Other than Xiao Niao and Ren Tao’s opinions, Yao Yuan also consulted a large amount of scientists and soldiers, including Guang Zhen. Yao Yuan came to a conclusion especially after he asked about the activation time necessary for space warp and the like.
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Yes, the minute possibility mentioned by Ren Tao aside, based on what they knew about the space merchants, they were still a space civilization available for contact. The space merchants’ technology was indeed higher than mankind’s, but not to the point where mankind couldn’t do anything about it. This was because the space merchants’ technology had an irregular growth.
