"Our people have conducted extensive sampling and testing of the real world over the past period of time. The current Psionic Energy in our world is extremely scarce; absorbing Psionic Energy is as difficult as breathing at the edge of the atmosphere."
The professor said earnestly:
"Therefore, my deduction is that this highly contagious toxin from another world needs to rely on Psionic Energy to replicate or assimilate itself in order to spread."
"Because our world lacks Psionic Energy, the toxicity decreases as it spreads, leading to the situation we are currently facing."
As he spoke, he glanced back at the ongoing Blood Poison transmission experiment and said:
"However, this is just speculation. Let's wait and see how it goes."
As soon as he finished speaking, a staff member on the other side suddenly said:
"Minister, Professor, the hidden content in the official website update has been found."
"So fast?"
The middle-aged man in black immediately stepped forward and asked.
"They don't seem to have any intention of hiding it at all."
The technician, seeing the group of people gathering around, began his demonstration:
"When this gaming website first appeared, several people obtained beta testing access to the game by solving puzzles on the webpage."
Li Yu nodded as he listened to his explanation. At first, he also thought that the Easter egg was unique, and even [ Great Wei Boxing Champion ] himself thought so.
However, as time went on, especially after the forum opened, players from various countries would post every one or two weeks that they had found new Easter eggs. It felt as exciting as finding gold nuggets on the riverbank. Even now, many qualified players are still constantly searching for Easter eggs.
I don't know if the official count of Easter eggs is constantly being updated, or if so many treasures were buried from the very beginning.
The technician continued:
"We've discovered that this update involves a new page, and while opening it isn't difficult, it's still somewhat complicated."
As he spoke, he began to operate the keyboard. After typing for a while, the World Tree on the homepage of " World of Disorder " suddenly changed its layer, moving from the bottom to the top, above the text content.
The staff dragged the mouse, and the World Tree slowly rotated. After it rotated to the back, a small tree hole appeared in front of everyone.
He clicked on the tree hole, and an animation of entering the tree hole began to play. The animation was not long, only a few seconds long, and the screen finally froze at the entrance of the tree hole.
Inside the tree hole is like a bottomless abyss, with a pitch-black circle occupying most of the screen.
"Is this... a black hole?"
The middle-aged man in black scratched his head, somewhat puzzled.
"No, this is a port."
"That's what the operator said."
What port?
"The port where files can be uploaded."
Upon hearing this, everyone present fell silent.
The operator dragged a blank document from the desktop over, and sure enough, a "Release mouse to start uploading" prompt appeared after it entered the tree hole area.
"This..."
The professor asked with some doubt:
Does this mean they want to communicate with us?
No one answered his question directly, and the middle-aged man in black finally Ignite the cigarette he had been fiddling with for a long time:
"Let's post something."
The professor frowned slightly upon hearing this:
"Shouldn't we ask for permission first?"
The man in black took a deep drag of his cigarette, as if he had made up his mind:
"The speed of this cracking is very fast, which shows that the other party had no intention of hiding it at all. If we apply for approval now, we will only hand over the opportunity to make contact with another civilization first."
First impressions are crucial; we can't afford to miss this opportunity.
The people around nodded in agreement, and the young man in black following behind the middle-aged man asked:
"Minister, what should we send?"
Everyone in the tent fell into deep thought, even the operator observing the sheep's Aberration was distracted and began to ponder the problem.
"How about the Voyager Golden Record? We have lossless files on our computer, including audio and images. It's quite a memorable item, and it also expresses our goodwill."
"Is this okay? Should we post some original content?"
"Then send a 1:4:9 monument model file?"
"Didn't you say you wanted original content? This thing has already appeared in a movie."
"Does appearing in a movie count?"
"Why not? We're communicating with a civilization that can easily access our internet."
"Where can you find a unique and friendly way to express yourself in such a short time?"
Everyone fell silent. They all knew that every second they wasted increased the chances of missing their first contact.
Under immense pressure, Lü Yang whispered something:
"How about sending a cat instead?"
"What?"
The middle-aged man in black choked on the smoke. Remembering the words of encouragement the young man in black had given him, Lü Yang looked at everyone earnestly and said:
"I said, why not just send a cat? Strictly speaking, this isn't the first time we've encountered this before. Everyone's already met them in the game. Those lifelike NPCs might just be alien costumes."
"Then why post a cat?"
"Because there are no cats in World of Disorder."
Lü Yang answered matter-of-factly:
"And they're kind of cute, they'll probably like them."
The middle-aged man in charge of making the final decision delivered an epic speech, finally delivering his decision:
"Let's post a picture of a cat. Does anyone have one? Not one from the internet."
Several staff members raised their hands formally, their expressions serious, as if they were bringing their own cats to a beauty pageant.
The group completed their vote in less than ten seconds, uploading the photo of the pet cat they liked best to the online forum, and then began a tense and anxious wait.
The tree hole with a dark background has been transformed into a dialog box. The file status on the right indicates that the cat picture has been uploaded, while three flashing ellipses appear on the left.
As the three dots kept flashing, a staff member suddenly said:
"Is this UI a copy of our office software?"
"Don't say anything now."
Someone immediately covered his mouth. Was this the time to say such things at such a crucial moment?
Just when everyone was at their most tense, the three flashing white ellipses finally turned into a reply:
"Hey bro, nice cat, let me pet it."
The brief seven-word reply plunged the entire tent into a deathly silence.
Those who are a little younger know that these are memes and images from the real world and the internet, but it's still a bit hard to understand that they've been sent over by another civilization.
Just then, the usually composed young man in black suddenly threw a punch, his expression no longer able to contain itself:
"Boss, I told you that 'Brother Tree is watching you' was just a joke, but you didn't believe me!"