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Chapter 272 The Noble Mercury Man
After many exchanges, Bai Ge got a general understanding of this civilization.

The civilization has actually been unified, but the culture still retains a variety of languages.

Because of cherishing culture and art, even the customs of the conquered people are largely preserved, making their culture extremely prosperous and mixed.

It is undeniable that the artistic attainments of this civilization go far beyond the earth. They have a history of civilization of thousands of years. In that magnificent history, they have developed a wonderful process that is completely different from that of the people on earth.

They have countless words corresponding to allusions, countless classic and unique rhetorical techniques, and they even have countless works to express every phenomenon of nature.

When basic survival problems are solved with the advancement of productivity, when a certain degree of peace comes due to global unification, when technological bottlenecks appear, it is delayed to step into a wider world.

Art has become the pursuit of the whole people in this era.

In the entire Sirius galaxy, there are no other planets except here.

At the same time, because the mass of this planet is twice that of the earth, the difficulties in the early stage of aerospace technology are magnified several times.

When the first artificial unmanned probe rushed out of the galaxy, when the first artificial satellite in a near-stellar orbit was successfully launched, when they determined that there were no other planets in the entire galaxy to explore.

The desire to explore space has been greatly reduced.

The reason is simple. It took them more than 500 years to develop their aerospace industry, but they have achieved nothing.

It is even more out of reach if you want to travel across the galaxy, at least you have to work hard for thousands of years.

Even if one day sails at one percent of the speed of light, it will take 800 years to travel to the nearest galaxy.

This kind of long and unrewarded effort makes them tired. Although the technology is still developing slowly, the passion has actually greatly subsided.

Only holding the mentality of "one day it will be done, but it's still early" to study, makes these generations more devoted to the field of literature and art.

Although a civilization with extremely high artistic achievements has been created, it has also caused great civilized internal friction, and it is still meaningless internal friction.

The Dear project is a typical internal friction project. After consuming a lot of manpower, material resources and time, its biggest role is like a landmark. When looking at the planet from space, you can find it very conspicuously. it.

"Just because of the difficulty of aerospace technology, did you give up on yourself?" Bai Ge said.

Bell said: "It can't be said that they are giving up on themselves. In this era, it is indeed impossible to conduct interstellar travel. No matter how hard they try, it will be the same."

"After a long time, civilization has no foreign enemies. They feel that there is no need to develop technology like desperately. Anyway, life is already worry-free. Instead of wasting their limited lives in the bottomless space field, more people are willing to dedicate themselves to art. At least when creating such and such a great project, when creating such and such a great music, when creating such and such a great work, they can get inner self-satisfaction and the vanity of being amazed by others in a warm artistic atmosphere."

"As living conditions get better and better, it is normal to pursue art and entertainment. The same is true for the earth. From ancient times to the present, entertainment and literature and art will be extremely prosperous without the pressure of life."

Baige understands that desire comes level by level.

The bottom line is survival. Now there are no foreign enemies, no sense of urgency, and no pressure from life.The pursuit of higher desires has become inevitable.

"So, the global multi-country competition is beneficial?" Bai Ge said.

"Yes, although multiple countries will have internal friction with each other, it will not be meaningless internal friction. At least technology is advancing steadily. The way of taking turns to be the hegemon can guarantee the overall progress of civilization. If you are in a unified environment too early , that would be equivalent to entering a country-locked environment at the same time, and civilization would inevitably fall into a long period of self-depression..."

"If this drunkenness reaches the extreme, it will even self-destruct."

Bai Ge suddenly realized that compared with this civilization, the earth is in a pattern of competition among many countries, which is actually beneficial from the perspective of historical dialectics.

And this civilization, if it goes on for a long time, will self-destruct sooner or later.

For example, when the values ​​of all members gradually tend to pursue the ultimate art, they will unanimously decide to create a super brilliant artwork or artistic behavior.

For this reason, they will even give up their lives, because this is a higher pursuit, a higher desire than survival.

So the ultimate art is perhaps the most exquisite death.

If you don't die once, there will be a second time, and one time is always tantamount to suicide.

"It's too early for you to unify." Bai Ge said to the mercury man.

Most of the Mercury people were puzzled by the words of the mysterious alien civilization.

What's wrong with unity?Resources can be concentrated, talents can be concentrated, and the greatest forces can be united.

However, there are still a few insightful people among the Mercury people who have realized the current predicament of civilization and said: "Unification is the wave of the times, and art is the poison on which life depends."

"There is a saying in our civilization: Don't pursue the bubbles that have not yet come. Only by discovering beauty in time can a limited life be wonderful."

While civilization is largely obsessed with art, there are certainly sane people out there.

But even such a sober person still chose the present instead of the future.

They regard the possibility of interstellar voyage in the future as a illusory bubble, at least for 1000 years.

No one will live for the great take-off of the entire civilization after 1000 years.

Living in the present is the choice of this era, and they cannot be blamed.

The Mercury man said: "Actually, before we found you, we always thought that we were alone. Although there are countless works of art depicting various pictures of cosmic civilization, the great silence makes us feel very hopeless."

"Thanks to the universe for letting you come here. You are a great civilization worthy of admiration. You have achieved the freedom to navigate the universe, and you have achieved the qualification to appreciate the wider world..."

"Perhaps in your opinion, our current era is immature, but I don't believe that your civilization has not experienced an era of sinking?"

"Your existence has given us confidence. I believe that in the future, our civilization will also be able to swim in the sea of ​​stars."

Bai Ge frowned.

They feel that they are very civilized. Although their technology is weaker than that of Baige, they still have to show the dignity of civilization.

Since Baige's civilization can do it, then their civilization must also be able to do it.

But this is obviously better than singing, Bai Ge's heart is not fluctuating.

Because at the same time, he was also testing the opponent's power center, where the Mercury people unknowingly revealed their true thoughts.

"They are willing to communicate and they are not acting maliciously. This is certainly not the evil civilization we imagine."

"Yes, we are so lucky. The technology of this civilization far surpasses ours. Maybe we can get help and step into the stage of interstellar travel."

"So excited, don't reveal our intentions, be more solemn! Don't be underestimated! But let the other party feel our kindness as much as possible, and satisfy as much as possible. If we can get interstellar navigation technology, we can also Exploring the universe..."

"Yeah, then we can witness more beauty and create more great achievements..."

Even though they were talking in a room shielded from electromagnetic waves, they were still exposed to Bai Ge at a glance.

So it is said that the technology of interstellar navigation can be achieved, but in fact, it is still hoped that it can be obtained directly from Baige.

Even based on a certain lofty mentality, he insisted on going around the corner.

"Great guest, I believe that the cultures of different civilizations can collide with each other to produce the most beautiful sparks... Everything about us can be transmitted to you without reservation. We have the greatest sincerity to establish a deeper foundation for communication." Mercury humane .

Bai Ge replied: "Do you want to exchange technology?"

"In terms of technology, if you don't want it, we won't force it. Even if it's just a cultural exchange, we're very happy." Said the Mercury man.

Although they said so, they were actually very nervous.

Even a civilization that pursues art dreams of interstellar navigation technology. They say no, but they really want it in their hearts.

Bai Ge said with a smile: "In fact, not long ago, we had a technical transaction with a civilization, there is nothing wrong with that."

The Mercury people were overjoyed, but they reserved again: "You are really a great civilization. In fact, we firmly believe that we can also overcome the bottleneck of technology and step onto the stage of the universe. We can carry out cultural exchanges first, and we have already sent it to ourselves. The essence of culture, you can also let us appreciate your culture, mutual understanding in culture will enhance the basis of our cooperation..."

Bai Ge listened to all kinds of nonsense from the Mercury man, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

At this time, Goethe and the others had already begun to look at the various works of art sent by the Mercury Man. To be honest, they were extremely stunning and beautiful.

Although many are overly refined and obscure, it can be seen that this civilization really has a super strong cultural heritage.

The first time I came into contact with a different literary style, the psychological impact on Goethe and others was very obvious.It is as if Westerners discovered those unimaginable, exotic and stunning murals in Dunhuang for the first time.

However, Baige does not intend to give back to Earth's works of art.

I saw him say: "You may not understand our art, so there is no need to communicate."

Soon, after the Mercury people got this answer, many people showed a sense of superiority on their faces.

"Ha, the art of this civilization seems to be very unconfident..."

"True art can cross races. To say that we may not be able to understand their art means that their art has not yet reached the state of crossing races, and it is still very superficial..."

"They didn't send any. Maybe the aliens don't have their own art at all. This may be a civilization that specializes in science."

"Actually, looking at their spacecraft, you can understand that the design is too mediocre."

Hearing the private discussions of the Mercury people from the surveillance, Bai Ge had a defeated expression on his face, and couldn't help being amused.

He suddenly sent a message saying: "Your culture and art are indeed very attainable. However, there is no public moral order in the universe. As long as I think, it only takes a moment to destroy you."

After hearing the first half of the sentence, the Mercury man was still very excited, but he was immediately overwhelmed by the sudden harsh words.

They said: "We are the most peace-loving civilization. We have no malice against you. We have a long and beautiful culture... Please don't say such terrible things again. I believe you are also a very civilized race."

Bai Ge said: "Let me say it again, there is no public moral order in the universe. When did you think that survival is something that is easy to get?"

"When did you suddenly have the illusion that 'other civilizations must give you the right to survive'?"

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(End of this chapter)