Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
A low-level life planet, in the hands of those high-level civilizations, could be bought for less than 100 million cosmic dollars.
This was something George couldn’t imagine.
George’s gaze had been focused on the aliens’ chat group, which was still discussing the value of life planets.
This allowed him to ponder about the messages he was seeing alone.
“According to the aliens’ classification of life planets, Earth should be at a very low level of civilization, which means Earth’s value is not even worth 100 million cosmic dollars!”
In the chat group, the aliens were constantly sending messages.
George did not dare to join in on the conversation with the aliens. He merely maintained his identity as a “spectator” to silently read through the messages that were constantly scrolling in front of him.
At this moment, an unexpected situation suddenly appeared in the chat group.
The message sent by the Sarlatian, who had previously sent the red packet into the chat group, had ended the discussion of the value of life planets in the chat group.
Sarlatian (level 2.5 civilization): “Can any of you contact that newcomer?”
Mocalian (level 1.8 civilization): “What’s wrong? That newcomer hasn’t spoken since entering the chat group!”
Selkian (level 3 civilization): “Stupid Sarlatians. With my intelligence as a Selkian, even I can guess that the grand prize of the red packet you sent must have been drawn by that newcomer. It’s just that you can’t get in touch with that newcomer now!”
Sarlatian (level 2.5 civilization): “Although I don’t want to admit it, the Selkian is right. I just can’t get in touch with that newcomer. Which one of you can?”
When George saw the newest messages in the chat group, his pupils shrunk.
“Is he looking for me? Damn it, I’ve already received the prize, why is this Sarlatian so persistent to find me?!”
It was normal for George to be worried about an unknown high-level civilization in the universe.
This was because he didn’t know if an alien civilization with advanced technology could find out about his galaxy or even the planet that humans survived on.
The sudden question from the Sarlatian in the chat group caused the aliens to start a new discussion about the newcomer again.
Mocalian (level 1.8 civilization): “Sarlatian, I don’t think you should continue asking. That newcomer might be a creature from a super civilization. My reason for saying this is very simple: If he was from a low-level civilization, he would’ve contacted you soon to ask about the prize.”
Sarlatian (level 2.5 civilization): “Mocalian, what you said makes sense. What should I do next? Give up on the promise of sending the prize?”
Selkian (level 3 civilization): “Hmph! Ignorant and stupid Sarlatians. You knew that the other party is likely from a super civilization, yet you tried to gain the newcomer’s details through us. Your intentions are sinister!”
George read through the interesting conversation in the chat group and had a preliminary impression of these aliens.
“So these so-called high-level civilization creatures are the same as us humans in some aspects.”
He could feel several familiar personalities from the aliens’ conversation.
Crafty!
Jealousy!
Mockery!
These were originally the labels of humans, but now they were being displayed in the aliens’ chat group.
Just as George was still thinking, there was an ear-piercing roar from outside the window.
He tilted his head to listen. There seemed to be a crowd marching outside the window. He didn’t even need to think to know that it must be related to the starship that appeared in the sky above Earth.
“Pa!”
He stretched out his hand to open the window. The united chants of the crowd marching on the streets bore their way into George’s ear canal.
Hearing the contents of their chants, George didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
“Welcome, aliens!”
“Welcome to Earth as a guest!”
“Oh! This must be the divine beings sent by God to save us!”
In the parade, the yells were of different contents, some of them were even unimaginable.
For example, at this moment, George saw a scantily clad girl through the window who was in the parade as well and was shouting at the sky, “Alien, come down quickly. I want to give birth to your child!”
???
Such scenes were many from where George looked.
“What a bunch of lunatics!”
George felt that this group of humans parading here was hopeless. To think they were looking forward to the arrival of aliens!
These people could not obtain material or spiritual satisfaction in life, so they placed all their hopes in an unknown fantasy.
George originally planned to close the windows to isolate the noisy streets, but just as he reached out to do so, he saw a familiar figure among the crowd of people in the parade.
“Anna! Why is she in the parade?”
As Anna’s classmate, George felt that he knew Anna quite well. At least in front of their classmates, Anna was very rational no matter what she did.
Therefore, when he saw Anna appear in the crowd of the parade, he felt that it was a little incomprehensible.
However, George had no intention to stop Anna since his relationship with Anna was not at the level where he had the right to do so.
At this moment, the phone rang. The caller ID showed that it was Professor Eugene.
“Why is Professor Eugene calling at this time?”
George’s previous thesis on the existence of an extraterrestrial civilization did not need to be continued because of the sudden arrival of an extraterrestrial starship on Earth, thus he answered the professor’s call in a very relaxed mentality.
“Good morning, mentor!”
After greeting his mentor, Professor Eugene’s anxious voice came from the receiver.
“George, no matter where you are now, I want you to be in my office within half an hour! George, this is very important. You must do as I say and come here within half an hour!”
“Du du du…”
“Hello? Hello? Professor…”
The call was hung up by Professor Eugene. It seemed that he did not want to hear any excuses or words of dissatisfaction from George.
George could only release all the doubts and dissatisfaction he was feeling now when he saw his mentor.
He left the rented dormitory in a hurry and headed to the Yale campus.
However, it was not until he got into a taxi and had left some distance away that George realized that he had left his phone in the dormitory. He glanced at the time. If he went back to get his phone, he wouldn’t make it.
“Sigh! Hopefully, there won’t be any important messages while I’m away!”
George was still worried that without his phone by his side, he wouldn’t be able to check the messages in the alien chat group in time.
The taxi was not very fast, mainly because the entire city had fallen into chaos.
There were crowds of people parading everywhere on the streets, which causes inconveniences to the normal traffic.
The ear-piercing sirens had not stopped since George left his dormitory.
It was obvious that there were uncontrollable riots going on in other streets. The radio in the taxi was broadcasting the latest emergency.
“The procession on the 5th Avenue has been violently stopped! There are witnesses who saw that it was not only the demonstrators who died in this conflict but also the police! According to the latest news from the authorities, the federal government has just announced that the whole country has entered a level three state of emergency! The Liberal Party’s chairman has held a press conference and accused the ruling party of making a major mistake in their prediction. They should have issued a level one state of emergency!”
At this moment, George was expressionless. He was quietly listening to the news broadcast on the radio. Outside the taxi that was moving forward with difficulty, there were crazy crowds everywhere. In the car, there was only the sound of the driver complaining.
“Damn it, what’s wrong with this world? Oh my God! Those madmen with Molotov cocktails are targeting us!”