Chapter 153: A Country of Etiquette
If you stand on the back of Sedna, you can clearly see a huge ellipsoidal spaceship docked here.
In fact, it cannot be said to be docked... but it is deeply sunken inside.
Because the mass of the spaceship is too large, it keeps sinking from the rock layer on the surface of the planet, and the movement trajectory of the entire Sedna is completely changed.
Hundreds of millions of intelligent robots shuttle across the surface of the planet, constantly busy. They tirelessly dig resources, repair spaceships, and transport supplies... Watching the spaceship being gradually repaired, the Green Light people feel more secure, not as panicked as they were a few days ago.
At this moment, hundreds of thousands of Green Light people are gathering together to hold a grand memorial ceremony...
The Green Light civilization is a civilization with a very peculiar culture. As an interstellar race that has walked out of its mother planet, their social system is actually the primitive "clan" and "ritual"!
In a word, each of them will try to restrain themselves and make their behavior meet the requirements of "ritual". What's even more strange is that this set of social systems has actually run smoothly.
Looking at racial social phenomena from a human perspective will feel very strange, but the Green Light people themselves do not think so. They think that following the law of "etiquette" is a matter of course.
"Etiquette" is the supreme principle, and any behavior that violates "etiquette" is rude.
"Etiquette and courtesy" are very important contents in their culture. Every Green Light person will not ignore this aspect of cultivation, otherwise they may be looked down upon, and more seriously, they will directly violate the law!
Green Light people who do not understand "etiquette" can only live at the bottom of society.
Perhaps wisdom is really interlinked. The political concept of an ancient Chinese saint has been realized in the distant space... It can only be said that the endless universe and thousands of civilizations are really amazing.
Of course, there are reasons for the emergence of this strange system, including but not limited to: there is no competition between Green Light people, and no survival pressure; low reproductive capacity; small population; and several super great men in history, etc.
An elder Green Light person is performing a specific memorial ceremony under a tree hundreds of meters high. The rest of the people are silently mourning, and the leaves on their bodies make a "rustling" sound.
"Dead is dead, may their souls return to Gaia's embrace..."
"Hua, hua, hua!"
This memorial tradition is also passed down from ancient times, and it has not changed until now. From ancient times to the present, their science and technology have advanced countless times, but there are still many things that cannot be explained by science, such as "soul" and "Gaia".
They still maintain awe of the entire universe...
At this time, every green light person had a trace of sadness and heaviness in their eyes. In the interstellar war a few months ago, one of their main ships was completely destroyed, and the death toll was - 500,000 people!
500,000!
The population of their tribe is really too small, and there are only 30 million people so far, which means that one-sixtieth of the population died in that disaster! This is almost an unbearable burden. Every green light person has sadness and anger in his eyes...
After the memorial ceremony, Captain Fario and Mal returned to the conference room with a dull look on their faces.
"The repair of the main engine will be completed soon. The rest of the work is not too important. We can only return to the mother planet. The energy replenishment work has been completed."
Fario looked at the repair report and felt a little better. This also meant that their spacecraft could take off at any time.
"...Revenge, we must take revenge!" Mal, who was standing on the side, roared loudly and talked to an elder with a ferocious face.
He is one of the candidates for the future leader of the Green Light Civilization. He witnessed the tragic death of a large number of people with his own eyes. This hatred has been deeply engraved in the deepest part of his heart. Of course, such an oath is not only his innermost thoughts, but also an opportunity to win over some elders and win their favor.
Although Mal is young, he also has a certain political awareness.
It's a pity that the gap between the strengths of the same interstellar civilization is really too big! Just like the gap between low-level civilization and interstellar civilization. That unknown destroyer civilization, the incomparably powerful spacecraft, the super firepower... is something that their Green Light civilization can't catch up with.
In the end, Mal could only lower his head in silence. He was a little depressed. Did he have to work hard to develop technology for tens of thousands of years before taking revenge? When he thought of the huge gap between the two civilizations, he felt discouraged.
An elder-level green light person walked into the meeting room and began to chatter again: "The energy has been replenished, and we can set off. According to etiquette, should we say hello to the new human civilization to express our gratitude?"
"...Should we give them some gifts?"
Running to the doorstep of someone's house to rest, it's okay to say nothing for special reasons, but now you are leaving, you have to say hello, right?
It has to be said that this is not only the thinking of the elders, but also the traditional thinking of many ordinary green light people. Call them pedantic or old-fashioned, this group of people thinks this way. And it is this way of thinking that maintains their social form. If the etiquette is not done well, they will feel very uncomfortable.
"Although the other party is a bit rude, it is a friendly civilization after all. We should say hello before leaving." Another elder also agreed.
The Green Lights didn't want their spacecraft to be observed by the new human civilization, so they deliberately stopped at the back of Sedna and let a planet block them.
Theoretically, neutrino detection technology and gravitational wave detection can still "see", but it's always better to block it.
In short, the two civilizations have lived in peace for so long, no wonder these elders say that the new human civilization is a "friendly civilization"...
Captain Fario was about to nod his agreement when he suddenly saw an emergency report on the screen with an extremely important sign. He was moved, "It's a message from the new human civilization!"
Clicking it open, there is a lot of content inside, which has been translated by the supercomputer. But this information stunned everyone, including the group of elders behind.
It was a strong condemnation of the new human civilization. The general meaning was this: without consent, the rest of the Green Light civilization's spacecraft cannot approach the solar system. There was also a three-dimensional image drawn on it, with 13 dots moving at a speed of 0.6 times the speed of light. In about five months, it will officially enter the position of Pluto!
"What is this?! We don't have such a spaceship, are they mistaken?!"
"The largest spaceship is twenty times larger than ours!"
"This is... that Destroyer civilization!"
When they thought of this, a group of Green Light people in the conference room screamed, and a lot of white mist was steaming from the leaves. Although there was no specific picture of 13 spaceships, this number and the approximate size of the spaceships could already make them think of many things.
"They... they are chasing us!"
Everyone recalled that day, that nightmare... It was this fleet that destroyed a main ship that they were proud of in a few seconds! It was this fleet that killed half a million of their people!
Even Mal, who had just sworn secretly, had a green face.
"...We should quickly start superluminal navigation and leave here! This time, we have to fly farther and escape the other party's observation range."
"Yes, our engine is intact and will no longer emit a lot of heat... We have to go around a big circle and get rid of it completely before we can return to the mother planet!"
Several Green Light executives quickly started a discussion, and the content was nothing more than running away, or escaping.
"Wrong, you are all wrong!"
Maer suddenly stood up, slapped the table heavily, and said with gritted teeth: "We must fight, we must destroy them all... here!"
"Don't forget, we are near a star!"