By the side of the wide road, An You wrapped her coat tighter around herself, feeling that the blowing wind was somewhat chilly, especially when buses roared past.
She raised her head to look at Zhai Liying, seeming to want to ask why they were not leaving yet, but seeing that Zhai Liying appeared to be rummaging through her bag for something, she lowered her head again.
Suddenly, an earplug-like object was handed out in front of her, accompanied by Zhai Liying's faint voice: "This is a simultaneous translator. I bought it only after going back last night. After you wear it, you will be able to understand our language."
"Thank you, Sister Zhai." An You took the earplug, and while putting it into her ear, she pondered something.
She felt that this extraterrestrial civilization truly knew Earthlings like the back of their hand, not only thoroughly researching Earth's language and culture, but even making a translator. If someone told her they had nothing up their sleeves, An You would be the first not to believe it.
Yet what could she change?
Right now, she was not only insignificant in speech, but even a disabled person, failing to measure up even to ordinary people.
"Sister Zhai, what is the principle behind this?" she asked.
"The principle is very simple. The vast majority of sounds coming from the outside world are intercepted by it. If you don't turn on the system, it's equivalent to a noise-canceling headset, but if you turn on the system, it will carry out processing such as identification, screening, and translation on all the sounds you receive within zero point zero several seconds, and then feed them back to you," Zhai Liying said faintly. "To put it simply, all the sounds you hear will pass through it,