Landing 500 Years Early, I Became a God by Digging for Treasures 26

Chapter 26: The Midea Civilization Initiated Contact with Human Civilization. Should We Respond?

“Professor Zhang, what is a civilization milestone?” someone asked.

“It’s not yet clear. It might be something quite important… This metal sphere only displays these conditions, but there aren’t many, only two.”

“Is the metal sphere a divine gift?”

Zhang Hui adjusted his glasses: “I can’t be certain. It might be a divine gift, but it could also be a creation of some prehistoric civilization… We just don’t know why it landed on Earth 10 years early.”

Because, judging from the manufacturing process, this thing, while exquisite, is within the realm of human imagination, and some functions seem to be damaged.

The “god” who created the Pangu Continent, their power is unimaginable…

Would a “god” really create something that’s damaged from the start?

Someone else said in a low voice: “The first eight epochs… have they all perished?”

“Unfortunately, I don’t know,” Professor Zhang adjusted his glasses and shook his head gently.

“There are some auxiliary functions on this panel; everyone can check their city.”

He gestured to a staff member, who pressed a few buttons near the crystal screen.

[Detecting the first branch of human civilization… Detection range is 500 kilometers… ]

[Total Population: 10,987,121 people]

[Innate Ability Holders: 836,400 people]

This number was increasing at a rate of about 1,000 per hour, meaning that after entering the Pangu Continent, the number of superhuman individuals was rapidly increasing, almost approaching one-tenth of the total population.

[Number of Transcendent Fire Seeds: 3]

[Abundance Level: 131]

[Technological Level: Unknown]

[Number of people agreeing to withdraw from the safety zone: 9.87%]

[Civilization Level: 1]

[Evaluation: An unremarkable civilization still in its infancy.]

The scalps of all the leaders in the room tingled.

In Yunhai City, 9.87% of the people had secretly cast their votes!

“Oh my god!” It wasn’t just Yunhai City; Professor Edward in New York City involuntarily exclaimed.

New York City had 29.4% of its people wanting to withdraw from the safety zone!

The leadership of various cities were all equally confused.

These people have gone mad!

What kind of rabble are they?!

Fortunately, everyone’s voting results could be changed at any time.

With the media machine running, they might be able to reverse the situation.

The meeting room fell silent again.

The existence of this metal sphere had both advantages and disadvantages.

Nobody knew how this thing was spying on human civilization, even more clearly than humans themselves.

It’s better to be cautious, even if it looks like a good thing…

But what if it was a powerful civilization, maliciously deployed?

Perhaps, as soon as humanity leaves the safety zone, they’ll attack!

“Professor Zhang, does the metal sphere contain an artificial intelligence?”

“Perhaps. But with our current technological level, we can’t determine whether it exists or not, nor can we judge its harmfulness.”

“I urge everyone to decide whether to destroy it… Destroying it is simple enough; transporting it to the safety zone’s light curtain should do it.”

The participants in the meeting were in a dilemma—this large sphere was undoubtedly a crystallization of wisdom far exceeding current human technology. Even deciphering a small part of it would be enough to advance the entire human race by a giant leap!

Furthermore, this thing seemed to have a communication function…

Human cities could communicate using their own signal towers. Even over a distance of 10,000 kilometers, radio communication was still possible.

But what about other alien civilizations? There are many alien races on the Pangu Continent!

There were far too many questions, but too little information, leading to an impasse.

“Let’s keep it for now. We’ll decide what to do with it when we want to leave the safety zone,” Li Chunhong rubbed his temples and said slowly.

“I agree… at least now isn’t the time to destroy it,” another high-ranking military officer nodded in agreement.

“If there’s nothing else, we’ll leave.”

“Yunhai City still has a lot of work to do… Thank you for your hard work, everyone.”

Just as everyone was preparing to leave, they noticed that several lines of text had appeared on the crystal screen in the center of the large sphere!

[Discovered the eighth epoch civilization, the Midea Civilization.]

[This civilization has initiated a contact request with human civilization. Should we respond?]

This sudden appearance of the screen was completely unexpected.

How did the Midea Civilization suddenly appear? What does it mean?

Li Chunhong, who was already at the door, looked at Zhang Hui and asked doubtfully, “Professor Zhang, has this screen ever displayed this before? Is the Midea Civilization a human branch?”

“An eighth epoch civilization?”

Professor Zhang was stunned, his face showing shock and bewilderment… This highly intelligent man, with an IQ of 160, seemed to have concentrated a lifetime’s worth of bewilderment on this single day.

“Alien… An alien civilization is contacting us?!”

“Wait, Professor Edward, are you still online?! Who is the Midea Civilization? Can we change the name?”

“Yes, yes… who is the Midea Civilization?!”

Finally, after a series of serious discussions, all the high-level officials in the meeting room stated that they were not the “Midea Civilization.”

Then they agreed to make contact… Even if they disagreed, other human branches would certainly agree, wouldn’t they be missing out on valuable information?

[Connecting… Adjusting time flow rate… ]

Contacting aliens, it’s so… so exciting.

Li Chunhong felt his blood pressure rising. He took a few deep breaths, took out his blood pressure medication, and took a pill.

An even more bizarre thing happened!!

The face of a human male appeared on the screen, covered in blood, as if he had just been through a bloody battle!

The man muttered to himself: “What is this… what?”

“Civilization Assistance Manager…”

“Human, can you contact humans! Hello! Contact humans! Civilization number 7812HSKKJ-1 to 7812HSKKJ-17! Contact me, quickly!”

Now, not only the experts, scholars, and government officials of Yunhai City, but also people from the other 16 cities stared dumbfounded at the screen. Even if many of them didn’t understand Mandarin, they at least knew that this was a human being.

The environment around this human seemed to be an air-raid shelter?

It was very dark and very dirty, with feces everywhere.

The human spoke Mandarin again: “Why isn’t the screen lit, damn it, I finally found a treasure!”

“Damn it, it stinks… those damn fire lizards, just pooping at home, what kind of hygiene habits are those!”

Professor Zhang’s eyes were about to pop out. This guy… who is he?

A citizen of the Midea Civilization?

He speaks Mandarin?!

When did the Great Eastern Country unify the Pangu Continent?

The meeting room was in an uproar, everyone feeling utterly baffled.

(End of Chapter)

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