For the people of Tendo Temple, the cultural impact of this encounter was greater than anything else.
Although they had traveled to other worlds with Fangzheng before, those worlds still maintained similar civilizations and values. However, just now, they had encountered two completely different alien civilizations that they could not understand at all. Well, Fangzheng was quite calm about it.
After all, he had seen things that were even more ridiculous than this.
"What do you think we should do if we really meet these … aliens?"
Asuna couldn't help but ask. She didn't have the slightest appetite for Gaga Chicken or Tutu Bear.
In fact, she had lost her appetite just by looking at the drumsticks in front of her.
"We won't meet them."
Fangzheng was enjoying his meal.
"If we don't have to, we won't make contact with them."
"Huh? Is that so? "
Ying Lili looked at Fangzheng curiously.
"I thought we would go talk to them."
"What's there to talk about? Do you think the aliens will have anything in common with us? It's the same for humans. Why do you think the aliens will communicate with you? "
"Err …"
Ying Lili was momentarily speechless when faced with Fangzheng's question. Misaka Mikoto, however, replied curiously.
"But we're also very powerful and have a very advanced civilization!"
"You haven't even left the Earth-Moon orbit yet. Stop being so self-absorbed."
Fangzheng glanced at Misaka Mikoto.
"Don't think that you're very powerful at Level 5. To the aliens, you're basically a mutated breed of lab rats. You're rare, but other than that, there's nothing special about you. If you want to communicate with a higher civilization, you must first reach the same level as them. Look, if it were me, if it weren't for the fact that I'm a human, I wouldn't even bother to go to school cities. When you drive on the highway, would you care about the inventions of the ants in the ant nest next to you? "
"…"
Misaka Mikoto did not say anything, but she pouted. She was obviously not convinced. But … what could she do even if she was not convinced?
"Misaka, are you different as well?"
At this moment, Bee-eating Cao Qi was also unforgiving as he casually retorted.
"You don't care about those people with low abilities or those without abilities, do you? Don't you care how much effort they put in and how much pain they went through to obtain and improve their abilities? "
"Eat bees!"
Misaka Mikoto clenched her fists angrily when she heard that. However, she was speechless. Just like what Bee-Eater Cao Qi had said, Misaka Mikoto had never considered that question.
"Alright, let's eat. Don't quarrel."
Fangzheng wasn't in the mood to watch them bicker at the dining table. He comforted them with a sentence and didn't say anything else. He then glanced at bee-eating Cao Qi.
"Don't talk so much, or I'll send you to have a heart-to-heart talk with Shaye."
"Uh …"
Bee-eating Cao Qi's face turned pale when she heard that. She immediately lowered her head and stopped talking.
As a matter of fact, after bee-eating Cao Qi was captured by Fangzheng, to prevent her from causing any trouble, Fangzheng invited her to have a heart-to-heart talk with Shaye so that she could delve deeper into Shaye's mental realm.
As a result, bee-eating Cao Qi was completely unprepared when she saw the world through Shaye's eyes. She almost had a mental breakdown. Fortunately, Fangzheng was prepared and had Kuang San use a Bullet of Four to save bee-eating Cao Qi. Otherwise, bee-eating Cao Qi would have gone crazy.
Because of that, bee-eating Cao Qi was traumatized. Whenever she saw Shaye, she would always avoid him ….
The only thing that made bee-eating Cao Qi feel better was that Misaka Mikoto was treated more or less the same as her. Although she was the one who asked for Misaka Mikoto, bee-eating Cao Qi knew very well that in Fangzheng's eyes, Misaka Mikoto was not as important as she was. This made bee-eating Cao Qi feel a little proud of herself.
That was why she chose to insult Misaka Mikoto in front of Fangzheng. She enjoyed jumping around the minefield and never got tired of it.
At this moment, Nymoff, who was burying her head in her meal, suddenly raised her head.
"Master, the drone has arrived at the coordinates of the planet."
"Oh? Let's see the image. "
Fangzheng's interest was piqued when he heard that. However …
"Wait, let me finish this first!"
Ying Lili did not care about the ladylike etiquette of a Young Miss at that moment, and quickly gobbled up the rice in her bowl, while the little black cat glanced at her and sighed.
"You can still eat? Forget it, I'm not eating anymore. "
Black Cat put down the chopsticks in his hand as he spoke. Phyllis stood up with a pale face.
"I'm sorry, I need to leave for a while …"
"You're exaggerating."
Fangzheng shook his head when he saw the reaction of the people in front of him. He then turned on the screen. Soon, an image appeared in front of him.
It was a city frozen in ice and snow.
Under the howling snowflakes and strong winds, a dilapidated city could be seen. They looked like a combination of trees, steel, and stone. If it was during the golden age, it might have been a different story. But now, all that was left were ruins and Nimf's calm report.
"According to the analysis, this building complex was built about 2,500 years ago and is now abandoned. There are no traces of life on the planet."
"…"
Everyone in the restaurant had complicated expressions on their faces as they looked at the dilapidated building complex and the dead land in front of them. It must be noted that not long ago, they had seen the satellite signals and images stored on the planet released by the civilization on this planet. Although the views of the two sides were indeed different, no one expected such a result …
"What's the reason?"
Asked Fangzheng casually as he picked up a piece of cauliflower and put it in his mouth like he was reading National Geographic.
"For now? Because the movement of the star caused the planet to deviate from its original orbit, the temperature dropped sharply, causing the whole planet to be completely frozen. It's equivalent to entering a long ice age. "
"So the civilization on this planet is extinct, right?"
"Yes."
Fangzheng sighed and shrugged. The others also had complicated expressions on their faces.
The extinction of a civilisation.... was too exciting for these girls. As for Shirai Kuroko, he was muttering to himself in disbelief.
"I didn't expect such a thing to happen just because the planet's orbit changed …"
"That's normal. Maybe one day, this will be the fate of mankind."
Having said that, Fangzheng shook his head helplessly. This was the outcome of civilizations that couldn't leave their home planet. They were just too weak. Just an ordinary natural disaster could completely destroy their existence. It was just like the primitive tribes living on a volcanic island. When a volcano erupted and they had no planes or ships to escape from the island, only death awaited them.
But at that moment, Nimf's voice sounded again.
"Please wait a moment … Master, we've discovered something unexpected!"
Following Nimf's words, the image quickly changed. Everyone saw a strange-looking steel spaceship parked in an open space not far from the building complex.
"What's that?!"
Everyone's interest was immediately piqued. Fangzheng made a gesture and the image zoomed in. After a short while, a crude-looking spaceship appeared clearly in front of everyone.
[Analyzing the quality of the alloy.... complete. It is made of a special metal and was built about 30 years ago. Based on the radiation it emits, the initial judgment is that it uses a nuclear fusion power system. The analysis level should be between a level 4 and level 3 civilization.]
Nimf operated the drone and quickly analyzed the spaceship.
"A flying brick … It shouldn't be that simple. Maybe it's because of the different degrees of gravity?"
Fangzheng carefully studied the spaceship on the screen in front of him. Its size was similar to a sailboat from the Great Voyage Era, but it was in a sealed form. Even if it used a nuclear power system, it should not be able to break free from the planet's gravitational pull — at least not from a gravitational sphere similar to Earth's.
At that moment, several thin figures in airtight spacesuits walked out of the spaceship. They were really thin. After putting on the spacesuits, these aliens were about the same size as the girls in the Tendo Temple. If they took off the spacesuits, who knew how skinny they would be.
"These people look pretty normal!"
Asuna breathed a sigh of relief. Although they couldn't see what these people looked like because they were wearing thick helmets, at least they had two arms and two legs. After seeing the Quack Chicken and Tutu Bear, the girls felt that their expectations for normal people had dropped to a very low level.
"I hope they don't eat people."
Fangzheng chuckled. He operated the drone and quietly moved closer. The spaceship's technology was quite backward. It did not have a protective shield or any special weapons. It didn't even have the most common missiles, only a few machine guns ….
Well, installing a gun on a spaceship could be considered a very basic operation.
Fortunately, the machine guns were remote-controlled.
While Fangzheng was deep in thought, the aliens took out a flag from the spaceship and stuck it into the cold snow. They then knelt down and rolled around the flag.
That's right, they hugged their knees and curled themselves into a ball, circling around the flag.
"What's going on?"
Although the girls had been shocked twice in a row, it didn't mean that they would get used to it the third time.
"Maybe it's some kind of ritual?"
"A ritual of rolling around?"
The girls became more and more confused. They didn't know how to understand it. But Fangzheng didn't care. On the contrary, he just stared at the flag. Under the severe cold, the flag was frozen solid almost as soon as it was unfolded. But because of this, the pattern on it could be clearly seen.
It was a big eyeball wrapped in twisted tentacles.
Well …. This pattern was very familiar to Fangzheng.
It seemed that the Goddess' thoughts might change, but her aesthetic standards could never be changed.
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