A hemispherical cloud cover stood on the sea and was visible to anyone near the beach in Los Angeles.
It was a strange scene. The waves hit the edge of the cloud cover as if they were hitting the edge of a cliff. It meant that the thing was not a cloud, it was rigid!
The Canadian fleet was nearby. They rushed to the scene and surrounded the cloud cover.
The scene in front of them was like an energy barrier in a science fiction movie, but it did not feel like science fiction at all. It looked like a billowing white cloud.
"Colonel Wallace, it blocked the signal. We have no idea what's going on inside," a navy officer said.
Wallace carefully observed the cloud cover and ordered the drones to approach.
A large number of drones were sent out. They circled the cloud cover looking for possible gaps, but there was none.
Not only was the surface of the sea completely covered, but it was also the same under the water, including part of the seabed silt. The entire cloud cover was a sphere. It penetrated the air, seawater, silt, rocks, and other substances, but it isolated the inside from the outside.
The drones collided with it and were completely unable to break through. A small drone even crashed into the sea because of its speed.
"This is a physical barrier that looks like a cloud …"
"Has it already taken root here?"
"Don't let those stupid reporters get close!"
Wallace ordered people to block the sea area because a large number of reporters could be seen on the beach in the distance.
At this point, there was no such thing as luck. It could not be a product of Earth.
Extraterrestrial civilization. This was the only explanation.
If this was true, then they would face the biggest test in human history: how to deal with aliens.
This problem seemed simple, but in fact, it was a huge problem.
Humans had never found extraterrestrial life. All the rumors were just people's imagination.
When their launch vehicles sent space shuttles to Mars many times to survey the rock formations there, it was basically confirmed that there was no life on Mars.
There was water, and it was even rich in oxygen, but there were no signs of life.
It was precisely because there was no life like diligent porters transforming the planet's environment that the water on Mars was quickly depleted, leaving only some water in the deep ice lakes. Oxygen had long since dyed the iron-rich soil red. Even if Mars used to have water and oxygen, it became the desolate scene it was today.
Research on Mars led the academic community to a consensus: the birth of life was accidental.
Some people even thought that perhaps the existence of human beings was a great fluke, and that they were rare existences in the Milky Way.
But today, their luck was broken. They were not alone.
The scene was transmitted to Tennuo's headquarters in real time. The upper echelons of Jia Country were discussing it, and all the important professors were involved.
Communication? The other party ignored him.
Violence? If he didn't dare, how could he break through that layer of clouds? How should he face the consequences of using violence?
If there were unbearable consequences, the entire Earth civilization would be in trouble. Who could bear this responsibility?
The black ball fell from the outer atmosphere at high speed, and the friction with the air did not bring any changes to it. It did not even heat up.
It was conceivable that the black sphere that appeared out of thin air near Earth possessed technology that was beyond the reach of human beings.
In front of the black sphere, humans were like primitive tribes facing a battleship.
They either used stones and wooden spears to drive the battleship away or worshipped it as a god.
Human dignity did not allow them to choose the latter, and human reason did not allow them to choose the former.
These corporations could not make up their minds. When it came to matters that concerned the entire human race, they were just a few corporations. There were many powerful countries on Earth, and even superpowers, how could they come up with a plan?
Fortunately, the new United Nations headquarters in East Timor soon sent an invitation to the meeting.
Representatives from various countries would participate in a video conference to urgently discuss how to deal with the black sphere.
Astronomers, physicists, biologists, sociologists, and even psychologists were invited. Every member of this large advisory group was the top national treasure of each country.
"… In summary, we can't use force no matter what. We must maintain restraint, restraint, restraint, and restraint!" After a physicist described the super technology that the other party might possess, he emphasized that the current human civilization had no chance of winning by force.
Suspected warp appearing out of thin air, dark matter level stealth technology, both were beyond human imagination.
"Everyone understands this, but how are we going to face the foreign civilizations? We know very little about the universe, and there are no precedents for diplomacy between cosmic civilizations, "someone asked.
An astronomer from Huaxia said, "Although we don't know if there are any rules in the universe, we can tell from the other party's behavior because we can be sure that the other party must be a more advanced civilization than us."
"Oh? Continue! "
The astronomer from Huaxia said, "So far, we have made the first type of contact with the black sphere and the second type of contact. That is, we have witnessed and touched the things they affect at close range. "
"However, the third type of contact has been rejected. The cloud barrier is proof. That thing is blocking us, which means that the other party doesn't want us to touch the black sphere directly, or there is a high-level humanoid life form inside and doesn't want to make direct contact with us."
Everyone nodded. This was obvious. If they were willing to make contact with the third type of contact, they wouldn't have made such a barrier.
The astronomer continued, "The fourth type of contact, where humans use friendly messages to contact alien civilizations, has also been ignored. It can be said that the other party is neither willing to make contact nor communicate. "
Everyone frowned. This was indeed the case, but this conclusion was too uncomfortable. If they didn't make contact or communicate, what did the black sphere want to do?
"I haven't finished yet. At the same time, the other party doesn't want to attack us and is restraining itself."
Someone asked, "How do you know? Maybe it will launch a destructive attack in the next second. "
The astronomer said, "Please note that the black sphere's landing method is very rough. There are no deceleration measures. It is like a dense space-based weapon hitting the surface directly. There is no doubt that this is a manifestation of too high technology. They don't even bother to decelerate because this level of collision can't cause any damage to the black sphere. "
"I have reason to believe that the black sphere can destroy any building on the surface by simply hitting it."
"But they obviously don't bother to decelerate, but they made an orbit adjustment in the atmosphere! I have studied the black sphere's path data in detail. If the black sphere doesn't adjust its orbit, it will fall into the center of Los Angeles, and there will be countless deaths and injuries. "
"But what happened in the end? It chose to hit the sea, and the victim was only a woman on a civilian ship that was there at the time. "
Everyone immediately rechecked the data and quickly confirmed that the black sphere had indeed avoided hitting Los Angeles at that time.
If it had hit Los Angeles at that time, the disaster would have spread to a district.
"It doesn't bother to decelerate, but it deliberately avoids our densely populated areas and only killed one of us. Is this restraint? "the astronomer said.
A sociologist frowned and said, "If the black sphere didn't want to kill people, why did it kill that one? They could have deviated a little more and fallen into the uninhabited sea. "
The astronomer laughed and said, "Yes, every human life is priceless, but I don't want to discuss moral issues in this matter. Because we must have a huge cognitive bias with the other party. Maybe in the eyes of the other party, some sea creatures are equivalent to that woman? The black sphere may not have chosen the area with the least number of people near the fall point, but the area with the least number of mammals killed, or even the area with the least number of creatures killed. "
"I think the aliens have restrained themselves to the greatest extent! They have a sense of morality! "
"A moment of disregard, maybe waiting for something. For us, this indifference and calm may be the eve of the trial..."
His meaning was simple. The black sphere's behavior was very similar to when they first arrived at a place. They first surrounded themselves to protect themselves, then slowly sorted out the information before deciding how to deal with the situation on Earth.
Before they had a comprehensive understanding of Earth, they refused to have any substantive contact or take a stand.
I will neither hit you nor ignore you. Wait until I figure out what you are...
"Perhaps, they are observing us in silence. And we just have to show the best side of humanity. Whether to fight or to make peace, the initiative is in the hands of the other party. "
Everyone looked at each other. The eve of the trial? This statement was too difficult to accept.
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