"How's the probe's investigation of that base going today, and have you found anything?" Spred asked in passing. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Sort of—didn't find anything." As soon as Spred finished asking, Atlas replied, and at the same time, the unfinished topographic map of the base that Zhou Xin had seen before appeared on the screen.

Zhou Xin saw that compared with before, the scope covered by that topographic map was much broader. In addition to the one I had seen at the beginning, there was another layer of space below, and next to the two underground buildings, there was another huge space, which, according to the marks on the map, should be the port where the spaceship had been docked before.

Leaving the harbor aside, Atlas zoomed in on the two underground floors on the map, and at the same time, she began to introduce the findings of the probe, "Brother Captain, the upper floor in this map is where the probe entered at the beginning, and most of the rooms on this level have been investigated. There are more than a dozen large rooms stacked with all kinds of miscellaneous items, most of which are incomplete small parts, and the rest are some broken machinery, according to what we know about this force now, these rooms should be used to store the various items they have recovered. In the course of the investigation, the probe also saw from time to time that various items were being carried from these warehouses into this row of rooms. As she spoke, a row of rooms on the map lit up, and the little girl continued, "This row of rooms is not a warehouse, and there are many people in it repairing the recovered and damaged machinery, and after repairing it, they will be transported to the next floor by the large elevator at the end of the corridor. Then she said with some admiration, "Although many of the recovered machines have completely changed their appearance after their maintenance, and even very ugly, they basically still maintain their original functions, and their maintenance workers are really good." ”

Zhou Xin didn't care about Atlas's last words, he looked at the topographic map carefully, and then pointed to the rooms that the little girl hadn't introduced, but there were no unknown markers, and asked, "What are these rooms for?" ”

"These rooms are empty."

"Empty?"

"It's empty, indeed." Atlas replied, "And the rooms were basically never opened, and this morning, a group of people opened them all and checked them before the detector was able to capture the inside." However, although the interior was empty, traces taken by the probe indicate that many items were once stacked in these rooms like the other rooms. As he spoke, Atlas released a picture of what the probe had previously captured. In the picture, the floor of the empty room is covered with a thick layer of dust, as if he knows Zhou Xin's thoughts, Atlas explains, "The layer of things on the ground is not dust, most of it is dust falling from metal rust, as well as various debris peeled off by abnormal extrusion, and some inconspicuous small parts and the like." After zooming in on the picture, Zhou Xin saw several rusty gadgets lying in the dust, most of them were screws and the like, and of course there were other strangely shaped things.

While Zhou Xin observed, Atlas continued, "After inspecting several empty rooms, those people then brought in a lot of salvaged items and piled them up, and from the newness of the items and the degree of damage, these should be the items they collected from the wreckage of the wreckage of the wreckage of the ship not long ago. Earlier, they had just finished transporting their things, and now there were a lot of people on this floor, most of whom had gathered in the repair rooms to start repairing the recovered machinery. When people look at them, it seems that they are not only repairing, but also studying the inner workings of some machinery. ”

"Is there a technical disconnect, as they said before?" After listening to Atlas's words, Zhou Xin recalled the conversation he had heard before, and he couldn't help but talk to himself. Then he continued, "What about the rest?" Is there anything else the probe has found in this layer? ”

The little girl shook her head, "The remaining rooms have never been opened, but this level is almost certain to be the place where the base is used to store and repair and recycle items." ”

Zhou Xin nodded, "What about the next layer?" ”

"Although the investigation has not yet been completed, it is basically certain that this floor is the factory area." Atlas replied, "Most of the repaired machines on the upper floor have been transported to this floor, and there are several large warehouses in this floor, but the warehouses are stored in the completely scrapped, long dismantled machine shells, and all kinds of indiscriminately cut metal fragments, these raw materials are reprocessed by the machine and then turned into various daily necessities and transported to other places." ”

"Hmm." Since he had seen those secondary processed items a long time ago, Zhou Xin didn't feel strange, he just nodded slightly.

"Also, the probe saw a simple machine tool in one of the rooms." The little girl continued, "Although the machine is a patchwork machine that looks very crude, it is already able to do some simple work. Unfortunately, it can only do some simple work, and it can't be compared with real machine tools. ”

"Simple machine tools?" Zhou Xin said thoughtfully, "It seems that their lack of technology is really serious enough." Atlas, is there anything else you've found in this level beyond that? ”

The little girl shook her head, "No, there are still some places on this level that haven't been investigated by the detector yet, but basically that's it, and people are ready to go deeper into the next layer to investigate." ”

"Well, try to be as detailed as you can investigate." Zhou Xin commanded.

"Brother Captain, don't worry, people won't let go of even a fly." Atlas replied confidently, and then she happily mentioned another matter, "By the way, Brother Captain, the mixture of the three drugs actually works, and the badly injured alien is now better." ”

"Really?" Zhou Xin, who was still analyzing the situation at the base, was a little surprised when he heard the news, and before Atlas could elaborate, he couldn't wait to contact the medical room.

Wren's haggard face still appeared on the screen, but it was obvious that his face had long since lost the sad look it had before.

"I heard that the alien has improved significantly?" When he saw Wren, Zhou Xin asked directly.

"Noticeable improvement? Says who? Wren's subconscious answer made Zhou Xin feel cold, and as soon as he finished saying this, Wren reacted, "It's Atlas who told you, in fact, it's not wrong to say this, but it's not as optimistic as you think." He then elaborated, "Within a few hours of injecting the drug, the speed of the spread of the infection did slow down significantly. However, there is no change in the infected area, and I am afraid that I will have to have another operation to remove these parts. ”

After understanding the details, Zhou Xin's tone seemed a little relieved, "This at least proves that the mixed drug still has a certain effect." ”

"But it's still not to be taken lightly." Wren said seriously, "In addition to the impact of the infection, after the excision operation in the past few days, the alien's external injuries are actually much more serious than at the beginning, and the injuries to various organs in the body have not completely recovered, and the current situation is still not optimistic." He sighed slightly, "We've done what we need to do now, and the rest is up to him." Hopefully, this time, the race's unusually fast metabolism will save his life. ”

After being silent for a while, Zhou Xin had nothing else to do but let Wren take good care of the alien. After learning that Aina was still asleep, he ended the communication.

For the next period of time, everything was very calm, the investigation of each place was going smoothly, and there were no special incidents, and it was the middle of the night in the blink of an eye.

While Zhou Xin was asleep, he was awakened by an emergency message from the Voyager.

"Your Excellency, the fleets of both sides have regrouped, and there seem to be signs of a major war."

At first, Zhou Xin, who was woken up by the communication prompt, seemed a little sleepy-eyed, but when he listened to the Voyager's report, he suddenly woke up completely. Hastily put on his clothes, Zhou Xin hurried to the command cabin.

The first time he stepped into the command module, he saw the familiar surface of the star on the screen, and in the time he woke up to the command module, half of the warships had already completed the assembly.

"Brother Captain, this time the two sides have gathered a total of about four hundred warships, and the scale is about the same as the last one." As soon as Zhou Xin sat down in his seat, Atlas began to report what he had already observed.

"The frequency of fighting between the two sides is getting higher and higher, have they endured it?" Hearing Atlas's report, Zhou Xin thought back to the time of the last battle, and found that only twenty-five or six hours had passed, and he couldn't help but muttered to himself.

"Listening to the Voyager's report, the two civilizations are fighting again?" Just as Zhou Xin was thinking, Dart hurriedly walked in. However, Zhou Xin did not answer his question, but only pointed to the screen and motioned for Dart to look at it himself.

This time, the speed of the assembly of the two fleets was obviously much faster than before, and Zhou Xin had only entered the command cabin for about twenty minutes, and the entire fleet had completed the assembly. Then, as if it had been arranged for a long time, the fleets of both sides rushed straight to the place of engagement.

For the next four hours, Zhou Xin, Dart, and several people on night duty paid close attention to the battle. It's almost a remake of the last two battles, but this one it's just a little faster. The only thing worth noting is that although this battle seemed to be much more intense than the previous two battles, the losses on both sides were surprisingly small. After the fleet retreated, Zhou Xin only saw the wreckage of five still burning battleships on the battlefield, which inevitably surprised Zhou Xin and Dart.

"Thunder, rain, and small battles." Seeing that the fire in the wreckage of the battleship was gradually weakening on the screen, Zhou Xin couldn't help but muttered to himself, and then he asked suspiciously, "It's strange, the same battle has happened three times, why haven't they thought about changing their tactics, do they both think that they can defeat each other by relying on this monotonous brute tactics?" ”

"I'm afraid that the current battle between these two countries is not for victory, but for military training." Dart had the same doubts in his heart, he thought for a while, and said thoughtfully,

"Training?" Under Dart's reminder, Zhou Xin thought back to the process of the three battles, and then nodded, "It's indeed a bit similar, in the battle just now, I can really feel that the cooperation between the warships is much more tacit than before, and the rhythm of the battle is not comparable to the previous two." Moreover, the fact that the final losses in this battle were so small may also have something to do with the fact that both sides were familiar with the battle. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, there might be a similar fight in the future." Dart then guessed.

After a couple of discussions, the two of them quickly lost interest in the uneventful battle. As early as halfway through the battle, Zhou Xin was already very sleepy, and after watching the whole battle, and after chatting a few words, Zhou Xin hurried back to his room to catch up on sleep.

On this day, Zhou Xin had a rare lazy sleep, and only woke up at noon. Coming to the command cabin, Zhou Xin found that Dart, who left with him almost at the same time yesterday, was already inside, and now he and Spred were staring at the screen and discussing something.

Hearing the movement of the hatch opening, the two of them turned their heads almost at the same time, and when they saw that it was Zhou Xin who walked in, Dart asked in a joking tone, "Did you sleep well in the morning?" ”

"This-" Zhou Xin scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "I accidentally got up a little late, how about it, I didn't miss anything." ”

"There's a lot going on this morning, and it's a shame you didn't see it with your own eyes." Dart had a regretful look on his face.

"It can't be true." Zhou Xin's tone was a little incredulous, and seeing that Spred also had a serious expression on his face, he had to ask helplessly, "Okay, can you tell me what happened in the morning?" ”

Hearing Zhou Xin's question, Dart smiled, "Okay, I won't tease you, in fact, I only arrived one step ahead of you, and nothing happened in the morning." Well, it can't be said that nothing happened, just now the probe sent back the latest situation in Space City, and a few people have already responded to the signal of the rescue fleet......"