After all, it's a tear-jerking moment when fellow villagers meet each other... As for whether or not I'll shoot, that's a matter for later. At least for now, I'm feeling thrilled!
"So, you're the first cosmic citizen I met before?"
Ning Chen gripped Aaron's hand, "Elder brother... you're with the Alliance Government, right? What should I do next... How come the Blue Planet will be open in three years? I haven't heard a thing..."
"You haven't heard anything to avoid panic."
Aaron took a deliberately deep drag on his cigarette, highlighting his world-weariness and helplessness, "Can you imagine... making first contact with an extraterrestrial civilization overnight? The reason why the Adams clowns can keep jumping around is that the Alliance needs them to spread rumors and give preemptive inoculations..."
"So, there really are only three years left..."
Ning Chen looked lost, "What to do? Is this opening a good thing or a bad thing?"