ushernet Chapter 399 Absolute Security of One Civilization to Another
Chapter 399 Absolute Security of One Civilization to Another
"Mr. Yun Tianming, welcome to the Carbon-Based Federation."
Daya's gaze swept over Yun Tianming and his group, a hint of inscrutable greed in her eyes, as if she were examining her food.
"From today onwards, we are partners in the same camp. Please guide me." He extended his claw, wanting to shake hands with the other party.
Yun Tianming squinted, a smile always playing on his lips, trying to appear harmless.
"Senior Daiya, please take care of me from now on."
Then, Daya looked at Thomas Wade behind him and wanted to shake hands with him.
But Wade merely glanced coldly at the dinosaur-man in front of him, snorted, and left without looking back.
"What an impolite little snack!"
Daya looked at her hand raised in mid-air, a hint of murderous intent flashing in her eyes.
The group continued forward, and after passing through the main hall, they found that the envoys of the Kana people had been waiting there for some time.
"Gentlemen, this way please. I've come specifically to assist you in signing the agreement." The envoy's voice was gentle and polite, with a touch of mechanical precision.
"What should I call you?" Yun Tianming asked, his gaze falling on the envoy.
“My name is a bit long, but before I came, I did some research on your language habits. According to you, you can call me ‘Li’.”
A wisp of heat slowly rose from the top of the messenger's head, as if it were an expression of some emotion.
"Li?" Yun Tianming raised an eyebrow slightly, curious about this simple yet meaningful name.
"Yes, the smallest unit, yet it is everywhere."
Li's tone carried a hint of pride, and the steam rising from her head grew thicker, bubbling like boiling water. "I really like this name. My mother gave it to me."
Yun Tianming noticed that the head shape of the particles was subtly changing, gradually shifting from a solid state to a liquid state, and even occasionally showing gaseous fluctuations.
He recalled the information he had learned earlier: the heads of the Kana people could freely switch between gaseous, liquid, and solid states, and this change was often closely related to their emotions.
The more intense the reaction, the more agitated the emotions.
"Then let's begin. Please place your palms on this stone slab. We will then extract the memories from your minds to form the technology tree system of your civilization."
Li showed the two of them a stone slab behind him. The thing looked very strange, about four or five meters high, with a circular groove at the bottom.
Following the groove upwards, there are many fine and dense patterns on the stone slab, which, when viewed from below, resemble a towering tree.
"What...is this?" Yun Tianming looked it up and down curiously.
"I believe you two are both well aware of the Dark Forest Theory, right? Well... according to your language system, it should be called this."
"Therefore, you are also well aware that there is an inherent hostility between civilizations, because the resources of the universe are finite. Even if there is no resource competition between our civilization and yours, there will always be tens of thousands of civilizations competing with you in this vast sea of stars."
As the grain spoke, the water in its head suddenly solidified, and a delicate human face appeared before the two of them.
"But we have found a solution, not a perfect one, but one that can effectively establish a temporary alliance between the two civilizations."
"We call this dependency theory."
Dependency theory?
"Yes, that's right. Dependency theory is about how one civilization and another form a chain of technological dependence, thereby achieving absolute security for one civilization over the other."