Without waiting for the hourglass to run out, the Mercury people handed over all of their technology in the last ten minutes.
"This is useless," Bai Ge said.
"This is really all of our technology, including the unproven hypothesis of the universe," the Mercury said.
With Ling Dang around, Bai Ge could quickly filter out the technology that was useful to him.
Without a doubt, other than individual chemical formulas and alloy ratios, only some biological samples were of value.
In fact, for a civilization with superior technology, low-level civilizations were not valuable at all. The most valuable things were the creatures living in different environments.
Even so, the value of life itself was not very high because every creature had its own harsh living conditions. Other than being able to expand the perspective of scientific development, it was not very useful.
The Quicksilver people had no choice but to take out everything they could.
Cultural, historical, and artistic treasures were all given to Virgo.
However, Bai Ge still said, "This is useless." Remember the website: m.xbequge.com.
Even technology was rejected, let alone art.
The Mercury people were helpless. In the end, they said, "Other than ourselves, the last thing we can hand over is five months."
Their space stations and collection sites were on the five satellites. After the relatively easy rare resources on the planet were exhausted, their main source of rare earths was the five satellites.
This was the most fortunate thing about the structure of their galaxy. The five satellites were very close to the mother planet.
Therefore, ceding the satellites was actually ceding a large amount of resources.
Bai Ge was still not very concerned about this because the five satellites were now orbiting Pluto. If they turned and ran away, the Mercury people would not be able to stop them.
However, after seeing that the Mercury people could not give up anything, he gave up. He was just trying to scare this civilization. There was really no benefit to be gained.
"Okay, you have earned the right to live," Bai Ge said.
"Wuwuwu …" Although they received a promise, the Mercury people were still very desperate.
Drops of organic mercury were secreted from their eyes and dripped down continuously.
There was only one planet in the entire galaxy. If Bai Ge took away their only five satellites, the development of the entire civilization's space technology would be suppressed to the minimum.
This place was not like Earth. In fact, the solar system was very suitable for the development of aerospace technology. It had so many planets, and Earth also had satellites.
One step at a time, this bottomless technical field could give back benefits layer by layer.
The reason why this civilization was not very motivated to develop space technology was because they understood that even if they developed it for a thousand years, there would not be much benefit in the space industry.
At least the people on Earth had something to look forward to. They thought that in their lifetime, perhaps even ordinary people would be able to go to the moon to take a look, and their children might even be able to migrate to Mars. Although it might not happen, it was still possible.
When sending out long voyages to other star systems, they could still develop other planets along the way, and the civilization could continue to progress.
However, the Mercury people were in despair. Science had clearly told them that there were no other planets in the entire galaxy.
Technology clearly told them that the nearest star was 8.5 light-years away from them. Even if they managed to travel at one percent of the speed of light, it would still take 850 years to get there.
During this period, they could only continue to develop their own mother planet and the five small satellites.
Now, they were even going to give these five small satellites to Bai Ge, which was equivalent to castrating the already uncertain future once again.
With this, they finally had the right to live.
This time, not to mention a thousand years, if they were given another five thousand years, they would be lucky if they did not self-destruct. It was almost impossible for them to go to Earth next door.
"Is this the reality of a universal civilization?" The Mercury people were extremely pessimistic.
They used to have all kinds of romantic fantasies about the universe. In the era of literature and art, countless works imagined extraterrestrial civilizations from all kinds of angles.
Although there were also dark and evil ones, now that they had actually encountered one, they were suddenly hit hard, and all their beautiful fantasies were shattered.
"…" Bai Ge was silent because he did not know what the civilizations were like.
He quietly let Pluto merge with the satellites.
The five satellites that were pulled by Pluto immediately collided with Pluto.
A violent explosion occurred in space, and the extremely bright fire was like a star for a short period of time.
However, very quickly, Ling Dang merged the material of the satellites into Pluto, either sorting it for absorption or sending it to the core of the planet.
Although the impact had changed the landscape, Pluto's crust was constantly moving and changing.
Soon, the material of the five satellites could not be found and turned into mountains, rivers, rocks, and soil.
Slowly, no traces of the impact could be seen on the surface. Pluto was still Pluto, but its mass had increased.
"The satellites are gone …" The Mercury people looked at this scene in shock.
They had to put in a lot of effort to mine on the satellites, but this powerful civilization had swallowed five satellites in one go with a seemingly simple fusion.
The technology involved in the fusion of celestial bodies was unbelievable.
At this moment, the Mercury people once again felt the importance of technology. They realized that without power, everything was meaningless.
They had to be equally strong physically so that they would not be trapped in a corner culturally. Otherwise, no matter how long their history, deep culture, and great art were, they would not be able to guarantee survival.
Listening to the various words of the Mercury people, Bai Ge said,
"It seems that they are about to awaken. After this blow, they might be able to grasp a chance of survival in the future," Bai Ge said.
However, Ling Dang said, "No, it's far from enough. The awakening of an entire race's ideology is not something that can be done with one psychological blow. It requires a long period of suffering and blood sacrifice. Unless you are willing to play a war game with this civilization and use real blood to baptize them, they will not really stand up. At most, there will be a few progressive elements. "
Bai Ge said, "A war without benefits is meaningless. I have done so much for them. It is their business if they can't awaken."
Ling Dang said, "Then they are useless because there is no real blood sacrifice. If I am not wrong, after this blow, there will not be a more enthusiastic scientific research atmosphere. Instead, there will be a tide of sadness."
"In other words, the motivation from this blow is probably not on the technology tree, but on the literature tree. It will stimulate more wonderful works. Most of them should be pessimistic … "
"This collective pessimism, coupled with the lack of physical resources, is inevitable. They will probably die in an extreme indulgence in the future … "
Bai Ge was speechless. Then, he laughed and said, "Civilizations are really weak. I thought they would have a technological explosion … They have such a strong cultural foundation."
He was not attacking this civilization for no reason. In a situation where there were no benefits to be gained and no interest in destroying them, Bai Ge wanted to see if he could trigger a technological explosion.
If it exploded, with the cultural foundation of this civilization, there was no need for any physical objects. As long as they could create some useful scientific theories, it would be worth it.
Ling Dang said, "The cultural explosion is also very powerful. In fact, they have already started to produce amazing pessimistic works. I have already read some of them …"
"I suggest that no one look at them, including you, Lord …"
Bai Ge was stunned. "What's wrong?"
"Other than me, I think that once you and all surpassers see such works, your soul will be greatly affected. Then, you will feel pity and sympathy for this civilization. If you see enough of them, there is a 90% chance that you will be moved and help them improve. There is a 50% chance that you will be culturally integrated, and your future choices will be influenced to a certain extent. There is even a 30% chance that you will directly embrace their culture, "Ling Dang said.
Bai Ge was shocked. "Is it that powerful?"
Ling Dang said, "Of course. Your personality is basically shaped by Chinese culture, but this culture is not invincible. In fact, when I was communicating with the Mercury people, I was constantly using our language to simplify and edit their words. This was actually to protect our values. "
"Before this, we would only be slightly affected. At most, we would tolerate each other. After all, our culture is still very strong. But now, it is different. The cultural explosion is much faster than the technological explosion. Even if you don't do these things, just discovering us, seeing our spaceship, and communicating with us … this series of contact itself will ignite the cultural flame. "
"Now, the depth of their culture is far beyond that of Earth. If you interpret it personally, you will be imperceptibly influenced."
Bai Ge suddenly remembered that culture was also a kind of weapon. Although it did not directly help the survival of a civilization, if he understood the other party's history and culture, even if he physically destroyed the civilization, the cultural influence would remain in Bai Ge's heart forever.
This was a very dangerous thing. Fortunately, during the communication with the Mercury people, Ling Dang had been acting like a firewall.
All the translation was done by Ling Dang. This was also why she did not directly translate what the other party said from the beginning. In fact, the Mercury people said a lot each time, but Ling Dang would always use a few words or a sentence to let Bai Ge understand what it meant.
As for Ling Dang, she was not directly affected. She was immune to all emotions.
This was why Bai Ge was not affected by the cultural impact of the two civilizations after so long.
"If it weren't for you, wouldn't we have been assimilated by now?" Bai Ge said.
"Yes, if it weren't for me, the cultural impact would have started from the moment of communication …" Ling Dang said.
Learning the language, interpreting the words of the classics, understanding the other party's technological development and history … all these actions were step by step walking into the mouth of an invisible monster called culture.
"Immediately inform the other spaceships. If they encounter an extraterrestrial civilization, don't make contact first … and don't analyze their language … Ling Dang, take over the external communication of all the spaceships as soon as possible," Bai Ge said.
There were many spaceships in the Blue and White Nation that were not controlled by Ling Dang. The 4,000 spaceships that were heading in other directions to explore the map would not be good if they were accidentally assimilated.
Although the other party's culture was not necessarily better than Earth's, just the integration of the two civilizations would greatly change their own culture.
Moreover, the cultural explosion was too fast. The advancement of technology required conditions, but the advancement of ideas did not require conditions.
Two completely different civilizations. The one with a lower technological level was more likely to be affected by the spiritual impact, which would then lead to a cultural explosion in a short period of time. This kind of cultural impact was spread through communication.
This kind of influence was subtle and impossible to guard against. They would feel that it was their own culture, which would affect the judgment and choice of the civilization. Understanding was equivalent to influence, so it was best not to understand.
Before Ling Dang took over all external communication, ignoring all communication and rejecting all contact was the safest thing to do.
"A low-technological civilization is simply poisonous."
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