Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 531 - 529: A Safe

Chapter 531: Chapter 529: A Safe

However, people soon made up their minds that unless humans no longer wanted to be active in this trading market, the other side would eventually learn this information anyway, so there was no need to hide it.

In the "Civilization Name" field, they entered "Captain Civilization," because this fleet had originally set out from Captain Star and usually referred to themselves as "Caputanians."

In addition, they attached photos of adult human males and females, specifying the exact living conditions, oxygen concentration, air pressure, air composition, humidity, etc., as well as the preferred gravity environment.

It took a while, but the Artificial Intelligence of the Huantai Civilization finally replied, "We have received the information about your civilization. We will assign a docking area for your fleet. Please follow our instructions and carry out the related operations."

"This is the general information about the trading market..."

This time, the information was abundant, detailing the interstellar trading market’s specific conditions and the general interstellar etiquette between civilizations. If they were unfamiliar with each other, just by greeting each other according to this interstellar etiquette, they could generally avoid inadvertently hitting a sore spot and triggering friction between both parties.

The docking area was very large, a full 2 astronomical units, a bit larger than the distance from the Sun to Mars. The "Leviathan" fleet, whose speed had already reduced significantly, easily came to a halt in the void.

The people in the fleet began quickly organizing personnel to enter the trading market.

All the diplomats were very excited, as this was an unprecedented first time. Telescopes had already observed many War Stars within the interstellar trading market.

So many!

Seeing so many War Stars, Captain was rather speechless; initially, being terrified to death when a Planet Fortress skimmed past. But now it seemed like nothing. The difference between a Fourth-level Civilization and a Third-level Civilization was absolutely monumental, and it made them feel that even if they remained vigilant in their hearts, it was utterly meaningless...

After about three more hours...

A small Flying Disc from the distance flew over at high speed. As if it had discovered something, it suddenly sent a message, "Respected Captain Civilization, greetings."

"We are pleased to inform you that, based on a comparison with the information in our database, there is an 88.9% probability that your fleet will trigger the opening mechanism of a safe stored here. To ensure the fairness and integrity of the interstellar trading market, your civilization needs to provide more detailed information and pass a security check by our market personnel before the safe can be opened."

"Of course, you also have the option to decline this safe."

A safe? What does that mean?

Hearing this message, everyone was shocked, especially since they demanded a security check—what was this all about?

Captain’s face flushed slightly, and many officers’ expressions also became tense in an instant.

People cautiously sent a message, "What safe are you referring to? What does it contain?"

The other side replied, "Over one thousand five hundred years ago, an interstellar fleet preserved some information in the trading market, with an agreed preservation period of 3,000 years with the trading market. When a civilization of the same origin arrives at this trading market, it will have the right to take this information."

"Based on the information currently available, your civilization may be of the same origin as that fleet."

"We apologize, but we do not know the specific contents inside, but after a security check, we can rule out the presence of certain hazardous materials, including but not limited to nuclear weapons, antimatter weapons, digital viruses... these things can be excluded."

In summary, according to the original agreement, in order to retrieve the information inside the safe, it is necessary to pass the required check.

It’s not as if any civilization can shout, "I am Human," and then take away the information; nor can they capture some human prisoners, pretend to be human civilization, then take the information.

The Huantai people take every transaction extremely seriously; they must ensure that this fleet is under human control before they can hand over the information in the safe.

And why be so diligent and responsible?

Firstly, because of credibility, as it’s a service industry, this is simply as it should be.

Secondly, it’s because the Huantai Civilization’s parent civilization, the Amoeba Civilization, is one that really likes to stir things up.

They often forge identities, posing as a strange civilization, equivalent to visiting incognito, and then come up with some peculiar contracts to tempt their Affiliated Civilizations.

Among these contracts, some are of high value, and some are of low value. If an Affiliated Civilization performs poorly due to a low-value contract, they will be punished accordingly. In truth, these Affiliated Civilizations are not to blame; who asked them to sign the contract and then not fulfill their responsibilities?

After being punished a few times, naturally, they became more honest.

After reading this text, everyone in the meeting room fell into deep thought.

Over one thousand years ago, an interstellar fleet preserved some information in this trading market?

Specifically to be handed over to humans?

This was too strange!

A young council member had a sudden insight and excitedly exclaimed, "If what they say is true, then it must be the Kunlun Mountain Fleet! What have they left for us?"

"Kunlun Mountain didn’t need to return to the Mother Star like us. They took away a large portion of the population and undertook a distant long march."

"But, should we let this trading market perform the check? That’s outrageous and seriously affects security issues!"

After much discussion, everyone was a bit bewildered, cautiously going back and forth. To be honest, due to prolonged hibernation, their sense of time was not very strong; a thousand years sounded much the same as a hundred years...

This was too bizarre.

People discussed loudly, "What good can information from over a thousand years ago be?"

"You can’t be so sure, if it was left specifically for us, couldn’t it be something good? The experiences of Kunlun Mountain might be more abundant compared to ours? Or perhaps they’ve made tremendous progress!"

"Even if there’s nothing good, there will definitely be knowledge about between Star-level Civilizations, which would also count as valuable experience. Besides, it’s from the same origin as humans, so the likelihood of them deliberately deceiving us is small—reliability is generally higher than consulting other civilizations."

In the end, after much deliberation, they still filled out a more detailed form about their own civilization and sent it over, including details about their culture, the gestation period of infant embryos, and so on. These biological indicators had a very low probability of overlapping with other civilizations.

The other side replied, "We are delighted to inform you that there is a 96.9% probability that your civilization matches the requirements to open this safe. For the safety of both parties, our civilization will send a special observer to spend some time on your spaceship for inspection. Once the inspection is passed, the safe will belong to you."

"Of course, you may also decline this request."

It was just one special observer; if they declined even this, it would seem too petty, too cowardly. Moreover, the other side was a Fourth-level Civilization; if they really wanted to do something, there was no need for such dawdling.

After some discussion, the curious faction still overcame the conservative faction, and they formally accepted the request...