Goodbye, Lenino people

 "Inciting an insect tide?"

 Zhang Yuan saw a video. These large bees flapped their wings and drove out swarms of insects from the forest, allowing these swarms to attack the Lenino people instead. But they don't fight on their own, because no matter how powerful the bugs are, they can't defeat firearms, and at most they will cause some damage to the Lenino people.

 "The Lenino civilization is already aware of the existence of this suspected intelligent species, so it defines them as a dangerous species. However, due to the production of shellac, they have not been completely eliminated."

 "It's interesting. You can't defeat yourself, but you still use the strategy of driving away tigers and swallowing wolves?"

 An expert nearby said with interest, "It's just a pity that without any technology, it's impossible to defeat steel by just relying on the body."

 Lao Yang continued: "This kind of intelligence is reflected in all aspects of life. The competition for survival on this planet is extremely fierce. Many bugs only live for a few days, and there are many powerful predators, such as large beetles weighing hundreds of kilograms. Just like a small tank, it can easily defeat the tigers and lions on our planet..."

 "But some individuals of this kind of alien bee have a very long lifespan, ten or even twenty years! It is precisely because they live long enough and can accumulate social experience that they can survive smoothly on this planet, and they can also defeat larger than themselves. A powerful species."

 Zhang Yuan looked at the detailed information about this species. If it is said to be intelligent, it must be a little bit intelligent, but it is only at the level of monkeys on the earth, or a little higher. It is not a very intelligent species...

 "Species B, the alien ants, which are this group of ant-like insects in the soil, are even smarter! In this insect world, they can actually hide in the soil and live leisurely. This is very rare. one thing..."

 "These ants have a clearer division of labor. There are more than a hundred different categories. Some are responsible for making food, some are responsible for fighting, and some are responsible for management. We also discovered the pheromone language belonging to these insects... Oh, by the way , and a simple language that relies on the vibration of wings to convey information."

 "What's even more bizarre is that this species has shown a lot of curiosity, capturing some of our detectors and studying them every day."

 As you can see from the video, the group of ants discovered the detector disguised as a stone, and after noticing something strange, they brought it back to their nest. So, every day, several fat and white bugs came to figure out what this thing was, and even fiddled with this thing that glowed from time to time.

 They quickly mastered the trick. When they press a certain button, the detector's light will turn on, and when they press it again, the light will turn off. They have a great time.

 These big white bugs don't seem to have any fighting ability and their athletic ability is not very high. They should be mainly responsible for nest management.

 In other words, they are intelligent, even more intelligent than bees.

 "Scientists generally believe that this species may have evolved intelligence similar to that of ancient primitive humans, and they communicate through pheromones. If we simulate pheromones, communication will be possible. They also have mathematical concepts, and each In the nursery nest, 178 eggs are placed, neither more nor less. This number can maximize the use of the area without making it appear crowded."

 "Equivalent, the specific potential is still under evaluation..."

 Li Zhendong suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and said on a whim: "Look at it this way, we can catch some local insects and study them? Anyway, the Jiuzhou is still very empty. It would be good to dig a basement to raise some intelligent insects. Don't we have a group of them?" Are experts who specialize in insects complaining about having nothing to do?"

 "This... seems to be somewhat possible."

 Now that the Leninos are unwilling to join the alliance, two more primitive insect species have emerged, both of which have a hive mind... If these insects really have enough potential, can communicate normally, and are willing to be positive, let them It is not impossible to join the alliance. It is actually easier to educate primitive species.

 Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment, having a strange illusion that something was lost and something was gained.

 Human beings don't know much about the hive mind model. They can only temporarily think of it as a kind of collective intelligence. People still know nothing about how to teach it.

 The so-called "collective wisdom" cannot evenly distribute wisdom to every individual. There will always be some special individuals who are responsible for group thinking. If we use professional terms, we can call it the "king insect", that is, the king insect type civilization.

 This type of civilization is based on the king insect. Only the king insect has self-awareness. Other individuals have low intelligence or no intelligence at all. The king insect can dominate the fate of most individuals in the group.

 This kind of civilization has a clear division of labor among individuals, a unified purpose, and extremely high efficiency. The disadvantage is that self-transformation is difficult. Most individuals are just executors and do not have high thinking ability. There may also be resource consumption problems.

 The famous Amoeba faction seems to use this model.

 Zhang Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "If there are scientists who are willing to do research, then catch some bugs... Anyway, our Illusion Laboratory really doesn't have the energy to do this. We must not only help the people of the Hemisphere clone their ancestors, but also study the acceleration of thinking. These two tasks are already very heavy."

 "Perhaps, if you encounter the Amoeba faction's spaceship, you can also sell the bugs to them. Hey, I don't know if they are short of tribesmen."

 Just like that, after this party, Zhang Yuan returned to intense work.

 …

 Two years have passed in a hurry, and the maintenance and reorganization of the fleet is about to come to an end. The trade between humans and the Lenino people is also coming to an end, and the number of indigenous people purchased is enough for scientific research.

 On this day, both parties bid farewell very amicably.

 "Dear Lenino civilization, I am honored to inform you that our fleet has completed maintenance and will set off soon. Thank you for your civilization's careful care during this period of time."

 For the top leaders of the Lenino civilization, their mentality is both contradictory and joyful.

 After all, no one wants a civilization much more powerful than themselves to stay nearby. As long as this alliance stays here, their psychological pressure will be extremely high.

 Now that this new human civilization is finally leaving...the big stone in my heart suddenly dropped.

 "May your civilization always progress!" the human side said.

 "And may your civilization always progress."

 This is standard interstellar etiquette that the Lenino have just learned. It is very simple to say this sentence, but their feelings about this sentence are not deep, and what they understand is only on the surface.

 Having never witnessed the true appearance of the Milky Way, nor having enough experience to travel through various civilizations, it is naturally difficult to know the profound connotation expressed by the Gaia civilization when it formulated this set of etiquette.

 All the human diplomats nodded and returned to their ships without saying anything else.

 This Titan-class spacecraft is filled with all kinds of insects, as well as two induced intelligent species, plus the indigenous population in hibernation. These harvests are enough to keep everyone busy for a while.

 This time, the investigation of indigenous civilization has officially come to an end.