems I can only ask that Mining Area Patrol," Yue Yuan thought to himself.

This marks humanity's first true dialogue with Alien Civilization, which seems to have something to ask of us. Why not seize this opportunity to learn about the universe? Since it states that true Neutrino Communication can only be mastered by civilizations at Level 2 Civilization under normal circumstances, it means that humanity is definitely below level two at present.

I just don't know if it's zero or one.

As early as the 21st century, humanity had the capability to build Neutrino Detection, and various countries have built their own underground Neutrino Detection.

In 1983, Japan already possessed the Kamioka Neutrino Detector. Seven years later, they expanded it into the Super-Kamiokande Detector. Meanwhile, China established a Neutrino Detection laboratory 700 meters underground in Jiangmen Dashi Mountain, Jiangmen, in 2022.

The Soviet Union had it even earlier, acquiring it in 1977.

However, being able to build a detection station does not equate to mastering Neutrino Communication technology.

They are not only not equal, but also very different.

This is similar to how humans have the ability to build Gravitational Wave detection stations, but cannot generate enough Gravitational Wave for communication.

"Then let's build the communicator according to the instructions first," Yue Yuan nodded.

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly became alert. "Wait a minute, do you think it's possible that the Mining Area Patrol, or rather the Moke Star Civilization, was just using the so-called Neutrino Communicator we were building as a pretext to use it as a network access point to infiltrate us? In other words, is it possible that they could infiltrate us through the 'network cable'?"

Yue Yuan's words startled all the scientists on the bridge, who all stopped what they were doing and looked at him.

Seeing the complicated expressions on the faces of the scientists, Yue Yuan suddenly wondered if he was overthinking things. "Could it be that the aliens have left me with psychological trauma? To the point that I've developed paranoia about Alien Civilization?" Yue Yuan thought to himself.

Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly heard a sociology expert agree, saying, "Anything is possible. What the Chief of Staff said makes sense. I think that when facing a civilization whose technology is many times more advanced than ours, we can't be too careful."

"To find out whether this so-called 'greeting gift' is a conspiracy, I think we can start from two aspects: First, find out the current situation of the Mining Area Patrol and what specific help he/she needs. Second, analyze from a technical point of view whether the possibility of 'following the network cable' to attack exists."

"I don't understand the technology, so I can only speculate on the first point." The expert casually found a chair and leaned back, then continued, "Let's assume that the 'Mining Area Patrol' exist. Then we can conclude that the Moke Star Civilization has experienced some kind of disaster, just as Director Huang mentioned before about the Technological Crisis."

Thinking about this from our perspective, it's easy to conclude that the Moke Star Civilization suffered a crushing defeat or mutual destruction after the conflict with the intelligent Nanobots. Only in this way can we explain the situation where the Mining Area Patrol were forced into hibernation on their mining planet, Ross 154-4.

"Based on the Mining Area Patrol's self-identification in the information, if the translation is correct, we can conclude that there should be a refuge somewhere in Ross 154-4, where perhaps only he/she and one alien reside,"

"Now let's put ourselves in his shoes. If I were him, the first thing I would consider in this situation would be getting out of trouble. From this, we can also deduce that 'Silver Mist' does not have the ability to fly out of Ross 154-4, otherwise this 'Mining Area Patrol' would not have needed to try to get out of trouble."

From this perspective, I think it's possible the other party used network intrusion, but the probability is low. Unless this communication was a scam from the start, but if it was a scam, why? To be honest, I didn't suspect any motive from either 'Silver Mist' or 'Mining Area Patrol' to deceive us.

The sociologist stopped talking at this point and then looked at the several communications technology experts who were deep in thought on the bridge.

Seemingly sensing the attention, Zhao Youqin, a leader in the communications field, spoke first, "Let's get to this matter by following the network."

He paused for a moment, as if thinking about how to say it.

"In theory, there is no such thing as a communicator 'traveling over the network cable' because communicators are generally divided into two parts: a transmitter and a receiver, and they generally do not need to be connected to the network."

However, we can't guarantee they won't tamper with the communication device manufacturing process. After all, we only know their technology is more advanced than ours, but we have no idea how much more advanced they are or what level of technology they've mastered. But to be able to reach us via the network cable, they must at least be a network-conscious entity,"

"If this possibility exists, then the other party must not be a 'Mining Area Patrol,' but rather an intelligent Nanobots consciousness that appeared during the Technological Crisis. This condition conflicts with the 'Mining Area Patrol' condition."

So if this possibility exists, then we must assume that the sender was not a 'Mining Area Patrol'. In that case, there is only one possibility for the sender: 'Silver Mist', or more precisely, an intelligent Nanobots consciousness.

"This raises further questions. For example, what is this intelligent Nanobots consciousness trying to do? Is it simply to eliminate us? Or is it trying to advance its technology by absorbing us? The 'Silver Mist' is far more technologically advanced than ours; if it wanted to absorb anything, it should be targeting a more advanced civilization."

"No, no, no," Yue Yuan, who had been listening the whole time, interjected, "I remember saying before that 'Silver Mist' doesn't have the ability to fly off a planet. Could it be that it wants to use us to fly off a planet in this way?"

"That's possible, but Chief of Staff 'Silver Mist' has already devoured our transport ships, hasn't it? All these years, we haven't seen them extract the ability to fly into space from the transport ships." Zhao Youqin seemed to have already considered this possibility, his words filled with composure.

"This"

Yue Yuan was taken aback. Indeed, had he been overthinking things? Was the signal really a distress signal from a surviving 'Mining Area Patrol'? Should he respond or not? As the saying goes, money can be a powerful motivator. In the message, the Mining Area Patrol had said he would provide humanity with the technology he/she knew.

A casual remark from an individual of an advanced civilization could potentially propel the technology of Low-level Civilization to new heights, let alone directly granting them technology.

This is indeed very Gravity, and the gift alone is Neutrino Communication technology.

However, there is also a saying, "You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub," and another saying, "A towering cliff stands firm because it has no desires."

No matter what conspiracies or schemes there are, as long as humanity is determined to ignore them, there will be no danger whatsoever.

But what if the Mining Area Patrol is telling the truth?

Seeking wealth and honor amidst danger. For a moment, Yue Yuan hesitated.

On the one hand, it's a shortcut to human technological progress; on the other hand, it's about security.

In fact, Yue Yuan himself did not expect that he would be afraid to even build a communicator according to the instructions of Alien Civilization.

Ultimately, a choice must be made.

"Make!"

Yue Yuan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "However, we must be extremely careful. It would be best if we could understand the function of each component."

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