Not only in one direction, but it didn't take long for detectors in other directions to find each other's traces one after another.

"Actually scattered?" Seeing the other party's movements, Zhou Xin's face became even more ugly after the accident, "So it seems that the other party is still not ready to let us go." ”

"What the hell have we done, and they are so desperate to chase after them." Spred also looked at the screen and replied incomprehensibly.

Although he felt a little unwilling, but in this situation, Zhou Xin could only reluctantly order the probe to continue to retreat. Then, as the probe continued to retreat, the originally approximately circular encirclement slowly turned into an irregular shape.

"Brother Captain, if the probe continues to retreat, then we will not be able to completely surround each other." Twenty minutes later, Atlas reminded aloud.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Zhou Xin ordered, "Let the detectors in those directions that have not encountered the other party shrink inward, fill those empty positions, and try to keep the entire encirclement tight." ”

Not long after Zhou Xin gave the order, the other party once again made an unexpected move. By this time, the vast majority of the opposing units had already caught up with the probe in their respective directions and attacked it again. But for some reason, in this situation where they could easily eliminate the probes they were pursuing, the attackers in some of these directions actually gave up their attacks and began to turn and retreat. Of course, the attackers in most of the other directions still did not give up and continued to chase after the probe.

In the puzzled eyes of everyone, taking this moment as a starting point, as the still pursued probes continued to flee, the rest of the pursuers gradually gave up the pursuit. After about half an hour, the pursuers in the last direction retreated. What made Zhou Xin and the others feel incomprehensible was that there was only one detector left in this direction at this time, but the other party did not destroy this last detector. In the footage sent back by the probe, the other party's attacks had even passed by it two or three times. But in this case, when the probe insisted on advancing a short distance, for some reason, the other party stopped attacking at the same time as if they had suddenly received an order, and then collectively turned and retreated. It didn't take long for the only remaining detector to completely lose its tracks.

Seeing this, everyone in the command cabin couldn't help but look at each other. However, before they could rejoice, Atlas's voice rang out again, "Brother Captain, they have appeared again. ”

This time, it was not the detector in the direction they were chasing that they had been pursuing, but the direction they had not pursued before. As soon as he spotted the other party, Atlas switched the screen to these directions, and at the same time gave the probes in these directions a backward command.

"Could it be that the other side has discovered the encirclement we have set up outside their detection range? So you want to use this method to try to open an escape gap? Dart guessed.

"Could it be that the other party's detection range is much larger than we expected, so the encirclement we have arranged is right under their noses?" Spred answered.

"That's not right." As soon as Spred's words fell, Dart denied his thoughts, "If the other party really just wants to escape, our detector can't stop them at all, so why bother." Is it just to make sure that you are less likely to reveal your identity? Even for this purpose, there is no need for them to scatter the formation. ”

Zhou Xin did not participate in the conversation between Spred and Dart, but held his chin with one hand and looked at the picture on the screen to think. After a long time, he asked in an uncertain tone, "Atlas, can you analyze what there is in common between the retreat positions chosen by the other party?" ”

"What? Do you think their retreat has something to do with location? Spred asked.

"That's the idea." Zhou Xin nodded, "Just now, the other party obviously had a chance to completely destroy our probes in some directions, such as the last probe left in that direction before, which obviously didn't waste much time, but why did they give up very simply." ”

"Could it be because they received an order to retreat?" Dart asked.

"If that's the case, then it should be the attackers in all directions who withdraw the attack at the same time. What's more—" Zhou Xin pouted in the direction of the screen, "If the order to retreat has been given, how can they explain their current behavior?" ”

"So you think the reason for the other party's retreat may have something to do with where they were at the time?" Spred answered.

"That's the most likely explanation I can think of." Looking at the other party who was still chasing the detector in the picture, Zhou Xin said thoughtfully.

After a few more minutes, pursuers in certain directions abandoned the pursuit of the probe as before. And at this time, under Zhou Xin's reminder, Atlas's analysis also had results.

"Captain's brother-" When reporting to Zhou Xin, the expression of the little girl on the screen was a little strange, "People found that the location of the other party's retreat-the corresponding location-it seems--it happens to be the edge of the ruins under the sea-"

It seemed that he had expected this result for a long time, and Zhou Xin did not show any special expression after listening to the little girl's report. Unlike him, others were surprised when they heard the result.

"Is this true?" Although he knew that Atlas's judgment should not be wrong, Spred couldn't help but open his mouth to confirm.

"The results are very consistent." The little girl replied, "In the previous attack, no matter where it was, as soon as the probe left the range of the ruins, the opponent would immediately stop attacking. The only surviving probe in that direction was the best example of this, flying just outside the borders of the ruins when the enemy stopped attacking. Not only just now, but the probes that are being pursued now, once they also fly out of the range of the ruins, the other party will also abandon the ongoing attack. So people think that this inference is correct. After a pause, she added, "Of course, if anyone still doesn't believe me, then we can use detectors that are still within the ruins of the city to confirm the ......."