Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 231 The 1st Exchange Meeting

Zhang Yuan and Zhao Qingfeng exchanged glances, contemplating the unique physiological phenomena brought about by different environments.

Oxygen is indispensable for humans; aerobic respiration produces a great deal of energy that nourishes every cell in the human body. Without oxygen, humans would suffocate and die within a short period.

However, in the eyes of many biologists, oxygen is also a slow poison!

During human respiration, a harmful substance called "reactive oxygen species" is produced, which can damage biological membrane systems and disrupt intracellular oxidative phosphorylation. This is a direct participant in human disease, aging, and death, posing significant risks to human health and longevity.

The Glizerians’ circulatory system does not require oxygen, which naturally makes them longer-lived.

Subsequently, these biologists became enthusiastic and started a barrage of nonsensical statements, something about ATP, CP, ADP conversions in the "Energy Core"... Yamamoto Ichiro seized the opportunity to advocate the use of artificial blood and respiratory systems to replace the current aerobic respiratory system, "The most direct benefit is the ability to slow down cellular aging and achieve a higher lifespan"!

Anyway, Zhang Yuan understood that due to insufficient energy from anaerobic respiration, these Glizerians had to hibernate for long periods.

Captain Zhao, sitting nearby, sighed and said, "So, it’s not just typhoons, but also this primitive evolutionary hibernation habit that makes them prefer tight and interconnected environments. At least it consumes less physical energy... and it’s safe and reliable, no need to worry about being buried alive by a collapse!"

There was nothing else to be done, the human leaders could only patiently continue to wait.

About 12 days later, the Glizerians finally regained consciousness, and their leader, Ganyador, said, "Thank you for the generous Earth Civilization, we had a very comfortable sleep. Please forgive our living habits, I know some civilizations do not hibernate. I wonder what your schedule is like?"

Humans, of course, would not fret over such a minor matter...

This tardy diplomatic event was quite formal. First, several Earth diplomats guided the Glizerians through parts of the Earth Era areas, including industrial, agricultural, and parts of the residential zones.

Of course, it was only a part.

There was an implicit intimidation, intended to let the other party know some things but not too much. This state of partial understanding was most advantageous for humans.

Subsequently, the Gliese diplomats and the human high officials sat in the same conference room, commencing face-to-face negotiations.

The leader named Ganyador asked first, "First, I would like to know about the specific history of your civilization."

"Why would you think to come from the distant Solar System, more than 20 light years away, to our star system? From an economic point of view, there is absolutely nothing desirable... We don’t have any special material resources here, could it be that your population exploded, and your whole star system could no longer accommodate anyone?"

This question was quite crucial, concerning human ideological issues.

After some consideration, Captain Zhao replied, "Our Mother Star System is not in a population explosion, but rather in a stable state of no population growth."

"The purpose of coming here is not for colonization or conquest, but mainly for exploration and discovery."

"Our civilization’s great thinkers believe that once a civilization develops to a certain point, it will naturally stagnate. To avoid the decline caused by this stagnation, it is necessary to isolate through space and time, and by learning from past developmental processes, one can forge a completely new path..."

Captain Zhao briefly introduced the overall developmental philosophy of the civilization, including the human history of extra-terrestrial exploration. In fact, a long time ago, humans had launched probes into outer space, the famous "Voyager 1," "Voyager 2," and so on. All of these are well-documented.

Of course, there’s no need to elaborate too much on the core of New Civilization History.

Whether the other party believes these contents is not within Human consideration. Diplomacy itself is a blend of truth and falsehood; there’s no need for utter honesty, but there’s no need for outright fabrication either.

After hearing this, the other party was stunned for a while, not understanding why they were so shocked after hearing about the entire interstellar journey and even started to whisper among themselves in their hometown’s slang.

A few seconds later, the other party came back to their senses, praising the thought process: "I see, no wonder you have built such a massive spaceship and departed from your Mother Star... It’s indeed an unimaginable grand project! May I ask, how long did it take you to build this huge spaceship?"

"About a hundred years, give or take."

If the preliminary preparations are included, it indeed took that long. Of course, that was also the Earth Civilization from three thousand years ago; people do not know what the current state of Earth Civilization is, or if they can still build such spaceships.

The group of Glizerians was once again so astounded they were rendered speechless, for them, a mere hundred years might still be a growth phase...

At this moment, Zhang Yuan formally asked, "Honorable Ganyador, your civilization initially launched a few nuclear bombs at us, and although there were no significant casualties, it should be considered an act of aggression. I believe you need to provide an explanation for this attack."

The leader replied calmly, "Sir, I must remind you, this is our territory. We do not understand your ideology, nor do we know whether you come to this Planet System with good or ill intentions." fгeewёbnoѵel_cσm

"...If it were you, would you simply watch as the other party grew stronger?"

Zhang Yuan was suddenly left speechless, as from the other party’s perspective, this argument held some merit.

Following that, he continued, "Then, we had already sent a large amount of electromagnetic waves to this star system in advance...Why didn’t your civilization respond? We simply considered this as no man’s land."

"Even if there had been any kind of response, we would not have come to this Planet System. With so many planets in the Universe, there are plenty of options to choose from."

The others remained silent, gathered together, whispered among themselves for a while, and felt this question was challenging to answer. They had already taken three thousand years to travel here—arguing here seemed pointless.

The Glizerian then said, "However, rest assured that General Davian, who recklessly pushed the nuclear button, has failed his coup and has already committed suicide by swallowing a gun. The majority of our population, generally speaking, still yearns for peace...if you have no intentions of attack and large-scale colonization."

"But we only allow you to choose one planet to settle, we do not permit colonization of more planets. That is our bottom line."

This time it was the Humans who were silent for a moment. Their apprehension wasn’t without reason— if after a few hundred years, Humans colonized all the other planets, the balance of power would undergo a drastic change...

But then again, even if they now promised to only colonize one planet and later reneged on it, what could the other party really do?

Zhang Yuan didn’t want to keep arguing on this topic, so he changed the subject: "Honorable Ganyador, could you please introduce your civilization to us? A civilization history of 200,000 years is truly ancient and profound. For our Human civilization, from the time written records began, it’s just a mere ten thousand years."

That ten thousand years even includes the three thousand years of travel through space.

Ganyador pondered for a moment, then said, "Naturally, exchanging histories is also a focal point of our meeting this time... We are a civilization that venerates art and mathematics..."

"...We are even more astounded that in just ten thousand years, you have reached your current level of development. This is a truly remarkable achievement!"

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