Chapter 320: Chapter 319 Digital Life!

“Just like that, several minutes later, the alien sent over the operating environment for the Amoeba Points via electromagnetic waves.”

“The software was incredibly complex, amounting to 879 GB!”

“Li Zhendong squinted his eyes and stared at it for a long time, unable to make heads or tails of such a huge software. Yes, he couldn’t understand it at all, completely clueless about what it was…”

“The software was too large, and it had never been configured for compatibility with human computers. Could these things even run on a computer?”

“How strange,” he muttered, “let’s just run it and see. I think the reason this software is so large might be because it incorporates many compatibility configurations that can easily adapt to various computers.”

“That makes sense.”

Following that, the alien sent over the real “Amoeba Points.”

This string of information was even more bizarre. When running in the previously sent environment, it was just a string of random gibberish, unfathomable as to what it was…

“0.142 Amoeba Points of your civilization have been sent. You can use these points at any transaction market of the Amoeba Civilization whenever you wish… This transaction is officially complete, and we hope to meet again,” replied the alien courteously.

Zhang Yuan found it very strange, as he was studying the gibberish in the supercomputer.

Well, even if this jumble of passwords was the so-called Amoeba Points, how should one verify its authenticity?

How to know whether it is 0.142 Amoeba Points, or perhaps 0.001? It might even just be a string of meaningless gibberish.

Should one merely rely on the alien’s integrity?

Moreover, with the alien sending these strange data, did the money just disappear from one’s own computer? This wasn’t some blockchain technology; there was no fair and just intermediary, just a one-on-one trade between the two parties.

Should it be that, after sending you a series of electromagnetic waves, my data would be gone? Clearly unreasonable!

Everyone looked at each other with eyes full of doubt. If these difficulties were not resolved, Amoeba Points theoretically couldn’t become a universal currency among interstellar civilizations…

This series of questions was very strange, truly very strange.

But if these technological issues were not resolved, universal currency among interstellar civilizations could undoubtedly be counterfeited and replicated extensively, turning the so-called Amoeba Points soon into something worthless.

At that moment, Li Zhendong seemed to have discovered something, pressing several keys in succession; the gibberish on the screen began to change and flicker incessantly.

This feeling was very subtle…

Some very strange images appeared.

This abnormal phenomenon made Zhang Yuan think of something unexpectedly, and his heart began to beat more fiercely…

He had seen this scene somewhere!

He tried his best to think, to remember, the feeling of palpitations growing stronger and stronger, stronger and stronger.

The entire conference room fell silent as ice when the images popped up on the screen. Everyone gasped.

A group of elongated insects appeared on the screen!

They were so vivid as if they were real life!

This feeling was just too strange…

“Unreadable… uncrackable… and cannot be copied?”

“I know what this currency is now!”

No, it wasn’t just a resemblance–Amoeba Points were truly Digital Life!

They were essentially the Pangu Brain, digital life in various virtual worlds!

“This is the currency?! The unforgeable currency used for transactions between interstellar civilizations!”

When this idea jumped out in his mind, Zhang Yuan trembled with surprise, immediately followed by overwhelming elation from deep within!

A series of keywords flashed back and forth in his mind.

It was simply too astonishing; this group of digital lifeforms was actually the currency between interstellar civilizations, a currency that was hard to crack and impossible to forge!

“It’s simply incredible!”

Everyone began to discuss fervently, thrilled by the brilliant and inventive ideas of advanced civilizations. There was just too much to explore, including how these “digital life forms” were transmitted through electromagnetic waves, how to ensure computer compatibility between civilizations, and so forth.

If humans mastered this digital life transmission method, could it possibly travel back and forth at the speed of light between various colonies?

It was too incredible, truly too incredible.

Some counted and found a total of 142 vivid insects roiling and jumping on the computer screen!

“If each insect represents 0.001 points, the total comes up to 0.142.”

“Exactly, it must be so.”

“These insects… they can’t possibly reproduce, can they?”

“Of course not! Isn’t that obvious?”

“I think that using digital life as currency is a way for advanced interstellar civilizations to overpower low-level interstellar civilizations with their technology. Because low-level civilizations couldn’t possibly crack this thing!”

Amazed though they were, Zhang Yuan temporarily ignored the discussion of these enthusiastic scientists.

He didn’t have much time to delve into these matters… Because their spaceships were about to pass each other by!

He definitely didn’t want to capsize in the gutter now. The achievements humanity had gained this time were already enough, after all, it wasn’t like they wouldn’t encounter aliens again. The 0.142 Amoeba Points had already brought a tremendous inspiration.

Suppressing various emotions in his heart, Zhang Yuan issued another command, “All escort ships, stay alert and prepare for the handover between the two sides!”

“Order received!”

Ten seconds, five seconds, one second…

The two parties passed each other by in an instant!

Actually, to describe it as merely “passing by” was inaccurate because the distance between them was six hundred thousand kilometers, even farther than the distance between Earth and the Moon.

But for interactions between interstellar civilizations, it was no longer considered a very safe distance.

After waiting a few seconds, as if everything had settled down safely, watching the distances between the two parties begin to widen at a speed of thirty thousand kilometers per second, Zhang Yuan could not help but sigh in relief.

The staff inside the communication room also began to cheer; in just one more minute, the distance between the two parties would again become very safe.

“Indeed, every exchange always brings great insight to human civilization,” Dr. Li Cheng, Zhang Yuan’s assistant, excitedly exclaimed, “Now that digital life can be used as currency, can’t we also study our own currency? Haha, that’s great, really great!”

Everyone had practically been awake for thirty hours, but they were still incredibly excited, showing none of the tiredness from the lack of sleep.

If not for witnessing it with their own eyes, who could have imagined that so-called digital life could also be forwarded simply through electromagnetic waves, serving as a currency between interstellar civilizations?