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Like Yue Yuan, after seeing the individual image of the Moke Star People, everyone felt that this 'Mining Area Patrol' was very sincere and humble. He/she answered all the questions or doubts asked by humans seriously.

Throughout the entire story, he portrays himself as a kind and benevolent alien, a stark contrast to his ugly appearance.

This contrast made people remember his/her kind words even more. Gradually, the voices of doubt at the makeshift meeting table lessened.

At this point, a scholar suggested, "Chief, I think we can speed things up. Don't we still have a few transport ships? It won't take long to modify their interiors. I estimate that if we start drafting the modification plan now, we can complete it within three months, and six months later we can land on Ross 154-4 and rescue this Mining Area Patrol."

"That's right,"

One scientist nodded in agreement. "In that case, the transport ship will be able to take the Mining Area Patrol back to Ross 154-7 in nine months at most. Well, just to be on the safe side, we can also temporarily place him and the transport ship in another location, but it would be best if it were also in Ross 154-7 orbit, so that communication wouldn't be delayed too much."

"I believe that with such a high-level civilization advisor, our human development will definitely be able to enter the fast lane. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. By the way, we should also bring over the Hibernation Pod used by this Moke Star People. We need to study it carefully to see what kind of technology can achieve such a long hibernation period." He became more and more excited as he spoke, seemingly already imagining the changes that would occur in Human Civilization after the Mining Area Patrol was brought over.

Hearing his words, even Liu Miyan had previously remained skeptical, couldn't help but speak up, "If anyone should be consulted, it should be us in Particle Physics first. Breaking through Controlled Nuclear Fusion is the most urgent task. Although the Hibernation Pod technology is good, it's not in a hurry right now."

"That's an unbelievable statement."

Just as the scientist was about to engage in a heated debate with Liu Miyan, he heard the sound of something being tapped on the table inside the cabin.

"Alright, alright, aren't you guys making some assumptions?"

Yue Yuan slapped the table to quiet everyone down, then glanced at the somewhat jubilant crowd and slowly said, "We do have a few transport ships ready, but rescuing the Moke Star People won't be as quick as you think."

After saying this, Yue Yuan pondered for a moment, then looked intently at the group of scientists and scholars. "Have you ever heard this saying: 'Everyone in the world knows that taking is taking, but no one knows that giving is taking'?"

People believe that only acquiring things from others is a gain, but they don't realize that giving to others is also a gain.

Of course, what Yue Yuan wanted to say was not its original meaning, but to draw an analogy between taking and giving and humans and 'Mining Area Patrol', to tell everyone that the 'Mining Area Patrol's' use of 'giving' to obtain 'taking' might not be as simple as just living, and to tell everyone not to be too hasty.

Seeing some scientists shake their heads, Yue Yuan continued, "I'm not lecturing you all, I just want to say that being impatient for quick success will inevitably lead to losses. Hmm, you should all have heard of 'Duke Zhou was terrified by rumors, and Wang Mang was humble before his usurpation,' right?"

This statement seemed to be quite famous, and most people present nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Yue Yuan said, "Until the very last moment, we will never know if the Mining Area Patrol is as he appears, so if we want to carry out the rescue, we must be fully prepared."

"Although the Mining Area Patrol has been very friendly so far, consider this: if it's all a deception, then our war with Mining Area Patrol has already begun—'the Supreme Strategy is to Subjugate the Enemy's Plans without fighting,' right from the moment we received the signal. If that's the case, then I must say, 'War is a matter of vital importance to the state; a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.'"

Yue Yuan pressed his hands down to stop the scientists from speaking, and then continued, "I know you want to say that I'm too cautious, and I admit that I am to some extent, but since I'm in this position, I have to be this way."

"Everything is still up in the air, and we don't know if what the Mining Area Patrol are doing is their true intention, so I will not agree to the plan to start a rescue immediately."

Seeing that everyone in the cabin had calmed down a bit, Yue Yuan stopped talking and instead looked at the big screen and shouted "Tianhe Light" to call it out and prepare to reply to the Mining Area Patrol.

"Record!"

Yue Yuan said something to 'Tianhe Light', and then began to explain the contents of his reply.

"Kind-hearted Moke Star People, we humans are a race that keeps our promises. We will definitely do what we promised you, but most of our previous landing craft were destroyed by Nano Consciousness."

As you probably know, we're just an expedition team. We have the capability to build spaceships, but it's not very strong, and our technology is quite outdated. That's why we were initially drawn to the metal mountain on Ross 154-4.

"So while we want to help you as soon as possible, it will take a long time to mine and build the spaceship. Our expedition team is small, and the Artificial Intelligence we have is not strong, so I estimate it will take us at least ten years to collect the resources needed to build the spaceship."

Adding the time needed to build the spaceship, it will take at least fifteen years. Therefore, we ask for your patience. If your base faces energy shortages, we suggest you enter hibernation. You can set the timer to fifteen years; we should have completed the landing ship construction by then. By the way, it's been so long, and we still don't know your name. Could you tell us your name and gender?

The claim that there were no transport ships was, of course, just an excuse; the truth was that Yue Yuan simply didn't want to go to the rescue without being prepared.

After explaining the contents of his reply, Yue Yuan instructed Zhao Youqin to send it out.

After waiting for a little over half an hour, the reply arrived.

The Mining Area Patrol responded quickly as always, because people discovered that the extra time actually meant that Ross 154-7 and Ross 154-4 were relatively far apart during that period.

To be honest, you have no idea how excited I was. But I never expected you to be so wary of me. As a survivor of civilization, perhaps I shouldn't have contacted you, shouldn't have had any hope of living. But in the end, I still chose to believe that you are a kind race.

You seem to be very wary of me, probably because you think saving me would be met with rejection from your civilization. I never expected your civilization to be so xenophobic. If helping me might cause you trouble, then you can choose to give up.

"By the way, you can call me 'Shu Po,' which means 'good life' in our Moke Star Civilization's language. If you mean female for procreation, then I should be male, but I'm a little different from the male you're referring to. Never mind, I don't want to say any more. I should go into hibernation, otherwise I really won't last until you finish building the spaceship. However, considering the energy reserved to confuse the Nano Consciousness, I can only hibernate for eleven years."

I hope I wake up to good news. If I wake up and you're not ready, then I guess I'm just unlucky. Well then, goodbye, humans!