"Brother Captain, the analysis of that alien corpse has been completed, do you want to know about it?"

Zhou Xin thought about it and found that there were no other things worth paying attention to at this time, so he nodded, "It's okay, you can briefly introduce it." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"Okay." The little girl jumped on the spot for a moment, and then the screen changed, and there was an image of the dead alien, not an autopsy, of course, but a brief outline of Atlas.

"The alien's autopsy once again confirmed the cause of his death - he died of a generalized rupture of internal organs and comminuted fractures of the whole body caused by a violent impact." Speaking of this, Atlas frowned, "At the same time, for this reason, it is difficult for people to judge the specific functions of the various organs on this alien's body during the autopsy of his corpse. ”

Then, she began to introduce the specific information of the alien, "This alien is male, and it is inferred that his biological age should be about 13 years old. He is about 1.6 meters tall and weighs 40 kilograms. ”

"Thirteen?" Zhou Xin was a little surprised, "What time is it calculated according to?" ”

"On our time, of course." Atlas replied, "If you count the time of year on this planet, he is even younger. ”

"Is it only thirteen?" Zhou Xin said to himself, "I didn't look like a thirteen-year-old individual before. ”

"That's because he has a very fast metabolism all over his body." Atlas answered Zhou Xin's question, and then she explained in detail, "Although it is said that most of the organs of this alien have completely stopped working, people have deduced a conclusion from the small number of cells that are still alive - his metabolism rate is at least three times that of the Atlanteans, and the metabolism rate of the Atlanteans is slightly slower than that of the earthlings, but not much worse, so you can also think that the metabolism rate of this alien is three times that of the earthlings." ”

"More than three times?" Zhou Xin was a little surprised, "Are you sure you're not wrong?" ”

"People were surprised when they came to this conclusion, but this conclusion is certainly not wrong." Atlas confirmed, "The samples taken are from all over the alien's body, and the analysis of each sample is similar, so it can't be a problem with the sample or the instrument, only that his metabolism is like this." Based on the speed of his metabolism and telomere length, it was deduced that the alien would not live longer than forty years at most. So the captain, don't look at him as only thirteen years old, according to his age, this alien is already an adult, and he is almost equivalent to the thirties of a human being. ”

"Only forty years old?" Dart showed a thoughtful expression, "This lifespan is really a little less. ”

"It's not just too little, it's just too little." Zhou Xin continued, but after thinking about it, he was relieved, "Forget it, this may be the natural law on this planet, it's useless for us to care about this, and they should have long been used to such a short lifespan." He then motioned for Atlas to continue.

"Due to the severe damage to the organs in this alien's body, most of them have been unable to determine the specific function. However, it was observed that most of the organs in his body were large compared to his overall size, which also significantly accelerated the rate of metabolism in his body, with the exception of one organ, which was his lungs. After a pause, she continued, "His lungs are in perfect proportions to his body, and much smaller than the rest of his organs, which may have something to do with the high oxygen content of the air on this planet - he doesn't need to inhale too much air to get enough oxygen. Perhaps, the speed of his metabolism is also related to the high concentration of oxygen in the air. Atlas guessed.

"Well, I see, go ahead." Zhou Xin nodded.

"That's basically what his organs look like, but there's another very unique part of this alien's body - bones." As he spoke, a bone appeared on the screen, this bone was full of cracks, and there were obvious traces of glue between the cracks, "This is a complete leg bone that people finally recovered from a pile of broken bones, Brother Captain, do you see anything special?" ”

At the first glance of that bone, Zhou Xin's impression of it was fine, yes, it was fine. The bone on the screen is nearly thirty centimeters long, but it is only about one centimeter in diameter. Zhou Xin couldn't help asking: "So thin, is this really a leg bone and not a bone in other parts?" ”

"It's really a leg bone." Atlas confirmed, "It seems that you have also found it, brother Captain, yes, this alien's skeleton is so thin, and this is already one of the thickest bones anyone has ever found from him." However, you don't look at it so thin, its strength is very high, people have tested it, this alien's bone hardness has reached twice the hardness of the earthling's bones, it's an exaggeration. ”

"Twice?" Looking at the thin bone on the screen, Zhou Xin really had no way to understand him with hardness. It was hard for him to imagine that these two thin bones supported the alien's weight of forty kilograms.

"Oh, one more thing." Atlas added, "This bone is completely solid, and there is no hole in the inside, and all the structures inside him are the same except for the outermost layer covered with a thin layer of periosteum, and no other layers have been found, which also makes his bones harder." ”

"What do they want such strong bones for? It doesn't feel like it works. Dart was a little confused.

Zhou Xin thought for a moment, and then guessed: "I think it should have something to do with this huge planet under our feet." ”

"What the captain's brother said is not wrong." Atlas agreed, "It does have to do with it, the gravity on the surface of this planet is more than 1.5 times that of the Earth. So don't look at his weight when measured on the spacecraft, it is only forty kilograms, but if it is measured on the surface of this planet, it will be more than sixty kilograms. In addition, the alien's bones are thin, so if they don't have such a high strength, they may not be able to support his body. ”

Dart nodded, then motioned for Atlas to continue.

"Nope." The little girl on the screen shook her head, "From this alien's corpse, people have only found so many things." Then her tone changed to a little regretful, "His internal organs have been damaged so badly, if they were a little more complete, they might have been able to check out more." ”

"Forget it." Zhou Xin comforted, "I have obtained a lot of information, it is enough." Then he admonished, "Remember to restore the alien to its original state after examining the corpse." ”

"People do it after the inspection." Atlas replied.

"Very well done." Zhou Xin nodded, and then he mentioned another thing, "Atlas, how is the intact fusiform device that I took a few days ago, it hasn't been opened after so many days, right?" ”

"It's been opened a long time ago." Atlas's tone became a little hesitant, "But-"

"What's wrong?" Hearing Atlas's hesitant tone, Zhou Xin became disappointed, "The people inside won't die too." ”

"Not really." Atlas replied, but before Zhou Xin could get excited, she continued, "To be precise, there is actually no one in the fusiform device that is opened in the back. ”

"No one?" Zhou Xin's tone became a little strange, "What's in there?" ”

"There's only one box in that fusiform device." Atlas gave a surprising answer, "In addition to this chest, it is filled with a large amount of material for cushioning, which holds the box firmly in the middle of the fusiform mechanism. ”

"Chests? What's in the box? Zhou Xin asked.

"People don't know yet." The little girl spread her hands, "There is a complicated combination lock on the top of the box, and people are still cracking it, I was going to tell you after opening the box." ”

"Haven't you finished cracking it after so long?"

"The main thing is that the text on the password lock is the text of this civilization, and people still know very little about this kind of text, so it's a little difficult to crack." The little girl's brow furrowed, and she showed the lockbox on the screen.

When he saw the lockbox on the first day, Zhou Xin couldn't help but blurt out: "So small? Atlas, didn't you miss anything? Is there only such a box in such a large fusiform device? ”

"There's really only one box." Atlas's voice was a little helpless, "I asked several robots to check the garbage that came out of that fusiform device several times, except for the garbage." ”

"Okay......" Hearing Atlas's answer, Zhou Xin was speechless for a moment, and then he focused his attention on the box on the screen. It was a square box with a length and width of only about fifty centimeters, and the thickness of the box was only about twenty centimeters, which was much smaller than the fusiform device, no wonder Zhou Xin was surprised when he learned that there was only such a box inside.

Zhou Xin carefully observed the box, the outer shell of the box could not tell what material it was made of, its surface was glowing with an off-white luster, and a black handle was attached to one side of the box. In addition to these, the most obvious thing on the chest is the panel above, which Atlas zooms in on the screen.

The panel was square, just inlaid in the very center of this side of the box, and the bottom half of the square was neatly arranged with several rows of buttons, each of which had a text written on it that Zhou Xin could not read. And in the upper part of this panel is a small display, with a line of red letters on the display, and a row of spaces below the red letters.

"This is the combination lock of the box." Atlas introduced, and then he was a little embarrassed, "The red letter on it is a warning, people have made mistakes twice when they tried before, because they don't know how many times they make a mistake, this combination lock will fail, so they don't dare to try again, but are looking for clues in other places." ”

Glancing at the red letters on it, Zhou Xin casually asked, "How many passwords are there?" ”

"I don't know." Atlas replied dryly, "It's because I don't know how many passwords there are, so it's so difficult." They tried it once, and then found that there seemed to be no upper limit to the number of digits on the box, and they had already entered tens of thousands of characters on the panel, but they could still continue to type. ”

"Well—then it's probably impossible to open this box properly." Zhou Xin pinched his chin and thought, "Atlas, have you tried to force it open?" ”

"I haven't tried it yet, and I don't dare to try it." The little girl shook her head, "This box is placed in a fusiform device alone, which means that the contents must be very important, and people can't guarantee whether there is any protective mechanism in the box to destroy the contents when it is opened violently." And even if you exclude the possible protection mechanism inside, this box itself is very strong, brother captain, don't look at him himself, he is not very big, but this box weighs five hundred kilograms, I didn't expect it. ”

"Five hundred kilograms?!" Zhou Xin's voice became louder, "What kind of material is this box made of, and it is so heavy?" ”

"It is a special alloy, this alloy is not only dense, but also very strong, and the melting point is particularly high, it is the best material used to make secret boxes, and the items that can be kept in the boxes made of this material are not important." Atlas replied.

"Could it be that this box is the trigger for a dispute between the two forces?" Zhou Xin looked at this box and talked to himself, and after thinking for a while, Zhou Xin said to Atlas, "Find a way to open this box and see what is inside, I have a hunch that maybe the contents are very critical." ”

"People are trying to figure out a way, but-" Speaking of this, Atlas's voice was a little hesitant, and Zhou Xin saw the little girl on the screen think for a long time before she asked, "Brother Captain, can they check the other four fusiform devices first?" Maybe there's a clue to open the chest. ”

Hearing Atlas's question, Zhou Xin hesitated at this moment......