Chapter 177 Interstellar Alliance
Half of the earth was blue, dotted with white clouds and dark green mountains, and the other half was pitch black, with the lights of the city merging into a golden river. It was moving away at a fast speed, and soon after, the silver-gray moon also passed by. When it was closest, the strange rocks on the surface of the moon seemed to fly past us. In fact, there was a big difference between the two, but the windows of the spacecraft observation deck had the function of magnifying the distant scenery.
Looking up at the starry sky from a distance, the light of those stars is so numerous that it is terrifying. However, in the universe, darkness and emptiness are its main colors. It takes a long time for the spacecraft to pass by a planet, and most of them are bare. The scenery is not more colorful than the surface of the moon. After seeing too much, Rong Yuan also lost interest. In addition to his normal daily routine, he took time to memorize all the functions of the spacecraft and learned to listen, speak, read and write the language of Biqiu Star. In Rong Yuan's opinion, no language is more profound and complex than Sugar Language. Although Biqiu Star Language has more letters and symbols than Nut Language, the sentence structure is very similar to Sugar Language. After mastering the basic pronunciation and memorizing a certain vocabulary, he has almost no obstacles to understanding this language.
So when Paco woke up from hibernation, he saw Rong Yuan's true face. Before that, when they met, Rong Yuan wore a translation mask and used a mimicry suit to change his appearance.
The octopus crawled out of the fish tank, leaving several tentacle prints on the ground. He dried his body and carefully wiped off all the accessories on his body before going to find Rong Yuan. When he saw the stranger sitting in front of the observation deck, he was shocked and pointed his two long tentacles at Rong Yuan, shouting, "Who are you?"
Rong Yuan glanced at him and said with disdain, "Stupid, who else is on this spaceship besides you and me?"
"...Oh." Paco was skeptical at first, but Rong Yuan's cold eyes touched him and he immediately believed it. He put down his tentacles and walked to Rong Yuan. He placed a few tentacles on the platform next to the observation deck and asked in confusion: "There are only two of us here, why are you still using a mimicry suit?"
Rong Yuan said: "This is who I really am." His tone was light, but in fact all his attention was focused on Paco, observing his reaction.
——Are there any races in the universe that look like humans? Have those people who left the Earth in search of life in the past survived and multiplied in the vast universe?
Paco was stunned. He blinked and stared at Rong Yuan for a long time before he shouted, "Ah! You are not from Biqiu Star, you are from Landia!"
——Randia?
The slow-witted alien took a few seconds to react, then suddenly accused, "You lied to me!"
"What did I lie to you about?" Rong Yuan was just thinking about getting more information about Landia out of him, so he asked back nonchalantly.
Paco said angrily: "You lied to me and said you are also a Pichu star!"
"Did I say that?" Rong Yuan said, "I just happened to know the language of the bhikkhu stars, and you just assumed that."
Paco was speechless. Thinking back carefully, it seemed to be exactly like this, but he always felt that something was wrong. He thought about it again and again, and finally felt that it was because of his misjudgment, so he sincerely apologized and said, "I'm sorry, it's my fault, I misunderstood you."
Rong Yuan waved his hand generously and said, "It's okay."
Paco was relieved after hearing this. He grinned and said, "You are so kind. Not only did you save me from the Blue Water Planet, but you also didn't care about my mistakes. You are nothing like the Landians in the legend."
"What is the legend like?" Rong Yuan asked with pretended curiosity.
Paco was a little embarrassed—if the tangled expression on his octopus face indicated embarrassment—he hesitated to speak, but under Rong Yuan's eyes full of curiosity, or driven by his soul of being a teacher, Paco finally began to talk intermittently. This lecture lasted for several days. Paco could go without sleep for a long time after hibernation, and Rong Yuan did not need regular and quantitative sleep to maintain his condition, so except for eating and going to the toilet, Rong Yuan would chat with Paco and talk about everything in his mind about the Interstellar General Alliance.
Although it is called the Interstellar Alliance, in reality, the control range of this alliance stops at the Milky Way, and in this galaxy alone, the alliance has explored and understood less than one-tenth of the area. Currently, there are more than one billion habitable planets discovered, and nearly one-third of them have intelligent life or the trend of intelligent life. The Earth is one . However, there are only 1,388 planets that are truly members of the Interstellar Alliance. No matter which planet or the main race living on it, the development of all aspects must have reached the peak of intelligent life in the Milky Way.
Less than 5% of the remaining habitable planets know about the existence of the Interstellar Alliance and aspire to join the alliance. Most of them are subsidiary planets, providing a steady stream of talent and various supplies to the core planets of the alliance, such as growing vegetables that the people of the alliance planets like, taming dangerous beasts, making beautiful clothes, providing a manufacturing base and labor for spacecraft, etc.
The remaining 95% of habitable planets are like Earth, unaware of the existence of the Alliance. They develop in a daze, wondering if they are the only intelligent creatures in the universe, and trying to find clues of the existence of aliens. Some of these habitable planets are actually colonies. The Alliance sends personnel to station on those planets, using benefits to drive the local natives to provide what they want; some are rich in precious minerals, and the Alliance will send people to mine the minerals and abandon them; most planets actually have little use value, and the Alliance lets them fend for themselves, under the pretext of not interfering with the sovereignty and free development rights of other planets.
It is said that in the past, some people from advanced civilizations would go to planets of lower civilizations without authorization, wantonly massacre, manipulate the government, teach the natives all kinds of advanced black technologies, disrupt the laws of historical development, and even accidentally destroy one or two habitable planets during wars. The natives begged various gods for the coming of the end of the world, but they did not know that the end of the world was originally caused by humans. Some people, just to satisfy their own selfish desires or curiosity, arbitrarily plundered and sold intelligent creatures of lower civilizations, and countless people were slaughtered by them.
Since the establishment of the Interstellar Alliance and the formulation of Interstellar Law, the management of this situation has gradually become strictly regulated. Regardless of whether or not one has joined the alliance, the right to survival is recognized and protected by the law, and those who provoke without authorization will be subject to terrible punishment.
However, this is only the bright surface. In private, some behaviors are rampant, such as what the Earth has encountered, and even the Alliance itself is one of the driving forces.
The Interstellar Alliance is both loose and united. Its more than 1,000 core planets have established different political systems. Some are only concerned with their own development, while others are committed to expanding their territory. They rule over many planets. If there are any conflicts between them, they will be resolved through the mediation and consultation of the alliance. Not to mention wars, even frictions are rarely seen. Because the universe is so huge, as long as you dare to explore, at least for tens of thousands of years, no core planet will have a problem of resource shortage. Under the premise of no conflict of interest, it is not difficult to maintain a superficial harmony. If a war breaks out, it will only end in a lose-lose situation. Everyone understands this truth.
Both the Peninglang Empire and the Landia Empire like to occupy more planets, but they are almost on opposite sides of the Milky Way, and the straight-line distance between the two sides is at least 60,000 light years. The Earth is 1,700 light years away from the Peninglang Empire and 500 light years away from the Piqiu Star, which is a satellite star of the Peninglang Empire. Although these octopuses are not very intelligent, they are hardworking, obedient and honest, good at marine farming, and their strong and soft tentacles can be competent for both physical and technical work. They are also highly treated in the Peninglang Empire.
Paco is an octopus alien who only likes to collect gossip. He knows a lot of things. Ordinary civilians in the Peninlang Empire may not even remember the name of Landia. Paco has seen some information about Landia before, but because the distance between the two is too far, there may be communication between the upper echelons, but who among the civilians would have the leisure to chat with aliens 60,000 light years away? So Paco only knows that Landia is an empire as powerful as Peninlang, and that their main intelligent race looks very similar to Rongyuan or the earthlings. He is not clear beyond the first time.
"But..." Paco looked at Rong Yuan carefully and said uncertainly: "The Landians in the pictures I saw don't seem to look like you."
"What's the difference?" Rong Yuan asked.
Paco racked his brains but couldn't figure out what made him feel different. After all, it was a picture he had seen a long time ago, and his memory was not good enough to remember it. So after thinking for a long time, he shook his head in frustration and said, "I don't know."
Rong Yuan said in a mocking tone: "It's nothing strange that people look different. Do all the people in Biqiu Star look the same?"
Thinking of the various octopuses on his planet, blue, red, white, black, yellow, spotted, striped, black and white, with square heads, round heads, and triangular heads, Paco felt relieved and said, "So that's how it is. I'm so stupid!"
After dealing with it, Rong Yuan didn't feel much accomplishment. He wanted to get a photo of the Landians right away to see what the difference was between them. If he could impersonate someone from a powerful empire, it would surely make his trip much smoother. However, Paco was confused, and other aliens were not all like this, especially the "intelligent species" that Paco had mentioned. Their intelligence was particularly respected among the intelligent creatures in the universe, so one could imagine how smart they were.
After thinking for a moment, Rong Yuan looked up and was about to speak, but was surprised to see Paco's expression and asked, "What's wrong with your face?"
