As councillors of the Human Federation, everyone present was naturally sharp-minded, and they quickly understood Lü Yongchang's explanation.
"So you're saying that the people at Proxima Centauri also sent detailed annotations to help us understand their message?"
Senator Li rested his elbows on the conference table and asked with a deep frown, "What exactly are they after?"
After all, this was humanity's first contact with an alien civilization.
No one, including Lü Yongchang, knew how to handle such a situation.
"Let's wait a little longer," Lü Yongchang said with a frown. "We'll see once Zero has decoded the entire message."
The old man at the head of the table nodded silently, a thoughtful look flashing through his eyes.
"The extremely dark way you described civilizations interacting in the universe last time doesn't seem to fit this situation."
As they waited, the old man spoke softly.
Lü Yongchang gave a wry chuckle at that. "Head Councillor, that was only a conclusion I drew from the circumstances at the time."
"This time... I don't know what's going on either."
Suddenly, his gaze shifted slightly. "Perhaps they're like us, an early interstellar civilization that only recently ventured beyond its home planet?"
"No, that's not right."
Remembering the traces left by the Hall Thruster on the Moon, Lü Yongchang quickly rejected his own theory. "An early interstellar civilization wouldn't have such advanced interstellar travel technology."
Every councillor in the conference room wore an expression of worry and confusion.
"Professor, the decoding results are ready."
Zero's voice broke the somewhat restless atmosphere in the conference room.
"To make it easier to understand, I translated it according to human writing conventions."
With that, a "translation" appeared before everyone present.
[To the unknown advanced civilization: we are the Proxima Centauri civilization, located 4.22 light-years from you.
In