A New Place
Editor: Henyee Translations
"Can we reply to them?" Nie Huofeng asked the worker after finding out that the message had been decrypted.
The worker shook his head and said, "Sir, it's impossible to send a reply with the technology available on the Blue Planet just yet. Our atmosphere is covered by an extraordinary energy layer. I don't think the visitors outside know what's going on down here.
"We can only send out light with the latest technology we've developed if we want to reply; it's the only thing that the energy layer doesn't block. We'll send out a message with light bursts and inform them that there's an established and non-primitive civilization on this planet."
Nie Huofeng looked at Su Ping, who then raised his palms; he didn't know anything about that technology, nor was he interested in learning it.
"Okay." Nie Huofeng nodded.