"Wait a moment."
Finally, the alien in the projection replied to Lu Heng.
Lu Heng said nothing, only responded softly.
It seemed the projection had been switched, and the image flickered. The environment in the projection changed.
Immediately, Bola's voice came through.
"Oh, it's Lu Heng. It looks like you're in our space."
"Yes, I came to talk to you about some things. Where are you?"
"Uh... I'm at my residence."
"Can you come out for a bit?"
"Um, probably not. I can't go out right now."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, I can't go out for now. Why don't you find Bora?"
"That's fine too, but how do I contact Bora?"
"I'll connect you."
The image flickered again, and Bora's voice came through.
"Lu Heng, you're here."
"Yes, can you come out and meet me? I've been wandering around your space for a long time and haven't seen a single Cenar. I came to take a look."
"Wait a moment, I'll come find you now."
Bora didn't ask for Lu Heng's location. As long as the communicator was on, the other party could detect his position.
However, Lu Heng didn't know how to use the communicator and couldn't determine the other party's location, so he could only stay put and wait.
After a while, Bora flew over.
"You came so suddenly, is something wrong?"
"It's been a while since I received any news from you, and Bola hasn't contacted me via communicator. I just happened to be killing zombies nearby, so I came to take a look."
"Oh, Bola is temporarily unable to leave her room. Come, I'll take you to my room to talk."
Lu Heng nodded and walked alongside Bora.
"You all look pretty much the same. If you didn't speak, I really wouldn't be able to tell you apart. The first time I used the communicator, I didn't even know who I was talking to."
"Let me see the communicator."
Bora wasn't sure who Lu Heng had connected with the first time, so he could only check the access records of the communicator.
After a glance, Bora said to Lu Heng, "It was Tidar."
"Oh."
Although Lu Heng couldn't distinguish their appearances, he remembered the alien's voice. The next time he met them, as long as they spoke, he would be able to recognize them.
Along the way, Bora introduced the nearby buildings to Lu Heng.
"This place is our maternity ward. We should welcome a new baby this year."
"Really? How long is your gestation period?"
These aliens lived for 1500 years. If they gave birth once a year, they would be considered a highly prolific species.
Also, he didn't know if they were oviparous or viviparous, or if they reproduced through other more special means.
"Calculated by human time, from pregnancy to birth, it's about seven months."
"That short? Then your original population should be quite large. With such frequent births and your longevity, you should have many children."
Lu Heng remembered that they seemed to reach adulthood at 300 years old. With a lifespan of 1500 years, they would have 1200 years after reaching adulthood.
Deducting the years when they were too old to reproduce, Lu Heng estimated that even if he subtracted another 300 years, there would be 900 years left.
Giving birth every seven months, this reproduction rate was quite high.
"It's not easy for us to conceive."
"I see."
This made more sense. Otherwise, with such a birth rate, these aliens would soon occupy Blue Star.
"Moreover, the gender choices many make upon reaching adulthood affect our reproduction."
Among the Cenar, many did not choose to become female upon reaching adulthood, believing that childbirth would hinder their personal development.
Therefore, the sex ratio among the Cenar was severely imbalanced.
Their government had been trying to correct this gender selection issue, hoping to achieve a balance in gender.
However, despite offering many incentives, people still disliked choosing to become females who would bear the next generation.
Soon, they arrived in front of a large building. Bora stopped in front of a wall, and a beam of light flashed across it.
A door opened in the wall, and Lu Heng followed Bora inside.
This looked like Bora's living space, similar to the layout of the rooms Lu Heng had seen in the space city.
As they entered the room, some furniture instantly appeared.
Bora pointed in a direction, "Sit there for a while. I'll prepare some water for you."
Lu Heng nodded and walked towards where Bora pointed.
This seemed to be a row of square sofas. Lu Heng tentatively sat down.
Unexpectedly, the object that looked square turned out to be very soft when he sat down.
His body sank to a very suitable angle. Lu Heng estimated that this sofa was also intelligent and could automatically adjust its position based on the user's body.
Opposite the sofa was a transparent wall, from which the scenery outside could be clearly seen.
Bora walked over with a tray. In the room, they walked normally and did not rely on any high-tech products to move.
"This is water from Blue Star. We've purified it, so you can use it with confidence."
"Oh, no need to go to such trouble. I generally don't consume anything edible when I'm outside."
"That's a pity, but we've also tasted it. This water doesn't taste bad."
"Yes, are your foods the same as Blue Star's?"
Actually, Lu Heng had seen the food of the Cenar in the space city, but he couldn't reveal that now, so he had to pretend not to know and ask.
"They're similar, you could say they have some similarities, for example, they are all organic matter."
"Oh."
"By the way, what did you come to talk about?"
Bora knew that Lu Heng must not have just passed by coincidentally, but likely came specifically to find him or Bola.
He didn't know what Bola had told Lu Heng during her last visit.
They had asked Bola, but she said she had just visited the human world to see how humans lived and had not interacted with them.
Although he believed eighty percent of what Bola said, the other Cenar in the space did not believe her at all.
This was also why Bola had not been released for so long.
They said they wanted to teach Bola a lesson, to let her know that it was wrong to go to the human world privately.
"What happened to Bola?"
Lu Heng did not answer the previous question; he was more curious about what had happened to Bola.
"She violated some regulations."
"I remember there aren't many Cenar here, so why are there so many rules?"
"Systems cannot be abandoned."
Even though his sister was the one being confined, Bora's traditional mindset was deeply ingrained.