Chapter 195

The other five long-awaited civilizations responded quickly, constructing a relatively empty interstellar space on the edge of the Law String Civilization civilization's territory.

By sparing no energy, they fully demonstrated the terrifying engineering capabilities of this interstellar civilization consortium.

Countless tiny intelligent constructs, like worker bees, moved Extreme Speed. In just thirteen minutes, a venue radiating a soft glow quietly floated in the starry sky, becoming a temporary new star.

The venue was equipped with high standards to accommodate Wen Jing.

The main structure of the venue resembles several giant, translucent, luminous petals, unfolding from a central point.

The internal environmental parameters of each petal—gravity, air pressure, temperature, radiation background, and even the fundamental spectrum—are divided into hundreds of independently adjustable micro-environmental blocks to adapt to the physiological needs of different forms of civilization.

An invisible force field is also woven into a traffic guidance network and an information interaction layer, ensuring that all participants can move freely and communicate without barriers.

When Wen Jing and the Crystal Tree-shaped Law String Civilization arrived at the central core platform on time, the other five major civilization delegations of the Star Alliance were already waiting there.

A quick glance revealed a group of aliens vastly different from the Law String Civilization: polymer bodies resembling emaciated octopuses with multiple tentacles, Geometry mechanical bodies composed of numerous tiny modules, and plasma energy bodies encased in sustaining armor...

Some are embodiments of a Law String Civilization, while others are the very essence of it.

When the five major civilizations of the Star Alliance actually saw Wen Jing's Wilderness Body, they were also greatly shocked.

Different civilizations and races perceive and observe the outside world in different ways.

Wen Jing its own Gravitational Field, and the Myriad Transformation Furnace is constantly absorbing energy spilled from the outside world. To carbon-based life forms, it appears as a blurry black shadow without any three-dimensional structure. It also appears in different forms to different extraterrestrial civilizations.

Simply meeting her directly sparked a brainstorming session within the delegation.

At the same time, representatives from each civilization stepped forward, introduced themselves, and expressed their friendly welcome to her arrival.

Among them, the ' Phase Creation Civilization,' which resembles a withered octopus, holds a slightly higher status than the other four civilizations. They were the original founders of the Star Alliance and have been a Level 2 civilization for the longest time.

"... Thank you for joining us for this resonance. Every civilization in the Star Alliance looks forward to establishing a continuous channel of cognitive interaction with you and the order you represent."

The five civilizations each have their own way of expressing this, but they all primarily convey the same message—establishing diplomatic relations.

However, under their expectant gazes, Wen Jing's first words were a denial.

"No, this is not about establishing diplomatic relations. My participation in your gathering is merely a personal act and does not represent my civility."

"..." The atmosphere froze, as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over it.

Not only did things not go as they expected, but they also didn't anticipate being rejected so quickly and decisively.

The delegation from the Crystal Tree-like Law String delegation quickly changed the subject. "Of course, we would also very much welcome you to attend this gathering personally."

They didn't know whether other civilizations were afraid of offending Wen Jing, since they were right on someone else's 'territory'!

Upon hearing this statement from the representative of Law String, the other representatives of civilizations present immediately realized that they couldn't afford to offend the person who had come all this way.

One by one, they quickly chimed in, "Yes, we were presumptuous, Lord Atom Controller. Please take a look at our brand-new material on display. It can switch instantaneously under extremely high temperature differences without undergoing phase transitions or structural damage, and dozens of physical properties such as strength and conductivity can be programmed as needed."

"This is our latest self-organizing module, which can complete reconstruction in just one String Leap!"

"Sir, please proceed to our venue number three. We've just made a breakthrough in the calculation of background radiation waves, which is the biggest topic of this gathering..."

Finding that establishing direct diplomatic relations was not an option, the representatives of the various civilizations changed their attitudes and transformed into salesmen, promoting their latest scientific research achievements.

This is actually a form of communication.

We can also glean information from Wen Jing's attitude towards their technology.

Of course, their caution and low profile were based on the fact that the Star Alliance couldn't find Wen Jing's civilization at all, while the other side had demonstrated the ability to traverse extremely long distances.

Upon Wen Jing, Wen Jing then revealed his interest and, surrounded by the delegation, entered the various petal-shaped exhibition halls.

This gathering only included delegations from six Level Two civilizations. The five major civilizations were qualified and capable of exerting pressure on the borders of the Law String Civilization, but Level One civilizations were not.

Even if they knew the news, they couldn't possibly get here so quickly.

Since they used the Resonance Assembly as a pretext, the six civilizations certainly wouldn't fabricate anything; the content in the exhibition hall is all readily available, having been displayed at the previous meeting.

However, when it came to the specific exhibits, the six civilization delegations present quickly realized that, in less than a year since the last exhibition, the level of their work had improved dramatically.

"Wasn't this material a 10.0 specimen last time? It's upgraded to 11.0 so quickly?"

"Is the number of modules you've added doubled?"

"The measurement accuracy has improved considerably..."

Technological progress doesn't happen this way. Clearly, at the last Resonance Assembly, none of the civilizations presented their highest achievements.

For a moment, the atmosphere among the various civilization delegations became somewhat subtle, but they tacitly maintained normalcy in front of Wen Jing.

Normally, Wen Jing would have noticed this.

But at this moment, faced with this dazzling technological feast, the other three consciousnesses all temporarily stopped their other actions, their minds entering a state of overload.

"So this is how the strong interaction forces can be arranged!"

"This modular, self-organizing efficiency model has been very inspiring for my work in building mechanical swarms!"

"Their long-range sensing principle is actually like this... We must Analysis carefully!"

The Reconnaissance Clone impassive, seemingly taking a casual stroll through the site, but in reality, he was frantically recording Analysis, deducing every detail he saw in reverse.

Chapter 195

The Star Alliance delegation led Wen Jing on a tour.

The representatives who were able to attend the Resonance Assembly had long since transcended the constraints of physiological needs, and could devote all their time to the tour.

Even so, the entire tour will take at least three days.

It wasn't that the group was reading too slowly; there was just too much content.

In terms of the scale of civilizations, this is still considered small. Currently, it only gathers the exhibits of the six major second-level civilizations of the Star Alliance. If the exhibits of the first-level civilizations are included, the normal visit time would be calculated in months or even years.

Throughout the journey, the accompanying representatives of various civilizations observed Wen Jing's reactions, and the entire team Analysis her every word and action.

Due to the vast differences in their physical and cultural structures, and knowing that the other party was currently in the form of a 'reconnaissance aircraft,' they naturally had no way of knowing her emotional reactions and could only judge what she was interested in by the duration of her stay.

After touring around, they found that Wen Jing spent less time on engineering and materials-related projects, but would linger a bit on various theoretical questions.

This phenomenon has inevitably sparked numerous speculations within various civilizations.

As time went on, the Star Alliance representatives' probing became increasingly obvious.

Of course, he didn't openly question Wen Jing, but spoke very respectfully, constantly probing and playing along, subtly implying that he was trying to elevate her.

None of the representatives of civilizations present here are easily fooled.

They have all developed over countless years, evolving from primitive societies to Level 2 civilizations capable of fully utilizing stellar energy.

Even though Wen Jing has demonstrated many unique and extraordinary qualities, as an individual exposed to the wisdom and scrutiny of an entire civilization, and unable to provide convincing proof, the Star Alliance civilizations will naturally have doubts about her persona.

Perhaps what we're seeing is merely a Type II civilization in disguise, one that has progressed far beyond our own, rather than a Type III civilization...

During the presentation of a new type of shielded cabin design, a leading scientist from the ' Source Fire Civilization ' respectfully and directly inquired of Wen Jing:

"My Lord, the Atom Controller, on behalf of myself, I would like to ask you this question: Within the existing theoretical framework, our model's improvement in detection accuracy has reached the boundary of the quantum uncertainty principle. In your opinion, do you have any insights beyond filtering algorithms for extracting pure fluctuation signals from cosmic background noise?"

Faced with this question, this time, Wen Jing did not use ambiguous words to evade the issue as before. Instead, he stopped and clearly turned his head to look at the plasma flame encased in the maintenance device.

The flame in the device visibly trembled under her silent gaze, but immediately mustered its courage again.

"My lord, I am only representing myself this time."

The scientist first discussed the separation of the speed of light from civilization, then added a subtle provocation, "I'm asking you personally, not about civilization. This kind of question should be basic common sense for you, right?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's attention turned to the two of them, and the atmosphere immediately became tense.

"Black Hole, step back!" Another representative of the Source Fire Civilization immediately jumped out to stop him.

To everyone's surprise, the black hole became even more agitated upon hearing this. "No, if it were truly a powerful civilization, they wouldn't have been uninvolved, unless—"

"Alright..."

Wen Jing spoke through the Mental Link, interrupting the performance of the two, one in red and one in white.

By creating a scam where victims keep giving without receiving anything in return, the scheme is bound to collapse sooner or later.

Wen Jing, who had been secretly learning from the Star Alliance, had long anticipated the probing Wen Jing.

Faced with a coalition of six Level 2 civilizations, the stellar deterrence tactics employed by the Forging Alliance were no longer very effective, nor could she simply perform the Turn Stone into Gold touch on every individual, lest others doubt that this was the only trick she knew.