At the same time, inside the cabin of a tin freighter.
Shank, the alien, was reaching out his dark green-skinned hand, slowly rubbing an electronic tablet on the table.
At this time, the electronic tablet screen is playing a video of the two superpowers fighting between cities.
One of the superpowers appeared to have a large blue-gray crocodile tail, and with a casual flick, he cut off a street lamp on the side of the road The other superpower, on the other hand, was even more erratic and extremely fast, and after dodging the enemy's deadly tail whip, he still had time to shoot ten formless and colorless air arrows in the air with both hands in the air Shank, who had never seen such a scene, couldn't help but be amazed.
"It's hard to imagine that this is the lethality and destructive power that individual primates can achieve" Black Star, who was sitting opposite Shank, raised his eyebrows and said, "Why, on your planet, there is no such superpower with extremely strong personal force."
"These monsters are called superpowers" Shank shook his head with a smile: "Well, my hometown is a planet that pays more attention to the development of science and technology, and the personal strength of the planet's inhabitants is almost not too strong, and even worse than the average human on Earth. ” "Also, take the liberty of asking, you're one of them," Shank asked.
"Yes, I'm also a superpower."
Blackstar nodded.
"No wonder you can defend against these alien viruses, I think maybe it's because of genetic mutations that you have a lot of universal antibodies in your body that are not worse than these viruses."
Shank suddenly realized, and to Blackstar's strange thing, he was sure that Shank didn't have any additional emotions when he said this, such as envy or jealousy, and had a kind of normality that he didn't expect.
So Black Star asked meaningfully, "You don't seem surprised at all by the existence of the superpowers."
"There's nothing surprising to say, as you can see, I'm an interstellar wanderer, and I've seen many, many strange creatures, carbon-based, silicon-based life, and even a breathing nebula, and there are many monsters in it that are physically more powerful than the superpowers, but to be honest, they are generally not good-looking."
"And not very smart."
"Besides," Shank smiled: "Our planet firmly believes that the power of science and technology can break all visible or invisible barriers, and physical strength is not particularly important, and even many people in our hometown directly say that their physical bodies have been replaced by various bionic machines, which may not be worse than the super physique of superpowers." ” "Of course, since that's the case, I have to warn you," Shank continued, "You should already know that these viruses can evolve themselves according to their environment, but what you don't know is that they are likely to evolve in a variety of directions. ” "I don't know what they're going to look like, maybe it's a drastic change in the way they spread, maybe it's going to make it even more terrifying."
"At present, you superpowers can indeed defend against these viruses, but after a while, it may not be."
"I see what you mean, you're saying that if we leave these virus carriers alone, we superpowers may not be able to survive in the end, right?"
said Blackstar with a smile.
"It's good that you understand, I just don't want to lie to you, after all, this disaster on your planet was completely caused by me."
Shank said slightly apologetically, "Although I know that it is useless to say anything now, I still hope to be able to say sorry to you" Black Star didn't say anything, just smiled bitterly for the first time.
"Are you alright?"
Shank asked cautiously.
"It's nothing, I just think it's a little ironic."
Black Star shook his head: "You may not know, just a few years ago, because a certain superpower's own superpower could exist as a new type of energy, the pace of scientific research for exploring the universe by several superpowers in the world was greatly accelerated. ” "At that time, on the one hand, it was expected to develop a truly capable vehicle capable of long-distance manned interstellar voyages, and on the other hand, many experts also proposed a new concept, that is, an interstellar defense system."
"Because after the terrestrial humans really have the ability to travel interstellar, if they really find the so-called extraterrestrial life, then they must be prepared to incur malice."
"So we hope to create a huge circle of defense against the attacks of alien civilizations, so as to protect the earth from invasion."
"But I think what those strategic experts never expected was that the imaginary aggression did not happen, but was just a simple alien who inadvertently wandered to the earth, and even had no malicious intentions, and could easily destroy the entire earth with just some alien viruses on his body."
"And those so-called self-defense technologies have completely become decorations" "Tell me, aren't humans a little too self-conscious," Blackstar laughed slightly self-deprecatingly.
"I don't think there's anything funny about that."
Shank was silent for a while, and said slowly: "Many times, civilizations in low positions are so powerless in the face of high-level civilizations, and this has almost become an unbreakable truth in the universe. ” "You may think that my hometown seems to be much more advanced than the earth, but in fact, there are countless civilizations that are higher than my hometown, and there are countless same, level after level, no matter how advanced the civilization, they dare not guarantee that they are really at the top of the universe, and the more advanced the civilization, the more they have a unique awe for the vast universe."
"So, in fact, we prefer to focus on reality rather than blindly aiming at the big picture."
"And compared to some of the same uncivilized planets, I think Earth is lucky enough."
Shank said: "At least you have developed a series of social systems, organizations, and so on, and although they are still somewhat inefficient and rudimentary, at least they can be regarded as a civilization. ” "And now, your civilization is going through an unprecedented test."
Shank looked solemn: "I don't know what position you are on your planet, but since I'm sitting with you now, I guess you want to take on some responsibilities."
"I know it might be cruel, but" "What are you going to do with those half a million humans?"
"Or a carrier of the virus":