Chapter 3

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

George couldn’t believe what he was going through.

In just one night, he had received a starship.

The most ridiculous thing was that when George had opened the red packet, a prompt had popped up to enter the coordinates of his delivery address.

But how did the starship come to Earth in one night?

How many times the speed of light was its power system?

Were there aliens in it?

If there were aliens, how many were there?

Many question marks filled George’s brain, causing his head to begin to ache.

He couldn’t just let this go on!

George began to realize the severity of the problem.

He cleared his mind of all unrealistic thoughts, what remained were the most urgent and needed to be solved.

Firstly, he did not need to continue writing his graduation thesis. This was undoubtedly “lucky” as he did not need to look for strong evidence to prove the existence of an alien civilization in the universe.

Secondly, he still needed to confirm whether the starship hovering in outer space now was the prize he had won in the chat group.

George, who had watched countless sci-fi movies, knew the tricks of the extraterrestrial civilizations in the films very well. He was afraid that this starship that was called the Black Dragon was filled with aliens who were here to invade Earth.

If this conjecture was not true, there was another problem: how could he enter the Black Dragon starship?

It was apparent that he could only get the final answer to this question through the alien chat group.

But asking the question needed George’s careful design as to better conceal his questions as an Earthian.

Since George hadn’t sent any messages in the alien chat group, maintaining a sense of mystery was very important to him now.

This was a trump card that George temporarily had. If he didn’t use this trump card well, his identity would be exposed. The aliens would know that he was merely a creature from a low-level civilization that was so lowly leveled that it may not even be considered a civilization in the universe.

If George’s true identity was discovered by a high-level alien civilization, it could bring a devastating blow to Earth or even the entire Solar System.

George didn’t pay attention to the news that was being broadcast, completely ignoring the news that was showing the people buying groceries from the supermarket like crazy.

He focused all his attention on the phone screen in front of him.

The phone screen displayed the chat group that he had previously treated as a product of ‘craziness’.

After experiencing the matter of a starship landing on Earth, George’s attitude towards the chat group had undergone a huge change.

First, he had to stay firm to a few points on chatting with aliens in the chat group.

One, he couldn’t reveal his identity as an Earthian!

Two, he couldn’t say as he please in the chat group! (which meant telling the truth)

Three, he couldn’t talk too much in the chat group! He had to maintain his mysterious image and let the aliens think that he was a creature from a high-level civilization and not a “native” from a low-level civilization!

George planned to strictly follow the three rules he had summarized when sending messages in the alien chat group.

As for how to enter the starship hovering in the outer space of Earth, he felt that he shouldn’t be too desperate.

If he acted too hastily in the chat group, it would easily arouse the other party’s suspicion.

This was something that George absolutely would not allow to happen because the consequences would be extremely serious, and it was something that the human race could not bear.

“Beep beep beep!” A new notification sounded in the chat group at this moment.

George discovered that someone in the chat group had applied to add him as a friend.

What was going on?!

Should he accept the friend request from the other party…?

He clicked on the pop-up screen and saw that the person who had applied to add him as a friend was a Sarlatian. In the other party’s profile, it indicated that his civilization was level 2.5.

George had a deep impression of this alien.

After all, this alien was the one who had uploaded a video of a light-speed spaceship in the group file.

It was also this alien who had sent the red packet into the group chat. Most importantly, he seemed to be at odds with the Selkian.

“Hmm, this is a point that can be used!”

George planned to start with this alien whose ID was named Sarlatian to see if he could get some useful information.

After all, the starship with a very beautiful appearance could not stay in low-Earth orbit forever.

After accepting the friend request from the other party, George ceased all actions and just waited patiently.

He wanted to wait until the other party spoke first so that he could take the initiative.

As expected, after he had accepted the friend request from the other party, a few minutes passed and a private chat box popped up.

Sarlatian (level 2.5 civilization): “Hello, I looked through the records of the lottery, and found that you won the light-speed spaceship. Please state the coordinates of your galaxy. If possible, please add the civilization level of your planet!”

???

When George saw the private message sent by the other party, a series of question marks appeared in his mind.

“I have to state the coordinates of my galaxy? and the civilization level too?”

This was a dangerous signal!

If George only stated the coordinates of his galaxy but hid the civilization level, the other party would definitely be suspicious.

In the eyes of those high-level civilizations, a civilization that didn’t even dare to state its civilization level was something that could be invaded and occupied.

“Didn’t he receive the coordinates of Earth that I entered in the red packet interface yesterday? With this, it’s intriguing why a starship has appeared in the sky above Earth…”

After thinking carefully for a moment, he found that there weren’t any effective measures he could take for the time being.

In the end, George decided not to reply to the Sarlatian.

At this time, a new message appeared in the chat group.

George did not respond to the Sarlatian who had just sent him a private message. After all, it was also important to maintain a sense of mystery.

His gaze returned to the chat group and saw that it was a Selkian who was sending messages.

Selkian (level 3 civilization): “The Battleax Galaxy under the rule of the Planet Selka is looking for a buyer. The price is very attractive, and I wonder if any high-level civilizations are willing to buy it?”

When George saw the message in the chat group, he felt like a native entering a world filled with high technology.

He was extremely shocked when he saw that an entire galaxy was being sold in the chat group that he started talking to himself.

“Selling a galaxy! So this is the so-called high-level civilization in the universe!”

Just as George was surprised, a new message appeared in the chat group.

Sarlatian (level 2.5 civilization): “Humph, the Battleax Galaxy is just a low-level civilization. The number of life planets in it is pitifully small. Low-level life planets can’t even be sold for 100 million universe dollars!”

Seeing the Sarlatian jump out to mock the Selkian again, George felt that it was all very interesting. But when he read the message again and saw that in the eyes of these high-level civilizations, the low-level life planets were items that could be traded, he felt very uncomfortable.

Because if his speculations were right, the Earth couldn’t even be considered a civilization in the universe.

“A low-level life planet can’t be sold for more than 100 million universe dollars?”

This made George think of the starship that had just appeared in the sky above Earth. That was worth 100 billion cosmic dollars.

It could buy 1,000 life planets!