Hao Ren finally arrived at the central tower of Kuiper Station. The station master had prepared a temporary reception room for the meeting. Hao Ren entered the room and found that it was much simpler than he had expected. The furnishings in the room were simple. There was only an aquarium at the end of the rectangular cabin and a few pots of green plants beside it as decoration. Other than that, there were only the necessary tables and chairs as well as a few fixed data terminals. Presumably, the space station had limited facilities. Under normal circumstances, such a workstation would not have prepared a reception room specifically for important people to chat and drink tea.
As soon as Hao Ren entered the room, he saw a dozen little green people sitting on both sides of the long table in the middle of the room. Just like the shipwrecked crew members at the bottom of the Blood Lake, these people were about the height of a child. They had huge heads and strange facial features. Their skin was green and their limbs were slightly thin. They were all wearing similar yellow-green clothes, which looked like a mixture of rubber and fabric. Each of them had different markings on their clothes, indicating that they were from different states. Looking at this scene, Hao Ren could not help but think of the old sci-fi movies that were popular in the early years. Finally, the historic meeting between the earthlings and the little green people was happening today...
The little green people in the room seemed to have been waiting for a while. When they saw Hao Ren, they immediately got up and clumsily saluted him with their hands on their chests. This was the "standard gesture" that the Xiling Empire had developed to facilitate the friendly greetings of humanoid races from different civilisations. One of the little green people, who looked yellow-skinned, seemed to be the representative of this diplomatic mission. He spoke to Hao Ren diplomatically. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Inspector. On behalf of the Kabala Commonwealth of the Kerbal Civilisation Sphere, I would like to greet you. We will..."
Hao Ren quickly replied politely, "Don't stand on ceremony, I'm not used to this..."
When the little green man heard this, he immediately nodded and said quickly, "Alright, let's get down to business. How's the situation with the spaceship?"
Hao Ren was stunned for a moment. His country bumpkin nature had kicked in and he subconsciously tried to be polite. He did not expect these little green people to be more honest than he was...
But he was glad. He immediately sat down at the table and took out a bunch of holographic information discs from his Dimensional Pocket. He passed them around and introduced himself to the little green people. "We're all here for business, don't be so formal. My name is Hao Ren. You can just call me by my name... "
When LuLu saw that they were getting down to business, she took the initiative to be a tea girl. The leader of the Little Green Men nodded his head up and down while fiddling with the information disk. "Hello, hello. My name is Kabala, the commander of the Kabala Commonwealth. Thank you very much for finding our spacecraft. This spacecraft is related to an important deep-space exploration experiment. It has also recorded a few newly developed routes, which is of great significance to us... "
"Oh," Hao Ren replied and asked for the names of the little green people one by one. But as a rookie, he did not know much about the major civilizations in the universe, so he did not know that the little green person in front of him, Kabala, was actually quite famous in the universe. Even though he was just the leader of a commonwealth, he was quite well-known in the major civilizations. He was the most outstanding Kerbalians who were passionate about space exploration. He once led his expedition team to the barren star regions outside the Kerbalian Civilisation Sphere for 37 years without returning home once. Of course, if he had not gotten lost, he would have returned a few years earlier. The number of habitable planets he had discovered so far in his life was in the double digits. Three interstellar routes were named after him, and countless colonies were built because of him. This interstellar explorer was like a powerful spaceship engine that never shut down. He almost didn't know what stopping was. He traveled through the universe like a whirlwind, but he never stayed on a newly discovered colonial planet for more than two years. One of his famous sayings was widely spread: The mission of an explorer is to discover new worlds, and the mission of building these worlds should be left to the later generations.
It was precisely because of this explorer's eccentric personality that he had discovered a large number of colonial planets in his life, but he had never stopped to seriously construct even one of them. He was immersed in the joy of discovering a new world, but as soon as he set foot on the land of a new world, he would immediately lose interest and set sail for another planet. The construction of these colonial planets was completed by other pioneering teams that followed behind him. This style of exploration without construction earned him the nickname "Kabala, who dug holes without filling in the blanks", and he gladly accepted it.
Two years ago, he was forced to stay at home by his wife, who threatened him with death. In the end, he became the Grand Commander of the Kabala Commonwealth. The legendary explorer's journey finally came to an end. His crew and his wife, as well as the insurance company that insured his spaceship, were overjoyed.
At this time, Kabala was leading a group of little green men to study the information projected on the disk. When they saw the hull of the warship, which looked a little twisted under the blood-red lake water, everyone began to nod. "That's it, that's it." A dozen huge green heads bobbed up and down. "That's it. That's it."
One of the little green people touched the back of his head. "Those guys on Arcturus No.4 were so lucky. They flew so far away before they died..."
Hao Ren felt that cultural differences were amazing.
"The spaceship is still sinking at the bottom of the lake in The Plane of Dreams," Hao Ren saw that the little green people had finished studying the disk and said, "You all should know what's going on in The Plane of Dreams, right?"
Kabala nodded. "Yes, yes, a mysterious space. Unfortunately, development is prohibited there. I've always wanted to take a fleet to The Plane of Dreams to see if there are any interesting places... But the last time I applied for the rights to explore The Plane of Dreams, I was kicked out. "
Hao Ren almost choked when he heard this. He finally understood how adventurous these little green people were. They even planned to explore The Plane of Dreams with a fleet. Their spirit of seeking death was no less than Lil Pea gnawing on a plug board at home! Fortunately, there was Raven 12345 in this world... Otherwise, only God knew how many other races like these little green people would be jumping out of the Plane of Dreams all the time!
"Since you know, then it's easy." Hao Ren did not voice out his complaints. He just nodded calmly. "Let me tell you, because the place is not very stable, and the Wall of Reality has been a little... glitchy recently, so we came up with a safer construction plan. We want to transport the spaceship out without affecting the stability of the universe and the natives of The Plane of Dreams. Here's the plan... "
Immediately, Hao Ren confirmed the entire construction plan with Kabala. The plan was briefly mentioned in the data disk, but not as detailed as Kabala. The little green people listened and nodded. Finally, Kabala bumped his two little hands together and said, "Okay, it's a good idea. Actually, we will bring the construction machinery this time. You can take care of it for the time being. But I still want to confirm... Can we really not look around in The Plane of Dreams? "
Before Hao Ren could say anything, the MDT jumped up and said, "Don't do it. The Plane of Dreams is now in conflict with the real world. It's already risky for you to go in and fish the spaceship out at this time. If you expand the scale of the operation, it's no different from welding a detonator and sawing a light bulb."
The little green people might not know what welding a detonator and sawing a light bulb meant, but they obviously knew that it was not feasible. So, they all agreed dejectedly. Kabala nodded to Hao Ren and said, "Wait a minute, I'll discuss the details with my chief minister."
So, two of the little green people got together with Kabala and started to discuss. Hao Ren found that these little green people were very much like him. They were not pretentious, did not talk nonsense, and did not care about formalities. They were down-to-earth, practical people. For example, Kabala, the chief minister of the United Kingdom, was not afraid to stand on the table and talk in order to make himself look imposing. In any case, they were a group of admirable interstellar explorers. Perhaps this was the only character that allowed the Kerbalians to quickly become one of the most important civilizations in the Age of Universal Development.
While Kabala was discussing the details with his chief minister, the other little green people had nothing to do and started to chat. Hao Ren sat very close to them, so he could hear their chatter. Basically, it was nothing confidential, just trivial matters. Hao Ren heard two of the little green people muttering about the trouble that happened in their own country. One of them said, "... It really gave us a fright. There was a huge explosion out of nowhere, and it left such a huge crater..."
The other person continued, "Say, did you guys find out which civilization sphere the four people in the crater came from?"
"Where could we find out? They didn't even speak the language. When they finally understood the language, they couldn't even explain how they came to be. To be honest, the four strange humans didn't communicate with us at all. It was as if they treated us like monsters …"
"I heard they almost fought with you guys two days ago?"
"Oh, that was a misunderstanding. They thought we were going to touch the orb. They said it was some sacred orb, and no one else was allowed to touch it..."
At first, Hao Ren just wanted to hear the commotion, but the more he thought about it, the more he found it familiar. After a long while, he suddenly realized something. "Wait a minute! What sacred orb are you talking about? And there were four people? Four ascetics?! "
(I'm so bored. Just ask for a monthly ticket.)
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
