The invitation had been rejected?
When [Ten] received this electromagnetic message, its internal logical processing routines suffered a noticeable stall.
It had never prepared for this possibility.
Why would a capable level five silicon-based civilization not want to join the Silicon-Based Alliance?
But the other party had already expressed a desire to join the Silicon-Based Alliance!
The level I artificial intelligence could not understand the reason behind this bizarre maneuver.
So, to keep its program running, it skipped this step before its logic stalled completely.
[The Silicon-Based Alliance welcomes you, Enroget Civilization.]
"..."
Lü Yongchang stared blankly at the Holographic Projection before him.
This all-too-familiar behavior gave him a bad feeling.
He clearly remembered that the Short-Distance Spatial Jump back then had followed exactly the same pattern!
If that forced Short-Distance Spatial Jump had been intended to make human civilization help repair the Matter-Energy Conversion Device, then this forced induction into the Silicon-Based Alliance...
If he was right, some new nonsense was probably about to rear its head!
[As the Homeworld Fortress has yet to establish contact with the Empire, the assessment results cannot currently receive imperial approval.]
Lü Yongchang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness.
Thank goodness this damned fortress was offline.
Otherwise... who knew how many advanced civilizations would come to gawk at human civilization?!
[But rest assured, your assessment will not be invalidated.] [You remain a member of the Silicon-Based Alliance.] [As a member of the Silicon-Based Alliance, you must abide by the relevant legislation enacted by the Empire.]
Lü Yongchang: "..."
He had a feeling the trap this damned artificial intelligence had laid was about to reveal itself.
``` [Under the Imperial Sapient Life Protection Act, the Imperial Silicon-Based Civilization Mutual Assistance Act, and other relevant legislation,