Chapter 181: Good News, Bad News

Nearly an hour passed, and in the nervous mood of everyone in the command module, Atlas came up with the final inspection results. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Brother Captain." There was an unconcealed excitement in the little girl's voice, "The contents of that fusiform device are indeed neutron matter. After a long wait, everyone finally heard the best news in the past few months. As for Atlas's subsequent addition, "From the intensity of the radiation, there should be a lot of neutron matter in the fusiform device, but there is no way to determine how many people are for the time being." After learning of the results, Brother Spred had already entered the laboratory to begin a detailed investigation of the fusiform device, and it was unknown when the detailed results would be obtained. ”

"Alright, that's good." Zhou Xin said happily, "Originally, I didn't have much hope of finding more neutron matter, but I didn't expect to be surprised in the end." ”

"Who would have thought that what we picked up out out of curiosity would be a treasure." Dart sighed as he reminisced, "No wonder Kazlan's aircraft had to desperately intercept that shuttle flying machine, if Candela really brought neutron matter to the Eun Empire, then for the Republic of Kazran, the consequences would be really unimaginable." Even if the Ewen can't replicate a large amount of neutron matter for a while, the neutron weapon will no longer be a secret in the next battle. Perhaps the situation between the two civilizations would not have turned out to be what it is now. ”

Under Dart's emotion, Zhou Xin's thoughts also turned back from the excitement of finding the neutron matter back to the previous doubt, "Candela doesn't know that a large amount of neutron matter has been manufactured in Kazlan, which makes sense, it is nothing more than a blockade of the news." But how could the Kazlan higher-ups not know how to allow Candela's experiments to be carried out smoothly. Even from Candela's diary, the Kazlan military took the results of his experiments quite seriously, what is going on? ”

"What do you care about so much?" Dart was a little unimpressed by Zhou Xin's doubts, "Maybe it's just because the news blockade is too tight, and those who applied through the Candela experiment don't know that a large amount of neutron matter has already been produced in China." As for the Kazlan military, they are making such a fuss in order to re-block the news. It's all over, what are we still thinking about here, and it's imperative to care about whether the Voyager is ready to leave. ”

"Now that more neutron matter has been discovered, our plans to leave will have to be reformulated." Zhou Xin replied thoughtfully, "I'm afraid the specific goal will not be set until the amount of neutron matter in the fusiform device is determined." As for other preparations, aren't they already underway? ”

"That's right." Dart nodded, and then he looked at the planet on the screen and said, "Before you know it, we've been here for half a year. ”

"yes." Turning his gaze to the screen, Zhou Xin said with emotion, "This is the first complete civilization we have encountered since we left the earth. Although it is a bit regrettable that there is no way to communicate directly with them due to the terrible situation on the planet, after all, it has been half a year. It's really reluctant to leave quietly like this. ”

"Who said that it was silent, didn't we still leave a seed here?" Dart laughed.

"That's just because I can't get used to the practices of those two civilizations, it's okay to say that the Kazran Republic was forced, but the actions of the Eun Empire are a bit excessive." Zhou Xin smiled bitterly, "What's more, it's uncertain whether this seed can grow into a big tree in the end." From now on, there is not much time left for the community to grow. In the end, there was an unconcealed concern in his words.

"Then there's no way." Dart shook his head, "We have already done what should be done, and what should be given has been given, and the next road can only be left to the community itself." If they can only move forward with our help at all times, then we should not put our hopes in them. ”

"At this time, it's better to contact them." Thinking of this, Zhou Xin connected to the community. What appears on the screen is the same Prolo and Hilek they saw in their first contact.

"Dear Captain Zhou Xin, I hope you have brought us good news this time." After such a long exchange between the two sides, Puro, who was originally restrained, will now joke.

"I'm afraid it's not very good news for you." Zhou Xin replied calmly, "We are ready to leave. ”

"So fast?!" Including Prolo and Hilek, many people on the screen showed surprised looks, taking advantage of the opportunity of Helek to inform Demancha, Promo couldn't wait to ask: "Wasn't it so urgent a few days ago?" Why did you suddenly make this decision today? ”

After a while, Demancha, who had arrived in a hurry, asked the same question.

"Plans can't keep up with change." Zhou Xin replied, "The previous hesitation was because we haven't found enough neutron matter yet, so we can make fewer choices. I didn't expect things to suddenly take a turn for the better today. Then he told them the story of the shuttle, including Candela.

After listening to Zhou Xin's more than half an hour-long narration, the look on Demancha's face experienced various changes, from surprise at the beginning to sighing later, "I really didn't expect that there would be such twists and turns not long ago." I really can't imagine what the current situation would have become if Candela really went to the Ewen Empire with neutron matter, and I wonder if the entire Song Star would be completely destroyed because of this. ”

"It shouldn't be, after all, the time is too short, and the Eun Empire can't produce so much neutron matter that Kazlan has accumulated." Zhou Xin comforted.

"Even so, I still have to thank you very much." Demancha said gratefully, "Although it won't be like that now, if the neutron matter made by the Yune people also appears on the battlefield in the future, it will be uncertain." ”

"There's nothing to be thankful for, and neutron matter is just what we need." Zhou Xin said indifferently, and then he waved his hand at Demancha, "Okay, that's it." It's just that the Ewen Empire has lost a powerful weapon, and we have gained the neutron matter we need. But you, what are you going to do next? ”

With a wry smile, Demancha replied, "It seems that the effect of the propaganda has also come to an end, and the number of people who support us has not increased much during this time. I'm going to ask you in the next few days if there's anything I can do. ”

"Although the propaganda has almost the same effect, in order to maintain your presence, it is necessary to continue. Don't worry about losing our broadcasting channels when we leave, we'll provide you with the technology when the time comes. As for the other ways-" At this time, Zhou Xin's tone of voice was a little disappointed, "Do you have no good ideas?" ”

Sighing, Demancha replied, "Not for nothing, but most of the ideas are premised on our strength, but now we are in a situation - and, now, it seems that it is no longer feasible for us to remain behind the scenes, and we may need to show our faces in front of two civilizations." ”

"Looks like you're aware of that, too." After listening to Demancha's words, Zhou Xincai changed his previous tone of disappointment and said with relief, "Since this is the case, let's bring your people to appear in front of the public." Of course, this kind of behavior will definitely bring a certain amount of sacrifice, so what I say is just a suggestion, and it is up to you to decide what to do next. ”

While Zhou Xin spoke, Demancha's face couldn't help but show a thoughtful expression. After saying that, he still thought for a moment before replying, "It's true that quite a few people in our previous internal meetings expressed similar concerns. The next action is not something that can be decided by your words, and it seems that we need to think carefully about what to do next. ”

"It's good to have that thought." Zhou Xin approvingly, "After all, we are an alien civilization, and we don't know much about the situation inside your civilization, so we can't make decisions on your behalf." I was worried that you would just do what we suggested, which was not what I wanted. Now it seems that such fears are unfounded. ”

Communication between the two sides continued for a long time. Zhou Xin gave a lot of suggestions for the next actions of the community, and Demancha also told a lot of opinions within the community. In the end, Demancha sighed and said with a bitter face, "I really hope you can stay here for a few more days, not to mention continue to help, even if we have a chance to repay your help." ”

"The development of the community can only depend on yourselves, but you can't always rely on our help." Zhou Xin replied, "We didn't help you for your reward, so you don't have to. ”

"Moreover, we have only confirmed that we will leave in a short time, and the exact time has not yet been decided." Dart laughed, "So don't show us that we're going to leave when this newsletter is over." ”

Demancha smiled, "It's best to stay a little longer." Well, I've learned a lot after talking to you for so long, and it's time for me to tell the rest of the council about our conversation today. I guess you have a lot of things to do, so I won't bother you too much. They said goodbye to each other, and the two sides ended the conversation.

Not long after the conversation ended, there was good news from Spred. Although on the screen, because Spred was still wearing a protective suit, Zhou Xin couldn't see his face. But judging from the fact that he contacted him directly without even taking off his protective clothing, Zhou Xin immediately felt that what he heard next should be good news.

Sure enough, Spred Urn in the hazmat suit said angrily; "After my many tests, although it is not yet possible to determine the specific mass of neutron matter inside the fusiform device, it is conservatively estimated that it should be more than 1.5 tons. It's not enough to completely fix the core of the warp engine, but it's enough to restore it to seventy or eighty percent of its functionality. ”

"It's also a lot better than before." Zhou Xin said happily, "Otherwise, we will have to search for neutron matter in the next target location as we are now." Then he asked with concern, "Now that you've found enough neutron matter, when will you be able to fix the core of the warp engine?" ”

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." It was just a short sentence that made Zhou Xin's mood tense again, and then Spred explained, "Everything else is easy to say, but what matters is how we move the neutron matter to the core of the warp engine. Natural humans certainly can't withstand such intense radiation, but the robots on our ships probably can't either. It's too big to work flexibly within the core of a warp engine. Not only that, but they are also not suitable for operation in high-intensity, confined electromagnetic fields within the core of the starting engine. ”

"So, the only way to do this is to develop a new type of miniaturized robot?" Zhou Xin asked with a frown.

"That's not right." At this time, Dart interjected, "Is this what you did when you first installed the warp engine?" ”

"I don't know." Spred shook his head, "As you know, the core of the engine back then wasn't made by our group of people. So I can only make core repairs based on the technical information I know now. ”

"Will it work?" Zhou Xin heard the lack of confidence in Spred's words, and he asked.

"It's the safest fix I can think of." After a moment of silence, Spred slowly replied, "Although I can't guarantee that it will succeed, at least there is a success rate of about sixty percent." ”

"Is it only sixty percent?" Zhou Xin's brows furrowed again, "It's lower than I expected, could it be that the success rate of repair was the same when we only had a small amount of neutron matter before?" ”

"Maybe even lower." Spred explains, "Not because of the small quantities, but because the first two acquisitions of neutron matter contained more impurities." At the time, I was even worried that even if the neutron matter was successfully loaded into the core of the warp engine, there would still be some problems when the engine started. ”

After listening to Spred's words, Zhou Xin thought for a long time before finally making a decision......